1902 Copa de la Coronación
The trophy on display in the Athletic Bilbao museum | |
Country | Spain |
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Teams | 5 |
Champions | Bizcaya |
Runners-up | FC Barcelona |
Matches played | 5 |
Goals scored | 27 (5.4 per match) |
1903 → |
The 1902 Copa de la Coronación was a football competition in honour of the coronation of Alfonso XIII of Spain. It was an unofficial competition, the Royal Spanish Football Federation do not recognize it as the first season of the Copa del Rey, which began the following year.[1]
The competition started on May 13, 1902, and concluded on May 16, 1902, with the Final, held at the Hipódromo in Madrid, in which Bizcaya lifted the trophy.
The competition was thought up after Carlos Padrós, later president of Madrid FC, suggested a football competition to celebrate the coronation of Alfonso XIII. Four other teams joined Madrid for the first competition: FC Barcelona, Club Español de Foot-Ball, Bizcaya (a combination of Athletic Club and Bilbao Football Club) and New Foot-Ball Club. The competition featured the first recorded game between FC Barcelona and Madrid FC, with the former emerging 3–1 winners. Bizcaya eventually beat FC Barcelona in the final.
Quarterfinals
Bizcaya | 5 – 1 | Club Español |
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Juan Astorquia Walter Evans William Dyer Walter Evans Walter Evans |
Ponz |
Semifinals
FC Barcelona | 3 – 1 | Madrid FC |
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Udo Steinberg Udo Steinberg Joan Gamper |
Arthur Johnson |
Bizcaya | 8 – 1 | New Foot-Ball Club |
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Walter Evans Walter Evans Armand Cazeaux William Dyer William Dyer William Dyer William Dyer Juan Astorquia |
Montojo |
Final
Bizcaya | 2 – 1 | FC Barcelona |
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Juan Astorquia Armand Cazeaux |
Udo Steinberg |
Copa de la Coronación 1902 Winners |
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Bizcaya 1st Title |
Consolation Trophy / Copa de la Gran Peña
- Bizcaya did not participate because they had nothing to console, being champions of Copa de la Coronación.
- FC Barcelona declined to participate because their players had to return to their occupations.
- New Foot-Ball Club declined to participate due to the very poor level showed in the Copa de la Coronación.
So, the Gran Peña Cup was played as a single match between Madrid FC and Club Español. [6]
Madrid FC | 3 – 2 | Club Español |
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References
- ↑ "La FEF no reconocerá al Barça la Liga del año 37" [The FEF will not recognize Barça's League in 1937]. Diario AS (in Spanish). April 3, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.athletic-club.eus/en/match-statistics/1_2352/1901-02_bizcaya_rcd-espanyol.html
- ↑ http://www.leyendablanca.galeon.com/tempo03.htm
- ↑ http://www.athletic-club.eus/en/match-statistics/1_2353/1901-02_bizcaya_new-football.html
- ↑ http://www.linguasport.com/FUTBOL/nacional/copa/cup.htm
- ↑ http://www.leyendablanca.galeon.com/tempo03.htm