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 Vörös Lobogó Milan PSV Eindhoven Gwardia Warszawa Sporting CP Saarbrücken Hibernian Real Madrid Djurgården Servette Rot-Weiss Essen Partizan

Bracket

First Round

First leg

Second leg

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

Milan won 7–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

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.

Second leg

Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.

Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

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

Notes

References

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)

Category:1955 in Europe
Category:UEFA Champions League seasons
Category:1955–56 in association football