Copa Eva Duarte

The Copa Eva Duarte was a Spanish football tournament organized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and contested by the winners of La Liga and the Copa del Generalísimo.

History

In September 1940, a match with this format had the name of Copa de Campeones. It was not repeated until December 1945 when, due to the good relations with the Spanish military government, the ambassador of Argentina offered a trophy called Copa de Oro Argentina.^[1] Both these trophies were unofficial and were only played once.^[1][2][3]

In 1941 the Copa Presidente FEF was established as an official tournament founded and organized by the RFEF; however, it was also only contested once, and though 11 of the 12 matches in its mini-league format were played between April and May 1941, its last, decisive fixture was delayed until eventually taking place in September 1947.^[4]

Also in 1947, the "Copa Eva Duarte de Perón" was established as an annual and official tournament founded and organized by the RFEF, as a tribute to Argentine president Juan Perón and his wife Eva Perón. It was played between September and December, usually as one-match finals. The trophy was the predecessor of the current Supercopa de España, first held in 1982.^[1]

Champions by year

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Result
1947*	Real Madrid	Valencia	3–1
1948	Barcelona	Sevilla	1–0
1949	Valencia	Barcelona	7–4
1950	Athletic Bilbao	Atlético Madrid	7–5 (5–5 / 2–0)
1951	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona	2–0
1952	Barcelona**	–	–
1953[5]

* The 1947 match was not actually played until June 1948.^[1]
** In 1952 and 1953^[5] the cup was awarded to Barcelona, as they had won the La Liga/Copa del Rey double.

Titles by team

Team[1]	Champion	Runner-up	Years won	Years lost
Barcelona	3	2	1948, 1952, 1953	1949, 1951
Valencia	1	1	1949	1947
Atlético Madrid	1	1	1951	1950
Real Madrid	1	–	1947	–
Athletic Bilbao	1	–	1950	–
Sevilla	–	1	–	1948

Top goalscorers

Source: ^[6]

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Club	Total
1		Silvestre Igoa	FW	Valencia	3
		Josep Seguer	DF	Barcelona
		José Luis Pérez-Payá	FW	Atlético Madrid
		Telmo Zarra	FW	Athletic Bilbao
2		Venancio Pérez	FW	Athletic Bilbao	2
3	16 players				1

See also

• Supercopa de España
• Copa de los Campeones de España
• Copa de Oro Argentina

References

1. Spanish Supercup history RSSSF
2. "Precedentes no oficiales de la Supercopa de España - Cuadernos de Fútbol". cuadernosdefutbol.com (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
3. Ricardo Uribarri (27 July 2018). "Los títulos olvidados del Atleti". ctxt.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
4. El Torneo más largo de la historia del fútbol español. La Copa del presidente de la RFEF (1941-47) [The longest tournament in Spanish football history: The RFEF President's Cup (1941-47), in Spanish, CIHEFE, 1 April 2018, Archived 10 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
5. "El Barça suma un nou títol al seu palmarès històric" (JPG). cihefe.es (in Spanish). Archived (JPG) from the original on 2 April 2015.
6. "Eva Duarte's Cup". Bdfutbol.com.