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1918 Copa del Rey
18th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country
Teams	6
Defending champions	Madrid FC
Final positions
Champions	Real Unión (1st title)
Runner-up	Madrid FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	25 (3.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Santiago Bernabéu Manuel Posada (4 goals)
← 1917 1919 →

The Copa del Rey 1918 was the 18th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition started on 8 April 1918, and concluded on 2 May 1918 with the final, held at the O'Donnell in Madrid, in which Real Unión lifted the trophy for the first time (second time counting the trophy won by Racing de Irun in 1913) with a 2–0 victory over Madrid FC with Juan Legarreta netting both goals for Unión.

Teams

Quarter-finals

Recreativo de Huelva and Fortuna de Vigo received a bye to the semi-finals. Real Unión and Sporting Gijón played a single match at a neutral venue, instead of a two-legged tie.

First leg

8 April 1918

RCD Español	3–0	Madrid FC
Lorenzo Alvarado 3' Clemente Gràcia 30', 40'	Report

Camp de la Indústria, BarcelonaReferee:

Enrique Salvó

Second leg

14 April 1918

Madrid FC	1–0	RCD Español
Santiago Bernabéu 1T'	Report

Campo de O'Donnell (Atlético Madrid), MadridReferee:

Ezequiel Montero

RCD Español and Madrid CF won one match each. At that year, the goal difference was not taken into account. A replay match was played.

Replay

16 April 1918

Madrid FC	2–1	RCD Español
Manuel Posada 5' Santiago Bernabéu 10'	Report	Clemente Gràcia 40'

Campo de O'Donnell (Atlético Madrid), MadridReferee:

Federico Larrañaga

Madrid FC advanced to the semi-finals

One-legged game

7 May 1918

Real Unión	4–1	Sporting de Gijón
Agustín Amantegui 10' René Petit 20', 30' (pen.), 40' (pen.)	Report	Senén Villaverde III 50' (pen.)

Campo de O'Donnell (Atlético Madrid), MadridReferee:

José Torrens

This was a one-legged match, played on neutral ground. Real Unión advanced to the semi-finals.

Semifinals

First leg

21 April 1918

Recreativo de Huelva	0–2	Madrid FC
	Report	Manuel Posada Santiago Bernabéu

HuelvaReferee:

Juan Artola

Second leg

28 April 1918

Madrid FC	4–0	Recreativo de Huelva
Ricardo Álvarez 40' (pen.) Manuel Posada 45', 70' Santiago Bernabéu 60'	Report

Campo de O'Donnell (Atlético Madrid), MadridReferee:

Federico Larrañaga

Madrid FC won 2–0 on aggregate matches.

One-legged game

9 May 1918

Real Unión	4–1	Fortuna de Vigo
Patricio 20', 70' Pepe Angoso 40', 60'	Report	Enrique Domínguez "Catalán" 83'

Campo de O'Donnell (Atlético Madrid), MadridReferee:

Enrique Peris

This was a one-legged match, played on neutral ground, and it was Real Unión who advanced to the final with a 4–1 win.

Final

Main article: 1918 Copa del Rey Final 12 May 191817:00 CET

Real Unión	2–0	Madrid FC
Juan Legarreta 45', 85'	Report

Estadio O'Donnell, MadridReferee: Francisco Torrens

Copa del Rey 1918 winners
Real Unión 1st title

References

"TRACK RECORD - The team in white win their 20th Copa trophy. - LIST OF WINNERS OF THE SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP - COPA DE SM EL REY". RFEF.es (RFEF official website). 7 May 2023. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
Real Federación Española de Fútbol (March 2011). "Historial" (PDF). Revista Oficial de la R.F.E.F. p. 70. Archived from the original (pdf) on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
Diego García (6 November 2017). "El Real Unión campeón de 1918: histórico por una renuncia" [Real Unión champion of 1918: historic for a resignation] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
"Copa del Rey 1917-18". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
"Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup 1918". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
"Spain - Cup 1918". RSSSF. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

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