1931 Copa del Rey

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1931 Republic's Cup
31st Copa del Rey
Tournament details
CountrySpain
Teams30
Defending champions Athletic Bilbao
Final positions
Champions Athletic Bilbao (11th title)
Runner-up Betis
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored207 (3.7 per match)
  1930
1932  

The Republic's Cup 1931 was the 31st staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

Contents

With the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic on April 14, all teams with "Real" ("Royal") in their names, changed it due to anti-monarchic reasons. Real Sociedad changes to Donostia FC. Most of this changes were done between first and second legs of the first round.

The competition started on April 12, 1931, and concluded on June 21, 1931, with the final, held at the Estadio Chamartín in Madrid. Athletic Bilbao won their 11th title, the second in a row.

Teams

Round of 32

The first leg was played on April 12. The second leg was played on May 3.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Racing de Madrid 3–8 Sevilla FC 2–01–8
Betis Balompié 6–5 Donostia 5–11–4
FC Barcelona 12–1 Don Benito 9–03–1
CD Alavés 4–5 CD Sabadell 2–22–3
Unión Club 4–2 Celta Vigo 3–11–1
Racing Santander 1–7 Arenas Club 0–21–5 [1]
CD Logroño 15–1 Cultural Leonesa 7–08–1 [1]
Valencia CF 5–4 Iberia SC 2–03–4
RCD Mallorca 1–3 CD Castellón 1–0 [2] 0–3 [1]
Valladolid Deportivo 4–2 Athletic Madrid 2–1 [1] 2–1
Madrid FC 9–2 Eclipse FC 4–0 [1] 5–2
Deportivo La Coruña 1-3 Murcia FC 0–11–2
FC Badalona withdrew CD Patria Aragón
Oviedo FC withdrew Lorca Deportiva

Athletic Bilbao and Sporting Gijón received a bye.

Round of 16

The first leg was played on May 10. The second leg was played on May 17.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Valencia CF 4–3 FC Barcelona 2–22–1
FC Badalona 1–2 Betis Balompié 1–00–2
Athletic Bilbao 5–3 CD Sabadell 4–01–3
Sevilla FC 4–4 CD Castellón 3–11–3
Oviedo FC 1–6 Arenas Club 1–20–4
Unión Club 4–1 Sporting Gijón 4–10–0
Valladolid Deportivo 0–4 CD Logroño 0–00-4
Madrid FC 3–0 Murcia 3–00–0

Played in Madrid on May 19.

Team 1 Score Team 2
CD Castellón 2–1 Sevilla FC

Quarter-finals

The first leg was played on May 24. The second leg was played on May 31.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Arenas Club 3–3 Valencia CF 2–21–1
Unión Club 2–6 Athletic Bilbao 2–20–4
Betis Balompié 3–1 Madrid FC 3–00–1
CD Castellón 2–3 CD Logroño 2–00–3

Played in Barcelona on June 2.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Arenas Club 2–1 Valencia CF

Semi-finals

The first leg was played on June 7. The second leg was played on June 14.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
CD Logroño 3-12 Athletic Bilbao 0–63–6
Arenas Club 2–2 Betis Balompié 2–10–1

Played in Madrid on June 16.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Betis Balompié 2–0 Arenas Club

Final

Athletic Bilbao 31 Betis Balompié
Chirri II Soccerball shade.svg17'
Roberto Soccerball shade.svg38'
Bata Soccerball shade.svg54'
Soccerball shade.svg57' Sanz
Chamartín, Madrid
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jesús Arribas
Copa del Rey 1931 winners
Athletic Bilbao
11th title

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  2. Played on April 19