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1958–59 European Cup
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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.[1] 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.
On road to winning the competition Real Madrid faced Atlético Madrid in the semi-finals – the first time a derby match was played in the competition.
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Teams
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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, Heart of Midlothian, 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) |
 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st) |
 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st) |
Manchester United (9th) |
 Helsingin Palloseura (1st) |
 Reims (1st) |
 Olympiacos (1st) |
 MTK (1st) |
 Juventus (1st) |
 Jeunesse Esch (1st) |
 VV DOS (1st) |
 Ards (1st) |
 Polonia Bytom (2nd) |
 Sporting CP (1st) |
 Drumcondra (1st) |
 Petrolul Ploiești (1st) |
 Heart of Midlothian (1st) |
 Real Madrid (1st)TH |
Atlético Madrid (2nd) |
 IFK Göteborg (1st) |
 Young Boys (1st) |
 Beşiktaş (1st) |
 Schalke 04 (1st) |
 NK Dinamo Zagreb (1st) |
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Preliminary round
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Madrid
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.[2] 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 bye, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in August, September and October.
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.
First leg
Second leg
Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate.
KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate; play-off needed.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate; play-off needed.
Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate; play-off needed.
Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate.
Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
MTK won 6–0 on aggregate.
Reims won 10–3 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.
Play-off
Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won play-off 4–0.
IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.
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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
| 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
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First leg
Second leg
Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.
Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate; play-off needed.
Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.
Reims won 7–0 on aggregate.
Play-off
Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.
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Quarter-finals
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First leg
Second leg
Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
Young Boys 2–2 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate; play-off needed.
Reims won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate.
Play-off
Young Boys won play-off 2–1.
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Semi-finals
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First leg
Second leg
Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate; play-off needed.
Reims won 3–1 on aggregate.
Play-off
Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.
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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.
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Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:
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Notes
- Olympiacos withdrew due to international political issues, refusing to play in Istanbul following the long-standing tension between Turkey and Greece.[3]
- 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 both the 2018–19 and 2021–22 UEFA Champions League seasons, with the former happening almost exactly 60 years after they were originally due to play.[4]
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