The 1913 Pyrenees Cup was the 4th tournament of the Pyrenees Cup, one of the first international football club competitions. The competition was held on the

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between 2 March and 8 June, and it was won by

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after easily disposing of

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7–2 in the final at

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Participants

Originally, the tournament was to be contested by 7 teams, however, the 1912–13 season saw a split in

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, with several Spanish teams led by Barcelona and

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, announcing their departure from the Federación Española de Clubs de Fútbol (FECF) (the forerunner for the

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, RFEF) and created a new institution, the Unión Española de Clubs de Fútbol (UECF). Of the Catalan clubs registered at the tournament,

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, FC Espanya and Casual SC were loyal to the original institutions (FECF), questioning whether teams from different federations (such as Barça from UECF) could participate in the same international competition, and eventually, FC Espanya did not accept the entry of FC Barcelona and forfeited the match against RCD Espanyol, who together with Casual SC decided to participate in spite of Barcelona's entry. Interestingly, the

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penalized Casual SC for playing against FC Barcelona, but not RCD Espanyol.

Tournament

won the tournament after thrashing

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7–0 in the quarter-finals with a

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from Alexander Steel, and then

7–2 in the final with goals from

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(2),

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(2) and

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. However, their triumph was wrapped up in controversy as they actually lost the semi-finals 1–3 to

, courtesy of a brace from

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, a former Barça player; but the Blaugrana managed to have the result being annulled through protests about the improper use of

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players.

Results

Quarter-finals

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Semi-final

Barcelona played the second half with 10 players due to a tackle by S. Massana on

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that prevented him from continuing to play, and Espanyol took full advantage of it to win 3–1, thus becoming the first team in the history of the competition to beat Barcelona, but Barça protested against the fact that Espanyol had fielded three

players brought by them from the

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only to play the match, and their protest was upheld resulting in Espanyol being disqualified and FC Barcelona reaching the final yet again. ----

Final

Statistics

Top Scorers

References

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