1927–28 Spanish Football League

Spanish football league season The 1927–28 Spanish Football League was the first attempt to organize a league championship in Spain in the 1927–28 Spanish season. However, numerous discrepancies arose in its organization and within the teams that participated, which is why it was divided into two competitions, with neither of which being concluded,https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0026242952&page=5 Liga 2 de 1927-28 y sus discrepancias League 2 of 1927-28 and its discrepancies es La Nación hemerotecadigital.bne.es 5 18 August 1927 21 March 2024 called Torneo de Campeones and Liga Profesional de Clubs de Football or Liga Máxima.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1927/09/19/pagina-4/1349655/pdf.html Liga Máxima y Torneo de Campeones Maximum League and Champions Tournament es Mundo Deportivo hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com 4 19 September 1927 21 March 2024 At the time the competition stopped, its first classified teams were FC Barcelona and Racing de Santander, respectively. The Torneo de Campeones was made up of the so-called "maximalist", the most influential clubs that had been winners of the Spanish Regional Championships and the Copa del Rey; while the Liga Máxima, the "minimalist", made up of the rest of the clubs that advocated free competition at the professionalized national level.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1928/01/01/pagina-3/615004/pdf.html Torneo de Campeones y torneo nacionalista Tournament of Champions and nationalist tournament es Mundo Deportivo hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com 3 1 January 1928 21 March 2024 However, as they evolved, these meanings reversed among themselves, with the reports and chronicles referring to the "maximalists" as those who made up the Liga Máxima, with the largest number of participants, and the "minimalists" as those of the Torneo de Campeones. It was designed to be played as a league tournament contested by 16 clubs between September 1927 and July 1928. Initially, equality was advocated for all the clubs, but the Copa del Rey champions did not agree to it, so the clubs were divided into two competitions, eight in the Liga Profesional and the six champions of the Copa del Rey, who established the Union of Football Clubs, decided not to participate and formed the Torneo de Campeones, in addition to two included at the last minute, RCD Espanyol by invitation and CA Osasuna that entered after the creation of the Navarra Football Federation. This division thus postponed the common and consensual birth of a national championship. Although neither of those two competitions was concluded, they were the precursor and the forerunner to La Liga, which began the following season. Origins Division into two championships Until 1927, the only official competitions that the Spanish football clubs played were their corresponding regional championships and the Copa del Rey, in addition to other local tournaments or friendly matches. With professionalization of football in Spain already regulated since 1926, the clubs had found themselves in the need to obtain greater box office income to meet the increasingly high demands of their main figures and survive financially.https://www.cuadernosdefutbol.com/2011/11/apogeo-y-caida-de-una-tribuna-i/ Apogeo y caída de una tribuna Apogee and fall of a stand es CIHEFE 17 October 2011 21 March 2024 The regional championships were hardly profitable for the leading teams, since their stadiums were only filled in the matches of maximum rivalry, so in order to be able to cover the increasingly expensive signings and expenses of each society, the clubs began to discuss the possibility of creating a national professional league that would be more competitive and profitable than the existing championships. In short, the aim was to attract a greater audience and therefore leave greater benefits for the clubs. The first major change in this regard began to take shape in 1926 when, after a long process of debate, the clubs approved the Regulations of Spanish Professional Football. Following the British model, the first step towards professionalism was taken, laying the foundations for the birth of a championship that would attest to this. When the creation of this league tournament was finally decided, the discussion focused on the number of participants, which caused a division in two: that of the clubs that wanted a league formed exclusively by the teams that had once won the Copa del Rey, and that of those that wanted the league to be opened to more teams. In the end, after many discussions, and in the absence of agreement, two parallel tournaments were held, that of the "maximalists", with the distinguished teams who had won the Copa del Rey (Athletic Bilbao, Madrid FC, FC Barcelona, Real Unión, and Arenas Club), or their heirs, since the five champions included Real Sociedad thanks to the title of the Club Ciclista, and that of the "minimalists", with the teams that had not achieved any cup feat, which was initially formed by five teams (Racing de Santander, Celta de Vigo, Sporting de Gijón, Valencia FC, and Sevilla FC), plus those excluded by the champions, RCD Español and Atlético Madrid. The six Copa del Rey winners then formed the Champions Union and began advocating the celebration of a League among its members, closed off to the rest. In response, the Professional Football Club League was created to form a larger league tournament, hosting a greater number of participants. Both groups became known as "Minimalists" and "Maximalists" respectively, according to the type of competition they defended. These discrepancies to integrate what was already called the "tournament of the six", or Torneo de Campeones, caused them to be branded as "anti-ligists" even though they had wanted a tournament with a common league format. The remaining seven clubs began the negotiations for what they called the Liga Profesional or Liga Máxima, allowing the inclusion of each regional champion, and ultimately, the CA Osasuna, the sole representative of the Navarrese federation. Thus, they promoted a meeting at the federative level held on 20 September 1927 with the following representatives:https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000856494&page=10 Los Deportes The Sports es El Heraldo de Madrid hemerotecadigital.bne.es 10 3 September 1927 21 March 2024 the Federation of Galicia representing the Celta de Vigo and Deportivo de La Coruña; the Federation of Asturias for Sporting de Gijón and Unión Deportivo Racing, both from Gijón; the Cantabria Federation for Racing de Santander and Montaña Sport; the Valencia Federation for the Valencia FC, Atlético Saguntino, and CD Castellón; the Murcia Federation for the Real Murcia, the Cartagena FC, and the River Thader of Murcia; the Centro Federation for Atlético Madrid and the Unión Sporting Club of Madrid; the Federation of Castile and León for the Club Deportivo Español of Valladolid; the Aragon Federation for the Iberia SC of Zaragoza; and the Federation of Andalusia for the Sevilla FC, the Real Betis, the Málaga FC, and the FC Malagueño. The members of the Liga Máxima began to be called "maximalists", due to their greater number of teams, unlike until then, thus reversing the original meanings of those terms. The formation of the first group of the "maximalist" was quickly followed by the group of the Liga Profesional, but not without attempting the final union of the maximum number of clubs, when the ten clubs that would form a common professional league invited the six champion clubs of Spain to join,https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000433796&page=3 Una nota de los clubes de la Liga Profesional A note from the Professional League clubs es El Siglo Futuro hemerotecadigital.bne.es 3 21 July 1927 21 March 2024 but they failed to reach a successful outcome since their tournament had already begun, so the Liga Profesional was also definitively formed.https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0002887851&page=6 Se constituye oficialmente la Liga Profesional Futbolística The Professional Football League is officially established es La Libertad hemerotecadigital.bne.es 6 27 September 1927 21 March 2024 With both championships in progress, the "maximalists" agreed on 11 April 1928 to enter CA Osasuna into the league, thus modifying the calendar,https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000866380&page=10 Anoche se reunieron los representantes de la Liga Máxima Last night the representatives of the Liga Máxima met es Heraldo de Madrid hemerotecadigital.bne.es 10 11 April 1928 21 March 2024 in addition to re-recruiting RCD Español, which did not compete at the beginning, in addition to accepting other clubs also after the fact that finally did not play, possibly because the Torneo de Campeones was flowing better and it was already planning the inclusion of all those remaining clubs in a new edition, dividing them by divisions. In view of the better development of the Torneo de Campeones, their "rivals" planned a next cup tournament among all the professional clubs, and up to a total of sixteen, which would be added to those that already made up the Liga Máxima,https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000866476&page=10 La Copa Maximalista es Heraldo de Madrid hemerotecadigital.bne.es 10 13 April 1928 21 March 2024 and even offered the same possibility of making a partition into two divisions, even seeking protection from the Royal Spanish Football Federation, without seeming to come to fruition due to the instability it suffered and which only predicted the breakup of Spanish football.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1927/09/28/pagina-1/1349660/pdf.html Unión de Campeones / Liga Profesional Union of Champions / Professional League es Mundo Deportivo hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com 1 28 September 1927 21 March 2024 Subsequently, these divisions continued to be talked about by forming the two divisions of the already established 1928-29 championship, under the name of First and Second Division. Professional League Planning A League is a sports competition in which all the teams or participants of the same category compete against each other, with the winner being the one with the greatest number of points. We must change the perspective of the current league concept, since in this case, the first time in Spain, confrontations between equals were taken into account, without a global sense of completing all the games. The minimalist league tournament was a closed league without relegation. Initially, 3 points were awarded to the winner and one to the loser. Subsequently, a more usual score is collected, granting two points for a victory, one for a draw, and none for a defeat. The champion team would be the one that at the end of the season had obtained the most points. Some games were played in locations that were neither the "home" team nor the "visitor" team. For the Spanish Federation, the league was official since its constitution was provided for in its statutes, although this was not the case for its matches. We are facing a professional competition, at the state level and with tacit recognition by the federation. The teams that had been champions of Spain were invited, but freely decided not to participate in Spain's first professional league. The matches that were planned were:https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000866476&page=10 El calendario de los partidos correspondientes a la liga "maximalista" The calendar of the matches corresponding to the "maximalist" league es Heraldo de Madrid hemerotecadigital.bne.es 10 28 September 1927 21 March 2024 thumb|250px|right|Valencia FC in 1927, one of the clubs of the so-called Maximum Professional League. thumb|250px|right|Atlético Madrid in 1927, another of the contenders in the Maximum Professional League. ALA ATH CEL ESP GIJ IBE MUR OSA RAC SEV VAL Deportivo Alavés3–32–11–32–02–35–15–13–17–2 Atlético Madrid5–215/01, 17/062–617/05, 07/063–33–04–02–12–24–0, 29/015–2, 03/06 Celta de Vigo1–33–43–222/01, 5–527/11, 03/0601/072–13–01–01–1 RCD Espanyol3–14–210/065–44–25–06–03–00–0 Sporting de Gijón1–02–30–33–5, 29/015–0, 20/1130/10, 29/068–17–24–2, 24/065–1 Iberia SC1–24–024/063–208/07, 20/053–11–22–14–217/06 Real Murcia2–54–22–32–12–00–12–03–303/063–1, 25/12, 27/05 CA Osasuna5–22–34–15–12–46–16–01–12–2 Racing de Santander4–44–17–42–0, 22/013–1, 18/096–201/11, 24/06, 01/074–09–0, 25/09, 29/06 Sevilla FC3–25–12–24–2, 15/054–03–422/012–20–32–2 Valencia FC3–21–12–20–7, 7-13/053–32–12–32–21–22–0Verified results One of the several trophies arranged in contention, presumably to favor the contests, was the one that was announced in the match to be played on 18 September 1927 between Racing and Sporting as a Queen's Cup, which was postponed due to time.https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1927/09/15/pagina-19/33240382/pdf.html?search=racing Noticias de provincias-Santander News from provinces-Santander es La Vanguardia hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com 15 September 1927 21 March 2024 There are two Racing-Sporting matches that are awarded to the maximalist league, one in November and the other in June. Racing won both, so we assume they would win the Queen's Cup. A triangular Spring Cup was also played between Español, Athletic de Madrid, and Osasuna, after the latter's admission to the League, and which the Catalans won. Development The Liga Máxima, officially the Professional League of Foot-ball Clubs, began its journey in September 1927. The development of the season was irregular, with some games being played at the beginning of the season, alternating with the regional championships, with the league being interrupted by the development of the Spanish Championship, which had even more "pull" for the fans, and more matches being played at the end of the season, until July 1928. By then negotiations had already been resumed between minimalists and maximalists for the establishment of a championship of the league in the 1928–29 season, reaching an agreement. Finally, the Maximum League was left without completing all its matches. In addition, a tournament was held between the clubs eliminated from the Spanish championship, which competed for a very valuable cup (possibly this Sporting 1-2 Osasuna is from this tournament).https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000863871&page=10 Los Deportes The Sports es Heraldo de Madrid hemerotecadigital.bne.es 10 11 February 1928 21 March 2024 Óscar, international forward for Racing de Santander, scored 4 goals in the match against Celta played in Santander, with a record of goals for the season (Racing 7-4 Celta) and also scored 4 goals against Iberia.https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000358701&page=6 Los Deportes The Sports es Heraldo de Madrid hemerotecadigital.bne.es 6 11 October 1927 21 March 2024 The greatest goal difference was Racing 9-0 Sevilla played in September in Santander (5–0 at half-time and Oscar scored the sixth goal)https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/viewer?oid=0000842645&page=11 Los Deportes The Sports es Heraldo de Madrid hemerotecadigital.bne.es 11 26 September 1927 21 March 2024 being the goal record of the Racing in an official league match with Racing 9-0 Alavés from the 1932–33 season. 48 matches were played, some of the 65 planned and others attributed to the League. At the end of 1927, the classification was led by Celta. 40 At the final moment (considering the Spring Cup and the matches that the press indicated in the League), the qualifying table was as follows, according to the usual score: EquipoPtsPJGEPGFGCDif.Notas1.R. Santander Racing Club20159244031+92.R. C. D. Español17128134420+243.Real Club Celta14105412920+94.Iberia Sport Club13106142324-15.Real Sporting de Gijón12155284445-16.Real Murcia F. C.1084231916+37.Valencia F. C.9123361933-148.Sevilla F. C.9153392744-179.Athletic de Madrid8123272639-1310.C. A. Osasuna2210148-4Only the Copa Primavera was contested Pts = Puntos; PJ = Partidos Jugados; G = Partidos Ganados; E = Partidos Empatados; P = Partidos Perdidos; GF = Goles Favor; GC = Goles Contra; Dif. = Diferencia Goles. borde|50px   50px 60pxVirtual championRacing de SantanderUnfinished League According to the initial score of the League (10/7/1927) (which awarded 3, 2, and 1 point), surely intended to encourage the participation of the teams and taking into account the scheduled matches played without Osasuna's matches in the Spring Cup, the classification was: PosEquipoPtsJGEPGFGC1Racing de Santander3716102453322Sporting de Gijón251452740423Sevilla FC241533922434Iberia SC221060423235RC Celta de Vigo21944124196Valencia CF181123616317RCD Español17841323148Real Murcia17941318159Atlético Madrid1793242026 Pts = Points; PJ = Matches played; G = Matches won; E = Match drawn; P = Matches lost According to the initial La Liga scoring system, most commonly reported in the press, taking into account scheduled matches played without Osasuna's Spring Cup matches, the standings were: PosEquipoPtsJGEPGFGC1Racing de Santander2216102453322Celta de Vigo12944124193Iberia SC121060423234Sporting de Gijón121352740425RCD Español9841323146Real Murcia9841318157Sevilla FC91533922438Atlético Madrid8923421269Valencia CF7112361631 Pts = Points; PJ = Matches played; G = Matches won; E = Match drawn; P = Matches lost Matches The matches played to date have been the following: 1927 11 September: Sporting 4–2 Sevillahttp://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000856933&page=10&search=sevilla+sporting&lang=es Futebol Football es hemerotecadigital.bne.es 20 April 2025 (scheduled) in classification Celta 5–1 Ath. Madrid (Friendly)20 April 2025 Diario La Nación Inauguración temporada del Celta el 11 September contra el Athletic Madrid Celta's season opener on September 11 against Athletic Madrid http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0026243874&page=7 18 September: Iberia 3–1 MurciaEl Mundo Deportivo, 19 September 1927, p.5 (scheduled) in classification Celta 1–0 SevillaEl Mundo Deportivo, 19 September 1927, p.1 (scheduled) in classification Athletic Madrid 2–6 Espanyol (Friendly)20 April 2025 Heraldo de Madrid Inauguración temporada del Athletic Madrid el 18 September contra el Espanyol Athletic Madrid season opener on September 18 against Espanyol http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000857126&page=10 25 September: Sporting 0–3 CeltaFútebol Football http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1927/09/26/pagina-4/619269/pdf.html (scheduled) in classification Racing 9–0 SevillaSigue el Torneo Maximalista, en El Mundo Deportivo, 26 September 1927, p.4 (scheduled) in classification 2 October Celta 3–0 Racinghttp://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1927/10/03/pagina-4/619283/pdf.html El Mundo Deportivo 3 October 1927 in classification Classification on 4 October 9 October Racing 6–2 Iberia20 April 2025 Diario La Vanguardia Del torneo de Maximalistas From the Maximalists tournament http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1927/10/11/pagina-18/33243429/pdf.html20 April 2025 Diario La Nación El torneo de la liga The league tournament http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0026244714&page=7 (scheduled) in classification Sevilla 2–2 Valencia (scheduled) in classification Ath. Madrid 3–3 SportingDiario El Mundo Deportivo, 10 October 1927, p.5 (scheduled) in classification 16 October Murcia 2–0 Sportinghttp://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000433813 Diario Levante Agrario, 18 October 1927, p.1 (scheduled) in classification 23 October Sevilla 5–1 Ath. Madrid|title=Revista Murcia Deportiva, 24 October 1927, p.5 (scheduled) in classification Classification on 24 October. 30 October Sporting - Murcia (scheduled, suspended by the Asturian federation and postponed to X) 1 November Racing - Murcia (scheduled, suspended by the Asturian federation and postponed to X) 18 November Racing 3–1 Sporting(scheduled)20 April 2025 Diario El Mundo Deportivo El torneo maximalista en Santander The maximalist tournament in Santander http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1927/11/14/pagina-2/613536/pdf.html in classification 20 November Sporting - Iberia (scheduled and postponed to June) 27 November Celta - Iberia (scheduled and postponed to June) Valencia 2–3 Murcia (scheduled to 8 Decemberhttp://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000316125 Diario El Tiempo, 28 October 1927, p.1http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000484913;words=liga;encoding=utf-8 Revista Murcia Deportiva, 28 November 1927, p.4 in classification Classification on 28 November. 8 December Sevilla 2–2 Celta20 April 2025 Diario La Vanguardia El campeonato de la liga The league championship http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1927/12/06/pagina-19/33241116/pdf.html (scheduled) in classification Sporting 2–3 Ath. Madrid20 April 2025 Diario La Libertad Los partidos de ayer en toda España Yesterday's matches throughout Spain http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0002893972&page=4 (scheduled) in classification Murcia 0–1 Iberia (Scheduled to 15 January)http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000316241;words=liga;encoding=utf-8 Diario El Tiempo, 25 November 1927, p.1El Real Murcia, domina y juega espléndidamente, pero pierde el partido, La Verdad de Murcia 9 December de 1927, p.1 in classification Classification on 9 December de 1927. 12 December Murcia 1–1 Iberia (Friendly? o scheduled to 15 January)http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000469220;words=liga;encoding=utf-8 Diario El Liberal, 13 December de 1927, p.2 19 December Iberia 2–1 Racing (not scheduled, but played)http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000484948;words=liga;encoding=utf-8 Futebol Football es www.Filedemurcia.es Revista Murcia Deportiva 4 19 December 1927 20 April 2025http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0026246871&page=8&search=iberia+racing&lang=es Futebol Football es hemerotecadigital.bne.es 20 April 2025 in classification 25 December Sporting 7–2 Racing (scheduled)|title=Revista Murcia Deportiva, 26 December de 1927, p.8El Mundo Deportivo 27 December de 1927, p.1 in classification Sevilla 4–2 Espanyol (scheduled)Revista Murcia Deportiva, 26 December de 1927, p.5 in classification Iberia - Valencia o Valencia - Iberia.Revista Murcia Deportiva, 26 December de 1927, p.4 Murcia - Valencia (scheduled. Postponed to 29 January) Classification on final December. 1928 1 January Racing 7–4 Celta(scheduled)http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000316375;words=liga;encoding=utf-8 Diario El Tiempo, 3 January de 1928, p.3http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1928/01/02/pagina-5/615010/pdf.html Diario El Mundo Deportivo, 2 January de 1928, p.5 in classification 7 January Sevilla 4–0 Sporting (scheduled to 6 January)http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000434094;words=liga;encoding=utf-8 Diario Levante Agrario, 7 January de 1928, p.420 April 2025 Diario La Nación El torneo de la liga The league tournament es http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0026247388&page=5 in classification 9 January Sporting 5–4 Sevilla (Friendly) (official and played in Seville when the Asturian federation banned matches at the Molinón)Diario La Vanguardia Torneo Maximalista en Sevilla Maximalist Tournament in Seville http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1928/01/10/pagina-16/33205013/pdf.html 20 April 2025 Valencia 2–2 Celta http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1928/01/09/pagina-5/615028/pdf.html Diario El Mundo Deportivo, 9 January de 1928, p.520 April 2025 Heraldo de Madrid El torneo de la liga The league tournament http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000862464&page=13 in classification Classification on 10 January. 15 January Murcia 2–3 Celta (scheduled to 6 January)http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000316309 Diario El Tiempo, 15 December de 1927, p.120 April 2025 Revista Murcia Deportiva El torneo de la liga profesional The professional league tournament http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000484998 in classification Ath. Madrid - Celta (scheduled and postponed to X) Classification on 16 January. EquipoPtsPJGEPGFGCDif.Notas1.Celta de Celta1074211813+62.Racing de Santander874032819+93.Sevilla883231921-24.Iberia SC643018805.Sporting de Gijón582151722-56.Real Murcia4520389-17.Athletic de Madrid33111710-38.Valencia2632167-19.Espanyol0100124-2 22 January Racing - Espanyol (scheduled) Sevilla - Murcia (scheduled and postponed to X)http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000316433 Diario El Tiempo, 20 January de 1928, p.1 Celta - Sporting (scheduled) 29 January Ath. Madrid - Sevilla (scheduled and postponed to 13 May) Murcia - Valencia (scheduled) Review February Valencia - Espanyol (suspended by the governor of Valencia, later disputed in June)http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1927/10/11/pagina-23/33200818/pdf.html?search=liga%20maxima Futebol Football es hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com 20 April 2025 19 March Sporting 3–5 Espanyol (scheduled to 29 January)20 April 2025 Diario El Siglo Futuro Otros resultados - Liga Máxima Other results - Liga Máxima http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000440311&page=320 April 2025 Diario La Vanguardia El Espanyol en Gijón Espanyol in Gijón http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1928/03/16/pagina-11/33204458/pdf.html link=|20px Sporting 3–3 Espanyol (Friendly) 16 April Valencia 2–1 Iberia (scheduled) link=|20px Racing 2–0 Espanyol (scheduled)20 April 2025 Diario El Mundo Deportivo Ayer en Santander para el torneo maximalista Yesterday in Santander for the maximalist tournament http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1928/04/16/pagina-5/626424/pdf.html20 April 2025 Diario La Nación El torneo de la liga http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0026250598&page=8 link=|20px 29 April Ath. Madrid 2–4 Espanyol (Friendly)20 April 2025 Diario La Vanguardia Copa Primavera http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1928/05/01/pagina-22/33209435/pdf.html 1 May Espanyol 6–0 Osasuna (Friendly)http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1928/05/02/pagina-14/33209473/pdf.html?search=copa%20primavera Futebol Football es hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com 20 April 2025http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000441493&page=4&search=copa+primavera+osasuna&lang=es Futebol Football es hemerotecadigital.bne.es 20 April 2025 2 May Osasuna 4–2 Ath. Madridhttp://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1928/05/02/pagina-14/33209967/pdf.html?search=copa%20primavera Futebol Football es hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com 20 April 2025http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000867058&page=10&search=liga+maxima+osasuna&lang=es Futebol Football es hemerotecadigital.bne.es 20 April 2025 13 May Ath. Madrid 4–0 Sevilla (scheduled)http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000485188;words=liga;encoding=utf-8 Revista Murcia Deportiva, 14 May de 1928, p.8 link=|20px 15 May Sevilla 0–0 Espanyol (played in Madrid)26 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160126171929/http://www.sevillacf.com/100anyosdevida/capitulo3.htm http://www.sevillacf.com/100anyosdevida/capitulo3.htm Futebol Football es www.sevillacf.com 20 April 2025http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1928/05/16/pagina-14/33200997/pdf.html Futebol Football es hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com 20 April 2025 (scheduled) 17 May Iberia 4–2 Sevilla (scheduled)20 April 2025 Diario El Mundo Deportivo El torneo maximalista The maximalist tournament http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1928/05/18/pagina-3/1391586/pdf.html link=|20px Celta 1–1 Valencia (scheduled to 20, but conditioned since Valencia could be a finalist in the Spanish Cup Championship)http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000469761 Diario El Liberal, 18 May de 1928, p.1 link=|20px Ath. Madrid - Espanyol (scheduled and postponed to June) 20 May Sporting - Valencia (scheduled to 17, but conditioned since Valencia could be a finalist in the Spanish Cup Championship) Iberia - Sporting (scheduled) Murcia - Ath. Madrid (scheduled and postponed to 3 June)20 April 2025 Diario El Tiempo El campeonato de la liga (programa del Murcia) The league championship (Murcia program) http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000316742http://www.Filedemurcia.es/p_pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?fn=select;xslt=e;query=id:0000469739;words=liga;encoding=utf-8 Diario El Liberal, 12 May de 1928, p.1 Sporting 5–1 Valencia (scheduled to 17)El Mundo Deportivo, 21 May de 1928, p.7 link=|20px Iberia 3–2 Espanyol (scheduled to 27) link=|20px 27 May Murcia - Racing (scheduled and postponed to 10 June) Ath. Madrid 5–2 Valenciahttp://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1928/05/29/017.html Futebol Football Diario ABC 29 May 1928 17 20 April 2025 (scheduled to 3 June)Diario El Sol Fútbol, el partido Athletic - Valencia Football, the Athletic - Valencia match http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000373245&page=10 link=|20px Celta 5–5 Sporting (scheduled) link=|20px Revisar Espanyol 5–2 Sevilla (played in Córdoba)http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0026251767&page=5&search=liga+alaves&lang=es Futebol Football es hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com 20 April 2025 Osasuna 5–4 Sevilla (Friendly)http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0001020449&page=7&search=osasuna+liga&lang=es Futebol Football es hemerotecadigital.bne.es 20 April 2025 (Friendly after Osasuna's entry into the League) Espanyol 4–2 Iberia(played in Zaragoza)http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1928/05/28/pagina-1/1391592/pdf.html Futebol Football es hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com 20 April 2025 3 June Espanyol 3–0 Racing (played in Valencia) (scheduled) Murcia - Sevilla (scheduled) Celta - Iberia (scheduled) 7 June Sporting 5–0 Iberiahttp://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0002909719&page=5&search=liga+maxima+racing&lang=es Futebol Football es hemerotecadigital.bne.es 20 April 2025 (scheduled) link=|20px Ath. Madrid - Espanyol (scheduled) Valencia 1–2 Racinghttp://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1928/06/05/pagina-17/33204064/pdf.html?search=racing%20valencia Futebol Football es hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com 20 April 2025 (scheduled) link=|20px 10 June Espanyol - Celta (scheduled, en Madrid) Iberia 4–0 Ath. Madrid (scheduled)11 June 1928 Diario El Mundo Deportivo 5 El torneo maximalista http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1928/06/11/pagina-5/1391602/pdf.html link=|20px Murcia 3–3 Racing (scheduled) link=|20px 11 June Valencia 0–7 Espanyol (scheduled to 6 May)11 June 1928 Diario El Mundo Deportivo 4 El torneo maximalista http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1928/06/11/pagina-4/1391601/pdf.html20 April 2025 Diario La Vanguardia El Espanyol vence al Valencia por siete a cero http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1928/06/15/pagina-29/33204642/pdf.html link=|20px 16 June Racing - Murcia (scheduled) 17 June Ath. Madrid - Celta (scheduled) Iberia - Valencia (scheduled) Murcia 3–1 Valencia (scheduled to 27 May)El Mundo Deportivo 18 June de 1928, p.1http://hemeroteca.abc.es/detalle.stm Futebol Football es hemeroteca.abc.es 20 April 2025 24 June Iberia - Celta (scheduled) Racing - Murcia (scheduled) Sporting - Sevilla (Friendly) 25 June Valencia 2–0 Sevilla (scheduled to 10 June) link=|20pxEl Mundo Deportivo 25 June de 1928, p.1La Verdad de Murcia 26 June de 1928, p.1 Racing 5–2 Sporting (scheduled and suspended due to bad weather to 18 September) link=|20pxhttp://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1928/06/25/pagina-4/621521/pdf.html Futebol Football es hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com 20 April 202520 April 2025 es Futebol Football http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000869516&page=7&search=racing+sevilla&lang=es hemerotecadigital.bne.es 29 June Sporting - Murcia (scheduled) Racing - Sevilla (scheduled) Revisar Murcia 4–2 Ath. MadridEl Mundo Deportivo 4 June 1928, p.1La Verdad de Murcia 5 June de 1928, p.1 (correspondiente a la Liga)http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000868626&page=7&search=athletic+murcia&lang=es Futebol Football es hemerotecadigital.bne.es 20 April 2025 Sevilla 0–3 Racing (played in Santander in 29/6/1928)http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1928/04/17/pagina-13/33207064/pdf.html?search=liguista Futebol Football es hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com La Vanguardia 17 April 1928 20 April 2025 http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1927/10/11/pagina-15/33206532/pdf.html?search=liga%20maxima Futebol Football es hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com La Vanguardia 11 October 1927 20 April 2025 1 July Racing 4–1 Sevilla (Friendly)http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000869811&page=7&search=sevilla+racing&lang=es Futebol Football es hemerotecadigital.bne.es 20 April 2025 (scheduled) Celta - Murcia (scheduled) 8 July Iberia - Sporting (scheduled) Septiembre Racing 4–1 Ath. Madrid20 April 2025 es Resultados http://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/consulta/resultados_ocr.cmd prensahistorica.mcu.es 27 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241227120128/https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/consulta/resultados_ocr.cmd dead Ath. Madrid 2–2 Racing Revisar Murcia - Espanyol (scheduled)Revista Murcia Deportiva, 3 October 1927, p.10 Espanyol - Murcia (scheduled. Presumably played in Murcia) Top goal scorer The top scorer of the competition was Óscar of Racing de Santander with 19 goals): Racing 3–1 Sporting: 2 goals Racing 2–0 Espanyol: 1 goal Racing 7–4 Celta: 4 goals Racing 6–2 Iberia: 4 goals Racing 2–1 Valencia: 1 goalhttp://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/consulta/resultados_ocr.cmd?descrip_biblioteca=&posicion=51&descrip_lengua=&id=198612&descrip_idlistprov=&descrip_idlistloc=&general_ocr=S&formato_fechapublicacion=dd%2FMM%2Fyyyy&tipoResultados=PAG&descrip_idlistcom= Futebol Football es prensahistorica.mcu.es 20 April 2025 Racing 3–0 Sevilla: 2 goals Racing 9–0 Sevilla: 2 goals- He also scored three goals in the two September matches against Athletic Madrid. Torneo de Campeones March 2024 See also 1928 Copa del Rey References Category:1927–28 in Spanish football leagues Category:1927–28 in European association football leagues