1955 Latin Cup
# 1955 Latin Cup

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 | Debut |
| Real Madrid CF | 1954–55 La Liga champions | Debut |

## Venues

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

| Paris | Paris |
| - | - |
| Parc des Princes | Paris |
| Capacity: 38,000 | Paris |

## Tournament

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 22 June – Paris | 22 June – Paris |
| Real Madrid CF | 2 |
| Real Madrid CF | 2 | 26 June – Paris | 26 June – Paris |
| CF Os Belenenses | 0 | 26 June – Paris | 26 June – Paris |
| CF Os Belenenses | 0 | Real Madrid CF | 2 |
| 22 June – Paris | 22 June – Paris | | Real Madrid CF | 2 |
| 22 June – Paris | 22 June – Paris | Stade de Reims | 0 |
| Stade de Reims | 4 | Stade de Reims | 0 |
| AC Milan | 2 | | |
| AC Milan | 2 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 25 June – Paris | 25 June – Paris |
| | | AC Milan | 3 |
| | | CF Os Belenenses | 1 |

### Final

| 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 |
| 1 | Léon Glovacki | Stade de Reims | 2 |
| 1 | Nils Liedholm | AC Milan | 2 |
| 2 | Jørgen Leschly Sørensen | AC Milan | 1 |
| 2 | Eduardo Ricagni | AC Milan | 1 |
| 2 | Jean Templin | Stade de Reims | 1 |
| 2 | Matateu | CF Os Belenenses | 1 |
| 2 | José María Zárraga | Real Madrid CF | 1 |
| 2 | Pérez Payá | Real Madrid CF | 1 |
| Sources: ||||
