The Copa del Rey 1906 was the 4th staging of the
Copa del Rey, the
Spanish football
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cup competition.
The competition started on 9 April 1906, and concluded on 11 April 1906 with the last group stage match.
Madrid FC
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
lifted the trophy for the second time with two victories, over
Recreativo de Huelva and
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...
, with the three teams that entered the tournament playing in a triangular.
The
X Sporting Club,
Catalonia championship winners, did not enter the tournament due to internal dissent and the excessive costs of travelling to
Madrid.
Almost all of the
Recreativo de Huelva team players were English.
Group stage
References
External links
linguasport.com
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1906
Events
January–February
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1906 domestic association football cups
1905–06 in Spanish football