European Champion Clubs' Cup 1955/56

European Champion Clubs' Cup 1955/56
Cup winners	Real Madrid (1st title)
Beginning	4th September 1955
final	June 13, 1956
Final stadium	Princes Park , Paris
Teams	16
Games	29
Gates	127  (ø 4.38 per game)
Top scorer	Miloš Milutinović (8)
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The 1955/56 European Cup was the first to host this football competition, which was initiated by the journalist Gabriel Hanot (from the French sports daily L'Équipe ) . 16 club teams took part, usually the national champions of the previous season; However, this was not binding until 1957/58. As a result, the Dutch federation did not report the “professional footballers” from Holland Sport , but Philips Eindhoven . Under pressure from the league, which feared competition for the audience's favor, no team from England took part at all, although champions FC Chelsea showed great interest in the preliminary discussions. Even the Soviet Union did not take part in the championship cup until 1967, with reference to the tight schedules due to the long Russian winter.

Apart from the final, the participants played in pure cup mode with home and away games for the crown of European club football. In the event of a tie, there was a playoff in a neutral place. In the first round, the 16 participating clubs were free to decide against whom they would play. This led to a meeting between clubs from socialist Yugoslavia and fascist Portugal, although their governments did not maintain diplomatic relations with one another. The lot determined the pairings only from the quarterfinals.

The final took place on June 13, 1956 in the Prinzenpark in Paris in front of 38,000 spectators. Real Madrid won the trophy for the first time 4-3 against Stade Reims . The most goals scored Miloš Milutinović of Partizan Belgrade with eight goals. The first player to score at least three goals in a game in this competition was Péter Palotás from Vörös Lobogó ( Red Banner ; better known under the traditional name MTK Budapest ) in a 6-3 win over Anderlecht.

1 round

The first legs took place from September 4 to November 1, the second legs from October 12 to November 23, 1955.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sporting Lisbon	5: 8	Partizan Belgrade	3: 3	2: 5
Vörös Lobogó Budapest	10: 40	RSC Anderlecht	6: 3	4: 1
Servette Geneva	0: 7	real Madrid	0: 2	0: 5
Red and white food	1: 5	Hibernian Edinburgh	0: 4	1: 1
Djurgårdens IF	4: 1	Gwardia Warsaw	0-0	4: 1
Aarhus GF	2: 4	Stade Reims	0: 2	2: 2
SK Rapid Vienna	6: 2	PSV Eindhoven	6: 1	0: 1
AC Milan	7: 5	1. FC Saarbrücken	3: 4	4: 1

Quarter finals

The first legs took place from November 23, 1955 to January 18, 1956, the second legs from November 28, 1955 to February 12, 1956.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Djurgårdens IF	1: 4	Hibernian Edinburgh	1: 3	0: 1
Stade Reims	8: 6	Vörös Lobogó Budapest	4: 2	4: 4
real Madrid	4: 3	Partizan Belgrade	4-0	0: 3
SK Rapid Vienna	3: 8	AC Milan	1: 1	2: 7

Semifinals

The first legs took place on 4./19. April 1956, the second leg on April 18/1. May 1956.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Stade Reims	3-0	Hibernian Edinburgh	2-0	1-0
real Madrid	5: 4	AC Milan	4: 2	1: 2

final

real Madrid		Stade Reims
	final June 13, 1956 in Paris ( Prinzenpark ) Result: 4: 3 (2: 2) Spectators: 38,239 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis ( England )
	Juan Alonso - Ángel Atienza , Marquitos , Rafael Lesmes - Miguel Muñoz , José María Zárraga - Joseíto , Ramón Marsal , Alfredo Di Stéfano , Héctor Rial , Francisco Gento Trainers: José Villalonga Llorente	René-Jean Jacquet - Simon Zimny , Robert Jonquet , Raoul Giraudo - Michel Leblond , Robert Siatka - Michel Hidalgo , Léon Glovacki , Raymond Kopa , René Bliard , Jean Templin Trainer: Albert Batteux
	1: 2 Alfredo Di Stéfano (14th) 2: 2 Héctor Rial (30th) 3: 3 Marquitos (67th) 4: 3 Héctor Rial (79th)	0: 1 Michel Leblond (6th) 0: 2 Jean Templin (10th) 2: 3 Michel Hidalgo (62nd)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Miloš Milutinović	FK Partizan Belgrade	8th
2	Péter Palotás	Vörös Lobogó Budapest	6th
	Léon Glovacki	Stade Reims	6th
4th	René Bliard	Stade Reims	5
	Alfredo Di Stéfano	real Madrid	5
	Héctor Rial	real Madrid	5
7th	Alfred Koerner	Rapid Vienna	4th
	Mihály Lantos	Vörös Lobogó Budapest	4th
	Gunnar Nordahl	AC Milan	4th
	Michel Leblond	Stade Reims	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

See also

• Exhibition Cities Cup 1955–1958

literature

• Matthias Weinrich: The European Cup. Volume 1: 1955 to 1974. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2007, ISBN 978-3-89784-252-6 , pp. 8-12.
• IFFHS : European Cup Book Series [1], Wiesbaden

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of goalscorers on uefa.com

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1955/56 European Cup
• Game details for the 1955/56 season at rsssf.com
• Sports History: "1955/56: Real Madrid win the first ever European Cup" (English)