Emilio Sampere

[3] He was one of the most important figures in the amateur beginnings of RCD Espanyol as a player, captain, club founder, manager, and director.

[4] Together with Joaquim Escardó, Ángel Ponz, and Gustavo Green, Sampere was part of the team that won the first edition of the Campionat de Catalunya in 1903–04.

Together with them, plus the Massana brothers (Santiago and Alfredo) and José Irízar, Sampere helped X win the Campionat de Catalunya three times in a row between 1906 and 1908.

There was also a Sampere who appeared as a member of the Espanyol team that was runner-up in the 1915 Copa del Rey, so, assuming it is him, he demonstrated great sporting longevity for those years.

[11] In the opening game against a Castile/Madrid XI, he scored once in a 6–3 victory, and then he also started in the decisive match, which ended in a 2–2 draw that enough for the Catalans to win the cup for the first time.

[11] Sampere began his refereeing career in the early 1920s,[2] overseeing one 1922 Copa del Rey quarterfinal match between Real Unión and Fortuna Vigo on 12 March, which ended in a 4–0 victory for the former, partly thanks to a hat-trick from José Luis Zabala.