The Board of Directors of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (hereinafter referred to as RFEF) approved Recognition of the official status of the Spanish Cup Not Containing the Cup of the Republic won by 1937 remove UD in 1937 to be this The only title in club history until date.

At the request of the RFEF president, the validity of the 1912 Spanish Deportivo Competition title will also be recognized, as notified by the institution.

It should be noted that Levante UD has. years fighting for recognition Part of this title was earned by winning the final against Valencia in 1937. The Club and the FFCV bring a series to the attention of the RFEF in 2019 events of a sporting nature demanding recognition of the title.

RFEF always considers the “exceptionality of the moment and situation”. civil war context took into account the documents “that the tournament took place”.

The club took a decisive step last October by presenting the relevant documents in the introductory log of the Secretary of State for Democratic Memory – which was passed – after the Democratic Memory Act was approved and enacted.

Official statement from RFEF

The board of the Royal Spanish Football Federation will meet this Saturday in Malaga, ahead of the 2024 European Cup qualifying match (20:45, La Rosaleda), where the National Team faces Norway. At the request of President Luis Rubiales, the President gave the official recognition of the Spanish Cup without a Cup competition and awarded the Levante Football Club the title of champion of 1937.

This competition was held in Barcelona on July 18, 1937 between the teams of Valencia and Levante Football Club, Levante came first. In 2019, the Levante Unión Deportiva and the Valencian Community Federation briefed the RFEF on a series of sporting events to demand recognition of the title, always recognizing the exceptional nature of the moment and the context of the civil war in which it was located. tournament took place. From there, the FIFA agreements of 6 and 7 November, held in Paris, among others, as well as agreements adopted by the world’s highest football institution in Calcutta in October 2017, were taken into account.

Likewise, the board of directors recognized the official status of the Concurso España competition and awarded Real Club Deportivo de la Coruña the title of champion of 1912. Likewise, all the documents provided were analyzed and taken into account. Take into account the linked reports of experts in the field of football history.