The 1927–28 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 26th season in existence. The club played some friendly matches including their first ever tour of the Americas. They also played in the Campeonato Regional Centro (Central Regional Championship), the Copa del Rey and the Copa Federación Centro (Central Federation Cup).
Real Madrid also played in the , a competition involving the six teams that had previously won the Copa del Rey. The competition was played with a make shift schedule and the teams had been scheduled to play each other in a double round-robin format, however all matches could not be played, and some teams including Real Madrid only played 9 games. The Torneo de Campeones served as a rehearsal for the establishment of La Liga, the first national football league in Spain, the following season.
Summary Real Madrid embarked on their first ever tour of the Americas visiting Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Cuba, Mexico and the United States over a period of three and half months during the season. The tour was organised by José García Echaniz, and Santiago Bernabéu was the club representative. The tour began on 9 July 1927 with a match against Argentine side Combinado Buenos Aires, a team made up of players from clubs based in Buenos Aires. The last match of the tour was played against American side Galicia SC on 24 September 1927 in New York City.
Players
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Friendlies
Competitions Overview
Torneo de Campeones
Campeonato Regional Centro
League table
Matches
Copa del Rey
Qualifying round
Group stage
Team1 CD Alavés (Q)10541179 +8142 Real Madrid (Q)106222317+6143 Racing de Santander106133413 +21134 Athletic Bilbao106132613 +13135 Gimnástica de Torrelavega10127838 -3046 Athletic de Madrid101091230 -182
ATHATMALAGIMRACRMA Athletic Bilbao3–10–08–03–13–1 Athletic de Madrid2–41–33–21–40–1 CD Alavés2–02–13–02–10–1 Gimnástica de Torrelavega1–32–10–00–52–2 Racing de Santander2–06–22–27–04–0 Real Madrid3–23–03–36–13–2
Quarter-finals
Copa Federación Centro
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