1958–59_European_Cup
1958–59 European Cup
4th season of the UEFA club football tournament
The 1958–59 European Cup was the fourth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Reims 2–0 in the final at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959. This was Real Madrid's fourth European Cup title in a row. The two finalists also competed in the final of the first European Cup in 1956.
The Neckarstadion in Stuttgart hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 August 1958 – 3 June 1959 |
| Teams | 28 (26 competed) (from 25 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Real Madrid (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Reims |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 55 |
| Goals scored | 199 (3.62 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,980,818 (36,015 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Just Fontaine (Reims) 10 goals |
← 1957–58 1959–60 → | |
It was the first time that a team from Finland participated, while Turkey's representative returned to the competition in the presence of Beşiktaş. They were drawn against Olympiacos, but Greece's first ever entrants withdrew for political reasons before playing their first tie.
Also, Manchester United were invited to the competition following Munich air disaster in the previous season, but were not allowed to participate by the Football League, meaning that first ever walkovers took place in the UEFA organised competition. Had they played, England would be first nation in European Cup history to have more than one team in the competition, apart from title holder's association.
A total of 28 teams were placed in the competition bracket, but finally only 26 participated.
Spain continued to be represented by its runners-up, as its champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders. This was the first time that Rapid Wien and AGF Aarhus failed to qualify for the tournament, which made Real Madrid the only club to appear in all four editions of European Cup. Wiener Sport-Club, Standard Liège, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Helsingin Palloseura, Schalke 04, Drumcondra, Juventus, Jeunesse Esch, VV DOS, Ards, Polonia Bytom, Petrolul Ploiești, Hearts, Atlético Madrid, IFK Göteborg, Beşiktaş and NK Dinamo Zagreb made their debut in the competition.[citation needed]
All entrants were their respective associations champions, except for KB, Manchester United, Polonia Bytom and Atlético Madrid.
 Wiener Sport-Club (1st) |
 Standard Liège (1st) |
 CDNA Sofia (1st) |
 Dukla Prague (1st) |
 KB (5th) |
 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st) |
Manchester United (9th) |
 Helsingin Palloseura (1st) |
| Reims (1st) |
 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st) |
 Schalke 04 (1st) |
 Olympiacos (1st) |
 MTK Budapest (1st) |
 Drumcondra (1st) |
 Juventus (1st) |
 Jeunesse Esch (1st) |
 VV DOS (1st) |
 Ards (1st) |
 Polonia Bytom (6th) |
 Sporting CP (1st) |
 Petrolul Ploiești (1st) |
 Hearts (1st) |
Real Madrid (1st)TH |
Atlético Madrid (2nd) |
 IFK Göteborg (1st) |
 Young Boys (1st) |
 Beşiktaş (1st) |
 NK Dinamo Zagreb (1st) |
The draw for the preliminary round took place in Cannes, France, on Wednesday, 2 July 1958.[1] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 27 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first drawn team in each pot also received byes, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September.
| Pot 1 Western Europe |
Pot 2 Central Europe |
Pot 3 Eastern Europe | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drawn | France Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Netherlands Belgium Scotland Portugal Spain |
Switzerland West Germany Italy Sweden Denmark Luxembourg Austria Invitees Manchester United[2] |
Poland Romania Turkey Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Hungary East Germany Greece |
| Byes | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Helsingin Palloseura |
CDNA Sofia |
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Liège |
6–3 | Hearts |
5–1 | 1–2 | |
| Beşiktaş |
(w/o)[lower-alpha 1] | Olympiacos |
– | – | |
| Young Boys |
(w/o)[lower-alpha 2] | Manchester United |
– | – | |
| NK Dinamo Zagreb |
3–4 | Dukla Prague |
2–2 | 1–2 | |
| Jeunesse Esch |
2–2 | IFK Göteborg |
1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| Ards |
3–10 |  Reims |
1–4 | 2–6 | |
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
4–4 | Petrolul Ploiești |
4–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| Atlético Madrid |
13–1 | Drumcondra |
8–0 | 5–1 | |
| Polonia Bytom |
0–6 | MTK Budapest |
0–3 | 0–3 | |
| KB |
5–5 | Schalke 04 |
3–0 | 2–5 | 1–3 |
| Juventus |
3–8 | Wiener Sport-Club |
3–1 | 0–7 | |
| VV DOS |
4–6 | Sporting CP |
3–4 | 1–2 |
First leg
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–2 | Dukla Prague |
|---|---|---|
Lipošinović  70', 73' |
Report | Borovička 31' Brumovský 51' |
| Jeunesse Esch | 1–2 | IFK Göteborg |
|---|---|---|
| May 20' |
Report | Jonsson 19' B. Johansson 72' |
| Atlético Madrid | 8–0 | Drumcondra |
|---|---|---|
| Peiró 2', 51' Vavá 6', 61'Collar 56', 76'Mendonça 63', 67' |
Report |
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4–2 | Petrolul Ploiești |
|---|---|---|
| Tröger 25' Viertel 39', 68'Kaiser 79' |
Report | Dridea 7', 82' |
| Polonia Bytom | 0–3 | MTK Budapest |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sándor 46' Palotás 73', 80' |
| Juventus | 3–1 | Wiener Sport-Club |
|---|---|---|
| Sívori 2', 56', 62' |
Report | Horak 8' |
| VV DOS | 3–4 | Sporting CP |
|---|---|---|
| Temming 48' (pen.) Van der Linden 52'Luiten 88' |
Report | Ivson 31', 83' Hugo 41'Vasques 55' |
Second leg
Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate.
KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate; play-off needed.
| Petrolul Ploiești | 2–0 | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
|---|---|---|
| Fronea 33' Pahonțu 79' |
Report |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate; play-off needed.
Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate; play-off needed.
| Drumcondra | 1–5 | Atlético Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Fullam 51' (pen) |
Report | Peiró 16', 67' Csóka 19'Collar 45'Vavá 86' |
Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate.
Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate.
| Dukla Prague | 2–1 | Dinamo Zagreb |
|---|---|---|
| Dvořák 30' Vacenovský 71' |
Report | Gašpert 45' |
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
| MTK Budapest | 3–0 | Polonia Bytom |
|---|---|---|
| Molnár 41' Palotás 58', 75' |
Report |
MTK Budapest won 6–0 on aggregate.
Reims won 10–3 on aggregate.
| Sporting CP | 2–1 | VV DOS |
|---|---|---|
| Ivson 48', 76' |
Report | Krommert 82' |
Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.
Play-off
| Schalke 04 | 3–1 | KB |
|---|---|---|
| Klodt 57', 86' Nowak 66' |
Report | Krahmer 90' |
Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4–0 | Petrolul Ploiești |
|---|---|---|
| Zink 4' Tröger 7', 75' (pen.)Wolf 48' |
Report |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won play-off 4–0.
| IFK Göteborg | 5–1 | Jeunesse Esch |
|---|---|---|
| Andersson 37' Berndtsson 59', 85'B. Johansson 68'N. Johansson 80' |
Report | Meurisse 5' |
IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wiener Sport-Club
| 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dukla Prague
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wiener Sport-Club
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid
| 0 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Beşiktaş
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid
| 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid
| 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid (a.e.t.)
| 2 | 0 | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| CDNA Sofia
| 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid
| 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Schalke 04
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Schalke 04
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reims
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MTK Budapest
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Young Boys
| 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Young Boys
| 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
| 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| IFK Göteborg
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
| 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Young Boys
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reims
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sporting CP
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Standard Liège
| 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Standard Liège
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reims
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reims
| 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Helsingin Palloseura
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting CP |
2–6 | Standard Liège |
2–3 | 0–3 | |
| Wiener Sport-Club |
3–2 | Dukla Prague |
3–1 | 0–1 | |
| MTK Budapest |
2–6 | Young Boys |
1–2 | 1–4 | |
| Atlético Madrid |
2–2 | CDNA Sofia |
2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| IFK Göteborg |
2–6 | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
2–2 | 0–4 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers |
3–4 | Schalke 04 |
2–2 | 1–2 | |
| Real Madrid |
3–1 | Beşiktaş |
2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Reims |
7–0 | Helsingin Palloseura |
4–0 | 3–0 |
First leg
| Sporting CP | 2–3 | Standard Liège |
|---|---|---|
| Bolzée 23' (o.g.) Mendes 80' |
Report | Paeschen 10' Jadot 69'Mallants 70' |
| Wiener Sport-Club | 3–1 | Dukla Prague |
|---|---|---|
| Hof 22' Hamerl 47'Knoll 57' |
Report | Pluskal 83' |
| MTK Budapest | 1–2 | Young Boys |
|---|---|---|
| Molnár 66' |
Report | Wechselberger 64' Zahnd 80' |
| Atlético Madrid | 2–1 | CDNA Sofia |
|---|---|---|
| Vavá 60' Peiró 79' |
Report | Dimitrov 77' |
| IFK Göteborg | 2–2 | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
|---|---|---|
| Ohlsson 5' Andersson 31' |
Report | Seifert 61' Zink 67' |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–2 | Schalke 04 |
|---|---|---|
| Broadbent 52', 65' |
Report | Siebert 25' Koslowski 88' |
| Reims | 4–0 | Helsingin Palloseura |
|---|---|---|
| Vincent 22', 35', 85' Siatka 89' |
Report |
Second leg
| Standard Liège | 3–0 | Sporting CP |
|---|---|---|
| Paeschen 47' Houf 67'Mallants 74' |
Report |
Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4–0 | IFK Göteborg |
|---|---|---|
| Zink 23', 82' Kaiser 50', 62' |
Report |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Schalke 04 | 2–1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
|---|---|---|
| Kördell 12' Siebert 35' |
Report | Jackson 48' |
Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.
Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate; play-off needed.
| Young Boys | 4–1 | MTK Budapest |
|---|---|---|
| Wechselberger 13', 60' Meier 40'Allemann 81' |
Report | Molnár 85' |
Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Beşiktaş | 1–1 | Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Köstepen 64' |
Report | Santisteban 13' |
Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.
Reims won 7–0 on aggregate.
Play-off
| Atlético Madrid | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | CDNA Sofia |
|---|---|---|
| Vavá 42', 108' (pen.) Callejo 99' |
Report | Yanev 17' |
Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Liège |
2–3 | Reims |
2–0 | 0–3 | |
| Atlético Madrid |
4–1 | Schalke 04 |
3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Wiener Sport-Club |
1–7 | Real Madrid |
0–0 | 1–7 | |
| Young Boys |
2–2 | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
First leg
| Standard Liège | 2–0 | Reims |
|---|---|---|
| Jadot 65' Givard 71' (pen.) |
Report |
| Atlético Madrid | 3–0 | Schalke 04 |
|---|---|---|
| Vavá 47' Miguel 73'Peiró 90' |
Report |
| Young Boys | 2–2 | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
|---|---|---|
| Meier 22' Rey 87' |
Report | Wagner 45' Zink 59' |
Second leg
Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–2 Young Boys on aggregate; play-off needed.
Reims won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Real Madrid | 7–1 | Wiener Sport-Club |
|---|---|---|
| Mateos 8' Di Stéfano 14', 64', 69', 75'Rial 67'Gento 89' |
Report | Horak 9' |
Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate.
Play-off
| Young Boys | 2–1 | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
|---|---|---|
| Meier 21' Wechselberger 33' |
Report | Tröger 75' (pen.) |
Young Boys won play-off 2–1.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Boys |
1–3 | Reims |
1–0 | 0–3 | |
| Real Madrid |
2–2 | Atlético Madrid |
2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
First leg
| Real Madrid | 2–1 | Atlético Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Rial 15' Puskás 33' (pen.) |
Report | Chuzo 13' |
Second leg
Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate; play-off needed.
Reims won 3–1 on aggregate.
Play-off
| Real Madrid | 2–1 | Atlético Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Di Stéfano 16' Puskás 42' |
Report | Collar 18' |
Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.
The 1959 European Cup final was played on 3 June 1959 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, West Germany. Real Madrid's victory was their fourth consecutive title, maintaining their status as the only team to have won the competition. Reims were runners-up for a second time, having already lost to Real in the inaugural final in 1956.
The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just Fontaine |
Stade Reims |
10 |
| 2 |  Vavá |
Atlético Madrid |
8 |
| 3 | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
Real Madrid |
6 |
| Joaquín Peiró |
Atlético Madrid | ||
| 5 | Enrique Collar |
Atlético Madrid |
5 |
| Josef Hamerl |
Wiener Sport-Club | ||
| Roger Piantoni |
Stade Reims | ||
| Klaus Zink |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | ||
| 9 | Ivson |
Sporting CP |
4 |
| Jean Jadot |
Standard Liège | ||
| Bernhard Klodt |
Schalke 04 | ||
| Eugen Meier |
Young Boys | ||
| Péter Palotás |
MTK Budapest | ||
| Willy Tröger |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | ||
| Ernst Wechselberger |
Young Boys |
- UEFA invited Manchester United to enter the competition after eight of the club's players were killed in the Munich air disaster while returning from a European Cup match in Belgrade the previous season; however, the Football League refused to allow the club to compete. As the draw had already been made for the preliminary round, Manchester United's drawn opponents, Young Boys, were given a bye to the first round of the competition. Instead, the two clubs played a pair of friendlies against each other, home and away; Young Boys won the first match 2–0 in Bern, but Manchester United won 3–0 at Old Trafford a week later. The two clubs were again drawn together in the group stage of both the 2018–19 and 2021–22 UEFA Champions League seasons, with the former happening almost exactly 60 years after they were originally due to play.[4]
- Corriere dello Sport, 3 July 1958.
- Manchester United was in pot 2 because they could not play against an English club before the round of 16.
- Gardner, Stewart (18 September 2018). "United's lost 'European Cup' tie with Young Boys". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- "Standard Liège v Hearts, 3 September 1958" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- 1958–59 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1958–59 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
- 1958-59 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)