1956–57 European Cup
The 1956–57 European Cup was the second season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won for the second time by Real Madrid, who beat Fiorentina 2–0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, on 30 May 1957.
![]() Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957 |
Teams | 22 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 44 |
Goals scored | 170 (3.86 per match) |
Attendance | 1,836,978 (41,750 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
After the great success of the first tournament, six new nations entered representatives: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, Luxembourg, Romania and Turkey. The English Football Association ("FA") had not allowed Chelsea to enter in 1955, and continued its stance on the European Cup as it being a "distraction". However, against the wishes of the FA, Manchester United entered the competition as English champions, becoming the first English team to play in Europe. An additional place was awarded to Real Madrid as the competition's reigning champions, occupying the free berth left by Saar after its reunification with West Germany.
Preliminary round



The draw for the preliminary round took place in UEFA headquarters in Paris on 29 June 1956.[1] The 21 challengers of Real Madrid were grouped geographically into three pots. The first four teams drawn in each pot would play the preliminary round in September, while the remaining three clubs received byes.
Pot 1 Eastern Europe |
Pot 2 North-Western Europe |
Pot 3 South-Central Europe | ||
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Drawn | Match 1 | |||
Match 2 | ||||
Byes | ||||
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 1 October.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
5–5 | ![]() |
4–3 | 1–2 | 7–0 |
Dinamo București ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–2 | |
Slovan UNV Bratislava ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–2 | |
Anderlecht ![]() |
0–12 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–10 | |
AGF Aarhus ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–5 | |
Porto ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–3 |
First leg
Borussia Dortmund ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Bracht ![]() Niepieklo ![]() Preißler ![]() |
Report | Boreux ![]() |
Dinamo București ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Voica ![]() Ene ![]() |
Report | Oktay ![]() |
Anderlecht ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Viollet ![]() Taylor ![]() |
Slovan UNV Bratislava ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Pažický ![]() Kováč ![]() Moravčík ![]() |
Report |
AGF Aarhus ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Erik Bechmann Jensen ![]() |
Report | Foix ![]() |
Porto ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Matos ![]() |
Report | Gaínza ![]() Canito ![]() |
Second leg
Spora Luxembourg ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Fiedler ![]() Letsch ![]() |
Report | Preißler ![]() |
Borussia Dortmund 5–5 Spora Luxembourg on aggregate; play-off needed.
CWKS Warsaw ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Kowal ![]() Brychczy ![]() |
Report |
Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.
Manchester United ![]() | 10–0 | ![]() |
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Taylor ![]() Viollet ![]() Whelan ![]() Berry ![]() |
Report |
Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Artetxe ![]() |
Report | Hernâni ![]() Matos ![]() |
Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.
Nice ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Foix ![]() Milazzo ![]() Faivre ![]() |
Report | Jensen ![]() |
Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.
Galatasaray ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Aytaç ![]() Oktay ![]() |
Report | Suru ![]() |
Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.
Play-off
Borussia Dortmund ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Preißler ![]() Simmer ![]() Kelbassa ![]() Peters ![]() |
Report |
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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Manchester United ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–0 | |
CDNA Sofia ![]() |
10–4 | ![]() |
8–1 | 2–3 | |
Rangers ![]() |
3–3 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
Slovan UNV Bratislava ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 | |
Real Madrid ![]() |
5–5 | ![]() |
4–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
Rapid JC ![]() |
3–6 | ![]() |
3–4 | 0–2 | |
Fiorentina ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–0 | |
Athletic Bilbao ![]() |
6–5 | ![]() |
3–2 | 3–31 |
1 Second leg played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels
First leg
Manchester United ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Viollet ![]() Pegg ![]() |
Report | Kapitulski ![]() Preißler ![]() |
CDNA Sofia ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
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Kolev ![]() Milanov ![]() Panayotov ![]() Dimitrov ![]() |
Report | Băcuț ![]() |
Real Madrid ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Marsal ![]() |
Report | Dienst ![]() Gießer ![]() |
Rapid JC ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() |
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Janssen ![]() Bischops ![]() Tasić ![]() |
Report | Kostić ![]() Toplak ![]() Rudinski ![]() |
Fiorentina ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bizzarri ![]() |
Report | Bild ![]() |
Athletic Bilbao ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Artetxe ![]() Marcaida ![]() Arieta ![]() |
Report | Budai II ![]() Kocsis ![]() |
Second leg
Red Star Belgrade ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Toplak ![]() Kostić ![]() |
Report |
Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate
Nice 3–3 Rangers on aggregate; play-off needed.
Rapid Wien ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Happel ![]() |
Report | Di Stéfano ![]() |
Real Madrid 5–5 Rapid Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.
Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate
Norrköping ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Virgili ![]() |
Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate
Grasshopper ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Vukosavljević ![]() Duret ![]() |
Report |
Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate
Budapest Honvéd ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Budai II ![]() Puskás ![]() |
Report | Merodio ![]() Arieta ![]() |
Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate
Dinamo București ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Nicușor ![]() Lăzar ![]() Neagu ![]() |
Report | Stoyanov ![]() Yanev ![]() |
CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Athletic Bilbao ![]() |
5–6 | ![]() |
5–3 | 0–3 |
Fiorentina ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 2–2 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–2 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–2 |
First leg
Athletic Bilbao ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
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Uribe ![]() Marcaida ![]() Merodio ![]() Artetxe ![]() |
Report | Taylor ![]() Viollet ![]() Whelan ![]() |
Fiorentina ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Segato ![]() Taccola ![]() |
Report | Ballaman ![]() |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Kostić ![]() Popović ![]() |
Report | Yanev ![]() |
Second leg
Manchester United ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Viollet ![]() Taylor ![]() Berry ![]() |
Report |
Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate
CDNA Sofia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Bozhkov ![]() Panayotov ![]() |
Report | Tasić ![]() |
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate
Grasshopper ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Ballaman ![]() Vukosavljević ![]() |
Report | Julinho ![]() Montuori ![]() |
Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate
Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–0 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 2–2 |
First leg
Red Star Belgrade ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Prini ![]() |
Real Madrid ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Rial ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() Mateos ![]() |
Report | Taylor ![]() |
Second leg
Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate
Manchester United ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Taylor ![]() Charlton ![]() |
Report | Kopa ![]() Rial ![]() |
Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate
Final
Real Madrid ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Gento ![]() |
Report |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[3][4]
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
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9 |
2 | ![]() |
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8 |
3 | ![]() |
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7 |
4 | ![]() |
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6 |
5 | ![]() |
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5 |
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5 | |
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5 | |
8 | ![]() |
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4 |
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4 | |
10 | ![]() |
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3 |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 |
Notes
- It is assumed this match was played in Munich as a result of Swiss protests regarding the outcome of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 which also led to them boycotting the 1956 Olympic Games.[2]
References
External links
- 1956–57 All matches – season at UEFA website
- All scorers 1956–57 European Cup (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- 1956-57 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)