1956 European Cup final

1956 European Cup final Real madrid equipo european cup 1956.jpg 250 Real Madrid, champions 1955–56 European Cup Real Madrid ESP 1945 30px 4 Reims FRA 1830 30px 3 13 June 1956 Parc des Princes Paris Arthur Edward Ellis (England) 38,239 1957 The 1956 European Cup final was the inaugural final in the pan-European football competition, now known as the UEFA Champions League, to determine the winners of the 1955–56 European Cup. It was contested by Real Madrid of Spain and Stade de Reims of France, and played at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 13 June 1956 in front of 38,000 people. Real Madrid reached the final by beating Italian side AC Milan 5–4 on aggregate, whereas Reims beat Scottish club Hibernian 3–0 on aggregate. The match finished 4–3 to Real Madrid, who went on to record an unrivalled five consecutive European Cup titles. The match started brightly for Reims, with Michel Leblond and Jean Templin scoring to make it 2–0 inside 10 minutes, but by half-time, Madrid had levelled the scores through goals from Alfredo Di Stéfano and Héctor Rial. Reims took the lead again on 62 minutes through Michel Hidalgo, but when Marquitos and Rial scored in the 67th and 79th minutes respectively, Reims could no longer respond, winning Madrid the first ever European Cup/Champions League title, the first of five consecutive titles that they won. Route to the final Real MadridRoundReimsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legSUI Servette7–02–0 (A)5–0 (H)First roundDEN AGF Aarhus4–22–0 (A)2–2 (H)YUG Partizan4–34–0 (H)0–3 (A)Quarter-finalsHUN 1949 Vörös Lobogó8–64–2 (H)4–4 (A)ITA Milan5–44–2 (H)1–2 (A)Semi-finalsSCO Hibernian3–02–0 (H)1–0 (A) Real Madrid Real Madrid entered the European Cup competition as the title winners of the 1954–55 La Liga. In the opening round, they were drawn against Swiss champions Servette. After they secured a 2–0 victory away from home in the first leg, they secured a 5–0 victory at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium with Alfredo Di Stéfano scoring two goals in the victory.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61155--real-madrid-vs-servette/ Real Madrid-Servette 1955/56 21 November 2019 UEFA In the quarter-finals they were drawn against Yugoslavian side FK Partizan who had finished fifth in the previous season. In the opening leg at home, Heliodoro Castaño Pedrosa scored two goals as fellow goals from Francisco Gento and Alfredo Di Stéfano gave Real Madrid a four goal lead heading into the away leg in Belgrade.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61170--real-madrid-vs-partizan/ Real Madrid-Partizan 1955/56 21 November 2019 UEFA Partizan won second leg 3–0, but that was not enough to advance to the semi-finals.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61171--partizan-vs-real-madrid/ Partizan-Real Madrid 23 August 2023 UEFA There, Real Madrid won the first home leg against AC Milan and with two-goal lead could afford a second leg 2–1 defeat at the San Siro.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61177--milan-vs-real-madrid/ Milan-Real Madrid 23 August 2023 UEFA Stade de Reims Reims entered the European Cup competition as the title winners of the 1954–55 French Division 1. In the opening round, they were drawn against Danish champions AGF Aarhus. In the first away leg they secured a 2–0 victory thanks to a brace from Léon Glovacki,https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61160--agf-vs-reims/ AGF-Reims 1955/56 23 August 2023 UEFA before a 2–2 draw at the Stade Auguste-Delaune. In the quarter-finals they were drawn against Hungarian side Vörös Lobogó who had finished 2nd in the previous season. In the opening leg at home, Michel Leblond scored two goals as fellow goals from Léon Glovacki and René Bliard gave Reims a two-goal lead heading into the away leg at Budapest.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61168--reims-vs-mtk/ Reims-MTK 1955/56 23 August 2023 UEFA There, a tight match ensured a 4–4 draw, which saw Reims advance to the semi-finals,https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61169--mtk-vs-reims/ MTK-Reims 1955/56 23 August 2023 UEFA where they defeated Scottish Hibernian in both legs, reaching final undefeated.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61175--hibernian-vs-reims/ Hibernian-Reims 1955/56 23 August 2023 UEFA Match Details 13 June 1956 20:30 CET Real Madrid ESP 1945 4–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1955/matches/round=894/match=61178/index.html FRA 1794 Reims Di Stéfano 14 Rial 30 79 Marquitos 67 Leblond 6 Templin 10 Hidalgo 62 Parc des Princes, Paris 38,239 Arthur Edward Ellis (England) _vneck FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Real Madrid _stade_reims_56 _stade_reims_56h _stade_reims_56 _stade_reims_56 000000 EF1C21 Reims GK 1 ESP 1945 Juan AlonsoRB 2 ESP 1945 Ángel AtienzaLB 3 ESP 1945 Rafael LesmesRH 4 ESP 1945 Miguel Muñoz (c)CH 5 ESP 1945 MarquitosLH 6 ESP 1945 José María ZárragaOR 7 ESP 1945 Joseíto IR 8 ESP 1945 Ramón MarsalCF 9 ARG Alfredo Di StéfanoDi 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.https://as.com/futbol/2016/09/05/seleccion/1473063867_226121.html Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos 5 September 2016https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0253-0d7f8b12f361-f46f6e44b73e-1000--alfredo-di-stefano-a-god-of-the-stadium/ Alfredo di Stéfano: A god of the stadium 7 July 2014IL 10ESP 1945 Héctor RialOL 11ESP 1945 Paco GentoManager:ESP 1945 José Villalonga300px GK 1 FRA 1794 René-Jean JacquetRB 2 FRA 1794 Simon ZimnyLB 3 FRA 1794 Raoul GiraudoRH 4 FRA 1794 Michel LeblondCH 5 FRA 1794 Robert Jonquet (c)LH 6 FRA 1794 Robert SiatkaOR 7 FRA 1794 Michel Hidalgo IR 8 FRA 1794 Léon GlowackiCF 9 FRA 1794 Raymond KopaIL 10FRA 1794 René BliardOL 11FRA 1794 Jean Templin Manager:FRA 1794 Albert Batteux Assistant referees: J. Parkinson (England) Tommy Cooper (England) See also 1955–56 Real Madrid CF season 1959 European Cup final – contested between same teams Real Madrid CF in international football Notes References External links European Cup 1955/56 from UEFA European Cup 1955/56 from RSSSF https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/Publications/01/53/55/84/1535584_DOWNLOAD.pdf European Champion Clubs' Cup – History UEFA 164 25 May 2011 Final European Cup Final 1956 European Cup Final 1956 European Cup Final 1956 European Cup Final 1956 1956 European Cup Final European Cup Final European Cup Final European Cup Final 1956