1911 Copa del Rey

1911 Copa del Rey
10th Copa del Rey
Country	Spain
Teams	10
Defending champions	FC Barcelona (Copa FEF) ; Athletic Bilbao (Copa UECF)
Champions	Athletic Bilbao (4th title)
Runners-up	CD Español
Matches played	8
Goals scored	27 (3.38 per match)
	← 1910 1912 →

The Copa del Rey 1911 was the 10th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition started on April 9, 1911, and concluded on April 15, 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. This Tournament should have been 13 teams, but 3 teams withdrew, and another 3 teams withdrew during the competition.

Controversies[]

RC Deportivo de la Coruña and Academia de Ingenieros withdrew the competition before it started. They were against the fielding of foreign players in the teams. During the tournament, there were more protests and withdrawal threats from some teams. After the first round match between Athletic Bilbao and Fortuna Vigo, Real Sociedad contested the match, claiming the illegal selection of two English players in Athletic's side. The Football Federation rejected the claim and Real Sociedad withdrew immediately. The rest of teams supported Real Sociedad and threatened to withdraw. Finally, Athletic decided not to use those players in their matches, but refused to replay the match against Fortuna Vigo.

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.^[1]

Preliminary round[]

April 9, 1911

Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Fortuna Vigo
Martyn Veitch Alejandro Smith Ybarra

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee:

Tojo

^[2]

April 9, 1911

	2–1
? ?		?

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee: ?

Quarterfinals[]

April 10, 1911

CD Español	6–0
? ? ? ? ? ?

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee: ?

April 10, 1911

	1–0
?

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee: ?

April 12, 1911

FC Barcelona	4–0 ^[3]	Sociedad Gimnástica
Percy Wallace Percy Wallace Percy Wallace Patullo

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee:

Presidente

^[4]

April 12, 1911

Athletic Bilbao	4–1
Severino Zuazo José María Belauste Remigio Iza Arbaiza		Rafael Moreno "Pichichi"

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee:

Martyn Veitch

^[5]

Semifinals[]

April 14, 1911

Athletic Bilbao	2–0 ^[6]	Sociedad Gimnástica
Martyn Veitch Severino Zuazo

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee:

Slopp

^[7]

April 14, 1911

CD Español	not played ^[8]

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Final[]

15 April 1911

Athletic Bilbao	3–1	CD Español
Martyn Veitch Luis Belaunde Manolo Guernica		Neira

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee:

Scott Martyr

^[9] ^[10]

Copa del Rey 1911 Winners
Athletic Bilbao 4th Title

References[]

^ "Athletic de Bilbao, cien años sin extranjeros" [Athletic Bilbao, a hundred years without foreigners]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 18 November 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Official Athletic Club Website".
^ Gimnástica Española comnplained about the lineup of FC Barcelona goalkeeper Luis Reñé, Percy Wallace and Charles Wallace. The Football Federation ordered to replay the match, but FC Barcelona refused to do it claiming the lineup of English players in Athletic Bilbao. FC Barcelona was disqualified and Gimnástica Española qualified for semifinals.
^ "Barça partidos 1910-11".
^ "Official Athletic Club Website".
^ Sociedad Gimnástica withdrew in the second half, with Athletic winning 2-0, in protest for the referee indulgence with Athletic foul play.
^ "Official Athletic Club Website".
^ Academia de Caballería, a military team, withdrew before the game because they were called to their regiment.
^ "Linguasport - Spanish Cup (F)".
^ "Official Athletic Club Website".

[cien-1] "Athletic de Bilbao, cien años sin extranjeros" [Athletic Bilbao, a hundred years without foreigners]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 18 November 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[2] "Official Athletic Club Website".

[3] Gimnástica Española comnplained about the lineup of FC Barcelona goalkeeper Luis Reñé, Percy Wallace and Charles Wallace. The Football Federation ordered to replay the match, but FC Barcelona refused to do it claiming the lineup of English players in Athletic Bilbao. FC Barcelona was disqualified and Gimnástica Española qualified for semifinals.

[4] "Barça partidos 1910-11".

[5] "Official Athletic Club Website".

[6] Sociedad Gimnástica withdrew in the second half, with Athletic winning 2-0, in protest for the referee indulgence with Athletic foul play.

[7] "Official Athletic Club Website".

[8] Academia de Caballería, a military team, withdrew before the game because they were called to their regiment.

[9] "Linguasport - Spanish Cup (F)".

[10] "Official Athletic Club Website".

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