1903–04 Madrid FC season

Madrid FC/Madrid–Moderno
1903–04 season
Madrid FC team in 1904.
PresidentJuan Padrós (until January)
Carlos Padrós (since January)
ManagerNo manager
StadiumNo home stadium
Copa del ReyFirst round
Madrid Championship[a]Semi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: —
All: Yarza (2)
Biggest winMadrid FC 8–0 Moderno FC
Madrid FC 8–0 Moncloa FC (friendlies)
Biggest defeatMoncloa FC 3–1 Real Madrid (friendly)

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.

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

Some 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Ireland EIR Arthur Johnson
— GK Spain ESP Manuel Alcalde Bahamonde
— GK Spain ESP Juan Sevilla
— GK   Lafora
— GK Spain ESP Adolfo Meléndez
— DF Spain ESP M. Spottorno
— DF Spain ESP José Giralt
— DF Spain ESP Enrique Normand
— DF Spain ESP Mario Giralt
— DF Spain ESP Plácido Álvarez-Buylla
— DF Spain ESP Telesforo Álvarez
— MF Spain ESP M. Yarza
— MF Spain ESP Leopoldo García Durán
— MF Spain ESP José de Góngora
— MF Spain ESP Luciano Lizárraga
— MF Spain ESP Antonio Neyra
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Spain ESP Ángel Barquín
— MF   Manuel Vallarino
— MF Spain ESP Ramón de Cárdenas
— MF Spain ESP Enrique Varela de Seijas
— MF Spain ESP Arturo Meléndez
— MF Spain ESP José Palacios
— MF Spain ESP Adolfo Wandosell
— MF   Hodans
— FW Spain ESP Miguel de Valdeterrazo
— FW Spain ESP Joaquín Yarza
— FW Guatemala GUA Federico Revuelto
— FW France FRA Pedro Parages
— FW   Mertens
— FW Spain ESP Eugenio Bisbal
— FW Spain ESP Antonio Alonso Giménez-Cuenca
— FW Spain ESP Armando Giralt

Source:[3]

Transfers

In

Pos. Player From
GK Spain Manuel Alcalde Bahamonde
GK Lafora
DF Spain Plácido Álvarez-Buylla
DF Spain Telesforo Álvarez
DF Spain M. Yarza
MF Manuel Vallarino
MF Spain Luciano Lizárraga
MF Hodans
FW Spain Joaquín Yarza
FW Spain Antonio Alonso Giménez-Cuenca

Out

Date Pos. Player To
Pre-season FW Spain Álvaro Spottorno
DF Spain Eustaquio Celada
DF Spain Juan Padrós
MF Spain Leopoldo García
MF Spain Darío de Arana
MF Spain Rafael Molera
MF Spain Manolo Mendía
FW Spain José de Gorostizaga
FW England Stampher
FW Spain Enrique Rodero
FW Spain Eduardo Bueno
FW Spain Sáinz de los Terreros
October 1903 MF Spain Antonio Neyra Español de Madrid[4][5]
MF Spain Enrique Aruabarrena
Spain Pérez
MF Manuel Vallarino
MF Spain Ramón de Cárdenas
DF Spain José Giralt
DF Spain Mario Giralt
FW Spain Armando Giralt

Friendlies

2 August 1903 Friendly Madrid FC 8–0 Moderno FC La Lonja, El Escorial
Report
12 August 1903 Friendly Madrid FC 8–0 Moncloa FC [es] 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.
11 October 1903 Concurso de bandas Madrid FC 1–3 Moncloa FC Hipódromo, Madrid
Report
25 October 1903 Friendly Madrid FC 1–0 Moderno FC Av. Plaza de Toros, Madrid
? 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

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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 +0 000.00
Total 1 0 1 0 5 5 +0 000.00

Source: Competitions

Copa del Rey

Main article: 1904 Copa del Rey

The 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]		 ?
 ?
 ?
 ?
 ? 		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

  1. ^ The Campeonato de Madrid (Madrid Championship) was a regional qualifier for the Copa del Rey.

References

  1. ^ Spain - Cup 1904
  2. ^ "Temporada 1903-04". www.leyendablanca.galeon.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019.
  3. ^ "RESUMEN TEMPORADA 1903-04". leyendablanca.galeon.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019.
  4. ^ Ramos, Jesús. "LA TRISTE DECISION DE LOS GIRALT". www.elmundo.es. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ^ Sàpiens Editions (ed.). "The Catalan founders of Real Madrid". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  6. ^ Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII 1904, linguasport.com (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Spain - Cup 1904, RSSSF.com
  8. ^ Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII, Corazonblanco.com