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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.

1956–57 European Cup
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957
Teams22
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (2nd title)
Runners-upItaly Fiorentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored170 (3.86 per match)
Attendance1,836,978 (41,750 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Dennis Viollet (9 goals)
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Location of teams in the 1956–57 European Cup

Preliminary round

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Pot 1
Eastern Europe 		Pot 2
North-Western Europe 		Pot 3
South-Central Europe
Drawn Match 1

  Slovan UNV Bratislava

  Nice

  Porto

  CWKS Warsaw

  AGF Aarhus

  Athletic Bilbao

Match 2

  Galatasaray

  Anderlecht

  Borussia Dortmund

  Dinamo București

  Manchester United

  Spora Luxembourg

Byes

  Budapest Honvéd

  Rangers

  Fiorentina

  Rapid Wien

  Norrköping

  Grasshopper

  CDNA Sofia

  Rapid JC

  Red Star Belgrade

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off 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 round

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Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off 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-finals

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Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 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-finals

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Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Red Star Belgrade   0–1   Fiorentina 0–1 0–0
Real Madrid   5–3   Manchester United 3–1 2–2

First leg

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Red Star Belgrade  0–1  Fiorentina
Report Prini   88'
Attendance: 40,000
Real Madrid  3–1  Manchester United
Rial   61'
Di Stéfano   63'
Mateos   83'		 Report Taylor   82'
Attendance: 120,000

Second leg

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Fiorentina  0–0  Red Star Belgrade
Report
Attendance: 70,000

Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate

Manchester United  2–2  Real Madrid
Taylor   62'
Charlton   85'		 Report Kopa   25'
Rial   33'
Attendance: 65,000

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate

Final

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Real Madrid  2–0  Fiorentina
Di Stéfano   69' (pen.)
Gento   75'		 Report
Attendance: 120,000

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[1][2]

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Dennis Viollet   Manchester United 9
2   Tommy Taylor   Manchester United 8
3   Alfredo Di Stéfano   Real Madrid 7
4   Alfred Preißler   Borussia Dortmund 6
5   José Artetxe   Athletic Bilbao 5
  Jacques Foix   Nice 5
  Bora Kostić   Red Star Belgrade 5
8   Jacky Faivre   Nice 4
  Ivan Petkov Kolev   CDNA Sofia 4
10   Marc Boreux   Spora Luxembourg 3
  Ernst Happel   Rapid Wien 3
  Joseíto   Real Madrid 3
  Alfred Kelbassa   Borussia Dortmund 3
  Enrique Mateos   Real Madrid 3
  Armando Merodio   Athletic Bilbao 3
  Billy Whelan   Manchester United 3

References

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  1. ↑ 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Tournament phase - Goals scored
  2. ↑ 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Qualifying phase - Goals scored

Other websites

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