The Federation recognizes the Republic Cup that Levante won in 1937

The Royal Spanish Football Federation has approved this Saturday the recognition of the title of the Free Spain Cup-President of the Republic Trophy that Levante won in 1937.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
25 March 2023 Saturday 09:25
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The Federation recognizes the Republic Cup that Levante won in 1937

The Royal Spanish Football Federation has approved this Saturday the recognition of the title of the Free Spain Cup-President of the Republic Trophy that Levante won in 1937. The board of directors, meeting in Malaga in the prelude to the qualifying phase match for the 2024 Euro Cup that pits the National Team against Norway (8:45 p.m., La Rosaleda), has approved, at the request of President Luis Rubiales, the official recognition of the President of the Republic Cup-Free Spain Cup competition and has granted it to Levante Football Club the distinction of champion of the year 1937.

El Levante points out in a note published on its website that in this way, "the work, procedures and efforts carried out for years and, especially, in the last five years, are endorsed so that this title obtains the recognition it deserved for I respect the history of the club and its fans". "During all these years, the recognition of the title of the Cup of Free Spain has been a priority objective of the club that has made multiple efforts in political and sports institutions," he adds.

The first movements occurred in 2004, when Izquierda Unida urged the Government to recognize the title by presenting a non-legal proposal in the Congress of Deputies and it was in 2007 when the Education and Sports Commission of the Congress of Deputies unanimously approved this proposition. Two years later, after a negative report from CIHEFE, the RFEF rejected the official status of the Cup.

In May 2013, the board of directors managed to have a replica of the trophy placed in the RFEF Museum in Las Rozas. As of 2019, the Levantine entity intensified its efforts by providing new arguments before the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

The appearance and approval of the Law of Democratic Memory was key for the efforts at the political level to bear fruit, especially, as a result of the pertinent presentation in the Secretary of State for Democratic Memory in 2022.

The recognition of the aforementioned title, which Levante UD won in 1937 after defeating Valencia FC in the final held in Barcelona, ​​is already official and only needs to be confirmed at the Royal Spanish Football Federation meeting next summer.