1955–56 European Cup

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

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.

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

Austria Rapid Wien Belgium Anderlecht Denmark AGF Aarhus France Reims
Hungary Vörös Lobogó Italy Milan Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Poland Gwardia Warszawa
Portugal Sporting CP Saar (protectorate) Saarbrücken Scotland Hibernian Spain Real Madrid
Sweden Djurgården Switzerland Servette West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
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Location of teams in the 1955–56 European Cup.

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Sporting CP Portugal 5–8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 3–3 2–5
Vörös Lobogó Hungary 10–4 Belgium Anderlecht 6–3 4–1
Servette Switzerland 0–7 Spain Real Madrid 0–2 0–5
Rot-Weiss Essen West Germany 1–5 Scotland Hibernian 0–4 1–1
Djurgården Sweden 4–1 Poland Gwardia Warszawa 0–0 4–1
AGF Aarhus Denmark 2–4 France Reims 0–2 2–2
Rapid Wien Austria 6–2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6–1 0–1
Milan Italy 7–5 Saar (protectorate) Saarbrücken 3–4 4–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Djurgården Sweden 1–4 Scotland Hibernian 1–3 0–1
Reims France 8–6 Hungary Vörös Lobogó 4–2 4–4
Real Madrid Spain 4–3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 4–0 0–3
Rapid Wien Austria 3–8 Italy Milan 1–1 2–7

Semi-finals

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

First leg

Reims France2–0Scotland Hibernian
Leblond Goal 67'
Bliard Goal 89'		 Report
Attendance: 35,486
Real Madrid Spain4–2Italy Milan
Rial Goal 6'
Iglesias Goal 25'
Olsen Goal 40'
Di Stéfano Goal 62'		 Report Nordahl Goal 9'
Schiaffino Goal 30'
Attendance: 129,690
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Second leg

Hibernian Scotland0–1France Reims
Report Glovacki Goal 57'
Attendance: 44,941

Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.

Milan Italy2–1Spain Real Madrid
Dal Monte Goal 69' (pen.), 86' (pen.) Report Iglesias Goal 65'
Attendance: 30,000

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

See the main article: 1956 European Cup Final
Real Madrid Spain4–3France Reims
Di Stéfano Goal 14'
Rial Goal 30', 79'
Marquitos Goal 67'		 Report Leblond Goal 6'
Templin Goal 10'
Hidalgo Goal 62'
Attendance: 38,239

References

  1. ↑ "L'ÉQUIPE créé la Coupe d'Europe de football - l'ÉQUIPE - le blog". 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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