Madrid Football Club

 1902

The first football club in Madrid was Football Club Sky, founded in 1897 by students (including some Cambridge and Oxford University graduates) from the Institución libre de enseñanza. 
In 1900 FC Sky dissolved, and two new clubs emerged- New Foot-ball Club de Madrid and Club Español de Madrid. The latter was founded by Julián Palacios who in 1902 was involved in the formal foundation of a new club, Madrid Football Club. The driving forces behind Madrid Football Club were (ironically) two Catalan brothers, Juan and Carlos Padrós .

Madrid Football Club chose their colours in honour of the famous English amateur club Corinthians- white jerseys and knickers, blue stockings and cap, and a purple sash with the emblem of Madrid.
Three days after the club's foundation a trial match was played between 'Reds' and 'Blues': 
Reds: J. Giralt, Melendez, Molera, Salvador, Valcárcel, Spottorno, Stampher, J. Palacios, Varela, Celada,Good.
Blues: Meléndez, J. Padrós, Spottorno, Gorostizaga, Mendía, Paramo, Neyra, A. Giralt, F. Palacios, Martens, Rodero.
The Blues won 1-0.

Carlos Padros, inspired by the Catalan Copa Macaya, initiated  the Copa de la Coronación in 1902. It was in this tournament that on May 13th, 1902, Madrid played their first ever game against their arch rivals Barcelona, losing 3-1.
On April 18th 1905 Madrid sealed their first Copa del Rey victory when they beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 (the first time Athletic Bilbao had lost a Copa fixture). This was the first of four successive Copa wins for Madrid.

1905

  In 1920 King Alfonso XIII awarded the club the title Real (Royal) .

Copa de la Coronación 1902

 Club Bizcaya 1902

Football was introduced to Spain as early as 1889, the first club,  Recreativo de Huelva  , being formed  by  British workers employed by the Rio Tinto Company. The first official game played in Spain took place in Seville on March 8, 1890. Sevilla FC (a team made up of eleven British workers from the Seville Water Works) played Recreativo de Huelva (9 British and 2 Spanish players). 

The first national competition was introduced in 1902. Some sources cite this as being the inaugral season of the Copa del Rey, but in fact the Copa de la Coronación, to celebrate the coronation of King Alfonso XIII,was a distinct, one-off event.

Five teams were represented:
Madrid FC (later to become Real Madrid)
FC Barcelona
Club Español de Foot-Ball (also of Barcelona)
New Foot-Ball de Madrid
Club Bizcaya* (a team made up of players from Athletic Club and Bilbao FC)

The two Bilbao clubs were founded in 1898 and 1900 respectively. They merged in 1903, becoming Athletic Bilbao.

In the Copa de la Coronación Club Bizcaya played their 3 matches on successive days, beating  Español 5-1, New Football 8-1 and overcoming Barcelona 2-1 in the final.

Despite Bilbao's strong connections with Britain, only 2 British players featured in the Club Bizcaya line up, the rest being Basques:

L. Arana, E. Careaga, P. Larrañaga, L. Silva, A. Arana, Goiri,Cacaeaux, Astorquia, Dyer, R. Silva, Evans

* or Vizcaya. The Province of  Biscay in Spanish is Vizcaya and in Basque it is Bizkaia. The name Bizcaya appears to be something of a hybrid.