The Campeonato Regional Centro (Spanish for Central Regional Championship) was an important annual association football competition for clubs based primarily in the Castile region of Spain, including the Community of Madrid, during the first half of the 20th century. The competition was organised by the Madrid Football Federation and first held in 1903 as the Campeonato de Madrid (Madrid Championship) and renamed as the Campeonato Regional de Madrid (Madrid Regional Championship) for the 1906–13 seasons. The Royal Spanish Football Federation, founded on 29 September 1913, began organising the competition from 1913. It was called the Campeonato Regional Centro between 1913 and 1931, the Campeonato Regional Mancomunado (Joint Championship) from 1932 to 1936, and the Campeonato Regional del Centro (Regional Championship of the Centre) during its final season in 1939–40.
History
The competition was founded in 1903 and run by the local regional federation, the Madrid Association of Foot-ball Clubs ( or FMF). From 1903 to 1913, it was referred to as "Campeonato de Madrid" and was open to clubs based in Spain.
In 1913 the Royal Spanish Football Federation ( or RFEF) was established to govern competitions at the national level and the FMF was re-established as one of its regional branches, named Federación Castellana de Fútbol (FCF). As part of the country-wide reorganisation the competition was also re-established as "Campeonato Regional". In the following years it was one of the four regional competitions used as a qualifying phase for the Copa del Rey (which acted as the national championship of Spain until the foundation of La Liga in 1929). The four regional competitions were territorially organized as follows:
Región Norte (Álava, Biscay, Gipuzkoa, Navarre and Rioja). Region Centro (Castile and Andalucia). Región Este (Catalonia, Valencia, Alicante and Murcia). Región Oeste (Santander, Asturias and Galicia)
With changes in territorial organization and several renamings (see below), these regional competitions were contested until 1940 when they were disbanded during Franco's dictatorship.
Format changes
From 1903 to 1913 the competition was contested by clubs from Madrid. From the 1913–14 season onwards it expanded to include teams from six neighboring provinces (Ávila, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Segovia and Toledo). The territorial format remained largely unchanged until the last season in 1939–1940, with minor changes listed below.
List of winners
Campeonato de Madrid
1903 Moderno
1903–04 Español Madrid
1904–05 Madrid
1905–06 Madrid
Campeonato Regional de Madrid
1906–07 Madrid
1907–08 Madrid
1908–09 Español Madrid
1909–10 RS Gimnástica
1910–11 RS Gimnástica
1911–12 Not held
1912–13 Madrid
Campeonato Regional Centro
1913–14 RS Gimnástica
1914–15 Racing Madrid
1915–16 Madrid
1916–17 Madrid
1917–18 Madrid
1918–19 Racing Madrid
1919–20 Madrid
1920–21 Athletic Madrid
1921–22 Real Madrid
1922–23 Real Madrid
1923–24 Real Madrid
1924–25 Athletic Madrid
1925–26 Real Madrid
1926–27 Real Madrid
1927–28 Athletic Madrid
1928–29 Real Madrid
1929–30 Real Madrid
1930–31 Real Madrid
1931–32 Madrid
1932–33 Madrid
1933–34 Madrid
1934–35 Madrid
1935–36 Madrid
1936–37 Not held due to the Spanish Civil War
1937–38 Not held due to the Spanish Civil War
1938–39 Not held due to the Spanish Civil War
Campeonato Regional del Centro
1939–40 Athletic Madrid
Performances by club
Madrid / Real Madrid: 23
1903, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1912–13, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36 Athletic Madrid / Athletic Aviación : 4 1920–21, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1939–40 RS Gimnástica : 3 1909–10, 1910–11, 1913–14 Español Madrid : 2 1903-04, 1908–09 Racing Madrid : 2 1914–15, 1918–19
1903
1903–04
The 1903–04 Campeonato de Madrid served as a qualifier to determine who would represent the Community of Madrid in the 1903 Copa del Rey. Originally, Madrid was to be represented by the winner of a preliminary round between Club Español de Madrid and Madrid-Moderno (a merger of Madrid FC and Moderno FC). Then two more teams from Madrid, Moncloa FC and Iberia Football Club, were admitted in the competition, forcing a change to the schedule.