1956–57 European Cup

The 1956–57 European Cup was the second season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won for the second time by Real Madrid, who beat Fiorentina 2–0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, on 30 May 1957.

1956–57 European Cup
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957
Teams22
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (2nd title)
Runners-up Fiorentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored170 (3.86 per match)
Attendance1,836,978 (41,750 per match)
Top scorer(s) Dennis Viollet (9 goals)

After the great success of the first tournament, six new nations entered representatives: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, Luxembourg, Romania and Turkey. The English Football Association ("FA") had not allowed Chelsea to enter in 1955, and continued its stance on the European Cup as it being a "distraction". However, against the wishes of the FA, Manchester United entered the competition as English champions, becoming the first English team to play in Europe.[1] An additional place was awarded to Real Madrid as the competition's reigning champions, occupying the free berth left by Saar after its reunification with West Germany. Spain, meanwhile, became the first association to provide two representatives to the premier European competition.

Preliminary round
Location of teams in the 1956–57 European Cup

The draw for the preliminary round took place in UEFA headquarters in Paris on 29 June 1956.[2] The 21 challengers of Real Madrid were grouped geographically into three pots. The first four teams drawn in each pot would play the preliminary round in September, while the remaining three clubs received byes.

Pot 1
Eastern Europe		 Pot 2
North-Western Europe		 Pot 3
South-Central Europe
Drawn Match 1

Slovan UNV Bratislava

Nice

Porto

CWKS Warsaw

AGF Aarhus

Athletic Bilbao

Match 2

Galatasaray

Anderlecht

Borussia Dortmund

Dinamo București

Manchester United

Spora Luxembourg

Byes

Budapest Honvéd

Rangers

Fiorentina

Rapid Wien

Norrköping

Grasshopper

CDNA Sofia

Rapid JC

Red Star Belgrade

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 1 October.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd legPlay-off
Borussia Dortmund 5–5 Spora Luxembourg 4–3 1–27–0
Dinamo București 4–3 Galatasaray 3–1 1–2
Slovan UNV Bratislava 4–2 CWKS Warsaw 4–0 0–2
Anderlecht 0–12 Manchester United 0–2 0–10
AGF Aarhus 2–6 Nice 1–1 1–5
Porto 3–5 Athletic Bilbao 1–2 2–3

First leg
Borussia Dortmund 4–3 Spora Luxembourg
Bracht 31'
Niepieklo 54'
Preißler 61', 73'		 Report Boreux 25', 34', 88'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)
Dinamo București 3–1 Galatasaray
Voica 10', 67'
Ene 84'		 Report Oktay 77'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)
Anderlecht 0–2 Manchester United
Report Viollet 25'
Taylor 75'
Attendance: 33,000
Slovan UNV Bratislava 4–0 CWKS Warsaw
Pažický 23', 68'
Kováč 30' (pen.)
Moravčík 40'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
AGF Aarhus 1–1 Nice
Erik Bechmann Jensen 16' Report Foix 61'
Attendance: 12,900
Porto 1–2 Athletic Bilbao
Matos 54' Report Gaínza 8'
Canito 75'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)

Second leg
Spora Luxembourg 2–1 Borussia Dortmund
Fiedler 22'
Letsch 39'		 Report Preißler 28'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Karl Lescart (Belgium)

Borussia Dortmund 5–5 Spora Luxembourg on aggregate; play-off needed.

CWKS Warsaw 2–0 Slovan UNV Bratislava
Kowal 52'
Brychczy 63'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United 10–0 Anderlecht
Taylor 8', 20', 52'
Viollet 25', 38', 44', 65'
Whelan 61', 82'
Berry 75'		 Report
Attendance: 43,635

Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao 3–2 Porto
Artetxe 14', 73' (pen.), 82' Report Hernâni 4'
Matos 20'
Attendance: 34,705
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)

Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.

Nice 5–1 AGF Aarhus
Foix 2'
Milazzo 27', 74'
Faivre 45', 60'		 Report Jensen 77'
Attendance: 8,144

Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray 2–1 Dinamo București
Aytaç 42'
Oktay 89'		 Report Suru 31'
Attendance: 23,764
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)

Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off
Borussia Dortmund 7–0 Spora Luxembourg
Preißler 24', 36'
Simmer 29'
Kelbassa 40', 49', 63'
Peters 57'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fritz Buchmüller (Switzerland)

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd legPlay-off
Manchester United 3–2 Borussia Dortmund 3–2 0–0
CDNA Sofia 10–4 Dinamo București 8–1 2–3
Rangers 3–3 Nice 2–1 1–21–3
Slovan UNV Bratislava 1–2 Grasshopper 1–0 0–2
Real Madrid 5–5 Rapid Wien 4–2 1–32–0
Rapid JC 3–6 Red Star Belgrade 3–4 0–2
Fiorentina 2–1 Norrköping 1–1 1–0
Athletic Bilbao 6–5 Budapest Honvéd 3–2 3–31

1 Second leg played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels

First leg
Manchester United 3–2 Borussia Dortmund
Viollet 10', 25'
Pegg 35'		 Report Kapitulski 68'
Preißler 75'
Attendance: 75,568
CDNA Sofia 8–1 Dinamo București
Kolev 12', 56', 63'
Milanov 20', 65'
Panayotov 36', 66'
Dimitrov 80'		 Report Băcuț 71' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia)
Rangers 2–1 Nice
Murray 40'
Simpson 81'		 Report Faivre 23'
Attendance: 65,000
Slovan UNV Bratislava 1–0 Grasshopper
Moravčík 20' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Real Madrid 4–2 Rapid Wien
Di Stéfano 9', 21'
Marsal 60', 63'		 Report Dienst 58'
Gießer 90'
Attendance: 100,000
Rapid JC 3–4 Red Star Belgrade
Janssen 8'
Bischops 78'
Tasić 81' (og.)		 Report Kostić 4', 75'
Toplak 42'
Rudinski 82'
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Fiorentina 1–1 Norrköping
Bizzarri 15' Report Bild 8'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Athletic Bilbao 3–2 Budapest Honvéd
Artetxe 16'
Marcaida 27'
Arieta 82'		 Report Budai II 75'
Kocsis 85'
Attendance: 39,184

Second leg
Red Star Belgrade 2–0 Rapid JC
Toplak 32'
Kostić 84'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rudolf Roman (Austria)

Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate

Nice 2–1 Rangers
Bravo 61'
Foix 64'		 Report Hubbard 40' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,439
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Nice 3–3 Rangers on aggregate; play-off needed.

Rapid Wien 3–1 Real Madrid
Happel 18', 38' (pen.), 40' Report Di Stéfano 60'
Attendance: 60,000

Real Madrid 5–5 Rapid Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.

Borussia Dortmund 0–0 Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 44,570
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate

Norrköping 0–1 Fiorentina
Report Virgili 16'
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Michel Devillers (France)

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate

Grasshopper 2–0 Slovan UNV Bratislava
Vukosavljević 75'
Duret 89'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate

Budapest Honvéd 3–3 Athletic Bilbao
Budai II 6', 82'
Puskás 86'		 Report Merodio 1', 72'
Arieta 67'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate

Dinamo București 3–2 CDNA Sofia
Nicușor 58' (pen.)
Lăzar 67'
Neagu 84'		 Report Stoyanov 23'
Yanev 62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)

CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate

Play-off
Nice 3–1 Rangers
Foix 45'
Muro 50'
Faivre 75'		 Report Bonvin 51' (o.g.)
Attendance: 11,908
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Real Madrid 2–0 Rapid Wien
Joseíto 1'
Kopa 23'		 Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Athletic Bilbao 5–6 Manchester United 5–3 0–3
Fiorentina 5–3 Grasshopper 3–1 2–2
Real Madrid 6–2 Nice 3–0 3–2
Red Star Belgrade 4–3 CDNA Sofia 3–1 1–2

First leg
Athletic Bilbao 5–3 Manchester United
Uribe 2', 28'
Marcaida 43'
Merodio 73'
Artetxe 78'		 Report Taylor 48'
Viollet 54'
Whelan 85'
Attendance: 36,737
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
Fiorentina 3–1 Grasshopper
Segato 3'
Taccola 10', 12'		 Report Ballaman 31'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Real Madrid 3–0 Nice
Joseíto 18'
Mateos 49', 72'		 Report
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
Red Star Belgrade 3–1 CDNA Sofia
Kostić 6', 25'
Popović 53'		 Report Yanev 88'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Second leg
Manchester United 3–0 Athletic Bilbao
Viollet 42'
Taylor 70'
Berry 85'		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate

CDNA Sofia 2–1 Red Star Belgrade
Bozhkov 22' (pen.)
Panayotov 39'		 Report Tasić 29' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate

Grasshopper 2–2 Fiorentina
Ballaman 25'
Vukosavljević 85'		 Report Julinho 7'
Montuori 52'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate

Nice 2–3 Real Madrid
Foix 15'
Ferry 82' (pen.)		 Report Joseíto 45'
Di Stéfano 50', 79'
Attendance: 21,724

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade 0–1 Fiorentina 0–1 0–0
Real Madrid 5–3 Manchester United 3–1 2–2

First leg
Red Star Belgrade 0–1 Fiorentina
Report Prini 88'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Real Madrid 3–1 Manchester United
Rial 61'
Di Stéfano 63'
Mateos 83'		 Report Taylor 82'
Attendance: 120,000

Second leg
Fiorentina 0–0 Red Star Belgrade
Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)

Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate

Manchester United 2–2 Real Madrid
Taylor 62'
Charlton 85'		 Report Kopa 25'
Rial 33'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate

Final
Main article: 1957 European Cup Final
Real Madrid 2–0 Fiorentina
Di Stéfano 69' (pen.)
Gento 75'		 Report
Attendance: 124,000[4]

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[5][6]

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Dennis Viollet Manchester United 9
2 Tommy Taylor Manchester United 8
3 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 7
4 Alfred Preißler Borussia Dortmund 6
5 José Artetxe Athletic Bilbao 5
Jacques Foix Nice 5
Bora Kostić Red Star Belgrade 5
8 Jacky Faivre Nice 4
Ivan Petkov Kolev CDNA Sofia 4
10 Marc Boreux Spora Luxembourg 3
Ernst Happel Rapid Wien 3
Joseíto Real Madrid 3
Alfred Kelbassa Borussia Dortmund 3
Enrique Mateos Real Madrid 3
Armando Merodio Athletic Bilbao 3
Billy Whelan Manchester United 3

Notes
  1. It is assumed this match was played in Munich as a result of Swiss protests regarding the outcome of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 which also led to them boycotting the 1956 Olympic Games.[3]

References
  1. Woodward, Hamish (2021-06-20). "Why are Manchester United Called the Red Devils?". Atletifo Sports. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  2. Corriere dello Sport, June 30, 1956.
  3. Melbourne/Stockholm 1956 (All facts) Olympic.org
  4. Official UEFA match database
  5. 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Tournament phase - Goals scored
  6. 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Qualifying phase - Goals scored
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