1955–56 European Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Real Madrid (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Reims |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 29 |
| Goals scored | 127 (4.38 per match) |
| Attendance | 900,021 (31,035 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | 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
| 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 |
Vörös Lobogó
Gwardia
AGF
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
| Real Madrid | 4–2 | Milan |
|---|---|---|
| Rial 6' Iglesias 25' Olsen 40' Di Stéfano 62' |
Report | Nordahl 9' Schiaffino 30' |
Second leg
Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Milan | 2–1 | Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Dal Monte 69' (pen.), 86' (pen.) | Report | Iglesias 65' |
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' |
References
- ↑ "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.
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)