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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 AC Milan 3–2 in the final, in extra time 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 died 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, Milan of Italy, after being highly touted to win the competition and dominate European football for many years like Real Madrid before them, with the "Busby Babes" having an average age of only 22.

1957–58 European Cup
The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates4 September 1957 – 28 May 1958
Teams24 (from 23 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (3rd title)
Runners-upItaly AC Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored189 (3.94 per match)
Attendance1,883,587 (39,241 per match)
Top scorer(s)Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid)
10 goals

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.

Teams edit

A total of 24 teams participated in the competition.

Ajax, Benfica, CCA București, Dukla Prague, Glenavon, Royal Antwerp, Saint-Étienne, Sevilla, Shamrock Rovers, Stade Dudelange, Vasas, Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and Young Boys made their debut appearances in the European Cup while Rapid Wien, AGF Aarhus and Real Madrid marked their third.[citation needed]

All participants were their respective associations champions, except for Sevilla and Gwardia Warsaw.

  Rapid Wien (1st)   Royal Antwerp (1st)   CDNA Sofia (1st)   Dukla Prague (1st)
  AGF Aarhus (1st)   Manchester United (1st)   Saint-Étienne (1st)   Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st)
  Borussia Dortmund (1st)   Vasas (1st)   Shamrock Rovers (1st)   Milan (1st)
  Stade Dudelange (1st)   Ajax (1st)   Glenavon (1st)   Gwardia Warsaw (9th)
  Benfica (1st)   CCA București (1st)   Rangers (1st)   Real Madrid (1st)TH
  Sevilla (2nd)   Norrköping (1st)   Young Boys (1st)   Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round edit

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.

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Location of teams in the 1957–58 European Cup
Pot 1
Western Europe 		Pot 2
Central Europe 		Pot 3
Eastern Europe
Drawn

  Shamrock Rovers

  Red Star Belgrade

  Gwardia Warsaw

  Manchester United

  Stade Dudelange

  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt

  Sevilla

  Milan

  CDNA Sofia

  Benfica

  Rapid Wien

  Vasas

  Aarhus

  Glenavon

  Rangers

  Saint-Étienne

Byes

  Norrköping

  Young Boys

  CCA București

  Royal Antwerp

  Borussia Dortmund

  Dukla Prague

  Ajax

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 October.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
CDNA Sofia   3–7   Vasas 2–1 1–6
Rangers   4–3   Saint-Étienne 3–1 1–2
Stade Dudelange   1–14   Red Star Belgrade 0–5 1–9
AGF   3–0   Glenavon 0–0 3–0
Gwardia Warsaw   4–4 (ct)   Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 3–1 1–3 1–1[a]
Sevilla   3–1   Benfica 3–1 0–0
Shamrock Rovers   2–9[b]   Manchester United 0–6 2–3
Milan   6–6   Rapid Wien 4–1 2–5 4–2

First leg edit

CDNA Sofia  2–1  Vasas
Milanov   2', 38' Report Bundzsák   53'
Attendance: 50,000
Rangers  3–1  Saint-Étienne
Kitchenbrand   19'
Scott   47'
Simpson   82'		 Report Mekloufi   14'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
Stade Dudelange  0–5  Red Star Belgrade
Report Kostić   11', 16'
Rudinski   47', 55'
Mitić   87'
Attendance: 8,000
AGF  0–0  Glenavon
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Sevilla  3–1  Benfica
Pahuet   46'
Antoniet   59'
Pepillo   79'		 Report Palmeiro   48'
Attendance: 40,000
Shamrock Rovers  0–6  Manchester United
Report T. Taylor   36', 63'
Whelan   51', 57'
Berry   71'
Pegg   72'
Attendance: 45,000
Milan  4–1  Rapid Wien
Grillo   4'
Bean   8'
Höltl   74' (o.g.)
Mariani   82'		 Report Dienst   58'
Attendance: 15,000

Second leg edit

Saint-Étienne  2–1  Rangers
Oleksiak   11'
Ferrier   86'		 Report Wilson   61'
Attendance: 29,517

Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate.

Glenavon  0–3  AGF
Report Kjær Andersen   13', 45'
Jensen   40'
Attendance: 33,000

Aarhus won 3–0 on aggregate.

Benfica  0–0  Sevilla
Report
Attendance: 50,000

Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade  9–1  Stade Dudelange
Cokić   5', 38', 66', 69'
Mitić   10'
Kostić   17', 29', 30', 33'		 Report Rongoni   31'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Red Star Belgrade won 14–1 on aggregate.

Manchester United  3–2  Shamrock Rovers
Viollet   5', 60'
Pegg   20'		 Report McCann   55'
Hamilton   66'
Attendance: 33,754

Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.

Vasas  6–1  CDNA Sofia
Csordás   35', 38', 51'
Berendi   48'
Bundzsák   68'
Szilágyi   89'		 Report Panayotov   25'
Attendance: 30,000

Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien  5–2  Milan
A. Körner   1'
Dienst   31'
Bertalan   57'
Riegler   62'
Hanappi   78'		 Report Grillo   19'
Bean   77'
Attendance: 25,000

Milan 6–6 Rapid Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt  3–1  Gwardia Warsaw
M. Kaiser   10'
S. Kaiser   74', 80'		 Report Baszkiewicz   60'
Attendance: 20,000

Gwardia Warsaw 4–4 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate; play-off needed.

Play-off edit

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt  1–1
Decided by a coin flip.		  Gwardia Warsaw
Tröger   90' Report Z. Szarzyński   3'
Attendance: 15,000

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.

Milan  4–2  Rapid Wien
Bean   6', 82'
Bergamaschi   41'
Schiaffino   54'		 Report Happel   38' (pen.)
Bertalan   72'
Attendance: 26,000

Milan won play-off 4–2.

Bracket edit

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
  Royal Antwerp 1 0 1
  Real Madrid 2 6 8
  Real Madrid 8 2 10
  Sevilla 0 2 2
  Sevilla 4 0 4
  AGF Aarhus 0 2 2
  Real Madrid 4 0 4
  Vasas 0 2 2
  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 1 0 1
  Ajax 3 1 4
  Ajax 2 0 2
  Vasas 2 4 6
  Young Boys 1 1 2
  Vasas 1 2 3
  Real Madrid (a.e.t.) 3
  Milan 2
  Manchester United 3 0 3
  Dukla Prague 0 1 1
  Manchester United 2 3 5
  Red Star Belgrade 1 3 4
  Norrköping 2 1 3
  Red Star Belgrade 2 2 4
  Manchester United 2 0 2
  Milan 1 4 5
  Borussia Dortmund 4 1 5 (3)
  CCA București 2 3 5 (1)
  Borussia Dortmund 1 1 2
  Milan 1 4 5
  Rangers 1 0 1
  Milan 4 2 6

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
Royal Antwerp   1–8   Real Madrid 1–2 0–6
Norrköping   3–4   Red Star Belgrade 2–2 1–2
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt   1–4   Ajax 1–3 0–1
Young Boys   2–3   Vasas 1–1 1–2
Manchester United   3–1   Dukla Prague 3–0 0–1
Sevilla   4–2   AGF 4–0 0–2
Borussia Dortmund   5–5   CCA București 4–2 1–3 3–1
Rangers   1–6   Milan 1–4 0–2

First leg edit

Royal Antwerp  1–2  Real Madrid
De Backer   58' Report Di Stéfano   15', 61'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Norrköping  2–2  Red Star Belgrade
Håkansson   75'
Källgren   85'		 Report Toplak   88'
Kostić   90'
Attendance: 10,893
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt  1–3  Ajax
Müller   87' Report Van der Kuil   5', 62'
Bleijenberg   17'
Attendance: 30,000
Young Boys  1–1  Vasas
Wechselberger   7' Report Csordás   90'
Attendance: 20,000
Manchester United  3–0  Dukla Prague
Webster   63'
T. Taylor   65'
Pegg   79'		 Report
Attendance: 62,000
Sevilla  4–0  AGF
Antoniet   6', 30'
Loren   24', 52'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Borussia Dortmund  4–2  CCA București
Peters   35', 62', 64'
Niepieklo   66'		 Report Zavoda I   43'
Bone   50'
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)
Rangers  1–4  Milan
Murray   31' Report Grillo   75', 83'
Baruffi   81'
Bean   86'
Attendance: 85,000

Second leg edit

Red Star Belgrade  2–1  Norrköping
Spajić   75', 88' Report Backman   16'
Attendance: 20,000

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

Ajax  1–0  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Ouderland   79' Report
Attendance: 23,000

Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid  6–0  Royal Antwerp
Rial   2', 4', 41'
Marsal   52'
Kopa   79'
Gento   89'		 Report
Attendance: 72,245

Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.

Vasas  2–1  Young Boys
Csordás   8', 12' Report Schneiter   89'
Attendance: 20,000

Vasas won 3–2 on aggregate.

AGF  2–0  Sevilla
Jensen   41', 86' Report
Attendance: 18,000

Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague  1–0  Manchester United
Dvořák   17' Report
Attendance: 30,000

Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.

CCA București  3–1  Borussia Dortmund
Tătaru   17'
Constantin   25'
Alecsandrescu   45'		 Report Niepieklo   12'
Attendance: 60,000

Borussia Dortmund 5–5 CCA București on aggregate; play-off needed.

  Milan2–0Rangers  
Baruffi   37'
Galli   48'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000

Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.

Play-off edit

Borussia Dortmund  3–1  CCA București
Dulz   15'
Kelbassa   62'
Preissler   79'		 Report Cacoveanu   35'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Borussia Dortmund won play-off 3–1.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manchester United   5–4   Red Star Belgrade 2–1 3–3
Real Madrid   10–2   Sevilla 8–0 2–2
Ajax   2–6   Vasas 2–2 0–4
Borussia Dortmund   2–5   Milan 1–1 1–4

First leg edit

Manchester United  2–1  Red Star Belgrade
Charlton   65'
Colman   81'		 Report Tasić   35'
Attendance: 60,000
Real Madrid  8–0  Sevilla
Di Stéfano   10', 55' (pen.), 85', 88'
Kopa   37', 73'
Marsal   48'
Gento   81'		 Report
Attendance: 76,796
Ajax  2–2  Vasas
Ouderland   31', 42' Report Bundzsák   73', 82'
Attendance: 35,000
Borussia Dortmund  1–1  Milan
Bergamaschi   90' (o.g.) Report Galli   45'
Attendance: 28,000

Second leg edit

See also: Munich air disaster
Red Star Belgrade  3–3  Manchester United
Kostić   46', 58'
Tasić   50'		 Report Viollet   2'
Charlton   30', 31'
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Karl Kainer (Austria)

Manchester United won 5–4 on aggregate.

Sevilla  2–2  Real Madrid
Payá   22'
Pahuet   29'		 Report Pereda   48', 62'
Attendance: 25,000

Real Madrid won 10–2 on aggregate.

Vasas  4–0  Ajax
Bundzsák   7'
Szilágyi   9', 39'
Csordás   29'		 Report
Attendance: 70,000

Vasas won 6–2 on aggregate.

Milan  4–1  Borussia Dortmund
Cucchiaroni   11'
Liedholm   21'
Galli   63'
Grillo   86'		 Report Preissler   37'
Attendance: 25,000

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid   4–2   Vasas 4–0 0–2
Manchester United   2–5   Milan 2–1 0–4

First leg edit

Real Madrid  4–0  Vasas
Di Stéfano   9', 42' (pen.), 50'
Marsal   46'		 Report
Attendance: 120,000
Manchester United  2–1  Milan
Viollet   39'
E. Taylor   80' (pen.)		 Report Schiaffino   24'
Attendance: 44,882
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)

Second leg edit

Vasas  2–0  Real Madrid
Bundzsák   25'
Csordás   53' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 100,000

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Milan  4–0  Manchester United
Schiaffino   2', 76'
Liedholm   51' (pen.)
Danova   67'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final edit

Main article: 1958 European Cup final
Real Madrid  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Milan
Di Stéfano   74'
Rial   79'
Gento   107'		 Report Schiaffino   59'
Grillo   77'
Attendance: 67,000

Top scorers edit

The top scorers from the 1957–58 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Alfredo Di Stéfano   Real Madrid 10
2   Bora Kostić   Red Star Belgrade 9
3   Lajos Csordás   Vasas 8
4   Dezső Bundzsák   Vasas 6
  Ernesto Grillo   Milan
6   Gastone Bean   Milan 5
  Juan Alberto Schiaffino   Milan
8   Jovan Cokić   Red Star Belgrade 4
  Héctor Rial   Real Madrid
  Dennis Viollet   Manchester United

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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.

References edit

  1. ^ "Turkey – List of Champions". RSSSF. RSSSF. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ Corriere dello Sport, 24 July 1957.

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