1910 FECF Copa del Rey final

Copa del Rey 1910 Final (FECF)

The FC Barcelona team that won the club's first title
Event	1910 Copa del Rey
Barcelona Español de Madrid 3 2
Date	26 May 1910
Venue	Tiro del Pichón, Madrid
Referee	Manuel Lemmel
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The 1910 Copa del Rey Final (FECF) was the 9th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey (although technically there was no final, with the tournament being played as a mini-group of three teams). It was one of two rival Cup competitions played in that year^[1] due to disagreements between the reigning champion of the tournament, Club Ciclista de San Sebastián, and some of the clubs invited.^[2]

The final was played at Tiro del Pichón in Madrid on 26 May 1910. The match was contested by FC Barcelona and Español de Madrid. The latter netted twice in the opening 15 minutes thanks to a brace from Vicente Buylla, thus leading the match 0–2 down at the break, but Barça fought back and scored three goals in the second half to complete a great emotional comeback, thus lifting the trophy for the first time with a 3–2 victory. The Barça goals were scored by Charles Wallace, Carles Comamala and Pepe Rodríguez, who netted the winner in the last-minute.^[3]

This was the "official" competition, organised by the newly-created FECF (Federación Española de Clubs de Football), forerunner of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Fútbol, RFEF), in Madrid. Both its winner, and that of the rival UECF (Unión Española de Clubes de Football) in San Sebastián played two months earlier, are currently recognised as official by the RFEF.

Match details

26 May 1910

Barcelona	3–2	Español de Madrid
Wallace 58' Comamala 70' Pepe Rodríguez 89'	Report1 Report2	Buylla 5', 12'

Tiro del Pichón, Madrid

Referee: Manuel Lemmel

Barcelona

Español

GK Romá Solá DF Francisco Bru DF Manuel Amechazurra MF Arsenio Comamala MF Enrique Peris MF Joan Grau FW Romà Forns FW Pepe Rodríguez FW Carles Comamala FW Charles Wallace (c) FW Percival Wallace

GK Antonio García DF José Àlvarez DF Salvador Navarro MF Armando Giralt MF Luis Heredia MF Manuel Yarza FW Gregorio Alonso FW Vicente Buylla FW Antonio Neyra FW Antonio Morales FW José Giralt

See also

• 1910 UECF Copa del Rey Final
• 1913 FECF Copa del Rey final

References