1955–56 European Cup

The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, EFU premier club football tournament. The tournament was won by Milan, who defeated Budapest Honvéd 3-1 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.

This was also the only EFU tournament to include a representative of Saarland, unified into West Germany in 1957.

The first round pairings were fixed by the organisers and not drawn as would be the case for all future European Cup matches.

First Round

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Second leg
Rapid Wien won 4-3 on aggregate

Hajduk Split won 3-2 on aggregate

Milan won 7-0 on aggregate

Glasgow Rangers won 10-2 on aggregate

Reims won 1-0 on aggregate

Budapest Honvéd won 5-4 on aggregate

Real Madrid won 4-2 on aggregate

VV DOS won 3-2 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

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Second leg
Real Madrid won 5-4 on aggregate

Budpest Honvéd won 4-2 on aggregate

Milan won 3-0 on aggregate

Stade de Reims won 6-2 on aggregate

Semi-finals

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Second leg
Budpest Honvéd won 10-3 on aggregate

Milan won 5-3 on aggregate

Topscorers
7 goals
 * 🇭🇺 Sandor Kocsis (Budapest Honvéd)
 * Juan Alberto Schiaffino (Milan)

5 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Alfrédo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid)
 * 🇦🇹 Alfred Körner (Rapid Wien)
 * 🇭🇺 Ferenc Puskas (Budapest Honvéd)
 * Tonny Van der Linden (VV DOS)

4 goals
 * 🇫🇷 Léon Glowacki (Stade de Reims)

3 goals
 * 🇭🇺 Jozsef Bozsik (Budapest Honvéd)
 * Francisco Gento (Real Madrid)
 * 🇫🇷 Raymond Kopa (Stade de Reims)
 * 🇸🇪 Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)
 * 🇦🇷 José Héctor Rial (Real Madrid)
 * 🇭🇺 Lajos Tichy (Budapest Honvéd)