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1955–56 European Cup
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The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates 4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams 16
Final positions
Champions Spain Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up France Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played 29
Goals scored 127 (4.38 per match)
Attendance 900,021 (31,035 per match)
Top scorer(s) Miloš Milutinović (Partizan)
8 goals

The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who defeated Stade de Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.

The participating clubs in the first five seasons of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine L'Equipe on the basis that they were representative and prestigious clubs in Europe. When the tournament started, Real Madrid, Anderlecht, Milan, Rot-Weiss Essen, Stade de Reims, Djurgården and AGF Aarhus 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, and were replaced by Gwardia Warszawa of Poland. Scottish champions Aberdeen withdrew under similar circumstances. In addition, Holland Sport, Honvéd and AB rejected the opportunity to represent the Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark respectively, being replaced by PSV Eindhoven, Vörös Lobogó and AGF Aarhus (PSV and Vörös Lobogó becoming the last teams until 1997–98 to qualify for the European Cup not by either winning a domestic league or being current title holders). This was also the only UEFA tournament to include a representative of Saarland, unified into West Germany in 1957.

The first round pairings were fixed by the organisers and not drawn as would be the case for all future European Cup matches.

Teams

Austria Rapid Wien Belgium Anderlecht Denmark AGF Aarhus France Reims
Hungary Vörös Lobogó Italy Milan Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Poland Gwardia Warszawa
Portugal Sporting CP Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken Scotland Hibernian Spain Real Madrid
Sweden Djurgården Switzerland Servette West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan

Bracket

  First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                     
1  Switzerland Servette    
16  Spain Real Madrid    
     Spain Real Madrid    
 
     Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan    
8  Portugal Sporting CP  
9  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan    
     Spain Real Madrid    
     Italy Milan    
5  Austria Rapid Wien    
12  Netherlands PSV Eindhoven    
     Austria Rapid Wien  
 
     Italy Milan    
4  Italy Milan  
13  Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken    
     Spain Real Madrid 4
     France Reims 3
6  Denmark AGF Aarhus    
11  France Reims    
     France Reims  
 
     Hungary Vörös Lobogó    
3  Hungary Vörös Lobogó  
14  Belgium Anderlecht    
     France Reims  
     Scotland Hibernian    
7  Sweden Djurgården    
10  Poland Gwardia Warszawa    
     Sweden Djurgården  
 
     Scotland Hibernian    
2  West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen  
15  Scotland Hibernian    

First round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Sporting CP Portugal 5–8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 3–3 2–5
Vörös Lobogó Hungary 10–4 Belgium Anderlecht 6–3 4–1
Servette Switzerland 0–7 Spain Real Madrid 0–2 0–5
Rot-Weiss Essen West Germany 1–5 Scotland Hibernian 0–4 1–1
Djurgården Sweden 4–1 Poland Gwardia Warszawa 0–0 4–1
AGF Aarhus Denmark 2–4 France Reims 0–2 2–2
Rapid Wien Austria 6–2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6–1 0–1
Milan Italy 7–5 Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken 3–4 4–1


First leg

4 September 1955
18:00 (CET)
 Sporting CP Portugal 3–3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Martins Goal 14', 78'
Quim Goal 65'		 Report M. Milutinović Goal 45', 50'
Bobek Goal 73'
7 September 1955
20:00 (CET)
 Vörös Lobogó Hungary 6–3 Belgium Anderlecht Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
Szimcsák I Goal 8'
Palotás Goal 25', 59', 80'
Hidegkuti Goal 28'
Sándor Goal 83'		 Report Vanderwilt Goal 7'
Van Den Bosch Goal 39', 79'
8 September 1955
16:45 (CET)
 Servette Switzerland 0–2 Spain Real Madrid Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Robert Sautelle (France)
Report Muñoz Goal 74'
Rial Goal 89'
14 September 1955
20:00 (CET)
 Rot-Weiss Essen West Germany 0–4 Scotland Hibernian Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Report Turnbull Goal 35', 53'
L. Reilly Goal 44'
Ormond Goal 81'
20 September 1955
20:00 (CET)
 Djurgården Sweden 0–0 Poland Gwardia Warszawa Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,574
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
Report
21 September 1955
20:00 (CET)
 AGF Aarhus Denmark 0–2 France Reims Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
Report Glovacki Goal 7', 72'
21 September 1955
16:00 (CET)
 Rapid Wien Austria 6–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Pfarrwiese, Vienna
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany)
A. Körner Goal 12', 62', 82'
Mehsarosch Goal 55'
Hanappi Goal 56'
Probst Goal 60'		 Report Fransen Goal 18'
1 November 1955
20:00 (CET)
 Milan Italy 3–4 Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Frignani Goal 15'
Schiaffino Goal 33'
Dal Monte Goal 37'		 Report Krieger Goal 5'
Philippi Goal 43'
Schirra Goal 67'
Martin Goal 69'

Second leg

12 October 1955
16:30 (CET)
 Real Madrid Spain 5–0 Switzerland Servette Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 40,318
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
Di Stéfano Goal 29', 61'
Iglesias Goal 44'
Rial Goal 46'
Molowny Goal 54'		 Report

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

12 October 1955
15:00 (CET)
 Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 5–2 Portugal Sporting CP Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: György Dankó (Hungary)
M. Milutinović Goal 15', 29', 64', 74'
Jocić Goal 88'		 Report Brandão Goal 49', 77'

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

12 October 1955
20:15 (CET)
 Hibernian Scotland 1–1 West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Buchanan Goal 5' Report Abromeit Goal 47'

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

12 October 1955
20:00 (CET)
 Gwardia Warszawa Poland 1–4 Sweden Djurgården Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Baszkiewicz Goal 14' Report Eriksson Goal 5', 17', 22'
Sandberg Goal 29'

Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.

19 October 1955
20:00 (CET)
 Anderlecht Belgium 1–4 Hungary Vörös Lobogó Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Van Den Bosch Goal 38' Report Hidegkuti Goal 25'
Lantos Goal 78'
Palotás Goal 85'
Kovács I Goal 86'

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

26 October 1955
20:00 (CET)
 Reims France 2–2 Denmark AGF Aarhus Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 5,845
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)
Glovacki Goal 47'
Bliard Goal 60'		 Report Erik Bechmann Jensen Goal 77'
Bjerregaard Goal 83'

Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.

1 November 1955
14:15 (CET)
 PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1–0 Austria Rapid Wien Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Aloïs Smidts (Belgium)
Fransen Goal 9' Report

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

23 November 1955
14:15 (CET)
 Saarbrücken Saar Protectorate 1–4 Italy Milan Ludwigspark Stadion, Saarbrücken
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
Binkert Goal 32' Report Valli Goal 8', 77'
Puff Goal 75' (o.g.)
Beraldo Goal 86'

Milan won 7–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Djurgården Sweden 1–4 Scotland Hibernian 1–3 0–1
Reims France 8–6 Hungary Vörös Lobogó 4–2 4–4
Real Madrid Spain 4–3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 4–0 0–3
Rapid Wien Austria 3–8 Italy Milan 1–1 2–7


First leg

23 November 1955
 Djurgården Sweden 1–3 Scotland Hibernian Firhill Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 21,962
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Eklund Goal 1' Report Combe Goal 18'
Mulkerrin Goal 49'
Olsson Goal 86' (o.g.)
14 December 1955
 Reims France 4–2 Hungary Vörös Lobogó Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 36,088
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Glovacki Goal 14'
Leblond Goal 33', 57'
Bliard Goal 42'		 Report Szolnok Goal 34'
Lantos Goal 77' (pen.)
25 December 1955
 Real Madrid Spain 4–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 105,532
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Castaño Goal 12', 23'
Gento Goal 36'
Di Stéfano Goal 70'		 Report
18 January 1956
 Rapid Wien Austria 1–1 Italy Milan Pfarrwiese, Vienna
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
R. Körner Goal 26' (pen.) Report Nordahl Goal 20'

Note – differences in information: RSSSF website indicates that the goal scored on 26 minute was scored by Robert Körner, while UEFA website indicates that it was scored by Alfred Körner

Second leg

28 November 1955
 Hibernian Scotland 1–0 Sweden Djurgården Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 31,346
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Turnbull Goal 70' Report

Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.

28 December 1955
 Vörös Lobogó Hungary 4–4 France Reims Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: John Husband (England)
Lantos Goal 11' (pen.), 74' (pen.)
Palotás Goal 53', 82'		 Report Glovacki Goal 6'
Bliard Goal 20', 44'
Templin Goal 52'

Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.

29 January 1956
 Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–0 Spain Real Madrid Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
Milutinović Goal 24', 87'
Mihajlović Goal 46' (pen.)		 Report

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

12 February 1956
 Milan Italy 7–2 Austria Rapid Wien San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
Mariani Goal 15'
Nordahl Goal 23', 50'
Ricagni Goal 26', 63'
Frignani Goal 56'
Schiaffino Goal 75'		 Report Golobic Goal 35'
Dienst Goal 59'

Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Reims France 3–0 Scotland Hibernian 2–0 1–0
Real Madrid Spain 5–4 Italy Milan 4–2 1–2


First leg

4 April 1956
 Reims France 2–0 Scotland Hibernian Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 35,486
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)
Leblond Goal 67'
Bliard Goal 89'		 Report
19 April 1956
 Real Madrid Spain 4–2 Italy Milan Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 129,690
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Rial Goal 6'
Iglesias Goal 25'
Olsen Goal 40'
Di Stéfano Goal 62'		 Report Nordahl Goal 9'
Schiaffino Goal 30'

Second leg

18 April 1956
 Hibernian Scotland 0–1 France Reims Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 44,941
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Report Glovacki Goal 57'

Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.

1 May 1956
 Milan Italy 2–1 Spain Real Madrid San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)
Dal Monte Goal 69' (pen.), 86' (pen.) Report Iglesias Goal 65'

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1956 European Cup Final
13 June 1956
20:30 CET
 Real Madrid Spain 4–3 France Reims Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 38,239
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Di Stéfano Goal 14'
Rial Goal 30', 79'
Marquitos Goal 67'		 Report Leblond Goal 6'
Templin Goal 10'
Hidalgo Goal 62'

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Milutinović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 8
2 Hungary Péter Palotás Hungary Vörös Lobogó 6
France Léon Glovacki France Stade Reims
4 France René Bliard France Stade Reims 5
Argentina Héctor Rial Spain Real Madrid
Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid
7 Hungary Mihály Lantos Hungary Vörös Lobogó 4
Sweden Gunnar Nordahl Italy Milan
France Michel Leblond France Stade Reims
10 Austria Alfred Körner Austria Rapid Wien 3
Belgium Hippolyte Van Den Bosch Belgium Anderlecht
Sweden John Eriksson Sweden Djurgården
Scotland Eddie Turnbull Scotland Hibernian
Italy Juan Alberto Schiaffino Italy Milan
Italy Giorgio Dal Monte Italy Milan
Spain Joseíto Spain Real Madrid

See also

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