This tournament was played in Madrid for the trophy "Copa del Rey" or "Copa Alfonso XIII". Played as mini-league.
Participating Clubs:
Club Vizcaya de Bilbao [*]
Madrid FC
Salamanca TFB
Recreativo de Huelva
Vigo FC
NB: the champions of Catalonia (X Sporting Club) refused to travel to
Madrid for economical and internal reasons.
[*] Athletic de Bilbao had merged with Unión Vizcaíno to form
Club Vizcaya de Bilbao
Results:
Round 1 [Mar 24]
Vigo FC 3-3 Recreativo de Huelva
Madrid FC 2-3 Club Vizcaya de Bilbao
Round 2 [Mar 25]
Vigo FC 1-3 Madrid FC
Club Vizcaya de Bilbao 5-0 Salamanca TFB
Round 3 [Mar 27]
Salamanca TFB 2-0 Recreativo de Huelva
Vigo FC 2-1 Club Vizcaya de Bilbao
Round 4 [Mar 28]
Madrid FC 5-0 Salamanca TFB
Club Vizcaya de Bilbao 4-0 Recreativo de Huelva
Round 5 [Mar 29]
Salamanca TFB 1-2 Vigo FC
Madrid FC 4-2 Recreativo de Huelva
Final Table:
1.Club Vizcaya de Bilbao 4 3 0 1 13- 4 6
Madrid FC 4 3 0 1 14- 6 6
3.Vigo FC 4 2 1 1 8- 8 5
4.Salamanca TFB 4 1 0 3 3-12 2
5.Recreativo de Huelva 4 0 1 3 5-13 1
Because Madrid FC and Club Vizcaya de Bilbao finished equal on points, they
had to play off for the Cup, thereby playing a real final after all.
Final [Mar 30]
Estadio del Hipódromo, Madrid
Madrid FC 1-0 Club Vizcaya de Bilbao
[Prast]
[Ref: Sindney]
[att: 6,000]
Line-ups:
Madrid: Alcalde, J. Yarza, Berraondo, M. Yarza, E. Normand, Quirante,
Parages, Prast, J. Giralt, Revuelto, A. Giralt
Athletic: Larrea, A.Sena, Arzuaga, M.Sena,Simmons, García, Cardenas,
Murga, Irizar, Celada, Asuero
Prepared and maintained by José Vicente Tejedor Carnicero and Carles Lozano Ferrer for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: José Vicente Tejedor Carnicero
(jvtejedor@aragob.es)
and Carles Lozano Ferrer
(ferrer@economistes.com)
Last updated: 13 Jan 2000
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Carles Lozano Ferrer and RSSSF 1999/2000
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