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1955 club football tournament

1955 Latin Cup
Coupe Latine 1955
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates22–26 June 1955
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up Reims
Third place Milan
Fourth place Belenenses
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored14 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)
1953 1956
International football competition

The 1955 Latin Cup (French: Coupe Latine 1955) was the sixth edition of the annual Latin Cup which was played by clubs of the Southwest European nations of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. The tournament was hosted by France, and the Spanish club Real Madrid was the winner of the tournament after defeating Reims by a score of 2–0 in the final match.

Participating teams

Team Method of qualification Previous appearances
Reims 1954–55 French Division 1 champions 1949, 1953
Milan 1954–55 Serie A champions 1951, 1953
Belenenses 1954–55 Primeira Divisão runners-up Debut
Real Madrid 1954–55 La Liga champions Debut

Venues

The host of the tournament was France, and all matches were played in one host stadium.

Paris 1955 Latin Cup is located in FranceParisParis
Parc des Princes
Capacity: 38,000
Parc des Princes

Tournament

Bracket

 SemifinalsFinal
       
 22 June – Paris
 
  Real Madrid2
 26 June – Paris
  Belenenses0
  Real Madrid2
 22 June – Paris
  Reims0
  Reims4
 
  Milan2
 Third place match
 
 25 June – Paris
 
  Milan3
 
  Belenenses1

Semifinals

Real Madrid 2–0 Belenenses
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris, FranceReferee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)
Reims 3–2 (a.e.t.) Milan
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris, FranceReferee: José Vieira da Costa (Portugal)

Third place match

Milan 3–1 Belenenses
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris, FranceReferee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Final

Real Madrid 2–0 Reims
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris, FranceReferee: Fernandes Joaquim Campos (Portugal)
Real Madrid Reims
GK 1 Spain Juan Alonso
DF 2 Spain Ángel Atienza
DF 3 Spain Joaquín Oliva
DF 4 Spain Joaquín Navarro
MF 5 Spain Miguel Muñoz (c)
MF 6 Spain José María Zárraga
FW 7 Spain Héctor Rial
FW 8 Spain Pérez Payá
FW 9 Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano
FW 10 Spain Luis Molowny
FW 11 Spain Francisco Gento
Manager:
Spain José Villalonga
GK 1 France Paul Sinibaldi
DF 2 France Simon Zimny
DF 3 France Robert Jonquet (c)
DF 4 France Raoul Giraudo
MF 5 France Armand Penverne
MF 6 France Robert Siatka
FW 7 France Michel Hidalgo
FW 8 France Léon Glovacki
FW 9 France Raymond Kopa
FW 10 France René Bliard
FW 11 France Jean Templin
Manager:
France Albert Batteux
1955 Latin Cup Champions
Francoist Spain
Real Madrid
1st title

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Spain Héctor Rial Spain Real Madrid 2
France Léon Glovacki France Reims
Italy Eduardo Ricagni Italy Milan
2 Denmark Jørgen Leschly Sørensen 1
Sweden Nils Liedholm
Sweden Gunnar Nordahl
France Jean Templin France Reims
Portugal Matateu Portugal Belenenses
Spain José María Zárraga Spain Real Madrid
Spain Pérez Payá
Sources:

See also

Notes

  1. SL Benfica declined participation in the tournament.

References

  1. Stokkermans, Karel; Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (20 August 2015). "Latin Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. "Real Madrid 2–0 Belenenses". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. "Stade de Reims 3–2 Milan". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. "Milan 3–1 Belenenses". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  5. "Real Madrid 2–0 Stade de Reims". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.

External links

Portals:
Latin Cup
Note: The 1954 edition was canceled due to a conflicting timeframe with the 1954 FIFA World Cup
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