1911 Copa del Rey

Copa del Rey 1911 10th Copa del Rey Spain 10 Athletic Bilbao (4th title) CD Español 8 27 Antonio NeyraAndrew Veitch(3 goals) 1910 1912 The Copa del Rey 1911 was the 10th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition. It started on 9 April 1911, and concluded on 15 April 1911, with the final, held at the Josaleta Stadium in Getxo, in which Athletic Bilbao lifted the trophy for the 5th time ever with a 3–1 victory over CD Español.https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1911.html Spain - Cup 1911 RSSSF 13 January 2000 30 August 2022 http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/copa11.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20030910160323/http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/Copa11.htm usurped September 10, 2003 Copa del Rey Alfonso 1911 www.linguasport.com 30 August 2022 The 1911 edition was characterized as being one of the most turbulent in the history of the tournament following a complaint for improper alignment against the host team of the tournament, Athletic Club. This complaint was unsuccessful, but ended up causing incidents, angry protests from other teams and the withdrawal of several of them; which prevented a normal development of the tournament. Athletic Club played the tournament with up to five players from Club Atlético de Madrid, which at that time was a branch of the Bilbao team. Controversies To put an end to the schism of the previous edition (which led to the celebration of two championships), the Spanish Federation accepted to hold the tournament in Vizcaya for the first time. This tournament had 13 teams enter, but three teams withdrew before it started, and another three teams withdrew during the competition, probably a world record in a European national championship. RC Deportivo de la Coruña and Academia de Ingenieros withdrew before the draw to protest fielding foreign players in the tournament. During the tournament, there were more protests and threats of withdrawal from some teams for this very fact. For instance, after the first round match between Athletic Bilbao and Fortuna Vigo, Real Sociedad protested the match, claiming the illegal selection of two English players in Athletic's side (Sloop and Martin), who had not been residing in Spain for the necessary time (six months) and barely spoke Spanish, and who were even suspected of being hired professionals. The Spanish FA rejected the protest and Real Sociedad immediately withdrew in protest. After the remaining teams, except the military academies, supported Real Sociedad and most of them threatened to also withdraw, Athletic decided not to use these players in their matches, but declined Fortuna Vigo's request to replay their match, which caused a general discomfort in the rest of the contenders and a feeling of comparative grievance that degenerated into more incidents and withdrawals. In the quarter-finals, Barcelona defeated Sociedad Gimnástica 4–0, but Gimnástica challenged the match due to improper alignment of goalkeeper Luis Reñé, who had played with FC Espanya less than a month ago (thus failing to fulfill the six-month regulation). Faced with this complaint, the Spanish FA ordered a replay of the match, but Barcelona refused to do so citing the case of English players at Athletic Bilbao, so Barcelona was disqualified and Gimnástica qualified for the next round.https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=519263 Barcelona - Gimnástica Española (4 - 0) 12/04/1911 www.bdfutbol.com 10 January 2024 Both semi-final matches ended in withdrawals, with Sociedad Gimnástica retiring in the second half (with Athletic Bilbao leading 2–0) in protest at the referee's permissiveness of rough conduct of their opponents (although another version states that they only decided to end the game early to not miss the train they had to take that same day to Madrid). In the second semi-final, both teams withdrew before the game, Academia de Caballería because its players were urgently needed in their regiment while CD Español did so in solidarity with Fortuna de Vigo. The tournament was going to end in a regrettable and chaotic manner, without a final being played, but finally CD Español reconsidered their boycott stance and decided to stay in Getxo and challenge Athletic for the title in the final, losing 3–1. This dispute was a major factor in Athletic Bilbao's decision to select only local Basque players from then on, a club policy which survived into the 21st century.http://www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/futbol/20111218/54241232095/athletic-bilbao-cien-anos-sin-extranjeros.html Athletic de Bilbao, cien años sin extranjeros Athletic Bilbao, a hundred years without foreigners es La Vanguardia 18 November 2011 12 February 2018 English forward Andrew Veitch (who was not part of the protest as he had already played for the club in the previous year's competition) was the last foreigner to make a competitive appearance for Athletic outside the boundaries of their self-imposed criteria.The true identity of Athletic Bilbao’s last Englishman is finally unearthed, Lartaun de Azumendi on Twitter via Jonathan Carr, Anglo Premier Translations. 27 May 2020 Preliminary round 9 April 1911 Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Fortuna Vigo Report Andrew Veitch 8Alejandro Smith Ybarra 60 Josaleta Stadium, Getxo ESP 1785 Tojo http://www.athletic-club.eus/en/match-statistics/1_2369/1910-11_athletic-club_fortuna-vigo.html Official Athletic Club Website 9 April 1911 Bilbao FC 2–1 Academia de Artillería Report Adrián Ochandiano 5 45 Luis Marañón 40 Josaleta Stadium, Getxo ESP 1785 José Berraondo (CD Español) Quarterfinals 10 April 1911 CD Español 6–0 Academia de Infantería Report Antonio Neyra 10 20Alfredo Massana 15 30Armando Giralt 35 40 Josaleta Stadium, Getxo ESP 1785 Juan Arzuaga (Athletic Bilbao) 10 April 1911 Academia de Caballería 1–0 Santander FC Report Pereda 1T o.g. Josaleta Stadium, Getxo ESP 1785 Eduardo Moronati 12 April 1911 FC Barcelona 4–0 After the match, Gimnástica lodged a protest about FC Barcelona's improper alignment of goalkeeper Luis Reñé, who had played with FC Espanya less than a month ago. The Football Federation declared the match null and void and ordered a replay, but FC Barcelona refused to participate, noting that Athletic Bilbao had fielded English players; FC Barcelona was disqualified. Sociedad Gimnástica Reporthttp://www.webdelcule.com/partidos/pa1910-11.html Barça partidos 1910-11 www.webdelcule.com 2023-06-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20230616102053/http://www.webdelcule.com/partidos/pa1910-11.html dead Percy Wallace 30 70George Patullo 60Francisco Baonza 80 Josaleta Stadium, Getxo ESP 1785 Ramón Rodríguez 12 April 1911 Athletic Bilbao 4–1 Bilbao FC Report Severino Zuazo 20José María Belauste 40Remigio Iza 50Evaristo Arbaiza 60 Pichichi 70 Josaleta Stadium, Getxo ENG Andrew Veitch http://www.athletic-club.eus/en/match-statistics/1_2370/1910-11_athletic-club_bilbao.html Official Athletic Club Website Semifinals 14 April 1911 Athletic Bilbao 2–0 The match was abandoned at half-time with Athletic leading 2–0 after Sociedad Gimnástica refused to continue to protest the referee's alleged failure to penalise Athletic's foul play. Sociedad Gimnástica Reporthttp://www.athletic-club.eus/en/match-statistics/1_2371/1910-11_athletic-club_gimnastica-espanola.html Official Athletic Club Website Andrew Veitch Severino Zuazo Josaleta Stadium, Getxo ENG Heslop 14 April 1911 CD Español Not played Academia de Caballería, a military team, were recalled to their regiment; therefore, the match was scratched and CD Español advanced to the final. Academia de Caballería Josaleta Stadium, Getxo Final 1911 Copa del Rey Final 15 April 1911 Athletic Bilbao 3–1 Report CD Español Andrew Veitch 10Luis Belaunde 20Manuel Guernica 50 Antonio Neyra 70 Josaleta Stadium, Getxo ENG Scott Martyr http://www.athletic-club.eus/en/match-statistics/1_2372/1910-11_athletic-club_rcd-espanyol.html Official Athletic Club Website Copa del Rey 1911 Winners Athletic Bilbao4th Title Notes References 30em External links LinguaSport.com RSSSF.com Association football Spain 1911 Category:1911 in domestic association football cups Category:1910–11 in Spanish football