"Barcelona" victory in the King's Cup final has corrected some historical achievements in both the tournament and Spanish football history. - The Catalan club won this trophy 27 times and remains the most successful team in this tournament. In second place is the second finalist - Bilbao "Athletic" who raised the King's Cup trophy 23 times. - "Barcelona" finished this season's King's Cup competition with 9 wins. The last team to finish the tournament without draws or losses was the "Valencia" team in 1954. - In this season's King's Cup tournament, "Barcelona" scored 34 goals against their opponents and conceded 6. - This was the fourth time "Barcelona" reached the final of the tournament without stumbling. The Catalans achieved this in 1910, 1912, and 1926. - This was the seventh time "Barcelona" completed the so-called "home double" in one season - becoming the winner of "Primera" and winning the King's Cup final. This achievement is an absolute Spanish record. - "Barcelona" won all the finals played in the Catalan capital. In 1912, the final took place at the "Campo de Industria" square in Barcelona, where the Catalans defeated "Gimnasia de Madrid" eleven. A year later, in the same square, "Barcelona" beat San Sebastiano "Real Sociedad" eleven. In 1957, the King's Cup final was played at the Olympic Montjuic stadium in the Catalan capital, where "Barcelona" won 1-0 against the team from the same city, "Espanyol". In 1963, the final took place at the "Camp Nou" stadium and there "Barca" celebrated a 3-1 victory against the "Zaragoza" team. - For Barcelona's captain Xavi Hernandez, the victory in the King's Cup final became a record. This was the 24th trophy he won representing the Catalan team. Until now, the player with the most club trophies in Spanish football history - 23 - was Paco Gento. - Neymar became the most productive player of this season's King's Cup tournament. He scored 7 goals. However, Sevilla's forward Iago Aspas also scored the same amount. - Luis Enrique became the fourth head coach of "Barcelona", who managed to win the King's Cup both as a footballer and as a strategist. Until now, Domingo Balmanya, Johann Cruyff, and Josep Guardiola could boast such achievements in their careers. - In the last seven years, Bilbao "Athletic" reached the King's Cup final three times, but each time they played against "Barça" and remained without a trophy. - After the victory in the King's Cup final, Barcelona's attacking trio Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar have already scored 120 goals in all official tournaments of this season. This is two goals more than the record set by Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Gonzalo Higuain in the 2011-2012 season. At that time, the Madrid "Real" trio had scored 118 goals together.
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