Barcelona vs Real Madrid 15-1 in 1926: Did It Happen?

Did barcelona 15-1 real madrid HAPPEN in 1926?

No, in 1926, Barcelona vs Real Madrid finished 8-1 to Barcelona in the Copa del Rey after two legs:

• Real Madrid 1–5 FC Barcelona (1st leg)
• Barcelona 3–0 Real Madrid (2nd leg)

1926 Copa del Rey

So what exactly happened during the 1926 Copa del Rey? Well, Barcelona went on to win the competition. Both they and Real Madrid won their groups, with Barcelona achieving 8 points in 4 matches (4 wins) and Real Madrid achieving 6 points in 4 matches (3 wins). It’s worth noting that back then, teams received 2 points for winning a match instead of 3.

Barcelona and Real Madrid then played each other over two legs in the quarter-finals. Barcelona won the first leg 5–1 away from home and also won the second leg 3–0 to make it 8–1 on aggregate. This humiliated Real Madrid and eliminated them from the competition.

In the semi-finals, Barcelona beat Real Unión de Irun 2–1 and went on to win the final against Athletic Madrid 3–2 after extra time. This lead Barcelona to their 7th Copa del Rey win.

Why Do Fans Say That Barca vs Madrid Was 15-1 in 1926?

Real Madrid fans believe that Barcelona supporters like to say that they beat them 15–1 in 1926 to cover up the fact that Real Madrid actually beat Barcelona 11–1 in the second leg of the 1943 Copa del Generalísimo (now the Copa del Rey) semi-final.

This tie ended up being 11–4 to Real Madrid on aggregate:

• 1st leg: Barcelona 3–0 Real Madrid
• 2nd leg: Real Madrid 11–1 FC Barcelona

What’s Barcelona’s Biggest Win Against Real Madrid?

Barcelona’s biggest win against Real Madrid was 7-2, which came in 1950.

What’s the Biggest Defeat in El Clásico History?

The biggest defeat in an El Clásico came in June 1943, during the second leg of the Copa del Generalísmo semi-final. Real Madrid beat Barcelona 11–1 during this game.

The match took place at Real Madrid’s home ground, Estadio Chamartin and the final result sent a huge shockwave through Spanish and world football. This kind of result rarely happened during the latter stages of tournament football, but for this scoreline to be associated with an El Clásico was even more mind-blowing.

Barcelona had won the first leg of the tie 3–0, which added to the shock when Los Blancos put 11 goals past them in the second leg.

During this infamous match, Real Madrid managed to score 8 goals by half-time, an incredible feat. They added 3 more goals to their tally to make it 11 during 90 minutes, with Barcelona scoring a consolation on the 89th minute.

It’s worth noting that one of Barcelona’s defenders, Benito, was sent off at the 31st minute mark, leaving Barcelona to play the rest of the match with 10 men.

Hostile Atmosphere

There was a hostile atmosphere during both legs of the semi-final, which inevitably played its part in Barcelona shipping 11 goals in one game. At the time, the political climate in Spain was incredibly tense, and this was a huge factor in the result.

During the first leg, fans of Barcelona enjoyed their victory over Real Madrid so much that whenever Los Blancos touched the ball, their fans would whistle and boo at the players. This is something that is much more common in the modern game. Barcelona were fined for the acts of their supporters by the Spanish football federation.

This is when the tide started to turn. Prior to the second leg of the semi-final, famous Spanish journalist Ernesto Teus (a Real Madrid fan) wrote a piece for Marca claiming that Los Blancos lacked conviction and surrendered to the Catalonians in the first leg.

This made Real Madrid’s fans blood boil and when Barcelona arrived in Madrid, 20,000 fans were screaming and whistling at them as they sought revenge. Furthermore, it’s rumoured that the Director of State Security visited the Barcelona dressing room before the match to remind the players of the generosity demonstrated by the Republic to allow Catalonia to remain part of it.

This was an intimidating move, and one that worked. Barcelona’s players played the match fearing for their lives and their families’ as they were graced by a very hostile atmosphere at the Estadio Chamartín.

Luis Miró, the Barcelona goalkeeper, was terrified for the majority of the game because of the Real Madrid fans behind his goal. These fans threw objects at him, and he was worried about the threat of a pitch invasion. This rocked the goalkeeper mentally, and certainly helped Real Madrid score eleven goals during the match.

Resignation of Barcelona’s President

Following the match, Enrique Piñeyro Queralt, the Barcelona president at the time, resigned from his position.

Juan Antonio Samaranch

Another fallout from this iconic match was that journalist Juan Antonio Samaranch was banned from writing any articles for almost 10 years. This happened after he wrote a piece highlighting the awful behaviour of the Real Madrid fans.

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