The Copa del Rey 1911 was the 10th staging of the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

, the

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cup competition. The competition started on 9 April 1911, and concluded on 15 April 1911, with the

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, held at the

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, in which

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

lifted the trophy for the 5th time ever with a 3–1 victory over CD Español. The Bilbao goals were scored by Martyn Veitch, Luis Belaunde and Manuel Guernica. This tournament had 13 teams enter, but three teams withdrew before it started, and another three teams withdrew during the competition.

Controversies

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and Academia de Ingenieros withdrew before the draw to protest fielding foreign players in the tournament. During the tournament, there were more protests and withdrawal threats from some teams. After the first round match between

and Fortuna Vigo,

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

protested the match, claiming the illegal selection of two English players in Athletic's side: the Spanish FA rejected the protest and Real Sociedad withdrew in protest. After the remaining teams supported Real Sociedad and most of them threatened to also withdraw, Athletic decided not to use these players in their matches, but declined Fortuna Vigo's request to replay their match. This dispute was a major factor in Athletic Bilbao's decision to select only local Basque players from then on, a club policy which survived into the 21st century.

Preliminary round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

References

External links

LinguaSport.com
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1911 domestic association football cups 1910–11 in Spanish football