Spain - Cup 1931

Tournament changes its name of Copa del Rey (King�s Cup) to Copa de Espa�a because of 
the abdication of the King and proclamation of Republic on April 14 1931 (two days
after the beginning of the tournament)
Note clubs with the word "Real" in their name suppressed this word. Real Sociedad changes
to Donostia FC. Most of this changes were done between first and second legs of the first
round.

Played by 31 teams, qualified in the Regional championships:

Champ. Catalunya (3): FC Barcelona, CS Sabadell, FC Badalona
Champ. Centro (3): Real Madrid, Athletic de Madrid, Racing de Madrid
Champ. Guip�zcoa (3): Real Uni�n de Ir�n, CD Logro�o, Real Sociedad (Donostia)
Champ. Vizcaya (3): Athletic Bilbao, Arenas de Guecho, D Alav�s (Vitoria)
Champ. Galicia (2): RC Deportivo de La Coru�a, RC Celta (Vigo)
Champ. Asturias (2): Sporting de Gij�n, Real Oviedo FC
Champ. Valencia (2): Valencia FC, CD Castell�n
Champ. Murcia (2): Real Murcia, Lorca
Champ. Andaluc�a (2): Sevilla FC, Real Betis (Sevilla)
Champ. Arag�n (2): Iberia SC (Zaragoza), Patria Arag�n (Zaragoza)
Champ. Cantabria (2): Racing de Santander, Eclipse (Santander)
Champ. Castilla - Le�n (2): Real Valladolid, Cultural D. Leonesa (Le�n)
Champ. Extremadura (1): Don Benito
Champ. Balears (1): Athletic Palma
Champ. Canarias (1): there was not a champion this season


Results:

Sixteenth Finals

First Legs 
[Apr 12]
Racing de Madrid        2-0     Sevilla FC
Real Betis              5-1     Real Sociedad
FC Barcelona            9-0     Don Benito
Deportivo Alav�s        2-2     CS Sabadell
Real Uni�n de Ir�n      3-1     RC Celta (Vigo)
Racing de Santander     0-2     Arenas de Guecho
CD Logro�o              7-0     Cultural Leonesa
Valencia                2-0     Iberia de Zaragoza
FC Badalona             w/o     Patria Arag�n (Zaragoza)
Real Oviedo             w/o     Lorca

[Apr 19] 
Athletic Palma          1-0     CD Castell�n
[Apr 26]
Valladolid              2-1     Athletic de Madrid
Madrid FC               4-0     Eclipse de Santander
Murcia                  1-0     Deportivo La Coru�a

Second Legs 
[Apr 26]
Sevilla FC              8-1     Racing de Madrid
Donostia                4-1     Betis (Sevilla)
Celta (Vigo)            1-1     Uni�n de Ir�n
Arenas de Guecho        5-1     Racing de Santander
Cultural Leonesa        1-8     Logro�o
Iberia de Zaragoza      4-3     Valencia 
CD Castell�n            3-0     Athletic de Palma
[May 3]
Don Benito              1-3     FC Barcelona
CS Sabadell             3-2     Deportivo Alav�s
Athletic de Madrid      1-2     Valladolid
Eclipse de Santander    2-5     Madrid FC
Deportivo La Coru�a     1-2     Murcia

NB: Athletic de Bilbao bye 
    Sporting de Gij�n had to play against Canary champion, but as this was not
    stablished, Sporting qualified.


Eighth Finals

First Legs [May 10]
Valencia                2-2     FC Barcelona
Badalona                1-0     Betis (Sevilla)
Athletic de Bilbao      4-0     CS Sabadell
Sevilla FC              3-1     CD Castell�n
Oviedo                  1-2     Arenas de Guecho
Uni�n de Ir�n           4-1     Sporting de Gij�n
Valladolid              0-0     CD Logro�o
Madrid FC               3-0     Murcia

Second Legs [May 17]
FC Barcelona            1-2     Valencia 
Betis (Sevilla)         2-0     Badalona
CS Sabadell             3-1     Athletic de Bilbao
CD Castell�n            3-1     Sevilla FC
Arenas de Guecho        4-0     Oviedo
Sporting de Gij�n       0-0     Uni�n de Ir�n
CD Logro�o              4-0     Valladolid
Murcia                  0-0     Madrid FC

Playoff [Madrid, May 19]
CD Castell�n            2-1     Sevilla FC

Quarterfinals

First Legs [May 24]
Arenas de Guecho        2-2     Valencia FC
Uni�n de Ir�n           2-2     Athletic de Bilbao
Betis (Sevilla)         3-0     Madrid FC
CD Castell�n            2-0     CD Logro�o

Second Legs [May 31]
Valencia FC             1-1     Arenas de Guecho
Athletic de Bilbao      4-0     Uni�n de Ir�n
Madrid FC               1-0     Betis (Sevilla)
CD Logro�o              3-0     CD Castell�n

Playoff [Barcelona, June 2]
Arenas de Guecho        2-1     Valencia FC

Semifinals 

First Legs [Jun 7]
CD Logro�o              0-6     Athletic de Bilbao
Arenas de Guecho        2-1     Betis (Sevilla)

Second Legs [Jun 14]
Athletic de Bilbao      6-3     CD Logro�o
Betis (Sevilla)         1-0     Arenas de Guecho

Playoff [Madrid, June 16]
Arenas de Guecho        0-2     Betis (Sevilla)

Final [Jun 21]
Estadio de Chamart�n, Madrid
Athletic de Bilbao      3-1     Betis (Sevilla)
  [Garizurieta, Bata, Chirri II; Sanz]
  [ref: Arribas]
Line-ups:
Athletic: Blasco, Careaga, Castellanos, Garizurieta, Muguerza, Roberto,
          Felip�s, Iraragorri, Bata, Chirri II, Gorostiza
Betis: Jes�s (Pedrosa), Aranda, Jesus�n, Peral, Soladrero, Adolfo I,
       Timimi, Adolfo II, Romero, Enrique, Sanz
Overview of Finals
1930
1932
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Jos� Vicente Tejedor Carnicero for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Jos� Vicente Tejedor Carnicero (jvtejedor@aragob.es)
Last updated: 12 Feb 2001