1915–16 Madrid FC season

Madrid FC
1915–16 season
President	Adolfo Meléndez
Manager	Arthur Johnson
Stadium	Campo de O'Donnell
Campeonato Regional Centro	1st
Copa del Rey	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Santiago Bernabéu; René Petit; Montenegro (4); All: Santiago Bernabéu (12)
Biggest win	Madrid FC 4–0 Racing de Madrid
Biggest defeat	Athletic Bilbao 4–0 Madrid FC
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1914–15 1916–17 →

The 1915–16 season was Madrid Football Club's 14th season in existence. The club played some friendly matches. They also played in the Campeonato Regional Centro (Central Regional Championship) and the Copa del Rey, winning the former and losing the final to Athletic Bilbao in the latter.

Friendlies[]

11 September 1915 Friendly	Recreativo de Huelva	2–2	Madrid FC	showHuelva
		Report		Stadium: Referee: Tellechea

12 September 1915 Friendly	Recreativo de Huelva	3–1	Madrid FC	showHuelva
	Iñíguez Navarro A. Mata	Report	?	Stadium: Referee: McKensie

19 September 1915 Friendly	Madrid FC	6–1		showMadrid
	? René Petit ? 90'	Report	Acebo	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Colomina

24 September 1915 Friendly	Arenas Getxo	4–1	Madrid FC	showGetxo
	Barturen Goyoaga ?	Report	René Petit	Stadium: Referee: Serrano

26 September 1915 Friendly	Arenas Getxo	3–1	Madrid FC	showGetxo
	Muñoz Barturen Muñoz	Report	René Petit	Stadium:

10 October 1915 Friendly	Madrid FC	2–1	Athletic Club de Madrid	showMadrid
	Bilbao Rivas	Report	Pagaza	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Rocamora

17 October 1915 Friendly	Madrid FC	1–2	Racing de Madrid	showMadrid
	E. Aranguren	Report	Aguirre p' Martínez	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Goicoechea

19 October 1915 Friendly	Madrid FC	4–2	Sporting de Gijón	showMadrid
	S. Aranguren S. Bernabéu	Report	S. Villaverde Felgueroso	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Ruete

31 October 1915 Friendly	Madrid FC	9–1	Sevilla FC	showMadrid
		Report		Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell

1 November 1915 Friendly	Madrid FC	10–0	Sevilla FC	showMadrid
		Report		Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell

12 December 1915 Friendly	Madrid FC	0–2	Racing de Madrid	showMadrid
	? o.g.'	Report	De Miguel	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Berthier

19 December 1915 Friendly	Madrid FC	9–1	Recreativo de Huelva	showMadrid
	Santiago Bernabéu S. Aranguren Rodríguez Eguinoa Irureta Sicilia	Report	?	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Lamberto Matiflan

21 December 1915 Friendly	Madrid FC	5–0	Recreativo de Huelva	showMadrid
	Espinosa ? ? S. Bernabéu S. Aranguren	Report		Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Rocamora

25 December 1915 Friendly	Madrid FC	1–2	Sporting CP	showMadrid, Spain
	René Petit	Report	Erice o.g.' Gonçalves	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Montero

28 December 1915 Friendly	Madrid FC	1–1	Sporting CP	showMadrid, Spain
	S. Bernabéu	Report	Stromp	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Berthier

1 January 1916 Friendly	Madrid FC	2–2	CE Sabadell FC	showMadrid
	Fíguls o.g.' S. Bernabéu	Report	Monistrol Segarra	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Berthier

2 January 1916 Friendly	Madrid FC	6–0	CE Sabadell FC	showMadrid
	J. Petit René Petit Rodríguez	Report		Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Menéndez

8 January 1916 Friendly	Madrid FC	0–1	Montriond Sport	showMadrid, Spain
		Report	Inebritt	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Menéndez-Rocamora

10 January 1916 Friendly	Madrid FC	1–4	Montriond Sport	showMadrid, Spain
	S. Bernabéu	Report	Millenet Mayer Stadler ?	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Pomes

5 March 1916 Friendly	FC Barcelona	3–0	Madrid FC	showBarcelona
		Report		Stadium: Camp de la Indústria Referee: Forns

7 March 1916 Friendly	FC Barcelona	0–0	Madrid FC	showBarcelona
		Report		Stadium: Camp de la Indústria Referee: Bru

14 March 1916 Friendly	Madrid FC	1–2	Arenas Getxo	showMadrid
	S. Bernabéu (p)	Report	Uriarte Barturen (p)	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Schüller

22 April 1916 Friendly	Madrid FC	1–1	RCD Español	showMadrid
	Santiago Bernabéu	Report	Usubiaga	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Carcer

23 April 1916 Friendly	Madrid FC	0–2	RCD Español	showMadrid
		Report	González Vergés	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Carcer

28 April 1916 Friendly	Madrid FC	2–1	BSC Young Boys	showMadrid, Spain
	Machimbarrena 40' (p) Espinosa 85'	Report	Würthich 25'	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Menéndez

Copa Espuñes[]

27 February 1916 Copa Espuñes	Madrid FC	1–4	Athletic Club de Madrid	showMadrid
	Montenegro 1'	Report	Uribarri 2', ?', ?' Villaverde	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Montero

30 April 1916 Copa Espuñes	Madrid FC	4–2	Racing de Madrid	showMadrid
		Report		Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Juantorena

21 May 1916 Copa Espuñes	Athletic Club de Madrid	3–2	Madrid FC	showMadrid
	Montenegro 1'	Report	Uribarri 2', ?', ?' Villaverde	Stadium: Vallecas Referee: Montero

4 June 1916 Copa Espuñes	Racing de Madrid	1–0	Madrid FC	showMadrid
	Montenegro 1'	Report	Uribarri 2', ?', ?' Villaverde	Referee: Yarza

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Campeonato Regional Centro	7 November 1915	20 February 1916	Matchday 1	Winners	6	5	0	1	15	5	+10	083.33
Copa del Rey	16 January 1916	7 May 1916	Semi-finals	Runners-up	5	2	1	2	14	15	−1	040.00
Total					11	7	1	3	29	20	+9	063.64

Source: Competitions

Campeonato Regional Centro[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Madrid (C, Q)	6	5	1	15	5	+10	10	Qualification for the Copa del Rey.
2	Racing Madrid	6	4	2	15	7	+8	8
3	Athletic Madrid	6	3	3	11	8	+3	6
4	RS Gimnástica	6	0	6	1	22	−21	0

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches[]

7 November 1915 1	Madrid FC	4–0	Racing de Madrid	showMadrid
	Bernabéu ?', ?' Petit ?', ?'	Report		Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Ruete

21 November 1915 2	Madrid FC	2–0	RS Gimnástica	showMadrid
	Petit ?' Bernabéu ?'	Report		Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Montero

16 January 1916 3	Racing de Madrid	2–0	Madrid FC	showMadrid
	De Miguel ?' Larrañaga ?'	Report		Stadium: Martínez Campos Referee:

30 January 1916 4	RS Gimnástica	1–4	Madrid FC	showMadrid
	Molleda ?'	Report	Montenegro ?', ?', ?' Petit ?'	Stadium: Gimnástica Referee: S. Quintana

6 February 1915 5	Madrid FC	2–0	Athletic Madrid	showMadrid
	Montenegro ?' Bernabéu ?'	Report	?' ?'	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Ezequiel Montero

20 February 1916 6	Athletic Madrid	2–3	Madrid FC	showMadrid
	Uribarri Eguidazu	Report	Petit 4' Bernabéu 48' Montenegro 88'	Stadium: Referee: Berthier
Note: The match had been postponed on 28 November. A member of the public attempted to attack the referee Berthier, an RS Gimnástica player, at the end of the match.^{[citation needed]}

Copa del Rey[]

Semifinals[]

26 March 1916 First leg	FC Barcelona	2–0	Madrid FC	showBarcelona
	Alcántara 39' Martínez ?'	Report	Bernabéu ?'	Stadium: Camp del carrer Muntaner^[1] Referee: Aguirreche

2 April 1916 Second leg	Madrid FC	4–1	FC Barcelona	showMadrid
	Bernabéu 35' (pen.), 40', 60' 80'	Report	Martínez 20'	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Montero

13 April 1916 First replay	Madrid FC	6–6 (a.e.t.)	FC Barcelona	showMadrid
	Belaunde 2', 13', 87' Bernabéu ?', ?', 118' (pen.)	Report	Alcántara ?', ?', 106' Bau ?' Mallorquí 70' Martínez 115'	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Berraondo

15 April 1916 Second replay	Madrid FC	4–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Barcelona	showMadrid
	Bernabéu ?' Zabala ?' S. Aranguren ?', 108'	Report	Martínez ?', ?'	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Berraondo

Final[]

7 May 1916 Final	Athletic Bilbao	4–0	Madrid FC	showBarcelona
	Acedo ?' Zubizarreta ?', ?', ?'	Report		Stadium: Camp de la Indústria Referee: Paco Bru

Notes[]

^ The Campeonato Regional Centro (Central Regional Championship) was a regional league used as a qualifier for the Copa del Rey.

References[]

^ Eighteenth different Clásico venue FC Barcelona (Official website)، 7 April 2021

External links[]

Realmadrid.com Official Site
1915–16 Squad^{[permanent dead link]}
1915–16 matches
1915–16 (Campeonato de Madrid)
International Friendlies of Real Madrid CF – Overview

[1] The Campeonato Regional Centro (Central Regional Championship) was a regional league used as a qualifier for the Copa del Rey.

[2] Eighteenth different Clásico venue FC Barcelona (Official website)، 7 April 2021

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