Club Español de Madrid
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| Full name | Español Foot-Ball Club de Madrid | |
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| Nickname(s) | Españoles | |
| Founded | 1901 | |
| Dissolved | c. 1913[1] | |
| Ground | Madrid, Spain | |
| League | Campeonato Regional de Madrid | |
| 1912–13 | 3rd.[1] | |
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Club Español de Madrid was a
Madrid FC. Español de Madrid was subsequently the Campeonato Regional Centro champions in both 1904 and 1909, and reached three Copa del Rey finals in 1904, 1909 and 1910
, which all ended in losses.
Club Español were one of several football clubs to emerge with a reference to Valencia and a CD Español de Cádiz.
Early years
Football was introduced to Madrid by the professors and students of the
Antonio Neyra, who become the first team captain of the club after its revival.[3]
1904 Copa del Rey
In 1904 Club Español won the
final.[5] Having tied one game and not completed the other, Athletic filed a complaint. Faced with this problem and unable to quickly solve the case, coupled with the rush of players from the Basque club to return to their occupations, the Madrid Association decided to award the cup to Athletic as defending champions.[6]
Copa del Rey Runners-Up
Despite a two-year spell in Madrid FC between 1906 and 1908,
Club Ciclista (which would later become Real Sociedad), with José Giralt netting the Español goal.[8]
In
match between FC Barcelona and Español de Madrid. Neyra's team netted two goals inside the first 15 minutes thanks to a brace from Vicente Buylla, but FC Barcelona pulled off a comeback and won the match 3–2 courtesy of a goal in the last-minute from Pepe Rodríguez.[9]
Decline and Collapse
In 1911, Español de Madrid withdrew from the Federación Regional Centro, and thus from November to the beginning of the new year.[10]
The last recorded record of a Español FC participation in an official tournament was in the 1912–13 Campeonato Regional de Madrid, where the team finished 3rd.[1] It is believed that the club dissolved soon after.
Honours
- Campeonato Regional Centro
- Winners (2): 1904, 1909
- Copa del Rey:
References
- ^ a b c Spain - List of Champions of Centro by Raúl Torre at the RSSSF
- ^ Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football (2003), Phil Ball
- ^ "La triste decisión de los Giralt" [The sad decision of the Giralts] (in Spanish). Diario El Mundo. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Campeonato Centro
- ^ "Spain – Cup 1904". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Athletic Club. "Athletic Club". athletic-club.eus. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Campeonato Centro
- ^ "Spain – Cup 1909". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Spain – Cups 1910". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Español no participó en el Campeonato Centro 1911-12" [Español did not partook in the 1911–12 Centro Championship] (in Spanish). El Día de Madrid. 14 February 1912. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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