1955–56 European Cup

The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup. The tournament was won by Real Madrid. They beat Reims 4–3 in the final at the Parc des Princes, Paris, on June 13, 1956.

1955–56 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored127 (4.38 per match)
Attendance900,021 (31,035 per match)
Top scorer(s) Miloš Milutinović (8 goals)

The participating clubs in the first five seasons of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine L'Equipe.[1] Of the originally selected teams were English champions Chelsea and Scottish champion Aberdeen. This was the only UEFA tournament to include a team from Saarland, before it was unified into West Germany in 1957.

Teams

Rapid Wien Anderlecht AGF Aarhus Reims
Vörös Lobogó Milan PSV Eindhoven Gwardia Warszawa
Sporting CP Saarbrücken Hibernian Real Madrid
Djurgården Servette Rot-Weiss Essen Partizan
Location of teams in the 1955–56 European Cup.

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting CP 5–8 Partizan 3–3 2–5
Vörös Lobogó 10–4 Anderlecht 6–3 4–1
Servette 0–7 Real Madrid 0–2 0–5
Rot-Weiss Essen 1–5 Hibernian 0–4 1–1
Djurgården 4–1 Gwardia Warszawa 0–0 4–1
AGF Aarhus 2–4 Reims 0–2 2–2
Rapid Wien 6–2 PSV Eindhoven 6–1 0–1
Milan 7–5 Saarbrücken 3–4 4–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djurgården 1–4 Hibernian 1–3 0–1
Reims 8–6 Vörös Lobogó 4–2 4–4
Real Madrid 4–3 Partizan 4–0 0–3
Rapid Wien 3–8 Milan 1–1 2–7

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Reims 3–0 Hibernian 2–0 1–0
Real Madrid 5–4 Milan 4–2 1–2

First leg

Reims 2–0 Hibernian
Leblond  67'
Bliard  89'
Report
Attendance: 35,486
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Real Madrid 4–2 Milan
Rial  6'
Iglesias  25'
Olsen  40'
Di Stéfano  62'
Report Nordahl  9'
Schiaffino  30'
Attendance: 129,690
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Second leg

Hibernian 0–1 Reims
Report Glovacki  57'
Attendance: 44,941
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.


Milan 2–1 Real Madrid
Dal Monte  69' (pen.), 86' (pen.) Report Iglesias  65'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Real Madrid 4–3 Reims
Di Stéfano  14'
Rial  30', 79'
Marquitos  67'
Report Leblond  6'
Templin  10'
Hidalgo  62'
Attendance: 38,239
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

References

Other websites

  • 1955–56 season at UEFA website
  • 1955–56 All matches – season at UEFA website
  • All scorers 1955–56 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
  • European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  • "50 years of the European Cup" (PDF). UEFA. October 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  • 1955-56 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
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