1957–58 European Cup
 The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 September 1957 – 28 May 1958 |
| Teams | 24 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
.svg.png){kind=small} Real Madrid (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |
 Milan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 189 (3.94 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Alfredo Di Stéfano (10 goals) |
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 will be forever marked 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.
It was the first time that teams from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and East Germany participated, while Turkey did not send any club. Sevilla was invited to represent Spain despite not being champions, as Spanish champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders.
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.[1] 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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3–7 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 Warszawa  |
4–41 |  Wismut Karl Marx Stadt |
3–1 | 1–3 |
| Sevilla |
3–1 |  Benfica |
3–1 | 0–0 |
Shamrock Rovers  |
2–92 |  Manchester United |
0–6 | 2–3 |
| Milan |
6–63 |  Rapid Wien |
4–1 | 2–5 |
1 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warszawa 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 deteriorated to 6-0. The second leg was a closer match, as it was played under lights at Old Trafford with the normal half-time break.
3 Milan beat Rapid Wien 4–2 in a play-off to qualify.
First leg
5 September 1957 |
| Stade Dudelange |
0–5 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kostić  11', 16'Rudinski 47', 55'Mitić 87' |
11 September 1957 |
| Gwardia Warszawa |
3–1 | Wismut Karl Marx Stadt |
|---|---|---|
| Baszkiewicz 49' Lewandowski 59'Gawroński 88' |
Report | S. Kaiser 79' |
25 September 1957 |
| Shamrock Rovers |
0–6 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| Report | T. Taylor 36', 63' Whelan 51', 57'Berry 71'Pegg 72' |
Second leg
Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate.
Aarhus won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.
2 October 1957 |
| Red Star Belgrade |
9–1 | Stade Dudelange |
|---|---|---|
| Cokić 5', 38', 66', 69' Mitić 10'Kostić 17', 29', 30', 33' |
Report | Rongoni 31' |
Red Star Belgrade won 14–1 on aggregate.
2 October 1957 |
| Manchester United |
3–2 | Shamrock Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| Viollet 5', 60' Pegg 20' |
Report | McCann 55' Hamilton 66' |
Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.
3 October 1957 |
| Vasas |
6–1 | CDNA Sofia |
|---|---|---|
| Csordás 35', 38', 51' Berendi 48'Bundzsák 68'Szilágyi 89' |
Report | Panayotov 25' |
Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.
9 October 1957 |
| Rapid Wien |
5–2 | Milan |
|---|---|---|
| A. Körner 1' Dienst 31'Bertalan 57'Riegler 62'Hanappi 78' |
Report | Grillo 19' Bean 77' |
Milan 6–6 Rapid Wien on aggregate.
13 October 1957 |
| Wismut Karl Marx Stadt |
3–1 | Gwardia Warszawa |
|---|---|---|
| M. Kaiser 10' S. Kaiser 74', 80' |
Report | Baszkiewicz 60' |
Gwardia Warszawa 4–4 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt on aggregate.
Play-off
30 October 1957 |
| Milan |
4–2 | Rapid Wien |
|---|---|---|
| Bean 6', 82' Bergamaschi 41'Schiaffino 54' |
Report | Happel 38' (pen.) Bertalan 72' |
Milan won play-off 4–2.
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warszawa 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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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 |
5–51 | .svg.png){kind=small} CCA Bucharest |
4–2 | 1–3 |
| Rangers |
1–6 | Milan |
1–4 | 0–2 |
1 Borussia Dortmund beat CCA Bucureşti 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.
First leg
2 November 1957 |
| Norrköping |
2–2 | Red Star Belgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Håkansson 75' Källgren 85' |
Report | Toplak 88' Kostić 90' |
20 November 1957 |
| Wismut Karl Marx Stadt |
1–3 | Ajax |
|---|---|---|
| Müller 87' |
Report | van der Kuil 5', 62' Bleijenberg 17' |
27 November 1957 |
| Borussia Dortmund |
4–2 | CCA Bucharest |
|---|---|---|
| Peters 35', 62', 64' Niepieklo 66' |
Report | Zavoda I 43' Bone 50' |
Second leg
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.
Vasas won 3–2 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.
8 December 1957 |
| CCA Bucharest |
3–1 | Borussia Dortmund |
|---|---|---|
| Tătaru 17' Constantin 25'Alecsandrescu 45' |
Report | Niepieklo 12' |
Borussia Dortmund 5–5 CCA Bucureşti on aggregate.
Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.
Play-off
29 December 1957 |
| Borussia Dortmund |
3–1 | CCA Bucharest |
|---|---|---|
| Dulz 15' Kelbassa 62'Preißler 79' |
Report | Cacoveanu 35' |
Borussia Dormund won the play-off 3–1.
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
23 January 1958 |
| Real Madrid |
8–0 | Sevilla |
|---|---|---|
| Di Stéfano 10', 54' (pen.), 85', 88' Kopa 37', 73'Marsal 48'Gento 81' |
Report |
Second leg
5 February 1958 |
| Red Star Belgrade |
3–3 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| Kostić 46', 58' Tasić 50' (pen.) |
Report | Viollet 2' Charlton 30', 31' |
Manchester United won 5–4 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 10–2 on aggregate.
Vasas won 6–2 on aggregate.
26 March 1958 |
| Milan |
4–1 | Borussia Dortmund |
|---|---|---|
| Cucchiaroni 11' Liedholm 21'Galli 63'Grillo 86' |
Report | Preißler 37' |
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
Second leg
Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.
Final
28 May 1958 |
| Real Madrid |
3–2 (a.e.t.) | Milan |
|---|---|---|
| Di Stéfano 74' Rial 79'Gento 107' |
Report | Schiaffino 59' Grillo 77' |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1957–58 European Cup 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 | |
| 6 | Gastone Bean |
Milan |
5 |
| Juan Alberto Schiaffino |
Milan |
5 | |
| 8 | Jovan Cokić |
Red Star Belgrade |
4 |
| Héctor Rial |
Real Madrid |
4 | |
| Dennis Viollet |
Manchester United |
4 |
References
- ↑ 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)
- European Cup 1957-58 – results, protocols, players statistics
- website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1957-58 – results, protocols
- website Football Archive 1957–58 European Cup
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