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1955 Latin Cup

1955 club football tournament

Héctor Rial
Léon Glovacki
Nils Liedholm
(2 goals each)

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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 CF was the winner of the tournament after defeating Stade de Reims by a score of 2–0 in the final match.

Participating teams

Team	Method of qualification	Previous appearances
Stade de Reims	1954–55 French Division 1 champions	1949, 1953
AC Milan	1954–55 Serie A champions	1951, 1953
CF Os Belenenses	1954–55 Primeira Divisão runners-up^[a]	Debut
Real Madrid CF	1954–55 La Liga champions	Debut

Venues

The host of the tournament was France,^[1] and all matches were played in one host stadium.

Paris	Paris
Parc des Princes
Capacity: 38,000

Tournament

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

22 June – Paris

Real Madrid CF	2
		26 June – Paris
CF Os Belenenses	0
		Real Madrid CF	2
22 June – Paris
		Stade de Reims	0
Stade de Reims	4

AC Milan	2
		Third place match

		25 June – Paris

		AC Milan	3

		CF Os Belenenses	1

Semifinals

22 June 1955

Real Madrid CF	2–0	CF Os Belenenses
Zárraga 14' Payá 60'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)

22 June 1955

Stade de Reims	3–2 (a.e.t.)	AC Milan
Glovacki 45', 138' Templin 100'	Report	Sørensen 26' Liedholm 115'

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: José Vieira da Costa (Portugal)

Third place match

25 June 1955

AC Milan	3–1	CF Os Belenenses
Ricagni 16', 73' Liedholm 83'	Report	Matateu 81'

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Final

26 June 1955

Real Madrid CF	2–0	Stade de Reims
Rial 6', 73'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: Fernandes Joaquim Campos (Portugal)

Real Madrid CF

Stade de Reims


GK	1	Juan Alonso
DF	2	Ángel Atienza
DF	3	Joaquín Oliva
DF	4	Joaquín Navarro
MF	5	Miguel Muñoz (c)
MF	6	José María Zárraga
FW	7	Héctor Rial
FW	8	Pérez Payá
FW	9	Alfredo Di Stéfano
FW	10	Luis Molowny
FW	11	Francisco Gento
Manager:
José Villalonga


GK	1	Paul Sinibaldi
DF	2	Simon Zimny
DF	3	Robert Jonquet (c)
DF	4	Raoul Giraudo
MF	5	Armand Penverne
MF	6	Robert Siatka
FW	7	Michel Hidalgo
FW	8	Léon Glovacki
FW	9	Raymond Kopa
FW	10	René Bliard
FW	11	Jean Templin
Manager:
Albert Batteux

1955 Latin Cup Champions
Real Madrid CF 1st title

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Héctor Rial	Real Madrid CF	2
	Léon Glovacki	Stade de Reims
	Nils Liedholm	AC Milan
2	Jørgen Leschly Sørensen		1
	Eduardo Ricagni
	Jean Templin	Stade de Reims
	Matateu	CF Os Belenenses
	José María Zárraga	Real Madrid CF
	Pérez Payá	Real Madrid CF
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Notes

^ SL Benfica declined participation in the tournament.

References

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