Copa del Rey 1919

Copa del Rey 1919

Cup winners	Arenas Club (1st title)
Beginning	April 13, 1919
final	May 18, 1919
Final stadium	Estadio del Paseo Martínez Campos , Madrid
Teams	8th
Games	13
Gates	55 (ø 4.23 per game)
Top scorer	not known
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The 1919 Copa del Rey was the 17th edition of the Spanish Football Cup.

The competition started on April 13th and ended with the final on May 18th, 1919 in the Estadio del Paseo Martínez Campos in Madrid . The defending champion of the cup competition was Real Unión . Arenas Club won the title with a 5-2 win after extra time in the final against FC Barcelona .

Attendees

Regional competition	master
Andalusia	Sevilla FC
Asturias	Sporting Gijón
Bizkaia	Arenas Club
Galicia	Real Vigo Sporting Club
Gipuzkoa	Real Sociedad
Campionat de Catalunya	FC Barcelona
Levant	CD Águilas
Campeonato Centro	Racing de Madrid

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 legs were played on March 30 and April 13, the second legs on April 6 and 20, 1919.

			First leg	Return leg
Real Vigo Sporting		Sporting Gijón	0-0	0-0
Arenas Club		Racing de Madrid	8: 2	0: 2
FC Barcelona		Real Sociedad	6-0	3: 1
Sevilla FC	¹	CD Águilas

¹ CD Águilas withdrew from the competition.

Playoffs

	Result
Real Vigo Sporting	²3: 0 ¹	Sporting Gijón
Arenas Club	³3: 1 ²	Racing de Madrid

¹The game was played in Santander on April 30th .

²The game was played in Madrid on April 9th .

Semifinals

The first legs were played on April 27 and May 4, the second legs on April 30 and May 11, 1919.

			First leg	Return leg
Real Vigo Sporting		Arenas Club	0: 2	1: 6
FC Barcelona		Sevilla FC	4: 3	^4th3: 0 ¹

¹The home game of Seville was played in Madrid .

final

Arenas Club

FC Barcelona

Endgame

May 18, 1919 at 5:30 p.m. in Madrid ( Estadio del Paseo Martínez Campos )

Result: 5: 2 n.v. (2: 2, 1: 1)

Spectators: -

Referee: Julián Ruete

Match report

José María Jáuregui - Pedro Vallana , Domingo Careaga - Gumersindo Uriarte , José Arruza , José María Peña - Ibaibarriaga , Francisco Pagaza , Félix Sesúmaga , Pedro Barturen , Florencio Peña
Trainers: -

Luis Bru - Eduard Reguera , Josep Costa - Ramón Torralba , Agustín Sancho , Enric Blanco - Francesc Vinyals , Juan Garchitorena , Vicente Martínez , Paulino Alcántara , Lakatos
Trainer: Jack Greenwell ( England )

1: 0 Sesúmaga (12th)

2: 2 Sesúmaga (80th)

3: 2 Sesúmaga (96th)

4: 2 F. Peña (115th + 1 ')

5: 2 Ibaibarriaga (119th)

1: 1 Vinyals (38th)

1: 2 Lakatos (55th)

Through this extremely high 5-2 gala - albeit aided by an extension - Arenas Club de Getxo was able to win its first and to date only Spanish cup in a total of four finals.

Winning team

1.	Arenas Club
	Goal : José María Jáuregui Defense : Domingo Careaga , Pedro Vallana Midfield : José Arruza , José María Peña , Gumersindo Uriarte Storm : Pedro Barturen , Ibaibarriaga , Francisco Pagaza , Florencio Peña , Félix Sesúmaga Trainer : -