Gipuzkoa Championship

The Gipuzkoa Regional Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Regional de Guipúzcoa; Basque: Gipuzkoako Herrialde Txapelketa) was an official football tournament in Spain, organised by the Gipuzkoan Football Federation in which affiliated clubs participated. It was played annually between 1918 and 1940 and served to elect the representative of the territory in the Copa del Rey.[1]

The Gipuzkoa Football Federation's logo

History

In 1918, following several disagreements between the clubs in the North Federation of Spanish football, covering the Basque provinces of Biscay and Gipuzkoa, the National Committee of the Spanish Federation agreed to divide the existing region into separate championships.[2] Thus, for the 1918–19 season Gipuzkoan clubs launched their own championship while the North Championship continued comprising the Biscay teams and the re-entry of Racing Santander, representing neighbouring Cantabria. In their last season as members of the North group, Real Unión went on win the 1918 Copa del Rey.

Clubs belonging to other provinces were also affiliated to the Gipuzkoan Federation, together with those based in the province itself. Clubs from Navarre and La Rioja were affiliated with Gipuzkoa, the most notable being those of CA Osasuna and CD Logroño, who played in the top level of the Gipuzkoa championship; Logrono eventually even managed to win the title twice. In 1928 the Navarre Federation was founded and Osasuna abandoned the Gipuzkoa championship, although by 1929 they had been reinstated, with the competition becoming the Gipuzkoa-Navarre Combined Championship. In 1931, clubs from Aragón were added to the competition that became known as the Gipuzkoa-Navarre-Aragón Combined Championship, although the Guipuzcoan teams remained dominant.

In 1934 the Spanish Federation carried out an important restructuring of the national tournaments, so that the regional championships were replaced by the superregional ones, in which the best clubs of different regional federations were grouped. In the case of the Basque region, the Basque Cup was launched in 1934–35. The teams of Gipuzkoa and Navarre were integrated into the Basque Cup, while CD Logroño and the Aragón teams were integrated into a new Cantabria-Castile-Aragón Cup. These tournaments were played for two years, until being interrupted by the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

During the last months of the war in 1939, football activity was resumed in some areas controlled by the Nationalist side, under the impulse of the Spanish Federation and the regional federations. Six teams participated in the reborn Gipuzkoa Championship, of which the champion Alavés and runner-up Donostia[lower-alpha 1] took part in the 1939 Copa del Generalísimo. The novelty of this tournament was the inclusion of teams from Álava in the federation, since they had until then been affiliated to the Biscay Championship.

The Gipuzkoa-Navarre-Aragón Combined Championship resumed in the 1939–40 season, again providing qualifying for the Spanish Cup, since then called Copa del Generalísimo. However, restructuring approved by the Spanish Federation in 1940 quickly led to the disappearance of the regional championships.

Seasons summary
Season[lower-alpha 2][1] Champion Copa del Rey[lower-alpha 3] Runner-up Copa del Rey[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4]
1918–19[1]Real SociedadQuarter-finalsReal UniónN/A
1919–20[3]Real UniónSemi-finalsReal SociedadN/A
1920–21[4]Real UniónSemi-finalsReal SociedadN/A
1921–22[5]Real UniónRunners-upReal SociedadN/A
1922–23[6]Real SociedadSemi-finalsReal UniónN/A
1923–24[7]Real UniónWinnersReal SociedadN/A
1924–25[8]Real SociedadGroup stageReal UniónN/A
1925–26[9]Real UniónSemi-finalsReal SociedadQuarter-finals
1926–27[10]Real SociedadGroup stageReal UniónWinners
1927–28[11]Real UniónGroup stageReal SociedadRunners-up
1928–29[12][lower-alpha 5]Real SociedadRound of 16CD LogroñoRound of 16
1929–30[14][lower-alpha 6]Real UniónQuarter-finalsReal SociedadRound of 16
1930–31[15][lower-alpha 6]Real UniónQuarter-finalsCD LogroñoSemi-finals
1931–32[16][lower-alpha 7]CD Logroño[lower-alpha 8]Round of 32Donostia FC[lower-alpha 1]Quarter-finals
1932–33[17][lower-alpha 7]Donostia FC[lower-alpha 1]Round of 32CD LogroñoRound of 16
1933–34[18][lower-alpha 7]CD LogroñoRound of 32Donostia FC[lower-alpha 1]Round of 16
1934–35[19][lower-alpha 9] Athletic ClubRound of 16CA OsasunaSemi-finals
1935–36[22][lower-alpha 9]Arenas Club de GetxoRound of 16Real UniónGroup stage
1936–39No competition due to the Spanish Civil War
1939[lower-alpha 10]Deportivo AlavésSemi-finalsDonostia FC[lower-alpha 1]Quarter-finals
1939–40[24][lower-alpha 7]Zaragoza CFSemi-finalsOsasunaRound of 16

Notes
  1. Real Sociedad changed its name due to the demands of the Spanish Second Republic.
  2. Clubs from Navarre and La Rioja also took part
  3. Progress made in the Copa del Rey by qualifiers from the regional championship.
  4. Runners-up also qualified for the Copa del Rey from 1926.
  5. Clubs from Navarre left the competition for 1928–29 and formed their own.[13]
  6. Clubs from Navarre returned and the competition was known as the Gipuzkoa-Navarre Combined Championship.
  7. Clubs from Aragón took part and the competition was known as the Gipuzkoa-Navarre-Aragón Combined Championship.
  8. The designation of CD Logroño as champion is disputed. Although they obtained more points than Donostia, when Zaragoza withdrew from the competition by agreement of the national federation, the results of their matches were considered invalid. This would have given the title to Donostia by goal-average.
  9. Clubs from Gipuzkoa and Navarre played in the Basque Cup (along with those from Álava and Biscay); those from La Rioja and Aragón played in the Cantabria-Castile-Aragón Cup.[20][21]
  10. Reverted to Gipuzkoa championship; clubs from Álava also took part; clubs in Navarre[1] and Aragón[23] held their own competitions.

Summary of Champions
Club[1]WinnerRunner-up
Real Unión8 (1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1930–31)[lower-alpha 1]4 (1918–19, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1926–27)[lower-alpha 2]
Real Sociedad6 (1918–19, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1932–33)10 (1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1939)[lower-alpha 3]
CD Logroño2 (1931–32, 1933–34)3 (1928–29, 1930–31, 1932–33)
Deportivo Alavés1 (1939)0
Real Zaragoza1 (1939–40)0
CA Osasuna01 (1939–40)[lower-alpha 4]

Notes
  1. Also winners of the North Championship once in 1917–18.
  2. Also runners-up in the Basque Cup in 1935–36.
  3. Also runners-up twice in the North Championship.
  4. Also runners-up in the Basque Cup in 1934–35.

Gipuzkoa representative team
See also: Basque Country national football team results

In the first half of the 20th century, the provincial federation selected a representative team for friendly matches, and also took part in the inter-regional Prince of Asturias Cup.[25] Prior to the split between Gipuzkoa and Biscay, their players also formed a combined 'North' team (nominally including Cantabria, but dominated by Basque players) which evolved into the Basque Country team.[26][27]

In 2013, a match was staged between the amateur teams of Biscay and Gipuzkoa (which continue to operate provincial football leagues at the fifth level of the pyramid and below) resulting in a 1–1 draw, won by Biscay on penalties, to commemorate the centenary of the Biscay Federation (taking its foundation date as that of the North Federation), as had also taken place in 1964 for the 50th anniversary (6–0 to Biscay).[28][29]

The centenary of the Gipuzkoa Federation occurred in 2018,[30] but the organisers opted for a conventional friendly between its two biggest clubs – Real Sociedad and SD Eibar – to mark the occasion rather than any match involving representative teams;[31] that was also the case for the 50th anniversary in 1968, when Real Sociedad played twice against Alavés.[32]

Results
13 December 1914 (1914-12-13) FriendlyBiscay 2–1 GipuzkoaBilbao
Barturen
Pagaza 		Report Patricio Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Angoso
6 January 1915 (1915-01-06) FriendlyGipuzkoa 4–0 BiscaySan Sebastián
Stadium: Atotxa Stadium
31 October 1915 (1915-10-31) FriendlyCatalonia 2–1 GipuzkoaBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Martínez
Cros 		Report Kramer Stadium: Camp Muntaner
1 November 1915 (1915-11-01) FriendlyCatalonia 2–2 GipuzkoaBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Castells
Kinké 		Report Sena Stadium: Camp Muntaner
15 December 1915 (1915-12-15) FriendlyGipuzkoa 5–1 CataloniaSan Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
Referee: Sabata
26 December 1915 (1915-12-26) FriendlyGipuzkoa 0–4 CataloniaIrun, Basque Country, Spain
Stadium: Estadio de Amute
Referee: Martí
19 November 1922 (1922-11-19) Prince of Asturias Cup[25]Gipuzkoa 0–3 CataloniaIrun, Basque Country, Spain
Report Samitier
Gracia
Martí 		Stadium: Estadio de Amute
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Aranguren
25 November 1923 (1923-11-25) Prince of Asturias Cup[25]Catalonia 2–1 GipuzkoaBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Olivella
Pellicer 		Petit Stadium: Camp de Les Corts
17 March 1929 (1929-03-17) FriendlyBiscay 4–3 GipuzkoaGetxo
Report Stadium: Ibaiondo
Referee: Serrano
28 February 1937 (1937-02-28) FriendlyBiscay 1–2 GipuzkoaBilbao
Report Stadium: San Mamés

Table
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Biscay 4 2 0 2 10 7 +3 050.00
 Catalonia 6 1 1 4 9 14 −5 016.67
Total (2 opponents) 10 3 1 6 19 21 −2 030.00

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