1928–29 Copa del Rey

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

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)
← 1928 1930 →

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

Main article: 1929 Copa del Rey 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