1956 European Cup Final
association football match
The 1956 European Cup Final was the final in the European Cup, now known as the UEFA Champions League.
| Event | 1955–56 European Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 13 June 1956 | ||||||
| Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris | ||||||
| Referee | Arthur Edward Ellis (England) | ||||||
| Attendance | 38,239 | ||||||
Route to the final change
| Real Madrid | Round | Reims | ||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
 Servette
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7–0 | 2–0 (A) | 5–0 (H) | First round |  AGF Aarhus
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4–2 | 2–0 (A) | 2–2 (H) |
 Partizan
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4–3 | 4–0 (H) | 0–3 (A) | Quarter-finals |  Vörös Lobogó
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8–6 | 4–2 (H) | 4–4 (A) |
 Milan
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5–4 | 4–2 (H) | 1–2 (A) | Semi-finals |  Hibernian
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3–0 | 2–0 (H) | 1–0 (A) |
Match change
Details change
Real Madrid  | 4–3 |  Reims |
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Report |
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    Reims
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Assistant referees:
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Related pages change
- 1955–56 European Cup
- 1959 European Cup Final – contested between same teams
- Real Madrid CF in international football competitions
Notes change
- ↑ Di Stéfano was a native Argentine that in October 1956 (four months following this match) became a naturalised citizen of Spain. He started playing on the Spain national football team in 1957.[1][2]
References change
- ↑ "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "Alfredo di Stéfano: A god of the stadium | Inside UEFA". 7 July 2014.
Other websites change
- European Cup 1955/56 from UEFA
- European Cup 1955/56 from RSSSF
- "European Champion Clubs' Cup – History" (PDF). UEFA. p. 164. Retrieved 25 May 2011.