The 1902 Copa Pergamino, also mentioned as Concurs Pergamí, was a football competition held in Barcelona between September and November 1902. Its promoter was the cartoonist and calligrapher Eugeni Bargés i Prat, who gave a polychrome parchment of his creation as a gift to be contested in the events of the Festes de
la Mercè
La Mercè () is the annual festival () of the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It has been an official city holiday since 1871, when the local government first organized a program of special activities to observe the Roman Catholic feast ...
.
History
The competition, which was open only to those teams founded during the 1901–1902 season that had not participated in the
Copa Macaya
The Hispania Athletic Club Tournament–Alfonso Macaya Cup, popularly known as the Copa Macaya, was a Association football, football competition contested by clubs from Catalonia which ran from 1900 until 1903, disappearing at the same time of its ...
,
was contested by teams:
Irish FC, Iberia SC,
FC Internacional
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, Catalonia FC, and ''Club Catalunya de Foot-ball'', according to the names of the time. FC Internacional, however, withdrew in the middle of the contest after a controversy in its match against the Irish.
[ Iberia was proclaimed champion, after winning by the minimum of the tiebreaker, also against the Irish.][
Despite being intended for modest clubs, the organizing committee of the contest was made up of members of the main entities of the city:
*President: Andreu Camps Sala, from the Irish FC
*Secretary: Sebastian Casanellas, from the Spanish Club
*Vocals: ]Pere Cabot
Pere Cabot Roldós (1877 – 3 September 1907) was a Spanish Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender for FC Barcelona at the turn of the century. He was one of the most important footballers in t ...
, Luis de Ossó
Luis de Ossó Serra (17 October 1876 - 1 February 1931) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for FC Barcelona. He was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of FC Barcelona, being among the 12 founders of the ...
, and Josep Vidal, all three from FC Barcelona.
Results
See also
* 1902 Medalla del Ayuntamiento
References
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1901–02 in European football
1901–02 in Spanish football
Football in Catalonia