1957–58 European Cup

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	Real Madrid (3rd title)
Runners-up	Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	189 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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	Shamrock Rovers	Red Star Belgrade	Gwardia Warszawa
		Manchester United	Stade Dudelange	Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
	Match 2	Sevilla	Milan	CDNA Sofia
		Benfica	Rapid Wien	Vasas
	Match 3	Aarhus
		Glenavon
	Match 4	Rangers
		Saint-Étienne
Byes		Norrköping	Young Boys	CCA Bucharest
		Royal Antwerp	Borussia Dortmund	Dukla Prague
		Ajax

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
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 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

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Second leg

Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Aarhus won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 14–1 on aggregate.

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Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.

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Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Milan 6–6 Rapid Wien on aggregate.

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Gwardia Warszawa 4–4 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt on aggregate.

Play-off

Milan won play-off 4–2.

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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
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	5–51	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

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Second leg

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.

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Vasas won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Borussia Dortmund 5–5 CCA Bucureşti on aggregate.

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Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

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

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Second leg

Manchester United won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 10–2 on aggregate.

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Vasas won 6–2 on aggregate.

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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

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Second leg

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

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

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