1956 European Cup Final

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The 1956 European Cup Final was the first ever final in the pan-European football competition, the European Cup, now known as the UEFA Champions League. It was contested by Real Madrid of Spain and Stade de Reims-Champagne from France. It was played at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 13 June 1956 in front of 38,000 people. Real Madrid reached the final by beating the now seven times champions A.C. Milan 5–4 on aggregate, whereas Reims beat Scottish club Hibernian 3–0 on aggregate. The match finished 4–3 to Real Madrid, who went on to record an unrivalled five consecutive European Cup titles. The match started brightly for Reims, Leblond and Templin scored to make it 2–0 inside ten minutes, but by half time Madrid had levelled the scores, through goals from Di Stefano and Rial. Reims took the lead again on 62 minutes through Hidalgo, but Marquitos and Rial scored in the 67th and 79th minutes respectively to win the cup for Madrid.

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1956-06-13	Real Madrid	4 – 3	Stade Reims	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 38,239 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis
	Di Stéfano 14' Rial 30' 79' Marquitos 67'	(Report)	Leblond 6' Templin 10' Hidalgo 62'





Real Madrid





Stade de Reims


REAL MADRID:
GK	1	Juan Alonso
DF	2	Angel Atienza
DF	3	Marquitos
DF	4	Rafael Lesmes
DF	5	Miguel Muñoz (c)
MF	6	José María Zárraga
MF	7	José Iglesias Fernández
MF	8	Ramón Marsal Ribó
MF	9	Alfredo Di Stéfano
FW	10	Héctor Rial
FW	11	Francisco Gento
Manager:
José Villalonga Assistant referees: Fourth official:


STADE DE REIMS:
GK	1	René Jacquet
DF	2	Simon Zimny
DF	3	Robert Jonquet (c)
DF	4	Raoul Giraudo
DF	5	Michel Leblond
MF	6	Robert Siatka
MF	7	Michel Hidalgo
MF	8	Léon Glowacki
MF	9	Raymond Kopa
FW	10	René Bliard
FW	11	Jean Templin
Manager:
Albert Batteux