O Real Madrid venceu as cinco primeiras edições da Copa dos Campeões da Europa, de 1956 a 1960, com Di Stéfano, Gento, Kopa e, a partir de 1958, Puskás.
Real Madrid 1956-1960
The Real Madrid that won the first five editions of the European Champions Cup, from 1956 to 1960. It was the team of Di Stéfano, Puskás and Gento that established the club as a continental powerhouse.
History
The European Champions Cup was created in 1955 and Real Madrid won the first edition, in 1956, defeating Stade de Reims 4-3, in Paris. The club repeated the feat until 1960, something that no other team matched in the first five editions. The following finals were: 1957, 2-0 victory over Fiorentina, in Madrid; 1958, 3-2 victory over Milan in extra time, in Brussels; 1959, another 2-0 over Reims, in Stuttgart; and 1960, a 7-3 rout over Eintracht Frankfurt, in Glasgow, with four goals from Puskás and three from Di Stéfano. The team was coached by José Villalonga, Luis Carniglia and Miguel Muñoz. The squad brought together Alfredo Di Stéfano, Paco Gento, Raymond Kopa, who arrived from Reims in 1956, and Ferenc Puskás, signed in 1958. In addition to the European title, the club won the Spanish Championship of 1956-57 and 1957-58 and the first Intercontinental Cup, in 1960, over Peñarol.