1956 European Cup final

1956 European Cup Final

Event

1955–56 European Cup

Real Madrid	Reims

4	3

Date

13 June 1956

Venue

Parc des Princes, Paris

Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Attendance

38,239

The 1956 European Cup Final was the final in the European Cup, now known as the UEFA Champions League.

Route to the final

Real Madrid				Round	Reims
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Servette	7–0	2–0 (A)	5–0 (H)	First round	AGF Aarhus	4–2	2–0 (A)	2–2 (H)
Partizan	4–3	4–0 (H)	0–3 (A)	Quarter-finals	Vörös Lobogó	8–6	4–2 (H)	4–4 (A)
Milan	5–4	4–2 (H)	1–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Hibernian	3–0	2–0 (H)	1–0 (A)

Match

Details

13 June 1956

20:30 CET

Real Madrid	4–3	Reims
Di Stéfano 14' Rial 30', 79' Marquitos 67'	Report	Leblond 6' Templin 10' Hidalgo 62'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 38,239

Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Real Madrid

Reims


GK	1	Juan Alonso
RB	2	Ángel Atienza
LB	3	Rafael Lesmes
RH	4	Miguel Muñoz (c)
CH	5	Marquitos
LH	6	José María Zárraga
OR	7	Joseíto
IR	8	Ramón Marsal
CF	9	^[a] Alfredo Di Stéfano
IL	10	Héctor Rial
OL	11	Francisco Gento
Manager:
José Villalonga


GK	1	René-Jean Jacquet
RB	2	Simon Zimny
LB	3	Raoul Giraudo
RH	4	Michel Leblond
CH	5	Robert Jonquet (c)
LH	6	Robert Siatka
OR	7	Michel Hidalgo
IR	8	Léon Glowacki
CF	9	Raymond Kopa
IL	10	René Bliard
OL	11	Jean Templin
Manager:
Albert Batteux

Assistant referees:
J. Parkinson (England)
Tommy Cooper (England)

Related pages

1955–56 European Cup
1959 European Cup Final – contested between same teams
Real Madrid CF in international football competitions

Notes

↑ Di Stéfano was a native Argentine that in October 1956 (four months following this match) became a naturalised citizen of Spain. He started playing on the Spain national football team in 1957.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
↑ "Alfredo di Stéfano: A god of the stadium | Inside UEFA". 7 July 2014.

Other websites

European Cup 1955/56 from UEFA
European Cup 1955/56 from RSSSF
"European Champion Clubs' Cup – History" (PDF). UEFA. p. 164. Retrieved 25 May 2011.

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