1957 Tournoi de Paris

1957 Tournoi de Paris
Tournament details
CityParis
Dates12 – 14 June 1957
Teams4
VenueParc 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 often referred to by some sources as the precursor to the Intercontinental Cup, and has been mentioned by the FIFA website as the most notable intercontinental club match before 1960 and a prelude to the success of the Intercontinental Cup; the match that "reflected the possibilities that lay ahead" about the future Intercontinental Cup.[1][2][3][4]

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

Background

The competition was organized by the Racing Club de Paris in celebration of its football team 25th anniversary.[8] Real Madrid were invited to participate in the competition as the renowned 1955–56 European Cup champions, and accepted the invitation a few days before winning the 1956–57 edition. Vasco da Gama's participation took place amidst a tour of the USA and Europe, with several European newspapers citing Vasco as "Brazilian champions of 1956" for having won the 1956 Campeonato Carioca (there was back then no Brazilian national competition at the time).[9][10] Furthermore, as a coincidence Vasco was the only club to have been theretofore South American club champions, in 1948, as no other cup crowning South American club champions had taken place until the 1960 Copa Libertadores.[11] Finally, Rot-Weiss Essen, then West German champions, were invited, as West Germany was the current champion of the FIFA World Cup.[11]

Teams

Team Location Qualification
France Racing Paris Paris Host
Spain Real Madrid Madrid 1955–56 European Cup winners
West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen Essen 1955 German football championship winners
Brazil Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro 1956 Rio de Janeiro Champions, and 1948 South American Championship winners, then announced to the European audience as "Brazilian champions" and "the best team of South America"[12]

Squads

Racing Paris

Source: [13]

Manager: France Auguste Jordan

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

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

Real Madrid

Source: [14]

Manager: Spain José Villalonga

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

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

Rot-Weiss Essen

Source: [14]

Manager: Romania Elek Schwartz

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

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

Vasco da Gama

Source: [13][14]

Manager: Brazil Martim Francisco

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

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

Matches

 
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
 
 
West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen 0
 
Third place
 
 
14 June - Paris
 
 
France Racing Paris 7
 
 
West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen5

Semi-finals

Vasco da Gama Brazil3–1France Racing Paris
 Report
Real Madrid Spain5–0West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen
 Report

Third place match

Racing Paris France7–5West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen
Report

Final

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

Influence for the creation of the Intercontinental Cup

According to a video report from Les Actualités Françaises, published on 19th June 1957 with images of the match, the match between Vasco da Gama and Real Madrid was then referred to as the match between "the best team in South America and the European champions".[15][16] The Intercontinental Cup would have its creation announced on October 8th 1958, at a UEFA meeting, as "the cup between the best club team/champions of South America and the best club team/champions of Europe".

After the final match between Vasco da Gama and Real Madrid, the French newspaper L'Équipe wrote: "And then, suddenly, Real literally disappeared. Would it have been the pale red shirts or the sad blue shorts that weakened the superb Spanish team? No. Rather, it was the wonderful bodies that 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 one and a half hour the incredible, the prodigious impression one had was that the great Real Madrid champions 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. About that, ask Vasco",[17] and the Jornal dos Sports called Vasco ""world champions".[18] The Spanish newspaper ABC de Madrid wrote that "Real Madrid were no longer invincible".[19]

According to the Brazilian newspaper Tribuna de Imprensa on October 23rd 1958, the then president of the Brazilian FA João Havelange informed that the Intercontinental Cup was a proposal by him and Jacques Goddet, the latter having been the administrator of Parc des Princes when it was the venue of the Madrid-Vasco 1957 match. As both Goddet and Santiago Bernabéu (then president of Real Madrid and thus also involved in the Paris 1957 match) were instigators of the creation of the Intercontinental Cup, such facts have been often cited as being evidence of a likely influence of the 1957 match for the creation of the Intercontinental Cup.[20] In 2023, FIFA.com mentioned the Madrid-Vasco 1957 match, in its website, as "the most notable match between teams from two continents meeting before 1960", that "reflected the possibilities that lay ahead"; in other words, a prelude to the success of the Intercontinental Cup.[1] The 1957 competition has not been, thus far, recognised by the Executive Committee/Council of either FIFA or the official creators of the Intercontinental Cup, UEFA and CONMEBOL.

The 1957 Tournoi de Paris was the only intercontinental club competition featuring the European champion club before the onset of the Intercontinental Cup. Real Madrid were the European champions all over the period between the European Cup first final, of the 1955-1956 season, and the creation of the Intercontinental Cup,[21] announced on October 8th 1958 by João Havelange at a UEFA meeting, and first played in 1960. The Madrid team also played the 1956 Pequeña Copa, but scheduled their participation in it before becoming European champions,[22] and Madrid declined to participate in the 1958 Paris Tournoi only for it was held just 5 days before the final match of the 1957/1958 European Cup.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Intercontinental Cup, A Vestige of Trans-Continental Glory". FIFA.com. 7 June 2023. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  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. ^ Journal Les Actualités Françaises : émission du 19 juin 1957 | INA (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-15 – via www.ina.fr.
  13. ^ a b "Jornal dos Sports, ed. 8523, p. 9". 13 June 1957.
  14. ^ a b c "Tournoi International de Paris". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  15. ^ Journal Les Actualités Françaises : émission du 19 juin 1957 | INA (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-15 – via www.ina.fr.
  16. ^ "Dario lembra vitória do Vasco sobre Real, em 1957: 'Não há clube igual'". globoesporte.com. 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  17. ^ "Manchete Esportiva, 00084, with a quote from France Soir".
  18. ^ "Jornal dos Sports, 8526, 18 July 1957, p. 8".
  19. ^ "ABC MADRID 18-06-1957 página 53 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  20. ^ "Tribuna de Imprensa, ed. 2675, p. 8, 23 October 1958". Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Real Madrid, la leyenda blanca". leyendablanca.galeon.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  22. ^ El Mundo Deportivo, Spanish newspaper, June 16th 1956, pag. 7, informing that Real Madrid confirmed its participation in the Caracas-based competition before becoming European champions.
  23. ^ "Brazilian newspaper Folha da Manhã, 21/may/1958, pag. 13". Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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