1925 Copa del Rey

1925 Copa del Rey

Country	Spain
Teams	12
Champions	FC Barcelona (6th title)
Runner-up	Arenas Club
Matches played	27
Goals scored	109 (4.04 per match)
← 1924 1926 →

The Copa del Rey 1925 (known at that time as King Alfonso XIII's Cup) was the 23rd edition of the Copa del Rey.

The competition started on March 1, 1925 and concluded on May 10, 1925 with the final, held at the Estadio Reina Victoria in Sevilla, in which FC Barcelona lifted the trophy for the 6th time ever with a 2–0 victory over Arenas Club.

Teams

Two more teams were invited to play the tournament that year. Besides the ten regional champions, the champion of Castile and León was also invited. The Levante Championship was split in two tournaments: The Valencian Championship and the Murcian Championship. So twelve teams (record at that time) were invited to the tournament.

• Biscay: Arenas Club
• Gipuzkoa: Real Sociedad
• Center Region: Athletic Madrid
• South Region: Sevilla FC
• Galicia: Celta de Vigo
• Asturias: Stadium Ovetense
• Cantabria: Racing de Santander
• Catalonia: FC Barcelona
• Aragon: Stadium de Zaragoza
• Valencia: Valencia CF
• Castile and León: CD Español

Inscription of Real Murcia, champions of new Championship of Murcia, was not accepted.

Group stage

The winner of each group advanced to the semifinals.

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FC Barcelona	4	3	1	0	21	5	+16	7
Valencia CF	4	2	1	1	13	8	+5	5
Stadium de Zaragoza	4	0	0	4	1	22	-21	0

March 1, 1925	FC Barcelona	7–3	Valencia CF	Les Corts, Barcelona

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March 8, 1925	Valencia CF	8–0	Stadium de Zaragoza	Mestalla, Valencia

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March 15, 1925	Stadium de Zaragoza	1–5	FC Barcelona	Zaragoza

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March 22, 1925	Valencia CF	1–1	FC Barcelona	Mestalla, Valencia

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March 29, 1925	Stadium de Zaragoza	0–1	Valencia CF	Zaragoza

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April 5, 1925	FC Barcelona	8–0	Stadium de Zaragoza	Les Corts, Barcelona

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Athletic Madrid[1]	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	2
Sevilla FC	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1	2

March 15, 1925	Athletic Madrid	3–1	Sevilla FC	Metropolitano, Madrid

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April 5, 1925	Sevilla FC	1–0	Athletic Madrid	Reina Victoria, Seville

Tie-break match

April 12, 1925	Athletic Madrid	3–2	Sevilla FC	Mestalla, Valencia

Group III

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arenas Club	4	1	3	0	7	5	+2	5
Real Sociedad	4	1	2	1	7	5	+2	4
Racing de Santander	4	0	3	1	4	8	-4	3

March 8, 1925	Racing de Santander	1–1	Real Sociedad	El Sardinero, Santander

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March 15, 1925	Real Sociedad	1–1	Arenas Club	Atotxa, San Sebastián

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March 19, 1925	Arenas Club	2–2	Racing de Santander	Josaleta, Getxo

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March 22, 1925	Real Sociedad	4–0	Racing de Santander	Atotxa, San Sebastián

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March 29, 1925	Arenas Club	3–1	Real Sociedad	Josaleta, Getxo

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April 5, 1925	Racing de Santander	1–1	Arenas Club	El Sardinero, Santander

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Celta de Vigo	4	4	0	0	19	6	+13	8
RSC Ovetense	4	1	1	2	6	8	-2	3
CD Español	4	0	1	3	5	16	-11	1

March 1, 1925	CD Español	1–6	Celta de Vigo	La Victoria, Valladolid

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March 8, 1925	RSC Ovetense	0–1	CD Español	Vetusta, Oviedo

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March 15, 1925	Celta de Vigo	2–0	RSC Ovetense	Coia, Vigo

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March 22, 1925	Celta de Vigo	7–2	CD Español	Coia, Vigo

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March 29, 1925	CD Español	2–2	RSC Ovetense	La Victoria, Valladolid

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April 12, 1925	RSC Ovetense	3–4	Celta de Vigo	Vetusta, Oviedo

Semifinals

First leg:

April 19, 1925
FC Barcelona	3–2	Athletic Madrid
Arenas Club	1–0	Celta Vigo
Second leg:
April 26, 1925
Athletic Madrid	2–1	FC Barcelona
Celta Vigo	1–1	Arenas Club	agg:1–2
Tie break:
May 3, 1925
FC Barcelona	2–1	Athletic Madrid	agg:6–5

Final

Main article: 1925 Copa del Rey Final

10 May 1925 16:45 CET	FC Barcelona	2–0	Arenas Club	Reina Victoria, Seville Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Tomás Balaguer
	Samitier  9' Sancho  34'

Copa del Rey 1925 winners
FC Barcelona 6th title

Notes

1. ^ Athletic Madrid qualified on a tie-break match.

References

• Linguasport.com
• RSSSF.com