Runners-up Milan Dates 4 Sep 1957 – 28 May 1958 Teams 24 Matches played 48 | Champion Real Madrid C.F. Top scorer Alfredo Di Stéfano Goals scored 189 | |
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Champions Real Madrid (3rd title) Similar 1961–62 European Cup, 1968–69 European Cup, 1972–73 European Cup, 1980–81 European Cup, 1958 European Cup Final | ||
The 1957–58 European Cup was the third season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Milan 3–2 in the final, following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes. This was Real Madrid's third European Cup title in a row. However, the 1957–58 season will be forever marked by the air disaster in Munich, when eight Manchester United players lost their lives on their way home from Belgrade, after a 3–3 draw in the quarter-final second leg with Red Star Belgrade. The English champions were ultimately defeated in the semi-finals by the eventual runners-up, AC Milan of Italy.
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It was the first time that teams from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and East Germany participated, while Turkey did not send any club. Sevilla was invited to represent Spain despite not being champions, as Spanish champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders.
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris on Tuesday, 23 July 1957. As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 23 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first four teams drawn in each pot, and four more teams in pot 1, would play the preliminary round in September, while the remaining clubs received byes.
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.
1 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warszawa was abandoned after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure with the result of 1–1.
2 To allow an evening kick-off at Dalymount Park in Dublin, which had no floodlights, the teams agreed to change over at half-time without a break. Consequently, the Irish part-timers ran out of steam and Manchester United's 1-0 half-time lead deteriorated to 6-0. The second leg was a closer match, as it was played under lights at Old Trafford with the normal half-time break.
3 Milan beat Rapid Wien 4–2 in a play-off to qualify.
Second leg
Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate.
Aarhus won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 14–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.
Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.
Milan 6–6 Rapid Wien on aggregate.
Gwardia Warszawa 4–4 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt on aggregate.
Play-off
Milan won play-off 4–2.
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warszawa was abandoned with the result of 1–1 after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure.
First round
1 Borussia Dortmund beat CCA Bucureşti 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Second leg
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.
Vasas won 3–2 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.
Borussia Dortmund 5–5 CCA Bucureşti on aggregate.
Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.
Play-off
Borussia Dormund won the play-off 3–1.
Second leg
Manchester United won 5–4 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 10–2 on aggregate.
Vasas won 6–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.
Second leg
Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1957–58 European Cup were as follows: