1955–56 UEFA European Cup

Tournament details
Dates	4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (1st title)
Runner-up	Stade Reims
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Miloš Milutinović (8 goals)
← None 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who beat Stade Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris on 13 June 1956.

Contents 1 First round 1.1 First leg 1.2 Second leg 2 Quarter-finals 2.1 First leg 2.2 Second leg 3 Semi finals 3.1 First leg 3.2 Second leg 4 Final 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting	5–8	Partizan	3–3	2–5
Vörös Lobogó	10–4	Anderlecht	6–3	4–1
Servette	0–7	Real Madrid	0–2	0–5
Rot-Weiss Essen	1–5	Hibernian	0–4	1–1
Djurgården	4–1	Gwardia Warszawa	0–0	4–1
AGF Aarhus	2–4	Stade Reims	0–2	2–2
Rapid Wien	6–2	PSV Eindhoven	6–1	0–1
Milan	7–5	Saarbrücken	3–4	4–1

[edit] First leg

4 September 1955	Sporting	3 – 3	Partizan	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
	Martins  14'  78' Quim  65'		M. Milutinović  45'  50' Bobek  73'

---

7 September 1955	Vörös Lobogó	6 – 3	Anderlecht	MTK Stadion, Budapest Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
	Szimcsák  8' Palotás  25'  59'  80' Hidegkuti  28' Sándor  83'		Vanderwilt  7' Van Den Bosch  39'  70'

---

8 September 1955	Servette	0 – 2	Real Madrid	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Robert Sautelle (France)
			Muñoz  74' Rial  89'

---

14 September 1955	Rot-Weiss Essen	0 – 4	Hibernian	Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
			Turnbull  35'  53' L. Reilly  53' Ormond  81'

---

20 September 1955	Djurgården	0 – 0	Gwardia Warszawa	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 3,574 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

---

21 September 1955	AGF Aarhus	0 – 2	Stade Reims	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
			Glovacki  7'  72'

---

21 September 1955	Rapid Wien	6 – 1	PSV Eindhoven	Pfarrwiese, Vienna Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany)
	A. Körner  12'  62'  81' Mehsarosch  55' Hanappi  56' Probst  60'		Fransen  18'

---

1 November 1955	Milan	3 – 4	Saarbrücken	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Frignani  15' Schiaffino  33' dal Monte  37'		Krieger  5' Philippi  43' Schirra  67' Martin  69'

[edit] Second leg

12 October 1955	Real Madrid	5 – 0	Servette	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 40,318 Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
	Di Stéfano  29'  61' Iglesias  44' Rial  46' Molowny  54'

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

---

12 October 1955	Partizan	5 – 2	Sporting	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 15,000 Referee: György Danko (Hungary)
	M. Milutinović  15'  29'  64'  74' Jocić  88'		Brandão  49'  77'

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

---

12 October 1955	Hibernian	1 – 1	Rot-Weiss Essen	Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
	Buchanan  5'		Abromeit  90'

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

---

12 October 1955	Gwardia Warszawa	1 – 4	Djurgården	Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
	Baszkiewicz  14'		Eriksson  5'  17'  22' Sandberg  29'

Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.

---

19 October 1955	Anderlecht	1 – 4	Vörös Lobogó	Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
	Van Den Bosch  3'		Hidegkuti  25' Lantos  78' Palotás  85' Kovács III  86'

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

---

26 October 1955	Stade Reims	2 – 2	AGF Aarhus	Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims Attendance: 5,845 Referee: Alfred Bond (England)
	Glovacki  47' Bliard  60'		Jensen  77' Bjerregaard  80'

Stade Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.

---

1 November 1955	PSV Eindhoven	1 – 0	Rapid Wien	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Aloïs Smidts (Belgium)
	Petrus Fransen  9'

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

---

23 November 1955	Saarbrücken	1 – 4	Milan	Ludwigspark Stadion, Saarbrücken Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
	Binkert  32'		Valli  8'  77' Puff  75' (o.g.) Beraldo  86'

Milan won 7–5 on aggregate.

[edit] Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Djurgården	1–4	Hibernian	1–3	0–1
Stade Reims	8–6	Vörös Lobogó	4–2	4–4
Real Madrid	4–3	Partizan	4–0	0–3
Rapid Wien	3–8	Milan	1–1	2–7

[edit] First leg

23 November 1955	Djurgården	1 – 3	Hibernian	Firhill Park, Glasgow Attendance: 21,962 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
	Eklund  1'		Combe  18' Mulkerrin  49' Olsson  86' (o.g.)

---

14 December 1955	Stade Reims	4 – 2	Vörös Lobogó	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 36,088 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Glovacki  14' Leblond  33'  57' Bliard  42'		Szolnok  34' Lantos  77' (pen.)

---

25 December 1955	Real Madrid	4 – 0	Partizan	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 105,532 Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
	Castaño  12'  23' Gento  36' Di Stéfano  70'

---

18 January 1956	Rapid Wien	1 – 1	Milan	Pfarrwiese, Vienna Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jaroslav Vlcek (Czechoslovakia)
	R. Körner  26' (pen.)		Nordahl  20'

[edit] Second leg

28 November 1955	Hibernian	1 – 0	Djurgården	Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 31,346 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
	Turnbull  70'

Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.

---

28 December 1955	Vörös Lobogó	4 – 4	Stade Reims	MTK Stadion, Budapest Attendance: 35,000 Referee: John Husband (England)
	Lantos  11' (pen.)  74' (pen.) Palotás  53'  82'		Glovacki  6' Bliard  20'  44' Templin  52'

Stade Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.

---

29 January 1956	Partizan	3 – 0	Real Madrid	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
	Milutinović  24'  87' Mihajlović  46' (pen.)

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

---

12 February 1956	Milan	7 – 2	Rapid Wien	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
	Mariani  15' Nordahl  23'  50' Ricagni  26'  63' Frignani  56' Schiaffino  75'		Golobic  35' Dienst  59'

A.C Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.

[edit] Semi finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade Reims	3–0	Hibernian	2–0	1–0
Real Madrid	5–4	Milan	4–2	1–2

[edit] First leg

4 April 1956	Stade Reims	2 – 0	Hibernian	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 35,486 Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)
	Leblond  67' Bliard  89'

---

19 April 1956	Real Madrid	4 – 2	Milan	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 129,690 Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
	Rial  6' Iglesias  25' Olsen  40' Di Stéfano  62'		Nordahl  9' Schiaffino  30'

[edit] Second leg

18 April 1956	Hibernian	0 – 1	Stade Reims	Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 44,941 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
			Glovacki  57'

Stade Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.

---

1 May 1956	Milan	2 – 1	Real Madrid	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)
	Dal Monte  69' (pen.)  86' (pen.)		Iglesias  65'

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

[edit] Final

13 June 1956	Real Madrid	4 – 3	Stade Reims	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 38,239 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
	Di Stéfano  14' Rial  30'  79' Marquitos  67'		Leblond  6' Templin  10' Hidalgo  62'

European Cup 1955–56 Winners
Real Madrid First Title

[edit] See also

• European Cup and Champions League finals

[edit] External links

• 1955-56 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• "50 years of the European Cup" (PDF). UEFA. October 2004. http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/240459.pdf. Retrieved 17 July 2008. 

v • d • e European Cup and UEFA Champions League European Cup era, 1955–1992 Seasons 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 Finals 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 Champions League era, 1992–present Seasons 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 Finals 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 Anthem · Broadcasters · History · Records and statistics · Trophy · Winning managers · Winning players · Winning teams

v • d • e International club football FIFA · Club World Cup (stats) · Intercontinental Cup (defunct) (stats) · Player of the Year · List of international & official club competition winners · Teams Asia AFC – Champions League · AFC Cup · President's Cup Africa CAF – Champions League · Confederation Cup · Super Cup North America CONCACAF – Champions League South America CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores · Copa Sudamericana · Recopa Sudamericana Oceania OFC – Champions League Europe UEFA – Champions League · Europa League · Super Cup