1928 Copa del Rey

The King Alfonso XIII's Cup 1928 was the 28th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

1928 King Alfonso XIII's Cup

28th Copa del Rey
Country	Spain
Teams	26
Defending champions	Real Unión
Champions	FC Barcelona (8th title)
Runners-up	Real Sociedad
Matches played	139
Goals scored	644 (4.63 per match)
← 1927 1928–29 →

The competition started on 31 January 1928, and concluded on 29 June 1928, with the second final tiebreaker, held at the Estadio El Sardinero in Santander. FC Barcelona won the competition for the eighth time.^[1][2]

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
• Centre 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

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

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

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

References

1. "Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup 1928". linguasport.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
2. "Spain – Cup 1928". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 March 2023.