Champions' Cup 1956-57 - Results Overview
Preliminary Round
01-08-56 Borussia Dortmund 4-3 CA Spora Luxembourg
[Helmut Bracht 32, Alfred Niepieklo 57, Alfred Preißler 60, 78;
Marc Boreux 25, 35, 88]
06-09-56 CA Spora Luxembourg 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
[Jean-Pierre Fiedler 22, Leon Letsch 40; Alfred Preißler 28]
16-09-56 Borussia Dortmund 7-0 Spora Luxembourg
[Alfred Preißler 25, 37, Heinz Simmer 30,
Alfred Kelbassa 41, 50, 63, Wolfgang Peters 57]
26-08-56 Dinamo Bucharest 3-1 Galatasaray
[Gheorghe Voica 10, 66, Alexandru Ene I 82; Metin Oktay II 68]
30-09-56 Galatasaray 2-1 Dinamo Bucharest
[Kadri Aytac II 40, Metin Oktay 90; Ioan Suru 30]
12-09-56 RSC Anderlecht 0-2 Manchester United
[Dennis Viollet 27, Tommy Taylor 75]
26-09-56 Manchester United 10-0 RSC Anderlecht
[Tommy Taylor 8, 20, 54, Dennis Viollet 26, 39, 40, 75,
William Whelan 63, 89, John Berry 78]
12-09-56 Slovan Bratislava 4-0 CWKS Warsaw
[Emil Pažický 11, 68, Julius Kováč 30pen, Anton Moravčik 40]
19-09-56 CWKS Warsaw 2-0 Slovan Bratislava
[Edmund 'Epin' Kowal 52, Lucjan 'Kici' Brychczy 62]
19-09-56 AGF 1-1 OGC Nice
[Erik Jensen 14; Jacques Foix 58]
27-09-56 OGC Nice 5-1 AGF
[Jacques Foix 2, François Milazzo 27, 74, Jacques Faivre 45, 60;
Aage Rou Jensen (other sources: Erik Jensen) 82]
20-09-56 FC Porto 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
[José María Matos 53; Agustín Gainza 6, Nicanor 'Canito'
Trapero 84]
26-09-56 Athletic Bilbao 3-2 FC Porto
[José Luís Arteche 15, 81pen, 83; Hernâni Ferreira 4,
Jorge 'Jaburu' Matos 20]
Sent off: Virgílio Marques 78 (Porto), Jorge 'Jaburu' Matos 84 (Porto).
First Round
17-10-56 Manchester United 3-2 Borussia Dortmund
[Dennis Viollet 10, 26, David Pegg 30; Helmut Kapitulski 80,
Alfred Preißler 87]
21-11-56 Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Manchester United
21-10-56 CDNA (Sofia) 8-1 Dinamo Bucharest
[Ivan Kolev 12, 27, 56, 64, Dimitar Milanov 21, 67,
Panayot Panayotov 65, Georgi Dimitrov 80; Gheorghe Bacut I 71pen]
30-12-56 Dinamo Bucharest 3-2 CDNA (Sofia)
[Dumitru Nicolae-Nicusor 58pen, R. Lazar 67, Valeriu Neagu 84;
Gavril Stoyanov 22, Krum Yanev 62]
24-10-56 Rangers 2-1 OGC Nice
[Max Murray 40, Bill Simpson 60; Jacques Faivre 22]
14-11-56 OGC Nice 2-1 Rangers
[Rubén Bravo 61, Jacques Foix 64; John Hubbard 41pen]
28-11-56 OGC Nice 3-1 Glasgow Rangers
[Jacques Foix 43, Alberto Muro 51, Jacques Faivre 75;
Gilbert Bonvin 50og]
24-10-56 Slovan Bratislava 1-0 Grasshopper-Club Zürich
[Anton Moravčik 19]
12-12-56 Grasshopper-Club Zürich 2-0 Slovan Bratislava
[Branislav Vukosavljevic 75, Raymond Duret 90]
01-11-56 Real Madrid 4-2 SK Rapid Wien
[Alfredo di Stéfano 10, 22, Jose Ramon Marsal 61, 63;
Robert Dienst 59, Karl Giesser 89]
14-11-56 SK Rapid Wien 3-1 Real Madrid
[Ernst Happel 19, 39pen, 42; Alfredo di Stéfano 60]
12-12-56 Real Madrid 2-0 SK Rapid Wien
[José 'Joseito' Iglesias 2, Raymond Kopa 24]
Sent off: Rafael Lesmes 82 (Madrid), Ernst Happel 89 (Rapid).
03-11-56 Rapid JC Heerlen 3-4 Red Star (Belgrade)
[Huub Jansen 8, Huub Bisschops 76, Lazar Tasić 79og;
Bora Kostić 4, 74, Ivan Toplak 38, Anton Rudinski 81]
14-11-56 Red Star (Belgrade) 2-0 Rapid JC Heerlen
[Ivan Toplak 33, Bora Kostić 78]
21-11-56 AC Fiorentina 1-1 IFK Norrköping
[Claudio Bizzarri 15; Harry Bild 8]
28-11-56 IFK Norrköping 0-1 AC Fiorentina
[Giuseppe Virgili 17]
22-11-56 Athletic Bilbao 3-2 Honvéd
[José Luís Arteche 16, Félix Marcaida 27,
Ignacio Arieta-Araunabeńa 84; László Budai II 75, Sándor Kocsis 86]
20-12-56 Honvéd 3-3 Athletic Bilbao
[László Budai II 6, Sándor Kocsis 81, Ferenc Puskás 85;
Armando Merodio 3, 71, Ignacio Arieta-Araunabeńa 68]
[as Honvéd 'keeper was injured early in the game and no
substitutons were permitted, Zoltán Czibor had to go into goal]
Quarterfinals
16-01-57 Athletic Bilbao 5-3 Manchester United
[Ignácio Uribe 3, 28, Félix Marcaida 43, Armando Merodio 73,
José Luís Arteche 78; Tommy Taylor 48, Dennis Viollet 54,
William Whelan 85]
06-02-57 Manchester United 3-0 Athletic Bilbao
[Dennis Viollet 41, Tommy Taylor 70, John Berry 84]
06-02-57 AC Fiorentina 3-1 Grasshopper-Club Zürich
[Armando Segato 3, Romano Taccola 10, 12; Robert Ballaman 31]
27-02-57 Grasshopper-Club Zürich 2-2 AC Fiorentina
[Robert Ballaman 24, Branislav Vukosavljevic 84;
Júlio 'Julinho' Botelho 8, Miguel Montuori 51]
14-02-57 Real Madrid 3-0 OGC Nice
[José 'Joseito' Iglesias 19, Enrique Mateos 50, 72]
14-03-57 OGC Nice 2-3 Real Madrid
[Jacques Foix 15, Koczur Ferry 83pen; José 'Joseito' Iglesias 45,
Alfredo di Stéfano 50, 80]
17-02-57 Red Star (Belgrade) 3-1 CDNA (Sofia)
[Bora Kostić 7, 25, Vladimir Popović 53; Krum Yanev 89]
24-02-57 CDNA (Sofia) 2-1 Red Star (Belgrade)
[Stefan Bozhkov 22pen, Panayot Panayotov 39; Lazar Tasić 29pen]
Semifinals
03-04-57 Red Star (Belgrade) 0-1 AC Fiorentina
[Maurilio Prini 88]
18-04-57 AC Fiorentina 0-0 Red Star (Belgrade)
11-04-57 Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester United
[José Héctor Rial 61, Alfredo di Stéfano 74, Enrique Mateos 84;
Tommy Taylor 82]
25-04-57 Manchester United 2-2 Real Madrid
[Tommy Taylor 52, Bobby Charlton 87; Raymond Kopa 25,
José Héctor Rial 32]
Final [Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid]
30-05-57 Real Madrid 2-0 AC Fiorentina
[Alfredo di Stéfano 70pen, Francisco Gento 76]
Real Madrid: Juan Alonso; Manuel Torres, Marcos 'Marquitos' Alonso,
Rafael Lesmes, Miguel Muńóz (c), José María Zárraga, Raymond Kopa,
Enrique Mateos, Alfredo di Stéfano, José Héctor Rial, Francisco Gento;
coach: José Villalonga.
AC Fiorentina: Giuliano Sarti; Ardico Magnini, Alberto Orzan, Sergio
Cervato (c), Aldo Scaramucci, Armando Segato, Júlio 'Julinho' Botelho,
Guido Gratton, Giuseppe Virgili, Miguel Montuori, Claudio Bizzarri;
coach: Fulvio Bernardini.
ref: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands).
att: 124,000.
9 - Dennis Viollet [Manchester United]
8 - Tommy Taylor [Manchester United]
7 - Alfredo Di Stefano [Real Madrid]
6 - Alfred Preißler [Borussia Dortmund]
5 - Jacques Foix [OGC Nice], Jose Luis Arteche [Athletic de Bilbao], Bora Kostic
[Crvena Zvezda Beograd]
4 - Jacques Faivre [OGC Nice], Ivan Kolev [CDNA Sofia]
3 - Marc Boreux [CA Spora Luxembourg], Alfred Kelbassa [Borussia Dortmund],
William Whelan [Manchester United], Ernst Happel [SK Rapid Wien], Armando Merodio
[Athletic de Bilbao], Jose 'Joseito' Iglesias, Enrique Mateos [Real Madrid]
2 - Voica [Dinamo Bucuresti], Metin Oktay II [Galatasaray SK], Berry [Manchester United],
Pazicky, Moravcik [Slovan Bratislava], Milazzo [OGC Nice], Vukosavljevic, Ballaman
[Grasshopper-Club], Marsal, Kopa, Rial [Real Madrid], Marcaida, Araunabena, Uribe
[Athletic de Bilbao], Taccola [AC Fiorentina], Milanov, Panayotov, Yanev [CDNA Sofia],
Toplak [Crvena Zvezda Beograd], Budai II, Kocsis [Honved Budapesti]
1 - Bracht, Niepieklo, Simmer, Peters, Kapitulski [Borussia Dortmund], Fiedler, Letsch
[CA Spora Luxembourg], Ene I, Suru, Bacut I, Nicolae-Nicusor, R. Lazar, Neagu
[Dinamo Bucuresti], Kadri Aytac [Galatasaray SK], Kovac [Slovan Bratislava],
Kowal, Brychczy [CWKS Warszawa], E. Jensen, A.R. Jensen [AGF Arhus], J.M. Matos,
Ferreira, J.J. Matos [FC Porto], Gainza, Trapero [Athletic Club Bilbao], Pegg,
B. Charlton [Manchester United], Murray, Simpson, Hubbard [Rangers], Bravo, Muro,
Ferry [OGC Nice], Duret [Grasshopper-Club], Dienst, Giesser [SK Rapid Wien],
Segato, Botelho, Montuori Prini, Bizzarri, Virgili [AC Fiorentina], Gento
[Real Madrid], Dimitrov, Stoyanov, Bozhkov [CDNA Sofia], Jansen, Bisschops
[Rapid JC], Rudinski, Popovic, Tasic [Crvena Zvezda Beograd], Bild [IFK Norrkoping],
Puskas [Honved Budapesti]
Own goals: Bonvin [OGC Nice] for Rangers
Tasic [Crvena Zvezda Beograd] for Rapid JC
Total - 170 goals
All-Time 1955-1957
12 - Alfredo Di Stefano [Real Madrid]
9 - Dennis Viollet [Manchester United]
8 - Milos Milutinovic [FK Partizan], Tommy Taylor [Manchester United]
7 - Jose Hector Rial [Real Madrid
6 - Peter Palotas [Voros Lobogo], Leon Glovacki [Stade de Reims]
Alfred Preißler [Borussia Dortmund], Jose 'Joseito' Iglesias [Real Madrid]
5 - Rene Bliard [Stade de Reims], Jacques Foix [OGC Nice], Jose Luis Arteche
[Athletic Club Bilbao], Bora Kostic [Crvena Zvezda Beograd]
Champions' Cup 1956-57 - Results Overview
Thanks to Jan Alssema, Tristan Browning, Marcel Haisma and Jorge Santos for additional information
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