1958–59 European Cup

1958–59 European Cup

The Neckarstadion in Stuttgart hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates 26 August 1958 – 3 June 1959
Teams 28 (26 competed)
Final positions
Champions Spain Real Madrid (4th title)
Runners-up France Stade Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played 55
Goals scored 199 (3.62 per match)
Top scorer(s) France Just Fontaine (10 goals)

The 1958–59 European Cup was the fourth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid for the fourth time in a row, who beat Stade Reims 2–0 in the final at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959. The two finalists also competed in the final of the first European Cup in 1956.

This season was the first one in which Turkey sent its official national champion, and the first time of a Finnish participation. Olympiakos, Greece's first-ever entrants, withdrew for political reasons before playing their first tie. Spain continued to be represented by its runners-up, as its champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders.

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Cannes, France, on Wednesday, 2 July 1958.[1] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 27 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first drawn team in each pot also received byes, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September.

Pot 1
Western Europe
Pot 2
Central Europe
Pot 3
Eastern Europe
Drawn

France
Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
Netherlands
Belgium
Scotland
Portugal
Spain

Switzerland
West Germany
Italy
Sweden
Denmark
Luxembourg
Austria
Invitees Manchester United[2]

Poland
Romania
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
East Germany
Greece

Byes

England Wolverhampton Wanderers

Finland Helsingin Palloseura

Bulgaria CDNA Sofia

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
Standard Liège Belgium 6–3 Scotland Hearts 5–1 1–2
Beşiktaş Turkey (w/o)1 Greece Olympiacos
Young Boys Switzerland (w/o)2 England Manchester United
NK Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–4 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 2–2 1–2
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 2–23 Sweden IFK Göteborg 1–2 1–0
Ards Northern Ireland 3–10 France Stade Reims 1–4 2–6
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany 4–44 Romania Petrolul Ploieşti 4–2 0–2
Atlético Madrid Spain 13–1 Republic of Ireland Drumcondra 8–0 5–1
Polonia Bytom Poland 0–6 Hungary MTK Budapest 0–3 0–3
KB Denmark 5–55 West Germany Schalke 04 3–0 2–51–3
Juventus Italy 3–8 Austria Wiener Sport-Club 3–1 0–7
DOS Netherlands 4–6 Portugal Sporting 3–4 1–2

Note: Real Madrid, Wolverhampton Wanderers, CDNA Sofia and HPS received byes.

1 Olympiacos withdrew due to international political issues, refusing to play in Istanbul following the long-standing tension between Turkey and Greece.[3]

2 Manchester United had been invited to enter the competition by UEFA after their campaign in the previous year's tournament was damaged by the Munich air disaster. However, they finally refused to build a possible victorious campaign on that tragedy.[4]

3 IFK Göteborg beat Jeunesse Esch 5–1 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

4 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt beat Petrolul Ploieşti 4–0 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

5 Schalke 04 beat KB 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

First leg

26 August 1958
KB Denmark 3–0 West Germany Schalke 04
Birkeland  31', 46'
Krog  35'
Report
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

3 September 1958
Standard Liège Belgium 5–1 Scotland Hearts
Jadot  17', 85'
Piters  34'
Bonga  73'
Houf  78'
Report Crawford  14'
Stade Sclessin, Liège
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

10 September 1958
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–2 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Lipošinović  70', 73' Report Borovička  31'
Brumovský  51'
Dinamo Stadion, Zagreb
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

14 September 1958
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 1–2 Sweden IFK Göteborg
May  20' Report Jonsson  19'
B. Johansson  72'
Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

14 September 1958
Ards Northern Ireland 1–4 France Stade Reims
Lawry  87' Report Fontaine  26', 38', 45', 85'

17 September 1958
Atlético Madrid Spain 8–0 Republic of Ireland Drumcondra
Peiró  2', 51'
Vavá  6', 61'
Collar  56', 76'
Mendonça  63', 67'
Report
Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, Madrid
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

17 September 1958
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany 4–2 Romania Petrolul Ploieşti
Tröger  25'
Viertel  39', 68'
Kaiser  79'
Report Dridea  7', 82'
Otto-Grotewohl-Stadion, Aue
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Antonín Růžička (Czechoslovakia)

17 September 1958
Polonia Bytom Poland 0–3 Hungary MTK Budapest
Report Sándor  46'
Palotás  73', 80'
Stadion Polonii, Bytom
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)

24 September 1958
Juventus Italy 3–1 Austria Wiener Sport-Club
Sívori  2', 56', 62' Report Horak  8'
Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

1 October 1958
DOS Netherlands 3–4 Portugal Sporting
Temming  48' (pen.)
van der Linden  52'
Luiten  88'
Report Ivson  31', 83'
Hugo  41'
Vasques  55'
Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: John Clough (England)

Second leg

9 September 1958
Hearts Scotland 2–1 Belgium Standard Liège
Bauld  55', 65' Report Givard  58'
Tynecastle, Edinburgh
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Louis Fauquembergue (France)

Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate


18 September 1958
Schalke 04 West Germany 5–2 Denmark KB
Klodt  25', 34'
Sadlowski  46'
Nowak  70'
Brocker  72'
Report Andersen  53', 66'
Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Willem Beltman (Netherlands)

KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate

Play-off

1 October 1958
Schalke 04 West Germany 3–1 Denmark KB
Klodt  57', 86'
Nowak  66'
Report Krahmer  90'
Diekman Stadion, Enschede
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.


28 September 1958
Petrolul Ploieşti Romania 2–0 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Fronea  33'
Pahontu  79'
Report
Stadionul Petrolul, Ploieşti
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploieşti on aggregate

Play-off

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt won play-off 4–0.


30 September 1958
IFK Göteborg Sweden 0–1 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Report May  21'
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 21,435
Referee: Valdemar Hansen (Denmark)

Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate

Play-off

15 October 1958
IFK Göteborg Sweden 5–1 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Andersson  37'
Berndtsson  59', 85'
B. Johansson  68'
N. Johansson  80'
Report Meurisse  5'
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,780
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.


30 September 1958
Stade Reims France 6–2 Northern Ireland Ards
Piantoni  10', 40'
Fontaine  14', 16'
Bliard  20', 74'
Report Lawther  10'
Quee  28'
Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 19,509
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Stade Reims won 10–3 on aggregate


1 October 1958
Wiener Sport-Club Austria 7–0 Italy Juventus
Skerlan  24'
Hamerl  34', 38', 64', 80'
Hof  82', 85'
Report
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate


1 October 1958
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 2–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
Dvořák  30'
Vacenovský  71'
Report Gašpert  45'
Strahov Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate


1 October 1958
Drumcondra Republic of Ireland 1–5 Spain Atlético Madrid
Fullam  51' (pen) Report Peiró  16', 67'
Csóka  19'
Collar  45'
Vavá  86'
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate


1 October 1958
MTK Budapest Hungary 3–0 Poland Polonia Bytom
Molnár  41'
Palotás  58', 75'
Report
Hungária Körút, Budapest
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)

MTK Budapest won 6–0 on aggregate


8 October 1958
Sporting Portugal 2–1 Netherlands DOS
Ivson  48', 76' Report Krommert  82'
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: John Kelly (England)

Sporting won 6–4 on aggregate

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting Portugal 2–6 Belgium Standard Liège 2–3 0–3
Wiener Sport-Club Austria 3–2 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 3–1 0–1
MTK Budapest Hungary 2–6 Switzerland Young Boys 1–2 1–4
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–21 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 2–1 0–1
IFK Göteborg Sweden 2–6 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 2–2 0–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers England 3–4 West Germany Schalke 04 2–2 1–2
Real Madrid Spain 3–1 Turkey Beşiktaş 2–0 1–1
Stade Reims France 7–0 Finland HPS 4–0 3–0

1 Atlético Madrid beat CSKA Sofia 3–1 in a playoff to qualify for the quarter-finals.

First leg

29 October 1958
Sporting Portugal 2–3 Belgium Standard Liège
Bolzée  23' (o.g.)
Mendes  80'
Report Paeschen  10'
Jadot  69'
Mallants  70'
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Joseph Barberan (France)

5 November 1958
Wiener Sport-Club Austria 3–1 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Hof  22'
Hamerl  47'
Knoll  57'
Report Pluskal  83'
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

5 November 1958
MTK Budapest Hungary 1–2 Switzerland Young Boys
Molnár  66' Report Wechselberger  64'
Zahnd  80'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

5 November 1958
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–1 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Vavá  60'
Peiró  79'
Report Dimitrov  77'
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

9 November 1958
IFK Göteborg Sweden 2–2 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Ohlsson  5'
Andersson  31'
Report Seifert  61'
Zink  67'
Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 13,978
Referee: Jósef Kowal (Poland)

12 November 1958
Wolverhampton Wanderers England 2–2 West Germany Schalke 04
Broadbent  52', 65' Report Siebert  25'
Koslowski  88'
Molineux, Wolverhampton
Attendance: 45,676
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

13 November 1958
Real Madrid Spain 2–0 Turkey Beşiktaş
Santisteban  57'
Kopa  90'
Report
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pietro Bonetto (Italy)

26 November 1958
Stade Reims France 4–0 Finland HPS Helsinki
Vincent  22', 35', 85'
Siatka  89'
Report
Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 11,452
Referee: Edgar Ommerborn (West Germany)

Second leg

12 November 1958
Standard Liège Belgium 3–0 Portugal Sporting
Paeschen  47'
Houf  67'
Mallants  74'
Report
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Michel Devillers (France)

Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate


15 November 1958
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany 4–0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
Zink  23', 82'
Kaiser  50', 62'
Report
Otto Grotewohl Stadion, Aue
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate


18 November 1958
Schalke 04 West Germany 2–1 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kördel  12'
Siebert  35'
Report Jackson  48'
Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate


26 November 1958
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 1–0 Austria Wiener Sport-Club
Masopust  60' Report
Letná Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate


26 November 1958
Young Boys Switzerland 4–1 Hungary MTK Budapest
Wechselberger  13', 60'
Meier  40'
Allemann  81'
Report Molnár  85'
Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate


26 November 1958
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 1–0 Spain Atlético Madrid
Panayotov  64' Report
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate

Play-off

18 December 1958
Atlético Madrid Spain 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Vavá  42', 108' (pen.)
Callejo  99'
Report Yanev  17'
Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.


27 November 1958
Beşiktaş Turkey 1–1 Spain Real Madrid
Kaya  64' Report Santisteban  13'
Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate


3 December 1958
HPS Helsinki Finland 0–3 France Stade Reims
Report Fontaine  2', 10'
Lintamo  8' (o.g.)
Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen
Attendance: 14,855
Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)

Stade Reims won 7–0 on aggregate

Quarter finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Standard Liège Belgium 2–3 France Stade Reims 2–0 0–3
Atlético Madrid Spain 4–1 West Germany Schalke 04 3–0 1–1
Wiener Sport-Club Austria 1–7 Spain Real Madrid 0–0 1–7
Young Boys Switzerland 2–21 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 2–2 0–0

1 Young Boys beat Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 2–1 in a playoff to qualify for the semi-finals.

First leg

4 February 1959
Standard Liège Belgium 2–0 France Stade Reims
Jadot  65'
Givard  71' (pen.)
Report
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: John Kelly (England)

4 March 1959
Atlético Madrid Spain 3–0 West Germany Schalke 04
Vavá  47'
Miguel  73'
Peiró  90'
Report
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Antonio Moriconi (Italy)

4 March 1959
Wiener Sport-Club Austria 0–0 Spain Real Madrid
Report
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

11 March 1959
Young Boys Switzerland 2–2 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Meier  22'
Rey  87'
Report Wagner  45'
Zink  59'
Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Francisco Guerra (Portugal)

Second leg

Stade Reims won 3–2 on aggregate


Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate


18 March 1959
Real Madrid Spain 7–1 Austria Wiener Sport-Club
Mateos  8'
Di Stéfano  14', 64', 69', 75'
Rial  67'
Gento  89'
Report Horak  9'

Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate


18 March 1959
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany 0–0 Switzerland Young Boys
Report
Otto Grotewohl Stadion, Aue
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Bengt Andrén (Sweden)

Young Boys 2–2 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt on aggregate

Play-off

1 April 1959
Young Boys Switzerland 2–1 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Meier  21'
Wechselberger  33'
Report Tröger  75' (pen.)
Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Young Boys won play-off 2–1.

Semi finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Boys Switzerland 1–3 France Stade Reims 1–0 0–3
Real Madrid Spain 2–21 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–1

1 Real Madrid beat Atlético Madrid 2–1 in a playoff to qualify for the final

First leg

15 April 1959
Young Boys Switzerland 1–0 France Stade Reims
Meier  15' Report
Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

23 April 1959
Real Madrid Spain 2–1 Spain Atlético Madrid
Rial  15'
Puskás  33' (pen.)
Report Chuzo  13'
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: John Mowatt (Scotland)

Second leg

Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate

Play-off

Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.


13 May 1959
Stade Reims France 3–0 Switzerland Young Boys
Piantoni  41', 72'
Penverne  47'
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 35,898
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Stade Reims won 3–1 on aggregate

Final

The 1959 European Cup Final was played on 3 June 1959 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, West Germany. Real Madrid's victory was their fourth consecutive title, maintaining their status as the only team to have won the competition. Stade Reims were runners-up for a second time, having already lost to Real in the inaugural final in 1956.

3 June 1959
18:00 CEST
Real Madrid Spain 2–0 France Stade Reims
Mateos  1'
Di Stéfano  47'
Report
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup were as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 France Just Fontaine France Stade Reims 10
2 Brazil Vavá Spain Atlético Madrid 8
3 Spain Alfredo di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 6
Spain Joaquín Peiró Spain Atlético Madrid 6
5 Spain Enrique Collar Spain Atlético Madrid 5
Austria Josef Hamerl Austria Wiener Sport-Club 5
France Roger Piantoni France Stade Reims 5
East Germany Klaus Zink East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 5
9 Brazil Ivson Portugal Sporting 4
Belgium Jean Jadot Belgium Standard Liège 4
West Germany Bernhard Klodt West Germany Schalke 04 4
Switzerland Eugen Meier Switzerland Young Boys 4
Hungary Péter Palotás Hungary MTK Budapest 4
East Germany Willy Tröger East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4
Switzerland Ernst Wechselberger Switzerland Young Boys 4

External links

References

  1. Corriere dello Sport, 3 July 1958.
  2. Manchester United was in pot 2 because they could not play against an English club before the round of 16.
  3. Corriere dello Sport.
  4. Corriere dello Sport, Tuesday, 28 August 1958.
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