1956–57 European Cup
Appearance
![]() 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) | ![]() |
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.
Preliminary round
[change | change source]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 | Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
5–5 | ![]() |
4–3 | 1–2 | 7–0 |
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Dinamo București ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–2 | |||||||
Slovan UNV Bratislava ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–2 | |||||||
Anderlecht ![]() |
0–12 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–10 | |||||||
AGF Aarhus ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–5 | |||||||
Porto ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–3 |
First round
[change | change source]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off | Manchester United ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–0 |
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CDNA Sofia ![]() |
10–4 | ![]() |
8–1 | 2–3 | ||||||
Rangers ![]() |
3–3 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |||||
Slovan UNV Bratislava ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 | ||||||
Real Madrid ![]() |
5–5 | ![]() |
4–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | |||||
Rapid JC ![]() |
3–6 | ![]() |
3–4 | 0–2 | ||||||
Fiorentina ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–0 | ||||||
Athletic Bilbao ![]() |
6–5 | ![]() |
3–2 | 3–31 |
1 Second leg played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Quarter-finals
[change | change source]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Athletic Bilbao ![]() |
5–6 | ![]() |
5–3 | 0–3 |
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Fiorentina ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 2–2 | |||||
Real Madrid ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–2 | |||||
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–2 |
Semi-finals
[change | change source]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–0 |
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Real Madrid ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 2–2 |
First leg
[change | change source]Red Star Belgrade ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Prini ![]() |
Real Madrid ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Rial ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() Mateos ![]() |
Report | Taylor ![]() |
Second leg
[change | change source]Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate
Manchester United ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Taylor ![]() Charlton ![]() |
Report | Kopa ![]() Rial ![]() |
Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate
Final
[change | change source]Real Madrid ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Gento ![]() |
Report |
Top scorers
[change | change source]The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[1][2]
References
[change | change source]Other websites
[change | change source]- 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)