Castilla y León Cup explained

Castilla y León Cup Copa Castilla y León
Founded:	1924
Region:	Castilla y León (Spain)
Number Of Teams:	16 (since 2012)
Current Champions:	CD Numancia (2013)
Website:	FCyLF.es

The Castilla y León Cup (from the Spanish expression Copa Castilla y León) is a football championship usually played on summer and autumn between the most important teams in the region of Castilla y León. It was created in 1924 as a regional championship parallel to La Liga, and was played between that year and 1931. The Spanish Civil War and the undisputed leadership of La Liga wiped out the tournament, being forgotten. In 1985, the Football Federation of Castile and León revived it as a summer tournament, being played in just that year. It was in 2009 when it returned to be played^[1] on an annual basis.

The tournament is not expected to be played in 2014.^[2]

Tournament editions

1924 - 25 Edition

Team
CD Español	4	3	0	1	10	10	0	6
Cultural Leonesa	5	3	0	2	15	14	+1	6
Real Unión Deportiva	5	2	0	3	10	6	+4	4
UD Española	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	0

Note: UD Española disqualified because of an improper starting 11. The remaining matches are considered defeats, so CD Español scored 4 extra points and Cultural Leonesa scored only 2, breaking the tie between those teams.

1925 - 26 Edition

Team
Cultural Leonesa	8	5	2	1	18	6	+12	12
Real Unión Deportiva	8	3	5	0	21	11	+10	11
CD Español	8	2	3	3	19	15	+4	7
UD Española	8	2	3	3	12	17	−5	7
UD Ferroviaria	8	1	1	6	7	28	−21	3

1926 - 27 Edition

Team
Real Unión Deportiva	10	8	2	0	35	8	+27	18
CD Español	10	8	1	1	46	13	+33	17
Cultural Leonesa	10	2	3	5	25	25	0	7
UD Ferroviaria	10	2	2	6	12	29	−17	6
UD Española	9	3	0	6	18	39	−21	6
Stadium Luises	9	1	2	6	11	33	−22	4

Note: The match between UD Española and Stadium Luises, both teams from Salamanca, was suspended because of a fight between players and spectators.

1927 - 28 Edition

Team
Cultural Leonesa	10	9	0	1	43	7	+36	18
Real Unión Deportiva	10	8	1	1	41	14	+27	17
CD Español	10	5	1	4	37	18	+19	11
UD Española	10	3	1	6	26	34	−8	7
UD Ferroviaria	10	3	1	6	10	32	−22	7
Stadium Luises	10	0	0	10	4	56	−52	0

1928 - 29 Edition

Background

In 1928, Real Unión Deportiva and CD Español were merged into Real Valladolid. In Salamanca, UD Española became UD Salamanca, disappearing Stadium Luises. The new name, "UD Salamanca" was formalized during the Second Republic of Spain in 1932, but the team used that name for the Castilla y León Cup.

Results

Team
Cultural Leonesa	8	7	0	1	48	4	+44	14
Real Valladolid	8	7	0	1	50	6	+44	14
UD Ferroviaria	8	4	0	4	12	23	−11	8
Burgos	8	1	0	7	7	45	−38	2
UD Salamanca	8	1	0	7	5	44	−39	2

Tie-break match

1929 - 30 Edition

Qualifying match

Real Valladolid qualified after 11–0 victory

Results

Team
Cultural Leonesa	4	4	0	0	20	2	+18	8
Real Valladolid	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	4
UD Ferroviaria	4	0	0	4	1	18	−17	0

1930 - 31 Edition

Team
Real Valladolid	8	5	3	0	29	9	+20	13
Cultural Leonesa	8	4	2	2	17	14	+3	10
CD Palencia	8	0	1	7	4	27	−23	1

Note: played two rounds of 4 matches.

1985 Summer Edition

Qualifying match

Real Valladolid qualified^[3] after 3–1 victory

Quarterfinals

Real Ávila won 3 - 2 on aggregate----Real Valladolid qualified after 4 - 0 victory----Palencia won 6 - 3 on aggregate----UD Salamanca won 3 - 2 on aggregate

Semifinals

Real Valladolid advanced to final after 3 - 0 victory----UD Salamanca advanced to final. Won 2 - 1 on aggregate

Final

2009–13 trophy

Ed.	Final host	Champion	Runner-up	Score
		UD Salamanca		2–1
		SD Ponferradina		1–1
		CD Mirandés		1–0
		CD Mirandés		4–1
		CD Numancia		1–0

Titles by team

Winners of the tournament:^[4]

Team	Titles	Years
Cultural Leonesa	4	1926, 1928, 1929, 1930
Real Valladolid^[5]	2	1931, 1985
CD Mirandés	2	2011, 2012
UD Salamanca (†)	1	2009–10
SD Ponferradina	1	2010–11
CD Numancia	1	2013
Real Unión Deportiva (†)	1	1927
CD Español (†)	1	1925

Modern trophy

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Years winning
CD Mirandés	2	0	2011, 2012
UD Salamanca (†)	1	1	2009–10
SD Ponferradina	1	1	2010–11
CD Numancia	1	0	2013
Real Valladolid	0	2
Villaralbo CF	0	1

Notes and References

1. http://www.fcylf.es/upload/informes/infor08-094.pdf Vuelve a disputarse la Copa de Castilla y León (English: Castilla y León Cup returns)
2. http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias/deportes/copa-castilla-leon-no-celebrara-curso-2014-2015_900162.html La Copa Castilla y León no se celebrará en el curso 2014-2015 (English: Castilla y León Cup will not be played in the 2014–15 season)
3. At the 1985 edition, the qualified in the previous qualifying round only plays one-leg quarterfinal match.
4. https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/span-castillaleonchamp.html RSSSF Data about Castilla y León Cup
5. Not included titles won by its former teams: Real Unión Deportiva and CD Español.