1956–57 European Cup

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.

1956–57 European Cup
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957
Teams22 (from 21 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (2nd title)
Runners-upItaly Fiorentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored170 (3.86 per match)
Attendance1,836,978 (41,750 per match)
Top scorer(s)Dennis Viollet (Manchester United)
9 goals

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.

Teams

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.

Austria Rapid Wien (1st) Belgium Anderlecht (1st) Bulgaria CDNA Sofia (1st) Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava (1st)
Denmark AGF Aarhus (1st) England Manchester United (1st) France Nice (1st) West Germany Borussia Dortmund (1st)
Hungary Budapest Honvéd (1st) Italy Fiorentina (1st) Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg (1st) Netherlands Rapid JC (1st)
Poland CWKS Warsaw (1st) Portugal Porto (1st) Romania Dinamo București (1st) Scotland Rangers (1st)
Spain Athletic Bilbao (1st) Spain Real Madrid (3rd)TH Sweden Norrköping (1st) Switzerland Grasshopper (1st)
Turkey Galatasaray[lower-alpha 1] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (1st)
  1. There was no top-level Turkish champion in the period from 1952 to 1955.

Bracket
Preliminary round First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Spain Real Madrid 4 1 5 (2)
Austria Rapid Wien 2 3 5 (0)
Spain Real Madrid 3 3 6
France Nice 0 2 2
Scotland Rangers 2 1 3 (1)
Denmark AGF Aarhus 1 1 2 France Nice 1 2 3 (3)
France Nice 1 5 6 Spain Real Madrid 3 2 5
Portugal Porto 1 2 3 England Manchester United 1 2 3
Spain Athletic Bilbao 2 3 5 Spain Athletic Bilbao 3 3 6
Hungary Budapest Honvéd 2 3 5
Spain Athletic Bilbao 5 0 5
Belgium Anderlecht 0 0 0 England Manchester United 3 3 6
England Manchester United 2 10 12 England Manchester United 3 0 3
West Germany Borussia Dortmund 4 1 5 (7) West Germany Borussia Dortmund 2 0 2
Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg 3 2 5 (0) Spain Real Madrid 2
Italy Fiorentina 0
Netherlands Rapid JC 3 0 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 4 2 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3 1 4
Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 1 2 3
Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 8 2 10
Romania Dinamo București 3 1 4 Romania Dinamo București 1 3 4
Turkey Galatasaray 1 2 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 0 0 0
Italy Fiorentina 1 0 1
Italy Fiorentina 1 1 2
Sweden Norrköping 1 0 1
Italy Fiorentina 3 2 5
Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava 4 0 4 Switzerland Grasshopper 1 2 3
Poland CWKS Warsaw 0 2 2 Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava 1 0 1
Switzerland Grasshopper 0 2 2

Preliminary round
Location of teams in the 1956–57 European Cup

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 Match 1

Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava

France Nice

Portugal Porto

Poland CWKS Warsaw

Denmark AGF Aarhus

Spain Athletic Bilbao

Match 2

Turkey Galatasaray

Belgium Anderlecht

West Germany Borussia Dortmund

Romania Dinamo București

England Manchester United

Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg

Byes

Hungary Budapest Honvéd

Scotland Rangers

Italy Fiorentina

Austria Rapid Wien

Sweden Norrköping

Switzerland Grasshopper

Bulgaria CDNA Sofia

Netherlands Rapid JC

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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 legPlay-off
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 5–5 Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg 4–3 1–27–0
Dinamo București Romania 4–3 Turkey Galatasaray 3–1 1–2
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia 4–2 Poland CWKS Warsaw 4–0 0–2
Anderlecht Belgium 0–12 England Manchester United 0–2 0–10
AGF Aarhus Denmark 2–6 France Nice 1–1 1–5
Porto Portugal 3–5 Spain Athletic Bilbao 1–2 2–3

First leg
Borussia Dortmund West Germany4–3Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
Bracht 31'
Niepieklo 54'
Preißler 61', 73'		 Report Boreux 25', 34', 88'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)
Dinamo București Romania3–1Turkey Galatasaray
Voica 10', 67'
Ene 84'		 Report Oktay 77'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)
Anderlecht Belgium0–2England Manchester United
Report Viollet 25'
Taylor 75'
Attendance: 33,000
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia4–0Poland CWKS Warsaw
Pažický 23', 68'
Kováč 30' (pen.)
Moravčík 40'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
AGF Aarhus Denmark1–1France Nice
Erik Bechmann Jensen 16' Report Foix 61'
Attendance: 12,900
Porto Portugal1–2Spain Athletic Bilbao
Matos 54' Report Gaínza 8'
Canito 75'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)

Second leg
Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg2–1West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Fiedler 22'
Letsch 39'		 Report Preißler 28'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Karl Lescart (Belgium)

Borussia Dortmund 5–5 Spora Luxembourg on aggregate; play-off needed.

CWKS Warsaw Poland2–0Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava
Kowal 52'
Brychczy 63'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United England10–0Belgium Anderlecht
Taylor 8', 20', 52'
Viollet 25', 38', 44', 65'
Whelan 61', 82'
Berry 75'		 Report
Attendance: 43,635

Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao Spain3–2Portugal Porto
Artetxe 14', 73' (pen.), 82' Report Hernâni 4'
Matos 20'
Attendance: 34,705
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)

Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.

Nice France5–1Denmark AGF Aarhus
Foix 2'
Milazzo 27', 74'
Faivre 45', 60'		 Report Jensen 77'
Attendance: 8,144

Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray Turkey2–1Romania Dinamo București
Aytaç 42'
Oktay 89'		 Report Suru 31'
Attendance: 23,764
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)

Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off
Borussia Dortmund West Germany7–0Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
Preißler 24', 36'
Simmer 29'
Kelbassa 40', 49', 63'
Peters 57'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fritz Buchmüller (Switzerland)

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legPlay-off
Manchester United England 3–2 West Germany Borussia Dortmund 3–2 0–0
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 10–4 Romania Dinamo București 8–1 2–3
Rangers Scotland 3–3 France Nice 2–1 1–21–3
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia 1–2 Switzerland Grasshopper 1–0 0–2
Real Madrid Spain 5–5 Austria Rapid Wien 4–2 1–32–0
Rapid JC Netherlands 3–6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3–4 0–2
Fiorentina Italy 2–1 Sweden Norrköping 1–1 1–0
Athletic Bilbao Spain 6–5 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 3–2 3–31

1 Second leg played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels

First leg
Manchester United England3–2West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Viollet 10', 25'
Pegg 35'		 Report Kapitulski 68'
Preißler 75'
Attendance: 75,568
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria8–1Romania Dinamo București
Kolev 12', 56', 63'
Milanov 20', 65'
Panayotov 36', 66'
Dimitrov 80'		 Report Băcuț 71' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia)
Rangers Scotland2–1France Nice
Murray 40'
Simpson 81'		 Report Faivre 23'
Attendance: 65,000
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia1–0Switzerland Grasshopper
Moravčík 20' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Real Madrid Spain4–2Austria Rapid Wien
Di Stéfano 9', 21'
Marsal 60', 63'		 Report Dienst 58'
Gießer 90'
Attendance: 100,000
Rapid JC Netherlands3–4Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Janssen 8'
Bischops 78'
Tasić 81' (og.)		 Report Kostić 4', 75'
Toplak 42'
Rudinski 82'
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Fiorentina Italy1–1Sweden Norrköping
Bizzarri 15' Report Bild 8'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Athletic Bilbao Spain3–2Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Artetxe 16'
Marcaida 27'
Arieta 82'		 Report Budai II 75'
Kocsis 85'
Attendance: 39,184

Second leg
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0Netherlands Rapid JC
Toplak 32'
Kostić 84'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rudolf Roman (Austria)

Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate

Nice France2–1Scotland Rangers
Bravo 61'
Foix 64'		 Report Hubbard 40' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,439
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Nice 3–3 Rangers on aggregate; play-off needed.

Rapid Wien Austria3–1Spain Real Madrid
Happel 18', 38' (pen.), 40' Report Di Stéfano 60'
Attendance: 60,000

Real Madrid 5–5 Rapid Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.

Borussia Dortmund West Germany0–0England Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 44,570
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate

Norrköping Sweden0–1Italy Fiorentina
Report Virgili 16'
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Michel Devillers (France)

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate

Grasshopper Switzerland2–0Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava
Vukosavljević 75'
Duret 89'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate

Budapest Honvéd Hungary3–3Spain Athletic Bilbao
Budai II 6', 82'
Puskás 86'		 Report Merodio 1', 72'
Arieta 67'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate

Dinamo București Romania3–2Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Nicușor 58' (pen.)
Lăzar 67'
Neagu 84'		 Report Stoyanov 23'
Yanev 62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)

CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate

Play-off
Nice France3–1Scotland Rangers
Foix 45'
Muro 50'
Faivre 75'		 Report Bonvin 51' (o.g.)
Attendance: 11,908
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Real Madrid Spain2–0Austria Rapid Wien
Joseíto 1'
Kopa 23'		 Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Athletic Bilbao Spain 5–6 England Manchester United 5–3 0–3
Fiorentina Italy 5–3 Switzerland Grasshopper 3–1 2–2
Real Madrid Spain 6–2 France Nice 3–0 3–2
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–3 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 3–1 1–2

First leg
Athletic Bilbao Spain5–3England Manchester United
Uribe 2', 28'
Marcaida 43'
Merodio 73'
Artetxe 78'		 Report Taylor 48'
Viollet 54'
Whelan 85'
Attendance: 36,737
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
Fiorentina Italy3–1Switzerland Grasshopper
Segato 3'
Taccola 10', 12'		 Report Ballaman 31'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Real Madrid Spain3–0France Nice
Joseíto 18'
Mateos 49', 72'		 Report
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–1Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Kostić 6', 25'
Popović 53'		 Report Yanev 88'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Second leg
Manchester United England3–0Spain Athletic Bilbao
Viollet 42'
Taylor 70'
Berry 85'		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate

CDNA Sofia Bulgaria2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Bozhkov 22' (pen.)
Panayotov 39'		 Report Tasić 29' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate

Grasshopper Switzerland2–2Italy Fiorentina
Ballaman 25'
Vukosavljević 85'		 Report Julinho 7'
Montuori 52'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate

Nice France2–3Spain Real Madrid
Foix 15'
Ferry 82' (pen.)		 Report Joseíto 45'
Di Stéfano 50', 79'
Attendance: 21,724

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 0–1 Italy Fiorentina 0–1 0–0
Real Madrid Spain 5–3 England Manchester United 3–1 2–2

First leg
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–1Italy Fiorentina
Report Prini 88'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Real Madrid Spain3–1England Manchester United
Rial 61'
Di Stéfano 63'
Mateos 83'		 Report Taylor 82'
Attendance: 120,000

Second leg
Fiorentina Italy0–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)

Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate

Manchester United England2–2Spain Real Madrid
Taylor 62'
Charlton 85'		 Report Kopa 25'
Rial 33'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate

Final
Main article: 1957 European Cup final
Real Madrid Spain2–0Italy Fiorentina
Di Stéfano 69' (pen.)
Gento 75'		 Report
Attendance: 124,000[4]

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[5][6]

Rank Name Team Goals
1 England Dennis Viollet England Manchester United 9
2 England Tommy Taylor England Manchester United 8
3 Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 7
4 West Germany Alfred Preißler West Germany Borussia Dortmund 6
5 Spain José Artetxe Spain Athletic Bilbao 5
France Jacques Foix France Nice
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Kostić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
8 France Jacky Faivre France Nice 4
Bulgaria Ivan Petkov Kolev Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
10 Luxembourg Marc Boreux Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg 3
Austria Ernst Happel Austria Rapid Wien
Spain Joseíto Spain Real Madrid
West Germany Alfred Kelbassa West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Spain Enrique Mateos Spain Real Madrid
Spain Armando Merodio Spain Athletic Bilbao
Republic of Ireland Billy Whelan England Manchester United

Notes
  1. 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]

References
  1. Woodward, Hamish (2021-06-20). "Why are Manchester United Called the Red Devils?". Atletifo Sports. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  2. Corriere dello Sport, June 30, 1956.
  3. Melbourne/Stockholm 1956 (All facts) Olympic.org
  4. "Real Madrid vs. Fiorentina" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Tournament phase - Goals scored
  6. 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Qualifying phase - Goals scored
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