18th Copa del Rey | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | Spain |
Teams | 6 |
Defending champions | Madrid FC |
Final positions | |
Champions | Real Unión (1st title) |
Runner-up | Madrid FC |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 8 |
Goals scored | 25 (3.13 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Santiago Bernabéu Manuel Posada (4 goals) |
The Copa del Rey 1918 was the 18th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.
The competition started on 8 April 1918, and concluded on 2 May 1918 with the final, held at the O'Donnell in Madrid, in which Real Unión lifted the trophy for the first time[1][2] (second time counting the trophy won by Racing de Irun in 1913) with a 2–0 victory over Madrid FC with Juan Legarreta netting both goals for Unión.[3][4]