CHAMPIONS' CUP 1955-56

Note: 1.FC Saarbrücken represented the football federation of Saar (Saar was reincorporated into F.R. Germany as of 1 Jan 1957).

First Round

(04.09 and 12.10)

Sporting CP Lisboa – FK Partizan Beograd 3-3

(Martins 14, 78, Quim 65; M.Milutinović 45, 50, Bobek 73)

FK Partizan Beograd - Sporting CP Lisboa 5-2

(M.Milutinović 15, 29, 64, 74, Jocić 88; Valter 49, 77)

(07.09 and 19.10)

Budapesti Vörös Lobogó - RSC Anderlecht 6-3

(Szimcsák 8, Palotás 25, 59, 80, Hidegkuti 28, Sándor 83; Vandewilt 7, H.van den Bosch 39, 79)

RSC Anderlecht – Budapesti Vörös Lobogó 1-4

(H.van den Bosch 3; Hidegkuti 25, Lantos 78, Palotás 85, I.Kovács 86)

(08.09 and 12.10)

Servette FC Genève - Real Madrid CF 0-2

(Muñoz 74, Rial 89)

Real Madrid CF - Servette FC Genève 5-0

(Di Stéfano 29, 61, Joseito 44, Rial 46, Molowny 54)

(14.09 and 12.10)

SC Rot-Weiß Essen - Hibernian FC Edinburgh 0-4

(Turnbull 35, 53, Reilly 53, Ormond 81)

Hibernian FC Edinburgh – SC Rot-Weiß Essen 1-1

(Buchanan 5; Abromeit 90)

(20.09 and 12.10)

Djurgårdens IF Stockholm – WKS Gwardia Warszawa 0-0

WKS Gwardia Warszawa - Djurgårdens IF Stockholm 1-4

(Baszkiewicz 14; J.Eriksson 5, 17, 22, G.Sandberg 29)

(21.09 and 26.10)

AGF Aarhus - Stade de Reims 0-2

(Glovacki 7, 72)

Stade de Reims - AGF Århus 2-2

(Glovacki 47, Bliard 60; E.Bechmann Jensen 77, H.Bjerregaard 83)

(21.09 and 01.11)

SK Rapid Wien - PSV Eindhoven 6-1

(A.Körner 12, 62, 82, Mehsarosch 55, Hanappi 56, Probst 60; Fransen 18)

PSV Eindhoven – SK Rapid Wien 1-0

(Fransen 9)

(01.11 and 23.11)

AC Milan - 1.FC Saarbrücken 3-4

(Frignani 15, Schiaffino 33, Dal Monte 37; Krieger 5, Philipp 43, Schirra 67, Martin 69)

1.FC Saarbrücken - AC Milan 1-4

(Binkert 32; Valli 8,77, Puff 75og, Beraldo 86)

Quarterfinals

(23.11 and 28.11)

Djurgårdens IF Stockholm - Hibernian FC Edinburgh 1-3

(B.Eklund 1; Combe 18, Mulkerrin 49, Olsson 86og)

Hibernian FC Edinburgh - Djurgårdens IF Stockholm 1-0

(Turnbull 70p)

(14.12 and 28.12)

Stade de Reims – Budapesti Vörös Lobogó 4-2

(Glovacki 14, Leblond 33, 57, Bliard 42; Szolnok 34, Lantos 77p)

Budapesti Vörös Lobogó - Stade Reims 4-4

(Lantos 11p, 74p, Palotás 53, 82; Glovacki 6, Bliard 20, 44, Templin 52)

(25.12 and 29.01)

Real Madrid CF - FK Partizan Beograd 4-0

(Castaño 12, 23, Gento 36, Di Stéfano 70)

FK Partizan Beograd - Real Madrid CF 3-0

(M.Milutinović 24, 87, P.Mihajlović 46p)

(18.01 and 12.02)

SK Rapid Wien - AC Milan 1-1

(R.Körner 26p; Nordahl 20)

AC Milan – SK Rapid Wien 7-2

(A.Mariani 15, Nordahl 23, 50, Ricagni 26,63, Frignani 56, Schiaffino 75; Golobic 35, Dienst 59)

Semifinals

(04.04 and 18.04)

Stade de Reims - Hibernian FC Edinburgh 2-0

(Leblond 67, Bliard 89)

Hibernian FC Edinburgh - Stade de Reims 0-1

(Glovacki 57)

(19.04 and 01.05)

Real Madrid CF - AC Milan 4-2

(Rial 6, Joseito 25, Olsen 40, Di Stéfano 62; Nordahl 9, Schiaffino 30)

AC Milan - Real Madrid CF 2-1

(Dal Monte 69p, 86p; Joseito 65)

Final

Real Madrid CF - Stade de Reims 4-3

13.06.1956 Paris, Parc des Princes

Referee : Arthur E.Ellis (ENG)

Leblond 6, Templin 10, Di Stéfano 14, Rial 30, Hidalgo 62, Marquitos 67, Rial 79

Real Madrid CF: Juan Alonso; Ángel Atienza, Marquitos, Rafael Lesmes; Miguel Muñoz (c), José María Zarraga; Joseito, Ramón Marsal Ribó, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Héctor Rial, Francisco Gento.

Coach: José Villalonga Llorente SPA

Stade de Reims: René Jacquet; Simon Zimny, Robert Jonquet (c), Raoul Giraudo; Michel Leblond, Robert Siatka; Michel Hidalgo, Léon Glowacki, Raymond Kopa, René Bliard, Jean Templin.

Coach: Albert Batteux FRA