1955–56 European Cup

The **1955–56 European Cup** was the first season of the European Cup. The tournament was won by Real Madrid. They beat Reims 4–3 in the final at the Parc des Princes, Paris, on June 13, 1956.

The participating clubs in the first five seasons of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine _L'Equipe_. One of the teams who were originally invited were English champions Chelsea, who had to withdraw due to pressure from the Football League. This was the only UEFA tournament to include a team from Saarland, before it was unified into West Germany in 1957.

## Teams

|Rapid Wien|Anderlecht|AGF Aarhus|Reims|
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|Vörös Lobogó|Milan|PSV Eindhoven|Gwardia Warszawa|
|Sporting CP|Saarbrücken|Hibernian|Real Madrid|
|Djurgården|Servette|Rot-Weiss Essen|Partizan|

### First leg

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### Second leg

_Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate._
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_Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate._
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_Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate._
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_Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate._
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_Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate._
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_Reims won 4–2 on aggregate._
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_Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate._
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_Milan won 7–5 on aggregate._

### First leg

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<small>Note – differences in information: RSSSF website indicates that the goal scored on 26th minute was scored by Robert Körner, while UEFA website indicates that it was scored by his younger brother Alfred Körner.</small>

### Second leg

_Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate._
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_Reims won 8–6 on aggregate._
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_Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate._
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_Milan won 8–3 on aggregate._

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### Second leg

_Reims won 3–0 on aggregate._
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_Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate._

## Top goalscorers

|Rank|Player|Team|Goals|||||
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|1|style="text-align:left"|Miloš Milutinović|style="text-align:left"|Partizan|8|||
|rowspan="2"|2|style="text-align:left"|Léon Glovacki|style="text-align:left"|Reims|rowspan="2"|6|
|style="text-align:left"|Péter Palotás|style="text-align:left"|Vörös Lobogó|||||
|rowspan="3"|4|style="text-align:left"|René Bliard|style="text-align:left"|Reims|rowspan="3"|5|
|style="text-align:left"|Alfredo Di Stéfano|style="text-align:left"|Real Madrid|||||
|style="text-align:left"|Héctor Rial|style="text-align:left"|Real Madrid|||||
|rowspan="3"|7|style="text-align:left"|Mihály Lantos|style="text-align:left"|Vörös Lobogó|rowspan="3"|4|
|style="text-align:left"|Michel Leblond|style="text-align:left"|Reims|||||
|style="text-align:left"|Gunnar Nordahl|style="text-align:left"|Milan|||||
|rowspan="7"|10|style="text-align:left"|Hippolyte Van den Bosch|style="text-align:left"|Anderlecht|rowspan="7"|3|
|style="text-align:left"|Giorgio Dal Monte|style="text-align:left"|Milan|||||
|style="text-align:left"|John Eriksson|style="text-align:left"|Djurgården|||||
|style="text-align:left"|Joseíto|style="text-align:left"|Real Madrid|||||
|style="text-align:left"|Alfred Körner|style="text-align:left"|Rapid Wien|||||
|style="text-align:left"|Juan Alberto Schiaffino|style="text-align:left"|Milan|||||
|style="text-align:left"|Eddie Turnbull|style="text-align:left"|Hibernian|||||

## Other websites

- 1955–56 season at UEFA website
- 1955–56 All matches – season at UEFA website
- All scorers 1955–56 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- 1955-56 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: European Cup
- **year**: 1955–56
- **dates**: 4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
- **num teams**: 16
- **champion other**: Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid
- **count**: 1
- **second other**: Stade de Reims, Reims
- **matches**: 29
- **goals**: 127
- **attendance**: 900021
- **top scorer**: Miloš Milutinović (8 goals)
- **nextseason**: 1956–57 European Cup, 1956–57