1902 Copa de la Coronación

September 2026 Copa de la Coronación File:Copa de la coronacion.jpg The trophy on display in the Athletic Bilbao museum 1902 Spain 5 Bizcaya FC Barcelona 5 27 ENG Walter EvansENG William Dyer(5 goals each) 1903 The 1902 Copa de la Coronación (Coronation Cup in English) was a football competition in honour of the coronation of Alfonso XIII of Spain. The Royal Spanish Football Federation does not recognize it as the first season of the Copa del Rey, which began the following year.http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/futbol-fef-reconocera-barca-liga/dasftb/20090403dasdaiftb_58/Tes La FEF no reconocerá al Barça la Liga del año 37 The FEF will not recognize Barça's League in 1937 Spanish 3 April 2009 Diario AS 16 June 2010 The competition was thought up after 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 Football Club) and New Foot-Ball Club. The competition featured the first recorded game between Barcelona and Madrid FC, with the former emerging as 3–1 winners, courtesy of goals from Udo Steinberg and Joan Gamper. Carlos Padrós was also the referee of the final, held at the Hipódromo in Madrid, in which Bizcaya lifted the trophy after beating Barcelona 2–1.https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1902.html Spain - Cup 1902 15 September 2000 RSSSF 20 July 2022 Quarterfinal 13 May 1902 Bizcaya 5–1 Report Club Español Juan Astorquia Walter Evans William Dyer - pen. Ángel Ponz Hipódromo, Madrid ENG Samuel Morris (FC Barcelona) https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2352 Bizcaya 5–1 Club Español Official Athletic Club Website 20 July 2022 Semifinals 13 May 1902 FC Barcelona 3–1 Report Madrid FC Udo Steinberg Joan Gamper - pen. Arthur Johnson Hipódromo, Madrid ESP 1874 Luis Arana http://www.leyendablanca.galeon.com/tempo03.htm Barcelona 3–1 Madrid 1 July 2015 14 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180814152937/http://www.leyendablanca.galeon.com/tempo03.htm dead 14 May 1902 Bizcaya 8–1 New Foot-Ball Club Report Walter Evans Armand Cazeaux William Dyer Juan Astorquia Montojo Hipódromo, Madrid ENG Samuel Morris (FC Barcelona) https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2353 Bizcaya 8–1 New Club Official Athletic Club Website 20 July 2022 Final 1902 Copa de la Coronación Final 15 May 1902 Bizcaya 2–1 RSSSFCIHEFEbdfutbol FC Barcelona Juan Astorquia 10Armand Cazeaux 20 John Parsons 75 Hipódromo, Madrid ESP 1874 Carlos Padrós Madrid FC Note: Some sources list Udo Steinberg as the goalscorer of Barcelona's consolation goal.https://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/copa02.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20030908051226/http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/Copa02.htm usurped 8 September 2003 Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII 1902 Linguasport 20 July 2022 Copa de la Coronación 1902 WinnersBizcaya1st Title Consolation Trophy / Copa de la Gran Peña Originally, this was to feature the four clubs aside from Copa de la Coronación winners Bizcaya in a knockout tournament. However, New Foot-Ball Club had returned home after their crushing defeat to Bizcaya in the Copa de la Coronación, while FC Barcelona were forced to withdraw as their players had to return to their occupations, leaving them unable to field a team. Therefore, the Gran Peña Cup was played as a single match between Madrid FC and Club Español. 16 May 1902 Madrid FC 3–2 Club Español ? ? ? ? ? Hipódromo, Madrid ? Statistics Goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1ENG Walter EvansESP 1874 Bizcaya5ENG William Dyer2ESP 1874 Juan Astorquia33ENG 1830 Raymond Cazeaux2GER empire Udo SteinbergESP 1874 Barcelona FC Legacy The Copa de la Coronación was the first national football tournament played in Spain, being organized as a punctual commemorative celebration. However, its success led to the organization of the first edition of the Copa del Rey the following year, then known as the Spanish Championship. Since then, it has been held on an annual basis. Due to this fact, the Copa de la Coronación is generally considered informally as the first edition of the Copa del Rey, although the Royal Spanish Football Federation does not recognize it as such.https://www.rfef.es/noticias/copa-del-rey/copa-coronacion-donde-todo-comenzo La Copa de la Coronación, donde todo comenzó The Coronation Cup, where it all began es rfef.es 25 January 2015 22 July 2022 9 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200109195438/https://www.rfef.es/noticias/copa-del-rey/copa-coronacion-donde-todo-comenzo dead References Association football Spain 1902 Category:1902 in domestic association football cups Category:1901–02 in Spanish football Category:Alfonso XIII Category:History of football in Spain Category:Defunct football competitions in Spain Category:Football club competitions in Spain