The 1903–04 season was Madrid Football Club's 2nd season in existence. The club played some friendly matches against local clubs. Madrid FC also played their second-ever match outside of the Community of Madrid against Athletic Bilbao in Bilbao.
| 1903–04 season | |||
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 Madrid FC team in 1904. | |||
| President | Juan Padrós (until January) Carlos Padrós (since January) | ||
| Manager | No manager | ||
| Stadium | No home stadium | ||
| Copa del Rey | First round | ||
| Madrid Championship[a] | Semi-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: — All: Yarza (2) | ||
| Biggest win | Madrid FC 8–0 Moderno FC Madrid FC 8–0 Moncloa FC (friendlies) | ||
| Biggest defeat | Moncloa FC 3–1 Real Madrid (friendly) | ||
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They also played in the Campeonato de Madrid (Madrid Championship) and the Copa del Rey. Madrid FC merged with Moderno Football Club on 30 January 1904 and contested these championships under the name Madrid–Moderno.[1]
Summary
editSome of Madrid FC's best players left to join the newly formed Athletic Club Sucursal de Madrid (now Atlético Madrid) during the season. This precipitated a merger with Moderno FC on 30 January 1904 in order to survive. Carlos Padrós was elected president post-merger.[2]
Players
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
editIn
edit| Pos. | Player | From |
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| GK |  Manuel Alcalde Bahamonde |
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| GK | Lafora | |
| DF | Plácido Álvarez-Buylla |
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| DF | Telesforo Álvarez |
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| DF | M. Yarza |
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| MF | Manuel Vallarino | |
| MF | Luciano Lizárraga |
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| MF | Hodans | |
| FW | Joaquín Yarza |
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| FW | Antonio Alonso Giménez-Cuenca |
Out
edit| Date | Pos. | Player | To |
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| Pre-season | FW | Álvaro Spottorno |
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| DF | Eustaquio Celada
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| DF | Juan Padrós
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| MF | Leopoldo García
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| MF | Darío de Arana
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| MF | Rafael Molera
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| MF | Manolo Mendía
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| FW | José de Gorostizaga
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| FW |  Stampher
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| FW | Enrique Rodero
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| FW | Eduardo Bueno
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| FW | Sáinz de los Terreros
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| October 1903 | MF | Antonio Neyra |
Español de Madrid[4][5] |
| MF | Enrique Aruabarrena
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| Pérez
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| MF | Manuel Vallarino | ||
| MF | Ramón de Cárdenas
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| DF | José Giralt
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| DF | Mario Giralt
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| FW | Armando Giralt
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Friendlies
edit| 2 August 1903 Friendly | Madrid FC | 8–0 | Moderno FC | La Lonja, El Escorial |
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| 12 August 1903 Friendly | Madrid FC | 8–0 | Moncloa FC | La Lonja, San Lorenzo de El Escorial |
| Report | Referee: Navarro | |||
| Note: Madrid FC was awarded a prize consisting of a diploma in an allegory of football and 11 silver medals. | ||||
| 8 September 1903 Friendly | Villaviciosa y Colonial | 3–6 | Madrid FC | Villaviciosa de Odón |
| Report | ||||
| Note: Madrid FC was forced to play this match with only nine players as a result of some of their players leaving the club which precipitated Madrid FC's merger with Moderno FC in order to survive. Villaviciosa y Colonial was made up of local players from Villaviciosa and Colonial. |
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| 25 October 1903 Friendly | Madrid FC | 1–0 | Moderno FC | Av. Plaza de Toros, Madrid |
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Report | Referee: Merino |
| 1 November 1903 Friendly | Combinado El Escorial | 1–4 | Madrid FC | La Lonja, El Escorial |
| Report | Referee: Merino |
| 28 February 1904 Friendly | Athletic Bilbao | 2–1 | Madrid–Moderno | Lamiaco, Bilbao |
| ? 15' ? ?' |
Report | ? 45' |
Referee: Arana |
Competitions
editOverview
edit| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Copa del Rey/Campeonato de Madrid | 19 March 1904 | 19 March 1904 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 0.00 | ||||
Source: Competitions
Copa del Rey
editThe 1904 Copa del Rey was organized by the newly formed Madrid Football Federation. Originally, three teams were to participate, and the Federation invited Athletic Bilbao representing Biscay and Espanyol representing Catalonia. Madrid was to be represented by the winner of a preliminary round between Club Español de Madrid and Madrid-Moderno (a merger of Madrid CF and Moderno FC). The three teams were to contest the cup in a round-robin format. Before the tournament, Espanyol, unhappy with the competition system, announced they would not go to Madrid. Then two more teams from Madrid, Moncloa FC and Iberia Football Club, were admitted in the competition, forcing a change to the schedule. As a result, the four Madrid teams were scheduled to play a single-elimination tournament to decide their representative for the Copa del Rey final against automatically qualified Athletic Bilbao.[6]
The semi-final qualifying match between Club Español de Madrid and Madrid-Moderno ended in 5–5 draw. The captains of both teams agreed not to play extra time, but failed to reach an agreement on when they should replay the match. Español wanted to play the next day, but Madrid-Moderno refused, citing the rules of the tournament which stated that a replay could not be played less than 48 hours after the previous game. The next day Club Español went to replay the match, but Madrid-Moderno did not appear.[7] The regional federation, whose president Ceferino Birdalone happened to be president of Club Español as well, ruled in favor of Español, and they were declared winners of the match eliminating Madrid FC from the competition.
| 19 March 1904 Madrid Championship – Semifinals | Madrid–Moderno | 5–5 | Club Español de Madrid | Tiro del Pichón, Madrid |
| Yarza Parages Revuelto Alonso [8] |
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Referee: Garrido | ||
| Note: The captains of both teams agreed not to play extra time, but failed to reach an agreement on when they should replay the match. The Club Español de Madrid wanted to play at the same time the next day, but the Madrid-Moderno refused, and alleged that in the bases of the tournament was said that no tie could be played in less than 48 hours after the game. Next day the Club Español de Madrid went to play the replay, but the Madrid-Moderno did not. The regional federation, whose president Ceferino Birdalone happened to be president of Club Español de Madrid as well, ruled in favor of Club Español, who were declared winners of the match. | ||||
Notes
edit- ^ The Campeonato de Madrid (Madrid Championship) was a regional qualifier for the Copa del Rey.
References
edit- ^ Spain - Cup 1904
- ^ "Temporada 1903-04". www.leyendablanca.galeon.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019.
- ^ "RESUMEN TEMPORADA 1903-04". leyendablanca.galeon.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019.
- ^ Ramos, Jesús. "LA TRISTE DECISION DE LOS GIRALT". www.elmundo.es. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ Sàpiens Editions (ed.). "The Catalan founders of Real Madrid". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII 1904, linguasport.com (in Spanish)
- ^ Spain - Cup 1904, RSSSF.com
- ^ Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII, Corazonblanco.com
External links
edit- Realmadrid.com Official Site