Catalan football championship

Catalan football championship
Country	Spain
Founded	1901-1940

The Catalan football championship (Campionat de Catalunya) was a football competition in Catalonia and the first football league in Spain before the La Liga was established in 1929.

In December 1900, Alfons Macaya, the president of Hispania AC, offered a trophy (the Copa Macaya) to be contested by several football teams from Spain. The league was played between 1901 and 1940 and was cancelled during Francisco Franco's dictatorship during the Spanish Civil War.

History 1
Historical Classification 2
Champions 3
- Copa Macaya 3.1
- Copa Barcelona 3.2
- Campionat de Catalunya 3.3
External links 4

History

The Copa Macaya.

In 1901, Hispania AC became the first Catalan champions after winning the inaugural Copa Macaya. The following season, 1901-1902, saw Football Associació de Catalunya and it became known as the Campionat de Catalunya. The winners also began to represent Catalonia in the Copa del Rey. By 1917 the league had turned professional and included a second division.

In 1928 three Catalan clubs: FC Barcelona, RCD Espanyol and CE Europa, became founding members of La Liga and the Campionat de Catalunya gradually began to decline in importance during the Spanish Civil War in 1940.

Historical Classification

The historical classification of Catalonia Football Championship is a classification that compiles all the matches, results, points and goals of all the teams that participated in the Championship of Catalonia football since its inception in 1900 until his disappearance in 1940. The classification includes the results of the Copa Macaya, the Barcelona Cup and the championship of the Football Association of Catalonia, also considered official. The 1902-1903 and 1912-1913 seasons were contested two championships. This classification has been done with the data collected through the archives of Los Deportes, Mundo Deportivo, La Vanguardia. Classification may contain errors due to the inaccuracy of the data published those years ..

Pos	Team	Seasons	Points	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	1st	2nd	3rd	Debut	Last Appearance	BR
1	FC Barcelona	39	644	402	301	42	59	1356	386	970	23	7	7	1900-1901	1939-1940	1
2	RCD Espanyol	37	513	398	231	51	117	922	520	402	9	11	9	1900-1901	1939-1940	1
3	CE Sabadell FC	24	241	272	98	45	129	442	530	-88	1	3	3	1914-1915	1939-1940	1
4	FC Espanya	18	203	190	89	25	76	323	295	28	3	4	3	1907-1908	1927-1928	1
5	CE Europa	14	195	164	81	33	50	362	260	102	1	6	1	1919-1920	1937-1938	1
6	CF Badalona	16	122	175	50	22	103	255	431	-176	0	1	2	1912-1913 (2)	1939-1940	2
7	FC Internacional	14	121	136	51	19	66	212	235	-23	0	3	3	1902-1903 (1)	1921-1922	2
8	UE Sants	9	91	110	36	19	55	182	224	-42	0	1	1	1922-1923	1932-1933	2
9	University SC	10	85	95	36	13	46	167	191	-24	0	0	3	1901-1902	1916-1917	3
10	CE Júpiter	8	85	96	38	10	48	174	219	-45	0	1	2	1929-1930	1937-1938	2
11	FC Català	14	80	119	35	10	74	179	385	-206	0	1	2	1901-1902	1914-1915	2
12	Girona FC	6	61	68	25	12	31	106	107	-1	0	1	1	1933-1934	1939-1940	2
13	Hispània AC	4	52	34	25	2	7	109	30	79	1	2	1	1900-1901	1902-1903 (2)	1
14	Terrassa FC	5	50	66	20	10	36	98	165	-67	0	0	0	1924-1925	1928-1929	4
15	FC Palafrugell	3	33	42	12	9	21	54	100	-46	0	0	1	1931-1932	1933-1934	3
16	EC Granollers	4	32	48	13	6	29	72	128	-56	0	0	0	1933-1934	1939-1940	4
17	FC X	5	31	40	15	1	24	39	65	-26	3	0	0	1903-1904	1907-1908	1
18	FC Martinenc	5	28	66	10	8	48	83	217	-134	0	0	0	1923-1924	1932-1933	6
19	FC Atlètic de Sabadell	4	27	42	12	3	27	38	93	-55	0	0	0	1915-1916	1918-1919	4
20	L'Avenç de l'Sport	6	26	50	10	6	34	60	107	-47	0	1	0	1912-1913 (2)	1922-1923	2
21	Salut SC	2	17	30	8	1	21	46	98	-52	0	0	0	1902-1903 (2)	1903-1904	5
22	Joventut FC	1	11	16	5	1	10	22	57	-35	0	0	0	1903-1904	1903-1904	6
23	Irish FC	1	10	14	4	2	8	25	24	1	0	0	0	1902-1903 (2)	1902-1903 (2)	5
24	FC Sant Gervasi	1	8	16	3	2	11	12	95	-83	0	0	0	1903-1904	1903-1904	7
25	Real Club de Polo de Barcelona	1	7	10	3	1	6	9	23	-14	0	0	0	1912-1913 (1)	1912-1913 (1)	4
26	Ibèria SC	1	7	14	3	1	10	10	25	-15	0	0	0	1902-1903 (2)	1902-1903 (2)	7
27	Club T.B.H.	1	6	8	3	0	5	12	13	-1	0	0	0	1914-1915	1914-1915	7
28	Casual SC	1	6	10	3	0	7	11	25	-14	0	0	0	1912-1913 (1)	1912-1913 (1)	5
29	FC Barcelona C	1	5	4	2	1	1	8	5	3	0	0	1	1912-1913 (2)	1912-1913 (2)	3
30	FC Numància	3	5	27	2	1	24	17	100	-83	0	0	0	1911-1912	1913-1914	5
31	FC Barcelona B	1	4	4	2	0	2	9	8	1	0	0	0	1912-1913 (2)	1912-1913 (2)	4
32	Star FC	1	4	12	2	0	10	1	30	-29	0	0	0	1909-1910	1909-1910	6
33	AUF Tarragona	1	4	8	2	0	6	0	30	-30	0	0	0	1900-1901	1900-1901	4
34	FC Central	1	2	12	1	0	11	5	40	-35	0	0	0	1909-1910	1909-1910	7
35	Club Franco-Espanyol	1	2	8	1	0	7	0	54	-54	0	0	0	1900-1901	1900-1901	5
36	Ibèric FC	1	2	16	0	2	14	4	70	-66	0	0	0	1903-1904	1903-1904	9

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	Club deceased

Champions

Copa Macaya

Hispania AC : 1
- 1900-1901

FC Barcelona: 1
- 1901-1902

Club Espanyol: 1
- 1902-1903

Copa Barcelona

FC Barcelona: 1
- 1902-1903

Campionat de Catalunya

FC Barcelona: 21
- 1904-1905, 1908-1909, 1909-1910, 1910-1911, 1912-1913, 1915-1916, 1918-1919, 1919-1920, 1920-1921, 1921-1922, 1923-1924, 1924-1925, 1925-1926, 1926-1927, 1927-1928, 1929-1930, 1930-1931, 1931-1932, 1933-1934, 1935-1936, 1937-1938

Club Espanyol / X Sporting Club / RCD Espanyol/ CD Espanyol : 11
- 1903-1904, 1905-1906, 1906-1907, 1907-1908, 1911-1912, 1914-1915, 1917-1918, 1928-1929, 1932-1933, 1936-1937, 1939-1940

FC Espanya de Barcelona : 3
- 1912-1913, 1913-1914, 1916-1917

CE Europa : 1
- 1922-1923

CE Sabadell FC : 1
- 1933-1934

External links

List of Champions of Catalonia and Spain at www.rsssf.com
Catalan football championship Final Tables at www.rsssf.com
Catalan football championship statistics and squads at www.futcat.org

Copa del Rey

Seasons	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1928–29 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1944–45 1946 1947 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1951 1952 1952–53 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1969 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Finals	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 (FEF & UECF) 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Related	Copa de la Coronación (final) Copa de la España Libre Regional Championship: (Aragón Asturias Baleares Canary Islands Cantabria Castilla-León Centro Catalonia Extremadura Galicia Levante Norte/Vizcaya Norte de África Sur)

History

Football in Spain

AFE ANEF CTA CSD COE LFP RFEF

National teams	Men's national team U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 Women's national team U-19

League system	Primera División Segunda División Segunda División B (4 groups) Tercera División (18 groups 1–9, 10–18) Divisiones Regionales

Women's league system	Primera División Segunda División (7 groups)

Youth league system	División de Honor Juvenil (7 groups) Liga Nacional Juvenil (21 groups)

Domestic cups	Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga (defunct) Copa Eva Duarte (replaced) Supercopa de España Copa Federación

Women's domestic cups	Copa de la Reina

Youth domestic cups	Copa de Campeones Juvenil Copa del Rey Juvenil

Clubs Stadiums Records Foreign players Champions

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