1902 Copa de la Coronación

1902 Copa de la Coronación
Tournament details
The trophy on display in the Athletic Bilbao museum
Country	Spain
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Bizcaya
Runner-up	FC Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	27 (5.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Walter Evans 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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Quarterfinals

13 May 1902

Bizcaya	5–1	Club Español
Juan Astorquia Walter Evans William Dyer -' (pen.)	Report	Ángel Ponz

Hipódromo, Madrid

Referee:

Samuel Morris (FC Barcelona)

^[3]

Semifinals

13 May 1902

FC Barcelona	3–1	Madrid FC
Udo Steinberg Joan Gamper -' (pen.)	Report	Arthur Johnson

Hipódromo, Madrid

Referee:

Luis Arana

^[4]

14 May 1902

Bizcaya	8–1	New Foot-Ball Club
Walter Evans Armand Cazeaux William Dyer Juan Astorquia	Report	Montojo

Hipódromo, Madrid

Referee:

Samuel Morris (FC Barcelona)

^[5]

Final

15 May 1902

Bizcaya	2–1	FC Barcelona
Juan Astorquia 10' Armand Cazeaux 20'	RSSSF CIHEFE bdfutbol	John Parsons 75'

Hipódromo, Madrid

Referee:

Carlos Padrós Madrid FC

Note: Some sources list Udo Steinberg as the goalscorer of Barcelona's consolation goal.^[6]

Copa de la Coronación 1902 Winners
Bizcaya 1st 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.^[2]

16 May 1902

Madrid FC	3–2	Club Español
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Hipódromo, Madrid

Referee: ?

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Walter Evans	Bizcaya	5
1	William Dyer		5
2	Juan Astorquia		3
3	Raymond Cazeaux		2
3	Udo Steinberg	Barcelona FC	2

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.^[7]

References

^ "La FEF no reconocerá al Barça la Liga del año 37" [The FEF will not recognize Barça's League in 1937]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 April 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Spain - Cup 1902". RSSSF. 15 September 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ "Bizcaya 5–1 Club Español". Official Athletic Club Website. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ "Barcelona 3–1 Madrid". Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
^ "Bizcaya 8–1 New Club". Official Athletic Club Website. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ "Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII 1902". Linguasport. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ "La Copa de la Coronación, donde todo comenzó" [The Coronation Cup, where it all began]. www.rfef.es (in Spanish). 25 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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