Español de Madrid was subsequently the Campeonato Regional Centro champions in both 1904 and 1909, and reached three Copa del Rey finals in 1904, 1909 and 1910, which all ended in losses.

Football was introduced to Madrid by the professors and students of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza.

Faced with this problem and unable to quickly solve the case, coupled with the rush of players from the Basque club to return to their occupations, the Madrid Association decided to award the cup to Athletic as defending champions.

[6] Despite a two-year spell in Madrid FC between 1906 and 1908, Antonio Neyra become the team captain again upon his return, and in 1909, under his captaincy, Español de Madrid won the Campeonato Regional Centro for the second and last time in their history and thus qualified for the 1909 Copa del Rey.

In the semi-final they defeated FC Barcelona 3–2, but then lost 3–1 in the final to Club Ciclista (which would later become Real Sociedad), with José Giralt netting the Español goal.

[9] In 1911, Español de Madrid withdrew from the Federación Regional Centro, and thus from November to the beginning of the new year.