1958–59 European Cup

The 1958–59 European Cup was the fourth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Reims 2–0 in the final at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959. This was Real Madrid's fourth European Cup title in a row. The two finalists also competed in the final of the first European Cup in 1956.

1958–59 European Cup
The Neckarstadion in Stuttgart hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates26 August 1958 – 3 June 1959
Teams28 (26 competed) (from 25 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (4th title)
Runners-upFrance Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored199 (3.62 per match)
Attendance1,980,818 (36,015 per match)
Top scorer(s)Just Fontaine (Reims)
10 goals

It was the first time that a team from Finland participated. Olympiacos, Greece's first ever entrants, withdrew for political reasons before playing their first tie. Also, Manchester United were invited to the competition following Munich air disaster in the previous season, but were not allowed to participate by the Football League, meaning that first ever walkovers took place in the UEFA organised competition.

Teams

A total of 28 teams were placed in the competition bracket, but finally only 26 participated.

Spain continued to be represented by its runners-up, as its champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders. This is the first time that Rapid Wien and AGF Aarhus failed to qualify for the tournament, while Standard Liége, Heart of Midlothian, Beșiktaș, NK Dinamo Zagreb, Jeunesse Esch, IFK Göteborg, Ards, Petrolul Ploiești, Atlético Madrid, Drumcondra, Polonia Bytom, KB, Schalke 04, Juventus Turin, Wiener Sportclub, Helsingin Palloseura, Wolverhampton Wanderers and DOS made their debut in competition.

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Cannes, France, on Wednesday, 2 July 1958.[1] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 27 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first drawn team in each pot also received byes, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September.

Pot 1
Western Europe		 Pot 2
Central Europe		 Pot 3
Eastern Europe
Drawn France
Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
Netherlands
Belgium
Scotland
Portugal
Spain		 Switzerland
West Germany
Italy
Sweden
Denmark
Luxembourg
Austria
Invitees Manchester United[2]		 Poland
Romania
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
East Germany
Greece
Byes England Wolverhampton Wanderers Finland Helsingin Palloseura Bulgaria CDNA Sofia

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legPlay-off
Standard Liège Belgium 6–3 Scotland Heart of Midlothian 5–1 1–2
Beşiktaş Turkey (w/o)[lower-alpha 1] Greece Olympiacos – –
Young Boys Switzerland (w/o)[lower-alpha 2] England Manchester United – –
NK Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–4 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 2–2 1–2
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 3–7 Sweden IFK Göteborg 1–2 1–01–5
Ards Northern Ireland 3–10 France Stade Reims 1–4 2–6
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany 8–4 Romania Petrolul Ploiești 4–2 0–24–0
Atlético Madrid Spain 13–1 Republic of Ireland Drumcondra 8–0 5–1
Polonia Bytom Poland 0–6 Hungary MTK Budapest 0–3 0–3
KB Denmark 6–8 West Germany Schalke 04 3–0 2–51–3
Juventus Italy 3–8 Austria Wiener Sport-Club 3–1 0–7
DOS Netherlands 4–6 Portugal Sporting CP 3–4 1–2

First leg
KB Denmark3–0West Germany Schalke 04
Birkeland 31', 46'
Krog 35'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)
Standard Liège Belgium5–1Scotland Heart of Midlothian
Jadot 17', 85'
Piters 34'
Bonga 73'
Houf 78'		 Report Crawford 14'
Attendance: 25,000[5]
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–2Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Lipošinović 70', 73' Report Borovička 31'
Brumovský 51'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg1–2Sweden IFK Göteborg
May 20' Report Jonsson 19'
B. Johansson 72'
Attendance: 3,500
Ards Northern Ireland1–4France Stade Reims
Lawry 87' Report Fontaine 26', 38', 45', 85'
Attendance: 20,000
Atlético Madrid Spain8–0Republic of Ireland Drumcondra
Peiró 2', 51'
Vavá 6', 61'
Collar 56', 76'
Mendonça 63', 67'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany4–2Romania Petrolul Ploiești
Tröger 25'
Viertel 39', 68'
Kaiser 79'		 Report Dridea 7', 82'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Antonín Růžička (Czechoslovakia)
Polonia Bytom Poland0–3Hungary MTK Budapest
Report Sándor 46'
Palotás 73', 80'
Attendance: 25,000[6]
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)
Juventus Italy3–1Austria Wiener Sport-Club
Sívori 2', 56', 62' Report Horak 8'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
DOS Netherlands3–4Portugal Sporting CP
Temming 48' (pen.)
Van der Linden 52'
Luiten 88'		 Report Ivson 31', 83'
Hugo 41'
Vasques 55'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: John Clough (England)

Second leg
Heart of Midlothian Scotland2–1Belgium Standard Liège
Bauld 55', 65' Report Givard 58'
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Louis Fauquembergue (France)

Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate.

Schalke 04 West Germany5–2Denmark KB
Klodt 25', 34'
Sadlowski 46'
Nowak 70'
Brocker 72'		 Report Andersen 53', 66'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Willem Beltman (Netherlands)

KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate.

Petrolul Ploiești Romania2–0East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Fronea 33'
Pahonțu 79'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg Sweden0–1Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Report May 21'
Attendance: 21,435

Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate.

Wiener Sport-Club Austria7–0Italy Juventus
Skerlan 24'
Hamerl 34', 38', 64', 80'
Hof 82', 85'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000[7]
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
Dvořák 30'
Vacenovský 71'		 Report Gašpert 45'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.

Drumcondra Republic of Ireland1–5Spain Atlético Madrid
Fullam 51' (pen) Report Peiró 16', 67'
Csóka 19'
Collar 45'
Vavá 86'
Attendance: 20,000

Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate.

MTK Budapest Hungary3–0Poland Polonia Bytom
Molnár 41'
Palotás 58', 75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)

MTK Budapest won 6–0 on aggregate.

Sporting CP Portugal2–1Netherlands DOS
Ivson 48', 76' Report Krommert 82'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: John Kelly (England)

Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.

Stade Reims France6–2Northern Ireland Ards
Piantoni 10', 40'
Fontaine 14', 16'
Bliard 20', 74'		 Report Lawther 10'
Quee 28'
Attendance: 19,509
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Stade Reims won 10–3 on aggregate.

Play-off
Schalke 04 West Germany3–1Denmark KB
Klodt 57', 86'
Nowak 66'		 Report Krahmer 90'
Attendance: 27,000

Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won play-off 4–0.

IFK Göteborg Sweden5–1Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Andersson 37'
Berndtsson 59', 85'
B. Johansson 68'
N. Johansson 80'		 Report Meurisse 5'
Attendance: 11,780
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting CP Portugal 2–6 Belgium Standard Liège 2–3 0–3
Wiener Sport-Club Austria 3–2 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 3–1 0–1
MTK Budapest Hungary 2–6 Switzerland Young Boys 1–2 1–4
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–21 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 2–1 0–1
IFK Göteborg Sweden 2–6 East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–2 0–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers England 3–4 West Germany Schalke 04 2–2 1–2
Real Madrid Spain 3–1 Turkey Beşiktaş 2–0 1–1
Reims France 7–0 Finland HPS 4–0 3–0

1 Atlético Madrid beat CSKA Sofia 3–1 in a playoff to qualify for the quarter-finals.

First leg
Sporting CP Portugal2–3Belgium Standard Liège
Bolzée 23' (o.g.)
Mendes 80'		 Report Paeschen 10'
Jadot 69'
Mallants 70'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Joseph Barberan (France)
Wiener Sport-Club Austria3–1Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Hof 22'
Hamerl 47'
Knoll 57'		 Report Pluskal 83'
Attendance: 50,000
MTK Budapest Hungary1–2Switzerland Young Boys
Molnár 66' Report Wechselberger 64'
Zahnd 80'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)
Atlético Madrid Spain2–1Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Vavá 60'
Peiró 79'		 Report Dimitrov 77'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)
IFK Göteborg Sweden2–2East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Ohlsson 5'
Andersson 31'		 Report Seifert 61'
Zink 67'
Attendance: 13,978
Referee: Jósef Kowal (Poland)
Wolverhampton Wanderers England2–2West Germany Schalke 04
Broadbent 52', 65' Report Siebert 25'
Koslowski 88'
Attendance: 45,676
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Real Madrid Spain2–0Turkey Beşiktaş
Santisteban 57'
Kopa 90'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pietro Bonetto (Italy)
Reims France4–0Finland HPS Helsinki
Vincent 22', 35', 85'
Siatka 89'		 Report
Attendance: 11,452
Referee: Edgar Ommerborn (West Germany)

Second leg
Standard Liège Belgium3–0Portugal Sporting CP
Paeschen 47'
Houf 67'
Mallants 74'		 Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Michel Devillers (France)

Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany4–0Sweden IFK Göteborg
Zink 23', 82'
Kaiser 50', 62'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate

Schalke 04 West Germany2–1England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kördell 12'
Siebert 35'		 Report Jackson 48'
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia1–0Austria Wiener Sport-Club
Masopust 60' Report
Attendance: 18,000[8]

Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate

Young Boys Switzerland4–1Hungary MTK Budapest
Wechselberger 13', 60'
Meier 40'
Allemann 81'		 Report Molnár 85'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate

CDNA Sofia Bulgaria1–0Spain Atlético Madrid
Panayotov 64' Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

2–2 on aggregate

Play-off
Atlético Madrid Spain3–1 (a.e.t.)Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Vavá 42', 108' (pen.)
Callejo 99'		 Report Yanev 17'
Attendance: 30,000

Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.

Beşiktaş Turkey1–1Spain Real Madrid
Köstepen 64' Report Santisteban 13'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate

HPS Helsinki Finland0–3France Reims
Report Fontaine 2', 10'
Lintamo 8' (o.g.)
Attendance: 14,855
Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)

Reims won 7–0 on aggregate

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Standard Liège Belgium 2–3 France Reims 2–0 0–3
Atlético Madrid Spain 4–1 West Germany Schalke 04 3–0 1–1
Wiener Sport-Club Austria 1–7 Spain Real Madrid 0–0 1–7
Young Boys Switzerland 2–21 East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–2 0–0

1 Young Boys beat Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–1 in a playoff to qualify for the semi-finals.

First leg
Standard Liège Belgium2–0France Reims
Jadot 65'
Givard 71' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: John Kelly (England)
Atlético Madrid Spain3–0West Germany Schalke 04
Vavá 47'
Miguel 73'
Peiró 90'		 Report
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Antonio Moriconi (Italy)
Wiener Sport-Club Austria0–0Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Young Boys Switzerland2–2East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Meier 22'
Rey 87'		 Report Wagner 45'
Zink 59'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Francisco Guerra (Portugal)

Second leg
Reims France3–0Belgium Standard Liège
Piantoni 70'
Fontaine 73', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 32,235

Reims won 3–2 on aggregate

Schalke 04 West Germany1–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Nowak 1' Report Vavá 90'
Attendance: 43,000

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate

Real Madrid Spain7–1Austria Wiener Sport-Club
Mateos 8'
Di Stéfano 14', 64', 69', 75'
Rial 67'
Gento 89'		 Report Horak 9'
Attendance: 90,000

Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany0–0Switzerland Young Boys
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Bengt Andrén (Sweden)

2–2 on aggregate

Play-off
Young Boys Switzerland2–1East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Meier 21'
Wechselberger 33'		 Report Tröger 75' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000

Young Boys won play-off 2–1.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Boys Switzerland 1–3 France Reims 1–0 0–3
Real Madrid Spain 2–21 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–1

1 Real Madrid beat Atlético Madrid 2–1 in a playoff.

First leg
Young Boys Switzerland1–0France Reims
Meier 15' Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Real Madrid Spain2–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Rial 15'
Puskás 33' (pen.)		 Report Chuzo 13'
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)

Second leg

2–2 on aggregate

Play-off
Real Madrid Spain2–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Di Stéfano 16'
Puskás 42'		 Report Collar 18'
Attendance: 20,000

Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.

Reims France3–0Switzerland Young Boys
Piantoni 41', 72'
Penverne 47'		 Report
Attendance: 35,898
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Reims won 3–1 on aggregate

Final
Main article: 1959 European Cup final

The 1959 European Cup final was played on 3 June 1959 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, West Germany. Real Madrid's victory was their fourth consecutive title, maintaining their status as the only team to have won the competition. Reims were runners-up for a second time, having already lost to Real in the inaugural final in 1956.

Real Madrid Spain2–0France Reims
Mateos 1'
Di Stéfano 47'		 Report
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup were as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 France Just Fontaine France Stade Reims 10
2 Brazil Vavá Spain Atlético Madrid 8
3 Spain Alfredo di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 6
Spain Joaquín Peiró Spain Atlético Madrid
5 Spain Enrique Collar Spain Atlético Madrid 5
Austria Josef Hamerl Austria Wiener Sport-Club
France Roger Piantoni France Stade Reims
East Germany Klaus Zink East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
9 Brazil Ivson Portugal Sporting 4
Belgium Jean Jadot Belgium Standard Liège
West Germany Bernhard Klodt West Germany Schalke 04
Switzerland Eugen Meier Switzerland Young Boys
Hungary Péter Palotás Hungary MTK Budapest
East Germany Willy Tröger East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Switzerland Ernst Wechselberger Switzerland Young Boys

Notes
  1. Olympiacos withdrew due to international political issues, refusing to play in Istanbul following the long-standing tension between Turkey and Greece.[3].
  2. UEFA invited Manchester United to enter the competition after eight of the club's players were killed in the Munich air disaster while returning from a European Cup match in Belgrade the previous season; however, the Football League refused to allow the club to compete. As the draw had already been made for the preliminary round, Manchester United's drawn opponents, Young Boys, were given a bye to the first round of the competition. Instead, the two clubs played a pair of friendlies against each other, home and away; Young Boys won the first match 2–0 in Bern, but Manchester United won 3–0 at Old Trafford a week later. The two clubs were again drawn together in the group stage of both the 2018–19 and 2021–22 UEFA Champions League seasons, with the former happening almost exactly 60 years after they were originally due to play.[4]

References
  1. Corriere dello Sport, 3 July 1958.
  2. Manchester United was in pot 2 because they could not play against an English club before the round of 16.
  3. Corriere dello Sport.
  4. Gardner, Stewart (18 September 2018). "United's lost 'European Cup' tie with Young Boys". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. "Standard Liège v Heart of Midlothian, 3 September 1958" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  6. "Standard Liège v Heart of Midlothian, 3 September 1958" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. "Standard Liège v Heart of Midlothian, 3 September 1958" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  8. "Standard Liège v Heart of Midlothian, 3 September 1958" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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