Deportivo won their seventh official title

One league (1999-2000), three Supercups (1995, 2000 and 2002) and two King’s Cups (1994-1995 and 2000-2001). Until today. Because from now on, a seventh will be added to the six official titles that adorn the Deportiva display case, The Spanish Football Federation recognized it as the “Spanish Competition of 1912.”. The team plays in the third category, but can boast of a successful past that began much earlier than decades thought.

Presentation of the book at the end of last year From Sala Calvet to the forgotten title, allowed its author, journalist Rubén Ventureira, to publicly announce the discovery of this seventh trophy, and the club immediately requested its confirmation. The Coruña entity sent a letter to the Federation using the various reasons they allow Spanish Cup conquered in Riazor against Vigo he finally rises to his palms. “The inquiry has been raised to the highest level and now the historians of the agency must analyze it,” confirmed Gabriel Barrós, director of communications of the blue and whites. This consultation crystallized in the final award, just before Dépor got Celta B.

The triumph was not taken into account until now because the competitions ran parallel to the others, considering that at the beginning of the last century there were several institutions that organized them. However, as Ventureira claims in his publication, “One of the two organizations that led to the creation of the Spanish Federation launched up to four different championships at that time, and they remained recognized. At that time, this Spanish Cup was even accepted by the Spanish Football Club Union — another relevant entity—, which in 1913 decided to hold its tournament in A Coruña recognizing Deportivo as the champion of the previous edition”.

This appointment did not materialize because the entities were finally merged, which created the one he presides over today Jose Luis Rubiales and to recognize as official various previously acquired titles. So in 1911, there are two winners of the King’s Cup, Barcelona and Athletic, and the team from Bilbao can boast that in 1904 they won the edition of this tournament that was never held.

Yes, the final of the Spanish Cup was played in 1912 at A Coruña’s ground, taking into account the quality of the facilities available to the city and the large number of followers the local team had. The opponent would be Vigo, and at home José de Llano (goalkeeper), Francisco Macho, Ramón Portela, Manuel Álvarez, Joaquín Yarza, Virgilio Rodríguez Rincón, Manuel Barreiro “Joker”, Jorge Parra, Manuel Fernández, Antonio Catoira and Rosendo participate. Silva. The last one on the list is, according to the work of Ventureira, the great-grandfather of Richard Gere’s wife.

The meeting, predicting the one of 95, had to be played in two sections. The first attempt ended five minutes early due to lack of light. The next day, also at Riazor, Dépor did not adjust and managed to score 4-3. The Alfredo Santaelena of that time, the author of the final goal, would be Virgilio Rodríguez Rincón.

Details of the historic derby that led to the blue and white’s seventh title. The first, actually.

The trophy was found between relatives and stored under the bed

“In the chronicles of that time, information appears that gave the tournament an official tone. Some mentioned the federation and the federal delegate”. These mentions in old newspapers, including La Voz, put Ruben Ventureira on the way to what could be Deportivo’s seventh title. A detailed search made it possible to find several tournaments run by the same organization, which were considered an official title. And from there it remained to cross-check the information with other researchers, such as Luis Javier Bravo, an expert on the history of the Copa del Rey, and inform the club.

The conclusions attracted the attention of the Coruña entity, which had yet to find the cup in question. The process of rejecting the family has begun. Lois New, an employee of Dépor and Rubén’s cousin, shares his obsession with football. already next to him Gonzalo Gimenez, also a blue and white worker, worked on a photo from the 20s in search of a trophy. The picture showed 16. After discarding seven, Lois found a good one in storage.

“When we were collecting those that were in the Plaza de Pontevedra, it already caught our attention that they mentioned the Spanish Football Clubs Association,” he described the find in detail. But as there were a thousand and something…». Until now, there were only six of them officially.

The one representing the seventh has been preserved thanks to Ramón de Llano. A key part, as secretary, in the creation of the club, was in line when the national team demanded that all teams hand over their trophies to be turned into liturgical material. “He hid them from Déporo under his children’s beds,” Ventureira explains. Among them is the one from 1912, which comes to life 111 years later.