1958–59 European Cup

1958–59 European Cup
	The Neckarstadion in Stuttgart hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	26 August 1958 – 3 June 1959
Teams	28 (26 competed) (from 25 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (4th title)
Runners-up	Reims
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
	← 1957–58 1959–60 →

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

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.

Wiener Sport-Club (1st)	Standard Liège (1st)	CDNA Sofia (1st)	Dukla Prague (1st)
KB (5th)	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st)	Manchester United (9th)	Helsingin Palloseura (1st)
Reims (1st)	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st)	Schalke 04 (1st)	Olympiacos (1st)
MTK Budapest (1st)	Drumcondra (1st)	Juventus (1st)	Jeunesse Esch (1st)
VV DOS (1st)	Ards (1st)	Polonia Bytom (6th)	Sporting CP (1st)
Petrolul Ploiești (1st)	Hearts (1st)	Real Madrid (1st)^TH	Atlético Madrid (2nd)
IFK Göteborg (1st)	Young Boys (1st)	Beşiktaş (1st)	NK Dinamo Zagreb (1st)

Preliminary round

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. 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 byes, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September.

	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 Invitees Manchester United	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	Hearts	5–1	1–2
Beşiktaş	(w/o)	Olympiacos	–	–
Young Boys	(w/o)	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 Budapest	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

26 August 1958

20:00 CET

KB	3–0	Schalke 04
Birkeland 31', 46' Krog 35'	Report

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

3 September 1958

21:00 CET

Standard Liège	5–1	Hearts
Jadot 17', 85' Piters 34' Bonga 73' Houf 78'	Report	Crawford 14'

Stade de Sclessin, Liège

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

10 September 1958

17:00 CET

Dinamo Zagreb	2–2	Dukla Prague
Lipošinović 70', 73'	Report	Borovička 31' Brumovský 51'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

14 September 1958

21:00 CET

Jeunesse Esch	1–2	IFK Göteborg
May 20'	Report	Jonsson 19' B. Johansson 72'

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

14 September 1958

22:00 CET

Ards	1–4	Reims
Lawry 87'	Report	Fontaine 26', 38', 45', 85'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

17 September 1958

18:00 CET

Atlético Madrid	8–0	Drumcondra
Peiró 2', 51' Vavá 6', 61' Collar 56', 76' Mendonça 63', 67'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, Madrid

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

17 September 1958

21:00 CET

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	4–2	Petrolul Ploiești
Tröger 25' Viertel 39', 68' Kaiser 79'	Report	Dridea 7', 82'

Otto-Grotewohl-Stadion, Aue

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Antonín Růžička (Czechoslovakia)

17 September 1958

21:00 CET

Polonia Bytom	0–3	MTK Budapest
	Report	Sándor 46' Palotás 73', 80'

Stadion Polonii, Bytom

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)

24 September 1958

22:30 CET

Juventus	3–1	Wiener Sport-Club
Sívori 2', 56', 62'	Report	Horak 8'

Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

1 October 1958

20:00 CET

VV DOS	3–4	Sporting CP
Temming 48' (pen.) Van der Linden 52' Luiten 88'	Report	Ivson 31', 83' Hugo 41' Vasques 55'

Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: John Clough (England)

Second leg

9 September 1958

22:00 CET

Hearts	2–1	Standard Liège
Bauld 55', 65'	Report	Givard 58'

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 37,500

Referee: Louis Fauquembergue (France)

Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate.

18 September 1958

21:00 CET

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

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Willem Beltman (Netherlands)

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

28 September 1958

19:00 CET

Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Fronea 33' Pahonțu 79'	Report

Stadionul Petrolul, Ploiești

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

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

30 September 1958

20:00 CET

IFK Göteborg	0–1	Jeunesse Esch
	Report	May 21'

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 21,435

Referee: Valdemar Hansen (Denmark)

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

1 October 1958

18:45 CET

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

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate.

1 October 1958

19:00 CET

Wiener Sport-Club	7–0	Juventus
Skerlan 24' Hamerl 34', 38', 64', 80' Hof 82', 85'	Report

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate.

1 October 1958

20:00 CET

Dukla Prague	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb
Dvořák 30' Vacenovský 71'	Report	Gašpert 45'

Stadion Letná, Prague

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.

1 October 1958

20:00 CET

MTK Budapest	3–0	Polonia Bytom
Molnár 41' Palotás 58', 75'	Report

Hungária Körút, Budapest

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)

MTK Budapest won 6–0 on aggregate.

8 October 1958

20:00 CET

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

Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims

Attendance: 19,509

Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Reims won 10–3 on aggregate.

8 October 1958

21:00 CET

Sporting CP	2–1	VV DOS
Ivson 48', 76'	Report	Krommert 82'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: John Kelly (England)

Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.

Play-off

1 October 1958

20:00 CET

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

Diekman Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.

12 October 1958

19:00 CET

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

Nikita Khrushchev Republican Stadium , Kyiv

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)

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

15 October 1958

20:00 CET

IFK Göteborg	5–1	Jeunesse Esch
Andersson 37' Berndtsson 59', 85' B. Johansson 68' N. Johansson 80'	Report	Meurisse 5'

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 11,780

Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.

Bracket

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 Budapest	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

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 Budapest	2–6	Young Boys	1–2	1–4
Atlético Madrid	2–2	CDNA Sofia	2–1	0–1	3–1
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

29 October 1958

21:00 CET

Sporting CP	2–3	Standard Liège
Bolzée 23' (o.g.) Mendes 80'	Report	Paeschen 10' Jadot 69' Mallants 70'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Joseph Barberan (France)

5 November 1958

19:00 CET

Wiener Sport-Club	3–1	Dukla Prague
Hof 22' Hamerl 47' Knoll 57'	Report	Pluskal 83'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

5 November 1958

20:00 CET

MTK Budapest	1–2	Young Boys
Molnár 66'	Report	Wechselberger 64' Zahnd 80'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

5 November 1958

20:15 CET

Atlético Madrid	2–1	CDNA Sofia
Vavá 60' Peiró 79'	Report	Dimitrov 77'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

9 November 1958

20:00 CET

IFK Göteborg	2–2	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Ohlsson 5' Andersson 31'	Report	Seifert 61' Zink 67'

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 13,978

Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)

12 November 1958

21:00 CET

Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Schalke 04
Broadbent 52', 65'	Report	Siebert 25' Koslowski 88'

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 45,676

Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

13 November 1958

20:30 CET

Real Madrid	2–0	Beşiktaş
Santisteban 57' Kopa 90'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Pietro Bonetto (Italy)

26 November 1958

20:00 CET

Reims	4–0	Helsingin Palloseura
Vincent 22', 35', 85' Siatka 89'	Report

Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims

Attendance: 11,452

Referee: Edgar Ommerborn (West Germany)

Second leg

12 November 1958

20:00 CET

Standard Liège	3–0	Sporting CP
Paeschen 47' Houf 67' Mallants 74'	Report

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Michel Devillers (France)

Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate.

15 November 1958

20:00 CET

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

Otto Grotewohl Stadion, Aue

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

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

18 November 1958

20:00 CET

Schalke 04	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kördell 12' Siebert 35'	Report	Jackson 48'

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.

26 November 1958

13:45 CET

Dukla Prague	1–0	Wiener Sport-Club
Masopust 60'	Report

Stadion Letná, Prague

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate.

26 November 1958

18:30 CET

CDNA Sofia	1–0	Atlético Madrid
Panayotov 64'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

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

26 November 1958

20:00 CET

Young Boys	4–1	MTK Budapest
Wechselberger 13', 60' Meier 40' Allemann 81'	Report	Molnár 85'

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate.

27 November 1958

13:00 CET

Beşiktaş	1–1	Real Madrid
Köstepen 64'	Report	Santisteban 13'

Mithatpaşa Stadyumu, Istanbul

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.

3 December 1958

20:00 CET

Helsingin Palloseura	0–3	Reims
	Report	Fontaine 2', 10' Lintamo 8' (o.g.)

Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen

Attendance: 14,855

Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)

Reims won 7–0 on aggregate.

Play-off

18 December 1958

20:30 CET

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

Stade des Charmilles, Geneva

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.

Quarter-finals

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

4 February 1959

20:00 CET

Standard Liège	2–0	Reims
Jadot 65' Givard 71' (pen.)	Report

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: John Kelly (England)

4 March 1959

19:30 CET

Wiener Sport-Club	0–0	Real Madrid
	Report

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

4 March 1959

20:15 CET

Atlético Madrid	3–0	Schalke 04
Vavá 47' Miguel 73' Peiró 90'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 110,000

Referee: Antonio Moriconi (Italy)

11 March 1959

20:00 CET

Young Boys	2–2	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Meier 22' Rey 87'	Report	Wagner 45' Zink 59'

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Francisco Guerra (Portugal)

Second leg

18 March 1959

19:30 CET

Schalke 04	1–1	Atlético Madrid
Nowak 1'	Report	Vavá 90'

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

18 March 1959

20:00 CET

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	0–0	Young Boys
	Report

Otto Grotewohl Stadion, Aue

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Bengt Andrén (Sweden)

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

18 March 1959

20:00 CET

Reims	3–0	Standard Liège
Piantoni 70' Fontaine 73', 88'	Report

Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims

Attendance: 32,235

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

Reims won 3–2 on aggregate.

18 March 1959

20:30 CET

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

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

1 April 1959

20:00 CET

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

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Young Boys won play-off 2–1.

Semi-finals

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

15 April 1959

20:00 CET

Young Boys	1–0	Reims
Meier 15'	Report

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

15 April 1959

20:30 CET

Real Madrid	2–1	Atlético Madrid
Rial 15' Puskás 33' (pen.)	Report	Chuzo 13'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 120,000

Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)

Second leg

7 May 1959

17:00 CET

Atlético Madrid	1–0	Real Madrid
Collar 43'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, Madrid

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Reg Leafe (England)

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

13 May 1959

20:00 CET

Reims	3–0	Young Boys
Piantoni 41', 72' Penverne 47'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 35,898

Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Reims won 3–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

13 May 1959

17:00 CET

Real Madrid	2–1	Atlético Madrid
Di Stéfano 16' Puskás 42'	Report	Collar 18'

La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.

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.

3 June 1959

20:00 CET

Real Madrid	2–0	Reims
Mateos 1' Di Stéfano 47'	Report

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 72,000

Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup were as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Just Fontaine	Stade Reims	10
2	Vavá	Atlético Madrid	8
3	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	6
3	Joaquín Peiró	Atlético Madrid	6
5	Enrique Collar	Atlético Madrid	5
	Josef Hamerl	Wiener Sport-Club
	Roger Piantoni	Stade 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 Budapest
	Willy Tröger	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Ernst Wechselberger	Young Boys

Notes

References

External links

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)