# 1958–59 European Cup

The 1958–59 European Cup was the fourth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Reims 2–0 in the final at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959. This was Real Madrid's fourth European Cup title in a row. The two finalists also competed in the final of the first European Cup in 1956.
It was the first time that a team from Finland participated, while Turkey's representative returned to the competition in the presence of Beşiktaş. They were drawn against Olympiacos, but Greece's first entrants withdrew for political reasons before playing their first tie.
Also, Manchester United were invited to the competition following Munich air disaster in the previous season, but were not allowed to participate by the Football League, meaning that first walkovers took place in the UEFA organised competition. Had they played, England would be first nation in European Cup history to have more than one team in the competition, apart from title holder's association.
On road to winning the competition Real Madrid faced Atlético Madrid in the semi-finals – the first time a derby match was played in the competition.

## Teams

A total of 28 teams were placed in the competition bracket, but finally only 26 participated.
Spain continued to be represented by its runners-up, as its champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders. This was the first time that Rapid Wien and AGF Aarhus failed to qualify for the tournament, which made Real Madrid the only club to appear in all four editions of European Cup. Wiener Sport-Club, Standard Liège, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Helsingin Palloseura, Schalke 04, Drumcondra, Juventus, Jeunesse Esch, VV DOS, Ards, Polonia Bytom, Petrolul Ploiești, Heart of Midlothian, Atlético Madrid, IFK Göteborg, Beşiktaş and NK Dinamo Zagreb made their debut in the competition.
All entrants were their respective associations champions, except for KB, Manchester United, Polonia Bytom and Atlético Madrid.
| Wiener Sport-Club (1st) | Standard Liège (1st) | CDNA Sofia (1st) | Dukla Prague (1st) |
| KB (5th) | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st) | Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st) | Manchester United (9th) |
| Helsingin Palloseura (1st) | Reims (1st) | Olympiacos (1st) | MTK (1st) |
| Juventus (1st) | Jeunesse Esch (1st) | VV DOS (1st) | Ards (1st) |
| Polonia Bytom (2nd) | Sporting CP (1st) | Drumcondra (1st) | Petrolul Ploiești (1st) |
| Heart of Midlothian (1st) | Real Madrid (1st) | Atlético Madrid (2nd) | IFK Göteborg (1st) |
| Young Boys (1st) | Beşiktaş (1st) | Schalke 04 (1st) | NK Dinamo Zagreb (1st) |

## Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Cannes, France, on Wednesday, 2 July 1958. As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 27 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first drawn team in each pot also received bye, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in August, September and October.
| | Pot 1 Western Europe | Pot 2 Central Europe | Pot 3 Eastern Europe |
| Drawn | France Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Netherlands Belgium Scotland Portugal Spain | Switzerland West Germany Italy Sweden Denmark Luxembourg Austria Manchester United | Poland Romania Turkey Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Hungary East Germany Greece |
| Byes | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Helsingin Palloseura | CDNA Sofia |
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
| Standard Liège | 6–3 | Heart of Midlothian | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| Beşiktaş | (w/o) | Olympiacos | – | – |
| Young Boys | (w/o) | Manchester United | – | – |
| NK Dinamo Zagreb | 3–4 | Dukla Prague | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Jeunesse Esch | 2–2 | IFK Göteborg | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| Ards | 3–10 | Reims | 1–4 | 2–6 |
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4–4 | Petrolul Ploiești | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| Atlético Madrid | 13–1 | Drumcondra | 8–0 | 5–1 |
| Polonia Bytom | 0–6 | MTK | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| KB | 5–5 | Schalke 04 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 1–3 |
| Juventus | 3–8 | Wiener Sport-Club | 3–1 | 0–7 |
| VV DOS | 4–6 | Sporting CP | 3–4 | 1–2 |

### Second leg

Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate.
KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate; play-off needed.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate; play-off needed.
Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate; play-off needed.
Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate.
Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
MTK won 6–0 on aggregate.
Reims won 10–3 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.

### Play-off

Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won play-off 4–0.
IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | |
| Wiener Sport-Club | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dukla Prague | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dukla Prague | 1 | 1 | 2 | Wiener Sport-Club | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Real Madrid | 0 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Real Madrid | 2 | 1 | 3 | Real Madrid | 0 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Beşiktaş | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Beşiktaş | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | Real Madrid | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Atlético Madrid | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | | | | |
| Atlético Madrid (a.e.t.) | 2 | 0 | 2 (3) | | | | | | | | | Atlético Madrid | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | | |
| CDNA Sofia | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CDNA Sofia | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | Atlético Madrid | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Schalke 04 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 3 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Schalke 04 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Schalke 04 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Real Madrid | 2 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reims | 0 | |
| MTK | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reims | 0 |
| Young Boys | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Young Boys | 2 | 4 | 6 | Young Boys | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | | | | | | | | |
| IFK Göteborg | 2 | 0 | 2 | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | | | | | | | | |
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | Young Boys | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Reims | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Sporting CP | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Reims | 0 | 3 | 3 | | |
| Standard Liège | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Standard Liège | 3 | 3 | 6 | Standard Liège | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Reims | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Reims | 4 | 3 | 7 | Reims | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Helsingin Palloseura | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
| Sporting CP | 2–6 | Standard Liège | 2–3 | 0–3 |
| Wiener Sport-Club | 3–2 | Dukla Prague | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| MTK | 2–6 | Young Boys | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Atlético Madrid | 2–2 | CDNA Sofia | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 (a.e.t.) |
| IFK Göteborg | 2–6 | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–4 | Schalke 04 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Real Madrid | 3–1 | Beşiktaş | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Reims | 7–0 | Helsingin Palloseura | 4–0 | 3–0 |

### Second leg

Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.
Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate; play-off needed.
Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.
Reims won 7–0 on aggregate.

### Play-off

Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
| Standard Liège | 2–3 | Reims | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Atlético Madrid | 4–1 | Schalke 04 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Wiener Sport-Club | 1–7 | Real Madrid | 0–0 | 1–7 |
| Young Boys | 2–2 | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |

### Second leg

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
Young Boys 2–2 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate; play-off needed.
Reims won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate.

### Play-off

Young Boys won play-off 2–1.

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
| Young Boys | 1–3 | Reims | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Real Madrid | 2–2 | Atlético Madrid | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |

### Second leg

Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate; play-off needed.
Reims won 3–1 on aggregate.

### Play-off

Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.

## Final

The 1959 European Cup final was played on 3 June 1959 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, West Germany. Real Madrid's victory was their fourth consecutive title, maintaining their status as the only team to have won the competition. Reims were runners-up for a second time, having already lost to Real in the inaugural final in 1956.

## Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Just Fontaine | Reims | 10 |
| 2 | Vavá | Atlético Madrid | 8 |
| 3 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Real Madrid | 6 |
| 3 | Joaquín Peiró | Atlético Madrid | 6 |
| 5 | Enrique Collar | Atlético Madrid | 5 |
| 5 | Josef Hamerl | Wiener Sport-Club | 5 |
| 5 | Roger Piantoni | Reims | 5 |
| 5 | Klaus Zink | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 5 |
| 9 | Ivson | Sporting CP | 4 |
| 9 | Jean Jadot | Standard Liège | 4 |
| 9 | Bernhard Klodt | Schalke 04 | 4 |
| 9 | Eugen Meier | Young Boys | 4 |
| 9 | Péter Palotás | MTK | 4 |
| 9 | Willy Tröger | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4 |
| 9 | Ernst Wechselberger | Young Boys | 4 |