Copa del Rey 1918

Copa del Rey 1918

Cup winners	Real Unión (2nd title)
Beginning	April 8, 1918
final	May 12, 1918
Final stadium	Estadio de O'Donnell , Madrid
Teams	6th
Games	8th
Gates	21 (ø 2.63 per game)
Top scorer	Spaniards Santiago Bernabéu Manuel Posada (4 each) Spaniards
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The 1918 Copa del Rey was the 16th edition of the Spanish Football Cup.

The competition started on April 8th and ended with the final on May 12th, 1918 in the Estadio de O'Donnell in Madrid . The defending champion of the cup competition was Madrid FC . Real Unión won the title by beating Madrid FC 2-0 in the final .

Attendees

Regional competition	master
Andalusia	Recreativo Huelva
Asturias	Sporting Gijón
Galicia	Real Club Fortuna Vigo
Campionat de Catalunya	Español Barcelona
Campeonato Centro	Madrid FC
North region	Real Unión Irún

If the teams meeting in the quarter-finals or semi-finals were able to win one of the games, the goal difference was not used to determine the winner, but a play-off game was played.

Quarter finals

The first leg was played on April 8, the second leg on April 14, 1918.

		First leg	Return leg
Español Barcelona	Madrid FC	3-0	0: 1
Real Unión	Sporting Gijón	¹4: 1 ¹
Recreativo Huelva	bye
RC Fortuna Vigo	bye

¹The match was played instead of a return leg on May 7 at the Estadio de O'Donnell on neutral ground in Madrid .

Playoff

The game was played on April 16 at the Estadio de O'Donnell in Madrid .

	Result
Madrid FC	2: 1	Español Barcelona

Semifinals

The first and second leg were played on April 21 and 28, 1918.

			First leg	Return leg
Recreativo Huelva		Madrid FC	0: 2	0: 4
RC Fortuna Vigo		Real Unión	¹1: 4 ¹

¹The match was played instead of a return leg on May 9 at the Estadio de O'Donnell in Madrid .

final

Real Unión

Madrid FC

Endgame

May 12, 1918 at 5:00 p.m. in Madrid ( Estadio de O'Donnell )

Result: 2: 0 (1: 0)

Spectators: -

Referee: Pepe Torrens (Barcelona)

Match report

Domingo Muguruza - Manuel Carrasco , José Múgica - Román Emery , René Petit , Ramón Eguiazábal - José Angoso , Juan Legarreta , Patricio , Agustín Amántegui , Elías Acosta Trainers: -

Eduardo Teus - Cordero , Eulogio Aranguren - Ricardo Álvarez , Alberto Machimbarrena , Feliciano Rey - Antonio de Miguel , Santiago Bernabéu , Manuel Posada , Joaquín Caruncho , Josechu Sansinenea Trainer: Arthur Johnson ( England )

1: 0 Legarreta (45th +? ')

2: 0 Legarreta (85th)

With the sovereign 2-0 win against Madrid FC, which was already in the final for the third time in a row, Real Unión won the Spanish Cup for the second time after winning the “official” tournament in 1913 .

Winning team

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

1.	Real Unión
	Gate: Domingo Muguruza (3 / -) Defense: Manuel Carrasco (3 / -), José Múgica (3 / -) Midfield: Ramón Eguiazábal (2 / -), Román Emery (3/1), Ener (1 / -), René Petit (2/2), Vázquez (1 / -) Forward: Elías Acosta (3 / -), Agustín Amántegui (3/1), José Angoso (2 / -), Pepito Angoso (1 / -), Juan Legarreta (3/2), Patricio (3 / -)(C) Trainer: -

3 Real Unión goalscorers are unknown. There is also an own goal.

Goal scorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1	Spaniards	Santiago Bernabeu	Madrid FC	4th
1	Spaniards	Manuel Posada	Madrid FC	4th
3	Spaniards	Gracia	Español Barcelona	3
4th	Spaniards	Juan Legarreta	Real Unión	2
4th	Frenchman	René Petit	Real Unión	2
6th	Spaniards	Ricardo Álvarez	Madrid FC	1
	Spaniards	Agustín Amantegui	Real Unión	1
	Spaniards	Roman Emery	Real Unión	1
	Spaniards	Reig	Español Barcelona	1
	Spaniards	Villaverde	Sporting Gijón	1

There are also three goals from Real Unión and one from RC Fortuna Vigo , where the goal scorers are unknown. There was also an own goal by Vigo player Ruiz that counted for Real Unión.

Web links

Schedule and results at RSSSF (English)
Schedule and results on linguasport.com (Spanish)