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Madrid National Football Team
The Madrid autonomous football team is the regional football team for the Community of Madrid, Spain. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because the Community of Madrid is represented internationally by the Spain national football team. The team plays only friendly matches. History Prince of Asturias Cup In the first half of the 20th century, the Regional Centro Football Federation (which encompassed Madrid and the wider Castile region, and organised the Campeonato Regional Centro for the local clubs) selected a representative team for friendly matches, and also participated in the inter-regional Prince of Asturias Cup, winning the competition on two occasions (1917 and 1918) when they were hosts. Due to incompetence of some federative leaders, the calendar of the 1917 tournament was allowed to be played on the same week as the 1917 Copa del Rey Final between Madrid FC and Arenas, something that prevented the Centro team from having the best players of Madrid FC, thus t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid Football Federation
The Royal Madrid Football Federation ( es, Real Federación de Fútbol de Madrid; RFFM) is the governing body of the sport of football in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Its headquarters are in the city of Madrid. Functions Below the national level competitions controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), the Madrid Federation has various functions, including administering: *Group 7 of the Tercera División RFEF (fifth level of the men's Spanish football league system) *Further men's regional divisions headed by the ''Categoría Preferente'' *The region's qualifying tournament for the Copa Federación de España *A group in the Spanish Women's regional leagues *Group 12 of the Liga Nacional Juvenil de Fútbol (second tier of youth football) *Several other regional leagues and cups in the pyramid systems of each youth age level *Various men's and women's age-group representative squads competing in nationwide contests *An amateur-level selection competing in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arenas Club De Getxo
Arenas Club de Getxo is a Spanish football club based in the town of Getxo, near Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at Campo Municipal de Gobela, with a 2,000-seat capacity. They were winners of the 1919 Copa del Rey, beating FC Barcelona 5–2. It was among the pioneering clubs of Spanish football, and in 1928 was a founding member of La Liga, alongside neighbouring Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Real Unión. Only Real Unión has remained a consistent rival since then due to both of their downfalls from the top flight. History Origins of local football The area of Greater Bilbao was deeply connected to Britain due to its iron ore mines and industry. Don Manuel, a priest in the local parish of the Las Arenas neighborhood, would gift balls to local children during Catechism lessons. Some of these boys would go on to study in England and learn about the lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feliciano Rey
Feliciano Rey Álvarez (4 July 1894 - 4 March 1974), was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for Racing de Madrid and Madrid FC. After retiring, he had a short spell at Deportivo Balompié as manager. Club career Born in Madrid, he began his career at his hometown club Racing de Madrid in 1914, with whom he won the 1914–15 Centro Championship together with Joaquín Pascual, Ezequiel Montero, Antonio De Miguel, and Ricardo Álvarez, with the latter two also being his teammates at Madrid FC. He stood out at Racing for his goalscoring ability, which eventually drew the attention of Madrid FC, who signed him in 1917, and despite helping the club win the Centro Championships in 1917–18, and reach the 1918 Copa del Rey Final, starting in a 0-2 loss to Real Unión, Rey returned to Racing at the end of the 1917–18 season, where he finished his career. International career Being a Racing de Madrid player, he was eligible to play for the Madrid national t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantabria Autonomous Football Team
The Cantabria autonomous football team is the regional football team for Cantabria, Spain. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore are only allowed to play friendly matches. History The Northern Federation In the early 20th century, the Cantabrian players were part of a combined 'North' team, however, this team usually only featured players from the Basque provinces of Biscay and Gipuzkoa, each of which was also organizing their own representative matches occasionally. This 'North' team, which later evolved into the Basque Country team, participated in the first Prince of Asturias Cup tournament in 1915 at Madrid, and they won the title after beating the Catalan team 1–0 and then holding Centro (a team formed by players from the center of Spain) to a 1-1 draw. However, the 'North' team did not use a single Cantabrian player in the tournament, and eventually, the North Federation's negligence of the Cantabrians led to discrepancies between the Basque and Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
