1956–57 European Cup

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.

Teams

 Rapid Wien  Anderlecht  CDNA Sofia  Slovan UNV Bratislava  AGF  Manchester United  Nice  Budapest Honvéd  Fiorentina  Spora Luxembourg  Rapid JC  CWKS Warsaw  Porto  Dinamo București  Rangers  Athletic Bilbao  Real Madrid TH IFK Norrköping  Grasshopper  Galatasaray  Borussia Dortmund  Red Star Belgrade 

Preliminary round

Pot 1Eastern EuropePot 2North-Western EuropePot 3South-Central EuropeDrawnMatch 1 Slovan UNV Bratislava Nice Porto CWKS Warsaw AGF Aarhus Athletic BilbaoMatch 2 Galatasaray Anderlecht Borussia Dortmund Dinamo București Manchester United Spora LuxembourgByes Budapest Honvéd Rangers Fiorentina Rapid Wien Norrköping Grasshopper CDNA Sofia Rapid JC Red Star Belgrade

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First leg

Second leg

Borussia Dortmund 5–5 Spora Luxembourg on aggregate; play-off needed.

Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.

Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.

Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off

Borussia Dortmund won play-off 7–0.

First round

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First leg

Second leg

Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 5–5 Rapid Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.

Nice 3–3 Rangers on aggregate; play-off needed.

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate.

Play-off

Nice won play-off 3–1.

Real Madrid won play-off 2–0.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Second leg

Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate.

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Second leg

Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate

Final

Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Tournament phase - Goals scored1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Qualifying phase - Goals scored

RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Dennis Viollet Manchester United92 Tommy Taylor Manchester United83  Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid74 Alfred Preissler Borussia Dortmund65 José Luis Artetxe Athletic Bilbao5 Jacques Foix Nice Bora Kostić Red Star Belgrade8 Jacques Faivre Nice49 Marc Boreux Spora Luxembourg3 Ernst Happel Rapid Wien Joseíto Real Madrid Alfred Kelbassa Borussia Dortmund Enrique Mateos Real Madrid Armando Merodio Athletic Bilbao Panayot Panayotov CDNA Sofia Ivan Kolev CDNA Sofia Billy Whelan Manchester United

Notes

References

Other websites
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)

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