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1958–59 European Cup

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.[1] 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.

1958–59 European Cup
The Neckarstadion in Stuttgart hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates26 August 1958 – 3 June 1959
Teams28 (26 competed) (from 25 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (4th title)
Runners-upFrance Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored199 (3.62 per match)
Attendance1,980,818 (36,015 per match)
Top scorer(s)Just Fontaine (Reims)
10 goals

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.

On road to winning the competition Real Madrid faced Atlético Madrid in the semi-finals – the first time a derby match was played in the competition.

Teams

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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, Heart of Midlothian, 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.

  Wiener Sport-Club (1st)   Standard Liège (1st)   CDNA Sofia (1st)   Dukla Prague (1st)
  KB (5th)   Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st)   Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st)   Manchester United (9th)
  Helsingin Palloseura (1st)   Reims (1st)   Olympiacos (1st)   MTK (1st)
  Juventus (1st)   Jeunesse Esch (1st)   VV DOS (1st)   Ards (1st)
  Polonia Bytom (2nd)   Sporting CP (1st)   Drumcondra (1st)   Petrolul Ploiești (1st)
  Heart of Midlothian (1st)   Real Madrid (1st)TH   Atlético Madrid (2nd)   IFK Göteborg (1st)
  Young Boys (1st)   Beşiktaş (1st)   Schalke 04 (1st)   NK Dinamo Zagreb (1st)

Preliminary round

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Location of teams in the 1958–59 European Cup

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Cannes, 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   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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
Standard Liège   6–3   Heart of Midlothian 5–1 1–2
Beşiktaş   (w/o)[b]   Olympiacos – –
Young Boys   (w/o)[c]   Manchester United – –
NK Dinamo Zagreb   3–4   Dukla Prague 2–2 1–2
Jeunesse Esch   2–2   IFK Göteborg 1–2 1–0 1–5
Ards   3–10   Reims 1–4 2–6
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt   4–4   Petrolul Ploiești 4–2 0–2 4–0
Atlético Madrid   13–1   Drumcondra 8–0 5–1
Polonia Bytom   0–6   MTK 0–3 0–3
KB   5–5   Schalke 04 3–0 2–5 1–3
Juventus   3–8   Wiener Sport-Club 3–1 0–7
VV DOS   4–6   Sporting CP 3–4 1–2

First leg

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KB  3–0  Schalke 04
Birkeland   31', 46'
Krog   35'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Standard Liège  5–1  Heart of Midlothian
Jadot   17', 85'
Piters   34'
Bonga   73'
Houf   78'		 Report Crawford   14'
Attendance: 25,000[5]
NK Dinamo Zagreb  2–2  Dukla Prague
Lipošinović   70', 73' Report Borovička   31'
Brumovský   51'
Attendance: 25,000
Jeunesse Esch  1–2  IFK Göteborg
May   20' Report N. Johansson   19'
B. Johansson   72'
Attendance: 3,500
Ards  1–4  Reims
Lawry   87' Report Fontaine   26', 38', 45', 85'
Attendance: 20,000
Atlético Madrid  8–0  Drumcondra
Peiró   2', 51'
Vavá   6', 61'
Collar   56', 76'
Mendonça   63', 67'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt  4–2  Petrolul Ploiești
Tröger   25'
Viertel   39', 68'
S. Kaiser   79'		 Report Dridea   7', 82'
Attendance: 12,000
Polonia Bytom  0–3  MTK
Report Sándor   46'
Palotás   73', 80' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,000
Juventus  3–1  Wiener Sport-Club
Sívori   2', 56', 62' Report Horak   8'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
VV DOS  3–4  Sporting CP
Temming   48' (pen.)
Van der Linden   52'
Luiten   88'		 Report Ivson   31', 83'
Hugo   41'
Vasques   55'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: John Clough (England)

Second leg

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Heart of Midlothian  2–1  Standard Liège
Bauld   55', 65' Report Givard   58'
Attendance: 37,500

Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate.

Schalke 04  5–2  KB
Klodt   25', 34'
Sadlowski   46'
Nowak   70'
Brocker   72'		 Report Andersen   53', 66'
Attendance: 30,000

KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate; play-off needed.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate; play-off needed.

IFK Göteborg  0–1  Jeunesse Esch
Report May   21'
Attendance: 21,435

Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate; play-off needed.

Drumcondra  1–5  Atlético Madrid
Fullam   51' (pen.) Report Peiró   16', 67'
Csóka   19'
Collar   45'
Vavá   86'
Attendance: 20,000

Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate.

Wiener Sport-Club  7–0  Juventus
Skerlan   24'
Hamerl   34', 38', 64', 80'
Hof   82' (pen.), 85'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000

Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague  2–1  NK Dinamo Zagreb
Dvořák   30'
Vacenovský   71'		 Report Gašpert   45'
Attendance: 10,000

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.

MTK  3–0  Polonia Bytom
Molnár   41'
Palotás   58' (pen.), 75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000

MTK won 6–0 on aggregate.

Reims  6–2  Ards
Piantoni   10', 40'
Fontaine   14', 16'
Bliard   20', 74'		 Report Lawther   10'
Quee   28'
Attendance: 19,509

Reims won 10–3 on aggregate.

Sporting CP  2–1  VV DOS
Ivson   48', 76' Report Krommert   82'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: John Kelly (England)

Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.

Play-off

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Schalke 04  3–1  KB
Klodt   57', 86'
Nowak   66'		 Report Krahmer   90'
Attendance: 27,000

Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt  4–0  Petrolul Ploiești
Zink   4'
Tröger   7', 75' (pen.)
Wolf   48'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000

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

IFK Göteborg  5–1  Jeunesse Esch
Andersson   37'
Berndtsson   59', 85'
B. Johansson   68'
N. Johansson   80'		 Report Meurisse   5'
Attendance: 11,780
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.

Bracket

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
  Wiener Sport-Club 3 0 3
  Dukla Prague 1 1 2
  Wiener Sport-Club 0 1 1
  Real Madrid 0 7 7
  Real Madrid 2 1 3
  Beşiktaş 0 1 1
  Real Madrid 2 0 2 (2)
  Atlético Madrid 1 1 2 (1)
  Atlético Madrid (a.e.t.) 2 0 2 (3)
  CDNA Sofia 1 1 2 (1)
  Atlético Madrid 3 1 4
  Schalke 04 0 1 1
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 1 3
  Schalke 04 2 2 4
  Real Madrid 2
  Reims 0
  MTK 1 1 2
  Young Boys 2 4 6
  Young Boys 2 0 2 (2)
  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2 0 2 (1)
  IFK Göteborg 2 0 2
  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2 4 6
  Young Boys 1 0 1
  Reims 0 3 3
  Sporting CP 2 0 2
  Standard Liège 3 3 6
  Standard Liège 2 0 2
  Reims 0 3 3
  Reims 4 3 7
  Helsingin Palloseura 0 0 0

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
Sporting CP   2–6   Standard Liège 2–3 0–3
Wiener Sport-Club   3–2   Dukla Prague 3–1 0–1
MTK   2–6   Young Boys 1–2 1–4
Atlético Madrid   2–2   CDNA Sofia 2–1 0–1 3–1 (a.e.t.)
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
Reims   7–0   Helsingin Palloseura 4–0 3–0

First leg

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Sporting CP  2–3  Standard Liège
Bolzée   23' (o.g.)
Mendes   80'		 Report Paeschen   10'
Jadot   69'
Mallants   70'
Attendance: 35,000
Wiener Sport-Club  3–1  Dukla Prague
Hof   22'
Hamerl   47'
Knoll   57'		 Report Pluskal   83'
Attendance: 50,000
MTK  1–2  Young Boys
Molnár   66' Report Wechselberger   64'
Zahnd   80'
Attendance: 20,000
Atlético Madrid  2–1  CDNA Sofia
Vavá   60'
Peiró   79'		 Report Dimitrov   77'
Attendance: 80,000
IFK Göteborg  2–2  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Ohlsson   5'
Andersson   31'		 Report Seifert   61'
Zink   67'
Attendance: 13,978
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)
Wolverhampton Wanderers  2–2  Schalke 04
Broadbent   52', 65' Report Siebert   25'
Koslowski   88'
Attendance: 45,676
Real Madrid  2–0  Beşiktaş
Santisteban   57'
Kopa   90'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Reims  4–0  Helsingin Palloseura
Vincent   22', 35', 85'
Siatka   89'		 Report
Attendance: 11,452

Second leg

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Standard Liège  3–0  Sporting CP
Paeschen   47'
Houf   67'
Mallants   74'		 Report
Attendance: 32,000

Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt  4–0  IFK Göteborg
Zink   23', 82'
Kaiser   50', 62'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate.

Schalke 04  2–1  Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kördell   12'
Siebert   35'		 Report Jackson   48'
Attendance: 43,000

Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague  1–0  Wiener Sport-Club
Masopust   60' Report
Attendance: 18,000

Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia  1–0  Atlético Madrid
Panayotov   64' Report
Attendance: 50,000

Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate; play-off needed.

Young Boys  4–1  MTK
Wechselberger   13', 60'
Meier   40'
Allemann   81'		 Report Molnár   85'
Attendance: 28,000

Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş  1–1  Real Madrid
Köstepen   64' Report Santisteban   13'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.

Helsingin Palloseura  0–3  Reims
Report Fontaine   2', 10'
Lintamo   12' (o.g.)
Attendance: 14,855

Reims won 7–0 on aggregate.

Play-off

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Atlético Madrid  3–1 (a.e.t.)  CDNA Sofia
Vavá   42', 108' (pen.)
Callejo   99'		 Report Yanev   17'
Attendance: 30,000

Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
Standard Liège   2–3   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   2–2   Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–2 0–0 2–1

First leg

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Standard Liège  2–0  Reims
Jadot   65'
Givard   71' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: John Kelly (England)
Wiener Sport-Club  0–0  Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 80,000
Atlético Madrid  3–0  Schalke 04
Vavá   47'
Miguel   73'
Peiró   90'		 Report
Attendance: 110,000
Young Boys  2–2  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Meier   22'
Rey   87'		 Report Wagner   45'
Zink   59'
Attendance: 32,000

Second leg

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Schalke 04  1–1  Atlético Madrid
Nowak   1' Report Vavá   90'
Attendance: 43,000

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt  0–0  Young Boys
Report
Attendance: 30,000

Young Boys 2–2 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate; play-off needed.

Reims  3–0  Standard Liège
Piantoni   70'
Fontaine   73', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 32,235

Reims won 3–2 on aggregate.

Real Madrid  7–1  Wiener Sport-Club
Mateos   8'
Di Stéfano   14', 64', 69', 75'
Rial   67'
Gento   89'		 Report Horak   9'
Attendance: 90,000

Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

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Young Boys  2–1  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Meier   21'
Wechselberger   33'		 Report Tröger   75' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000

Young Boys won play-off 2–1.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
Young Boys   1–3   Reims 1–0 0–3
Real Madrid   2–2   Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–1 2–1

First leg

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Young Boys  1–0  Reims
Meier   15' Report
Attendance: 60,000
Real Madrid  2–1  Atlético Madrid
Rial   15'
Puskás   33' (pen.)		 Report Chuzo   13'
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)

Second leg

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Atlético Madrid  1–0  Real Madrid
Collar   43' Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Reg Leafe (England)

Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate; play-off needed.

Reims  3–0  Young Boys
Piantoni   41', 72'
Penverne   47'		 Report
Attendance: 35,898

Reims won 3–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

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Real Madrid  2–1  Atlético Madrid
Di Stéfano   16'
Puskás   42'		 Report Collar   18'
Attendance: 20,000

Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.

Final

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Main article: 1959 European Cup 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. Reims were runners-up for a second time, having already lost to Real in the inaugural final in 1956.

Real Madrid  2–0  Reims
Mateos   1'
Di Stéfano   47'		 Report
Attendance: 72,000

Top goalscorers

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The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Invitees Manchester United were in Pot 2 because they could not play against an English club before the first round.
  2. ^ Olympiacos withdrew due to international political issues, refusing to play in Istanbul following the long-standing tension between Turkey and Greece.[3]
  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

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  1. ^ "Reims succumb to Madrid for a second time". UEFA.com. UEFA. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. ^ Corriere dello Sport, 3 July 1958.
  3. ^ Corriere dello Sport.
  4. ^ Gardner, Stewart (18 September 2018). "United's lost 'European Cup' tie with Young Boys". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Standard Liège v Heart of Midlothian, 3 September 1958" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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