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 The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 4 September 1957 – 28 May 1958 |
| Teams | 24 (from 23 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Real Madrid (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  AC Milan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 189 (3.94 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,883,587 (39,241 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid) 10 goals |
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 AC Milan 3–2 in the final, in extra time 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 was marred by the air disaster in Munich, when eight Manchester United players died 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, Milan of Italy, after being highly touted to win the competition and dominate European football for many years like Real Madrid before them, with the "Busby Babes" having an average age of only 22.
It was the first time that teams from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and East Germany participated, while Turkey could not send any club, since the Turkish FA failed to register Beşiktaş for the draw in time.[1] Sevilla was invited despite having been runners-up in Spain the year before, as Spanish champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders; the two Spanish sides met in the quarter-finals, the first time two sides from the same country played against each other in the competition.
Teams
A total of 24 teams participated in the competition.
Ajax, Benfica, CCA București, Dukla Prague, Glenavon, Royal Antwerp, Saint-Étienne, Sevilla, Shamrock Rovers, Stade Dudelange, Vasas, Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and Young Boys made their debut appearances in the European Cup while Rapid Wien, AGF Aarhus and Real Madrid marked their third.[citation needed]
All participants were their respective associations champions, except for Sevilla and Gwardia Warsaw.
 Rapid Wien (1st)
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 Royal Antwerp (1st)
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 CDNA Sofia (1st)
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 Dukla Prague (1st)
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 AGF Aarhus (1st)
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 Manchester United (1st)
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 Saint-Étienne (1st)
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 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st)
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 Borussia Dortmund (1st)
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 Vasas (1st)
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 Shamrock Rovers (1st)
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Milan (1st)
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 Stade Dudelange (1st)
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 Ajax (1st)
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 Glenavon (1st)
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 Gwardia Warsaw (9th)
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 Benfica (1st)
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 CCA București (1st)
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 Rangers (1st)
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Real Madrid (1st)TH
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| Sevilla (2nd)
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 Norrköping (1st)
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 Young Boys (1st)
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 Red Star Belgrade (1st)
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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.[2] 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.
| Pot 1 Western Europe |
Pot 2 Central Europe |
Pot 3 Eastern Europe | |
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| Drawn | |||
| Byes | |||
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 October.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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| CDNA Sofia
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3–7 | Vasas
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2–1 | 1–6 | |
| Rangers
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4–3 | Saint-Étienne
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3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Stade Dudelange
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1–14 | Red Star Belgrade
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0–5 | 1–9 | |
| AGF
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3–0 | Glenavon
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0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Gwardia Warsaw
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4–4 (ct) | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
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3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1[a] |
| Sevilla
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3–1 | Benfica
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3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Shamrock Rovers
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2–9[b] | Manchester United
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0–6 | 2–3 | |
| Milan
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6–6 | Rapid Wien
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4–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 |
First leg
| CDNA Sofia | 2–1 | Vasas |
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Milanov  2', 38' |
Report | Bundzsák 53' |
| Rangers | 3–1 | Saint-Étienne |
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| Kitchenbrand 19' Scott 47'Simpson 82' |
Report | Mekloufi 14' |
| Stade Dudelange | 0–5 | Red Star Belgrade |
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| Report | Kostić 11', 16' Rudinski 47', 55'Mitić 87' |
| Gwardia Warsaw | 3–1 | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
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| Baszkiewicz 49' Lewandowski 59'Gawroński 88' |
Report | S. Kaiser 79' |
| Shamrock Rovers | 0–6 | Manchester United |
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| Report | T. Taylor 36', 63' Whelan 51', 57'Berry 71'Pegg 72' |
Second leg
Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Glenavon | 0–3 | AGF |
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| Report | Kjær Andersen 13', 45' Jensen 40' |
Aarhus won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade | 9–1 | Stade Dudelange |
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| Cokić 5', 38', 66', 69' Mitić 10'Kostić 17', 29', 30', 33' |
Report | Rongoni 31' |
Red Star Belgrade won 14–1 on aggregate.
| Manchester United | 3–2 | Shamrock Rovers |
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| Viollet 5', 60' Pegg 20' |
Report | McCann 55' Hamilton 66' |
Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.
Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.
| Rapid Wien | 5–2 | Milan |
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| A. Körner 1' Dienst 31'Bertalan 57'Riegler 62'Hanappi 78' |
Report | Grillo 19' Bean 77' |
Milan 6–6 Rapid Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3–1 | Gwardia Warsaw |
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| M. Kaiser 10' S. Kaiser 74', 80' |
Report | Baszkiewicz 60' |
Gwardia Warsaw 4–4 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate; play-off needed.
Play-off
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1–1 Decided by a coin flip. | Gwardia Warsaw |
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| Tröger 90' |
Report | Z. Szarzyński 3' |
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warsaw was abandoned with the result of 1–1 after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure.
| Milan | 4–2 | Rapid Wien |
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| Bean 6', 82' Bergamaschi 41'Schiaffino 54' |
Report | Happel 38' (pen.) Bertalan 72' |
Milan won play-off 4–2.