1928 Copa del Rey

1928 Copa del Rey

Country	Spain
Teams	26
Champions	FC Barcelona
Runners-up	Real Sociedad
Matches played	139
Goals scored	644 (4.63 per match)
← 1927 1928–29 →

The Copa del Rey 1928 (known at that time as King Alfonso XIII's Cup) was the 28th edition of the Copa del Rey. The competition started on January 31, 1928 and concluded on June 29, 1928 with the 2nd final tiebreaker, held at the Estadio El Sardinero in Santander.

FC Barcelona won the competition for the eighth time.

Calendar

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Qualifying round	31 January 1928	2 February 1928
Group stage	Matchday 1	5 February 1928
	Matchday 2	12 February 1928
	Matchday 3	19 February 1928
	Matchday 4	26 February 1928
	Matchday 5	4 March 1928
	Matchday 6	11 March 1928
	Matchday 7	18 March 1928
	Matchday 8	25 March 1928
	Matchday 9	1 April 1928
	Matchday 10	8 April 1928
Knockout phase	Quarter-finals	15 April 1928	29 April 1928
	Semi-finals	6 May 1928	13 May 1928
	Final	20 May 1928
	Tiebreaker 1	22 May 1928
	Tiebreaker 2	29 June 1928

Teams

As in the previous tournament, 26 teams entered the competition.

• Aragon: Iberia SC, Patria Aragón
• Asturias: Real Oviedo, Racing de Sama
• Balearic Islands: US Mahón
• Cantabria: Racing de Santander, Gimnástica de Torrelavega
• Castile and León: Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Unión Deportiva
• Catalonia: FC Barcelona, CD Europa
• Extremadura: Patria FC
• Galicia: Celta de Vigo, Deportivo de La Coruña
• Gipuzkoa: Real Unión, Real Sociedad
• Murcia: Real Murcia, Cartagena FC
• Center Region: Real Madrid, Athletic Madrid
• South Region: Sevilla FC, Real Betis
• Valencia: Valencia CF, Levante FC
• Biscay: Athletic Bilbao, CD Alavés

Qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	10–1	Patria FC	7–0	3–1
US Mahón	3–13	CD Europa	1–5	2–8

Group stage

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Celta de Vigo	10	7	1	2	55	17	15
Real Oviedo	10	7	1	2	39	19	15
Deportivo de La Coruña	10	6	1	3	32	14	13
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	10	4	1	5	23	33	9
Racing de Sama	10	2	0	8	13	43	4
Real Unión Deportiva	10	2	0	8	15	51	4

	CEL	LEO	DEP	SAM	OVI	UNI
Celta de Vigo		8–0	2–1	7–1	7–2	11–1
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	3–2		3–2	2–1	3–3	6–1
Deportivo de La Coruña	3–3	6–1		4–0	2–0	6–0
Racing de Sama	1–5	3–1	0–4		1–5	5–4
Real Oviedo	4–2	5–3	4–0	7–0		6–0
Real Unión Deportiva	1–8	2–1	1–4	4–1	1–3

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
CD Alavés	10	5	4	1	17	9	14
Real Madrid	10	6	2	2	23	17	14
Racing de Santander	10	6	1	3	34	13	13
Athletic Bilbao	10	6	1	3	26	13	13
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	10	1	2	7	8	38	4
Athletic de Madrid	10	1	0	9	12	30	2

	ATH	ATM	ALA	GIM	RAC	RMA
Athletic Bilbao		3–1	0–0	8–0	3–1	3–1
Athletic de Madrid	2–4		1–3	3–2	1–4	0–1
CD Alavés	2–0	2–1		3–0	2–1	0–1
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	1–3	2–1	0–0		0–5	2–2
Racing de Santander	2–0	6–2	2–2	7–0		4–0
Real Madrid	3–2	3–0	3–3	6–1	3–2

Group III

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
FC Barcelona	10	7	2	1	35	18	16
Real Sociedad	10	8	0	2	31	17	16
Real Unión	10	7	1	2	36	17	15
CD Europa	10	3	1	6	22	21	7
Iberia SC	10	3	0	7	16	28	6
Patria Aragón	10	0	0	10	7	46	0

	EUR	FCB	IBE	PAT	RSO	RUN
CD Europa		2–3	7–0	4–2	0–1	0–3
FC Barcelona	2–2		4–1	7–0	4–1	4–4
Iberia SC	2–1	0–1		4–1	1–3	3–4
CD Patria Aragón	2–3	1–3	0–3		0–3	0–7
Real Sociedad	4–2	5–4	5–1	4–1		4–1
Real Unión	2–1	2–3	2–1	8–0	3–1

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Real Murcia	10	7	1	2	23	14	15
Valencia FC	10	5	2	3	21	20	12
Cartagena FC	10	4	2	4	18	17	10
Sevilla FC	10	3	3	4	16	14	9
Real Betis	10	3	3	4	20	20	9
Levante FC	10	2	1	7	13	26	5

	CAR	LEV	BET	MUR	SEV	VAL
Cartagena FC		4–1	4–2	2–2	1–0	4–0
Levante FC	2–2		0–1	1–3	2–0	1–3
Real Betis	3–0	4–2		1–3	1–1	0–1
Real Murcia	2–1	5–1	3–2		1–2	1–0
Sevilla FC	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–2		7–2
Valencia FC	4–0	4–2	3–3	3–1	1–1

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	9 – 5	Real Oviedo	7–3	2–2
Real Murcia	2 – 5	CD Alavés	1–2	1–3
RC Celta de Vigo	2 – 4	Real Sociedad	2–1	0–3
Real Madrid	3 – 4	Valencia FC	2–2	1–2

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Sociedad	9 – 3	Valencia FC	7–0	2–3
FC Barcelona	8 – 0	CD Alavés	3–0	5–0

Final

Main article: 1928 Copa del Rey Final

FC Barcelona v Real Sociedad

20 May 1928 16:30 CET

FC Barcelona	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Real Sociedad
Samitier  53'		Mariscal  83'

El Sardinero, Santander Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Pedro Vallana

Replay

FC Barcelona v Real Sociedad

22 May 1928 11:30 CET

FC Barcelona	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Real Sociedad
Piera  69'		Kiriki  32'

El Sardinero, Santander Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pedro Escartín

Second replay

FC Barcelona v Real Sociedad

29 June 1928 17:00 CET

FC Barcelona	3–1	Real Sociedad
Samitier  8' Arocha  21' Josep Sastre  25'		Zaldúa  16' (pen.)

El Sardinero, Santander Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Pablo Saracho

Copa del Rey 1928 Winners
FC Barcelona 8th title

External links

• www.linguasport.com (Spanish)
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