Copa del Rey 1926

Copa del Rey 1926
Cup winners	FC Barcelona (7th title)
Beginning	February 28, 1926
final	May 16, 1926
Final stadium	Estadio Mestalla , Valencia
Teams	24
Games	62
Gates	300  (ø 4.84 per game)
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The 1926 Copa del Rey was the 24th edition of the Spanish Football Cup.

The competition started on February 28th and ended with the final on May 16, 1926 at the Estadio Mestalla in Valencia . The defending champion of the cup competition was FC Barcelona . FC Barcelona won the title again with a 3-2 win after extra time in the final against Athletic Madrid .

Attendees

Regional competition	society
Aragon	Iberia SD , Saragossa CD
Asturias	Sporting Gijón , Club Fortuna
Bizkaia	Athletic Bilbao , Arenas Club
Galicia	Celta Vigo , Deportivo La Coruña
Gipuzkoa	Real Unión , Real Sociedad
Cantabria	Racing Santander , Gimnástica de Torrelavega
Castile and León	Cultural Leonesa , Unión Deportiva
Campionat de Catalunya	FC Barcelona , RCD Español
Murcia	Real Murcia , Cartagena FC
Campeonato Centro	Real Madrid , Athletic Madrid
South region	Sevilla FC , Betis Sevilla
Valencia	Valencia CF , Levante FC

Round of 16

The round of 16 took place in eight groups with home and away legs. The respective group winners qualified for the quarter-finals. The group matches were played between February 28th and April 4th. With the same number of points, it was not the goal difference that decided, but a play-off about the quarter-finals.

Group 1

Result Valencia CF 1: 4 RCD Español Iberia SD 3: 1 Valencia CF RCD Español 6: 1 Iberia SD RCD Español 2-0 Valencia CF Valencia CF 10-00 Iberia SC Iberia SC 1: 3 RCD Español

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points  1. RCD Español  4th  4th  0  0 015: 300 5.00 08-00  2. Valencia CF  4th  1  0  3 012: 900 1.33 02: 60  3. Iberia SC  4th  1  0  3 005:200 0.25 02: 60

Group 2

Result FC Barcelona 5-0 FC Levante FC Levante 2: 2 Saragossa CD Saragossa CD 0: 7 FC Barcelona FC Levante 1: 4 FC Barcelona Saragossa CD 5: 1 FC Levante FC Barcelona 3-0 Saragossa CD

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points  1. FC Barcelona  4th  4th  0  0 019: 100 19.00 08-00  2. Saragossa CD  4th  1  1  2 007:130 0.54 03: 50  2. FC Levante  4th  0  1  3 004:160 0.25 01: 70

Group 3

Result Real Murcia 2: 2 Sevilla FC real Madrid 6: 2 Real Murcia Sevilla FC 0: 1 real Madrid Sevilla FC 3-0 Real Murcia Real Murcia 1: 2 real Madrid real Madrid 2: 3 Sevilla FC

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points  1. real Madrid  4th  3  0  1 011: 600 1.83 06: 20  2. Sevilla FC  4th  2  1  1 008: 500 1.60 05: 30  3. Real Murcia  4th  0  1  3 005:130 0.38 01: 70

Group 4

Result Betis Seville 3-0 Cartagena FC Cartagena FC 1: 2 Athletic Madrid Athletic Madrid 3: 1 Betis Seville Cartagena FC 0: 3 Betis Seville Athletic Madrid 4: 1 Cartagena FC Betis Seville 3: 2 Athletic Madrid

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points  1. Athletic Madrid  4th  3  0  1 011: 600 1.83 06: 20  2. Betis Seville  4th  3  0  1 010: 500 2.00 06: 20  3. Cartagena FC  4th  0  0  4th 002:120 0.17 00: 80

Playoffs

The game was played in Madrid on April 15th .

	Result
Athletic Madrid	4: 2	Betis Seville

Group 5

Result Celta Vigo 9-0 Cultural Leonesa Sporting Gijón 3: 1 Celta Vigo Cultural Leonesa 2: 6 Sporting Gijón Cultural Leonesa 1: 5 Celta Vigo Celta Vigo 4: 3 Sporting Gijón Sporting Gijón 4-0 Cultural Leonesa

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points  1. Celta Vigo  4th  3  0  1 019: 700 2.71 06: 20  2. Sporting Gijón  4th  3  0  1 016: 700 2.29 06: 20  3. Cultural Leonesa  4th  0  0  4th 003:240 0.13 00: 80

Playoffs

The game was played in Madrid on April 10th .

	Result
Celta Vigo	5-0	Sporting Gijón

Group 6

Result Unión Deportiva 4: 2 Deportivo La Coruña Deportivo La Coruña 9-0 Club Fortuna Club Fortuna 2-0 Unión Deportiva Deportivo La Coruña 6: 2 Unión Deportiva Club Fortuna 1: 2 Deportivo La Coruña Unión Deportiva 1: 1 Club Fortuna

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points  1. Deportivo La Coruña  4th  3  0  1 019: 700 2.71 06: 20  2. Unión Deportiva  4th  1  1  2 007:110 0.64 03: 50  3. Club Fortuna  4th  1  1  2 004:120 0.33 03: 50

Group 7

Result Real Unión 2: 1 Racing Santander Athletic Bilbao 1: 3 Real Unión Racing Santander 1: 1 Athletic Bilbao Racing Santander 4: 3 Real Unión Real Unión 4: 2 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao 4: 1 Racing Santander

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points  1. Real Unión  4th  3  0  1 012: 800 1.50 06: 20  2. Athletic Bilbao  4th  1  1  2 008: 900 0.89 03: 50  3. Racing Santander  5  1  1  3 007:100 0.70 03: 70

Group 8

Result Gimnástica de Torrelavega 0: 5 Real Sociedad Real Sociedad 5: 3 Arenas Club Arenas Club 4: 1 Gimnástica de Torrelavega Real Sociedad 4: 1 Gimnástica de Torrelavega Arenas Club 1: 4 Real Sociedad Gimnástica de Torrelavega 1: 3 Arenas Club

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points  1. Real Sociedad  4th  4th  0  0 018: 500 3.60 08-00  2. Arenas Club  4th  2  0  2 011:110 1.00 04: 40  3. Gimnástica de Torrelavega  4th  0  0  4th 003:160 0.19 00: 80

Quarter finals

The first leg was played on April 18, the second leg on April 25, 1926.

			First leg	Return leg
RCD Español		Athletic Madrid	6: 1	0: 2
Celta Vigo		Real Sociedad	2: 1	2: 2
real Madrid		FC Barcelona	1: 5	0: 3
Real Unión		Deportivo La Coruña	3-0	4: 3

Playoffs

The game was played in Zaragoza on May 2nd .

	Result
RCD Español	2: 3	Athletic Madrid

Semifinals

In the semifinals, only one match was played on neutral ground. The games took place on May 9, 1926 in Bilbao and Saragossa .

	Result
Athletic Madrid	3: 2	Celta Vigo
FC Barcelona	2: 1	Real Unión

final

FC Barcelona		Athletic Madrid
	May 16, 1926 in Valencia ( Estadio Mestalla ) Result: 3: 2 n.v. (2: 2, 0: 1) Spectators: 17,000 Referee: Pablo Saracho
	Ferenc Plattkó - Josep Planas , Emil Walter - Ramón Torralba , Agustín Sancho , Domingo Carulla - A. Just, Vicenç Piera , Josep Samitier , Paulino Alcántara , Sagi-Barba Trainer: Ralph Kirby ( England )	Javier Barroso - Miguel Durán , Alfonso Olaso - Francisco Marín , Andrés Tuduri , Domingo Burdiel - Antonio de Miguel , Ramón Triana , Vicente Palacios , Cosme Vázquez , Luis Olaso Trainer: Fred Pentland ( England )
	1: 2 Josep Samitier (62.) 2: 2 A. Just (63.) 3: 2 Paulino Alcántara (112.)	0: 1 Vicente Palacios (16.) 0: 2 Cosme Vázquez (58., Penalty )

Web links

• Schedule and results (linguasport.com)