1928 Copa del Rey

1928 King Alfonso XIII's Cup
28th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	26
Defending champions	Real Unión
Final positions
Champions	FC Barcelona (8th title)
Runner-up	Real Sociedad
Tournament statistics
Matches played	139
Goals scored	644 (4.63 per match)
	← 1927 1928–29 →

The King Alfonso XIII's Cup 1928 was the 28th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition started on 31 January 1928, and concluded on 29 June 1928, with the second final tiebreaker, held at the Estadio El Sardinero in Santander. FC Barcelona won the competition for the eighth time.^[1]^[2]

Calendar

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Qualifying round	31 January 1928	2 February 1928
Group stage	Matchday 1	5 February 1928
	Matchday 2	12 February 1928
	Matchday 3	19 February 1928
	Matchday 4	26 February 1928
	Matchday 5	4 March 1928
	Matchday 6	11 March 1928
	Matchday 7	18 March 1928
	Matchday 8	25 March 1928
	Matchday 9	1 April 1928
	Matchday 10	8 April 1928
Knockout phase	Quarter-finals	15 April 1928	29 April 1928
	Semi-finals	6 May 1928	13 May 1928
	Final	20 May 1928
	Tiebreaker 1	22 May 1928
	Tiebreaker 2	29 June 1928

Teams

As in the previous tournament, 26 teams entered the competition.

Aragón: Iberia SC, Patria Aragón
Asturias: Real Oviedo, Racing de Sama
Balearic Islands: US Mahón
Cantabria: Racing de Santander, Gimnástica de Torrelavega
Castile and León: Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Unión Deportiva
Catalonia: FC Barcelona, CD Europa
Extremadura: Patria FC
Galicia: Celta de Vigo, Deportivo de La Coruña
Gipuzkoa: Real Unión, Real Sociedad
Murcia: Real Murcia, Cartagena FC
Centre Region: Real Madrid, Athletic Madrid
South Region: Sevilla FC, Real Betis
Valencia: Valencia CF, Levante FC
Biscay: Athletic Bilbao, CD Alavés

Qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	10–1	Patria FC	7–0	3–1
US Mahón	3–13	CD Europa	1–5	2–8

Group stage

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Celta de Vigo	10	7	1	2	55	17	15
Real Oviedo	10	7	1	2	39	19	15
Deportivo de La Coruña	10	6	1	3	32	14	13
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	10	4	1	5	23	33	9
Racing de Sama	10	2	0	8	13	43	4
Real Unión Deportiva	10	2	0	8	15	51	4

	CEL	LEO	DEP	SAM	OVI	UNI
Celta de Vigo		8–0	2–1	7–1	7–2	11–1
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	3–2		3–2	2–1	3–3	6–1
Deportivo de La Coruña	3–3	6–1		4–0	2–0	6–0
Racing de Sama	1–5	3–1	0–4		1–5	5–4
Real Oviedo	4–2	5–3	4–0	7–0		6–0
Real Unión Deportiva	1–8	2–1	1–4	4–1	1–3

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
CD Alavés	10	5	4	1	17	9	14
Real Madrid	10	6	2	2	23	17	14
Racing de Santander	10	6	1	3	34	13	13
Athletic Bilbao	10	6	1	3	26	13	13
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	10	1	2	7	8	38	4
Athletic de Madrid	10	1	0	9	12	30	2

	ATH	ATM	ALA	GIM	RAC	RMA
Athletic Bilbao		3–1	0–0	8–0	3–1	3–1
Athletic de Madrid	2–4		1–3	3–2	1–4	0–1
CD Alavés	2–0	2–1		3–0	2–1	0–1
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	1–3	2–1	0–0		0–5	2–2
Racing de Santander	2–0	6–2	2–2	7–0		4–0
Real Madrid	3–2	3–0	3–3	6–1	3–2

Group III

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
FC Barcelona	10	7	2	1	35	18	16
Real Sociedad	10	8	0	2	31	17	16
Real Unión	10	7	1	2	36	17	15
CD Europa	10	3	1	6	22	21	7
Iberia SC	10	3	0	7	16	28	6
Patria Aragón	10	0	0	10	7	46	0

	EUR	FCB	IBE	PAT	RSO	RUN
CD Europa		2–3	7–0	4–2	0–1	0–3
FC Barcelona	2–2		4–1	7–0	4–1	4–4
Iberia SC	2–1	0–1		4–1	1–3	3–4
CD Patria Aragón	2–3	1–3	0–3		0–3	0–7
Real Sociedad	4–2	5–4	5–1	4–1		4–1
Real Unión	2–1	2–3	2–1	8–0	3–1

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Real Murcia	10	7	1	2	23	14	15
Valencia FC	10	5	2	3	21	20	12
Cartagena FC	10	4	2	4	18	17	10
Sevilla FC	10	3	3	4	16	14	9
Real Betis	10	3	3	4	20	20	9
Levante FC	10	2	1	7	13	26	5

	CAR	LEV	BET	MUR	SEV	VAL
Cartagena FC		4–1	4–2	2–2	1–0	4–0
Levante FC	2–2		0–1	1–3	2–0	1–3
Real Betis	3–0	4–2		1–3	1–1	0–1
Real Murcia	2–1	5–1	3–2		1–2	1–0
Sevilla FC	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–2		7–2
Valencia FC	4–0	4–2	3–3	3–1	1–1

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	9–5	Real Oviedo	7–3	2–2
Real Murcia	2–5	CD Alavés	1–2	1–3
RC Celta de Vigo	2–4	Real Sociedad	2–1	0–3
Real Madrid	3–4	Valencia FC	2–2	1–2

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Sociedad	9–3	Valencia FC	7–0	2–3
FC Barcelona	8–0	CD Alavés	3–0	5–0

Final

20 May 1928

16:30 CET

FC Barcelona	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Real Sociedad
Samitier 53'		Mariscal 83'

El Sardinero, Santander

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Pedro Vallana

Replay

22 May 1928

11:30 CET

FC Barcelona	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Real Sociedad
Piera 69'		Kiriki 32'

El Sardinero, Santander

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Pedro Escartín

Second replay

29 June 1928

17:00 CET

FC Barcelona	3–1	Real Sociedad
Samitier 8' Arocha 21' Josep Sastre 25'		Zaldúa 16' (pen.)

El Sardinero, Santander

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Pablo Saracho

Copa del Rey 1928 Winners
FC Barcelona 8th title

References

^ "Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup 1928". linguasport.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Spain – Cup 1928". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[1] "Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup 1928". linguasport.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[2] "Spain – Cup 1928". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[1]

[2]

v t e Copa del Rey
Seasons	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1928–29 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1944–45 1946 1947 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1951 1952 1952–53 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1969 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 (FECF & UECF) 1911 1912 1913 (FECF & UECF) 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Related	Finals 1902 Copa de la Coronación Final Real Madrid v FC Barcelona (1916 Copa del Rey) 1937 Copa de la España Libre Aragón Championship Asturias Championship Central (Castille) Championship Catalonia Championship Gipuzkoa Championship North (Biscay) Championship South (Andalusia) Championship Real Madrid 11–1 FC Barcelona (1943) AD Alcorcón 4–0 Real Madrid (2009)

v t e 1927–28 in European football
« 1926–27 1928–29 »
Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '27 '28 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '27 '28 Italy Latvia '27 '28 Lithuania '27 '28 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland '27 '28 Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland Turkey '27 Yugoslavia '27 '28
Domestic cups	Austria Denmark (Copenhagen '27) England France Hungary Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '27 '28 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain '27 '28 Switzerland Wales

v t e 1928–29 in European football
« 1927–28 1929–30 »
Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria '28 '29 Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '28 '29 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '28 '29 Italy Latvia '28 '29 Lithuania '28 '29 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland '28 '29 Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia '28 '29
Domestic cups	Austria England France Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '28 '29 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain '28 '29 Wales