1923 Copa del Rey

1923 King Alfonso XIII's Cup
23rd Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	8
Defending champions	FC Barcelona
Final positions
Champions	Athletic Bilbao (9th title)
Runner-up	Europa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	46 (3.07 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Manuel Cros (4 goals)
	← 1922 1924 →

The King Alfonso XIII's Cup 1923 was the 23rd staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition started on 25 March 1923, and concluded on 13 May 1923, with the final, held at the Les Corts in Barcelona, in which Athletic Bilbao lifted the trophy for the ninth time with a 1–0 victory over CD Europa with Travieso netting the only goal of the match.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Teams

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	1–8	Athletic Bilbao	1–3	0–5
Real Vigo Sporting	3–4	Real Sociedad	3–1	0–3
Valencia FC	2–6	Sporting Gijón	1–0	1–6
CD Europa	6–1	Sevilla FC	4–0	2–1

Tiebreaker (because of equality of points - 1 win each)

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sporting Gijón	2–0	Valencia FC
Real Sociedad	4–1	Real Vigo Sporting

First leg

25 March 1923

Real Madrid	1–3	Athletic Bilbao
Bernabéu 20'	Report	Sesúmaga 19' (pen.), 28' (pen.), 51'

Madrid

Referee:

Manuel Lemmel

25 March 1923

Real Vigo Sporting	3–1	Real Sociedad
Ramón 20' Gerardito 37' Moncho Gil 50'	Report	Juantegui 17'

Campo de Coia, Vigo

Referee:

Orbón

25 March 1923

Valencia FC	1–0	Sporting Gijón
Montes 87'	Report

Campo de Algirós, Valencia

Referee:

Lucien Leclercq

25 March 1923

CD Europa	4–0	Sevilla FC
Julià 50', 80' Cros 70', 75'	Report

Referee:

Rasero Arribillaga

Second leg

8 April 1923

Athletic Bilbao	5–0	Real Madrid
Travieso 16', 88' Laca 62', 87' Larraza 71'	Report

San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao

Referee:

Josep Llovera

Athletic de Bilbao qualified for the semifinals 8–1 on agg.

8 April 1923

Sporting Gijón	6–1	Valencia FC
Infiesta 26' (pen.), 87' (pen.) Arcadio 28' Bolado 67' Morilla 80' Corsino 83'	Report	Montes 16'

El Molinón, Gijón

Referee:

Julián Echevarrieta

8 April 1923

Sevilla FC	1–2	CD Europa
Kinké 60'	Report	Cros 8' Pelaó 70'

Campo de la Reina Victoria, Sevilla

Referee:

Rasero Arribillaga

CD Europa qualified for the semifinals 6–1 on agg.

13 April 1923

Real Sociedad	3–0	Real Vigo
Olaizola 18', 76' (pen.) Artola 50'	Report

Atotxa Stadium, San Sebastián

Referee:

Antonio de Cárcer

Tie break

11 April 1923

Sporting Gijón	2–0	Valencia FC
Bolado 4' Palacios 17'	Report

Teatinos, Oviedo

Referee:

Julián Echevarrieta

15 April 1923

Real Sociedad	4–1	Real Vigo Sporting
Juantegui 13' Rosales 65' Olaizola 83' Artola 88'	Report	Ramón 56'

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee:

Enrique Peris

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Sociedad	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	0–2
CD Europa	5–3	Sporting Gijón	3–2	2–1

First leg

22 April 1923

Real Sociedad	0–0	Athletic Bilbao
	Report

Josaleta Stadium, Getxo

Referee:

Ezequiel Montero

22 April 1923

CD Europa	3–2	Sporting Gijón
Pellicer 20' Olivella 40' Cros 78'	Report	Morilla 57' Palacios 85'

Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona

Referee:

Rasero Arribillaga

Second leg

29 April 1923

Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Real Sociedad
Echevarría 7' Carmelo 45+1'	Report

San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao

Referee:

Manuel Lemmel

Athletic Bilbao qualified for the semifinals 2–0 on agg.

29 April 1923

Sporting Gijón	1–2	CD Europa
Palacios 10'	Report	Pellicer 12' Julià 88'

El Molinón, Gijón

Referee:

José Murguía

CD Europa qualified for the semifinals 5–3 on agg.

Final

13 May 1923

Athletic Bilbao	1 – 0	CD Europa
Travieso 29'	Report

Les Corts, Barcelona

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Rasero Arribillaga

Copa del Rey 1923 winners
Athletic Bilbao 9th title

References

^ "Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup 1923". linguasport.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "Spain - Cup 1923". RSSSF. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^ "Copa del Rey 1922-23". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

External links

[1] "Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup 1923". linguasport.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[2] "Spain - Cup 1923". RSSSF. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

[BD-3] "Copa del Rey 1922-23". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

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