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1902 Copa de la Coronación

Field	Value
title	Copa de la Coronación
image	File:Copa de la coronacion.jpg
caption	The trophy on display in the Athletic Bilbao museum
year	1902
country	Spain
num_teams	5
winners	Bizcaya
second	FC Barcelona
matches	5
goals	27
scoring_leader	ENG Walter Evans
ENG William Dyer
(5 goals each)
next_season	[1903](1903-copa-del-rey)

ENG William Dyer (5 goals each) The 1902 Copa de la Coronación (Coronation Cup in English) was a football competition in honour of the coronation of Alfonso XIII of Spain. The Royal Spanish Football Federation does not recognize it as the first season of the Copa del Rey, which began the following year.

The competition was thought up after Carlos Padrós, later president of Madrid FC, suggested a football competition to celebrate the coronation of Alfonso XIII. Four other teams joined Madrid for the first competition: FC Barcelona, Club Español de Foot-Ball, Bizcaya (a combination of Athletic Club and Bilbao Football Club) and New Foot-Ball Club. The competition featured the first recorded game between Barcelona and Madrid FC, with the former emerging as 3–1 winners, courtesy of goals from Udo Steinberg and Joan Gamper.

Carlos Padrós was also the referee of the final, held at the Hipódromo in Madrid, in which Bizcaya lifted the trophy after beating Barcelona 2–1.

Quarterfinal

Walter Evans
William Dyer

Semifinals

Joan Gamper

Armand Cazeaux William Dyer
Juan Astorquia

Final

Main article: 1902 Copa de la Coronación Final

CIHEFE bdfutbol Armand Cazeaux

Note: Some sources list Udo Steinberg as the goalscorer of Barcelona's consolation goal.

Copa de la Coronación 1902 Winners
Bizcaya
1st Title

Consolation Trophy / Copa de la Gran Peña

Originally, this was to feature the four clubs aside from Copa de la Coronación winners Bizcaya in a knockout tournament.

However, New Foot-Ball Club had returned home after their crushing defeat to Bizcaya in the Copa de la Coronación, while FC Barcelona were forced to withdraw as their players had to return to their occupations, leaving them unable to field a team.

Therefore, the Gran Peña Cup was played as a single match between Madrid FC and Club Español.

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Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	ENG Walter Evans	ESP Bizcaya	5
ENG William Dyer
2	ESP Juan Astorquia	3
3	ENG Raymond Cazeaux	2
GER Udo Steinberg	ESP Barcelona FC

Legacy

The Copa de la Coronación was the first national football tournament played in Spain, being organized as a punctual commemorative celebration. However, its success led to the organization of the first edition of the Copa del Rey the following year, then known as the Spanish Championship. Since then, it has been held on an annual basis. Due to this fact, the Copa de la Coronación is generally considered informally as the first edition of the Copa del Rey, although the Royal Spanish Football Federation does not recognize it as such.

References

(3 April 2009). "La FEF no reconocerá al Barça la Liga del año 37". Diario AS.
(15 September 2000). "Spain - Cup 1902".
"Bizcaya 5–1 Club Español".
"Barcelona 3–1 Madrid".
"Bizcaya 8–1 New Club".
"Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII 1902". Linguasport.
(25 January 2015). "La Copa de la Coronación, donde todo comenzó".

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