The 1909 Copa del Rey was the 7th 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 Spanish

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cup competition. The competition started on 4 April 1909, and concluded on 8 April 1909, with the

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, held at the

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, in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, in which

Club Ciclista de San Sebastián Club Ciclista de San Sebastián was a cycling club based in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain. In 1909 the football section won the Copa del Rey. A few months after this victory, the players who had won the tournament founded the club that w ...

lifted the trophy for the first time ever with a 3–1 victory over Español Madrid. The Basque goalscorers were

George McGuinness George McGuinness (6 October 1887 – 1 July 1916) was an English association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward for Spanish club Real Sociedad. He is most known for his goals at the 1909 Copa del Rey to h ...

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and

Miguel Sena Miguel José Sena Manterola (6 November 1884 - 16 March 1969) was a Spanish association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward for Real Sociedad. His brothers, Alfonso Sena, Alfonso and Gregorio Sena, Gregorio ...

are the predecessors of

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 ...

. After winning the cup trophy, on 7 September 1909 the players of Club Ciclista founded a new in club in

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

, called

Vasconia The Duchy of Gascony or Duchy of Vasconia ( eu, Baskoniako dukerria; oc, ducat de Gasconha; french: duché de Gascogne, duché de Vasconie) was a duchy located in present-day southwestern France and northeastern Spain, an area encompassing the m ...

, later changing the name to Real Sociedad. The trophy of the 1909 Copa del Rey is in Real Sociedad's museum.

First round

Semifinals

Final

References

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