Alfonso XIII Club de Fútbol was a Spanish

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club located in

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...

, Galicia, that existed from 1915 until 16 October 1941, when it merged with

Eiriña CF The Eiriña Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football club located in Pontevedra, Galicia, founded in 1922, and disappeared on 16 October 1941, when it merged with the Alfonso XIII CF to form the Pontevedra CF. History Origins In 1921, the modest ...

to form the

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...

History

Origins

Founded in 1915, Alfonso XIII CF was officially established on 12 February 1921 after the relevant presentation of its regulations. Its uniform was a white and red striped shirt and black shorts, and it played its home games at

Campo do Burgo Campo may refer to: Places ;Cameroon * Campo, Cameroon, in the South Province ;Equatorial Guinea * Río Campo, in the Litoral Province ;France * Campo, Corse-du-Sud, a commune on the island of Corsica ;Italy * List of World War II prisoner-of-wa ...

. In 1918, Alfonso won the Galician B championship, thus achieving promotion to the top tier, where it reached the final at the first time of asking. Also in 1919, the team played some important

friendly matches An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the playe ...

, losing to

Sabadell Sabadell () is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, where it is one of the two capitals, the other being Terrassa. It is located on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona, a ...

1–0 and drawing with

Stadium Ovetense A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

1–1.

Golden age

On 1 November 1922, Alfonso was the first-ever opponent of the newly established

. Together with Eiriña and the Pontevedra Athletic Club, Alfonso became one of the three most important clubs in the city in the early 1920s, competing in the

Galicia Championship Galicia may refer to: Geographic regions * Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain ** Gallaecia, a Roman province ** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia ** The medieval Kingdo ...

until 1926, when Pontevedra AC went into a crises largely thanks to the arrival of

professionalism Professionalism is a set of standards that an individual is expected to adhere to in a workplace, usually in order to appear serious, uniform, or respectful. What constitutes professionalism is hotly debated and varies from workplace to workplac ...

, losing many of its main players and disappearing in 1926. The other two, Alfonso and Eiriña, managed to survive due to their youth and organization. In April 1931, the

Spanish Second Republic The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of democratic government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931 after the deposition of King Alfonso XIII. It was dissol ...

was established and the Alfonsista club was forced to change its name, becoming known as Pontevedra Sport Club; while Eiriña FC became the main club in the city, proclaiming itself Champion of Serie B in 1923 and playing in the first Category since then. The outbreak of the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

stopped all regional competitions, although the Galician Championship continued to be held normally in Galicia.

Decline and collapse

When the War ended, both Pontevedra and Eiriña remained active, but the great sporting and human burden caused by the conflict made their development almost unfeasible, so the directors of both clubs decided to meet and discuss a way out of this situation, which ended up being their merger into a single entity that was capable of representing the city. Thus, on 16 October 1941, the ''Pontevedra Club de Fútbol'' was established and its first president was

Fernando Ponte Conde Fernando Ponte Conde (1907 – 10 June 1978) was a Spanish sports leader who served as the first president of Pontevedra CF between 1941 and 1942. Early life and education Born in 1907 in Vigo, Pontevedra, Fernando Ponte Conde studied at the in ...

Honours

*Galician Championship of Serie B: **Champions (3): 1923–24, 1924–25, and 1927–28

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alfonso XIII CF Defunct football clubs in Galicia Association football clubs established in 1915 Association football clubs disestablished in 1941 1915 establishments in Spain Football in Galicia (Spain)