1919 Copa del Rey

The Copa del Rey 1919 was the 19th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

1919 Copa del Rey

19th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Defending champions	Real Unión
Final positions
Champions	Arenas Club de Getxo (1st title)
Runners-up	FC Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	55 (4.23 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Félix Sesúmaga (10 goals)
← 1918 1920 →

The competition started on 12 April 1919, and concluded on 18 May 1919, with the final, held at the Martínez Campos in Madrid, in which Arenas Club de Getxo lifted the trophy for the first time ever with a 5–2 victory over FC Barcelona after extra-time with a hat-trick from Félix Sesúmaga.^[1][2]

Teams

• Biscay: Arenas Club de Getxo
• Gipuzkoa: Real Sociedad
• Centre Region: Racing de Madrid
• South Region: Sevilla FC
• Galicia: Real Vigo Sporting
• Asturias: Sporting de Gijón
• Catalonia: FC Barcelona
• Levante: CD Águilas^[a]

Quarterfinals

First leg

30 March 1919

Arenas Club de Getxo	8–2	Racing de Madrid
Sesúmaga 1', 2', 3', 8', 30', 50', 60' Pagaza 80'	Report	Ricardo Álvarez 40', 70'

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee: Cecilio Ibarreche

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6 April 1919

Real Vigo Sporting	2–2	Sporting de Gijón
Nolasco Lorenzo 42', 50'	Report	Manuel Meana 35' Adolfo Trapote 90+12'

Campo de Coia, Vigo

Referee: Guillermo Larrañaga

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13 April 1919

FC Barcelona	6–0	Real Sociedad
Martínez 20' Alcántara 44', 70' Lakatos 55', 62', 79'	Report

Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona

Referee: Ezequiel Montero

Second leg

6 April 1919

Racing de Madrid	2–0	Arenas Club de Getxo
Ricardo Álvarez 41' Portugés 44'	Report

Campo de O'Donnell (Atlético Madrid), Madrid

Referee: Julián Ruete

Arenas Club de Getxo and Racing de Madrid won one match each. At that year, the aggregate score was not taken into account. A replay match was played.

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13 April 1919

Sporting de Gijón	1–1	Real Vigo Sporting
Villaverde I 10'	Report	Chiarroni 20'

Gijón

Referee: Antonio de Cárcer

Sporting de Gijón and Real Vigo Sporting tied, with both games drawn. A replay match was played.

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20 April 1919

Real Sociedad	1–3	FC Barcelona
José Arrate I 10' (pen.)	Report	Martínez 35', 60', 85'

Atotxa Stadium, San Sebastián

Referee: Julián Ruete

FC Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate matches and qualified for the semifinals.

Replay matches

9 April 1919

Racing de Madrid	0–3	Arenas Club de Getxo
	Report	Ibaibarriaga 50' Barturen 75' Vallana 80' (pen.)

Martínez Campos, Madrid

Referee: Julián Ruete

Arenas Club qualified for the semifinals.

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27 April 1919

Real Vigo Sporting	3–0	Sporting de Gijón
Moncho Gil 73' Teodoro Cruces 76', 83'	Report

El Sardinero, Santander

Referee: Cecilio Ibarreche

Real Vigo qualified for the semifinals.

Bye: Sevilla FC

Semifinals

First leg

27 April 1919

FC Barcelona	4–3	Sevilla FC
Lakatos 31' Martínez 43' Garchitorena 86' Alcántara 88'	Report	Kinké 35' (pen.), 85' Otero 49'

Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona

Referee: Ezequiel Montero

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4 May 1919

Real Vigo Sporting	0–2	Arenas Club de Getxo
	Report	Sesúmaga 12', 40'

Campo de Coia, Vigo

Referee: Bartlett

Second leg

30 April 1919

Sevilla FC	0–3	FC Barcelona
	Report	Alcántara 60', 76', 82'

Madrid

Referee: Antonio de Cárcer

FC Barcelona win 2–0 on aggregate matches.

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11 May 1919

Arenas Club de Getxo	6–1	Real Vigo Sporting
Sesúmaga 10', 63', 67', 84' Barturen 33', 69'	Report	Vallana 81' (o.g.)

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee: Cecilio Ibarreche

Arenas Club de Getxo win 2–0 on aggregate matches.

Final

Main article: 1919 Copa del Rey Final

18 May 1919

17:30 CEST

Arenas Club de Getxo	5–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Barcelona
Sesúmaga 12', 80', 96' F. Peña 116' Ibaibarriaga 119'	Report	Viñals 38' Lakatos 55'

Martínez Campos, Madrid

Referee: Julián Ruete

Copa del Rey 1919 winners
Arenas de Getxo 1st title

Notes

1. Withdrew before the draw.