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	Real Madrid (4th title)
Runners-up	Stade Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	199 (3.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Helsingin Palloseura	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	6–3	Hearts	5–1	1–2
Beşiktaş	(w/o)1	Olympiacos	–	–
Young Boys	(w/o)2	Manchester United	–	–
NK Dinamo Zagreb	3–4	Dukla Prague	2–2	1–2
Jeunesse Esch	2–23	IFK Göteborg	1–2	1–0
Ards	3–10	Stade Reims	1–4	2–6
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt	4–44	Petrolul Ploiești	4–2	0–2
Atlético Madrid	13–1	Drumcondra	8–0	5–1
Polonia Bytom	0–6	MTK Budapest	0–3	0–3
KB	5–55	Schalke 04	3–0	2–5
Juventus	3–8	Wiener Sport-Club	3–1	0–7
DOS	4–6	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 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

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Second leg

Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate

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KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate

Play-off

Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.

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Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate

Play-off

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

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Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate

Play-off

IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.

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Stade Reims won 10–3 on aggregate

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Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate

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Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate

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Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate

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MTK Budapest won 6–0 on aggregate

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Sporting won 6–4 on aggregate

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting	2–6	Standard Liège	2–3	0–3
Wiener Sport-Club	3–2	Dukla Prague	3–1	0–1
MTK Budapest	2–6	Young Boys	1–2	1–4
Atlético Madrid	2–21	CDNA Sofia	2–1	0–1
IFK Göteborg	2–6	Wismut Karl Marx Stadt	2–2	0–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–4	Schalke 04	2–2	1–2
Real Madrid	3–1	Beşiktaş	2–0	1–1
Stade Reims	7–0	HPS	4–0	3–0

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

First leg

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Second leg

Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate

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Wismut Karl Marx Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate

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Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate

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Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate

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Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate

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Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate

Play-off

Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.

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Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate

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Stade Reims won 7–0 on aggregate

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Standard Liège	2–3	Stade Reims	2–0	0–3
Atlético Madrid	4–1	Schalke 04	3–0	1–1
Wiener Sport-Club	1–7	Real Madrid	0–0	1–7
Young Boys	2–21	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

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Second leg

Stade Reims won 3–2 on aggregate

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Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate

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Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate

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Young Boys 2–2 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt on aggregate

Play-off

Young Boys won play-off 2–1.

Semi finals

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

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

First leg

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Second leg

Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate

Play-off

Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.

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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.

Top scorers

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

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

External links

• 1958–59 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1958–59 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
• 1958-59 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
• European Cup 1958-59 – results, protocols, players statistics
• website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1958-59 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1958–59 European Cup

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.