Gipuzkoa Championship

The Gipuzkoa Regional Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Regional de Guipúzcoa; Basque: Gipuzkoako Herrialde Txapelketa) was an official football tournament in Spain, organised by the Gipuzkoan Football Federation in which affiliated clubs participated.

[1] In 1918, following several disagreements between the clubs in the North Federation of Spanish football which covered the Basque provinces of Biscay and Gipuzkoa, culminating in a pivotal championship match between Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad being abandoned,[2] the National Committee of the Spanish Federation agreed to divide the existing region into separate championships.

[4] Clubs belonging to other provinces were also affiliated to the Gipuzkoan Federation, together with those based in the province itself: clubs from Navarre and La Rioja were affiliated, the most notable being those of CA Osasuna and CD Logroño, who played in the top level of the Gipuzkoa championship; Logroño eventually even managed to win the title twice.

In 1931, clubs from Aragón were added and the name changed to the 'Gipuzkoa-Navarre-Aragón Combined Championship'; however, the Gipuzkoan teams remained dominant.

The Gipuzkoa-Navarre-Aragón Combined Championship resumed in the 1939–40 season, again providing qualification for the Spanish Cup, since then called Copa del Generalísimo.