1925 King Alfonso XIII's Cup
25th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
CountrySpain Spain
Defending championsReal Unión
Final positions
ChampionsBarcelona (6th title)
Runner-upArenas
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored109 (4.04 per match)
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The King Alfonso XIII's Cup 1925 was the 25th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

Teams

A record twelve teams were invited to play the tournament, as the champion of Castile and León was also invited, while the Levante Championship was split into two tournaments: the Valencian Championship and the Murcian Championship.

The following eleven teams competed (the entry of Real Murcia, winners of the newly formed Championship of Murcia, was rejected):

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
FC Barcelona7–3Valencia CF

Valencia CF8–0Stadium de Zaragoza

Stadium de Zaragoza1–5FC Barcelona
Campo del Arrabal, Zaragoza

Valencia CF1–1FC Barcelona

Stadium de Zaragoza0–1Valencia CF
Campo del Arrabal, Zaragoza

FC Barcelona8–0Stadium de Zaragoza

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
Athletic Madrid3–1Sevilla FC

Sevilla FC1–0Athletic Madrid

Tie-break match

Athletic Madrid3–2Sevilla FC

Group III

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Arenas Club de Getxo 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
Racing de Santander1–1Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad1–1Arenas Club de Getxo

Arenas Club de Getxo2–2Racing de Santander

Real Sociedad4–0Racing de Santander

Arenas Club de Getxo3–1Real Sociedad

Racing de Santander1–1Arenas Club de Getxo

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
CD Español1–6Celta de Vigo
La Victoria, Valladolid

RSC Ovetense1–0CD Español
Vetusta, Oviedo

Celta de Vigo2–0RSC Ovetense

Celta de Vigo7–2CD Español

CD Español2–2RSC Ovetense
La Victoria, Valladolid

RSC Ovetense3–4Celta de Vigo
Vetusta, Oviedo

Semifinals

First leg:

April 19, 1925
FC Barcelona 3–2 Athletic Madrid
Arenas Club de Getxo 1–0 Celta Vigo
Second leg:
April 26, 1925
Athletic Madrid 2-1 FC Barcelona
Celta Vigo 1–1 Arenas Club de Getxo 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

Barcelona2–0Arenas
Samitier 9'
Sancho 34'
Reina Victoria, Seville
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tomás Balaguer
1925 Copa del Rey winners
Barcelona
6th title

Notes

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

References