1956–57 European Cup

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
Dates	1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957
Teams	22
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (2nd title)
Runners-up	Fiorentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	170 (3.86 per match)
Attendance	1,836,978 (41,750 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dennis Viollet (9 goals)

Anderlecht

Red Star

Honvéd

CWKS Warsaw

AGF

Rapid

Real Madrid

Slovan

Nice

Porto

Athletic

Galatasaray

Dortmund

Man. United

Dinamo

Spora

Rangers

Fiorentina

IFK Norrköping

Grasshopper

CDNA Sofia

Rapid JC

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Location of teams in the 1956–57 European Cup

Preliminary round

		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

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

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

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

3 April 1957

Red Star Belgrade	0–1	Fiorentina
	Report	Prini  88'

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

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11 April 1957

Real Madrid	3–1	Manchester United
Rial  61' Di Stéfano  63' Mateos  83'	Report	Taylor  82'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 120,000

Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)

Second leg

18 April 1957

Fiorentina	0–0	Red Star Belgrade
	Report

Comunale, Florence

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)

Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate

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25 April 1957

Manchester United	2–2	Real Madrid
Taylor  62' Charlton  85'	Report	Kopa  25' Rial  33'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate

Final

See the main article: 1957 European Cup Final

30 May 1957

Real Madrid	2–0	Fiorentina
Di Stéfano  69' (pen.) Gento  75'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 120,000

Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Top scorers

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

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

Other websites

• 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)