1957–58 European Cup

The 1957–58 European Cup was the third season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat AC Milan 3–2 in the final, in extra time following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes. This was Real Madrid's third European Cup title in a row. However, the 1957–58 season was marred by the air disaster in Munich, when eight Manchester United players died on their way home from Belgrade, after a 3–3 draw in the quarter-final second leg with Red Star Belgrade. The English champions were ultimately defeated in the semi-finals by the eventual runners-up, Milan of Italy, after being highly touted to win the competition and dominate European football for many years like Real Madrid before them, with the "Busby Babes" having an average age of only 22.

1957–58 European Cup
The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates4 September 1957 – 28 May 1958
Teams24 (from 23 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (3rd title)
Runners-upItaly AC Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored189 (3.94 per match)
Attendance1,883,587 (39,241 per match)
Top scorer(s)Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid)
10 goals

It was the first time that teams from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and East Germany participated, while Turkey could not send any club, since the Turkish FA failed to register Beşiktaş for the draw in time.[1] Sevilla was invited despite having been runners-up in Spain the year before, as Spanish champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders; the two Spanish sides met in the quarter-finals, the first time two sides from the same country played against each other in the competition.

Teams

A total of 24 teams participated in the competition.

Ajax, Benfica, CCA București, Dukla Prague, Glenavon, Royal Antwerp, Saint-Étienne, Sevilla, Shamrock Rovers, Stade Dudelange, Vasas, Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and Young Boys made their debut appearances in the European Cup while Rapid Wien, AGF Aarhus and Real Madrid marked their third.

All participants were their respective associations champions, except for Sevilla, Gwardia Warsaw and Vasas.

Austria Rapid Wien (1st) Belgium Royal Antwerp (1st) Bulgaria CDNA Sofia (1st) Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague (1st)
Denmark AGF Aarhus (1st) England Manchester United (1st) France Saint-Étienne (1st) East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st)
West Germany Borussia Dortmund (1st) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (1st) Hungary Vasas (12th)[lower-alpha 1] Italy Milan (1st)
Luxembourg Stade Dudelange (1st) Netherlands Ajax (1st) Northern Ireland Glenavon (1st) Poland Gwardia Warsaw (9th)
Portugal Benfica (1st) Romania CCA București (1st) Scotland Rangers (1st) Spain Real Madrid (1st)TH
Spain Sevilla (2nd) Sweden Norrköping (1st) Switzerland Young Boys (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (1st)
  1. Season did not finish due to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

Bracket
Preliminary round First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Belgium Royal Antwerp 1 0 1
Spain Real Madrid 2 6 8
Spain Real Madrid 8 2 10
Spain Sevilla 3 0 3 Spain Sevilla 0 2 2
Portugal Benfica 1 0 1 Spain Sevilla 4 0 4
Denmark AGF Aarhus 0 3 3 Denmark AGF Aarhus 0 2 2
Northern Ireland Glenavon 0 0 0 Spain Real Madrid 4 0 4
Poland Gwardia Warsaw 3 1 4 (1) Hungary Vasas 0 2 2
East Germany Wismut K-M-S (c.t.) 1 3 4 (1) East Germany Wismut K-M-S 1 0 1
Netherlands Ajax 3 1 4
Netherlands Ajax 2 0 2
Hungary Vasas 2 4 6
Switzerland Young Boys 1 1 2
Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 2 1 3 Hungary Vasas 1 2 3
Hungary Vasas 1 6 7 Spain Real Madrid (a.e.t.) 3
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 0 2 2 Italy Milan 2
England Manchester United 6 3 9 England Manchester United 3 0 3
Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 0 1 1
England Manchester United 2 3 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1 3 4
Sweden Norrköping 2 1 3
Luxembourg Stade Dudelange 0 1 1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 2 2 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 5 9 14 England Manchester United 2 0 2
Italy Milan 1 4 5
West Germany Borussia Dortmund 4 1 5 (3)
Romania CCA București 2 3 5 (1)
West Germany Borussia Dortmund 1 1 2
Scotland Rangers 3 1 4 Italy Milan 1 4 5
France Saint-Étienne 1 2 3 Scotland Rangers 1 0 1
Italy Milan 4 2 6 (4) Italy Milan 4 2 6
Austria Rapid Wien 1 5 6 (2)

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris on Tuesday, 23 July 1957.[2] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 23 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first four teams drawn in each pot, and four more teams in pot 1, would play the preliminary round in September, while the remaining clubs received byes.

Pot 1
Western Europe		 Pot 2
Central Europe		 Pot 3
Eastern Europe
Drawn Match 1

Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade

Poland Gwardia Warsaw

England Manchester United

Luxembourg Stade Dudelange

East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt

Match 2

Spain Sevilla

Italy Milan

Bulgaria CDNA Sofia

Portugal Benfica

Austria Rapid Wien

Hungary Vasas

Match 3

Denmark Aarhus

Northern Ireland Glenavon

Match 4

Scotland Rangers

France Saint-Étienne

Byes

Sweden Norrköping

Switzerland Young Boys

Romania CCA București

Belgium Royal Antwerp

West Germany Borussia Dortmund

Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague

Netherlands Ajax

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 October.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legPlay-off
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 3–7 Hungary Vasas 2–1 1–6
Rangers Scotland 4–3 France Saint-Étienne 3–1 1–2
Stade Dudelange Luxembourg 1–14 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 0–5 1–9
AGF Denmark 3–0 Northern Ireland Glenavon 0–0 3–0
Gwardia Warsaw Poland 5–5 East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 3–1 1–3 1–1[lower-alpha 1]
Sevilla Spain 3–1 Portugal Benfica 3–1 0–0
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 2–9[lower-alpha 2] England Manchester United 0–6 2–3
Milan Italy 10–8 Austria Rapid Wien 4–1 2–54–2

First leg
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria2–1Hungary Vasas
Milanov 2', 38' Report Bundzsák 53'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)
Rangers Scotland3–1France Saint-Étienne
Kichenbrand 19'
Scott 47'
Simpson 82'		 Report Mekloufi 14'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
Stade Dudelange Luxembourg0–5Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Report Kostić 11', 16'
Rudinski 47', 55'
Mitić 87'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Armando Marchetti (Italy)
AGF Denmark0–0Northern Ireland Glenavon
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Willem Beltman (Netherlands)
Gwardia Warsaw Poland3–1East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Baszkiewicz 49'
Lewandowski 59'
Gawroński 88'		 Report S. Kaiser 79'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jindřich Karas (Czechoslovakia)
Sevilla Spain3–1Portugal Benfica
Pahuet 46'
Antoniet 59'
Pepillo 79'		 Report Palmeiro 48'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jean-Louis Groppi (France)
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland0–6England Manchester United
Report T. Taylor 36', 63'
Whelan 51', 57'
Berry 71'
Pegg 72'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Milan Italy4–1Austria Rapid Wien
Grillo 4'
Bean 8'
Höltl 74' (o.g.)
Mariani 82'		 Report Dienst 58'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: José Blanco Pérez (Spain)

Second leg
Saint-Étienne France2–1Scotland Rangers
Ferrier 18'
Oleksiak 72'		 Report Wilson 61'
Attendance: 29,517
Referee: Aksel Asmussen (Denmark)

Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate.

Glenavon Northern Ireland0–3Denmark AGF
Report Kjær Andersen 13', 45'
Jensen 40'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)

Aarhus won 3–0 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal0–0Spain Sevilla
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia9–1Luxembourg Stade Dudelange
Cokić 5', 38', 66', 69'
Mitić 10'
Kostić 17', 29', 30', 33'		 Report Rongoni 31'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Red Star Belgrade won 14–1 on aggregate.

Manchester United England3–2Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
Viollet 5', 60'
Pegg 20'		 Report McCann 55'
Hamilton 66'
Attendance: 33,754
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.

Vasas Hungary6–1Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Csordás 35', 38', 51'
Berendi 48'
Bundzsák 68'
Szilágyi 89'		 Report Panayotov 25'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien Austria5–2Italy Milan
A. Körner 1'
Dienst 31'
Bertalan 57'
Riegler 62'
Hanappi 78'		 Report Grillo 19'
Bean 77'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui (Spain)

Milan 6–6 Rapid Wien on aggregate.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany3–1Poland Gwardia Warsaw
M. Kaiser 10'
S. Kaiser 74', 80'		 Report Baszkiewicz 60'
Attendance: 20,000

Gwardia Warsaw 4–4 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate.

Play-off
Milan Italy4–2Austria Rapid Wien
Bean 6', 82'
Bergamaschi 41'
Schiaffino 54'		 Report Happel 38' (pen.)
Bertalan 72'
Attendance: 26,000

Milan won play-off 4–2.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany1–1Poland Gwardia Warsaw
Tröger 90' Report Z. Szarzyński 3'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warsaw was abandoned with the result of 1–1 after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure.

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legPlay-off
Royal Antwerp Belgium 1–8 Spain Real Madrid 1–2 0–6
Norrköping Sweden 3–4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 2–2 1–2
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany 1–4 Netherlands Ajax 1–3 0–1
Young Boys Switzerland 2–3 Hungary Vasas 1–1 1–2
Manchester United England 3–1 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 3–0 0–1
Sevilla Spain 4–2 Denmark AGF 4–0 0–2
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 5–5 Romania CCA București 4–2 1–33–1
Rangers Scotland 1–6 Italy Milan 1–4 0–2

First leg
Royal Antwerp Belgium1–2Spain Real Madrid
De Backer 58' Report Di Stéfano 15', 61'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Norrköping Sweden2–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Håkansson 75'
Källgren 85'		 Report Toplak 88'
Kostić 90'
Attendance: 10,893
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany1–3Netherlands Ajax
Müller 87' Report van der Kuil 5', 62'
Bleijenberg 17'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)
Young Boys Switzerland1–1Hungary Vasas
Wechselberger 7' Report Csordás 90'
Attendance: 20,000
Manchester United England3–0Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Webster 63'
T. Taylor 65'
Pegg 79'		 Report
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)
Sevilla Spain4–0Denmark AGF
Antoniet 6', 30'
Loren 24', 52'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Borussia Dortmund West Germany4–2Romania CCA București
Peters 35', 62', 64'
Niepieklo 66'		 Report Zavoda I 43'
Bone 50'
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)
Rangers Scotland1–4Italy Milan
Murray 31' Report Grillo 75', 83'
Baruffi 81'
Bean 86'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Second leg
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–1Sweden Norrköping
Spajić 75', 88' Report Backman 16'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Włodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands1–0East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Ouderland 79' Report
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain6–0Belgium Royal Antwerp
Rial 2', 4', 41'
Marsal 52'
Kopa 79'
Gento 89'		 Report
Attendance: 72,245
Referee: Louis Fauquembergue (France)

Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.

Vasas Hungary2–1Switzerland Young Boys
Csordás 8', 12' Report Schneiter 89'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)

Vasas won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia1–0England Manchester United
Dvořák 17' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)

Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.

AGF Denmark2–0Spain Sevilla
Jensen 41', 86' Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Aloïs Smidts (Belgium)

Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.

CCA București Romania3–1West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Tătaru 17'
Constantin 25'
Alecsandrescu 45'		 Report Niepieklo 12'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Janos Posa-polareczky (Hungary)

Borussia Dortmund 5–5 CCA București on aggregate.

Italy Milan2–0Rangers Scotland
Baruffi 37'
Galli 48'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000

Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.

Play-off
Borussia Dortmund West Germany3–1Romania CCA București
Dulz 15'
Kelbassa 62'
Preißler 79'		 Report Cacoveanu 35'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Borussia Dormund won the play-off 3–1.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manchester United England 5–4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 2–1 3–3
Real Madrid Spain 10–2 Spain Sevilla 8–0 2–2
Ajax Netherlands 2–6 Hungary Vasas 2–2 0–4
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 2–5 Italy Milan 1–1 1–4

First leg
Manchester United England2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Charlton 65'
Colman 81'		 Report Tasić 35'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)
Real Madrid Spain8–0Spain Sevilla
Di Stéfano 10', 54' (pen.), 85', 88'
Kopa 37', 73'
Marsal 48'
Gento 81'		 Report
Attendance: 76,796
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Ajax Netherlands2–2Hungary Vasas
Ouderland 31', 42' Report Bundzsák 73', 82'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)
Borussia Dortmund West Germany1–1Italy Milan
Bergamaschi 90' (o.g.) Report Galli 45'
Attendance: 28,000

Second leg
See also: Munich air disaster
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–3England Manchester United
Kostić 46', 58'
Tasić 50' (pen.)		 Report Viollet 2'
Charlton 30', 31'
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Karl Kainer (Austria)

Manchester United won 5–4 on aggregate.

Sevilla Spain2–2Spain Real Madrid
Payá 22'
Pahuet 29'		 Report Pereda 48', 62'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 10–2 on aggregate.

Vasas Hungary4–0Netherlands Ajax
Bundzsák 7'
Szilágyi 9', 39'
Csordás 29'		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Borče Nedelkovski (SFR Yugoslavia)

Vasas won 6–2 on aggregate.

Milan Italy4–1West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Cucchiaroni 11'
Liedholm 21'
Galli 63'
Grillo 86'		 Report Preißler 37'
Attendance: 25,000

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain 4–2 Hungary Vasas 4–0 0–2
Manchester United England 2–5 Italy Milan 2–1 0–4

First leg
Real Madrid Spain4–0Hungary Vasas
Di Stéfano 9', 42', 50' (pen.)
Marsal 46'		 Report
Attendance: 120,000
Manchester United England2–1Italy Milan
Viollet 39'
E. Taylor 80' (pen.)		 Report Schiaffino 24'
Attendance: 44,882
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)

Second leg
Vasas Hungary2–0Spain Real Madrid
Bundzsák 25'
Csordás 53' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Milan Italy4–0England Manchester United
Schiaffino 2', 76'
Liedholm 51' (pen.)
Danova 67'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1958 European Cup final
Real Madrid Spain3–2 (a.e.t.)Italy Milan
Di Stéfano 74'
Rial 79'
Gento 107'		 Report Schiaffino 59'
Grillo 77'
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1957–58 European Cup were as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 10
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Kostić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 9
3 Hungary Lajos Csordás Hungary Vasas 8
4 Hungary Dezső Bundzsák Hungary Vasas 6
Argentina Ernesto Grillo Italy Milan
6 Italy Gastone Bean Italy Milan 5
UruguayItaly Juan Alberto Schiaffino Italy Milan
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jovan Cokić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 4
ArgentinaSpain Héctor Rial Spain Real Madrid
England Dennis Viollet England Manchester United

Notes
  1. Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warsaw was abandoned after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure with the result of 1–1.
  2. To allow an evening kick-off at Dalymount Park in Dublin, which had no floodlights, the teams agreed to change over at half-time without a break. Consequently, the Irish part-timers ran out of steam and Manchester United's 1–0 half-time lead increased to 6–0. The second leg, played under lights at Old Trafford with the normal half-time break, produced a closer scoreline.

References
  1. "Turkey – List of Champions". RSSSF. RSSSF. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. Corriere dello Sport, 24 July 1957.
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