1934 Copa del Presidente de la República

The Copa del Presidente de la República 1934 (President of the Republic's Cup) was the 34th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

1934 Copa del Presidente de la República

34th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	28
Defending champions	Athletic Bilbao
Final positions
Champions	Madrid FC (6th title)
Runner-up	Valencia FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	57
Goals scored	214 (3.75 per match)
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The competition started on March 11 and concluded on May 6 with the final, held at the Montjuïc Stadium in Barcelona. Madrid won their 6th title.

Teams

As in the previous tournaments, the teams qualified through the Regional Championships:

• Asturias (2): Oviedo FC, Sporting de Gijón
• Balearic Islands (1): CD Constancia
• Canary Islands (1): CD Tenerife
• Cantabria (1): Racing de Santander
• Catalonia (3): FC Barcelona, CD Español, CD Sabadell
• Galicia (3): Club Celta, Deportivo La Coruña, Racing Ferrol
• Gipuzkoa–Navarre–Aragon (4): Donostia FC, CD Logroño, CA Osasuna, Zaragoza FC
• Murcia (2): Murcia FC, Hércules FC
• Northern Africa (1): Ceuta Sport
• Center-South Region (4): Madrid FC, Athletic Madrid, Sevilla FC, Betis Balompié
• West Region (1): Club Recreativo Onuba
• Valencia (2): Valencia FC, Levante FC
• Biscay (3): Athletic Bilbao, Baracaldo FC, Arenas Club

Round of 32

The first leg was played on March 11. The second leg was played on March 18.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CD Español	7–2	Racing Ferrol	7–1	0–1
CD Sabadell	3–3	Celta Vigo	2–1	1–2
Baracaldo FC	4–6	Sporting Gijón	2–3	2–3
CD Tenerife	4–6	Hércules FC	1–4 ^[1]	3–2
CA Osasuna	3–1	Athletic Madrid	2–0	1–1
Betis Balompié	3–1	Levante FC	2–1	1–0
CD Logroño	0–3	Murcia FC	0–0	0–3
Ceuta Sport	3–8	Sevilla FC	3–3	0–5
Valencia FC	9–7	Racing Santander	7–1	2–6
Zaragoza FC	1–1	Arenas Club	1–0	0–1
CD Constancia	0–3	FC Barcelona	0–1	0–2
Deportivo La Coruña	5–1	Recreativo Onuba	5–0	0–1

Athletic Bilbao, Madrid FC, Oviedo FC and Donostia FC received a bye.

• Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zaragoza FC	2–1 ^[2]	Arenas Club
Celta Vigo	4–2 ^[3]	CD Sabadell

Round of 16

The first leg was played on March 25. The second leg was played on April 1.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	7–4	Sevilla FC	5–1	2–3
Oviedo FC	6–0	Donostia FC	4–0	2–0
CA Osasuna	1–8	Madrid FC	0–3	1–5
Deportivo La Coruña	0–3	Hércules FC	0–1	0–2
Club Celta	4–5	CD Español	3–2	1–3
Athletic Bilbao	10–2	Zaragoza FC	5–0	5–2
Murcia FC	3–9	Valencia FC	1–3	2–6
Betis Balompié	3–1	Sporting Gijón	3–0	0–1

Quarter-finals

The first leg was played on April 8. The second leg was played on April 15.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	3–4	Betis Balompié	1–2	2–2
Oviedo FC	8–7	CD Español	5–2	3–5
Hércules FC	2–4	Valencia FC	2–1	0–3
Athletic Bilbao	2–2	Madrid FC	1–1	1–1

• Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Madrid FC	2–2 ^[4]	Athletic Bilbao
Madrid FC	3–0 ^[5]	Athletic Bilbao

Semi-finals

The first leg was played on April 22. The second leg was played on April 29.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Betis Balompié	1–4	Madrid FC	0–2	1–2
Valencia FC	5–3	Oviedo FC	2–2	3–1

Final

Main article: 1934 Copa del Rey Final

6 May 1934

16:45 CET

Madrid FC	2–1	Valencia FC
Hilario   71' Lazcano   73'		Jose Vilanova   48'

Montjuïc, Barcelona

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Agustín Vilalta

Copa del Rey 1934 Winners
Madrid FC 6th title

Topscorers

Jose Vilanova 11 Goals ^[6]

References

1. Played in Murcia.
2. Played in San Sebastián on March 20.
3. Played in Madrid on May 21.
4. Played in Barcelona on April 18.
5. Played in Barcelona on April 20.
6. "Ciberche.net - Todos los jugadores de la historia del Valencia CF".

External links

• rsssf.com
• (in Spanish) linguasport.com