1956–57 European Cup
2nd season of the UEFA club football tournament
The 1956–57 European Cup was the second season of the European Cup. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Fiorentina 2–0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, on May 30, 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) | ![]() |
Preliminary roundEdit
Pot 1 Eastern Europe |
Pot 2 North-Western Europe |
Pot 3 South-Central Europe | ||
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Drawn | Match 1 | |||
Match 2 | ||||
Byes | ||||
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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Borussia Dortmund | 5–5 | Spora Luxembourg | 4–3 | 1–2 | 7–0 |
Dinamo București | 4–3 | Galatasaray | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
Slovan UNV Bratislava | 4–2 | CWKS Warsaw | 4–0 | 0–2 | |
Anderlecht | 0–12 | Manchester United | 0–2 | 0–10 | |
AGF Aarhus | 2–6 | Nice | 1–1 | 1–5 | |
Porto | 3–5 | Athletic Bilbao | 1–2 | 2–3 |
First roundEdit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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Manchester United | 3–2 | Borussia Dortmund | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
CDNA Sofia | 10–4 | Dinamo București | 8–1 | 2–3 | |
Rangers | 3–3 | Nice | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
Slovan UNV Bratislava | 1–2 | Grasshopper | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
Real Madrid | 5–5 | Rapid Wien | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
Rapid JC | 3–6 | Red Star Belgrade | 3–4 | 0–2 | |
Fiorentina | 2–1 | Norrköping | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Athletic Bilbao | 6–5 | Budapest Honvéd | 3–2 | 3–31 |
1 Second leg played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Quarter-finalsEdit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Athletic Bilbao | 5–6 | Manchester United | 5–3 | 0–3 |
Fiorentina | 5–3 | Grasshopper | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Real Madrid | 6–2 | Nice | 3–0 | 3–2 |
Red Star Belgrade | 4–3 | CDNA Sofia | 3–1 | 1–2 |
Semi-finalsEdit
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Red Star Belgrade | 0–1 | Fiorentina | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Real Madrid | 5–3 | Manchester United | 3–1 | 2–2 |
First legEdit
Red Star Belgrade | 0–1 | Fiorentina |
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Report | Prini 88' |
Real Madrid | 3–1 | Manchester United |
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Rial 61' Di Stéfano 63' Mateos 83' |
Report | Taylor 82' |
Second legEdit
Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate
Manchester United | 2–2 | Real Madrid |
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Taylor 62' Charlton 85' |
Report | Kopa 25' Rial 33' |
Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate
FinalEdit
Real Madrid | 2–0 | Fiorentina |
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Di Stéfano 69' (pen.) Gento 75' |
Report |
Top scorersEdit
The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[1][2]
ReferencesEdit
Other websitesEdit
- 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)