1907 Copa del Rey

1907 Copa del Rey
5th Copa del Rey
Country Spain Spain
Teams 5
Defending champions Madrid FC
Champions Madrid FC (3rd title)
Runners-up Club Bizcaya
Matches played 11
Goals scored 38 (3.45 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Spain Sánchez Neyra (5 goals)
1906
1908

The Copa del Rey 1907 was the 5th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition started on March 24, 1907, and concluded on March 30, 1907, with the Final Playoff, in which Madrid FC lifted the trophy for the third time in a row.

Participants

The tournament reached a new record of participants. Eleven teams registered to participate: FC Barcelona, Moderno of Guadalajara, Recreativo de Huelva, San Sebastián Recreation Club, Athletic de Madrid, Excelsior of Madrid, Hispania of Madrid, Madrid FC, Club Bizcaya (merger of Athletic de Bilbao and Unión Atlética Vizcaína), Hamilton FC of Salamanca and Vigo FC. Moreover, the Catalan regional champion, X Sporting Club, was invited but again refused to participate for internal and financial reasons.

At the last minute, FC Barcelona and San Sebastian RC did not attend the event, while the organization dismissed Moderno Guadalajara. The four teams of Madrid played preliminary rounds to choose one single representative of Madrid region. Madrid FC won the preliminary rounds and qualified.

So, finally, five teams took part in the tournament:

Group stage

Vigo FC 33 Huelva Recreation Club
?
?
?
?
?
?
Club Bizcaya 32 Madrid CF
Simmons
Goyoaga
Simmons
Federico Revuelto
Manuel Prast
Referee: England Sidney

[1]

Vigo FC 13 Madrid FC
Hambly José Giralt
M. Ocaña (o.g.)
Armando Giralt

[2]

Club Bizcaya 50 Hamilton FC
Tomás Murga
Simmons
Hermenegildo García
Hermenegildo García
Simmons

[3]

Hamilton FC 20 Huelva Recreation Club
?
?
Vigo FC 21 Club Bizcaya
Ábalo
José Rodríguez
Hermenegildo García

[4]

Madrid FC 50 Hamilton FC
Armando Giralt
Sánchez Neyra
Sánchez Neyra
Armando Giralt
Sánchez Neyra

[5]

Club Bizcaya 40 Huelva Recreation Club
?
?
?
?

[6]

Hamilton FC 12 Vigo FC
? Lendy
Abalo

[7]

Madrid FC 42 Huelva Recreation Club
Sánchez Neyra
Sánchez Neyra
Federico Revuelto
Armando Giralt
?
Balbuena GK

[8][9] [10]

Teams Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Pts
Club Bizcaya de Bilbao 43011346
Madrid FC 43011466
Vigo FC 4211885
Hamilton FC 41033122
Huelva Recreation Club 40135131

Tiebreaker Playoff Final

Although a round-robin tournament, a final match was played to decide the winners of the competition.

Madrid FC 1–0 Club Bizcaya
Manuel Prast  80'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: England Sidney
Copa del Rey 1907 Winners
Madrid FC
3rd Title

References

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