Golden Age
FC Espanya made their debut in the Campionat de Catalunya during the 1907-08 season and during the 1910s they challenged the monopoly previously enjoyed by FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol. During the 1912-13 season there was a split in the Royal Spanish Football Federation and rival competitions were organised in both the Campionat de Catalunya and the Copa del Rey. FC Espanya won one version of the Campionat and then qualified for the Copa FEF. After beating Real Vigo Sporting in a preliminary round they then lost 1-0 to the eventual winners Racing de Irún in the semi-final. 1914 was the most successful year in the club's history. They won a reunited Campionat de Catalunya and then reached the 1914 Copa del Rey final where they lost 2-1 to Athletic Bilbao. They also won the Coupe de Pyrenées, a competition featuring the top teams from Languedoc, Le Midi, Aquitaine, Catalonia, and the Basque Country. In 1917 FC Espanya won a third Campionat de Catalunya and received a bye to the 1917 Copa del Rey semi-finals where it took the eventual winners Madrid FC four games to beat them.
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