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1955–56 European Cup

 
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1955–56 UEFA European Cup
Tournament details
Dates 4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams 16
Final positions
Champions Spain Real Madrid (1st title)
Runner-up France Stade Reims
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Miloš Milutinović (8 goals)
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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 beat Stade Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris on 13 June 1956.

Contents

First round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Sporting Portugal 5–8 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 Stade 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
 Sporting Portugal 3 – 3 Yugoslavia Partizan Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Martins Goal 14' Goal 78'
Quim Goal 65'		 M. Milutinović Goal 45' Goal 50'
Bobek Goal 73'
7 September 1955
 Vörös Lobogó Hungary 6 – 3 Belgium Anderlecht MTK Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
Szimcsák Goal 8'
Palotás Goal 25' Goal 59' Goal 80'
Hidegkuti Goal 28'
Sándor Goal 83'		 Vanderwilt Goal 7'
Van Den Bosch Goal 39' Goal 70'
8 September 1955
 Servette Switzerland 0 – 2 Spain Real Madrid Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Robert Sautelle (France)
Muñoz Goal 74'
Rial Goal 89'
14 September 1955
 Rot-Weiss Essen West Germany 0 – 4 Scotland Hibernian Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Turnbull Goal 35' Goal 53'
L. Reilly Goal 53'
Ormond Goal 81'
20 September 1955
 Djurgården Sweden 0 – 0 Poland Gwardia Warszawa Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,574
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
21 September 1955
 AGF Aarhus Denmark 0 – 2 France Stade Reims Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
Glovacki Goal 7' Goal 72'
21 September 1955
 Rapid Wien Austria 6 – 1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Pfarrwiese, Vienna
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany)
A. Körner Goal 12' Goal 62' Goal 81'
Mehsarosch Goal 55'
Hanappi Goal 56'
Probst Goal 60'		 Fransen Goal 18'
1 November 1955
 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'		 Krieger Goal 5'
Philippi Goal 43'
Schirra Goal 67'
Martin Goal 69'

Second leg

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

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

12 October 1955
 Partizan Yugoslavia 5 – 2 Portugal Sporting Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: György Danko (Hungary)
M. Milutinović Goal 15' Goal 29' Goal 64' Goal 74'
Jocić Goal 88'		 Brandão Goal 49' Goal 77'

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

12 October 1955
 Hibernian Scotland 1 – 1 West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Buchanan Goal 5' Abromeit Goal 90'

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

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

Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.

19 October 1955
 Anderlecht Belgium 1 – 4 Hungary Vörös Lobogó Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Van Den Bosch Goal 3' Hidegkuti Goal 25'
Lantos Goal 78'
Palotás Goal 85'
Kovács III Goal 86'

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

26 October 1955
 Stade Reims France 2 – 2 Denmark AGF Aarhus Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 5,845
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)
Glovacki Goal 47'
Bliard Goal 60'		 Jensen Goal 77'
Bjerregaard Goal 80'

Stade Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

23 November 1955
 Saarbrücken Saar (protectorate) 1 – 4 Italy Milan Ludwigspark Stadion, Saarbrücken
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
Binkert Goal 32' Valli Goal 8' Goal 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
Stade Reims France 8–6 Hungary Vörös Lobogó 4–2 4–4
Real Madrid Spain 4–3 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' Combe Goal 18'
Mulkerrin Goal 49'
Olsson Goal 86' (o.g.)
14 December 1955
 Stade Reims France 4 – 2 Hungary Vörös Lobogó Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 36,088
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Glovacki Goal 14'
Leblond Goal 33' Goal 57'
Bliard Goal 42'		 Szolnok Goal 34'
Lantos Goal 77' (pen.)
25 December 1955
 Real Madrid Spain 4 – 0 Yugoslavia Partizan Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 105,532
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Castaño Goal 12' Goal 23'
Gento Goal 36'
Di Stéfano Goal 70'
18 January 1956
 Rapid Wien Austria 1 – 1 Italy Milan Pfarrwiese, Vienna
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlcek (Czechoslovakia)
R. Körner Goal 26' (pen.) Nordahl Goal 20'

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'

Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.

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

Stade Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.

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

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

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

A.C Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Stade 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
 Stade Reims France 2 – 0 Scotland Hibernian Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 35,486
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)
Leblond Goal 67'
Bliard Goal 89'
19 April 1956
 Real Madrid Spain 4 – 2 Italy Milan Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 129,690
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Rial Goal 6'
Iglesias Goal 25'
Olsen Goal 40'
Di Stéfano Goal 62'		 Nordahl Goal 9'
Schiaffino Goal 30'

Second leg

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

Stade 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.) Goal 86' (pen.) Iglesias Goal 65'

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1956 European Cup Final
13 June 1956
 Real Madrid Spain 4 – 3 France Stade Reims Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 38,239
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Di Stéfano Goal 14'
Rial Goal 30' Goal 79'
Marquitos Goal 67'		 Leblond Goal 6'
Templin Goal 10'
Hidalgo Goal 62'
European Cup
1955–56 Winners
Spain
Real Madrid
First Title

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