1918 Copa del Rey

1918 Copa del Rey
Country Spain
Teams 6
Champions Real Union
Runner-up Madrid FC
Matches played 8
Goals scored 25 (3.13 per match)

The Copa del Rey 1918 was the 18th edition of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition started on April 8, 1918 and concluded on May 2, 1918 with the Final, held at the O'Donnell in Madrid, in which Real Union lifted the trophy for the second time ever with a 2–0 victory over Madrid FC.

Contents

Teams

Quarterfinals

Recreativo de Huelva and RC Fortuna received a bye to semifinals.

First leg

April 8, 1918
RCD Español 3–0 Madrid FC Barcelona

May 7, 1918
Real Unión 4–1 Sporting de Gijón Madrid

This was a one-legged match, played in neutral ground. Real Unión advanced to semifinals.

Second leg

April 14, 1918
Madrid FC 1–0 RCD Español Madrid

RCD Español and Madrid CF won one match each. At that year, the goal difference was not taken into account. A replay match was played.

Replay match

April 16, 1918
Madrid FC 2–1 RCD Español Madrid

Madrid FC advanced to the semifinals

Semifinals

First leg

April 21, 1918
Recreativo de Huelva 0–2 Madrid FC Huelva

May 9, 1918
Real Unión 4–1 RC Fortuna Madrid

This was a one-legged match, played in neutral ground. Real Unión advanced to the final.

Second leg

April 28, 1918
Madrid FC 4–0 Recreativo de Huelva Madrid

Madrid FC won 2–0 on aggregate matches.

Final

May 12, 1918
17:00 CET
Real Unión 2–0 Madrid FC O'Donnell, Madrid
Referee: Francisco Torrens
Legarreta  45'85'
Copa del Rey 1918 winners
Real Unión
2nd title

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