European Champion Clubs' Cup 1958/59

European Champion Clubs' Cup 1958/59
Cup winners	Real Madrid (4th title)
Beginning	3rd September 1958
final	June 3, 1959
Final stadium	Neckar Stadium , Stuttgart
Teams	26th
Games	55
Gates	199  (ø 3.62 per game)
Top scorer	Just Fontaine (10)
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The European Cup of National Champions 1958/59 was the 4th edition of the competition. 26 club teams took part, including 25 national champions from the previous season and, with Atlético Madrid, the runner-up in the Spanish league, 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. With the exception of Real Madrid , Wolverhampton Wanderers , ZDNA Sofia and HPS Helsinki , the clubs had to start in the preliminary round.

The final took place on June 3, 1959 in the Neckar Stadium in Stuttgart in front of 80,000 spectators. It was a remake of the very first European Cup final : Real Madrid won the Cup 2-0 against Stade Reims for the fourth time in a row. The top scorer was Just Fontaine von Stade Reims with ten goals.

Preliminary round

A bye received:

•  real Madrid
•  ΖDNA Sofia
•  HPS Helsinki
•  Wolverhampton Wanderers

The first legs took place from August 26 to October 1, the second legs from September 9 to October 8, 1958.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Standard Liege	6: 3	Heart of Midlothian	5: 1	1: 2
Beşiktaş Istanbul	1	Olympiacos Piraeus
BSC Young Boys	1	Manchester United
Dinamo Zagreb	3: 4	Dukla Prague	2: 2	1: 2
Jeunesse Esch	2: 2	IFK Gothenburg	1: 2	1-0
FC Ards	03:10	Stade Reims	1: 4	2: 6
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	4: 4	Petrolul Ploiesti	4: 2	0: 2
Atlético Madrid	13: 10	Drumcondra FC	8-0	5: 1
Polonia Bytom	0: 6	MTK Budapest	0: 3	0: 3
FC Schalke 04	5: 5	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	5: 2	0: 3
Juventus Turin	3: 8	Viennese sports club	3: 1	0: 7
DOS Utrecht	4: 6	Sporting Lisbon	3: 4	1: 2

¹ Olympiacos and Manchester United withdrew.

Playoffs

The games took place on 15/12/1. October 1958.

	Result
IFK Gothenburg	5: 1	Jeunesse Esch
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	4-0	Petrolul Ploiesti
FC Schalke 04	3: 1	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub

1 round

The first legs took place from October 29 to November 26, the second legs from November 12 to December 3, 1958.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sporting Lisbon	2: 6	Standard Liege	2: 3	0: 3
Viennese sports club	3: 2	Dukla Prague	3: 1	0: 1
MTK Budapest	2: 6	BSC Young Boys	1: 2	1: 4
Atlético Madrid	2: 2	ZDNA Sofia	2: 1	0: 1
IFK Gothenburg	2: 6	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 2	0: 4
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3: 4	FC Schalke 04	2: 2	1: 2
real Madrid	3: 1	Beşiktaş Istanbul	2-0	1: 1
Stade Reims	7-0	HPS Helsinki	4-0	13: 0 1

¹Helsinki's home game was played in Rouen / France because of the Finnish winter .

Playoff

The game took place on December 18, 1958.

	Result
Atlético Madrid	3: 1 a.d.	ZDNA Sofia

Quarter finals

The first legs took place from February 4 to March 11, the second legs from February 18 to March 18, 1959.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Standard Liege	2: 3	Stade Reims	2-0	0: 3
Atlético Madrid	4: 1	FC Schalke 04	3-0	1: 1
Viennese sports club	1: 7	real Madrid	0-0	1: 7
BSC Young Boys	2: 2	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	2: 2	0-0

Playoff

The game took place on April 1, 1959.

	Result
BSC Young Boys	2: 1	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt

Semifinals

The first leg took place on 15./23. April, the second leg on 13./7. May 1959.

	total		First leg	Return leg
BSC Young Boys	1: 3	Stade Reims	1-0	0: 3
real Madrid	2: 2	Atlético Madrid	2: 1	0: 1

Playoff

The game took place on May 13, 1959.

	Result
real Madrid	2: 1	Atlético Madrid

final

real Madrid		Stade Reims
	final June 3, 1959 in Stuttgart ( Neckarstadion ) Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 80,000 Referee: Albert Dusch ( BR Germany )
	Rogelio Domínguez - Marquitos , José Santamaría , José María Zárraga - Juan Santisteban , Antonio Ruiz - Raymond Kopa , Enrique Mateos , Alfredo Di Stéfano , Héctor Rial , Francisco Gento Trainer: Luis Antonio Carniglia ( Argentina )	Dominique Colonna - Bruno Rodzik , Robert Jonquet , Raoul Giraudo - Armand Penverne , Michel Leblond - Robert Lamartine , René Bliard , Just Fontaine , Roger Piantoni , Jean Vincent Trainer: Albert Batteux
	1-0 Enrique Mateos (2nd) 2-0 Alfredo Di Stéfano (47th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Just Fontaine	Stade Reims	10
2	Vavá	Atlético Madrid	8th
3	Alfredo Di Stéfano	real Madrid	6th
	Joaquín Peiró	Atlético Madrid	6th
5	Josef Hamerl	Viennese sports club	5
	Klaus Zink	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	5
	Roger Piantoni	Stade Reims	5
	Enrique Collar	Atlético Madrid	5
9	Ivson Freitas	Sporting Lisbon	4th
	Péter Palotás	MTK Budapest	4th
	Jean Jadot	Standard Liege	4th
	Bernhard Klodt	FC Schalke 04	4th
	Eugene Meier	BSC Young Boys	4th
	Ernst Wechselberger	BSC Young Boys	4th
	Willy Tröger	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

See also

• Exhibition Cities Cup 1958–1960

literature

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

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1958/59 European Cup
• Game details for the 1958/59 season at rsssf.com
• Sports History: "1958/59: Real Madrid win the fourth successive European Cup" (English)