TheNeckarstadion inStuttgart hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 August 1958 – 3 June 1959 |
| Teams | 28 (26 competed) (from 25 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 55 |
| Goals scored | 199 (3.62 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,980,818 (36,015 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Just Fontaine (Reims) 10 goals |
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The1958–59 European Cup was the fourth season of theEuropean Cup, Europe's premier clubfootball tournament. The competition was won byReal Madrid, who beatReims 2–0 in thefinal atNeckarstadion,Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959.[1] This was Real Madrid's fourth European Cup title in a row. The two finalists also competed in thefinal of thefirst European Cup in 1956.
It was the first time that a team from Finland participated, while Turkey's representative returned to the competition in the presence ofBeşiktaş. They were drawn againstOlympiacos, but Greece's first entrants withdrew forpolitical reasons before playing their first tie.
Also,Manchester United were invited to the competition followingMunich air disaster in the previous season, but were not allowed to participate by theFootball League, meaning that firstwalkovers took place in the UEFA organised competition. Had they played, England would be first nation in European Cup history to have more than one team in the competition, apart from title holder's association.
On road to winning the competition Real Madrid facedAtlético Madrid in the semi-finals – the first time aderby match was played in the competition.
A total of 28 teams were placed in the competition bracket, but finally only 26 participated.
Spain continued to be represented by its runners-up, as its champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders. This was the first time thatRapid Wien andAGF Aarhus failed to qualify for the tournament, which made Real Madrid the only club to appear in all four editions of European Cup.Wiener Sport-Club,Standard Liège,Kjøbenhavns Boldklub,Wolverhampton Wanderers,Helsingin Palloseura,Schalke 04,Drumcondra,Juventus,Jeunesse Esch,VV DOS,Ards,Polonia Bytom,Petrolul Ploiești,Heart of Midlothian, Atlético Madrid,IFK Göteborg, Beşiktaş andNK Dinamo Zagreb made their debut in the competition.[citation needed]
All entrants were their respective associations champions, except for KB, Manchester United, Polonia Bytom and Atlético Madrid.
The draw for the preliminary round took place inCannes,France, on Wednesday, 2 July 1958.[2] 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 bye, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in August, September and October.
| 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 Manchester United[a] | Poland Romania Turkey Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Hungary East Germany Greece |
| Byes |
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Liège | 6–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | ||
| Beşiktaş | (w/o)[b] | – | – | ||
| Young Boys | (w/o)[c] | – | – | ||
| NK Dinamo Zagreb | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | ||
| Jeunesse Esch | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | |
| Ards | 3–10 | 1–4 | 2–6 | ||
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4–4 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | |
| Atlético Madrid | 13–1 | 8–0 | 5–1 | ||
| Polonia Bytom | 0–6 | 0–3 | 0–3 | ||
| KB | 5–5 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 1–3 | |
| Juventus | 3–8 | 3–1 | 0–7 | ||
| VV DOS | 4–6 | 3–4 | 1–2 |
| KB | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Birkeland Krog | Report |
| Standard Liège | 5–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jadot Piters Bonga Houf | Report | Crawford |
| NK Dinamo Zagreb | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lipošinović | Report | Borovička Brumovský |
| Jeunesse Esch | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| May | Report | N. Johansson B. Johansson |
| Atlético Madrid | 8–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Peiró Vavá Collar Mendonça | Report |
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tröger Viertel S. Kaiser | Report | Dridea |
| Juventus | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sívori | Report | Horak |
| VV DOS | 3–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Temming Van der Linden Luiten | Report | Ivson Hugo Vasques |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bauld | Report | Givard |
Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate.
KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate;play-off needed.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate;play-off needed.
Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate;play-off needed.
| Drumcondra | 1–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fullam | Report | Peiró Csóka Collar Vavá |
Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate.
Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate.
| Dukla Prague | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dvořák Vacenovský | Report | Gašpert |
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
MTK won 6–0 on aggregate.
Reims won 10–3 on aggregate.
| Sporting CP | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ivson | Report | Krommert |
Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zink Tröger Wolf | Report |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won play-off 4–0.
| IFK Göteborg | 5–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Andersson Berndtsson B. Johansson N. Johansson | Report | Meurisse |
IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.
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| 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting CP | 2–6 | 2–3 | 0–3 | ||
| Wiener Sport-Club | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | ||
| MTK | 2–6 | 1–2 | 1–4 | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | |
| IFK Göteborg | 2–6 | 2–2 | 0–4 | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | ||
| Real Madrid | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
| Reims | 7–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Sporting CP | 2–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bolzée Mendes | Report | Paeschen Jadot Mallants |
| Wiener Sport-Club | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hof Hamerl Knoll | Report | Pluskal |
| MTK | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Molnár | Report | Wechselberger Zahnd |
| Atlético Madrid | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vavá Peiró | Report | Dimitrov |
| IFK Göteborg | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ohlsson Andersson | Report | Seifert Zink |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Broadbent | Report | Siebert Koslowski |
| Real Madrid | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Santisteban Kopa | Report |
| Reims | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vincent Siatka | Report |
| Standard Liège | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Paeschen Houf Mallants | Report |
Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zink Kaiser | Report |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Schalke 04 | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kördell Siebert | Report | Jackson |
Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.
Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate;play-off needed.
| Young Boys | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Wechselberger Meier Allemann | Report | Molnár |
Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Beşiktaş | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Köstepen | Report | Santisteban |
Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.
Reims won 7–0 on aggregate.
| Atlético Madrid | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vavá Callejo | Report | Yanev |
Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Liège | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | ||
| Wiener Sport-Club | 1–7 | 0–0 | 1–7 | ||
| Young Boys | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Atlético Madrid | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vavá Miguel Peiró | Report |
| Young Boys | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Meier Rey | Report | Wagner Zink |
| Schalke 04 | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nowak | Report | Vavá |
Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
Young Boys 2–2 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate;play-off needed.
| Reims | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Piantoni Fontaine | Report |
Reims won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Real Madrid | 7–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mateos Di Stéfano Rial Gento | Report | Horak |
Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate.
| Young Boys | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Meier Wechselberger | Report | Tröger |
Young Boys won play-off 2–1.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Boys | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | ||
| Real Madrid | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Young Boys | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Meier | Report |
| Real Madrid | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rial Puskás | Report | Chuzo |
Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate;play-off needed.
| Reims | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Piantoni Penverne | Report |
Reims won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Real Madrid | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Di Stéfano Puskás | Report | Collar |
Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.
The 1959 European Cup final was played on 3 June 1959 at theNeckarstadion 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. Reims were runners-up for a second time, having already lost to Real in the inaugural final in 1956.
| Real Madrid | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mateos Di Stéfano | Report |
The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows: