1956–57 European Cup

Teams

A total of 22 teams participated in the competition.

AGF, Anderlecht, Rapid Wien and Real Madrid returned to the competition, after participating in the inaugural edition.

Galatasaray was the only team, other than the title holder, who didn't enter as a national association champion, as Süper Lig was not founded until 1959.

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in UEFA headquarters in Paris on 29 June 1956. The 21 challengers of Real Madrid were grouped geographically into three pots. The first four teams drawn in each pot would play the preliminary round in September, while the remaining three clubs received byes.

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First leg

Niepieklo Preissler

Ene

Taylor

Kováč Moravčík

Canito

Second leg

Letsch Borussia Dortmund 5–5 Spora Luxembourg on aggregate; play-off needed.

Brychczy Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.

Jaburú Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.

Viollet Whelan Berry Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.

Milazzo Faivre Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.

Oktay Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off

Simmer Kelbassa Peters Borussia Dortmund won play-off 7–0.

Bracket

| RD1-team01= Real Madrid | RD1-score01-1=4 | RD1-score01-2=1 | RD1-score01-agg=5 (2) | RD1-team02= Rapid Wien | RD1-score02-1=2 | RD1-score02-2=3 | RD1-score02-agg=5 (0)

| RD1-team03= Rangers | RD1-score03-1=2 | RD1-score03-2=1 | RD1-score03-agg=3 (1) | RD1-team04= Nice | RD1-score04-1=1 | RD1-score04-2=2 | RD1-score04-agg=3 (3)

| RD1-team05= Athletic Bilbao | RD1-score05-1=3 | RD1-score05-2=3 | RD1-score05-agg=6 | RD1-team06= Budapest Honvéd | RD1-score06-1=2 | RD1-score06-2=3 | RD1-score06-agg=5

| RD1-team07= Manchester United | RD1-score07-1=3 | RD1-score07-2=0 | RD1-score07-agg=3 | RD1-team08= Borussia Dortmund | RD1-score08-1=2 | RD1-score08-2=0 | RD1-score08-agg=2

| RD1-team09= Rapid JC | RD1-score09-1=3 | RD1-score09-2=0 | RD1-score09-agg=3 | RD1-team10= Red Star Belgrade | RD1-score10-1=4 | RD1-score10-2=2 | RD1-score10-agg=6

| RD1-team11= CDNA Sofia | RD1-score11-1=8 | RD1-score11-2=2 | RD1-score11-agg=10 | RD1-team12= Dinamo București | RD1-score12-1=1 | RD1-score12-2=3 | RD1-score12-agg=4

| RD1-team13= Fiorentina | RD1-score13-1=1 | RD1-score13-2=1 | RD1-score13-agg=2 | RD1-team14= IFK Norrköping | RD1-score14-1=1 | RD1-score14-2=0 | RD1-score14-agg=1

| RD1-team15= Slovan UNV Bratislava | RD1-score15-1=1 | RD1-score15-2=0 | RD1-score15-agg=1 | RD1-team16= Grasshopper | RD1-score16-1=0 | RD1-score16-2=2 | RD1-score16-agg=2

| RD2-team01= Real Madrid | RD2-score01-1=3 | RD2-score01-2=3 | RD2-score01-agg=6 | RD2-team02= Nice | RD2-score02-1=0 | RD2-score02-2=2 | RD2-score02-agg=2

| RD2-team03= Athletic Bilbao | RD2-score03-1=5 | RD2-score03-2=0 | RD2-score03-agg=5 | RD2-team04= Manchester United | RD2-score04-1=3 | RD2-score04-2=3 | RD2-score04-agg=6

| RD2-team05= Red Star Belgrade | RD2-score05-1=3 | RD2-score05-2=1 | RD2-score05-agg=4 | RD2-team06= CDNA Sofia | RD2-score06-1=1 | RD2-score06-2=2 | RD2-score06-agg=3

| RD2-team07= Fiorentina | RD2-score07-1=3 | RD2-score07-2=2 | RD2-score07-agg=5 | RD2-team08= Grasshopper | RD2-score08-1=1 | RD2-score08-2=2 | RD2-score08-agg=3

| RD3-team01= Real Madrid | RD3-score01-1=3 | RD3-score01-2=2 | RD3-score01-agg=5 | RD3-team02= Manchester United | RD3-score02-1=1 | RD3-score02-2=2 | RD3-score02-agg=3

| RD3-team03= Red Star Belgrade | RD3-score03-1=0 | RD3-score03-2=0 | RD3-score03-agg=0 | RD3-team04= Fiorentina | RD3-score04-1=1 | RD3-score04-2=0 | RD3-score04-agg=1

| RD4-team01= Real Madrid | RD4-score01=2 | RD4-team02= Fiorentina | RD4-score02=0

First round

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First leg

Milanov Panayotov Dimitrov

Pegg Preissler

Simpson

Marsal Giesser

Bisschops Tasić Toplak Rudinski

Markaida Arieta Kocsis

Second leg

Kostić Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 5–5 Rapid Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.

Foix Nice 3–3 Rangers on aggregate; play-off needed.

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

Duret Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate.

Kocsis Puskás Arieta Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate.

Lăzar Neagu Yanev CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate.

Play-off

Muro Faivre Nice won play-off 3–1.

Kopa Real Madrid won play-off 2–0.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Markaida Merodio Artetxe Viollet Whelan

Taccola

Mateos

Popović

Second leg

Taylor Berry Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate.

Panayotov Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

Vukosavljević Montuori Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate.

Ferry Di Stéfano Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Di Stéfano Mateos

Second leg

Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate.

Charlton Rial Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1957 European Cup final

Gento

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:

Notes

References

References

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