1956 European Cup Final

The 1956 European Cup Final was the inaugural final in the pan-European football competition, the European Cup, now known as the UEFA Champions League. It was contested by Real Madrid of Spain and Reims from France, and played at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 13 June 1956 in front of 38,000 people. Real Madrid reached the final by beating Italian side Milan 5–4 on aggregate, whereas Reims beat Scottish club Hibernian 3–0 on aggregate. The match finished 4–3 to Real Madrid, who went on to record an unrivalled five consecutive European Cup titles. The match started brightly for Reims, with Michel Leblond and Jean Templin scoring to make it 2–0 inside 10 minutes, but by half-time, Madrid had levelled the scores through goals from Alfredo Di Stéfano and Héctor Rial. Reims took the lead again on 62 minutes through Michel Hidalgo, but Marquitos and Rial scored in the 67th and 79th minutes respectively to win the cup for Madrid.

1956 European Cup Final
Event1955–56 European Cup
Real Madrid Reims
4 3
Date13 June 1956
VenueParc des Princes, Paris
RefereeArthur Edward Ellis (England)
Attendance38,239

Route to the final
Real Madrid Round Reims
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Servette 7–0 2–0 (A) 5–0 (H) First round AGF Aarhus 4–2 2–0 (A) 2–2 (H)
Partizan 4–3 4–0 (H) 0–3 (A) Quarter-finals Vörös Lobogó 8–6 4–2 (H) 4–4 (A)
Milan 5–4 4–2 (H) 1–2 (A) Semi-finals Hibernian 3–0 2–0 (H) 1–0 (A)

Real Madrid

Real Madrid entered the European Cup competition as the title winners of the 1954–55 La Liga. In the opening round, they were drawn with Swiss champions Servette FC. After they secured a 2-0 victory away from home in the first leg, they secured a 5-0 victory at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium with Alfredo Di Stéfano scoring two goals in the victory.[1] In the quarter-finals they were drawn against Yugoslavian side FK Partizan who had finished fifth in the previous season. In the opening leg at home, Heliodoro Castaño Pedrosa scored two goals as fellow goals from Francisco Gento and Alfredo Di Stéfano gave Real Madrid a four goal lead heading into the away leg at Belgrade.[2]

Match

Details
Real Madrid 4–3 Reims
Di Stéfano  14'
Rial  30', 79'
Marquitos  67'		 Report Leblond  6'
Templin  10'
Hidalgo  62'
Attendance: 38,239
Real Madrid
Stade de Reims
GK1 Juan Alonso
RB2 Ángel Atienza
LB3 Rafael Lesmes
RH4 Miguel Muñoz (c)
CH5 Marquitos
LH6 José María Zárraga
OR7 Joseíto
IR8 Ramón Marsal
CF9[lower-alpha 1] Alfredo Di Stéfano
IL10 Héctor Rial
OL11 Francisco Gento
Manager:
José Villalonga Llorente
GK1 René-Jean Jacquet
RB2 Simon Zimny
LB3 Raoul Giraudo
RH4 Michel Leblond
CH5 Robert Jonquet (c)
LH6 Robert Siatka
OR7 Michel Hidalgo
IR8 Léon Glowacki
CF9 Raymond Kopa
IL10 René Bliard
OL11 Jean Templin
Manager:
Albert Batteux

Assistant referees:
J. Parkinson (England)
Tommy Cooper (England)

See also

Notes
  1. Di Stéfano was a native Argentine that in October 1956 (four months following this match) he became a naturalised citizen of Spain. He started playing on the Spain national football team in 1957.[3][4]

References
  1. "Real Madrid-Servette 1955/56". UEFA. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. "Real Madird-Partizan 1955/56". UEFA. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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