1958–59 European Cup
![]() The Neckarstadion in Stuttgart hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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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 |
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, who beat Reims 2–0 in the final at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959. This was Real Madrid's fourth European Cup title in a row. The two finalists also competed in the final of the first 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 of Beşiktaş. They were drawn against Olympiacos, but Greece's first entrants withdrew for political reasons before playing their first tie.
Also, Manchester United were invited to the competition following Munich air disaster in the previous season, but were not allowed to participate by the Football League, meaning that first walkovers 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.
Teams
[edit]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 that Rapid Wien and AGF 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, Hearts, Atlético Madrid, IFK Göteborg, Beşiktaş and NK 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.
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Preliminary round
[edit]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 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 | |
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Drawn | France Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Netherlands Belgium Scotland Portugal Spain | Switzerland West Germany Italy Sweden Denmark Luxembourg Austria Manchester United[2] | 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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Standard Liège ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | 5–1 | 1–2 | |
Beşiktaş ![]() | (w/o)[a] | ![]() | – | – | |
Young Boys ![]() | (w/o)[b] | ![]() | – | – | |
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 |
First leg
[edit]KB ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Birkeland ![]() Krog ![]() | Report |
Dinamo Zagreb ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Lipošinović ![]() | Report | Borovička ![]() Brumovský ![]() |
Jeunesse Esch ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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May ![]() | Report | Jonsson ![]() B. Johansson ![]() |
Atlético Madrid ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Peiró ![]() Vavá ![]() Collar ![]() Mendonça ![]() | Report |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Tröger ![]() Viertel ![]() Kaiser ![]() | Report | Dridea ![]() |
Polonia Bytom ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Sándor ![]() Palotás ![]() |
Juventus ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Sívori ![]() | Report | Horak ![]() |
VV DOS ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() |
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Temming ![]() Van der Linden ![]() Luiten ![]() | Report | Ivson ![]() Hugo ![]() Vasques ![]() |
Second leg
[edit]Hearts ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Bauld ![]() | Report | Givard ![]() |
Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate.
KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate; play-off needed.
Petrolul Ploiești ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Fronea ![]() Pahonțu ![]() | Report |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate; play-off needed.
IFK Göteborg ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | May ![]() |
Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate; play-off needed.
Drumcondra ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Dvořák ![]() Vacenovský ![]() | Report | Gašpert ![]() |
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
MTK Budapest ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Molnár ![]() Palotás ![]() | Report |
MTK Budapest won 6–0 on aggregate.
Reims won 10–3 on aggregate.
Sporting CP ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Ivson ![]() | Report | Krommert ![]() |
Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.
Play-off
[edit]Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Zink ![]() Tröger ![]() Wolf ![]() | Report |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won play-off 4–0.
IFK Göteborg ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Andersson ![]() Berndtsson ![]() B. Johansson ![]() N. Johansson ![]() | Report | Meurisse ![]() |
IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.
Bracket
[edit]First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
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First round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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Sporting CP ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() | 2–3 | 0–3 | |
Wiener Sport-Club ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
MTK Budapest ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–4 | |
Atlético Madrid ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
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 |
First leg
[edit]Sporting CP ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Bolzée ![]() Mendes ![]() | Report | Paeschen ![]() Jadot ![]() Mallants ![]() |
Wiener Sport-Club ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Hof ![]() Hamerl ![]() Knoll ![]() | Report | Pluskal ![]() |
MTK Budapest ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Molnár ![]() | Report | Wechselberger ![]() Zahnd ![]() |
Atlético Madrid ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Vavá ![]() Peiró ![]() | Report | Dimitrov ![]() |
IFK Göteborg ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Ohlsson ![]() Andersson ![]() | Report | Seifert ![]() Zink ![]() |
Wolverhampton Wanderers ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Broadbent ![]() | Report | Siebert ![]() Koslowski ![]() |
Real Madrid ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Santisteban ![]() Kopa ![]() | Report |
Reims ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Vincent ![]() Siatka ![]() | Report |
Second leg
[edit]Standard Liège ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Paeschen ![]() Houf ![]() Mallants ![]() | Report |
Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Zink ![]() Kaiser ![]() | Report |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Kördell ![]() Siebert ![]() | Report | Jackson ![]() |
Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Masopust ![]() | Report |
Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate.
CDNA Sofia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Panayotov ![]() | Report |
Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate; play-off needed.
Young Boys ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Wechselberger ![]() Meier ![]() Allemann ![]() | Report | Molnár ![]() |
Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Köstepen ![]() | Report | Santisteban ![]() |
Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.
Reims won 7–0 on aggregate.
Play-off
[edit]Atlético Madrid ![]() | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Vavá ![]() Callejo ![]() | Report | Yanev ![]() |
Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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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 |
First leg
[edit]Atlético Madrid ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Vavá ![]() Miguel ![]() Peiró ![]() | Report |
Young Boys ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Meier ![]() Rey ![]() | Report | Wagner ![]() Zink ![]() |
Second leg
[edit]Schalke 04 ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Nowak ![]() | Report | Vavá ![]() |
Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–2 Young Boys on aggregate; play-off needed.
Reims ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Piantoni ![]() Fontaine ![]() | Report |
Reims won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() |
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Mateos ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() Rial ![]() Gento ![]() | Report | Horak ![]() |
Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate.
Play-off
[edit]Young Boys ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Meier ![]() Wechselberger ![]() | Report | Tröger ![]() |
Young Boys won play-off 2–1.
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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Young Boys ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–3 | |
Real Madrid ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
First leg
[edit]Young Boys ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Meier ![]() | Report |
Real Madrid ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Rial ![]() Puskás ![]() | Report | Chuzo ![]() |
Second leg
[edit]Atlético Madrid ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Collar ![]() | Report |
Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate; play-off needed.
Reims ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Piantoni ![]() Penverne ![]() | Report |
Reims won 3–1 on aggregate.
Play-off
[edit]Real Madrid ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Puskás ![]() | Report | Collar ![]() |
Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.
Final
[edit]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. Reims were runners-up for a second time, having already lost to Real in the inaugural final in 1956.
Real Madrid ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Mateos ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() | Report |
Top goalscorers
[edit]The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup were as follows:
Notes
[edit]- ^ Olympiacos withdrew due to international political issues, refusing to play in Istanbul following the long-standing tension between Turkey and Greece.[3].
- ^ UEFA invited Manchester United to enter the competition after eight of the club's players were killed in the Munich air disaster while returning from a European Cup match in Belgrade the previous season; however, the Football League refused to allow the club to compete. As the draw had already been made for the preliminary round, Manchester United's drawn opponents, Young Boys, were given a bye to the first round of the competition. Instead, the two clubs played a pair of friendlies against each other, home and away; Young Boys won the first match 2–0 in Bern, but Manchester United won 3–0 at Old Trafford a week later. The two clubs were again drawn together in the group stage of both the 2018–19 and 2021–22 UEFA Champions League seasons, with the former happening almost exactly 60 years after they were originally due to play.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Corriere dello Sport, 3 July 1958.
- ^ Invitees Manchester United was in pot 2 because they could not play against an English club before the round of 16.
- ^ Corriere dello Sport.
- ^ Gardner, Stewart (18 September 2018). "United's lost 'European Cup' tie with Young Boys". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "Standard Liège v Hearts, 3 September 1958" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- 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)