TheHeysel Stadium inBrussels hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 September 1957 – 28 May 1958 |
| Teams | 24 (from 23 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 189 (3.94 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,883,587 (39,241 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid) 10 goals |
1958–59 → | |
The1957–58 European Cup was the third season of theEuropean Cup, Europe's premier clubfootball tournament. The competition was won byReal Madrid, who beatMilan 3–2 in thefinal, in extra time following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes.[1] This was Real Madrid's third European Cup title in a row. However, the 1957–58 season was marred by theair disaster in Munich, when eightManchester United players died on their way home fromBelgrade, after a 3–3 draw in the quarter-final second leg withRed Star Belgrade. The English champions were ultimately defeated in the semi-finals by the eventual runners-up, Milan of Italy, after being highly touted to win the competition and dominate European football for many years like Real Madrid before them, with the "Busby Babes" having an average age of only 22.
It was the first time that teams from theRepublic of Ireland,Northern Ireland andEast Germany participated, while Turkey could not send any club, since theTurkish FA failed to registerBeşiktaş for the draw in time.[2]Sevilla was invited despite having been runners-up in Spain the year before, as Spanish champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders; the two Spanish sides met in the quarter-finals, the first time two sides from the same country played against each other in the competition.
A total of 24 teams participated in the competition.
Ajax,Benfica,CCA București,Dukla Prague,Glenavon,Royal Antwerp,Saint-Étienne, Sevilla,Shamrock Rovers,Stade Dudelange,Vasas,Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt andYoung Boys made their debut appearances in the European Cup whileRapid Wien,AGF and Real Madrid marked their third.[citation needed]
All participants were their respective associations champions, except for Sevilla andGwardia Warsaw.
The draw for the preliminary round took place at the headquarters of theFrench Football Federation in Paris on Tuesday, 23 July 1957.[3] 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 | |||
| Byes | |||
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 October.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDNA Sofia | 3–7 | 2–1 | 1–6 | ||
| Rangers | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | ||
| Stade Dudelange | 1–14 | 0–5 | 1–9 | ||
| AGF | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
| Gwardia Warsaw | 4–4 (ct) | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1[a] (a.e.t.) | |
| Sevilla | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | ||
| Shamrock Rovers | 2–9[b] | 0–6 | 2–3 | ||
| Milan | 6–6 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 |
| CDNA Sofia | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Milanov | Report | Bundzsák |
| Rangers | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchenbrand Scott Simpson | Report | Mekhloufi |
| Stade Dudelange | 0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kostić Rudinski Mitić |
| Gwardia Warsaw | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Baszkiewicz Lewandowski Gawroński | Report | S. Kaiser |
| Shamrock Rovers | 0–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | T. Taylor Whelan Berry Pegg |
Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Glenavon | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kjær Andersen Jensen |
Aarhus won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade | 9–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cokić Mitić Kostić | Report | Rongoni |
Red Star Belgrade won 14–1 on aggregate.
| Manchester United | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Viollet Pegg | Report | McCann Hamilton |
Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.
Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.
Milan 6–6 Rapid Wien on aggregate;play-off needed.
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| M. Kaiser S. Kaiser | Report | Baszkiewicz |
Gwardia Warsaw 4–4 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate;play-off needed.
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1–1 (a.e.t.) Decided by acoin flip. | |
|---|---|---|
| Tröger | Report | Z. Szarzyński |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt qualified due to acoin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warsaw was abandoned with the result of 1–1 after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure.
| Milan | 4–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bean Bergamaschi Schiaffino | Report | Happel Bertalan |
Milan won play-off 4–2.
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 5 (3) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 5 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Antwerp | 1–8 | 1–2 | 0–6 | ||
| IFK Norrköping | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | ||
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | ||
| Young Boys | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||
| Manchester United | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | ||
| Sevilla | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | ||
| Borussia Dortmund | 5–5 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | |
| Rangers | 1–6 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Royal Antwerp | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| De Backer | Report | Di Stéfano |
| IFK Norrköping | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Håkansson Källgren | Report | Toplak Kostić |
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Müller | Report | Van der Kuil Bleijenberg |
| Manchester United | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Webster T. Taylor Pegg | Report |
| Borussia Dortmund | 4–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Peters Niepieklo | Report | Zavoda I Bone |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Spajić | Report | Backman |
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Real Madrid | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rial Marsal Kopa Gento | Report |
Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.
| Vasas | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Csordás | Report | Schneiter |
Vasas won 3–2 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.
| CCA București | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tătaru Constantin Alecsandrescu | Report | Niepieklo |
Borussia Dortmund 5–5 CCA București on aggregate;play-off needed.
Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dulz Kelbassa Preissler | Report | Cacoveanu |
Borussia Dortmund won play-off 3–1.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester United | 5–4 | 2–1 | 3–3 | |
| Real Madrid | 10–2 | 8–0 | 2–2 | |
| Ajax | 2–6 | 2–2 | 0–4 | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Manchester United | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Charlton Colman | Report | Tasić |
| Real Madrid | 8–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Di Stéfano Kopa Marsal Gento | Report |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bergamaschi | Report | Galli |
| Red Star Belgrade | 3–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kostić Tasić | Report | Viollet Charlton |
Manchester United won 5–4 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 10–2 on aggregate.
Vasas won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Milan | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cucchiaroni Liedholm Galli Grillo | Report | Preissler |
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | |
| Manchester United | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Real Madrid | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Di Stéfano Marsal | Report |
| Manchester United | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Viollet E. Taylor | Report | Schiaffino |
Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Milan | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Schiaffino Liedholm Danova | Report |
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Real Madrid | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Di Stéfano Rial Gento | Report | Schiaffino Grillo |
The top scorers from the 1957–58 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows: