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1902–03 Madrid FC season

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Madrid FC
1902–03 season
Madrid FC team in 1902.
PresidentJuan Padrós
ManagerNo manager
StadiumNo home stadium
Madrid ChampionshipRunners-up
Copa del ReyRunners-up
Copa de la CoronaciónThird place
Top goalscorerLeague: Adolfo Wandosell (~4)
All: Adolfo Wandosell (~4)
Biggest winMadrid FC 4–1 Club Español de Football
Biggest defeatMadrid FC 2–3 Athletic Bilbao

The 1902–03 season was Madrid Football Club's 1st season in existence. The club played some friendly matches against local clubs. Madrid FC also played their first match outside of the Community of Madrid against Club Español de Fútbol (now RCD Espanyol) in Barcelona. The club also participated in the inaugural editions of the Copa del Rey and the Campeonato de Madrid (Madrid Championship).

Summary

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  • 6 March: After a new Board presided by Juan Padrós had been elected, Madrid Football Club was officially founded.[1]
  • 9 March: Madrid FC played its first-ever match. The match was played between two teams of Madrid FC players between the streets of Alcalá and Goya, next to the old Plaza de Toros in Madrid. The two teams wore blue and red respectively. A. Meléndez, Juan Padrós, A. Spottorno, Gorostizaga, Mendía, Páramo, Neyra, A. Giralt, F. Palacios, Martens and Rodero played for the blue team. José Giralt, Meléndez, Molera, Salvador, Valcárcel, M. Spottorno, Stampher, Juan Palacios, Varela, Celada and Bueno played for the red team. The blue team won the match 1–0.[2]
  • 2 May: Madrid FC played its first match against another club in a friendly against New Foot-Ball Club that ended in a 1–1 draw.
  • 13 May: The first ever match between Madrid FC and FC Barcelona was held. This was also Madrid FC's first competitive match. Arthur Johnson scored the club's first competitive goal in a 1–3 loss to Barça.[3]
  • 16 May: Madrid FC secured its first competitive victory defeating Club Español de Football (now RCD Espanyol) 3–2.
  • 23 May: Alfonso Albéniz was the first player to leave Barcelona in order to join Madrid.[1]
  • 11 August: Madrid won two ceramic plates that represent the first trophy in its history. Part of the programme in the festivities at El Escorial featured a match between Madrid and Moncloa, the clash ended with a 6–5 score favourable to Madrid.[1]
  • 24 February 1903: Madrid FC played their first match outside of the Community of Madrid against Club Español de Fútbol in Barcelona.
  • 6 April: Madrid FC played its first official competitive match and first Copa del Rey match.
  • 8 April: The inaugural Copa del Rey final marked the first ever match between Madrid FC and Athletic Bilbao.

Players

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Madrid FC team in 1902.
Pos. Nat. Name Age Previous team Contract ends
GK Spain Adolfo Meléndez 19 Sky Football 1909
DF Spain Juan Spottorno [es] 16 First club 1904
DF Spain Mario Giralt 21 Sky Football 1907
DF Spain Eustaquio Celada 19 First club 1903
DF Spain Enrique Normand 16 New Foot-Ball Club 1915
DF Spain José Giralt (Captain) 20 Sky Football 1907
DF Spain Juan Padrós 33 Sky Football 1902
MF Spain Antonio Neyra 19 Sky Football 1909
MF Spain Leopoldo García 22 First club 1909
MF Spain Ramón de Cárdenas 19 First club 1903
MF Spain Adolfo Wandosell 19 New Foot-Ball Club 1907
MF Ireland Arthur Johnson 24 First club 1904
FW Spain Armando Giralt 18 Sky Football 1907
FW Guatemala Federico Revuelto 20 First club 1912
FW France Pedro Parages 20 Association Sportive Amicale 1909
FW Spain Álvaro Spottorno 23 First club 1903
FW Spain José de Gorostizaga 20 Sky Football 1903
FW England Stampher 20 Sky Football 1903
GK Spain Juan Sevilla First club 1903
GK Spain Darío de Arana First club 1903
MF Spain Arturo Meléndez Sky Football 1905
MF Spain Enrique Varela de Seijas Sky Football 1904
MF Spain Miguel de Valdeterrazo New Foot-Ball Club 1904
MF Spain Leopoldo García Durán First club
MF Spain Ángel Barquín Sky Football 1904
MF Spain José de Góngora First club 1903
MF Spain Rafael Molera First club 1903
MF Spain José Palacios Sky Football 1903
MF Spain Manolo Mendía Sky Football 1903
FW Spain Eugenio Bisbal New Foot-Ball Club 1906
FW Belgium Carlos Maertens First club 1904
FW Spain Enrique Rodero First club 1903
FW Spain Eduardo Bueno First club 1903
FW Spain Sáinz de los Terreros First club 1902

Source:[4][5]

Unofficial

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9 March 1902 Blue Team 1 – 0 Red Team Hipódromo, Madrid
A. Giralt
Report
J. Giralt
E. Meléndez, Molera
A. Salvador, L. Valcárcel, A. Spottorno
Stampher, Palacios, Varela, Celada, Bueno
Note: The referee decreed the end of the match due to a lack of light.
16 March 1902 Blue Team 2 – 3 Red Team Hipódromo, Madrid
Neyra 2T'
Bueno 2T'
Goyarrola
F. Palacios, Lorenzo
Pacheco, Gorostizaga, A. Giralt
A. Salvador, Mendía, Bueno, A. Spottorno, Neyra
Report J. Giralt 1T'
Cárdenas 1T'
Palacios 1T'
Juan Sevilla
Palacios, Rodeiro
J. Giralt, M. Giralt, T. Terreros
M. Terreros, Celada, Cárdenas, Núñez, Stampher
23 March 1902 Blue Team 2 – 1 Red Team Hipódromo, Madrid
J. Giralt 1–1'
A. Giralt 2–1'
Núñez
Lorenzo, Ristich
Rodeiro, A. Meléndez, J. Giralt
Revuelto, M. Giralt, A. Terreros, A. Giralt, Pacheco
Report Neyra 0–1'
Molera
Stampher, E. Meléndez
Apodaca, Varela, Gorostizaga
J. Padrós, Spottorno, Neyra, Palacios, Bueno
Referee: Luis de Páramo
23 March 1902 Blue Team 2 – 2 Red Team Hipódromo, Madrid
J. Giralt o.g.'
Stampher o.g.'
Juan Sevilla
Celada, Lorenzo
M. Terreros, A. Terreros, Spottorno
Molera, J. Padrós, Revuelto, Núñez, Mendía
Report Neyra
J. Giralt
M. Giralt, Páramo
Neyra, Palacios, Bueno
Cárdenas, L. Valcárcel, Ristich, A. Giralt, Stampher
25 March 1902 Blue Team 0 – 3 Red Team Hipódromo, Madrid

Palacios
E. Meléndez, A. Meléndez
A. Giralt, J. Padrós, Bueno
Varela, Bernouilli, Lorenzo, L. Valcárcel, Celada
Report Neyra
Juan Sevilla
Gorostizaga, Mertens
Neyra, M. Terreros, A. Terreros
Cárdenas, Núñez, Revuelto, J. Giralt, Stampher
Note: Antonio Neyra scored a hat-trick for the Reds, one of them with a header.

Friendlies

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1 August 1902 Friendly Madrid FC 3–1 Club Retiro Hipódromo, Madrid
Report
11 August 1902 Fiestas de San Lorenzo Madrid FC 6–5 Moncloa FC San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Neyra
?
?
?
?
Report L. Ramos
?
?
?
?
Referee: Eugenio Bisbal
2 November 1902 Friendly Moncloa FC 2–7 Madrid FC Hipódromo, Madrid
Report Referee: Irla
23 November 1902 Friendly New Foot-Ball Club 0–4 Madrid FC Retiro, Madrid
Report A. Giralt
?
?
?
Referee: Carlos Padrós
8 February 1903 Friendly Madrid FC 4–0 Internacional FC Av. Plaza de Toros, Madrid
Parages
?
?
?
Report Referee: Méndez
26 April 1903 Friendly Madrid FC 4–1 Moncloa FC Av. Plaza de Toros, Madrid
Report
3 May 1903 Friendly Madrid FC 6–0 Moncloa FC Av. Plaza de Toros, Madrid
Report
28 June 1903 Friendly Madrid FC 9–0 Moderno FC Hipódromo, Madrid
Report

Concurso de Bandas

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14 December 1902 Concurso de bandas Moncloa FC 0–8 Madrid FC Hipódromo, Madrid
Report Referee: Hummer
23 December 1902 Concurso de bandas Madrid FC 9–2 New Foot-Ball Club Hipódromo, Madrid
Neyra
A. Giralt 45'
Johnson
Parages
Neyra
J. Giralt
Report ? pen.'
Romero
Referee: García
25 December 1902 Concurso de bandas Madrid FC 16–0 Moderno FC Hipódromo, Madrid
Report Referee: Ursúa
28 December Concurso de bandas Madrid FC 19–1 Club Español de Madrid Hipódromo, Madrid
Report Referee: L. Ramos
23 January 1903 Concurso de bandas Madrid FC 12–0 Club Retiro Av. Plaza de Toros, Madrid
Report

Trofeo Codorniú

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14 June 1903 Codorníu Trophy Madrid FC 13–1 Coalición Matritense Hipódromo, Madrid
A. Giralt
Neyra
A. Giralt
Neyra
Lee
Revuelto
Parages
Neyra
Report Garrido Referee: J. Iturriaga
21 June 1903 Codorníu Trophy Madrid FC 7–0 Coalición Matritense Hipódromo, Madrid
A. Giralt
Lee
?
Neyra
A. Giralt
Neyra
Report Referee: Manuel Yarza

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Copa del Rey 6 April 1903 8 April 1903 Semi-finals Runners-up 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 050.00
Copa de la Coronación 13 May 1902 16 May 1902 Semi-finals Third place 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 050.00
Campeonato de Madrid 15 November 1903 20 December 1903 Matchday 1 Runners-up 2 1 0 1 22 4 +18 050.00
Total 6 3 0 3 32 13 +19 050.00

Copa de la Coronación

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The 1902 Copa de la Coronación, officially Concurso Madrid de Foot-ball Association (Madrid Contest of Association Football) was an unofficial football competition in honour of the coronation of Alfonso XIII of Spain. It is not recognized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation or the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP).[6]

Copa del Rey

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6 April 1903 Semifinals Madrid FC 4–1 Club Español de Football Hipódromo, Madrid
A. Giralt
Pache
Parages
Report Cenarro 40' Referee: Juan Astorquia
8 April 1903 Final Madrid FC 2–3 Athletic Bilbao Hipódromo, Madrid
Valdetarrazo 15'
Neyra 40'
Report Cazeaux 55'
Montejo 60'
Alejandro 80'
Referee: José María Soler

Campeonato de Madrid

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The 1902–03 Campeonato de Madrid was the inaugural edition of the Campeonato Regional Centro. Despite beginning in November 1903, it corresponds to the 1902–03 Spanish football season.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Moderno FC (C) 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 4
2 Madrid FC 2 1 0 1 9 3 +6 2
3 Moncloa FC 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 2
4 Iberia FC 2 0 0 2 0 14 −14 0
Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Insufficient data for several matches

Matches

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15 November 1903 1903 Campeonato de Madrid Madrid FC 8–0 Iberia FC Hipódromo, Madrid
Report
29 November 1903 1903 Campeonato de Madrid Moderno FC 1–4 Madrid FC Hipódromo, Madrid
Report
Note: Madrid FC started the match with 10 players.
8 December 1903 1903 Campeonato de Madrid Madrid FC ?–? Moncloa FC Hipódromo, Madrid
Report
Note: The match was postponed on 22 November 1902 because of Moncloa FC's improper line-up.[7]
20 December 1903 1903 Campeonato de Madrid Moncloa FC 3–1 Madrid FC Hipódromo, Madrid
Merino
García
Report Valdeterrazo Referee: Álvarez
23 December 1903 1903 Campeonato de Madrid Iberia FC 0–9 Madrid FC Hipódromo, Madrid
Report Parages
Revuelto
Wandosell
Mendía
Referee: Garrido
3 January 1904 1903 Campeonato de Madrid Madrid FC ?–? Moderno FC Hipódromo, Madrid
Report

References

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  1. ^ a b c Real Madrid turns 106 (I) Archived 29 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "110 años del primer partido del Real Madrid". abc (in Spanish). 9 March 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  3. ^ "The first-ever meeting between Madrid and FC Barcelona in 1902". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Resumen 1901-02". www.leyendablanca.galeon.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Real Madrid 1902-03". www.leyendablanca.galeon.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ "La FEF no reconocerá al Barça la Liga del año 37" [The FEF will not recognize Barça's League in 1937]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 April 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  7. ^ "Temporada 1903-04". www.leyendablanca.galeon.com. 19 August 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019.
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