1955–56 European Cup

European football tournament October 2022 European Cup 1955–56 ParcdesPrincesCoupedesClubsChampions1956.png 275px The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final. 4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956 16 16 ESP 1945 Real Madrid 1 FRA 1830 Reims 29 127 900021 Miloš Milutinović (Partizan)8 goals 1956–57 The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. It was won by Real Madrid, who defeated Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0219-0e8c0675c28b-0050374bcc46-1000--madrid-bounce-back-to-start-era-of-dominance/ Madrid bounce back to start era of dominance UEFA 1 September 2014 6 November 2024 UEFA had been officially inaugurated on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations.18 May 2020 60 years at the heart of football UEFA https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/General/02/22/46/45/2224645_DOWNLOAD.pdf 18 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190207025905/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/General/02/22/46/45/2224645_DOWNLOAD.pdf 7 February 2019 live The first round pairings were fixed by the organisers and not drawn as would be the case for all future European Cup matches. The clubs participating in the first season of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine L'Equipe on the basis that they were representative and prestigious clubs in Europe.https://blog.lequipe.fr/histoire/2-avril-1955-lequipe-cree-la-coupe-deurope-de-football/ L'Équipe 19 March 2018 7 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220507075941/https://blog.lequipe.fr/histoire/2-avril-1955-lequipe-cree-la-coupe-deurope-de-football/ dead When the tournament started, Real Madrid, Anderlecht, AC Milan, Rot-Weiss Essen, Reims, Djurgården and AGF were the reigning champions of their respective national leagues. English champions Chelsea initially agreed to compete and were drawn against Swedish side Djurgården; however, under pressure from the Football League, who saw the tournament as a distraction to domestic football, they later withdrew from the competition,https://archive.org/details/chelseafcofficia0000glan/page/254/mode/2up 254 Chelsea FC: The Official Biography Rick Glanvill 2005 Headline London 0755314654https://archive.org/details/manchesterunited0000ferr_i3c9/page/34/mode/2up 34 Manchester United in Europe: Tragedy, Destiny, History Ken Ferris 2004 Mainstream Publishing Edinburgh 1840188979 and were replaced by Gwardia Warsaw of Poland. In addition, Holland Sport, Honvéd and AB rejected the opportunity to represent the Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark, being replaced by PSV Eindhoven, Vörös Lobogó and AGF respectively. Scottish champions Aberdeen were controversially overlooked by the SFA in favour of Hibernian who finished in fifth place.https://www.afc.co.uk/2016/06/09/dons-in-europe-1956-european-cup-story/ Aberdeen FC - Dons in Europe 1956 European Cup story Aberdeen AFC.co.uk 9 June 2016 6 November 2024 They were considered one of the best teams in Scotland, having won the Scottish title in 1950–51 and 1951–52, but the main reason they were invited was because they were the only team in the country to have floodlights installed at their ground September 2026. Dynamo Moscow, the champions of the Soviet Union, did not participate due to climatic restrictions. This was also the only UEFA tournament to include a representative of Saarland, unified into West Germany in 1957. The remaining sides (including Gwardia) were selected on the basis of prestige by the editors of L'Equipe before their respective leagues had concluded. Incidentally, the Polish side could not host the home fixture at their new stadium, so the match was instead played at the home of crosstown rivals Legia, themselves the reigning national champions. Teams The 16 participating teams (and their final ranking in their respective national leagues) were: 15em AUT Rapid Wien (3rd) BEL Anderlecht (1st) DEN AGF (1st) FRA 1830 Reims (1st) HUN 1949 Vörös Lobogó (2nd) ITA Milan (1st) NED PSV Eindhoven (3rd) POL 1928 Gwardia Warsaw (4th) POR Sporting CP (3rd) SAA Saarbrücken (3rd) SCO Hibernian (5th) ESP 1945 Real Madrid (1st) SWE Djurgården (1st) SUI Servette (6th) FRG Rot-Weiss Essen (1st) YUG Partizan (5th) Bracket 2/2/2/1 y y n First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final SUI Servette 0 0 0 ESP 1945 Real Madrid 2 5 7 POR Sporting CP 3 2 5 YUG Partizan 3 5 8 AUT Rapid Wien 6 0 6 NED PSV Eindhoven 1 1 2 ITA Milan 3 4 7 SAA Saarbrücken 4 1 5 DEN AGF 0 2 2 FRA 1830 Reims 2 2 4 HUN 1949 Vörös Lobogó 6 4 10 BEL Anderlecht 3 1 4 SWE Djurgården 0 4 4 POL 1928 Gwardia Warsaw 0 1 1 FRG Rot-Weiss Essen 0 1 1 SCO Hibernian 4 1 5 ESP 1945 Real Madrid 4 0 4 YUG Partizan 0 3 3 AUT Rapid Wien 1 2 3 ITA Milan 1 7 8 FRA 1830 Reims 4 4 8 HUN 1949 Vörös Lobogó 2 4 6 SWE Djurgården 1 0 1 SCO Hibernian 3 1 4 ESP 1945 Real Madrid 4 1 5 ITA Milan 2 2 4 FRA 1830 Reims 2 1 3 SCO Hibernian 0 0 0 ESP 1945 Real Madrid 4 FRA 1830 Reims 3 First round Europe Europe blank laea location map before 1990.svg 400 right Location of teams in the 1955–56 European Cup. Europe 49.246389 4.025 Reims bottom Europe 50.833333 4.333333 Anderlecht left Europe 44.8162 20.4816 Partizan Europe 47.471944 19.050278 Vörös Lobogó Europe 46.2 6.15 Servette Europe 55.961667 -3.165556 Hibernian Europe 38.752678 -9.184681 Sporting Europe 59.34535 18.079044 Djurgården Europe 51.273 7.047 R. W. Essen right Europe 52.23 21.010833 Gwardia Europe 56.131944 10.196389 AGF right Europe 48.197778 16.265278 Rapid bottom Europe 51.441664 5.467563 PSV top Europe 45.47808 9.124 Milan bottom Europe 49.140 7.00 Saarbrücken right Europe 40.453053 -3.688356 Real Madrid top Sporting CP POR 5–8 Partizan YUG 3–3 2–5 Vörös Lobogó HUN 1949 10–4 Anderlecht BEL 6–3 4–1 Servette SUI 0–7 Real Madrid ESP 1945 0–2 0–5 Rot-Weiss Essen FRG 1–5 Hibernian SCO 0–4 1–1 Djurgården SWE 4–1 Gwardia Warsaw POL 1928 0–0 4–1 AGF DEN 2–4 Reims FRA 1830 0–2 2–2 Rapid Wien AUT 6–2 PSV Eindhoven NED 6–1 0–1 Milan ITA 7–5 Saarbrücken SAA 3–4 4–1 First leg Sporting v Partizan 4 September 1955 18:00 CET Sporting CP POR 3–3 Report YUG Partizan Martins 14 78Quim 65 M. Milutinović 45 50Bobek 73 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon 30,000 Dean Harzic (France) Vörös v Anderlecht 7 September 1955 20:00 CET Vörös Lobogó HUN 1949 6–3 Report BEL Anderlecht I. Szimcsák 8Palotás 25 59 80Hidegkuti 28Sándor 83 Vanderwilt 7Van den Bosch 39 79 Népstadion, Budapest 35,000 Friedrich Mayer (Austria) Servette v Real 8 September 1955 16:45 CET Servette SUI 0–2 Report ESP 1945 Real Madrid Muñoz 74Rial 89 Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 7,000 Robert Sautelle (France) Essen v Hibernian 14 September 1955 20:00 CET Rot-Weiss Essen FRG 0–4 Report SCO Hibernian Turnbull 35 53L. Reilly 44Ormond 81 Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen 5,000 Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands) Djurgården v Gwardia 20 September 1955 20:00 CET Djurgården SWE 0–0 Report POL 1928 Gwardia Warsaw Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm 3,574 Jarl Hansen (Denmark) Rapid v PSV 21 September 1955 16:00 CET Rapid Wien AUT 6–1 Report NED PSV Eindhoven A. Körner 12 62 82Mehsarosch 55Hanappi 56Probst 60 Fransen 18 Pfarrwiese, Vienna 10,000 Emil Schmetzer (West Germany) AGF v Reims 21 September 1955 20:00 CET AGF DEN 0–2 Report FRA 1830 Reims Glovacki 7 72 Idrætsparken, Copenhagen 18,000 Klaas Schipper (Netherlands) Milan v Saarbrücken 1 November 1955 20:00 CET Milan ITA 3–4 Report SAA Saarbrücken Frignani 15Schiaffino 33Dal Monte 37 Krieger 5Philippi 43Schirra 67Martin 69 San Siro, Milan 18,000 Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) Second leg Partizan v Sporting 12 October 1955 15:00 CET Partizan YUG 5–2 Report POR Sporting CP M. Milutinović 15 29 64 74Jocić 88 Brandão 49 77 Stadion JNA, Belgrade 15,000 György Dankó (Hungary) Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate. Real v Servette 12 October 1955 16:30 CET Real Madrid ESP 1945 5–0 Report SUI Servette Di Stéfano 29 61Joseíto 44Rial 46Molowny 54 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid 40,318 Riccardo Pieri (Italy) Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate. Gwardia v Djurgården 12 October 1955 20:00 CET Gwardia Warsaw POL 1928 1–4 Report SWE Djurgården Baszkiewicz 14 Eriksson 5 17 22Sandberg 29 Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw 25,000 Dean Harzic (France) Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate. Hibernian v Essen 12 October 1955 20:15 CET Hibernian SCO 1–1 Report FRG Rot-Weiss Essen Buchanan 5 Abromeit 47 Easter Road, Edinburgh 30,000 Arthur Edward Ellis (England) Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate. Anderlecht v Vörös 19 October 1955 20:00 CET Anderlecht BEL 1–4 Report HUN 1949 Vörös Lobogó Van den Bosch 38 Hidegkuti 25Lantos 78Palotás 85Kovács I 86 Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht 33,000 Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands) Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate. Reims v AGF 26 October 1955 20:00 CET Reims FRA 1830 2–2 Report DEN AGF Glovacki 47Bliard 60 Jensen 77Bjerregaard 83 Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims 5,845 Alfred Bond (England) Reims won 4–2 on aggregate. PSV v Rapid 1 November 1955 14:15 CET PSV Eindhoven NED 1–0 Report AUT Rapid Wien Fransen 9 Philips Sportpark, Eindhoven 8,000 Aloïs Smidts (Belgium) Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate. Saarbrücken v Milan 23 November 1955 14:15 CET Saarbrücken SAA 1–4 Report ITA Milan Binkert 32 Valli 8 77Puff 75 o.g.Beraldo 86 Ludwigspark, Saarbrücken 15,000 Klaas Schipper (Netherlands) Milan won 7–5 on aggregate. Quarter-finals Djurgården SWE 1–4 Hibernian SCO 1–3 0–1 Reims FRA 1830 8–6 Vörös Lobogó HUN 1949 4–2 4–4 Real Madrid ESP 1945 4–3 Partizan YUG 1945 4–0 0–3 Rapid Wien AUT 3–8 Milan ITA 1–1 2–7 First leg Djurgården v Hibernian 23 November 1955 21:00 CET Djurgården SWE 1–3 Report SCO Hibernian Eklund 1 Combe 18L. Reilly 49Olsson 86 o.g. Firhill Park, GlasgowMatch switched to Glasgow due to a frozen pitch in Sweden.https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0043/page02.shtml Hibernian reach the first European Cup semi-finals 1956 November 2005 A Sporting Nation: Rock 'n' Roll Era 1950–1959 BBC 18 April 2010 21,962 Arthur Edward Ellis (England) Reims v Vörös 14 December 1955 20:00 CET Reims FRA 1830 4–2 Report HUN 1949 Vörös Lobogó Glovacki 14Leblond 33 57Bliard 42 Szolnok 34Lantos 77 pen. Parc des Princes, Paris 36,088 Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) Real v Partizan 25 December 1955 15:45 CET Real Madrid ESP 1945 4–0 Report YUG Partizan Castaño 12 23Gento 36Di Stéfano 70 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid 105,532 Dean Harzic (France) Rapid v Milan 18 January 1956 14:15 CET Rapid Wien AUT 1–1 Report ITA Milan R. Körner 26 pen. Nordahl 20 Pfarrwiese, Vienna 18,000 Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia) Note – differences in information: RSSSF website indicates that the goal scored on 26th minute was scored by Robert Körner, while UEFA website indicates that it was scored by his younger brother Alfred Körner. Second leg Hibernian v Djurgården 28 November 1955 20:30 CET Hibernian SCO 1–0 Report SWE Djurgården Turnbull 70 pen. Easter Road, Edinburgh 31,346 Arthur Edward Ellis (England) Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate. Vörös v Reims 28 December 1955 20:00 CET Vörös Lobogó HUN 1949 4–4 Report FRA 1830 Reims Lantos 11 pen. 74 pen.Palotás 53 82 Glovacki 6Bliard 20 44Templin 52 Népstadion, Budapest 35,000 John Husband (England) Reims won 8–6 on aggregate. Partizan v Real 29 January 1956 15:00 CET Partizan YUG 3–0 Report ESP 1945 Real Madrid Milutinović 24 87Mihajlović 46 Stadion JNA, Belgrade 40,000 Josef Gulde (Switzerland) Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate. Milan v Rapid 12 February 1956 15:00 CET Milan ITA 7–2 Report AUT Rapid Wien Mariani 15Nordahl 23 50Ricagni 26 63Frignani 56Schiaffino 75 Golobic 35Dienst 59 San Siro, Milan 35,000 Leo Horn (Netherlands) Milan won 8–3 on aggregate. Semi-finals Reims FRA 1830 3–0 Hibernian SCO 2–0 1–0 Real Madrid ESP 1945 5–4 Milan ITA 4–2 1–2 First leg Reims v Hibernian 4 April 1956 20:00 CET Reims FRA 1830 2–0 Report SCO Hibernian Leblond 67Bliard 89 Parc des Princes, Paris 35,486 Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain) Real v Milan 19 April 1956 16:30 CET Real Madrid ESP 1945 4–2 Report ITA Milan Rial 6Joseíto 25Olsen 40Di Stéfano 62 Nordahl 9Schiaffino 30 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid 129,690 Dean Harzic (France) Second leg Hibernian v Reims 18 April 1956 20:30 CET Hibernian SCO 0–1 Report FRA 1830 Reims Glovacki 57 Easter Road, Edinburgh 44,941 Arthur Edward Ellis (England) Reims won 3–0 on aggregate. Milan v Real 1 May 1956 15:00 CET Milan ITA 2–1 Report ESP 1945 Real Madrid Dal Monte 69 pen. 86 pen. Joseíto 65 San Siro, Milan 30,000 Erich Steiner (Austria) Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate. Final 1956 European Cup final 13 June 1956 20:30 CET Real Madrid ESP 1945 4–3 Report FRA 1830 Reims Di Stéfano 14Rial 30 79Marquitos 67 Leblond 6Templin 10Hidalgo 62 Parc des Princes, Paris 38,239 Arthur Edward Ellis (England) Top goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals 1 YUG Miloš Milutinović YUG Partizan 8 2 FRA 1830 Léon Glovacki FRA 1830 Reims 6 HUN 1949 Péter Palotás HUN 1949 Vörös Lobogó 4 FRA 1830 René Bliard FRA 1830 Reims 5 ESP 1945 Alfredo Di Stéfano ESP 1945 Real Madrid ARG Héctor Rial ESP 1945 Real Madrid 7 HUN 1949 Mihály Lantos HUN 1949 Vörös Lobogó 4 FRA 1830 Michel Leblond FRA 1830 Reims SWE Gunnar Nordahl ITA Milan 10 BEL Hippolyte Van den Bosch BEL Anderlecht 3 ITA Giorgio Dal Monte ITA Milan SWE John Eriksson SWE Djurgården ESP 1945 Joseíto ESP 1945 Real Madrid AUT Alfred Körner AUT Rapid Wien ITA Juan Alberto Schiaffino ITA Milan SCO Eddie Turnbull SCO Hibernian Notes References External links 1955–56 season at UEFA website 1955–56 All matches – season at UEFA website All scorers 1955–56 European Cup according to protocols UEFA European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/240459.pdf 50 years of the European Cup UEFA 17 July 2008 October 2004 https://archive.today/20120708053921/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1955/intro.html 1955-56 European Cup el – results and line-ups (archive) Category:UEFA Champions League seasons Cup