From 1902 to 1913, the Basque teams had been playing, and dominating, the Spanish Cup without playing previous official tournaments.
The "Federación Norte de Futbol" was founded in 1913, with the teams of the Basque Country (provinces of Vizcaya, Guipúzcoa and Alava), Navarra, and Santander, and organized the "Campeonato Norte". In 1918 it was divided in two separate Associations:
1)"Federación Vizcaina de Fútbol" (initially with clubs from Vizcaya, Alava and Santander)
2)"Federación Guipuzcoana de Fútbol" (over Guipúzcoa, Navarra, Logroño and, from 1938, Alava).
Both organized a Regional Championship.
In 1923 the clubs from Santander founded the "Federación Cántabra de Fútbol" and organized the "Campeonato de Cantabria".
In 1928 the "Federación Navarra de Fútbol" was founded, but their teams usually played in the Campeonato de Guipúzcoa, and only twice a separate championship of Navarra was organized.
All these championships were part of the qualifying phase of the Spanish Cup.
Year Champions 1913-14 Athletic Club (Bilbao) 1914-15 Athletic Club (Bilbao) 1915-16 Athletic Club (Bilbao) 1916-17 C. Arenas (Guecho) 1917-18 Real Unión Club (Irún)
3 Athletic Club (Bilbao) 1 C. Arenas (Guecho) Real Unión Club (Irún)
Year Copa Vasca Vizcaya Guipuzcoa Navarra
1918-19 C. Arenas(Guecho) Real Sociedad (SS)
1919-20 Athletic Club Real Unión (Irún)
1920-21 Athletic Club Real Unión (Irún)
1921-22 C. Arenas(Guecho) Real Unión (Irún)
1922-23 Athletic Club Real Sociedad (SS)
1923-24 Athletic Club Real Unión (Irún)
1924-25 Athletic Club Real Sociedad (SS)
1925-26 Athletic Club Real Unión (Irún)
1926-27 C. Arenas(Guecho) Real Sociedad (SS)
1927-28 Athletic Club Real Unión (Irún)
1928-29 Athletic Club Real Sociedad (SS) CA Osasuna
1929-30 CD Alavés(Vitoria) Real Unión (Irún)
1930-31 Athletic Club Real Unión (Irún)
1931-32 Athletic Club CD Logroño
1932-33 Athletic Club Donostia FC [1]
1933-34 Athletic Club CD Logroño [1]
1934-35 Athletic C. [2]
1935-36 C. Arenas [2]
1936-37 not played due to Spanish Civil War
1937-38 [3] not played due to Spanish Civil War
1938-39 Bilbao Athletic CD Alavés(Vitoria) CA Osasuna
1939-40 Athletic Club CA Osasuna [1]
[1] In the seasons 1932-33, 1933-34 and 1939-40, the championship of Guipúzcoa
also had teams from Aragon entering; in those years it was called
"Campeonato de Guipúzcoa - Navarra - Aragón"
[2] In the seasons 1934-35 and 1935-36 teams from all three Federaciones joined to play for the "Copa Vasca". Only CD Logroño didn't inscribe, and played
in the "Campeonato Castilla-Aragon".
[3] In the spring of 1938, with the war having moved to far away parts of the
country, teams of this zone played an unofficial tournament, called "Copa
Brigadas de Navarra". CD Alavés was the champion.
Copa Vasca 1 Athletic Club (Bilbao) C. Arenas (Guecho) Campeonato de Vizcaya 14 Athletic Club (Bilbao) 3 C. Arenas (Guecho) 1 CD Alavés (Vitoria) Campeonato de Guipúzcoa 9 Real Unión Club (Irún) 6 Real Sociedad (San Sebastián) (includes Donostia FC) 1 CD Alavés (Vitoria) CD Logroño CA Osasuna (Pamplona) Campeonato de Navarra 2 CA Osasuna (Pamplona)
Athletic Club was called Bilbao Athletic during the season 1938-39. Real Sociedad (S.S.) changed the name to Donostia FC from 1931 to 1940. Real Unión Club (Irún) was called Unión Club in the period 1931-1938. CD Logroño was refounded as CD Logroñés in 1940.
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Author: Carles Lozano Ferrer
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Last updated: 21 Jan 2000
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