After the cup titles are awarded to Levante (1937) and Deportivo (1912), Barça will claim a 1937 title
FC Barcelona wants to claim the national title in 1937. At the club they always had that wish, but after the decision of the RFEF this weekend, the Barça club will renew that intention. This Saturday, the federal entity has decided to comply with the request of Levante UD and Deportivo de La Coruña and grant their claims. Both clubs were able to celebrate the recognition of two old titles by the Royal Spanish Football Federation: the 1912 Concurso de España for the A Coruña team and the 1937 Free Spain Cup for the granotasboth considered the predecessors of the current Copa del Rey.
The RFEF’s decision to recognize Levante’s title in the 1936–37 Cup, played under the same conditions as the league that Barça won that season encourages the Barça club to insist that their win that year should be recognized. As “Sport” reported and GOAL can assure, the Barcelona group is said to be intent on claiming the 1937 national titlewhich at that time was called the Mediterranean League. The club is chaired by Joan Laporta has previously asked for this tournament, which they conquered during the dictatorship, to be given official status, but It was never considered by the RFEF because it is not organized by them.
In 2009, Barça already studied claiming that league title. Barça opted for the federative route, but that did not happen. Levante, on the other hand, decided to take his claim to the Congress of Deputies, through the “Historical Memory” law. The two cups awarded to Deportivo and Levante, which were not organized by the RFEF, have now been recognized. And that recognition drives to support and bolster Barcelona’s claim, which has long demanded recognition of its victory. FC Barcelona intends to claim “through official channels” the 1937 league title, a tournament won under the name of the Mediterranean League during the Spanish Civil War and never considered by the RFEF.If that were the case, Barça would have their application recognized and could go on to win 27 league titles.
Source: Goal