Copa del Rey 1923

Copa del Rey 1923
Cup winners	Athletic Bilbao (9th title)
Beginning	March 25, 1923
final	May 13, 1923
Final stadium	Camp de Les Corts , Barcelona
Teams	8th
Games	15th
Gates	49  (ø 3.27 per game)
Top scorer	Manuel Cros (4)
References	2  (ø 0.13 per game)
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The 1923 Copa del Rey was the 21st edition of the Spanish Football Cup.

The competition started on March 25th and ended with the final on May 13th, 1923 in the Camp de Les Corts in Barcelona . The defending champion of the cup competition was FC Barcelona . Athletic Bilbao won the title by beating CD Europa 1-0 in the final .

Attendees

Regional competition	master
Andalusia	Sevilla FC
Asturias	Sporting Gijón
Bizkaia	Athletic Bilbao
Galicia	Real Vigo Sporting Club
Gipuzkoa	Real Sociedad
Campionat de Catalunya	CD Europe
Levant	Valencia CF
Campeonato Centro	real 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 leg was played on March 25, the second leg on April 8, 1923. The second leg between Real Sociedad and Vigo Sporting was played on April 13th due to bad weather.

			First leg	Return leg
real Madrid		Athletic Bilbao	1: 3	0: 5
Real Vigo Sporting		Real Sociedad	3: 1	0: 3
Valencia CF		Sporting Gijón	1-0	1: 6
CD Europe		Sevilla FC	4-0	2: 1

Playoffs

	Result
Valencia CF	10: 2 1	Sporting Gijón
Real Sociedad	24: 1 2	Real Vigo Sporting

¹The game was played in Oviedo on April 11th .

²The game was played on April 15th in San Sebastian .

Semifinals

The first leg was played on April 22nd, the second leg on April 29, 1923.

			First leg	Return leg
Real Sociedad		Athletic Bilbao	0-0	0: 2
CD Europe		Sporting Gijón	3: 2	2: 1

final

Athletic Bilbao		CD Europe
	Endgame May 13, 1923 at 4:30 p.m. in Barcelona ( Camp de Les Corts ) Result: 1: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 30,000 Referee: Sr. Rasero (Gipuzkoa) Match report
	Manuel Vidal - Alberto Duñabeitia , Domingo Gómez-Acedo - Sabino , Jesús Larraza , José Domingo Legarreta - Germán , Félix Sesúmaga , Travieso , Carmelo , Chirri I Trainer: Fred Pentland ( England )	Juan Bordoy - Pedro Serra , Camilo Vidal - Javier Bonet , Esteban Pelaó , Francisco Artisús - Juan Pellicer , José Juliá , Manuel Cros , Juan Olivella , Antonio Alcázar Trainer: Ralph Kirby ( England )
	1: 0 Travieso (37th)

Winning team

(the games are given in brackets)

1.	Athletic Bilbao
	Goal : Manuel Vidal (5 / -) Defense : Domingo Gómez-Acedo (5 / -), Alberto Duñabeitia (2 / -), Rousse (3 / -) Midfield : Jesús Larraza (5/1), José Domingo Legarreta (5 / -), Natxo (1 / -), Sabino (4 / -) Storm : Agalve (1 / -), Belauste I (1 / -), Carmelo (3/1), Chirri I (3 / -), Germán (5/1), José María Laca (4/2), Félix Sesúmaga (4/3), Travieso (4/3) Trainer : Fred Pentland

Goal scorers

Pl. Nat. player society Gates 1 Manuel Cros CD Europe 4th 2 José Juliá CD Europe 3 Palacios Sporting Gijón 3 Félix Sesúmaga Athletic Bilbao 3 Travieso Athletic Bilbao 3 6th Bolado Sporting Gijón 2 German Sporting Gijón 2 Ramón González Real Vigo Sporting 2 José Mari Athletic Bilbao 2 Montes Valencia CF 2 Morilla Sporting Gijón 2 Juan Pellicer CD Europe 2 13 Arbide Real Sociedad 1 Arcadio Sporting Gijón 1

Pl. Nat. player society Gates 13 Artola Real Sociedad 1 Santiago Bernabeu real Madrid 1 Carmelo Athletic Bilbao 1 Corsino Sporting Gijón 1 Gerardo Real Vigo Sporting 1 German Athletic Bilbao 1 Juantegui Real Sociedad 1 Kinké Sevilla FC 1 Jesús Larraza Athletic Bilbao 1 Olaizola Real Sociedad 1 Juan Olivella CD Europe 1 Esteban Pelaó CD Europe 1 Pinilla Real Vigo Sporting 1 Rosales Real Sociedad 1

The scorers from the 3-0 between Real Sociedad and Vigo Sporting are unknown.

Web links

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