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 for the fourth time in a row, who beat Reims 2–0 in the final at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959. 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)
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (4th title)
Runners-up Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored199 (3.62 per match)
Attendance1,980,818 (36,015 per match)
Top scorer(s) Just Fontaine (10 goals)

It was the first time that a team from Finland participated. Olympiakos, Greece's first-ever entrants, withdrew for political reasons before playing their first tie. Spain continued to be represented by its runners-up, as its champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders. This is the first time that Rapid Wien and AGF Aarhus failed to qualify for the tournament, while Standard Liége, Heart of Midlothian, Beșiktaș, NK Dinamo Zagreb, Jeunesse Esch, IFK Göteborg, Ards, Petrolul Ploiești, Atlético Madrid, Drumcondra, Polonia Bytom, KB, Schalke 04, Juventus Turin, Wiener Sportclub, Helsingin Palloseura, Wolverhampton Wanderers and DOS made their debut in competition.

Preliminary round

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 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[2]		 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Standard Liège 6–3 Hearts 5–1 1–2
Beşiktaş (w/o)1 Olympiacos – –
Young Boys (w/o)2 Manchester United – –
NK Dinamo Zagreb 3–4 Dukla Prague 2–2 1–2
Jeunesse Esch 2–23 IFK Göteborg 1–2 1–0
Ards 3–10 Stade Reims 1–4 2–6
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4–44 Petrolul Ploiești 4–2 0–2
Atlético Madrid 13–1 Drumcondra 8–0 5–1
Polonia Bytom 0–6 MTK Budapest 0–3 0–3
KB 5–55 Schalke 04 3–0 2–5
Juventus 3–8 Wiener Sport-Club 3–1 0–7
DOS 4–6 Sporting CP 3–4 1–2

Note: Real Madrid, Wolverhampton Wanderers, CDNA Sofia and HPS received byes.

1 Olympiacos withdrew due to international political issues, refusing to play in Istanbul following the long-standing tension between Turkey and Greece.[3]

2 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 the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, almost exactly 60 years after they were originally due to play.[4]

3 IFK Göteborg beat Jeunesse Esch 5–1 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

4 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt beat Petrolul Ploieşti 4–0 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

5 Schalke 04 beat KB 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

First leg
KB 3–0 Schalke 04
Birkeland 31', 46'
Krog 35'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)
Standard Liège 5–1 Hearts
Jadot 17', 85'
Piters 34'
Bonga 73'
Houf 78'		 Report Crawford 14'
Attendance: 25,000[5]
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
Dinamo Zagreb 2–2 Dukla Prague
Lipošinović 70', 73' Report Borovička 31'
Brumovský 51'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)
Jeunesse Esch 1–2 IFK Göteborg
May 20' Report Jonsson 19'
B. Johansson 72'
Attendance: 3,500
Ards 1–4 Stade 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'
Kaiser 79'		 Report Dridea 7', 82'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Antonín Růžička (Czechoslovakia)
Polonia Bytom 0–3 MTK Budapest
Report Sándor 46'
Palotás 73', 80'
Attendance: 25,000[6]
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)
Juventus 3–1 Wiener Sport-Club
Sívori 2', 56', 62' Report Horak 8'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
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
Hearts 2–1 Standard Liège
Bauld 55', 65' Report Givard 58'
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Louis Fauquembergue (France)

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
Referee: Willem Beltman (Netherlands)

KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate

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

Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.

Petrolul Ploiești 2–0 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Fronea 33'
Pahonțu 79'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate

Play-off

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

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4–0 Petrolul Ploiești
Zink 4'
Tröger 7', 75' (pen.)
Wolf 48'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
IFK Göteborg 0–1 Jeunesse Esch
Report May 21'
Attendance: 21,435

Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate

Play-off
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.

Stade Reims 6–2 Ards
Piantoni 10', 40'
Fontaine 14', 16'
Bliard 20', 74'		 Report Lawther 10'
Quee 28'
Attendance: 19,509
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Stade Reims won 10–3 on aggregate

Wiener Sport-Club 7–0 Juventus
Skerlan 24'
Hamerl 34', 38', 64', 80'
Hof 82', 85'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000[7]
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate

Dukla Prague 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb
Dvořák 30'
Vacenovský 71'		 Report Gašpert 45'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate

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

MTK Budapest 3–0 Polonia Bytom
Molnár 41'
Palotás 58', 75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)

MTK Budapest won 6–0 on aggregate

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

Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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 2–21 CDNA Sofia 2–1 0–1
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 HPS 4–0 3–0

1 Atlético Madrid beat CSKA Sofia 3–1 in a playoff to qualify for the quarter-finals.

First leg
Sporting CP 2–3 Standard Liège
Bolzée 23' (o.g.)
Mendes 80'		 Report Paeschen 10'
Jadot 69'
Mallants 70'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Joseph Barberan (France)
Wiener Sport-Club 3–1 Dukla Prague
Hof 22'
Hamerl 47'
Knoll 57'		 Report Pluskal 83'
Attendance: 50,000
MTK Budapest 1–2 Young Boys
Molnár 66' Report Wechselberger 64'
Zahnd 80'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)
Atlético Madrid 2–1 CDNA Sofia
Vavá 60'
Peiró 79'		 Report Dimitrov 77'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)
IFK Göteborg 2–2 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Ohlsson 5'
Andersson 31'		 Report Seifert 61'
Zink 67'
Attendance: 13,978
Referee: Jósef Kowal (Poland)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Schalke 04
Broadbent 52', 65' Report Siebert 25'
Koslowski 88'
Attendance: 45,676
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Real Madrid 2–0 Beşiktaş
Santisteban 57'
Kopa 90'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pietro Bonetto (Italy)
Reims 4–0 HPS Helsinki
Vincent 22', 35', 85'
Siatka 89'		 Report
Attendance: 11,452
Referee: Edgar Ommerborn (West Germany)

Second leg
Standard Liège 3–0 Sporting CP
Paeschen 47'
Houf 67'
Mallants 74'		 Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Michel Devillers (France)

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
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

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
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate

Dukla Prague 1–0 Wiener Sport-Club
Masopust 60' Report
Attendance: 18,000[8]

Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate

Young Boys 4–1 MTK Budapest
Wechselberger 13', 60'
Meier 40'
Allemann 81'		 Report Molnár 85'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate

CDNA Sofia 1–0 Atlético Madrid
Panayotov 64' Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate

Play-off
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.

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

Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate

HPS Helsinki 0–3 Reims
Report Fontaine 2', 10'
Lintamo 8' (o.g.)
Attendance: 14,855
Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)

Reims won 7–0 on aggregate

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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 2–21 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 2–2 0–0

1 Young Boys beat Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 2–1 in a playoff to qualify for the semi-finals.

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

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

Reims won 3–2 on aggregate

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

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 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

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 0–0 Young Boys
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Bengt Andrén (Sweden)

Young Boys 2–2 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt on aggregate

Play-off
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
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Boys 1–3 Reims 1–0 0–3
Real Madrid 2–21 Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–1

1 Real Madrid beat Atlético Madrid 2–1 in a playoff to qualify for the final

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

Second leg

Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate

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

Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.

Reims 3–0 Young Boys
Piantoni 41', 72'
Penverne 47'		 Report
Attendance: 35,898
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Reims won 3–1 on aggregate

Final
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
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
Joaquín Peiró Atlético Madrid 6
5 Enrique Collar Atlético Madrid 5
Josef Hamerl Wiener Sport-Club 5
Roger Piantoni Stade Reims 5
Klaus Zink Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 5
9 Ivson Sporting 4
Jean Jadot Standard Liège 4
Bernhard Klodt Schalke 04 4
Eugen Meier Young Boys 4
Péter Palotás MTK Budapest 4
Willy Tröger Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4
Ernst Wechselberger Young Boys 4

References
  1. Corriere dello Sport, 3 July 1958.
  2. Manchester United was in pot 2 because they could not play against an English club before the round of 16.
  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 Hearts, 3 September 1958". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  6. "Standard Liège v Hearts, 3 September 1958". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. "Standard Liège v Hearts, 3 September 1958". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  8. "Standard Liège v Hearts, 3 September 1958". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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