European Champion Clubs' Cup 1957/58

European Champion Clubs' Cup 1957/58
Cup winners	Real Madrid (3rd title)
Beginning	4th August 1957
final	May 28, 1958
Final stadium	Heysel Stadium , Brussels
Teams	24
Games	48
Gates	189  (ø 3.94 per game)
Top scorer	Alfredo Di Stefano (10)
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The European Cup of National Champions 1957/58 was the 3rd edition of the competition. 24 club teams took part, including 23 national champions from the previous season and the Spanish runners-up with Sevilla FC , as Spanish champions Real Madrid were automatically qualified as defending champions.

The participants played in a pure cup mode with (except for the finals) back and forth games for the crown of European club football. In the event of a tie, there was a playoff in a neutral place; if it ended in a draw, the winner was determined by tossing a coin . 16 clubs had to start in the preliminary round, another eight started in the round of 16.

The final took place on May 28, 1958 in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels in front of 67,000 spectators. Real Madrid also won the third edition of the competition 3-2 after extra time against AC Milan . The top scorer was the Argentine Alfredo Di Stéfano of Real Madrid with ten goals.

This European Cup season was overshadowed by the crash of British-European-Airways flight 609 on February 6, 1958 at Munich-Riem Airport , when the Manchester United team on the return flight from the quarter-final second leg in Belgrade against Red Star (final score 3: 3) found. The machine shot over the runway when attempting to take off. 23 people were killed in the accident, including eight United players.

Preliminary round

The first legs took place from September 4 to October 2, the second legs from September 25 to October 13, 1957.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sevilla FC	3: 1	Benfica Lisbon	3: 1	0-0
Aarhus GF	3-0	Glenavon FC	0-0	3-0
ZDNA Sofia	3: 7	Vasas Budapest	2: 1	1: 6
Gwardia Warsaw	4: 4	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	3: 1	1: 3
Shamrock Rovers	2: 9	Manchester United	0: 6	2: 3
Stade Dudelange	01:14	Red Star Belgrade	0: 5	1: 9
Glasgow Rangers	4: 3	AS Saint-Etienne	3: 1	1: 2
AC Milan	6: 6	SK Rapid Vienna	4: 1	2: 5

Playoffs

The games took place on 15./30. October 1957.

	Result
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	( M ) 1: 1	Gwardia Warsaw
AC Milan	4: 2	SK Rapid Vienna

1 round

The first leg took place from October 31 to November 27, the second leg from November 23 to December 11, 1957.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Royal Antwerp	2: 5	real Madrid	1: 2	1: 3
IFK Norrköping	3: 4	Red Star Belgrade	2: 2	1: 2
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	1: 4	Ajax Amsterdam	1: 3	0: 1
BSC Young Boys	2: 3	Vasas Budapest	1: 1	1: 2
Manchester United	3: 1	Dukla Prague	3-0	0: 1
Sevilla FC	4: 2	Aarhus GF	4-0	0: 2
Borussia Dortmund	5: 5	CCA Bucharest	4: 2	1: 3
Glasgow Rangers	1: 6	AC Milan	1: 4	0: 2

Playoff

The game took place on December 29, 1957.

	Result
Borussia Dortmund	3: 1	CCA Bucharest

Quarter finals

The first leg took place from January 14 to February 12, the second leg from February 5 to March 26, 1958.

	total		First leg	Return leg
real Madrid	10: 20	Sevilla FC	8-0	2: 2
Manchester United	5: 4	Red Star Belgrade	2: 1	3: 3
Ajax Amsterdam	2: 6	Vasas Budapest	2: 2	0: 4
Borussia Dortmund	2: 5	AC Milan	1: 1	1: 4

Semifinals

The first legs took place on April 2nd / 8th. May, the second leg on April 16/14. May 1958.

	total		First leg	Return leg
real Madrid	4: 2	Vasas Budapest	4-0	0: 2
Manchester United	2: 5	AC Milan	2: 1	0: 4

final

real Madrid		AC Milan
	final May 28, 1958 in Brussels ( Heysel Stadium ) Result: 3: 2 n.v. (2: 2, 0: 0) Spectators: 67,000 Referee: Albert Alsteen ( Belgium )
	Juan Alonso - Ángel Atienza , José Santamaría , Rafael Lesmes - Juan Santisteban , José María Zárraga - Raymond Kopa , Joseíto , Alfredo Di Stéfano , Héctor Rial , Francisco Gento Trainer: Luis Antonio Carniglia ( Argentina )	Narciso Soldano - Alfio Fontana , Cesare Maldini , Eros Beraldo - Mario Bergamaschi , Luigi Radice - Giancarlo Danova , Nils Liedholm , Juan Schiaffino , Ernesto Grillo , Tito Ernesto Cucchiaroni Trainer: Giuseppe Viani
	1: 1 Alfredo Di Stéfano (74.) 2: 2 Héctor Rial (79.) 3: 2 Francisco Gento (107.)	0: 1 Juan Schiaffino (59.) 1: 2 Ernesto Grillo (77.)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Alfredo Di Stéfano	real Madrid	10
2	Bora Kostic	Red Star Belgrade	9
3	Lajos Csordás	Vasas Budapest	8th
4th	Dezső Bundzsák	Vasas Budapest	6th
	Ernesto Grillo	AC Milan	6th
6th	Gastone Bean	AC Milan	5
	Juan Schiaffino	AC Milan	5
8th	Jovan Cokic	Red Star Belgrade	4th
	Héctor Rial	real Madrid	4th
	Dennis Viollet	Manchester United	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

See also

• Exhibition Cities Cup 1955–1958

literature

• IFFHS : European Cup Book Series [1], Wiesbaden

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1957/58 European Cup
• Game details for the 1957/58 season at rsssf.com
• Sports History: "1957/58: Alfredo Di Stefano shines and Real Madrid win the Third European Cup" (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Report of the 1st lottery drawing of the European Cup history homepage of Erzgebirge Aue