Spanish Second Category Championship


The Spanish Second Category Championship, also known as the Spanish First Category B Championship or Spanish Group B Championship, was a Spanish football competition organized by the Spanish Football Federation that was contested between 1913 and 1926.
The competition was played in knockout rounds and it was contested by the regional champions of the Second Category, while the champions of the first played in the Copa del Rey.

History

The first known edition was in 1913, a free-entry competition open to second-tier teams or second teams of first-tier clubs. This edition was won by Sabadell FC. In 1920, the tournament organized by the Spanish Football Federation returned, won by the Stadium of Avilés by beating the Martinenc and the Stadium of Madrid.
Years later, between 1923 and 1926, four more editions were held, but the lack of support from the RFEF, and the cost and difficulty of travel, ended up causing the clubs to lose interest in the competition, thus disappearing.
A few years later, in 1930, Spanish Amateur Championship was created, a competition contested by non-professional clubs and which is considered by some as the natural successor of the Spanish Second Category Championship.

Editions

1913 Championship

In this edition, the Catalan champion of the second-tier, FC Internacional, decided not to participate along with the runner-up Sabadell FC, Stadium FC, and New-Catalònia FC. The Madrid semi-final phase, on the other hand, was contested by RS Gimnástica, Madrid FC, Fortuna FC, Regional FC, Cardenal Cisneros FC, Union Sporting Club, and Sociedad Deportiva del Centro de Instrucción Comercial. The champion took home a silver cup offered by King Alfonso XIII.
; Fase de Barcelona
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; Madrid phase
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; Final

1923 Championship

This edition was contested by the champions of Biscay, Gipuzkoa, Galícia, Asturias, Catalonia, Levante, Andalusia, and Madrid.
; Quarter-finals
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; Semifinals
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; Final

1924 Championship

This edition was contested by the champions of Biscay, Gipuzkoa/Navarra, Galicia, Asturias, Catalonia, Levante, Aragon, Cantàbria, Andalusia, and Madrid.
; First round
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; Quarter-finals
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; Semifinals
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; Final

1925 Championship

This edition was contested by the champions of Biscay, Gipuzkoa/Navarra, Galicia, Asturias, Catalonia, Levante, Aragon, Cantabria, Andalusia, and Madrid.
; Preliminary Phase – Group 1
TeamPWDLGSGAPts
Júpiter43011526
Burjassot CF4211425
CD Patria40130151

; Preliminary Phase – Group 2
; Preliminary Phase – Group 3
TeamPWDLGSGAPts
CD Euskalduna4301656
Acero de Bilbao4202754
Racing de Reinosa4103362

; Preliminary Phase – Group 4
; Semifinals
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; Final

1926 Championship

This edition was contested by the champions of Biscay, Gipuzkoa/Navarra, Galícia, Asturias, Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia, Aragon, Castile and León, Cantabria, Andalusia, and Madrid.
; Preliminary Phase – Group 1
TeamPWDLGSGAPts
FC Badalona22001014
Elche CF2101452
Águila FC de Zaragoza20021110

Elche and Águila withdrew and did not compete in the second round.
; Preliminary Phase – Group 2
TeamPWDLGSGAPts
San Román FC2200424
AD Ferroviaria2101332
Lorca FC2002460

Ferroviaria and Lorca withdrew and did not contest the second round.
; Preliminary Phase – Group 3
TeamPWDLGSGAPts
Pasayako LE42021244
Cultural de Durango42021054
Barreda SC42024174

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Barreda SC withdrew and did not compete in the tiebreaker round.
; Preliminary Phase – Group 4
Stadium Salmantino withdraws from the competition.
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; Semifinals
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; Final
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