1902 Copa de la Coronación

The 1902 Copa de la Coronación, officially Concurso Madrid de Foot-ball Association (Madrid Contest of Association Foot-ball) 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]

1902 Copa de la Coronación
The trophy on display in the Athletic Bilbao museum
CountrySpain
Teams5
ChampionsBizcaya
Runners-upMadrid FC
Matches played5
Goals scored27 (5.4 per match)

The competition started on 13 May 1902, and concluded on 16 May 1902, with the Final, held at the Hipódromo in Madrid, in which Bizcaya lifted the trophy. Madrid FC lifted the runner-up trophy after beating Club Español de Foot-Ball by 3-2.

The competition was thought up after Juan de Astorquia (captain of Bilbao Football Club and later president of Athletic Bilbao) and 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 FC) and New Foot-Ball Club. The competition featured the first recorded and unofficial game between Barcelona and (Real) Madrid, with the former emerging 3–1 winners. Bizcaya eventually beat Barcelona in the final, with captain Juan de Astorquia, who had scored in every round, collecting the trophy.

Quarterfinals

Bizcaya5–1Club Español
Juan Astorquia
Walter Evans
William Dyer  -' (pen.)
Walter Evans
Walter Evans
Ponz
Referee: Morris

[2]

Semifinals

FC Barcelona4–1Madrid FC
Udo Steinberg
Udo Steinberg
Joan Gamper  -' (pen.)
Arthur Johnson
Referee: Arana

[3]

Bizcaya8–1New Foot-Ball Club
Walter Evans
Walter Evans
Armand Cazeaux
William Dyer
William Dyer
William Dyer
William Dyer
Juan Astorquia
Montojo
Referee: Morris

[4]

Final

Bizcaya2–1FC Barcelona
Juan Astorquia  10'
Armand Cazeaux  20'
Udo Steinberg  75'

[5]

Copa de la Coronación 1902 Winners
Bizcaya
1st Title

Runner-up Trophy / Copa de la Gran Peña

  • Bizcaya did not participate because they had nothing to console, being winners of the 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 shown in the Copa de la Coronación.

Thus, the Gran Peña Cup was played as a single match between Madrid FC and Club Español. [6]

Madrid FC3–2Club Español
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Referee: ?

References

  1. "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). 3 April 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  2. http://www.athletic-club.eus/en/match-statistics/1_2352/1901-02_bizcaya_rcd-espanyol.html
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.athletic-club.eus/en/match-statistics/1_2353/1901-02_bizcaya_new-football.html
  5. http://www.linguasport.com/FUTBOL/nacional/copa/cup.htm
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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