1921 Copa del Rey final

Football match
1921 Copa del Rey final
Athletic Bilbao, champions
Event1921 Copa del Rey
Athletic de Bilbao Athletic de Madrid
4 1
Date8 May 1921
VenueSan Mamés, Bilbao
RefereeSpain José Berraondo
1920
1922

The 1921 Copa del Rey Final was the 21st final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at San Mamés, in Bilbao, on 8 May 1921. Athletic Bilbao beat Athletic Madrid 4–1 courtesy of two braces from José María Laca and Domingo Acedo, a victory that assured their eighth domestic cup title.[1][2]

The match was the first meeting between the 'two Athletics' who had begun as the same club, with the parent in Bilbao and the subsidiary in Madrid.[3] The clubs had been growing apart, and after this match, they formally split, one of the main reasons being the Athletic Madrid president Julián Ruete having agreed with Athletic Bilbao's request to move the final from its original venue in Seville to Bilbao (due to bad feeling over the manner in which Sevilla FC had been disqualified to the Basques' benefit), which Athletic Madrid fans saw as an unnecessary deference.[3]

It was Athletic Madrid's first final in the competition after they unexpectedly, but convincingly defeated Real Unión in the semi-finals.[3] It was also the last match played by Athletic Bilbao's well-known forward Pichichi, who retired soon afterwards and died the following year.[3]

Match details

Athletic Bilbao4–1Athletic Madrid
Laca 29', 73'
Acedo 41' (pen.), 68'
Report 38' Triana
San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 15,000
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Madrid
GK 1 Spain Francisco Rivero
DF 2 Spain Luis Beguiristain
DF 3 Spain Luis Hurtado
MF 4 Spain Francisco Belauste
MF 5 Spain José María Belauste
MF 6 Spain Sabino Bilbao
FW 7 Spain Villavaso
FW 8 Spain Pichichi
FW 9 Spain Antón Allende
FW 10 Spain José María Laca
FW 11 Spain Domingo Acedo
Manager:
England Billy Barnes
GK 1 Spain Francisco Durán
DF 2 Spain Ramón Olalquiaga
DF 3 Spain Pololo
MF 4 Spain Francisco Martínez
MF 5 Spain Desiderio Fajardo
MF 6 Spain Jesús Olarreaga
FW 7 Spain Ramón Amann
FW 8 Spain Andrés Tuduri
FW 9 Spain Monchín Triana
FW 10 Spain Ángel del Río
FW 11 Spain Luis Olaso
Manager:
England Vince Hayes

Copa del Rey
1921 winners
Athletic Bilbao
Eighth title

See also

Same finalists:

References

  1. ^ "Spain - Cup 1921". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Copa del Rey Alfonso 1921". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "1921: El primer duelo entre atléticos" [1921: The first duel of the Athletics] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

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