1956%E2%80%9357_European_Cup
1956–57 European Cup
2nd season of the UEFA club football tournament
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.
Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957 |
| Teams | 22 (from 21 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Real Madrid (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Fiorentina |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 44 |
| Goals scored | 170 (3.86 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,840,978 (41,840 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Dennis Viollet (Manchester United) 9 goals |
← 1955–56 1957–58 → | |
After the great success of the first tournament, six new nations entered representatives: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, Luxembourg, Romania and Turkey. The Football League 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.[1] An additional place was awarded to third in 1955–56 La Liga Real Madrid as the competition's reigning champions, occupying the free berth left by Saar after its reunification with West Germany. As a result, Spain became the first association to provide two representatives to the premier European competition and it was only for Manchester United, who had won against Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals, that first ever meeting between two sides from the same country in the competition didn't happen.
This edition was the first to utilize play-off matches, after two legs were not enough to decide which team advances to the next round on three occasions: Borussia Dortmund won 7–0 against Spora Luxembourg in the preliminary round, while Nice and Real Madrid won 3–1 and 2–1, respectively, against Rangers and Rapid Wien in the first round.
A total of 22 teams participated in the competition.
AGF Aarhus, Anderlecht, Rapid Wien and Real Madrid returned to the competition, after participating in the inaugural edition.
Galatasaray was the only team, other than the title holder, who didn't enter as a national association champion, as Süper Lig was not founded until 1959.
The draw for the preliminary round took place in UEFA headquarters in Paris on 29 June 1956.[2] 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 |  Slovan UNV Bratislava |
 Nice |
 Porto |
 CWKS Warsaw |
 AGF Aarhus |
Athletic Bilbao | |
 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 |
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 1 October.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borussia Dortmund |
5–5 | Spora Luxembourg |
4–3 | 1–2 | 7–0 |
| 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 leg
| Borussia Dortmund | 4–3 | Spora Luxembourg |
|---|---|---|
Bracht  31'Niepieklo 54'Preissler 61', 73' |
Report | Boreux 25', 34', 88' |
| Dinamo București | 3–1 | Galatasaray |
|---|---|---|
| Voica 10', 67' Ene 84' |
Report | Oktay 77' |
| Anderlecht | 0–2 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Viollet 25' Taylor 75' |
| Slovan UNV Bratislava | 4–0 | CWKS Warsaw |
|---|---|---|
| Pažický 23', 68' Kováč 30' (pen.)Moravčík 40' |
Report |
| AGF Aarhus | 1–1 | Nice |
|---|---|---|
| Erik Bechmann Jensen 16' |
Report | Foix 61' |
| Porto | 1–2 | Athletic Bilbao |
|---|---|---|
| Matos 54' |
Report | Gaínza 8' Canito 75' |
Second leg
| Spora Luxembourg | 2–1 | Borussia Dortmund |
|---|---|---|
| Fiedler 22' Letsch 39' |
Report | Preissler 28' |
Borussia Dortmund 5–5 Spora Luxembourg on aggregate; play-off needed.
| CWKS Warsaw | 2–0 | Slovan UNV Bratislava |
|---|---|---|
| Kowal 52' Brychczy 63' |
Report |
Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Athletic Bilbao | 3–2 | Porto |
|---|---|---|
| Artetxe 14', 73' (pen.), 82' |
Report | Hernâni 4' Jaburú 20' |
Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Manchester United | 10–0 | Anderlecht |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor 8', 20', 52' Viollet 25', 38', 44', 65'Whelan 61', 82'Berry 77' |
Report |
Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.
Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Galatasaray | 2–1 | Dinamo București |
|---|---|---|
| Aytaç 42' Oktay 89' |
Report | Suru 31' |
Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.
Play-off
| Borussia Dortmund | 7–0 | Spora Luxembourg |
|---|---|---|
| Preissler 24', 36' Simmer 29'Kelbassa 40', 49', 63'Peters 57' |
Report |
Borussia Dortmund won play-off 7–0.
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid
| 4 | 1 | 5 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rapid Wien
| 2 | 3 | 5 (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid
| 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nice
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rangers
| 2 | 1 | 3 (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nice
| 1 | 2 | 3 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid
| 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester United
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Athletic Bilbao
| 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Budapest Honvéd
| 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Athletic Bilbao
| 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester United
| 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester United
| 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Borussia Dortmund
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiorentina
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rapid JC
| 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Red Star Belgrade
| 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Red Star Belgrade
| 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CDNA Sofia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CDNA Sofia
| 8 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dinamo București
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Red Star Belgrade
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fiorentina
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fiorentina
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norrköping
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fiorentina
| 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grasshopper
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Slovan UNV Bratislava
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grasshopper
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-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 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Slovan UNV Bratislava |
1–2 | Grasshopper |
1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Real Madrid |
5–5 | Rapid Wien |
4–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| 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 | 3–3 |
First leg
| CDNA Sofia | 8–1 | Dinamo București |
|---|---|---|
| Kolev 12', 56', 63' Milanov 20', 65'Panayotov 27', 76'Dimitrov 80' |
Report | Băcuț 81' (pen.) |
| Manchester United | 3–2 | Borussia Dortmund |
|---|---|---|
| Viollet 10', 25' Pegg 35' |
Report | Kapitulski 68' Preissler 75' |
| Real Madrid | 4–2 | Rapid Wien |
|---|---|---|
| Di Stéfano 9', 21' Marsal 60', 63' |
Report | Dienst 58' Giesser 90' |
| Rapid JC | 3–4 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen 8' Bisschops 78'Tasić 81' (og.) |
Report | Kostić 4', 75' Toplak 42'Rudinski 82' |
| Athletic Bilbao | 3–2 | Budapest Honvéd |
|---|---|---|
| Artetxe 16' Marcaida 27'Arieta 82' |
Report | Budai II 75' Kocsis 85' |
Second leg
| Red Star Belgrade | 2–0 | Rapid JC |
|---|---|---|
| Toplak 32' Kostić 84' |
Report |
Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.
| Rapid Wien | 3–1 | Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Happel 18', 38' (pen.), 40' |
Report | Di Stéfano 60' |
Real Madrid 5–5 Rapid Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.
Nice 3–3 Rangers on aggregate; play-off needed.
Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Grasshopper | 2–0 | Slovan UNV Bratislava |
|---|---|---|
| Vukosavljević 75' Duret 89' |
Report |
Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Budapest Honvéd | 3–3 | Athletic Bilbao |
|---|---|---|
| Budai II 6' Kocsis 78'Puskás 86' |
Report | Merodio 1', 72' Arieta 67' |
Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate.
| Dinamo București | 3–2 | CDNA Sofia |
|---|---|---|
| Nicușor 58' (pen.) Lăzar 67'Neagu 84' |
Report | Stoyanov 23' Yanev 62' |
CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate.
Play-off
Nice won play-off 3–1.
Real Madrid won play-off 2–0.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 |
First leg
| Athletic Bilbao | 5–3 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| Uribe 2', 28' Marcaida 43'Merodio 73'Artetxe 78' |
Report | Taylor 48' Viollet 54'Whelan 85' |
| Fiorentina | 3–1 | Grasshopper |
|---|---|---|
| Segato 3' Taccola 10', 12' |
Report | Ballaman 31' |
| Red Star Belgrade | 3–1 | CDNA Sofia |
|---|---|---|
| Kostić 6', 25' Popović 53' |
Report | Yanev 88' |
Second leg
| Manchester United | 3–0 | Athletic Bilbao |
|---|---|---|
| Viollet 42' Taylor 70'Berry 85' |
Report |
Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate.
| CDNA Sofia | 2–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Bozhkov 22' (pen.) Panayotov 39' |
Report | Tasić 29' (pen.) |
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Grasshopper | 2–2 | Fiorentina |
|---|---|---|
| Ballaman 25' Vukosavljević 85' |
Report | Julinho 7' Montuori 52' |
Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Nice | 2–3 | Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Foix 15' Ferry 82' (pen.) |
Report | Joseíto 45' Di Stéfano 50', 79' |
Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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
| Real Madrid | 3–1 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| Rial 61' Di Stéfano 63'Mateos 83' |
Report | Taylor 82' |
Second leg
Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Manchester United | 2–2 | Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor 62' Charlton 85' |
Report | Kopa 25' Rial 33' |
Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Real Madrid | 2–0 | Fiorentina |
|---|---|---|
| Di Stéfano 69' (pen.) Gento 75' |
Report |
The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[5][6]
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- It is assumed this match was played in Munich as a result of Swiss protests regarding the outcome of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 which also led to them boycotting the 1956 Olympic Games.[3]
- Played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels due to Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
- Woodward, Hamish (2021-06-20). "Why are Manchester United Called the Red Devils?". Atletifo Sports. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- Corriere dello Sport, June 30, 1956.
- "Real Madrid vs. Fiorentina" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- 1956–57 All matches – season at UEFA website
- All scorers 1956–57 European Cup (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- 1956-57 European Cup – results and line-ups (archive)