1957 FFC Champions Cup

The **1957 FFC Champions Cup** was the 2nd season of Fadia's premier club football tournament organised by FFC.

The final was played in Msen, Depania between defending champions Királyi Tasiharpalok and Piermonruy Athlétique. Királyi Tasiharpalok successfully defended their title after wining the final 3–2, becoming the first team to win two successive FFC Champions Cup titles. They also achieved the double as they also won the 1957 Kokolorszag Bajnokság, and became the first team to win a League and Champions Cup double.

## Association team allocation

27 teams from the 12 FFC member associations participated in the 1957 FFC Champions Cup. The association ranking based on population was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

* Associations 1–2 each had four teams qualify.
* Associations 3–4 each had three teams qualify.
* Associations 5–9 each had two teams qualify.
* Associations 10–12 each had one team qualify.

As Királyi Tasiharpalok qualified for the Group Stage as defending champions but didn't qualify through their domestic league performance, the following changes were made to the access list:

* Kokolorzsag got a spot in the Group stage, but forfeited their spot in the Second round.
* Ekionia forfeited their spot in the Group stage, but were awarded a spot in the Second round.

## First round

A total of 6 teams were involved in the First round.

### Seeding

Seedings were based on the FFC Club Ranking, which considers all points obtained in continental competitions over the last five seasons.

### Summary

The losers entered the 1957 Fadian Cup First round.

  **Monzalelibri Olimpico** | 5–2
  Sidirourgós Bylai | 0–1

## Second round

A total of 16 teams were involved in the Second round, including 3 teams qualified from the First round.

### Seeding

Seedings were based on the FFC Club Ranking, which considers all points obtained in continental competitions over the last five seasons.

### Summary

The losers entered the 1957 Fadian Cup Group stage.

## Group stage

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

A total of 9 national associations are represented in the group stage.

### Seeding

Seedings were based on the FFC Club Rankings, which considers all points obtained in continental competitions over the last five seasons.

## Knockout stages

The group winners and runners-up of the group stage qualified for the knockout stages. The eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, teams played in two-legged ties on a home-away basis, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home, except for the one-match final. The eight qualified teams are seeded in the knockout stages according to their results in the group stage, with the group winners seeded 1–4, and the group runners-up seeded 5–8. The teams were ranked by:

* 1. Points
* 2. Goal difference
* 3. Goals scored
* 4. Matches won
* 5. Drawing of lots

### Quarter-finals

  **Real Malheibagos** | 3–2
  Olympisch Lautach | 2–3
  **Piermonruy Athlétique** | 5–3

### Final

46' – #2 Right Back68' – #11 Left Winger
84' – #10 Attacking Midfielder

### See also

Bartadilia - Birtal - Coulesigia - Depania - Ekionia - Graierbia - Kokolorszag - Lera - Lil - Turelosia - Valia - Yeonland
**International Competitions**
**Champions Cup** - Fadian Cup