1957–58 European Cup
The 1957–58 European Cup was the third season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Milan 3–2 in the final, following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes. This was Real Madrid's third European Cup title in a row. However, the 1957–58 season was marred by the air disaster in Munich, when eight Manchester United players lost their lives on their way home from Belgrade, after a 3–3 draw in the quarter-final second leg with Red Star Belgrade. The English champions were ultimately defeated in the semi-finals by the eventual runners-up, AC Milan of Italy.
![]() The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 4 September 1957 – 28 May 1958 |
Teams | 24 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 189 (3.94 per match) |
Attendance | 1,906,185 (39,712 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
It was the first time that teams from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and East Germany participated, while Turkey could not send any club, since the Turkish FA failed to register Beşiktaş for the draw in time.[1] Sevilla was invited despite having been runners-up in Spain the year before, as Spanish champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders; the two Spanish sides met in the quarter-finals, the first time two sides from the same country played against each other in the competition.
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris on Tuesday, 23 July 1957.[2] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 23 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first four teams drawn in each pot, and four more teams in pot 1, would play the preliminary round in September, while the remaining clubs received byes.
Pot 1 Western Europe |
Pot 2 Central Europe |
Pot 3 Eastern Europe | ||
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Drawn | Match 1 | |||
Match 2 | ||||
Match 3 | ||||
Match 4 | ||||
Byes | ||||
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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CDNA Sofia ![]() |
3–7 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–6 |
Rangers ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–2 |
Stade Dudelange ![]() |
1–14 | ![]() |
0–5 | 1–9 |
AGF ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
0–0 | 3–0 |
Gwardia Warsaw ![]() |
4–41 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–3 |
Sevilla ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–0 |
Shamrock Rovers ![]() |
2–92 | ![]() |
0–6 | 2–3 |
Milan ![]() |
6–63 | ![]() |
4–1 | 2–5 |
1 SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warsaw was abandoned after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure with the result of 1–1.
2 To allow an evening kick-off at Dalymount Park in Dublin, which had no floodlights, the teams agreed to change over at half-time without a break. Consequently, the Irish part-timers ran out of steam and Manchester United's 1–0 half-time lead increased to 6–0. The second leg, played under lights at Old Trafford with the normal half-time break, produced a closer scoreline.
3 Milan beat Rapid Wien 4–2 in a play-off to qualify.
First leg
CDNA Sofia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Milanov ![]() |
Report | Bundzsák ![]() |
Rangers ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Kichenbrand ![]() Scott ![]() Simpson ![]() |
Report | Mekloufi ![]() |
Stade Dudelange ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Kostić ![]() Rudinski ![]() Mitić ![]() |
Gwardia Warsaw ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Baszkiewicz ![]() Lewandowski ![]() Gawroński ![]() |
Report | S. Kaiser ![]() |
Shamrock Rovers ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
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Report | T. Taylor ![]() Whelan ![]() Berry ![]() Pegg ![]() |
Second leg
Saint-Étienne ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Ferrier ![]() Oleksiak ![]() |
Report | Wilson ![]() |
Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate.
Aarhus won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade ![]() | 9–1 | ![]() |
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Cokić ![]() Mitić ![]() Kostić ![]() |
Report | Rongoni ![]() |
Red Star Belgrade won 14–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Viollet ![]() Pegg ![]() |
Report | McCann ![]() Hamilton ![]() |
Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.
Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
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A. Körner ![]() Dienst ![]() Bertalan ![]() Riegler ![]() Hanappi ![]() |
Report | Grillo ![]() Bean ![]() |
Milan 6–6 Rapid Wien on aggregate.
SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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M. Kaiser ![]() S. Kaiser ![]() |
Report | Baszkiewicz ![]() |
Gwardia Warsaw 4–4 SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt on aggregate.
Play-off
Milan ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Bean ![]() Bergamaschi ![]() Schiaffino ![]() |
Report | Happel ![]() Bertalan ![]() |
Milan won play-off 4–2.
SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Tröger ![]() |
Report | Z. Szarzyński ![]() |
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warsaw was abandoned with the result of 1–1 after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Royal Antwerp ![]() |
1–8 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–6 |
Norrköping ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–2 |
SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–1 |
Young Boys ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 |
Manchester United ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Sevilla ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–2 |
Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
5–51 | ![]() |
4–2 | 1–3 |
Rangers ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
1–4 | 0–2 |
1 Borussia Dortmund beat CCA București 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.
First leg
Royal Antwerp ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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De Backer ![]() |
Report | Di Stéfano ![]() |
Norrköping ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Håkansson ![]() Källgren ![]() |
Report | Toplak ![]() Kostić ![]() |
SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Müller ![]() |
Report | van der Kuil ![]() Bleijenberg ![]() |
Young Boys ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Wechselberger ![]() |
Report | Csordás ![]() |
Manchester United ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Webster ![]() T. Taylor ![]() Pegg ![]() |
Report |
Borussia Dortmund ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Peters ![]() Niepieklo ![]() |
Report | Zavoda I ![]() Bone ![]() |
Second leg
Red Star Belgrade ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Spajić ![]() |
Report | Backman ![]() |
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.
Ajax ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ouderland ![]() |
Report |
Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Rial ![]() Marsal ![]() Kopa ![]() Gento ![]() |
Report |
Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.
Vasas ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Csordás ![]() |
Report | Schneiter ![]() |
Vasas won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Dvořák ![]() |
Report |
Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.
CCA București ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Tătaru ![]() Constantin ![]() Alecsandrescu ![]() |
Report | Niepieklo ![]() |
Borussia Dortmund 5–5 CCA București on aggregate.
Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.
Play-off
Borussia Dortmund ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Dulz ![]() Kelbassa ![]() Preißler ![]() |
Report | Cacoveanu ![]() |
Borussia Dormund won the play-off 3–1.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Manchester United ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–3 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
10–2 | ![]() |
8–0 | 2–2 |
Ajax ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
2–2 | 0–4 |
Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–4 |
First leg
Manchester United ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Charlton ![]() Colman ![]() |
Report | Tasić ![]() |
Real Madrid ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Kopa ![]() Marsal ![]() Gento ![]() |
Report |
Borussia Dortmund ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bergamaschi ![]() |
Report | Galli ![]() |
Second leg
Red Star Belgrade ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Kostić ![]() Tasić ![]() |
Report | Viollet ![]() Charlton ![]() |
Manchester United won 5–4 on aggregate.
Sevilla ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Payá ![]() Pahuet ![]() |
Report | Pereda ![]() |
Real Madrid won 10–2 on aggregate.
Vasas won 6–2 on aggregate.
Milan ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Cucchiaroni ![]() Liedholm ![]() Galli ![]() Grillo ![]() |
Report | Preißler ![]() |
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Real Madrid ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–2 |
Manchester United ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–4 |
First leg
Real Madrid ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Marsal ![]() |
Report |
Manchester United ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Viollet ![]() E. Taylor ![]() |
Report | Schiaffino ![]() |
Second leg
Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Milan ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Schiaffino ![]() Liedholm ![]() Danova ![]() |
Report |
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.
Final
Real Madrid ![]() | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Rial ![]() Gento ![]() |
Report | Schiaffino ![]() Grillo ![]() |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1957–58 European Cup were as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
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10 |
2 | ![]() |
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9 |
3 | ![]() |
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8 |
4 | ![]() |
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6 |
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6 | |
6 | ![]() |
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5 |
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5 | |
8 | ![]() |
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4 |
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4 | |
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4 |
References
- "Turkey – List of Champions". www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- Corriere dello Sport, 24 July 1957.
External links
- 1957–58 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1957–58 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
- 1957-58 European Cup – results and line-ups (archive)