1956–57 European Cup facts for kids

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1956–57 European Cup

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957
Teams	22
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (2nd title)
Runners-up	Fiorentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	170 (3.86 per match)
Attendance	1,836,978 (41,750 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dennis Viollet (9 goals)

The 1956–57 European Cup was the second season of the European Cup. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Fiorentina 2–0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, on May 30, 1957.

Preliminary round

		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

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund	5–5	Spora Luxembourg	4–3	1–2
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 round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
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	1–2
Slovan UNV Bratislava	1–2	Grasshopper	1–0	0–2
Real Madrid	5–5	Rapid Wien	4–2	1–3
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

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

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

3 April 1957	Red Star Belgrade	0–1	Fiorentina	Stadion JNA, Belgrade Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
		Report	Prini  88'

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11 April 1957	Real Madrid	3–1	Manchester United	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
	Rial  61' Di Stéfano  63' Mateos  83'	Report	Taylor  82'

Second leg

18 April 1957	Fiorentina	0–0	Red Star Belgrade	Comunale, Florence Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
		Report

Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate

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25 April 1957	Manchester United	2–2	Real Madrid	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)
	Taylor  62' Charlton  85'	Report	Kopa  25' Rial  33'

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate

Final

Main page: 1957 European Cup Final

30 May 1957	Real Madrid	2–0	Fiorentina	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
	Di Stéfano  69' (pen.) Gento  75'	Report

Top scorers

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

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

• All scorers 1956–57 European Cup (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round