Spain - Cup 1940

Played by 31 teams. This was the last season in which regional 
championships served as qualifying rounds of the Spanish Cup.

Qualified teams:

Guipúzcoa - Navarra - Aragón (4): Osasuna (Pamplona), Zaragoza, Donostia (current
  Real Sociedad), Alavés (Vitoria)
Catalonia (4): Español (Barcelona), Gerona, Barcelona, San Andrés (Barcelona)
Centro (3): Athletic Aviación (current At.Madrid), Real Madrid, Ferroviaria (Madrid)
Vizcaya (3): Athletic Bilbao, Baracaldo Oriamendi, Erandio
Sur (Andalucía) (3): Sevilla, Betis (Sevilla), Malacitano (Málaga)
Galicia (2): Deportivo La Coruña, Celta (Vigo)
Asturias (3): Sporting Gijón, Sportiva Ovetense (Oviedo), Racing Langreano (Langreo)
Cantabria (2): Racing Santander, Unión Montañesa (Santander)
Valencia (2): Valencia, UD Levante Gimnástico (Valencia, merger of Levante FC and
  Gimnástico)
Murcia (2): Real Murcia, Hércules (Alicante)
Baleares (1): Atheltic Palma
Northern Africa (1): Ceuta Sport
Canary Islands representative (1): Tenerife

FIRST ROUND

May 12th and 19th

Ferroviaria (Madrid) - Dep. Coruña      1-1, 2-5
Sportiva Ovetense (Oviedo) - Celta      2-2, 1-7
Unión Montañesa - Sporting Gijón        0-6, 1-4
Erandio - Racing Santander              1-1, 0-2
Donostia (S.S.) - Racing Langreano      3-0, 0-0
Alavés (Vitoria) - Athletic Bilbao      0-6, 0-4
Baracaldo - Zaragoza                    0-4, 0-3
Gerona - Osasuna (Pamplona)             1-2, 3-2, 0-2*
Athletic Palma - Barcelona              2-2, 0-7
Valencia - San Andrés (Barcelona)       8-2, 3-1
Español - UD Levante Gimn. (Valencia)   6-2, 4-0
Malacitano (Málaga) - Hércules          2-1, 0-2
Murcia - Real Madrid                    0-4, 0-2
Ceuta Sport - Betis (Sevilla)           0-1, 1-4
Sevilla - Tenerife                      6-1, 0-1
Bye: Athletic Aviación (Madrid)

*: replay at Zaragoza, May 21st

SECOND ROUND
May 23rd and 26th

Barcelona - Deportivo La Coruña         4-0, 1-0
Athletic Aviación (Madrid) - Zaragoza   0-0, 2-2, 2-4*
Osasuna (Pamplona) - Real Madrid        1-4, 1-3
Hércules - Athletic Bilbao              5-2, 0-0
Racing Santander - Sporting Gijón       3-0, 1-1
Celta (Vigo) - Español (Barcelona)      1-3, 2-5
Valencia - Donostia (San Sebastián)     3-1, 4-4
Betis (Sevilla) - Sevilla               0-3, 3-2

*: replay at Barcelona, May 26th

QUARTER FINALS
June 2nd and 6th

Barcelona - Español (Barcelona)         0-2, 1-1
Real Madrid - Racing Santander          3-1, 2-0
Hércules - Valencia                     2-1, 2-4
Sevilla - Zaragoza                      1-0, 2-4

SEMIFINALS
June 17th and 24th

Español (Barcelona) - Valencia          3-1, 2-1
Real Madrid - Zaragoza                  1-0, 1-1

FINAL
Played at Madrid, June 30th

ESPAÑOL (BARCELONA) - REAL MADRID            3-2 (after extra time)
Goals: 0-1 Alonso, 1-1 Jorge, 2-1 Jorge, 2-2 Alday, 3-2 Mas
Español: Trias, Teruel, Pérez, Arasa, Rovira, Llimós, Ara, Jorge,
         Martínez Català, Gonzalvo I, Mas
Real Madrid: Esquiva, Mardones, Quincoces, Villa, Bonet, Ipiña, Marín,
             Alonso, Alday, Lecue, Emilín
Overview of Finals
1939
1941
About this document

With thanks to José Elías Santamaría
Prepared and maintained by Carles Lozano Ferrer for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Carles Lozano Ferrer (ferrer@economistes.com)
Last updated: 3 Feb 2004