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1958–59 European Cup
Tournament details
The Neckarstadion in Stuttgart hosted the final.
Dates	26 August 1958 – 3 June 1959
Teams	28 (26 competed) (from 25 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (4th title)
Runners-up	Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	199 (3.62 per match)
Attendance	1,980,818 (36,015 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Just Fontaine (Reims) 10 goals
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International football competition

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. 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.

Teams

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.

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)	Atlético Madrid (2nd)	IFK Göteborg (1st)
Young Boys (1st)	Beşiktaş (1st)	Schalke 04 (1st)	NK Dinamo Zagreb (1st)

Preliminary round

Madrid

NK Dinamo ZagrebMadrid teams

Atlético Madrid

Real Madrid class=notpageimage| 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. 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.

	Pot 1 Western Europe	Pot 2 Central Europe	Pot 3 Eastern Europe
Drawn	France Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Netherlands Belgium Scotland Portugal Spain	Switzerland West Germany Italy Sweden Denmark Luxembourg Austria Manchester United	Poland Romania Turkey Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Hungary East Germany Greece
Byes	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Helsingin Palloseura	CDNA Sofia

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Standard Liège	6–3	Heart of Midlothian	5–1	1–2
Beşiktaş	(w/o)	Olympiacos	–	–
Young Boys	(w/o)	Manchester United	–	–
NK Dinamo Zagreb	3–4	Dukla Prague	2–2	1–2
Jeunesse Esch	2–2	IFK Göteborg	1–2	1–0	1–5
Ards	3–10	Reims	1–4	2–6
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	4–4	Petrolul Ploiești	4–2	0–2	4–0
Atlético Madrid	13–1	Drumcondra	8–0	5–1
Polonia Bytom	0–6	MTK	0–3	0–3
KB	5–5	Schalke 04	3–0	2–5	1–3
Juventus	3–8	Wiener Sport-Club	3–1	0–7
VV DOS	4–6	Sporting CP	3–4	1–2

First leg

26 August 195820:00 CET

KB	3–0	Schalke 04
Birkeland 31', 46' Krog 35'	Report

Idrætsparken, CopenhagenAttendance: 15,000Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

3 September 195821:00 CET

Standard Liège	5–1	Heart of Midlothian
Jadot 17', 85' Piters 34' Bonga 73' Houf 78'	Report	Crawford 14'

Stade de Sclessin, LiègeAttendance: 25,000Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

10 September 195817:00 CET

NK Dinamo Zagreb	2–2	Dukla Prague
Lipošinović 70', 73'	Report	Borovička 31' Brumovský 51'

Stadion Maksimir, ZagrebAttendance: 25,000Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

14 September 195821:00 CET

Jeunesse Esch	1–2	IFK Göteborg
May 20'	Report	N. Johansson 19' B. Johansson 72'

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-AlzetteAttendance: 3,500Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

14 September 195822:00 CET

Ards	1–4	Reims
Lawry 87'	Report	Fontaine 26', 38', 45', 85'

Windsor Park, BelfastAttendance: 20,000Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

17 September 195818:00 CET

Atlético Madrid	8–0	Drumcondra
Peiró 2', 51' Vavá 6', 61' Collar 56', 76' Mendonça 63', 67'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, MadridAttendance: 50,000Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

17 September 195821:00 CET

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	4–2	Petrolul Ploiești
Tröger 25' Viertel 39', 68' S. Kaiser 79'	Report	Dridea 7', 82'

Otto-Grotewohl-Stadion, AueAttendance: 12,000Referee: Antonín Růžička (Czechoslovakia)

17 September 195821:00 CET

Polonia Bytom	0–3	MTK
	Report	Sándor 46' Palotás 73', 80' (pen.)

Stadion Polonii, BytomAttendance: 25,000Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)

24 September 195822:30 CET

Juventus	3–1	Wiener Sport-Club
Sívori 2', 56', 62'	Report	Horak 8'

Stadio Olimpico di Torino, TurinAttendance: 40,000Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

1 October 195820:00 CET

VV DOS	3–4	Sporting CP
Temming 48' (pen.) Van der Linden 52' Luiten 88'	Report	Ivson 31', 83' Hugo 41' Vasques 55'

Stadion Galgenwaard, UtrechtAttendance: 20,000Referee: John Clough (England)

Second leg

9 September 195822:00 CET

Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Standard Liège
Bauld 55', 65'	Report	Givard 58'

Tynecastle Park, EdinburghAttendance: 37,500Referee: Louis Fauquembergue (France)

Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate.

18 September 195821:00 CET

Schalke 04	5–2	KB
Klodt 25', 34' Sadlowski 46' Nowak 70' Brocker 72'	Report	Andersen 53', 66'

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 30,000Referee: Willem Beltman (Netherlands)

KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate; play-off needed.

28 September 195819:00 CET

Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Fronea 33' Marinescu 79'	Report

Stadionul Petrolul, PloieștiAttendance: 25,000Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate; play-off needed.

30 September 195820:00 CET

IFK Göteborg	0–1	Jeunesse Esch
	Report	May 21'

Nya Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 21,435Referee: Valdemar Hansen (Denmark)

Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate; play-off needed.

1 October 195818:45 CET

Drumcondra	1–5	Atlético Madrid
Fullam 51' (pen.)	Report	Peiró 16', 67' Csóka 19' Collar 45' Vavá 86'

Dalymount Park, DublinAttendance: 20,000Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate.

1 October 195819:00 CET

Wiener Sport-Club	7–0	Juventus
Skerlan 24' Hamerl 34', 38', 64', 80' Hof 82' (pen.), 85'	Report

Praterstadion, ViennaAttendance: 35,000Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate.

1 October 195820:00 CET

Dukla Prague	2–1	NK Dinamo Zagreb
Dvořák 30' Vacenovský 71'	Report	Gašpert 45'

Stadion Letná, PragueAttendance: 10,000Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.

1 October 195820:00 CET

MTK	3–0	Polonia Bytom
Molnár 41' Palotás 58' (pen.), 75'	Report

Hungária Körút, BudapestAttendance: 10,000Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)

MTK won 6–0 on aggregate.

8 October 195820:00 CET

Reims	6–2	Ards
Piantoni 10', 40' Fontaine 14', 16' Bliard 20', 74'	Report	Lawther 10' Quee 28'

Stade Auguste-Delaune, ReimsAttendance: 19,509Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Reims won 10–3 on aggregate.

8 October 195821:00 CET

Sporting CP	2–1	VV DOS
Ivson 48', 76'	Report	Krommert 82'

Estádio José Alvalade, LisbonAttendance: 40,000Referee: John Kelly (England)

Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.

Play-off

1 October 195820:00 CET

Schalke 04	3–1	KB
Klodt 57', 86' Nowak 66'	Report	Krahmer 90'

Diekman Stadion, EnschedeAttendance: 27,000Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.

12 October 195819:00 CET

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	4–0	Petrolul Ploiești
Zink 4' Tröger 7', 75' (pen.) Wolf 48'	Report

Nikita Khrushchev Republican Stadium, KyivAttendance: 40,000Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won play-off 4–0.

15 October 195820:00 CET

IFK Göteborg	5–1	Jeunesse Esch
Andersson 37' Berndtsson 59', 85' B. Johansson 68' N. Johansson 80'	Report	Meurisse 5'

Nya Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 11,780Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Sporting CP	2–6	Standard Liège	2–3	0–3
Wiener Sport-Club	3–2	Dukla Prague	3–1	0–1
MTK	2–6	Young Boys	1–2	1–4
Atlético Madrid	2–2	CDNA Sofia	2–1	0–1	3–1 (a.e.t.)
IFK Göteborg	2–6	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	2–2	0–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–4	Schalke 04	2–2	1–2
Real Madrid	3–1	Beşiktaş	2–0	1–1
Reims	7–0	Helsingin Palloseura	4–0	3–0

First leg

29 October 195821:00 CET

Sporting CP	2–3	Standard Liège
Bolzée 23' (o.g.) Mendes 80'	Report	Paeschen 10' Jadot 69' Mallants 70'

Estádio José Alvalade, LisbonAttendance: 35,000Referee: Joseph Barberan (France)

5 November 195819:00 CET

Wiener Sport-Club	3–1	Dukla Prague
Hof 22' Hamerl 47' Knoll 57'	Report	Pluskal 83'

Praterstadion, ViennaAttendance: 50,000Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

5 November 195820:00 CET

MTK	1–2	Young Boys
Molnár 66'	Report	Wechselberger 64' Zahnd 80'

Népstadion, BudapestAttendance: 20,000Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

5 November 195820:15 CET

Atlético Madrid	2–1	CDNA Sofia
Vavá 60' Peiró 79'	Report	Dimitrov 77'

Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 80,000Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

9 November 195820:00 CET

IFK Göteborg	2–2	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Ohlsson 5' Andersson 31'	Report	Seifert 61' Zink 67'

Nya Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 13,978Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)

12 November 195821:00 CET

Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Schalke 04
Broadbent 52', 65'	Report	Siebert 25' Koslowski 88'

Molineux, WolverhamptonAttendance: 45,676Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

13 November 195820:30 CET

Real Madrid	2–0	Beşiktaş
Santisteban 57' Kopa 90'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 60,000Referee: Pietro Bonetto (Italy)

26 November 195820:00 CET

Reims	4–0	Helsingin Palloseura
Vincent 22', 35', 85' Siatka 89'	Report

Stade Auguste-Delaune, ReimsAttendance: 11,452Referee: Edgar Ommerborn (West Germany)

Second leg

12 November 195820:00 CET

Standard Liège	3–0	Sporting CP
Paeschen 47' Houf 67' Mallants 74'	Report

Stade de Sclessin, LiègeAttendance: 32,000Referee: Michel Devillers (France)

Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate.

15 November 195820:00 CET

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	4–0	IFK Göteborg
Zink 23', 82' Kaiser 50', 62'	Report

Otto-Grotewohl-Stadion, AueAttendance: 25,000Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate.

18 November 195820:00 CET

Schalke 04	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kördell 12' Siebert 35'	Report	Jackson 48'

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 43,000Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.

26 November 195813:45 CET

Dukla Prague	1–0	Wiener Sport-Club
Masopust 60'	Report

Stadion Letná, PragueAttendance: 18,000Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate.

26 November 195818:30 CET

CDNA Sofia	1–0	Atlético Madrid
Panayotov 64'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, SofiaAttendance: 50,000Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate; play-off needed.

26 November 195820:00 CET

Young Boys	4–1	MTK
Wechselberger 13', 60' Meier 40' Allemann 81'	Report	Molnár 85'

Wankdorf Stadium, BernAttendance: 28,000Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate.

27 November 195813:00 CET

Beşiktaş	1–1	Real Madrid
Köstepen 64'	Report	Santisteban 13'

Mithatpaşa Stadyumu, IstanbulAttendance: 30,000Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.

3 December 195820:00 CET

Helsingin Palloseura	0–3	Reims
	Report	Fontaine 2', 10' Lintamo 12' (o.g.)

Stade Robert Diochon, RouenAttendance: 14,855Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)

Reims won 7–0 on aggregate.

Play-off

18 December 195820:30 CET

Atlético Madrid	3–1 (a.e.t.)	CDNA Sofia
Vavá 42', 108' (pen.) Callejo 99'	Report	Yanev 17'

Stade des Charmilles, GenevaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Standard Liège	2–3	Reims	2–0	0–3
Atlético Madrid	4–1	Schalke 04	3–0	1–1
Wiener Sport-Club	1–7	Real Madrid	0–0	1–7
Young Boys	2–2	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	2–2	0–0	2–1

First leg

4 February 195920:00 CET

Standard Liège	2–0	Reims
Jadot 65' Givard 71' (pen.)	Report

Stade de Sclessin, LiègeAttendance: 36,000Referee: John Kelly (England)

4 March 195919:30 CET

Wiener Sport-Club	0–0	Real Madrid
	Report

Praterstadion, ViennaAttendance: 80,000Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

4 March 195920:15 CET

Atlético Madrid	3–0	Schalke 04
Vavá 47' Miguel 73' Peiró 90'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 110,000Referee: Antonio Moriconi (Italy)

11 March 195920:00 CET

Young Boys	2–2	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Meier 22' Rey 87'	Report	Wagner 45' Zink 59'

Wankdorf Stadium, BernAttendance: 32,000Referee: Francisco Guerra (Portugal)

Second leg

18 March 195919:30 CET

Schalke 04	1–1	Atlético Madrid
Nowak 1'	Report	Vavá 90'

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 43,000Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

18 March 195920:00 CET

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	0–0	Young Boys
	Report

Otto-Grotewohl-Stadion, AueAttendance: 30,000Referee: Bengt Andrén (Sweden)

Young Boys 2–2 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate; play-off needed.

18 March 195920:00 CET

Reims	3–0	Standard Liège
Piantoni 70' Fontaine 73', 88'	Report

Stade Auguste-Delaune, ReimsAttendance: 32,235Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

Reims won 3–2 on aggregate.

18 March 195920:30 CET

Real Madrid	7–1	Wiener Sport-Club
Mateos 8' Di Stéfano 14', 64', 69', 75' Rial 67' Gento 89'	Report	Horak 9'

Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 90,000Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

1 April 195920:00 CET

Young Boys	2–1	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Meier 21' Wechselberger 33'	Report	Tröger 75' (pen.)

Olympic Stadium, AmsterdamAttendance: 20,000Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Young Boys won play-off 2–1.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Young Boys	1–3	Reims	1–0	0–3
Real Madrid	2–2	Atlético Madrid	2–1	0–1	2–1

First leg

15 April 195920:00 CET

Young Boys	1–0	Reims
Meier 15'	Report

Wankdorf Stadium, BernAttendance: 60,000Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

15 April 195920:30 CET

Real Madrid	2–1	Atlético Madrid
Rial 15' Puskás 33' (pen.)	Report	Chuzo 13'

Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 120,000Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)

Second leg

7 May 195917:00 CET

Atlético Madrid	1–0	Real Madrid
Collar 43'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, MadridAttendance: 50,000Referee: Reg Leafe (England)

Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate; play-off needed.

13 May 195920:00 CET

Reims	3–0	Young Boys
Piantoni 41', 72' Penverne 47'	Report

Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 35,898Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Reims won 3–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

13 May 195917:00 CET

Real Madrid	2–1	Atlético Madrid
Di Stéfano 16' Puskás 42'	Report	Collar 18'

La Romareda, ZaragozaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.

Final

Main article: 1959 European Cup 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.

3 June 195920:00 CET

Real Madrid	2–0	Reims
Mateos 1' Di Stéfano 47'	Report

Neckarstadion, StuttgartAttendance: 72,000Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Just Fontaine	Reims	10
2	Vavá	Atlético Madrid	8
3	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	6
3	Joaquín Peiró	Atlético Madrid	6
5	Enrique Collar	Atlético Madrid	5
	Josef Hamerl	Wiener Sport-Club
	Roger Piantoni	Reims
	Klaus Zink	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
9	Ivson	Sporting CP	4
	Jean Jadot	Standard Liège
	Bernhard Klodt	Schalke 04
	Eugen Meier	Young Boys
	Péter Palotás	MTK
	Willy Tröger	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Ernst Wechselberger	Young Boys

Notes

Invitees Manchester United were in Pot 2 because they could not play against an English club before the first round.
Olympiacos withdrew due to international political issues, refusing to play in Istanbul following the long-standing tension between Turkey and Greece.
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.

References

"Reims succumb to Madrid for a second time". UEFA.com. UEFA. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
Corriere dello Sport, 3 July 1958.
Corriere dello Sport.
Gardner, Stewart (18 September 2018). "United's lost 'European Cup' tie with Young Boys". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
"Standard Liège v Heart of Midlothian, 3 September 1958" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

External links

1958–59 All matches – season at UEFA website
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
All scorers 1958–59 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
1958-59 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)

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UEFA Champions League era, 1992–present
Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Finals	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

v t e 1958–59 in European football (UEFA)
« 1957–58 1959–60 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '58 '59 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark '58 '59 England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '58 '59 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '58 '59 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '58 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany Greece Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '58 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

v t e International men's club football competitions
Intercontinental Cup (defunct) Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct) Under-20 Intercontinental Cup World Leagues Forum Lists of association football clubs
Global	FIFA – Club World Cup Intercontinental Cup
Africa	CAF – Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup
Asia	AFC – Champions League Elite Champions League Two Challenge League
Europe	UEFA – Champions League Europa League Conference League Super Cup
North, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Champions Cup Leagues Cup Central American Cup Caribbean Cup
Oceania	OFC – Champions League
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana
See also: International women's club football

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