Catalan football championship
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The Catalan football championship was the most important football competition in Catalonia in the first half of the 20th century.
In December 1900 Alfons Macaya, the president of Hispania AC, offered a trophy (the Copa Macaya) to be contested by several teams from the Championship of Catalonia. It was played between 1901 and 1940 and was cancelled during Franco's dictatorship.
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[edit] History
In 1901 Hispania AC became the first Catalan champions after winning the inaugural Copa Macaya. The following season, 1901-02, saw FC Barcelona win the title, their first ever trophy. During the 1902-03 season two rival competitions were organised with Club Espanyol winning the Copa Macaya and FC Barcelona winning the Copa Barcelona. After 1903 the championship was organised by the 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 founder members of La Liga and the Campionat de Catalunya gradually began to decline in importance.
[edit] Champions
[edit] Copa Macaya
- Hispania AC : 1
- 1901
- FC Barcelona: 1
- 1901-02,
- Club Espanyol: 1
- 1903
[edit] Copa Barcelona
- FC Barcelona: 1
- 1903
[edit] Campionat de Catalunya
- FC Barcelona: 22
- 1904-05, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1912-13, 1915-16, 1918-19, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1935-36, 1937-38
- Club Espanyol / X Sporting Club / RCD Espanyol/ CD Espanyol : 11
- 1903-04, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1911-12, 1914-15, 1917-18, 1928-29, 1932-33, 1936-37, 1939-40
- FC Espanya de Barcelona : 3
- 1912-13, 1913-14, 1919-17
- CE Europa : 1
- 1922-23
- CE Sabadell FC : 1
- 1933-34
