Spain - Mediterranean League Libre 1937

The Spanish Civil War began in Summer of 1936. During the season 1936/37 Spain was 
divided into two parts, without relation between them. So, playing the Spanish Liga 
was absolutely impossible.

In the Republican part, some regions maintained  their tournaments: 
the Championship of Catalonia and the Championship of Levante 
(played by teams from Valencia and Murcia).

During the dates when Spanish Liga had been supposed to be played, 
the Liga del Mediterráneo was organized. 

It was to be played by the six teams of both championships, but as
only four teams from Levante inscribed (Hércules FC, Murcia FC and 
Cartagena FC withdrew, because their towns were bombarded), the 
Catalan presence was also reduced to four (thereby, CS Sabadell and 
FC Badalona were out).

In the end, the tournament was played by:
- the top four of the Campionat de Catalunya 1937:  
   CE Espanyol, FC Barcelona, Girona FC, Granollers EC
- four Valencian teams from the Campeonato Levante:
  Valencia FC (champion), Levante FC, Gimnástico FC and Athletic Castellón 
  (the latter inscribed to complete 8 teams)

Results
                           Bar Esp Gir Val Lev Gim Gra Cas
FC Barcelona                   2-0 0-0 3-2 2-1 5-1 2-0 3-0
CE Espanyol                1-1     6-3 0-2 2-0 1-0 3-0 3-0
Girona FC                  2-0 2-2     4-0 1-0 2-0 4-1 3-0
Valencia FC                3-3 4-3 2-1     0-1 4-0 6-0 2-1
Levante FC                 3-3 2-2 3-1 3-3     2-2 7-0 0-0
Gimnástico FC              1-1 2-3 1-1 2-1 1-6     2-1 3-0
Granollers EC              1-2 2-3 2-2 2-2 1-1 1-0     4-0
Athletic Castellón         0-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 3-3 2-2   

Table

 1.FC Barcelona               14  7  6  1  27-15 20
 2.CE Espanyol (Barcelona)    14  8  3  3  30-20 19
 3.Girona FC                  14  6  5  3  27-18 17
 4.Valencia FC                14  7  3  4  32-23 17
 5.Levante FC (Valencia)      14  5  6  3  30-18 16
 6.Gimnástico FC (Valencia)   14  3  4  7  18-31 10
 7.Granollers EC              14  2  4  8  17-36  8
 8.Athletic Castellón         14  0  5  9   7-27  5
 
Champion: FC Barcelona
Top five qualify to Copa de España Libre 1937.


list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of cup finals.


About this document

Prepared and maintained by Carles Lozano Ferrer for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Carles Lozano Ferrer (ferrer@economistes.com)
Last updated: 20 May 2000

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