# 1936 Copa del Presidente de la República

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: Oviedo FC, Sporting de Gijón, Stadium Club Avilesino, Club Celta, Club Deportivo de La Coruña, Unión Sportiva Vigo, Club Lemos.
* BALEARES: CD Mallorca.
* CANARIAS: UD Tenerife.
* CASTILLA-ARAGÓN: Madrid CF, Athletic Club de Madrid, CD Nacional de Madrid, Valladolid Deportivo, Zaragoza FC, Racing Club de Santander, UD Salamanca.
* CATALUÑA: FC Barcelona, Gerona FC, CD Español, CD Sabadell FC, CD Júpiter, FC Badalona, Granollers CD.
* LEVANTE: Hércules FC, Murcia FC, Valencia FC, Levante FC, Gimnástico FC, Elche FC, Cartagena FC.
* NORTE DE ÁFRICA: Athletic Club de Tetuán.
* PAÍS VASCO: Arenas Club, Athletic Club de Bilbao, Baracaldo FC, Erandio FC, Donostia FC, Unión Club, CA Osasuna.
* REGIÓN SUR: Sevilla FC, Betis Balompié, Xerez SC, CD Malacitano, Club Recreativo de Granada, Mirandilla FC, RCD Córdoba.

## First round
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 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 was withdrew before of the start the tournament.

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | |
| CD Mallorca | 3–5 | CD Sabadell | 2-1 | 1-4 |
| Athletic Tetuán | 2–5 | CD Malacitano | 2-2 | 0-3 |
* Tiebreaker
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Sporting Gijón | 2–0 | CD La Coruña |

## 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 | 0-5 | 1–4 |

## 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 |
* Tiebreaker
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CD Español | 3–2 | Valencia CF |

## 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 | 6–8 | Betis Balompié | 4-3 | 2-5 |
* Tiebreaker
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Madrid CF | 6–1 | Arenas Club |
| Hércules FC | 2–0 | Sevilla FC |

## 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 |

## 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 |

## Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Madrid CF | 2 – 1 | FC Barcelona |
* Copa de la República 1936 Winners
* Madrid CF 7th title