[1][2] All editions of the competition were held in league form, with the winner being the one who, in the end, obtained the greatest number of points.

[3] Notable figures of this tournament are Santiago Bernabéu, Pichichi, Ricardo Zamora, Josep Samitier and Paulino Alcántara.

[2] The match was not finished because Gimnástica left the field after the referee validated an athletic goal that meant the victory of the red and whites.

[2][3] Notably, in the meeting between the first teams of Madrid and Atlético played on 30 January, which ended in a 1–1 draw, Atlético's goalkeeper Luis Astorquia, after saving a shot from Luis Saura, took the ball and avoided the opposing forwards to reach almost half the field with it, but immediately afterwards, Madrid retrieved it and threw it towards Astorquia's goal again, where almost all of Madrid's forwards were fighting with Athletic's defenders, which gave enough time to Astorquia to run from midfield and arriving on goal at the same moment that they shoot, producing a save that drew thunderous cheers from the spectators.

The third edition of the Copa Rodríguez Arzuaga was held in January and February 1912, and it was played between the first, second, and third teams of the four most important clubs in the capital.