1956–57 European Cup

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.

Location of teams in the 1956–57 European Cup
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)

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 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 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

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
Red Star Belgrade 0–1 Fiorentina
Report Prini  88'
Stadion JNA, Belgrade
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
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)

Second leg
Fiorentina 0–0 Red Star Belgrade
Report
Comunale, Florence
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
Real Madrid 2–0 Fiorentina
Di Stéfano  69' (pen.)
Gento  75'		 Report
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[1][2]

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

References
  1. 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Tournament phase - Goals scored
  2. 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Qualifying phase - Goals scored

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