- European Cup 1955–56
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 beatStade Reims 4–3 in the final atParc des Princes ,Paris on13 June 1956 .First round
First leg
footballbox
date=1955-09-04
time=
team1=Sporting flagicon|POR
score=3 – 3
report=
team2=flagicon|YUG|SFR Partizan
goals1=Martins goal|14 goal|78
Quim goal|65
goals2=M. Milutinović goal|45 goal|50
Bobek goal|73
stadium=Estádio Nacional ,Lisbon
attendance=30,000
referee=Dean Harzic (France) ----footballbox
date=1955-09-07
time=
team1=Vörös Lobogó flagicon|HUN|1949
score=6 – 3
report=
team2=flagicon|BEL Anderlecht
goals1=Szimcsák goal|8
Palotás goal|25 goal|59 goal|80
Hidegkuti goal|28
Sándor goal|83
goals2=Vanderwilt goal|7
Van Den Bosch goal|39 goal|70
stadium=MTK Stadion,Budapest
attendance=35,000
referee=Friedrich Mayer (Austria) ----footballbox
date=1955-09-08
time=
team1=Servette flagicon|SUI
score=0 – 2
report=
team2=flagicon|ESP|1939 Real Madrid
goals1=
goals2=Muñoz goal|74
Rial goal|89
stadium=Charmilles Stadium ,Geneva
attendance=7,000
referee=Robert Sautelle (France) ----footballbox
date=1955-09-14
time=
team1=Rot-Weiss Essen flagicon|FRG
score=0 – 4
report=
team2=flagicon|SCO Hibernian
goals1=
goals2=Turnbull goal|35 goal|53
L. Reilly goal|53
Ormond goal|81
stadium=Georg-Melches-Stadion ,Essen
attendance=5,000
referee=Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands) ----footballbox
date=1955-09-20
time=
team1=Djurgården flagicon|SWE
score=0 – 0
report=
team2=flagicon|POLGwardia Warszawa
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Stockholm Olympic Stadium ,Stockholm
attendance=3,574
referee=Arthur Edward Ellis (England) ----footballbox
date=1955-09-21
time=
team1=AGF Aarhus flagicon|DEN
score=0 – 2
report=
team2=flagicon|FRAStade Reims
goals1=
goals2=Glovacki goal|7 goal|72
stadium=Atletion ,Aarhus
attendance=18,000
referee=Klaas Schipper (Netherlands) ----footballbox
date=1955-09-21
time=
team1=Rapid Wien flagicon|AUT
score=6 – 1
report=
team2=flagicon|NEDPSV Eindhoven
goals1=A. Körner goal|12 goal|62 goal|81
Mehsarosch goal|55
Hanappi goal|56
Probst goal|60
goals2=Fransen goal|18
stadium=Pfarrwiese ,Vienna
attendance=10,000
referee=Emil Schmetzer (West Germany) ----footballbox
date=1955-11-01
time=
team1=Milan flagicon|ITA
score=3 – 4
report=
team2=flagicon|SAA Saarbrücken
goals1=Frignani goal|15
Schiaffino goal|33
dal Monte goal|37
goals2=Krieger goal|5
Philippi goal|43
Schirra goal|67
Martin goal|69
stadium=San Siro ,Milan
attendance=18,000
referee=Gottfried Dinest (Switzerland)econd leg
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date=1955-10-12
time=
team1=Real Madrid flagicon|ESP|1939
score=5 – 0
report=
team2=flagicon|SUI Servette
goals1=Di Stéfano goal|29 goal|61
Iglesias goal|44
Rial goal|46
Molowny goal|54
goals2=
stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ,Madrid
attendance=40,318
referee=Riccardo Pieri (Italy) "Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1955-10-12
time=
team1=Partizan flagicon|YUG|SFR
score=5 – 2
report=
team2=flagicon|POR Sporting
goals1=M. Milutinović goal|15 goal|29 goal|64 goal|74
Jocić goal|88
goals2=Brandão goal|49 goal|77
stadium=Partizan Stadium ,Belgrade
attendance=15,000
referee=György Danko (Hungary) "Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1955-10-12
time=
team1=Hibernian flagicon|SCO
score=1 – 1
report=
team2=flagicon|FRGRot-Weiss Essen
goals1=Buchanan goal|5
goals2=Abromeit goal|90
stadium=Easter Road ,Edinburgh
attendance=30,000
referee=Arthur Edward Ellis (England) "Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1955-10-12
time=
team1=Gwardia Warszawa flagicon|POL
score=1 – 4
report=
team2=flagicon|SWE Djurgården
goals1=Baszkiewicz goal|14
goals2=Eriksson goal|5 goal|17 goal|22
Sandberg goal|29
stadium=Wojska Polskiego,Warsaw
attendance=25,000
referee=Dean Harzic (France) "Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1955-10-19
time=
team1=Anderlecht flagicon|BEL
score=1 – 4
report=
team2=flagicon|HUN|1949 Vörös Lobogó
goals1=Van Den Bosch goal|3
goals2=Hidegkuti goal|25
Lantos goal|78
Palotás goal|85
Kovács III goal|86
stadium=Émile Versé Stadium,Anderlecht
attendance=33,000
referee=Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands) "Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1955-10-26
time=
team1=Stade Reims flagicon|FRA
score=2 – 2
report=
team2=flagicon|DEN AGF Aarhus
goals1=Glovacki goal|47
Bliard goal|60
goals2=Jensen goal|77
Bjerregaard goal|80
stadium=Stade Auguste Delaune ,Reims
attendance=5,845
referee=Alfred Bond (England) "Stade Reims won 4–2 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1955-11-01
time=
team1=PSV Eindhoven flagicon|NED
score=1 – 0
report=
team2=flagicon|AUT Rapid Wien
goals1=Petrus Fransen goal|9
goals2=
stadium=Philips Stadion ,Eindhoven
attendance=8,000
referee=Aloïs Smidts (Belgium) "Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1955-11-23
time=
team1=Saarbrücken flagicon|SAA
score=1 – 4
report=
team2=flagicon|ITA Milan
goals1=Binkert goal|32
goals2=Valli goal|8 goal|77
Puff goal|75|o.g.
Beraldo goal|86
stadium=Ludwigspark Stadion ,Saarbrücken
attendance=15,000
referee=Klaas Schipper (Netherlands) "Milan won 7–5 on aggregate."Quarter-finals
First leg
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date=1955-11-23
time=
team1=Djurgården flagicon|SWE
score=1 – 3
report=
team2=flagicon|SCO Hibernian
goals1=Eklund goal|1
goals2=Combe goal|18
Mulkerrin goal|49
Olsson goal|86|o.g.
stadium=Firhill Park ,Glasgow
attendance=21,962
referee=Arthur Edward Ellis (England) ----footballbox
date=1955-12-14
time=
team1=Stade Reims flagicon|FRA
score=4 – 2
report=
team2=flagicon|HUN|1949 Vörös Lobogó
goals1=Glovacki goal|14
Leblond goal|33 goal|57
Bliard goal|42
goals2=Szolnok goal|34
Lantos goal|77|pen.
stadium=Parc des Princes ,Paris
attendance=36,088
referee=Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) ----footballbox
date=1955-12-25
time=
team1=Real Madrid flagicon|ESP|1939
score=4 – 0
report=
team2=flagicon|YUG|SFR Partizan
goals1=Castaño goal|12 goal|23
Gento goal|36
Di Stéfano goal|70
goals2=
stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ,Madrid
attendance=105,532
referee=Dean Harzic (France) ----footballbox
date=1956-01-18
time=
team1=Rapid Wien flagicon|AUT
score=1 – 1
report=
team2=flagicon|ITA Milan
goals1=R. Körner goal|26|pen.
goals2=Nordahl goal|20
stadium=Pfarrwiese ,Vienna
attendance=18,000
referee=Jaroslav Vlcek (Czechoslovakia)econd leg
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date=1955-11-28
time=
team1=Hibernian flagicon|SCO
score=1 – 0
report=
team2=flagicon|SWE Djurgården
goals1=Turnbull goal|70
goals2=
stadium=Easter Road ,Edinburgh
attendance=31,346
referee=Arthur Edward Ellis (England) "Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1955-12-28
time=
team1=Vörös Lobogó flagicon|HUN|1949
score=4 – 4
report=
team2=flagicon|FRAStade Reims
goals1=Lantos goal|11|pen. goal|74|pen.
Palotás goal|53 goal|82
goals2=Glovacki goal|6
Bliard goal|20 goal|44
Templin goal|52
stadium=MTK Stadion,Budapest
attendance=35,000
referee=John Husband (England) "Stade Reims won 8–6 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1956-01-29
time=
team1=Partizan flagicon|YUG|SFR
score=3 – 0
report=
team2=flagicon|ESP|1939 Real Madrid
goals1=Milutinović goal|24 goal|87
Mihajlović goal|46|pen.
goals2=
stadium=Partizan Stadium ,Belgrade
attendance=40,000
referee=Josef Gulde (Switzerland) "Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1956-02-12
time=
team1=Milan flagicon|ITA
score=7 – 2
report=
team2=flagicon|AUT Rapid Wien
goals1=Mariani goal|15
Nordahl goal|23 goal|50
Ricagni goal|26 goal|63
Frignani goal|56
Schiaffino goal|75
goals2=Golobic goal|35
Dienst goal|59
stadium=San Siro ,Milan
attendance=35,000
referee=Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands) "A.C Milan won 8–3 on aggregate."emi finals
TwoLegResult|Real Madrid|ESP|5–4|Milan|ITA|4–2|1–2|var1=1939
First leg
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date=1956-04-04
time=
team1=Stade Reims flagicon|FRA
score=2 – 0
report=
team2=flagicon|SCO Hibernian
goals1=Leblond goal|67
Bliard goal|89
goals2=
stadium=Parc des Princes ,Paris
attendance=35,486
referee=Manuel Asensi (Spain) ----footballbox
date=1956-04-19
time=
team1=Real Madrid flagicon|ESP|1939
score=4 – 2
report=
team2=flagicon|ITA Milan
goals1=Rial goal|6
Iglesias goal|25
Olsen goal|40
Di Stéfano goal|62
goals2=Nordahl goal|9
Schiaffino goal|30
stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ,Madrid
attendance=129,690
referee=Dean Harzic (France)econd leg
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date=1956-04-18
time=
team1=Hibernian flagicon|SCO
score=0 – 1
report=
team2=flagicon|FRAStade Reims
goals1=
goals2=Glovacki goal|57
stadium=Easter Road ,Edinburgh
attendance=44,941
referee=Arthur Edward Ellis (England) "Stade Reimes won 3–0 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1956-05-01
time=
team1=Milan flagicon|ITA
score=2 – 1
report=
team2=flagicon|ESP|1939 Real Madrid
goals1=Dal Monte goal|69|pen. goal|86|pen.
goals2=Iglesias goal|65
stadium=San Siro ,Milan
attendance=30,000
referee=Erich Steiner (Austria) "Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate."Final
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date=1956-06-13
team1=Real Madrid flagicon|ESP|1939
score=4 – 3
team2=flagicon|FRAStade Reims
goals1=Di Stéfano goal|14
Rial goal|30 goal|79
Marquitos goal|67
goals2=Leblond goal|6
Templin goal|10
Hidalgo goal|62
stadium=Parc des Princes ,Paris
attendance=38,239
referee=Arthur Edward Ellis (England)ee also
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European Cup and Champions League finals External links
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1955/intro.html 1955-56 season at UEFA website]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ecomp.html European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
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