Madrid autonomous football team

The Madrid autonomous football team is the regional football team for the Community of Madrid, Spain. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because the Community of Madrid is represented internationally by the Spain national football team. The team plays only friendly matches.

Madrid

Association	Madrid Football Federation
Head coach	Lorenzo Benito
Top scorer	Juan Monjardín (6)
First international
as Castile Castile 1–2 Catalonia  (Madrid, Madrid; 10 May 1915) as Madrid  Madrid 1–2 Andalusia  (Madrid, Madrid; 7 June 2013)
Biggest win
Castile 4–0 Catalonia  (Madrid, Madrid; 27 October 1927) Castile 4–0 Andalusia  (Madrid, Madrid; 28 October 1963)
Biggest defeat
Castile 0–4 Catalonia  (Madrid, Madrid; 6 January 1916) Castile 1–5 Catalonia  (Madrid, Madrid; 13 October 1943)

History

Prince of Asturias Cup

In the first half of the 20th century, the Regional Centro Football Federation (which encompassed Madrid and the wider Castile region, and organised the Campeonato Regional Centro for the local clubs) selected a representative team for friendly matches, and also participated in the inter-regional Prince of Asturias Cup, winning the competition on two occasions (1917 and 1918) when they were hosts.^[1][2] Due to incompetence of some federative leaders, the calendar of the 1917 tournament was allowed to be played on the same week as the 1917 Copa del Rey Final between Madrid FC and Arenas, something that prevented the Centro team from having the best players of Madrid FC, thus they had to send players from the likes of Athletic Madrid and Racing de Madrid to form a team which could compete. As a result, this side included lesser known players such as Joaquín Pascual, Ezequiel Montero, Sócrates Quintana, José Agüero, Miguel Mieg and Saturno Villaverde and captain José María Castell, who was the only player of Madrid FC in the squad.^[3] Despite being a weaker side than in the previous tournaments, they managed to win the tournament for the first time in the team's history, with the then unknown Saturnino being the star of the tournament with three goals - a brace against Catalonia in a 2-2 draw and the winner against Cantabric in a 3-2 win - while Mieg and Agüero scored the goals of the decisive game against Catalonia.^[4] In the 1918 edition, they were set up to face Cantabric in a two-legged final, and Centro won both games by an aggregate score of 6-3, with the Castilian goalscorers being Feliciano Rey, Gomar, José María Sansinenea (2) and Ramón Olalquiaga (2).^[5]

They also had a memorable campaign in the 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup, where they beat Galicia 1-0 in the quarter-finals just as Galicia had done to them in the quarter-finals of the previous edition, and then defeated the South team 2-1 in the semi-finals thanks to a brace from Juan Monjardín, and in the final against Catalonia Monjardín appeared to have been the hero once more when he scored early at the beginning of extra time to put Madrid 4-3 up, but with two minutes remaining Sagi-Barba leveled the scores at 4-4, forcing a replay in which Monjardín scored twice, but his efforts were in vain as Catalonia ran 3-2 winners.

Stagnation

The Centro Federation evolved into the Castilian Football Federation in the 1930s, and into the Madrid Federation in the 1980s; both organisations considered themselves to be the successor to Centro,^[6] using its 1913 foundation date as the basis for their celebrations of a 50th Anniversary in 1963^[7][8] and 100th Anniversary in 2013,^[9] including special fixtures featuring a regional representative squad.

Match history

Results

Castile v  Catalonia

10 May 1915 1915 Prince of Asturias Cup	Castile	1–2	Catalonia	Madrid
	Petit	Report	Alcántara Baró	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Julián Ruete

Castile v  Basque Country^[a]

14 May 1915 1915 Prince of Asturias Cup	Castile	1–1	Basque Country[a]	Madrid
	Bernabéu 1-0' Petit	Report	Patricio 1-1'	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Carlos Dieste

Catalonia  v Castile

10 October 1915 Friendly	Catalonia	0–0	Castile	Barcelona, Catalonia
		Report		Stadium: Camp Muntaner Referee: Hamilton

Castile v  Catalonia

6 January 1916 Friendly	Castile	0–4	Catalonia	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Hamilton

Castile v  Catalonia

11 May 1916 1916 Prince of Asturias Cup	Castile	3–6	Catalonia	Madrid
	Álvarez 15' Bernabéu 40' Larrañaga 80' (pen.)	Report Report2	Cabedo 12', 20', 35', 60' Sampere 30' Kinké 50'	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Carlos Dieste

Castile v  Catalonia

13 May 1916 1916 Prince of Asturias Cup	Castile	2–2	Catalonia	Madrid
	De Miguel 50' Larrañaga 70'	Report Report2	Kinké 75', 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Carlos Dieste

Castile v  Catalonia

9 May 1917 1917 Prince of Asturias Cup	Castile	2–2	Catalonia	Madrid
	Saturno		Gumbau Alcover	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Carlos Dieste

Castile v Cantabric^[b]

11 May 1917 1917 Prince of Asturias Cup	Castile	3–2	Cantabric[b]	Madrid
	Castell 20' (pen.) Agüero 30' Villaverde 45'	Report	Felgueroso 50' Pascual 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Pelayo Serrano

Castile v  Catalonia

15 May 1917 1917 Prince of Asturias Cup Final	Castile	2–0[e]	Catalonia	Madrid
	Mieg 50' Agüero 60'	Report Report2		Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Julián Ruete

Catalonia  v Castile

14 October 1917 Friendly	Catalonia	1–0	Castile	Barcelona, Catalonia
	Monistrol			Stadium: Camp Muntaner Referee: Francisco Bru

Castile v Cantabric^[b]

20 January 1918 1918 Prince of Asturias Cup	Castile	3–2	Cantabric[b]	Madrid
	Sansinenea Gomar Rey	Report	Villaverde III Villaverde I	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Pelayo Serrano

Castile v Cantabric^[b]

23 January 1918 1918 Prince of Asturias Cup	Castile	3–1	Cantabric[b]	Madrid
	Sansinenea Olalquiaga	Report Report2	Villaverde III	Stadium: Campo de O'Donnell Referee: Carlos Dieste

Galicia  v Castile

19 November 1922 1922–23 Prince of Asturias Cup quarter-finals	Galicia	4–1	Castile	Vigo, Galicia
	Chiarroni Polo Pinilla (pen.) González	Report	Monjardín	Stadium: Coia Referee: Ivo Lemes

Castile v  Galicia

25 November 1923 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup quarter-finals	Castile	1–0	Galicia	Madrid
	De Miguel 10'	Report		Stadium: Ciudad Lineal Referee: Agustín Cruella Tena

Castile v  Andalusia

21 January 1924 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup semi-finals[1]	Castile	2–1	Andalusia	Madrid
	Monjardín	Report	Herminio	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Referee: Josep Llovera

Catalonia  v Castile

24 February 1924 1924 Prince of Asturias Cup Final	Catalonia	4–4	Castile	Bilbao, Basque Country
	Samitier 35', 38' Piera 57' Sagibarba 118'	Report Report2	Pérez 8' Piera 42', 75' Monjardín 95'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Murguia

Catalonia  v Castile

26 February 1924 1924 Prince of Asturias Cup Final Replay	Catalonia	3–2	Castile	Bilbao, Basque Country
	Carulla 0–1' Samitier 2–2' Piera 2–3'	Report Report2	Monjardín 1–1', 2–1'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Fermín Sánchez

Catalonia  v Castile

15 May 1927 Friendly	Catalonia	3–0	Castile	Barcelona, Catalonia
	Sastre 8', 11', 88'			Stadium: Camp de Les Corts Referee: Agustín Cruella Tena

Castile v  Catalonia

27 October 1927 Friendly	Castile	4–0	Catalonia	Madrid
				Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano

Catalonia  v Castile

24 September 1930 Friendly	Catalonia	3–0	Castile	Barcelona, Catalonia
	Ventolrà 24' Goiburu 57' Arocha 70'			Stadium: Camp de Les Corts

Castile v  Galicia

8 June 1930 Friendly	Castile	1–4	Galicia	Madrid
			Losada Fariña Hilario	Stadium: Chamartín

Castile v  Catalonia

6 January 1931 Friendly	Castile	1–1	Catalonia	Madrid
	Marín	Report	Sagibarba	Stadium: Estadio Chamartín

Catalonia  v Castile

14 April 1932 Friendly	Catalonia	1–1	Castile	Barcelona, Catalonia
	Samitier		Losada	Stadium: Estadi d'Montjuïc

Castile v  Catalonia

16 March 1941 Friendly	Castile	4–3	Catalonia	Madrid
	Pruden Barinaga		Martínez	Stadium: Estadio Chamartín

Catalonia  v Castile

15 March 1942 Friendly	Catalonia	4–3	Castile	Barcelona, Catalonia
	Gràcia Mas unknown Martín			Stadium: Camp de Les Corts Referee: A. Vilalta

Castile v  Catalonia

13 October 1943 Friendly	Castile	1–5	Catalonia	Madrid
	Alonso		César Martín Escolà Bravo	Stadium: Estadio Chamartín

Catalonia  v Castile

23 June 1946 Friendly	Catalonia	5–2	Castile	Barcelona, Catalonia
	Calvo Sospedra Pallàs Mencia (o.g.)		Pruden Juncosa	Stadium: Camp de Les Corts

Castile v  Andalusia

28 October 1963 FFM Trofeo Bodas de Oro	Castile	4–0	Andalusia	Madrid
	Mendonça 3' Puskás 77' (pen.) 87' Yanko 86'	Report	Donato	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Barrenechea

Madrid v  Brazil

19 May 1990 Friendly	Madrid	0–1	Brazil	Madrid
		Report	Branco	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: J. M. Garcia Aranda

Madrid v  Andalusia

7 June 2013 Friendly	Madrid	1–2	Andalusia	Madrid
20:00 CET	Riki 13' (pen.)	Report	Barral 8', 17'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Table

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Andalusia	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	066.67
Asturias[b]	3	3	0	0	9	5	+4	100.00
Basque Country[a]	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Catalonia	19	3	6	10	30	48	−18	015.79
Galicia	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	033.33
Total (6 opponents)	30	9	6	15	49	66	−17	030.00

1. Matches were played as the 'North Federation' (Norte) team, including Cantabria, but usually featuring only players from the Basque provinces of Biscay and Gipuzkoa, each of which also organised their own representative matches occasionally.
2. A combined team of players from Asturias and Cantabria.

Honours

Prince of Asturias Cup:

• Champions (2): 1917 and 1918
• Runners-up (2): 1916 and 1924^[1]

Notable players

• Bernabéu
• René Petit
• Juan Monjardín
• Ferenc Puskás

See also

• Category:Footballers from the Community of Madrid