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1957 Tournoi de Paris

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1957 Tournoi de Paris
Tournament details
CityParis
Dates12 – 14 June 1957
Teams4
Venue(s)Parc des Princes
Final positions
ChampionsVasco da Gama
Runners-upReal Madrid
Third placeRacing Paris
Fourth placeRot-Weiss Essen
1958

The 1957 Tournoi de Paris was the first edition of Tournoi de Paris, an association football intercontinental competition between European and South American clubs. In particular, the inaugural edition is considered the precursor of the Intercontinental Cup by FIFA,[1] as it had the only continental champion clubs at the time (Vasco da Gama in 1948 South American Championship and Real Madrid in 1955–56 European Cup) competing in the final.[2][3][4]

Vasco da Gama defeated Real Madrid 4–3 in the final in front of more than 65,000 spectators.[5][6][7]

Background

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The competition was organized by the Racing Club de Paris in celebration of its 25th anniversary.[8] Real Madrid were invited to participate in the competition as 1955–56 European Cup champions, and accepted a few days before winning the 1956–57 edition. Vasco da Gama's participation took place in the midst of the club's tour of the US and Europe, with several European newspapers citing Vasco as "Brazilian champion of 1956" for having won the 1956 Campeonato Carioca (there was no national competition at the time).[9][10] Furthermore, Vasco held the title of South American champion after winning the 1948 South American Championship of Champions and no other South American tournament of the same proportion had taken place until the 1960 Copa Libertadores.[11] Finally, Rot-Weiss Essen, the German champions at the time were invited, as Germany was the current champion of the FIFA World Cup.[11]

Teams

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Team Location Qualification
France Racing Paris Paris Host
Spain Real Madrid Madrid 1955–56 European Cup winners
Germany Rot-Weiss Essen Essen 1955 German football championship winners
Brazil Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro 1948 South American Championship winners

Squads

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Racing Paris

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Source: [12]

Manager: France Auguste Jordan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Jean Taillandier
2 DF Argentina ARG Carlos Sosa
3 DF France FRA Bernard Lelong
6 MF France FRA Dalla Cieca
7 FW France FRA Joël Pillard
8 DF France FRA Bruno Bollini
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW France FRA Pierre Grillet
14 MF France FRA Guy Sénac
17 MF France FRA Jean Guillot
18 MF France FRA Bolek Ugorenko
19 FW Poland POL Thadée Cisowski
21 DF France FRA Roger Marche

Real Madrid

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Source: [13]

Manager: Spain José Villalonga

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Juan Alonso
2 DF Spain ESP Marquitos
3 DF Spain ESP Manuel Torres
4 DF Uruguay URU José Santamaría
6 MF Spain ESP José María Zárraga
7 FW France FRA Raymond Kopa
8 MF Spain ESP Héctor Rial
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Spain ESP Francisco Gento
14 MF Spain ESP Ramón Marsal
17 MF Spain ESP Enrique Mateos
18 MF Spain ESP Miguel Muñoz
19 FW Argentina ARG Alfredo Di Stéfano
21 DF Spain ESP Rafael Lesmes

Rot-Weiss Essen

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Source: [13]

Manager: Romania Elek Schwartz

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Fritz Herkenrath
2 DF Germany GER Willi Köchling
4 MF Germany GER Heinz Ruppenstein
5 DF Germany GER Walter Zastrau
6 MF Germany GER Dieter Wöske
9 FW Germany GER Franz Islacker
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW Germany GER Ulrich Kohn
18 DF Germany GER Heinz Wewers
20 MF Netherlands NED Fred Röhrig
21 FW Germany GER Helmut Rahn
24 MF Germany GER Willi Grewer

Vasco da Gama

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Source: [12][13]

Manager: Brazil Martim Francisco

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Carlos Alberto
2 DF Brazil BRA Dario Damasceno
3 DF Brazil BRA Umbelino Viana
4 DF Brazil BRA Orlando Peçanha
5 MF Brazil BRA Laerte
6 DF Brazil BRA Ortunho
7 MF Brazil BRA Sabará
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Brazil BRA Livinho
9 FW Brazil BRA Vavá
10 FW Brazil BRA Pinga
11 FW Brazil BRA Walter Marciano
17 FW Brazil BRA Vadinho
19 FW Brazil BRA Almir Pernambuquinho

Matches

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 June - Paris
 
 
Brazil Vasco da Gama 3
 
14 June - Paris
 
France Racing Paris 1
 
Brazil Vasco da Gama 4
 
12 June - Paris
 
Spain Real Madrid 3
 
Spain Real Madrid5
 
 
Germany Rot-Weiss Essen 0
 
Third place
 
 
14 June - Paris
 
 
France Racing Paris 7
 
 
Germany Rot-Weiss Essen5

Semi-finals

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Vasco da Gama Brazil3–1France Racing Paris
  • Livinho 22'
  • Pinga 58'
  • Vavá 67'
Report

Real Madrid Spain5–0Germany Rot-Weiss Essen
Report

Third place match

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Racing Paris France7–5Germany Rot-Weiss Essen
Report

Final

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Vasco da Gama Brazil4–3Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 65,000+

Recognitions

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In a video report from Les Actualités Françaises, published on 19 June 1957 with narrated images of the match, cites the match between Vasco da Gama and Real Madrid in the final as the confrontation between "the best team in South America and the European champion".[14][15]

After the final between Vasco da Gama and Real Madrid, the French newspaper L'Équipe wrote: "And then, suddenly, Real literally disappeared. Would it be the pale red shirts or the sad blue shorts that weakened the superb Spanish team? No. Rather, the wonderful bodies suddenly appeared on the other side, wrapped tightly in white shirts with a black stripe, of 11 football athletes, of 11 black devils who took control of the ball and never let go. During the next half hour the incredible, prodigious impression one had was that the great Real Madrid champion of Europe, the untouchable Real winner of all European constellations was learning to play football".[11] The newspaper France Soir stated after the tournament: "Real Madrid is not the greatest team in the world. Talk to Vasco da Gama about that",[16] and the Jornal dos Sports cited Vasco as "world champions".[17] The Spanish newspaper ABC de Madrid wrote that "Real Madrid were no longer invincible".[18]

According to the Brazilian newspaper Tribuna de Imprensa, the tournament inspired FIFA president João Havelange and European Cup co-founder Jacques Ferran to create the Intercontinental Cup.[19] In 2023, FIFA recognized as "the most notable meeting between teams from two continents meeting before 1960".[20]

References

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  1. ^ "The Intercontinental Cup, a vestige of trans-continental glory". FIFA.com. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ Doucet, Clément (2022-01-20). "Le tournoi de Paris, un évènement capital". Le Corner (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  3. ^ "Edición del Saturday 15 June 1957, Página 4 - Hemeroteca - MundoDeportivo.com". hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  4. ^ "Jornal do Brasil (19 June 1957)". news.google.com. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  5. ^ "Tournoi International de Paris". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  6. ^ Le Miroir Des Sports – June 17, 1957
  7. ^ "O Estado de S. Paulo". Acervo Estadão. June 15, 1957. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  8. ^ "Anecdotes autour du Tournoi de Paris". psg.fr. 12 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  9. ^ "ABC MADRID 11-06-1957 página 50 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  10. ^ "El Mundo Deportivo, p. 5 (20 May 1957)". hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  11. ^ a b c "Há 60 anos, Vasco derrotava o Real Madrid de Di Stéfano em Paris | Blog Memória EC". globoesporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  12. ^ a b "Jornal dos Sports, ed. 8523, p. 9". 13 June 1957.
  13. ^ a b c "Tournoi International de Paris". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  14. ^ Journal Les Actualités Françaises : émission du 19 juin 1957 | INA (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-15 – via www.ina.fr.
  15. ^ "Dario lembra vitória do Vasco sobre Real, em 1957: 'Não há clube igual'". globoesporte.com. 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  16. ^ "Manchete Esportiva, 00084, with a quote from France Soir".
  17. ^ "Jornal dos Sports, 8526, 18 July 1957, p. 8".
  18. ^ "ABC MADRID 18-06-1957 página 53 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  19. ^ "Tribuna de Imprensa, ed. 2675, p. 8, 23 October 1958". Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
  20. ^ "The Intercontinental Cup, a vestige of trans-continental glory". FIFA.com. 7 June 2023.