1928 Copa del Rey

Football tournament season
1928 King Alfonso XIII's Cup
28th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
CountrySpain Spain
Teams26
Defending championsReal Unión
Final positions
ChampionsFC Barcelona (8th title)
Runner-upReal Sociedad
Tournament statistics
Matches played139
Goals scored644 (4.63 per match)
← 1927

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

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.

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

FC Barcelona1–1
(a.e.t.)		Real Sociedad
Samitier 53' Mariscal 83'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Pedro Vallana
Replay
FC Barcelona1–1
(a.e.t.)		Real Sociedad
Piera 69' Kiriki 32'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pedro Escartín
Second replay
FC Barcelona3–1Real Sociedad
Samitier 8'
Arocha 21'
Josep Sastre 25'		 Zaldúa 16' (pen.)
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.
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