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1956–57 European Cup
Estadio Bernabeu. Madrid (12117582503).jpg
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates 1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957
Teams 22
Final positions
Champions Spain Real Madrid (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy 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 (Manchester United)
9 goals

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.

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. 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.

Bracket

Preliminary round First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Spain Real Madrid 4 1
Austria Rapid Wien 2 3
Spain Real Madrid 3 3
France Nice 0 2
Scotland Rangers 2 1
Denmark AGF Aarhus 1 1 France Nice 1 2
France Nice 1 5 Spain Real Madrid 3 2
Portugal Porto 1 2 England Manchester United 1 2
Spain Athletic Bilbao 2 3 Spain Athletic Bilbao 3 3
Hungary Budapest Honvéd 2 3
Spain Athletic Bilbao 5 0
Belgium Anderlecht 0 0 England Manchester United 3 3
England Manchester United 2 10 England Manchester United 3 0
West Germany Borussia Dortmund 4 1 West Germany Borussia Dortmund 2 0
Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg 3 2 Spain Real Madrid 2
Italy Fiorentina 0
Netherlands Rapid JC 3 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 4 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3 1
Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 1 2
Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 8 2
Romania Dinamo București 3 1 Romania Dinamo București 1 3
Turkey Galatasaray 1 2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 0 0
Italy Fiorentina 1 0
Italy Fiorentina 1 1
Sweden Norrköping 1 0
Italy Fiorentina 3 2
Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava 4 0 Switzerland Grasshopper 1 2
Poland CWKS Warsaw 0 2 Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava 1 0
Switzerland Grasshopper 0 2

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in UEFA headquarters in Paris on 29 June 1956. 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

Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava

France Nice

Portugal Porto

Poland CWKS Warsaw

Denmark AGF Aarhus

Spain Athletic Bilbao
Match 2

Turkey Galatasaray

Belgium Anderlecht

West Germany Borussia Dortmund

Romania Dinamo București

England Manchester United

Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
Byes

Hungary Budapest Honvéd

Scotland Rangers

Italy Fiorentina

Austria Rapid Wien

Sweden Norrköping

Switzerland Grasshopper

Bulgaria CDNA Sofia

Netherlands Rapid JC

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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 leg  
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 5–5 Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg 4–3 1–2
Dinamo București Romania 4–3 Turkey Galatasaray 3–1 1–2
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia 4–2 Poland CWKS Warsaw 4–0 0–2
Anderlecht Belgium 0–12 England Manchester United 0–2 0–10
AGF Aarhus Denmark 2–6 France Nice 1–1 1–5
Porto Portugal 3–5 Spain Athletic Bilbao 1–2 2–3

First leg

1 August 1956
 Borussia Dortmund West Germany 4–3 Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)
Bracht Goal 31'
Niepieklo Goal 54'
Preißler Goal 61', 73'		 Report Boreux Goal 25', 34', 88'
26 August 1956
 Dinamo București Romania 3–1 Turkey Galatasaray 23 August Stadium, Bucharest
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)
Voica Goal 10', 67'
Ene Goal 84'		 Report Oktay Goal 77'
12 September 1956
 Anderlecht Belgium 0–2 England Manchester United Stade Émile Versé, Anderlecht, Brussels
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
Report Viollet Goal 25'
Taylor Goal 75'
12 September 1956
 Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia 4–0 Poland CWKS Warsaw Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
Pažický Goal 23', 68'
Kováč Goal 30' (pen.)
Moravčík Goal 40'		 Report
19 September 1956
 AGF Aarhus Denmark 1–1 France Nice Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,900
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Erik Bechmann Jensen Goal 16' Report Foix Goal 61'
20 September 1956
 Porto Portugal 1–2 Spain Athletic Bilbao Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)
Matos Goal 54' Report Gaínza Goal 8'
Canito Goal 75'

Second leg

6 September 1956
 Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg 2–1 West Germany Borussia Dortmund Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Karl Lescart (Belgium)
Fiedler Goal 22'
Letsch Goal 39'		 Report Preißler Goal 28'

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

19 September 1956
 CWKS Warsaw Poland 2–0 Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)
Kowal Goal 52'
Brychczy Goal 63'		 Report

Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.

26 September 1956
 Manchester United England 10–0 Belgium Anderlecht Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 43,635
Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales)
Taylor Goal 8', 20', 52'
Viollet Goal 25', 38', 44', 65'
Whelan Goal 61', 82'
Berry Goal 75'		 Report

Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.

26 September 1956
 Athletic Bilbao Spain 3–2 Portugal Porto San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
Attendance: 34,705
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)
Artetxe Goal 14', 73' (pen.), 82' Report Hernâni Goal 4'
Matos Goal 20'

Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.

27 September 1956
 Nice France 5–1 Denmark AGF Aarhus Stade du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 8,144
Referee: John Husband (England)
Foix Goal 2'
Milazzo Goal 27', 74'
Faivre Goal 45', 60'		 Report Jensen Goal 77'

Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.

30 September 1956
 Galatasaray Turkey 2–1 Romania Dinamo București Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 23,764
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)
Aytaç Goal 42'
Oktay Goal 89'		 Report Suru Goal 31'

Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off

16 September 1956
 Borussia Dortmund West Germany 7–0 Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fritz Buchmüller (Switzerland)
Preißler Goal 24', 36'
Simmer Goal 29'
Kelbassa Goal 40', 49', 63'
Peters Goal 57'		 Report

First round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Manchester United England 3–2 West Germany Borussia Dortmund 3–2 0–0
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 10–4 Romania Dinamo București 8–1 2–3
Rangers Scotland 3–3 France Nice 2–1 1–2
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia 1–2 Switzerland Grasshopper 1–0 0–2
Real Madrid Spain 5–5 Austria Rapid Wien 4–2 1–3
Rapid JC Netherlands 3–6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3–4 0–2
Fiorentina Italy 2–1 Sweden Norrköping 1–1 1–0
Athletic Bilbao Spain 6–5 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 3–2 3–31

1 Second leg played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels

First leg

17 October 1956
 Manchester United England 3–2 West Germany Borussia Dortmund Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 75,568
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
Viollet Goal 10', 25'
Pegg Goal 35'		 Report Kapitulski Goal 68'
Preißler Goal 75'
17 October 1956
 CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 8–1 Romania Dinamo București Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia)
Kolev Goal 12', 56', 63'
Milanov Goal 20', 65'
Panayotov Goal 36', 66'
Dimitrov Goal 80'		 Report Băcuț Goal 71' (pen.)
24 October 1956
 Rangers Scotland 2–1 France Nice Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Murray Goal 40'
Simpson Goal 81'		 Report Faivre Goal 23'
24 October 1956
 Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia 1–0 Switzerland Grasshopper Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Moravčík Goal 20' Report
1 November 1956
 Real Madrid Spain 4–2 Austria Rapid Wien Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Di Stéfano Goal 9', 21'
Marsal Goal 60', 63'		 Report Dienst Goal 58'
Gießer Goal 90'
3 November 1956
 Rapid JC Netherlands 3–4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Kaalheide, Kerkrade
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Janssen Goal 8'
Bischops Goal 78'
Tasić Goal 81' (og.)		 Report Kostić Goal 4', 75'
Toplak Goal 42'
Rudinski Goal 82'
21 November 1956
 Fiorentina Italy 1–1 Sweden Norrköping Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Bizzarri Goal 15' Report Bild Goal 8'
22 November 1956
 Athletic Bilbao Spain 3–2 Hungary Budapest Honvéd San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 39,184
Referee: John Husband (England)
Artetxe Goal 16'
Marcaida Goal 27'
Arieta Goal 82'		 Report Budai II Goal 75'
Kocsis Goal 85'

Second leg

8 November 1956
 Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–0 Netherlands Rapid JC Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rudolf Roman (Austria)
Toplak Goal 32'
Kostić Goal 84'		 Report

Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate

14 November 1956
 Nice France 2–1 Scotland Rangers Stade du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 8,439
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
Bravo Goal 61'
Foix Goal 64'		 Report Hubbard Goal 40' (pen.)

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

14 November 1956
 Rapid Wien Austria 3–1 Spain Real Madrid Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
Happel Goal 18', 38' (pen.), 40' Report Di Stéfano Goal 60'

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

21 November 1956
 Borussia Dortmund West Germany 0–0 England Manchester United Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 44,570
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)
Report

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate

28 November 1956
 Norrköping Sweden 0–1 Italy Fiorentina Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Michel Devillers (France)
Report Virgili Goal 16'

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate

12 December 1956
 Grasshopper Switzerland 2–0 Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava Grünwalder St., Munich
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Vukosavljević Goal 75'
Duret Goal 89'		 Report

Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate

20 December 1956
 Budapest Honvéd Hungary 3–3 Spain Athletic Bilbao Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Budai II Goal 6', 82'
Puskás Goal 86'		 Report Merodio Goal 1', 72'
Arieta Goal 67'

Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate

30 December 1956
 Dinamo București Romania 3–2 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)
Nicușor Goal 58' (pen.)
Lăzar Goal 67'
Neagu Goal 84'		 Report Stoyanov Goal 23'
Yanev Goal 62'

CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate

Play-off

28 November 1956
 Nice France 3–1 Scotland Rangers Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 11,908
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Foix Goal 45'
Muro Goal 50'
Faivre Goal 75'		 Report Bonvin Goal 51' (o.g.)
13 December 1956
 Real Madrid Spain 2–0 Austria Rapid Wien Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)
Joseíto Goal 1'
Kopa Goal 23'		 Report

Quarter-finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Athletic Bilbao Spain 5–6 England Manchester United 5–3 0–3
Fiorentina Italy 5–3 Switzerland Grasshopper 3–1 2–2
Real Madrid Spain 6–2 France Nice 3–0 3–2
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–3 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 3–1 1–2

First leg

16 January 1957
 Athletic Bilbao Spain 5–3 England Manchester United San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 36,737
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
Uribe Goal 2', 28'
Marcaida Goal 43'
Merodio Goal 73'
Artetxe Goal 78'		 Report Taylor Goal 48'
Viollet Goal 54'
Whelan Goal 85'
6 February 1957
 Fiorentina Italy 3–1 Switzerland Grasshopper Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Segato Goal 3'
Taccola Goal 10', 12'		 Report Ballaman Goal 31'
14 February 1957
 Real Madrid Spain 3–0 France Nice Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
Joseíto Goal 18'
Mateos Goal 49', 72'		 Report
17 February 1957
 Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–1 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
Kostić Goal 6', 25'
Popović Goal 53'		 Report Yanev Goal 88'

Second leg

6 February 1957
 Manchester United England 3–0 Spain Athletic Bilbao Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
Viollet Goal 42'
Taylor Goal 70'
Berry Goal 85'		 Report

Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate

24 February 1957
 CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 2–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Nikolai Latyshev (Soviet Union)
Bozhkov Goal 22' (pen.)
Panayotov Goal 39'		 Report Tasić Goal 29' (pen.)

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate

27 February 1957
 Grasshopper Switzerland 2–2 Italy Fiorentina Stadion Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Ballaman Goal 25'
Vukosavljević Goal 85'		 Report Julinho Goal 7'
Montuori Goal 52'

Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate

14 March 1957
 Nice France 2–3 Spain Real Madrid Stade du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 21,724
Referee: John Husband (England)
Foix Goal 15'
Ferry Goal 82' (pen.)		 Report Joseíto Goal 45'
Di Stéfano Goal 50', 79'

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate

Semi-finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 0–1 Italy Fiorentina 0–1 0–0
Real Madrid Spain 5–3 England Manchester United 3–1 2–2

First leg

3 April 1957
 Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 0–1 Italy Fiorentina Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Report Prini Goal 88'
11 April 1957
 Real Madrid Spain 3–1 England Manchester United Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
Rial Goal 61'
Di Stéfano Goal 63'
Mateos Goal 83'		 Report Taylor Goal 82'

Second leg

18 April 1957
 Fiorentina Italy 0–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
Report

Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate

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

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate

Final

Main article: 1957 European Cup Final
30 May 1957
 Real Madrid Spain 2–0 Italy Fiorentina Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 124,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
Di Stéfano Goal 69' (pen.)
Gento Goal 75'		 Report

Top scorers

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

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

See also

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