1925 Copa del Rey

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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





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

Tie-break match

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





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


Celta de Vigo2–0RSC Ovetense

Celta de Vigo7–2CD Español


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

Barcelona2–0Arenas
Samitier 9'
Sancho 34'
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