Football tournament season
1928 King Alfonso XIII's Cup 28th Copa del Rey Tournament details Country Spain Teams 26 Final positions Champions FC Barcelona (8th title) Runners-up Real Sociedad Tournament statistics Matches played 139 Goals scored 644 (4.63 per match)
TheKing Alfonso XIII's Cup 1928 was the 28th staging of theCopa del Rey , the Spanishfootball cup competition.
The competition started on 31 January 1928, and concluded on 29 June 1928, with the second final tiebreaker, held at theEstadio El Sardinero inSantander .FC Barcelona won the competition for the eighth time.[ 1] [ 2]
Phase Round First leg Second leg Qualifying Qualifying round 31 January 1928 2 February 1928 Group stage Matchday 1 5 February 1928 Matchday 2 12 February 1928 Matchday 3 19 February 1928 Matchday 4 26 February 1928 Matchday 5 4 March 1928 Matchday 6 11 March 1928 Matchday 7 18 March 1928 Matchday 8 25 March 1928 Matchday 9 1 April 1928 Matchday 10 8 April 1928 Knockout phase Quarter-finals 15 April 1928 29 April 1928 Semi-finals 6 May 1928 13 May 1928 Final 20 May 1928 Tiebreaker 1 22 May 1928 Tiebreaker 2 29 June 1928
As in theprevious tournament , 26 teams entered the competition.
Aragón :Iberia SC ,Patria Aragón Asturias :Real Oviedo ,Racing de Sama Balearic Islands :US Mahón Cantabria :Racing de Santander ,Gimnástica de Torrelavega Castile and León :Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa ,Real Unión Deportiva Catalonia :FC Barcelona ,CD Europa Extremadura :Patria FC Galicia :Celta de Vigo ,Deportivo de La Coruña Gipuzkoa :Real Unión ,Real Sociedad Murcia :Real Murcia ,Cartagena FC Centre Region :Real Madrid ,Athletic Madrid South Region :Sevilla FC ,Real Betis Valencia :Valencia CF ,Levante FC Biscay :Athletic Bilbao ,CD Alavés Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Pedro Vallana
Replay Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pedro Escartín
Second replay Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Pablo Saracho
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