1921 Copa del Rey

1921 Copa del Rey
21st Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	8
Defending champions	FC Barcelona
Final positions
Champions	Athletic Bilbao (8th title)
Runner-up	Athletic Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	50 (4.17 per match)
	← 1920 1922 →

The Copa del Rey 1921 was the 21st staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition started on 9 April 1921, and concluded on 8 May 1921, with the Final, held at the San Mamés in Bilbao, in which Athletic Bilbao lifted the trophy for the eighth time with a 4–1 victory over Athletic Madrid thanks to two braces from José María Laca and Domingo Acedo.^[1]^[2]

Teams

Quarterfinals

FC Barcelona withdrew in protest after the Spanish Federation moved the final to Seville:^[3] Athletic Madrid, who they had been drawn against, qualified for the semifinals.

First leg

27 March 1921

Fortuna Vigo	5–1	Real Unión
Redondela 29', 61' Posada 33', 80' Polo 68'	Report	Emery 32'

Campo de Coia, Vigo

Referee:

Bertrán de Lis

3 April 1921

Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Sporting Gijón
Belauste I 8' Antón Allende 42' Laca	Report	Palacios 35'

San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao

Referee:

José Berraondo

10 April 1921

Sevilla FC	2–0	Levante de Murcia
Escobar 30' Cabeza 88'	Report

Campo de la Reina Victoria, Sevilla

Referee:

Bertrán de Lis

Second leg

3 April 1921

Real Unión	3–2	Fortuna Vigo
Patricio 8' Jáuregui 27' Emery 78'	Report	Redondela 58' Polo 79'

Estadio de Amute, Irun

Referee:

José Berraondo

Fortuna Vigo and Real Unión won one match each. At that year, the goal difference was not taken into account. A replay match was played.

10 April 1921

Sporting Gijón	0–1	Athletic Bilbao
	Report	Acedo 79' (pen.)

Gijón

Referee:

José Bidagor

Athletic Bilbao qualified for the semifinals.

17 April 1921

Levante de Murcia	0–3	Sevilla FC
	Report	Kinké 20', 40' (pen.) Brand 50'

Campo La Torre de la Marquesa, Murcia

Referee:

Ezequiel Montero

Sevilla FC qualified for the semifinals.

Replay match

10 April 1921

Real Unión	4–3	Fortuna Vigo
René Petit 30' (pen.) Amantegui 54', 65' Patricio 85'	Report	Posada 10', 60' Torres 70' (pen.)

Madrid

Referee:

Carlos Dieste

Real Unión qualified for the semifinals.

Semifinals

First leg

17 April 1921

Real Unión	1–2	Athletic Madrid
Amantegui 50'	Report	Tuduri 20', 22'

Estadio de Amute, Irun

Referee:

Enrique Peris

1 May 1921

Sevilla FC	4–2	Athletic Bilbao

Madrid

Referee:

Second leg

24 April 1921

Athletic Madrid	5–2	Real Unión
Olalquiaga 65' (pen.) Triana 80', 86', 88' Fajardo 82'	Report	Maritorena 2' Emery 15' (pen.)

Campo de O'Donnell (Atlético Madrid), Madrid

Referee:

José Torrens

Athletic Madrid qualified for the final.

2 May 1921

Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Sevilla FC

Madrid

Referee:

Sevilla FC won the semifinals, but was disqualified because of an illegal line-up in quarter-finals. Athletic Bilbao qualified for the final.^[3]

Final

8 May 1921

17:30 CET

Athletic Bilbao	4–1	Athletic Madrid
Laca 29', 73' Acedo 41' (pen.), 68'	Report	Triana 38'

San Mamés, Bilbao^[3]

Attendance: 15,000

Referee:

José Berraondo

Copa del Rey 1921 winners
Athletic Bilbao 8th title

References

^ "Spain - Cup 1921". RSSSF. 12 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^ "Copa del Rey 1920-21". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1921: El primer duelo entre atléticos" [1921: The first duel of the Athletics] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

External links

[1] "Spain - Cup 1921". RSSSF. 12 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

[BD-2] "Copa del Rey 1920-21". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[duelo-3] "1921: El primer duelo entre atléticos" [1921: The first duel of the Athletics] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

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