Copa del Rey 1909

Copa del Rey 1909
Cup winners	Club Ciclista de San Sebastián  (1st title)
venue	Estadio de O'Donnell , Madrid
Beginning	April 4, 1909
final	April 8, 1909
Teams	5
Games	4th
Gates	17  (ø 4.25 per game)
Top scorer	MacGuinness (6)
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The 1909 Copa del Rey was the seventh edition of the Spanish soccer cup competition.

The competition took place from April 4 to April 8, 1909. The tournament was attended by FC Barcelona (Catalonia region), Athletic Bilbao (Bizkaia, Basque Country), Español de Madrid (Madrid), Galicia FC (Pontevedra, Galicia) and Club Ciclista de San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa, Basque Country). The team from San Sebastian was the only real club team at this tournament, they had only been renamed and officially registered a few weeks before the tournament; a registration under the name San Sebastián FC would have failed because this club was not registered. Club Ciclista won the tournament with a 3-1 win over Español de Madrid.

1 round

date		Result
0Apr 4, 1909	Athletic Bilbao	2: 4	Club Ciclista de San Sebastián

Semifinals

date		Result
0Apr 5, 1909	Español de Madrid	3: 2	FC Barcelona
0Apr 6, 1909	Club Ciclista de San Sebastián	2-0	Galicia FC

final

Club Ciclista de San Sebastián		Español de Madrid
	final April 8, 1909 in Madrid ( Estadio de O'Donnell ) Result: 3: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: - Referee: Almasqué (Barcelona) Match report
	Pedro Bea - Alfonso Sena , Manuel Arocena - Domingo Arrillaga , Bonifacio Echeverría , José Rodríguez - Miguel Sena , Mariano Lacort , CF Simmons, G. MacGuinness, J. Biribén	Pablo Lemmel - Carruana, Méndez - Manuel Yarza , Kindelán, Heredia - Armando Giralt , José Giralt , Antonio Sánchez Neyra , Morales, Rodríguez
	1-0 MacGuinness (30th, penalty) 2-0 Simmons (47th) 3-1 M. Sena (2nd H.)	2: 1 J. Giralt (2nd H.)
		Goalkeeper Bea saves a penalty from Neyra when the score is 3-1

With the clear 3-1 final triumph against Español de Madrid, San Sebastián celebrated the first of two cup wins in the history of today's Real Sociedad club. The team also broke through the four-year dominance of Madrid FC, although the latter did not take part in this year's tournament.

Winning team

The winning team from Club Ciclista de San Sebastián

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

1.	Club Ciclista de San Sebastián
	Goal : Pedro Bea (3 / -) Defense : Manuel Arocena (3 / -), Alfonso Sena (3 / -) Midfield : Domingo Arrillaga (3 / -), Bonifacio Echeverría (3 / -), José Rodríguez (3 / -) Forward : J. Biribén (3 / -), G. MacGuinness (3/6), Mariano Lacort (3 / -), Miguel Sena (3/1), CF Simmons (3/1) Trainer : -

A Club Ciclista goalscorer is unknown.

Goal scorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		G. MacGuinness	Club Ciclista de San Sebastián	6th

Web links

• Schedule and results on rsssf.com (English)
• Schedule and results on linguasport.com (Spanish)
• Article at iffhs.de (Spanish)