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 Reims for the first time, who beat CSKA Sofia 2–1 in the final at, Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959.

Background
The European Cup is a club competition that was form for the 1955-56 season. It was during that season where the format of a knockout competition between clubs was born with the league winners of each nation being sent to compete in the competition.

Twenty-six teams were entered into the tournament with it being one of the biggest tournaments to date. Two new nations competed in the tournament for the first time with the Finland and Greece champions competing in the tournament. The defending champion was Milan who were joined by the champions of Italy in Juventus for the second time.

Preliminary Round
1 Stade de Reims beat Anderlecht 3-0 in a play-off to qualify for the first round
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First Round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Topscorers
9 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid)

7 goals
 * 🇫🇷 Just Fontaine (Stade de Reims)

6 goals
 * Luka Liposinovic (Dinamo Zagreb)
 * Christian Muller (FC Köln)

5 goals
 * 🇧🇬 Ivan Kolev (CSKA Sofia)

4 goals
 * 🇮🇹 Giancarlo Danova (Milan)
 * 🇧🇬 Georgi Dimitrov (CSKA Sofia)
 * 🇫🇮 Martti Järvinen (HPS)
 * 🇫🇷 Raymond Kopa (Real Madrid)
 * 🇫🇷 Roger Piantoni (Stade de Reims)
 * Hans Pfeiffer (FC Köln)