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{{Short description|Football club in Spain active 1897 to 1903}}
{{distinguish|Biscay representative football team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
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| fullname      = Club Bizcaya
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| founded = 1897
| dissolved = {{end date and age|1903}}
| ground = [[Tiro del Pichón]], [[Madrid]]
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| league = [[Copa del Rey|Copa de la Coronación]]
| season = [[1902 Copa de la Coronación|1902]]
| position  = Champion
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'''Bizcaya''', also known as '''Bizcaya FC''' or '''Club Bizcaya''' (Vizcaya in Spanish) was an [[association football]] representative team from [[Bilbao]], [[Spain]], which participated in the [[1902 Copa de la Coronación]] and the [[1907 Copa del Rey]], winning the former.<ref name=RSSSF>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1902.html |title=Spain – Cup 1902 |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date=15 September 2000 |access-date=20 July 2022 |archive-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721002345/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1902.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In this respect, the team is similar to [[London XI]]. It intended to create a team especially for the tournament using the best players from each Bilbao-based club: [[Bilbao Football Club]] and [[Athletic Club de Bilbao|Athletic Club]] in 1902, and Athletic Club and Unión Vizcaino in 1907.
==History==
===Origins===
At the end of 1901, the two most important clubs in the city were Athletic Club and Bilbao FC, and thus, a rivalry soon arose between them, playing several friendlies at the [[Hippodrome of Lamiako]], which the two teams shared since there were hardly any fields in Bilbao.<ref name=Rivalry>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aupaathletic.com/118-anos-de-la-primera-rivalidad/noticia/14959 |title=118 años de la primera rivalidad |trans-title=118 years since the first rivalry |language=es |website=aupaathletic.com |date=7 November 2019 |access-date=18 November 2022 |archive-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721002416/https://www.aupaathletic.com/118-anos-de-la-primera-rivalidad/noticia/14959 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Lamiaco>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2017/11/la-campa-de-lamiaco/ |title=La campa de Lamiaco |trans-title=The Lamiako field |language=es |publisher=[[:es:Centro de Investigaciones de Historia y Estadística del Fútbol Español|CIHEFE]] |date=17 October 2017 |accessdate=18 November 2022 |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030195941/https://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2017/11/la-campa-de-lamiaco/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Their duels aroused great expectation and served as one of the drivers of football as a mass phenomenon in Bilbao,<ref name=Rivalry/> but despite the sporting rivalry between them, their relations were friendly, and thus, the two rivals agreed to join the best players of each club to play two games against the [[Bordeaux]]-based side Burdigala at [[Burdeos]]. This temporary merge became known as ''Club Bizcaya'' (with a B), and the results were 0–2 in [[France]], the first time a Bilbao team played on foreign territory, and 7–0 in Lamiako, the very first visit by a foreign team to Bilbao, gathering a crowd of three thousand spectators, a tremendous amount at the time.<ref name=Lamiaco/> In France on 9 March 1902, the goals were netted by [[Ramón Silva (footballer)|Ramón Silva]] and Walter Evans.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3183 |title=Burdigala VS Athletic Club 3/9/1902 |language=es |website=athletic-club.eus |accessdate=18 November 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118180007/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3183 |url-status=live }}</ref> Three weeks later, on 31 March 1902, Bizcaya played the return fixture at home, trashing the French side with a resounding 7–0 victory with a poker from [[William Dyer (footballer)|William Dyer]] and a hat-trick from [[Juan Astorquia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3184 |title=Athletic Club VS Burdigala 3/31/1902 |language=es |website=athletic-club.eus |accessdate=18 November 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118215958/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3184 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lamiako had its record attendance on that day, gathering a crowd of three thousand spectators, a tremendous amount at the time.<ref name=Lamiaco/>
===Copa de la Coronación 1902===
{{main|1902 Copa de la Coronación}}
[[file:Club Bizcaya 1902.jpg|thumb|left|Team of Bizcaya of 1902. That year the club would win the [[1902 Copa de la Coronación]]]]
Taking advantage of the occasion of the coronation of [[Alfonso XIII]], the president of Madrid FC (now known as [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]) [[Juan Padrós]], decided to sponsor and include a football tournament in the royal program that was being arranged for the coronation festivities in May in the Spanish capital,<ref name=Cup>{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news/2020/05/15/118-years-since-the-copa-de-la-coronacion |title=118 years since the Coronation Cup |website=athletic-club.eus |date=15 May 2020 |accessdate=18 November 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118190002/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news/2020/05/15/118-years-since-the-copa-de-la-coronacion |url-status=live }}</ref> and thus the Copa de la Coronación was born, the first national championship disputed in Spain and the forerunner for the [[Copa del Rey]] which began in the following year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2009/11/la-copa-de-1902/ |title=La Copa de 1902 |trans-title=The Cup of 1902 |language=es |publisher=[[:es:Centro de Investigaciones de Historia y Estadística del Fútbol Español|CIHEFE]] |date=17 October 2017 |accessdate=18 November 2022 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322180110/http://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2009/11/la-copa-de-1902/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following an invitation from Madrid FC, it was decided that Club Bizcaya would be sent to Madrid to represent the city of Bilbao, being one of the 5 teams that participated in the Copa de la Coronación.<ref name=Cup/> The then Athletic president Juan Astorquia was named the team's [[Captain (association football)|captain]].
[[File:Copa de la coronacion.jpg|thumb|150px|The Copa de la Coronación trophy won by Bizcaya, on display in the [[Athletic Bilbao]] museum]]
The Basques played and won three games on consecutive days, thrashing Club Español (now known as [[RCD Espanyol]]) 5–1 in the quarter-finals with goals from captain Astorquia of Athletic, and Dyer and Walter Evans (3) of Bilbao FC.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2352 |title=Athletic Club VS RCD Espanyol 5/13/1902 |language=es |website=athletic-club.eus |accessdate=18 November 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118190009/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2352 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dyer scored with a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty]] in what was perhaps the first-ever competitive penalty taken in Spain, while Evans scored a [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-trick]] in what was perhaps the first-ever competitive hat-trick netted in Spain. In the semi-finals, Bizcaya defeated [[New Foot-Ball Club|New FC]] with a resounding 8–1 win thanks to a poker from Dyer, a brace from Evans, and a goal each from Astorquia and [[Armand Cazeaux]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2353 |title=Athletic Club VS New Football 5/14/1902 |language=es |website=athletic-club.eus |accessdate=18 November 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118190001/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2353 |url-status=live }}</ref> And finally, in the [[1902 Copa de la Coronacion|final]] at the [[Hipódromo de la Castellana]] on 15 May 1902, they faced [[Joan Gamper]]'s [[FC Barcelona]] and Captain Astorquia led by example, netting the opening goal of the final in the early stages of the game, and Armand Cazeaux scoring also in the first half in a 2–1 win, thus winning the trophy presented by the [[mayor of Madrid]] and returning to Bilbao with it.<ref name=RSSSF/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2354 |title=Athletic Club VS FC Barcelona 5/15/1902 |language=es |website=athletic-club.eus |accessdate=18 November 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118165745/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2354 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.linguasport.com/FUTBOL/nacional/copa/cup.htm |title=Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII 1902 |publisher=Linguasport |access-date=20 July 2022 |archive-date=14 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514184539/http://www.linguasport.com/FUTBOL/nacional/copa/cup.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Bilbao still has that trophy in their trophy room at the [[San Mamés Stadium (2013)|San Mamés stadium]].
On 24 March 1903, Bilbao FC and its associates were officially and definitively absorbed by Athletic Club.
===Copa del Rey 1907===
{{main|1907 Copa del Rey}}
The 1907, Club Bizcaya was "reactivated" by combining the best players from '''Athletic Club''' and '''Unión Vizcaino''', for the sole purpose of participating in the 1907 Copa del Rey. Bizcaya made their second debut on 24 March against Madrid FC, winning 3–2 thanks to goals from [[Charles F. Simmons (footballer)|Charles Simmons]] (2) and Juan Goyoaga.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1906-07/matches/1_2361 |title=Athletic Club VS Real Madrid 3/24/1907 |language=es |website=athletic-club.eus |accessdate=18 November 2022 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118221358/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1906-07/matches/1_2361 |url-status=live }}</ref> The tournament was a five-team league, of which Bizcaya and Madrid FC finished as joint winners, meaning a [[1907 Copa del Rey Final|play-off]] had to be played on 30 March, which Madrid won 1–0 courtesy of a late goal from [[Manuel Prast]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1907.html |title=Spain – Cup 1907 |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date=13 January 2000 |accessdate=18 April 2014 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101175534/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spancup1907.html |archivedate=1 November 2013 }}</ref>
==Statistics==
{{Original research section|date=July 2022}}
===Goalscorers===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Goals
!Tournament
|-
|rowspan="2"|1
|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Walter Evans
|rowspan="2"|5
|rowspan="2"|[[1902 Copa de la Coronacion]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[William Dyer (footballer)|William Dyer]]
|-
|3
|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Charles F. Simmons (footballer)|Charles Simmons]]
|4
|[[1907 Copa del Rey]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|4
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Astorquia]]
|rowspan="2"|3
|[[1902 Copa de la Coronación]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Hermenegildo García (footballer)|Hermenegildo García]]
|[[1907 Copa del Rey]]
|-
|6
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Armand Cazeaux]]
|2
|[[1902 Copa de la Coronación]]
|}
== Results ==
{| style="width: 100%; background:#363636; color:white;"
|-
| '''Club Bizcaya'''
|}
{{football box collapsible
| date = 9 March 1902
| time = ?
| team1 = Burdigala
| score = 0–2
| report = [https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3183 Report]
| team2 = '''Club Bizcaya'''
| goals1 = <br> <br> {{center| Kuber <br> Boyer, Balade <br> Sudraud, Sarrailh, Paillre <br> Cornali, Cahiol, Sergenton, Giraud, Cabanol}}
| goals2 = [[Ramón Silva (footballer)|Ramón Silva]] {{goal}} <br> Walter Evans {{goal}} <br> {{center| [[Luis Arana (footballer)|L. Arana]] <br> [[Pedro Larrañaga|Larrañaga]], [[Ricardo Ugalde|Ugalde]] <br> [[Amado Arana|A. Arana]], [[Enrique Careaga|Careaga]], [[José Maria Arana|J. M. Arana]] <br> [[Alejandro de la Sota (footballer)|Sota]], R. Silva, [[William Dyer (footballer)|Dyer]], [[Juan Astorquia|Astorquia]], Evans}}
| stadium =
| location = [[Burdeos]], [[France]]
| referee = Denis
| result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date = 31 March 1902
| time = 15:30
| team1 = '''Club Bizcaya'''
| score = 7–0
| report = [https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3184 Report]
| team2 = Burdigala
| goals1 = [[William Dyer (footballer)|William Dyer]] {{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}} <br /> [[Juan Astorquia]] {{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}} <br> {{center| [[Luis Arana (footballer)|L. Arana]] <br> [[Alfred Mills (footballer)|Mills]], [[Pedro Larrañaga|Larrañaga]] <br> L. Silva, J. Eguren, [[Amado Arana|A. Arana]] <br> Evans, [[Ramón Silva (footballer)|R. Silva]], Dyer, Astorquia, [[Enrique Goiri|Goiri]]}}
| goals2 = <br> <br> {{center| Kuhn <br> Ricard, Giraud <br> Peyre, Paillere, Mendes <br> Rabaud, Guillocheau, Dumas, Kraus, Sudraud}}
| stadium = [[Hippodrome of Lamiako]], [[Biscay]]
| referee = Raine
| result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date = 13 May 1902
| time =
| team1 = '''Club Bizcaya'''
| score = 5–1
| round = [[1902 Copa de la Coronación#Quarterfinals|1902 Copa de la Coronación quarter-finals]]
| report = [https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2352 Report1]<br />[https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/partido.html?id=123&l=Club+Vizcaya&v=Club+Espa%C3%B1ol+de+Foot-Ball&d=13%2F05%2F1902 Report2]
| team2 = [[RCD Espanyol|Club Español]]
| goals1 = [[Juan Astorquia]] {{goal}}<br />Walter Evans {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}<br />[[William Dyer (footballer)|William Dyer]] {{goal|-|pen.}}
| goals2 = [[Ángel Ponz]] {{goal}}
| stadium = [[Hipódromo de la Castellana|Hipódromo]], [[Madrid]]
| referee = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Samuel Morris (footballer)|Samuel Morris]]
| result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date = 14 May 1902
| time =
| team1 = '''Club Bizcaya'''
| score = 8–1
| team2 = [[New Foot-Ball Club]]
| round = [[1902 Copa de la Coronación#Semifinals|1902 Copa de la Coronación Semi-finals]]
| report = [https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2353 Report1]<br />[https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/partido.html?id=123&l=Club+Vizcaya&v=New+Foot-Ball+Club&d=14%2F05%2F1902 Report2]
| goals1 = Walter Evans {{goal}} {{goal}}<br />[[Armand Cazeaux]] {{goal}}<br />[[William Dyer (footballer)|William Dyer]] {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}<br />[[Juan Astorquia]] {{goal}}
| goals2 = Montojo {{goal}}
| stadium = [[Hipódromo de la Castellana|Hipódromo]], [[Madrid]]
| referee = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Samuel Morris (footballer)|Samuel Morris]]
| result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date = 15 May 1902
| time =
| team1 = '''Club Bizcaya'''
| score = 2–1
| round = [[1902 Copa de la Coronación Final]]
| report = [https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_2354 Athletic]<br />[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1902.html RSSSF]<br />[https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/partido.html?id=123&l=Club+Vizcaya&v=FC+Barcelona&d=15%2F05%2F1902 bdfutbol]
| team2 = [[FC Barcelona]]
| goals1 = [[Juan Astorquia]] {{goal|10}}<br />[[Armand Cazeaux]] {{goal|20}}
| goals2 = [[John Parsons (footballer, born 1875)|John Parsons]] {{goal|75}}
| stadium = [[Hipódromo de la Castellana|Hipódromo]], [[Madrid]]
| referee = {{flagicon|ESP|1874}} [[Carlos Padrós]]
| result = W
}}
==Honours==
'''[[Copa de la Coronación]]'''
*'''Champions''': [[1902 Copa de la Coronación|1902]]
'''[[Copa del Rey]]'''
*Runners-up: [[1907 Copa del Rey|1907]]
==See also==
{{Portal|Association football|Spain}}
*[[Athletic–Barcelona clásico]]
*[[El Viejo Clásico]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Athletic Bilbao}}
[[Category:Defunct football clubs in the Basque Country (autonomous community)]]
[[Category:Athletic Bilbao]]
[[Category:1901–02 in Spanish football]]
[[Category:1906–07 in Spanish football]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1902]]
[[Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1907]]
[[Category:Football combination XI teams]]
[[Category:Defunct sports clubs and teams in Bilbao]]