Pyrenees Cup
Founded | 1910 |
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Abolished | 1914 |
Region | Marca Hispanica |
Number of teams | 6 to 11 |
Last champions | FC Espanya (1914) |
Most successful club(s) | FC Barcelona (4 titles) |
The Pyrenees Cup (
The Cup was one of the first international football competitions in Europe together with the Challenge Cup (1897–1911), Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz (1900–1907) and the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy (1909–1911).[2]
The great star of this competition was FC Barcelona, the winner of the first four editions, having at the time what was their first great team. The fifth and last was won by FC Espanya de Barcelona before it had to be suspended due to the outbreak of the war.[3]
History
The forerunner of the Pyrenees Cup was the Challenge International du Nord, a competition organized since 1898, and in which, initially, clubs from the north of France and Belgium participated. In 1909, given the success that the northern competition had achieved, and despite the fact that the French Championship organized by the USFSA had gradually been extended to all the clubs in the country, an Occitan patron (Monsieur Labat) from the Committee of the Pyrenees of the USFSA had the initiative to carry out a similar competition in the south of France, extended to some Spanish clubs, and thus the Challenge International du Sud de la France was born.[1] In Spain, however, the competition was commonly known as Copa Pirineos.
1910 Pyrenees Cup
The initial championship in 1910 was held in the road, and was only for teams that were from the USFSA regional committees of
The two teams of Midi-Pyrénées faced each other in the first round just as the Languedoc's teams, with Olympique de Cette and Stade toulousain winning and thus reaching the semi-finals where they were eliminated by the two Spanish clubs. While Sociedad trashed toulousain with a resounding 8–0 win, Barça drew with Olympique at 1, so extra-time was to be played, but Olympique refused to do so claiming tiredness; so Barcelona qualified to the final where they beat Sociedad 2–1 thanks to first-half goals from Ricard Graells and Pepe Rodríguez,[4][5] the latter having just landed in FC Barcelona with barely no time to meet his teammates, but despite that he still managed to score a title-winning goal on his debut.[6]
Results
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
FC Barcelona | ||||||||||
24 April 1910 – Sète | ||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||
FC Barcelona | 1 | |||||||||
27 February 1910 – Montpellier | ||||||||||
Olympique de Cette | 1 (Withdrew) | |||||||||
Olympique de Cette | 3 | |||||||||
1 May 1910 – Toulouse | ||||||||||
Sporting Club de Nîmes | 0 | |||||||||
FC Barcelona | 2 | |||||||||
Real Sociedad | 1 | |||||||||
Real Sociedad | ||||||||||
17 April 1910 – San Sebastián | ||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||
Real Sociedad | 8 | |||||||||
27 February 1910 – Toulouse | ||||||||||
Stade toulousain | 0 | |||||||||
Stade toulousain | ||||||||||
Sporting Club Toulousain | Forfeit | |||||||||
Semi-final
Stade toulousain | 0 – 8 | Real Sociedad |
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Report1 Report2 |
Simmons 15' Goitisolo 25', 70' Lacort 30', 50', 55', 80' McGuinness 75' |
Olympique de Cette | 1 – 1 | FC Barcelona |
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Allias 1T' | Report1 | Graells 2T' |
Final
Real Sociedad de Fútbol | ||
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Graells 35' Pepe Rodríguez 42' |
Report1 Report2 |
Prast 30' |
Top Scorers
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Mariano Lacort | Real Sociedad | 4 |
2 | Nicasio Goitisolo | 2 | |
Ricard Graells | FC Barcelona |
1911 Pyrenees Cup
In the second edition of the competition the participation expanded to all regional committees in the South of France:
Preliminary round
First round
- Olympique de Marseille ?–? Etoile Bleue de Marseille (12 February)
- Sporting Club de Nîmes ?–? US Calvissonnaisse (12 March)
Second round
- Olympique de Marseille ?–? Stade Helvétique de Marseille (2 April)
- Olympique de Cette ?–? Sporting Club de Nîmes (2 April)
- Sporting Club Irún ?–? Biarritz Stade (26 March)
Results
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
FC Barcelona | ||||||||||
7 May 1911 – Barcelona | ||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||
FC Barcelona | 2 | |||||||||
23 April 1911 – Nîmes | ||||||||||
Olympique de Cette | 1 | |||||||||
Olympique de Cette | 1 | |||||||||
14 May 1911 – Toulouse | ||||||||||
Olympique de Marseille | 0 | |||||||||
FC Barcelona | 4 | |||||||||
23 April 1911 – Dax | ||||||||||
Stade Bordelais | 2 | |||||||||
Stade Bordelais | 3 | |||||||||
7 May 1911 – Bordeaux | ||||||||||
Sporting Club Irún | 3 Forfeit | |||||||||
Stade Bordelais | 2 | |||||||||
Stade toulousain | 1 | |||||||||
Stade toulousain | ||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||
Semi-final
FC Barcelona | 2 – 1 | Olympique de Cette |
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Comamala | Report | Unknown |
Stade Bordelais | 2 – 1 | Stade toulousain |
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Lassalle Bedey |
Report | Marquis |
Final
FC Barcelona | 4 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Stade Bordelais |
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Report | Mauret Lucas |
Note: There is confusion about which Wallace brother netted two goals, with some sources such as
as the author of the brace.Top Scorers
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Carles Comamala | FC Barcelona | 3 |
2 | Percival Wallace |
2 |
1912 Pyrenees Cup
The third edition was contested by 9 teams and saw
Results
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
10 March - Barcelona | ||||||||||||||
FC Barcelona | 3 | |||||||||||||
RCD Espanyol | 2 | |||||||||||||
28 April - Barcelona | ||||||||||||||
FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||||
17 March - Sète | ||||||||||||||
Sporting Club de Nîmes | Forfeit | |||||||||||||
Sporting Club de Nîmes | 3 | |||||||||||||
21 April - Nîmes | ||||||||||||||
Olympique de Cette | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sporting Club de Nîmes | 6 | |||||||||||||
Olympique de Marseille | 2 | |||||||||||||
5 May – Toulouse | ||||||||||||||
FC Barcelona | 5 | |||||||||||||
17 March - Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||
Stade Bordelais | 3 | |||||||||||||
Stade Bordelais | 5 | |||||||||||||
21 April - Toulouse | ||||||||||||||
La Comète et Simiot Bordeaux | 2 | |||||||||||||
Stade Bordelais | 1 | |||||||||||||
Stade toulousain | 0 | |||||||||||||
28 April - Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||
Stade Bordelais | ||||||||||||||
Real Sociedad | Forfeit | |||||||||||||
Final
FC Barcelona | 5 – 3 | Stade Bordelais |
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Morales 45' Massana Pepe Rodríguez |
Report1 Report2 |
? ?' (o.g.) ? |
Top Scorers
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Antonio Morales | FC Barcelona | 3 |
2 | George Pattullo | 2 |
1913 Pyrenees Cup
Barcelona trashed Casual SC 7–0 in the quarter-finals and La Comète et Simiot 7–2 in the final to lift the trophy for the fourth time in a row. However, they actually lost the semi-finals 1–3 to RCD Espanyol, but luckily for them, they managed to revert the situation when the result was annulled.[9]
1913 Pyrenees Cup |
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FC Barcelona Fourth title |
1914 Pyrenees Cup
The 5th and last tournament of the Pyrenees Cup saw FC Espanya de Barcelona win the tournament after beating La Comète et Simiot 3–1 in the final, thus becoming the first team other than FC Barcelona to win the competition, which they knocked out in the semi-finals with a resounding 5–2 win that prompted a pitch invasion.[10][1]
1914 Pyrenees Cup |
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FC Espanya First title |
Champions
List of finals
Year | Venue | Champion | Runner-up | Results |
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1910 | Sète | FC Barcelona | Real Sociedad | 2–1 |
1911 | Toulouse | FC Barcelona | Stade Bordelais | 4–2 |
1912 | Toulouse | FC Barcelona | Stade Bordelais | 5–3 |
1913 | Barcelona | FC Barcelona | Comète Simotes Bordeaux | 7–2 |
1914 | Barcelona | FC Espanya | Comète Simotes Bordeaux | 3–1 |
Winning line-up
Year | Team Champion | Champion line-up[11] |
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1910 | FC Barcelona | Solà; Bru, Amechazurra; Peris, Aguirreche, Grau; Forns, Graells, Carles Comamala, Pepe Rodríguez, Charles Wallace |
1911 | FC Barcelona | |
1912 | FC Barcelona | |
1913 | FC Barcelona | |
1914 | FC Espanya de Barcelona | Puig; Ribera, Mariné; Prat, Casellas, Salvó I; Villena, Baró, Bellavista, Passaní, Salvó II |
Most successful teams
Club | Championships | Runners-up |
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FC Barcelona | 4 | 0 |
FC Espanya | 1 | 0 |
Comète Simotes Bordeaux | 0 | 2 |
Gars Bordeaux FC | 0 | 1 |
Real Sociedad | 0 | 1 |
Stade Bordelais | 0 | 1 |
Most successful regions
Club | Championships | Runners-up |
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Catalonia | 5 | 0 |
Aquitaine | 0 | 4 |
Basque Country | 0 | 1 |
Records and statistics
Top scorers per tournament
Tournament | Name | Team | Goals |
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1910 | Mariano Lacort | Real Sociedad | 4
|
1911 | Carles Comamala | FC Barcelona | 3
|
1912 | Antonio Morales | ||
1913 | Alexander Steel
| ||
Frank Allack | |||
1914 | Jaime Bellavista | FC Espanya | 5
|
Most goals in a single tournament
Ranking | Name | Team | Goals | Tournament |
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1
|
Jaime Bellavista | FC Espanya | 5
|
1914 |
2
|
Mariano Lacort | Real Sociedad | 4
|
1910 |
3
|
Carles Comamala | FC Barcelona | 3
|
1911 |
Antonio Morales | 1912 | |||
Alexander Steel
|
1913 | |||
Frank Allack | ||||
Gabriel Bau | 1914 |
All-time top goalscorers
This section possibly contains original research. (August 2022) |
Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Tournament(s) |
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1 | Antonio Morales | FC Barcelona and Real Sociedad | 5 | 1912 (3) and 1913 (2) |
Jaime Bellavista | FC Espanya | 1914 (5) | ||
3 | Mariano Lacort | Real Sociedad | 4 | 1910 (4) |
Alexander Steel
|
FC Barcelona | 1912 (1) and 1913 (3) | ||
Percival Wallace
|
1911 (2) and 1914 (2) | |||
6 | Carles Comamala | FC Barcelona | 3 | 1912 (3) |
Paulino Alcántara | 1913 (2) and 1914 (1) | |||
Frank Allack | 1913 (3) | |||
Gabriel Bau | 1914 (3) |
Notable figures with two goals include Pepe Rodríguez (1 goal in 1910 and 1912), Alfredo Massana (1 goal in 1912 and 1913), Apolinario Rodríguez (2 goal in 1913) and José Berdié (2 goals in 1913).
Hat-tricks
From the first official tournament in 1910, until its last 4 years later, four hat-tricks have been scored, two of which were pokers. The first treble of the Pyrenees Cup was scored by Mariano Lacort on 17 April 1910 in the inaugural edition of the competition, netting four goals to help Real Sociedad beat Stade toulousain 8–0.[4] It's worth mentioning that this was the only time Lacort found the back of the net in the Pyrenees Cup, but despite that his 4-goal haul alone makes him one of the all-time top goal scorers in the competition's history. The last hat-trick was scored by Jaime Bellavista on 29 March 1914, when he netted four goals for FC Espanya in a 5–2 win over FC Barcelona in the semi-finals of the last edition of the competition.[10] The only player to have scored a hat-trick in a final was Antonio Morales to help Barça to a 5–2 victory over Stade Bordelais.[8]
# | Player | G | For | Result | Against | Tournament | Stage | Date | Ref |
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1. | Mariano Lacort | 4 | Real Sociedad | 8–0 | Stade toulousain | 1910 Pyrenees Cup | Semi-finals | 17 April 1910 | [4] |
2. | Antonio Morales | 3 | FC Barcelona | 5–2 | Stade Bordelais | 1912 Pyrenees Cup | Final | 5 May 1912 | [8] |
3. | Alexander Steel
|
3 | 8–0 | Casual SC | 1913 Pyrenees Cup | Quarter-finals | 30 March 1913 | [9] | |
4. | Jaime Bellavista | 4 | FC Espanya | 5–2 | FC Barcelona | 1914 Pyrenees Cup | Semi-finals | 29 March 1914 | [10] |
Other records
Pepe Rodríguez and Alfredo Massana hold the peculiar distinction of being the only ones to have scored in two different finals: Pepe netted the winning goal in the 1910 final and another in the 1912 final, while Massana (a midfielder) is the only one to have netted a goal in back-to-back finals with goals in the 1912 and 1913 finals. Interestingly, those are the only goals they scored in the competition.[1]
Manuel Amechazurra and José Berrondo hold the unwanted distinction of being the only players to have scored an own goal in the competition. Both were FC Barcelona defenders, both did it in the 1913 edition, however, their side still managed to win the tournament.[1]
See also
- Challenge International du Nord (1898–1914)
- Copa Macaya (1900–1903)
- Catalan championship
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Challenge Internacional del Sur de Francia 1910-1914" [International Challenge of the South of France 1910-1914]. www.cihefe.es. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "European Cup Origins". europeancuphistory.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Challenge International du Sud de la France ("Coupe des Pyrenées - Copa Pirineos")". RSSSF. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d "First edition (1910)". RSSSF. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Challenge International du Sud de la France Copa Pirineos: partido entre Real Sociedad y Barcelona (1-2) jugado en Ponts-Jumeaux la temporada 1909/1910" [Pryeenes Cup: Match between Sociedad and Barcelona (1-2) played in Jumeaux in the season 1909/1910]. atotxa.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ "Bien venidos" [Welcome] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 5 May 1910. Retrieved 1 August 2022..
- ^ a b "Second edition (1911)". RSSSF. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Third edition (1912)". RSSSF. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Fourth edition (1913)". RSSSF. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Fifth edition (1914)". RSSSF. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ Antoni Closa i Garcia; Jaume Rius i Solé; Joan Vidal i Urpí, eds. (2001). Un Segle de futbol català: 1900-2000 (in Catalan). Barcelona: Federació Catalana de Futbol. p. 62.