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1956 club football tournament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1956 Latin Cup (Italian: Coppa Latina 1956) was the seventh edition of the annual Latin Cup which was played by clubs of the Southwest European nations of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. The tournament was hosted by Italy, and the Italian club Milan was the winner of the tournament after defeating Athletic Bilbao by a score of 3–1 in the final match.
Coppa Latina 1956 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Italy |
Dates | 29 June – 3 July 1956 |
Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Milan (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Athletic Bilbao |
Third place | Benfica |
Fourth place | Nice |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Goals scored | 15 (3.75 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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Team | Method of qualification | Previous appearances |
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Nice | 1955–56 French Division 1 champions | 1952 |
Milan | 1955–56 Serie A runners-up[lower-alpha 1] | 1951, 1953, 1955 |
Benfica | 1955–56 Primeira Divisão runners-up[lower-alpha 2] | 1950 |
Athletic Bilbao | 1955–56 La Liga champions | Debut |
The host of the tournament was Italy,[1] and all matches were played in one host stadium.
Milan | |
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Arena Civica | |
Capacity: 10,000 | |
Semifinals | Final | |||||
29 June – Paris | ||||||
Milan | 4 | |||||
3 July – Paris | ||||||
Benfica | 2 | |||||
Milan | 3 | |||||
30 June – Paris | ||||||
Athletic Bilbao | 1 | |||||
Athletic Bilbao | 2 | |||||
Nice | 0 | |||||
Third place match | ||||||
3 July – Paris | ||||||
Benfica (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
Nice | 1 |
Athletic Bilbao | 2–0 | Nice |
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Report |
Milan | 3–1 | Athletic Bilbao |
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1956 Latin Cup Champions |
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Milan 2nd title |
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Juan Alberto Schiaffino | Milan | 3 |
2 | Osvaldo Bagnoli | 2 | |
Félix Markaida | Athletic Bilbao | ||
3 | José Luis Artetxe | 1 | |
François Milazzo | Nice | ||
Amos Mariani | Milan | ||
Giorgio Dal Monte | |||
Mário Coluna | Benfica | ||
Fernando Caiado | |||
Domiciano Cavém | |||
José Águas | |||
Sources: [2][3][4][5] |
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