The King

Alfonso XIII Alfonso XIII (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French language, French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May ...

's Cup 1924 was the 24th staging of the

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

, the Spanish

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cup competition. The competition started on 23 March 1924, and concluded on May 4, 1924, with the

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, held at the

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San Sebastián San Sebastián, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián (, ), is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, from the France–Spain border ...

, in which

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

lifted the trophy for the second time (third time counting the trophy won by Racing de Irun in 1913) with a 1–0 victory over

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

with

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netting the only goal of the match.

Teams

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Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club (; ), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (), or simply Athletic, is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Southern Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain. They are known ...

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* Centre Region:

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*Galicia:

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

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*Cantabria:

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...

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FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

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: Stadium de Zaragoza * Levante: Natación de Alicante

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

''Barcelona qualified for the quarter-finals 1–17 on agg.'' ''Sporting Gijón qualified for the quarter-finals 2–10 on agg.''

Quarterfinals

First leg

Second leg

''Real Madrid qualified for the semifinals 7–2 on agg.'' ''Real Unión qualified for the semifinals 3–1 on agg.'' ''Athletic Bilbao qualified for the semifinals 7–2 on agg.''

Tie break

''Barcelona qualified for the semifinals 5–3 on agg.''

Semifinals

First leg

Second leg

Tie Break

''Madrid qualified for the final 5–3 on agg.'' ''Unión qualified for the final 7–3 on agg.''

Final

References

External links

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RSSSF.com
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