1956–57 European Cup facts for kids
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Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
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| Dates | 1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957 |
| Teams | 22 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Real Madrid (2nd title) |
| Runner-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) |
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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.
Contents
Preliminary round
| Pot 1 Eastern Europe |
Pot 2 North-Western Europe |
Pot 3 South-Central Europe |
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| Drawn | Match 1 |
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| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| Report | Prini  88' |
| 11 April 1957 |
Real Madrid |
3–1 | Manchester United |
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands) |
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| 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) |
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Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate
| 25 April 1957 |
Manchester United |
2–2 | Real Madrid |
Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France) |
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| 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) |
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| Di Stéfano 69' (pen.) Gento 75' |
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Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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| 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
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