European Competitions 1956-57

Index| 1955-56| 1957-58

Champions' Cup 1956-57

Preliminary Round
AGF (Aarhus)             Den  OGC Nice                 Fra   1-1  1-5  2-6x
FC Porto                 Por  Athletic Bilbao          Esp   1-2  2-3  3-5
RSC Anderlecht           Bel  Manchester United        Eng   0-2  0-10 0-12
Borussia Dortmund        FRG  CA Spora Luxembourg      Lux   4-3  1-2  5-5  [7-0]y
Dinamo Bucharest         Rom  Galatasaray              Tur   3-1  1-2  4-3
Slovan Bratislava        Tch  CWKS Warsaw              Pol   4-0  0-2  4-2
x 1st leg in Copenhagen
y playoff in Dortmund

Byes: Real Madrid, SK Rapid Vienna, Rangers, Honved, Rapid JC Heelen, Red Star Belgrade),
CDNA (Sofia), Grasshopper-Club Zurich, AC Fiorentina, IFK Norrkoping

First Round
Real Madrid              Esp  SK Rapid Vienna          Aut   4-2  1-3  5-5  [2-0]x
Rangers                  Sco  OGC Nice                 Fra   2-1  1-2  3-3  [1-3]y
Athletic Bilbao          Esp  Honved                   Hun   3-2  3-3  6-5w
Manchester United        Eng  Borussia Dortmund        FRG   3-2  0-0  3-2
Rapid JC Heerlen         Ned  Red Star (Belgrade)      Yug   3-4  0-2  3-6
CDNA (Sofia)             Bul  Dinamo Bucharest         Rom   8-1  2-3 10-4
Slovan Bratislava        Tch  Grasshopper-Club Zurich  Sui   1-0  0-2  1-2
AC Fiorentina            Ita  IFK Norrkoping           Swe   1-1  1-0  2-1z
w 2nd leg in Brussels
x playoff in Madrid
y playoff in Paris
z 2nd leg in Rome

Quarter-Finals
Real Madrid              Esp  OGC Nice                 Fra   3-0  3-2  6-2
Athletic Bilbao          Esp  Manchester United        Eng   5-3  0-3  5-6
Red Star (Belgrade)      Yug  CDNA (Sofia)             Bul   3-1  1-2  4-3
AC Fiorentina            Ita  Grasshopper-Club Zurich  Sui   3-1  2-2  5-3

Semi-Finals
Real Madrid              Esp  Manchester United        Eng   3-1  2-2  5-3
Red Star (Belgrade)      Yug  AC Fiorentina            Ita   0-1  0-0  0-1


Final, Bernabau, Madrid, 30 May 1957, att 124000

Real Madrid              (0) 2  AC Fiorentina            (0) 0
70' 1-0  RM: Di Stefano
76' 2-0  RM: Gento

Real Madrid (trainer Villalonga)
    Alonso; Torres, Marquitos, Lesmes; Munoz, Zarraga;
    Kopa, Mateos, Di Stefano, Rial, Gento
AC Fiorentina (trainer Bernardini)
    Sarti; Magnini, Orzan, Cervato; Scaramucci, Segato;
    Julinho, Gratton, Virgili, Montuori, Bizzarri

Index| Fairs Cup (56-58)| ECC 1955-56| ECC 1957-58

About this document

Prepared and maintained by James M. Ross for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: James M. Ross
Email: jmr@zfe1.demon.co.uk (public); james.ross@openplus.co.uk (work)
Last updated: 14 Feb 1997