1936 Copa del Presidente de la República

1936 Copa del Presidente de la República
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	43
Final positions
Champions	Madrid CF (7th title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	115

The Copa del Presidente de la República 1936 (President of the Republic's Cup) was the 36th staging of the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition started in February, 1936 and concluded on June 21, 1936, with the final, held at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia. Madrid CF won the match 2-1 for their seventh cup victory, defeating FC Barcelona in the first El Clásico final. Defending champions Sevilla FC lost to Hércules CF in a Round-of-16 replay.

It was the final season before the tournament was cancelled due to the Spanish Civil War, returning in 1939 as the Copa del Generalísimo.

Teams

Asturias–Galicia Region: Oviedo FC, Sporting de Gijón, Stadium Club Avilesino, Club Celta, Club Deportivo de La Coruña, Unión Sportiva Vigo, Club Lemos
Balearic Islands Region: CD Mallorca
Canary Islands Region: UD Tenerife
Center–Aragón Region: Madrid CF, Athletic Club de Madrid, CD Nacional de Madrid, Valladolid Deportivo, Zaragoza FC, Racing Club de Santander, UD Salamanca
Catalonia Region: FC Barcelona, Gerona FC, CD Español, CD Sabadell FC, CD Júpiter, FC Badalona, Granollers CD
Levante Region: Hércules FC, Murcia FC, Valencia FC, Levante FC, Gimnástico FC, Elche FC, Cartagena FC
North Africa Region: Athletic Club de Tetuán
Biscay Region: Arenas Club, Athletic Club de Bilbao, Baracaldo FC, Erandio FC, Donostia FC, Unión Club, CA Osasuna
South Region: Sevilla FC, Betis Balompié, Xerez SC, CD Malacitano, Club Recreativo de Granada, Mirandilla FC, RCD Córdoba^[1]

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts^[1]
1.	CD La Coruña	4	3	1	0	10	4	7
2.	Club Lemos	4	1	1	2	5	6	3
3.	Unión SC	4	1	0	3	3	8	2

Stadium Club Avilesino withdrew^[1] before the start of the tournament.

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts^[1]
1.	Sporting de Gijón	6	4	0	2	23	9	8
2.	Valladolid Deportivo	6	3	0	3	12	16	6
3.	CD Nacional	6	2	1	3	10	13	5
4.	UD Salamanca	6	2	1	3	6	13	5

Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts^[1]
1.	Baracaldo FC	6	3	1	2	14	8	7
2.	Erandio FC	6	3	1	2	8	8	7
3.	Donostia FC	6	3	0	3	8	10	6
4.	Unión Club	6	1	2	3	6	10	4

Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts^[1]
1.	CD Sabadell FC	6	4	1	1	10	2	9
2.	CD Júpiter	6	3	1	2	13	11	7
3.	FC Badalona	6	2	0	4	6	8	4
4.	Granollers CD	6	1	2	3	8	16	4

Group 5

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts^[1]
1.	Levante FC	4	3	0	1	14	2	6
2.	Gimnástico FC	4	1	2	1	2	7	4
3.	Cartagena FC	4	0	2	2	3	10	2

Elche FC was disqualified

Group 6

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts^[1]
1.	CD Malacitano	6	4	0	2	19	7	8
2.	Mirandilla FC	6	3	1	2	11	10	7
3.	Recreativo Granada	6	3	0	3	9	7	6
4.	RCD Córdoba	6	1	1	4	5	20	3

Group 7

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Athletic Club Tetuán	2	2	0	0	3	1	6
2.	Unión Tenerife	2	0	0	2	1	3	4

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CD La Coruña	5–5	Sporting Gijón	5–1	0–4
Levante FC	0–1	Baracaldo FC	0–1	^[a]
CD Mallorca	3–5	CD Sabadell	2–1	1–4
Athletic Tetuán	2–5	CD Malacitano	2–2	0–3

Source: RSSSF^[1]

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sporting Gijón	2–0	CD La Coruña^[1]

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Baracaldo FC	3–4	Sporting Gijón	3–2	0–2
CD Sabadell	3–2	CD Malacitano	2–1	1–1

Source: RSSSF^[1]

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Gijón	8–3	Athletic Madrid	5–1	3–2
CD Español	4–4	Valencia FC	1–0	3–4
Betis Balompié	4–1	CD Sabadell	3–0	1–1
CA Osasuna	7–1	Racing Santander	5–1	2–0

Source: RSSSF^[1]

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CD Español	3–2	Valencia CF^[1]

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madrid CF	3–3	Arenas Club	2–1	1–2
Athletic Bilbao	7–4	Club Celta	6–0	1–4
Sporting Gijón	0–4	FC Barcelona	0–0	0–4
CD Español	6–3	Xerez SC	3–0	3–3
Sevilla FC	5–5	Hércules FC	3–1	2–4
Murcia FC	2–3	Zaragoza FC	2–0	0–3
CA Osasuna	9–6	Oviedo FC	5–1	4–5
Gerona FC	3–5	Betis Balompié	1–2	2–3

Source: RSSSF^[1]

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Madrid CF	6–1	Arenas Club
Hércules FC	2–0	Sevilla FC^[1]

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madrid CF	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	1–0
CD Español	2–4	FC Barcelona	2–1	0–3
Zaragoza FC	1–4	Hércules FC	1–1	0–3
Betis Balompié	1–3	CA Osasuna	0–0	1–3

Source: RSSSF^[1]

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madrid CF	8–2	Hércules FC	7–0	1–2
CA Osasuna	5–9	FC Barcelona	4–2	1–7

Source: RSSSF^[1]

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Madrid CF	2–1	FC Barcelona^[1]

Source: RSSSF^[1]

Copa de la República 1936 Winners
Madrid CF 7th title

Notes

↑ Both teams decided to play only one leg.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Ferrer, Carles Lozano (2001-03-22). "Spain - Cup 1936". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2025-10-12. Retrieved 2026-03-21.

External links

(in English) rsssf.org
(in Spanish) linguasport.com

[2] Both teams decided to play only one leg.

[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Ferrer, Carles Lozano (2001-03-22). "Spain - Cup 1936". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2025-10-12. Retrieved 2026-03-21.

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