1928–29 Copa del Rey

1928–29 King Alfonso XIII's Cup
29th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	32
Defending champions	FC Barcelona
Final positions
Champions	RCD Español (1st title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	252 (4.27 per match)

The King Alfonso XIII's Cup 1928–29 was the 29th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition started on December 8, 1928, and concluded on February 3, 1929, with the final, held at the Estadio Mestalla in Valencia. RCD Español won the competition for the first time.

Teams

32 teams entered the competition, making a new record of participants. Navarre and the Canary Islands sent their champions for the first time. Catalonia, the Centre Region, Gipuzkoa sent three teams each. The rest of communities sent their champions and runners-up.

Aragón: Iberia SC, Patria Aragón
Asturias: Real Oviedo, Sporting de Gijón
Balearic Islands: CD Alfonso XIII
Canary Islands: Marino FC
Cantabria: Racing de Santander, Gimnástica de Torrelavega
Castile and León: Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Valladolid
Catalonia: FC Barcelona, CD Europa, RCD Español
Extremadura: CD Extremeño
Galicia: Celta de Vigo, Racing de Ferrol
Gipuzkoa: Real Unión, Real Sociedad, CD Logroño
Murcia: Real Murcia, Elche CF
Navarre: CA Osasuna
Centre Region: Real Madrid, Athletic Madrid, Racing de Madrid
South Region: Sevilla FC, Real Betis
Valencia: Valencia CF, CD Castellón
Biscay: Athletic Bilbao, Arenas Club de Getxo
Álava: CD Alavés

Results

Bracket

Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

RCD Español	4	5	9
Sporting de Gijón	3	2	5	RCD Español	6	3	9
Arenas Club	2	3	5	Arenas Club	4	1	5
Real Unión	0	1	1					RCD Español	5	2	7
Athletic Madrid	3	0	3					Athletic Madrid	1	4	5
CD Extremeño	0	0	0	Athletic Madrid	3	1	4
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	5	2	7	Gimnástica de Torrelavega	2	1	2
CD Alfonso XIII	1	1	2									RCD Español	2	1	3
FC Barcelona	7	2	9									FC Barcelona	0	1	1
Racing de Santander	1	2	3	FC Barcelona	6	0	6
Real Sociedad	6	4	10	Real Sociedad	0	0	0
Patria Aragón	0	0	0					FC Barcelona	1	2	3
Sevilla FC	0	8	8					Sevilla FC	0	0	0
Real Valladolid	2	0	2	Sevilla FC	1	4	5
CA Osasuna	2	1	4^[1]	CA Osasuna	0	2	2
Real Murcia	4	0	2													RCD Español	2
Real Madrid	5	4	9													Real Madrid	1
Real Oviedo	0	2	2	Real Madrid	8	5	13
CD Logroño	0	2	2	CD Logroño	0	0	0
Real Betis	1	0	1					Real Madrid	3	6	9
Racing de Madrid	0	3	3					Racing de Madrid	1	2	3
Iberia SC	2	0	2	Racing de Madrid	3	2	5
Valencia CF	2	2	4^[2]	Valencia FC	1	1	2
CD Europa	3	1	4									Real Madrid	3	4	7
Athletic Bilbao	1	7	8									Athletic Bilbao	1	1	2
Celta Vigo	2	1	3	Athletic Bilbao	3	1	4
Racing de Ferrol	1	2	3	Racing de Ferrol	2	1	3
CD Alavés	1	0	1					Athletic Bilbao	2	2	4
CD Castellón	4	1	5					CD Castellón	2	1	3
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	2	2	4	CD Castellón	5	2	7
Elche CF			bye^[3]	Elche CF	0	0	0
Marino FC

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CD Europa	4–4	Valencia FC	3–2	1–2
Athletic de Madrid	3–0	CD Extremeño	3–0	0–0
Real Madrid	9–2	Real Oviedo	5–0	4–2
Real Betis	1–2	CD Logroño	1–0	0–2
Iberia SD	2–3	Racing de Madrid	2–0	0–3
RC Celta de Vigo	3–8	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	1–7
CD Alavés	1–3	Racing de Ferrol	1–1	0–2
CD Castellón	5–4	Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	4–2	1–2
Arenas de Guecho	5–1	Real Unión	2–0	3–1
Sporting de Gijón	5–9	RCD Español	3–4	2–5
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	7–2	CD Alfonso XIII	5–1	2–1
Real Sociedad	10–0	CD Patria Aragón	6–0	4–0
FC Barcelona	9–3	Real Racing Club	7–1	2–2
Real Valladolid	2–8	Sevilla FC	2–0	0–8
Real Murcia	^[1]	CA Osasuna	4–2	0–1
Elche FC	^[4]	Marino FC

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CD Europa	3–4	Valencia FC
Real Murcia	2–4	CA Osasuna

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	6–0	Real Sociedad	6–0	0–0
Arenas de Guecho	5–9	RCD Español	4–6	1–3
Racing de Ferrol	1–5	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	0–4
Valencia FC	2–5	Racing de Madrid	1–3	1–2
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	3–4	Athletic de Madrid	2–3	1–1
Real Madrid	13–0	CD Logroño	8–0	5–0
CA Osasuna	2–5	Sevilla FC	0–1	2–4
CD Castellón	7–0	Elche FC	5–0	2–0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RCD Español	9–3	Athletic de Madrid	5–1	4–2
Sevilla FC	0–3	FC Barcelona	0–1	0–2
CD Castellón	3–4	Athletic Bilbao	2–2	1–2
Real Madrid	9–3	Racing de Madrid	3–1	6–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	7–2	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	4–1
RCD Español	3–1	FC Barcelona	2–0	1–1

Final

3 February 1929

15:00 CET

RCD Español	2–1	Real Madrid
Tena II 55' Bosch 70'		Lazcano 75'

Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Pelayo Serrano

Copa del Rey 1928-29 winners
RCD Español 1st title

References

^ ^a ^b Games canceled because of irregularities. Decided in a qualifying match in Madrid.
^ Valencia CF won 4-3 in a replay match played in Zaragoza on December 19
^ Marino FC withdrew before the beginning of the tournament
^ Marino retired before the match.

External links

www.linguasport.com (in Spanish)
RSSSF.com

[Murcia-1] Games canceled because of irregularities. Decided in a qualifying match in Madrid.

[2] Valencia CF won 4-3 in a replay match played in Zaragoza on December 19

[3] Marino FC withdrew before the beginning of the tournament

[4] Marino retired before the match.

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