1937–38 Catalan Football League

March 2025 Sport Catalan Football League 1937–38 27 March – 28 August 1938 Catalonia 10 Barcelona 1 Sants Francisco Mateo (38 goals) The 1937–38 Catalan Football League (ca Lliga Catalana) was the regional football league played in Catalonia during the 1937–38 season, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, when neither La Liga, the Catalan championship, or the Mediterranean League was contested.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cathist.html#38 Spain - Final Tables Catalonia - I LLIGA CATALANA 1937-38 RSSSF 20 May 2020 21 March 2025 The competition was never completed because of the War, but the title was subsequently awarded to FC Barcelona, which had returned from its tour of Mexico and the United States with only four players and the coach Patrick O'Connell. Background The Spanish Civil War, which broke out in July 1936, had divided Spain into areas under the control of the nationalists and those controlled by the Republicans, thus forcing the suspension of La Liga, so the Republican authorities decided to replace it with the Mediterranean League, which was won by Barcelona, but by 1938, the Republican area was divided, thus forcing the suspension of the Mediterranean League, so the Republican authorities decided to replace it with the Catalan Football League, which was also won by Barcelona. Participants Following a preliminary phase, 10 clubs were classified for the tournament,https://hemeroteca-paginas.lavanguardia.com/LVE07/HEM/1938/03/09/LVG19380309-010.pdf Los clasifícateos para la Liga The qualifiers for the league es hemeroteca-paginas.lavanguardia.com La Vanguardia 10 9 March 1938 21 March 2025 including five from the Catalan top-flight (Barça, Júpiter, Badalona, Europa, Espanyol), four from the second (Sants, Manresa, Avenç, Martinenc), and Iluro SC from the third category.https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1938/02/19/MD19380219-001.pdf Mañana se inicia la pre-Liga futbolística sin Granollers y Tarrasa que renuncian el Español y el Iluro, los únicos favoritos claros Tomorrow the pre-league football season begins without Granollers and Tarrasa, with Español and Iluro, the only clear favorites, withdrawing es hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com Mundo Deportivo 1 19 February 1938 21 March 2025 However, Manresa withdrew after playing only two matches, for financial reasons.http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1938/01/26/pagina-11/33123993/pdf.html El torneo de Lliga Catalana The Catalan League tournament es hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com La Vanguardia 11 27 March 1938 21 March 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20150207184207/http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1938/01/26/pagina-11/33123993/pdf.html 2015-02-07 Classification main yes WDL 160 35 2 Martialay 2016https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1938/08/29/pagina-1/620822/pdf.html#&mode=fullScreen El Barcelona es venceder completo con buena ventaja Barcelona is a complete winner by a large margin es hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com Mundo Deportivo 1 29 August 1938 21 March 2025 https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/temporada.html?id=145 Classification Campionat de Lliga (Catalunya) 1937-38 www.bdfutbol.com 21 March 2025 FCB UES EUR MAR ESP STA BAD JUP ILU MAN 20px|FC Barcelona FC Barcelona 20px|Sants UE Sants 20px|Europa CE Europa 20px|Martinenc FC Martinenc 20px|Espanyol RCD Espanyol 20px|Sant Andreu Avenç 20px|Badalona FC Badalona 20px|Júpiter CE Júpiter 20px|Iluro Iluro SC 20px|Manresa CE Manresa complete 14 1 2 85 26 C -2 10 3 3 66 37 7 3 6 46 39 7 3 6 39 44 6 4 6 45 44 8 3 5 45 36 -5 4 1 10 32 50 4 2 11 28 76 -2 2 2 11 31 55 0 0 2 4 14 Q C S6 S8 S10 #ccffcc Champion (-2) #f9f9f9 (-5) #f9f9f9 (-2) #f9f9f9 (Withdrew) Results This league was one of the most prolific in terms of goalscoring records, with a total of 421 goals scored in just 73 matches, which results in an average of almost 6 goals per match. Source: First roundMatchday Date Local - Visitant Result 1 27 March 1938 Barcelona – Manresa 10–1 27 March 1938 Espanyol – Badalona 3–0 27 March 1938 Iluro – Europa 3–4 27 March 1938 Sants – Martinenc 2–3 27 March 1938 Júpiter – Avenç 2–1 2 3 April 1938 Manresa – Júpiter 3–4 3 April 1938 Badalona – Barcelona 1–2 29 May 1938 Europa – Espanyol 4–0 The match was originally scheduled for 3 April, but was suspended due to the unavailability of Europa’s field, and was finally played on May 29. 3 April 1938 Martinenc – Iluro 4–1 3 April 1938 Avenç – Sants 1–3 3 10 April 1938 Manresa – Badalona Not played 10 April 1938 Barcelona – Europa 3–3 10 April 1938 Espanyol – Martinenc 4–3 10 April 1938 Iluro – Avenç 2–3 10 April 1938 Júpiter – Sants 0–2 4 17 April 1938 Badalona – Júpiter 7–3 17 April 1938 Europa – Manresa Not played 17 April 1938 Martinenc – Barcelona 5–2 17 April 1938 Avenç – Espanyol 1–1 17 April 1938 Sants – Iluro 4–1 5 24 April 1938 Badalona – Europa 4–1 24 April 1938 Manresa – Martinenc Not played 24 April 1938 Barcelona – Avenç 8–0 24 April 1938 Espanyol – Sants 3–3 24 April 1938 Júpiter – Iluro 2–1 6 1 May 1938 Europa – Júpiter 2–1 1 May 1938 Martinenc – Badalona 4–2 1 May 1938 Avenç – Manresa Not played 1 May 1938 Sants – Barcelona 1–7 1 May 1938 Iluro – Espanyol 3–3 7 8 May 1938 Europa – Martinenc 1–0 8 May 1938 Badalona – Avenç 3–0 8 May 1938 Manresa – Sants Not played 8 May 1938 Barcelona – Iluro 8–0 8 May 1938 Júpiter – Espanyol 2–1 8 15 May 1938 Júpiter – Martinenc 0–2 15 May 1938 Avenç – Europa 3–0 15 May 1938 Sants – Badalona 6–0 15 May 1938 Iluro – Manresa Not played 15 May 1938 Espanyol – Barcelona 0–4 9 22 May 1938 Martinenc – Avenç 1–2 22 May 1938 Europa – Sants 5–8 22 May 1938 Badalona – Iluro 4–0 22 May 1938 Manresa – Espanyol (Not played) 22 May 1938 Barcelona – Júpiter 8–0 Second roundMatchday Date Local - Visitant Result 10 5 June 1938 Manresa – Barcelona Not played 5 June 1938 Badalona – Espanyol 3–5 5 June 1938 Europa – Iluro 5–0 5 June 1938 Martinenc – Sants 2–8 5 June 1938 Avenç – Júpiter 9–3 11 12 June 1938 Júpiter – Manresa Not played 12 June 1938 Barcelona – Badalona 4–1 12 June 1938 Espanyol – Europa 1–4 12 June 1938 Iluro – Martinenc 6–1 12 June 1938 Sants – Avenç 1–1 12 25 June 1938 Badalona – Manresa Not played 31 July 1938 Europa – Barcelona 2–3 Barcelona did not play the match on 25 June because they were playing a friendly against the Carabinieri Corps in Sarrià Stadium on the same day for the benefit of the Catalan Volunteers. 25 June 1938 Martinenc – Espanyol 2–2 25 June 1938 Avenç – Iluro 5–1 25 June 1938 Sants – Júpiter 11–2 13 3 July 1938 Júpiter – Badalona 1–1 3 July 1938 Manresa – Europa Not played 3 July 1938 Barcelona – Martinenc 6–2 3 July 1938 Espanyol – Avenç 5–1 3 July 1938 Iluro – Sants 3–3 14 10 July 1938 Europa – Badalona 5–1 10 July 1938 Martinenc – Manresa Not played 10 July 1938 Avenç – Barcelona 5–1 10 July 1938 Sants – Espanyol 5–1 10 July 1938 Iluro – Júpiter 7–0 15 17 July 1938 Júpiter – Europa 4–4 17 July 1938 Badalona – Martinenc 2–3 17 July 1938 Manresa – Avenç Not played 17 July 1938 Barcelona – Sants 5–2 17 July 1938 Espanyol – Iluro 3–2 16 7 August 1938 Martinenc – Europa 2–2 7 August 1938 Avenç – Badalona 10–3 7 August 1938 Sants – Manresa Not played 28 August 1938 Iluro – Barcelona 1–6 Barcelona did not play the match on 7 August because they were playing a friendly against the Security Forces that same day. 28 August 1938 Espanyol – Júpiter 11–1 The match was initially scheduled for 7 August, but it was suspended. 17 14 August 1938 Martinenc – Júpiter 4–3 14 August 1938 Europa – Avenç 1–2 14 August 1938 Badalona – Sants 0–3 14 August 1938 Manresa – Iluro Not played 14 August 1938 Barcelona – Espanyol 6–2 18 28 August 1938 Avenç – Martinenc 1–1 The match was initially scheduled for 21 August, but was suspended due to rain. 21 August 1938 Sants – Europa 4–3 4 September 1938 Iluro – Badalona Not played The match was initially scheduled for 21 August, but was suspended due to rain, so it took place two weeks later on 4 September, but Badalona did not show up. 21 August 1938 Espanyol – Manresa Not played 21 August 1938 Júpiter – Barcelona 0–2 Statistics https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/temporada.html?id=145&tab=top Maximo goleadores del Campionat de Lliga (Catalunya) 1937-38 Top goalscorers of the Campionat de Lliga (Catalunya) 1937-38 es www.bdfutbol.com 21 March 2025 Top Scorers Rank Player Team Goals 1 Francisco Mateo Barcelona 38 2 Gerardo Bilbao 25 3 Vicente Martínez Espanyol 18 4 Folch Sants 15 5 Rosemary Europa 13 6 Climent Judici Sants (10) and Espanyol (2) 12 5 Garcia Sants 10 5 Satur Grech 9 6 Francisco Amorós Badalona Bibliography Martialay Félix El fútbol en la guerra (Tomo VIII): Federación Catalana Football in the war (Volume VIII): Catalan Federation 2016 CIHEFE 978-8494500985 Madrid es 667 Notes References Category:Copa Catalunya seasons Category:Catalan football competitions Category:1937–38 in Spanish football Category:History of football in Spain