Copa de la España Libre also referred to as the Copa de la España Libre – Trofeo Presidente de la República, was a football

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 competition played in the Republican

Second Spanish Republic

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 area of Spain

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 during the Spanish Civil War

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. The competition, played out in June and July 1937, was won by Levante FC

Levante FC

Levante Football Club is a defunct football club based in Valencia, Spain-History:Levante F.C. was founded in 1909, in 1915 is dissolved ,but in 1917 is refounded...

.

It was originally intended that the top four teams from the Mediterranean League

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 would enter the competition, but FC Barcelona

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 opted instead to tour Mexico

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 and the United States

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. As a result Levante FC

Levante FC

Levante Football Club is a defunct football club based in Valencia, Spain-History:Levante F.C. was founded in 1909, in 1915 is dissolved ,but in 1917 is refounded...

, who had finished fifth in the league, took their place. The other three teams to enter were Valencia CF

Valencia CF

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, CE Espanyol and Girona FC

Girona FC

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. The first stage of the competition was played as a mini-league with the top two teams, Levante FC

Levante FC

Levante Football Club is a defunct football club based in Valencia, Spain-History:Levante F.C. was founded in 1909, in 1915 is dissolved ,but in 1917 is refounded...

 and Valencia FC, then qualifying for the final .

For seventy years Levante UD

Levante UD

Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community.Founded in 1909, it plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadi Ciutat de València.-Early years:...

 unsuccessfully claimed this competition was the equivalent the Copa del Rey

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. Although in 2007 the Congress of Deputies urged Royal Spanish Football Federation to recognise it as a Copa del Rey

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 win for Levante UD

Levante UD

Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community.Founded in 1909, it plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadi Ciutat de València.-Early years:...

, the governing body of Spanish football has not take a decision.

Group Stage Table

Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Pts
Levante FC Levante FC Levante Football Club is a defunct football club based in Valencia, Spain-History:Levante F.C. was founded in 1909, in 1915 is dissolved ,but in 1917 is refounded...	6	3	2	1	18	9	8
Valencia FC	6	2	2	2	12	13	6
CE Espanyol	6	3	0	3	12	16	6
Girona FC Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Girona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1930, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Estadi Montilivi, which has a capacity of 10,000....	6	0	4	2	11	15	4

Final

Copa de la España Libre 1937 Winners
Levante FC Levante FC Levante Football Club is a defunct football club based in Valencia, Spain-History:Levante F.C. was founded in 1909, in 1915 is dissolved ,but in 1917 is refounded... 1st Title