# Canonical recap data for European Cup First Final Contested (1956)
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slug: european-cup-first
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1956/european-cup-first"
title: European Cup First Final Contested
subtitle: Real Madrid won the inaugural European Cup, establishing what became club football's premier continental competition.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1956-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1956
decade: 1950
country:
name: France
slug: france
summaryShort: This page details statistics of all seasons of the European Cup and Champions League. These statistics do not include the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League, unless otherwise noted.
summaryLong: This page details statistics of all seasons of the European Cup and Champions League. These statistics do not include the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League, unless otherwise noted.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/UEFA_members_Champions_League_stages.png/1280px-UEFA_members_Champions_League_stages.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics"
importance: 84
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_records_and_statistics"
  title: European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
- festival
metaDescription: This page details statistics of all seasons of the European Cup and Champions League. These statistics do not include the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champion
wikidataQid: Q2252016
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260606202920/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_records_and_statistics"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-06
  label: European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_records_and_statistics"
