1902 Copa de la Coronación
 The trophy on display in the Athletic Bilbao museum | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Teams | 5 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Bizcaya |
| Runner-up | Madrid FC |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 5 |
| Goals scored | 27 (5.4 per match) |
The 1902 Copa de la Coronación, officially Concurso Madrid de Foot-ball Association (Madrid Contest of Association Foot-ball) was a football competition in honour of the coronation of Alfonso XIII of Spain. It was an unofficial competition: the Royal Spanish Football Federation do not recognize it as the first season of the Copa del Rey, which began the following year.[1]
The competition started on 13 May 1902, and concluded on 16 May 1902, with the Final, held at the Hipódromo in Madrid, in which Bizcaya lifted the trophy. Madrid FC lifted the runner-up trophy after beating Club Español de Foot-Ball by 3-2.
The competition was thought up after Juan de Astorquia (captain of Bilbao Football Club and later president of Athletic Bilbao) and Carlos Padrós, later president of Madrid FC, suggested a football competition to celebrate the coronation of Alfonso XIII. Four other teams joined Madrid for the first competition: FC Barcelona, Club Español de Foot-Ball, Bizcaya (a combination of Athletic Club and Bilbao FC) and New Foot-Ball Club. The competition featured the first recorded and unofficial game between Barcelona and (Real) Madrid, with the former emerging 3–1 winners. Bizcaya eventually beat Barcelona in the final, with captain Juan de Astorquia, who had scored in every round, collecting the trophy.
Quarterfinals
| Bizcaya | 5–1 | Club Español |
|---|---|---|
Juan Astorquia  Walter Evans William Dyer -' (pen.)Walter Evans Walter Evans |
Ponz |
Semifinals
| FC Barcelona | 3–1 | Madrid FC |
|---|---|---|
| Udo Steinberg Udo Steinberg Joan Gamper -' (pen.) |
Arthur Johnson |
| Bizcaya | 8–1 | New Foot-Ball Club |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Evans Walter Evans Armand Cazeaux William Dyer William Dyer William Dyer William Dyer Juan Astorquia |
Montojo |
Final
| Bizcaya | 2–1 | FC Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Astorquia 10' Armand Cazeaux 20' |
Udo Steinberg 75' |
Carlos Padrós| Copa de la Coronación 1902 Winners |
|---|
| Bizcaya 1st Title |
Runner-up Trophy / Copa de la Gran Peña
- Bizcaya did not participate because they had nothing to console, being winners of the Copa de la Coronación.
- FC Barcelona declined to participate because their players had to return to their occupations.
- New Foot-Ball Club declined to participate due to the very poor level shown in the Copa de la Coronación.
Thus, the Gran Peña Cup was played as a single match between Madrid FC and Club Español. [6]
| Madrid FC | 3–2 | Club Español |
|---|---|---|
| ? ? ? |
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References
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.athletic-club.eus/en/match-statistics/1_2352/1901-02_bizcaya_rcd-espanyol.html
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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- ^ http://www.linguasport.com/FUTBOL/nacional/copa/cup.htm
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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