Copa del Rey 1920

Copa del Rey 1920
Cup winners	FC Barcelona (4th title)
Beginning	March 28, 1920
final	May 2, 1920
Final stadium	El Molinón , Gijón
Teams	7th
Games	9
Gates	27  (ø 3 per game)
Top scorer	José Mari (6)
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The Copa del Rey 1920 was the 18th edition of the Spanish soccer cup.

The competition started on March 28th and ended with the final on May 2nd, 1920 in the Estadio Municipal El Molinón in Gijón . The defending champion of the cup competition was Arenas Club . FC Barcelona won the title with a 2-0 win in the final against Athletic Bilbao .

Attendees

Regional competition	master
Andalusia	Sevilla FC
Asturias	Sporting Gijón
Bizkaia	Athletic Bilbao
Galicia	Real Vigo Sporting Club
Gipuzkoa	Real Unión
Campionat de Catalunya	FC Barcelona
Levant	-
Campeonato Centro	Madrid FC

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 March 28, the second leg on April 4, 1920.

			First leg	Return leg
Madrid FC		Athletic Bilbao	1: 1	1: 4
Sporting Gijón		Real Vigo Sporting	0-0	1: 4
FC Barcelona	1	Sevilla FC
Real Unión		bye

¹Sevilla FC withdrew from the competition after the club's request to play both games in Madrid was rejected.

Semifinals

The first and second legs of the first opponents were played on March 28 and April 4, 1920, the second leg and second leg on April 11 and 18, 1920.

			First leg	Return leg
Real Unión		FC Barcelona	0: 1	4: 4
Athletic Bilbao		Real Vigo Sporting	2: 1	1-0

final

FC Barcelona		Athletic Bilbao
	Endgame May 2, 1920 in Gijón ( El Molinón ) Result: 2: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 10,000 Referee: Bertrán de Lis (Madrid) Match report
	Ricardo Zamora - Josep Coma , Carles Galícia - Josep Samitier , Agustín Sancho , Ramón Torralba - Francesc Vinyals , Félix Sesúmaga , Vicente Martínez , Paulino Alcántara , M. Plaza Trainer: Jack Greenwell ( England )	Juan José Amann - Luis Hurtado , Domingo Gómez-Acedo - Sabino , Belauste III , Jesús Eguiluz - Sena , Pichichi , Belauste I , José María Laca , Germán Coach: -
	1: 0 Martínez (70.) 2: 0 Alcántara (80.)

With the final victory against the then record winner Athletic Bilbao (7 titles), FC Barcelona won their fourth Spanish Cup and thus caught up with the runner-up record winner Madrid FC (5 titles), who were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Winning team

(the gates are indicated in brackets)

1.	FC Barcelona
	Goal: Ricardo Zamora Defense: Josep Coma , Carles Galícia Midfield: Josep Samitier , Agustín Sancho , Ramón Torralba Forward: Paulino Alcántara (2), Vicente Martínez (1), M. Plaza , Félix Sesúmaga (1), Francesc Vinyals (3) Trainer: Jack Greenwell

Goal scorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		José Mari	Athletic Bilbao	6th
2		Francesc Vinyals	FC Barcelona	3
3		Paulino Alcantara	FC Barcelona	2
		Álvarez	Real Vigo Sporting	2
		German	Athletic Bilbao	2
		Moncho	Real Vigo Sporting	2
7th		Agustín Amantegui	Real Unión	1
		Dimas	Real Vigo Sporting	1
		Echeveste	Real Unión	1
		Roman Emery	Real Unión	1
		Gonzalez	Madrid FC	1
		Vicente Martínez	FC Barcelona	1
		Meana	Sporting Gijón	1
		Juanito Monjardín	Madrid FC	1
		René Petit	Real Unión	1
		Félix Sesúmaga	FC Barcelona	1

Web links

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