Real Club España
| Full name | Real Club España, A.C. |
|---|---|
| Nicknames | Hispanistas (Hispanists) Españistas (Spaniards) Albinegros (The Black-and-White) |
| Short name | RCE, ESP |
| Sport | |
| Founded | March 20, 1912, as España Foot-Ball Club |
| Folded | July 23, 1950 (the football team) |
| Arena | Parque España y Club Reforma, Mexico City |
| Colors | |
| Website | clubespana.com.mx |
Real Club España, A.C., simply known as Real España or Club España, is a Mexican sports club based in Mexico City. The club hosted a large variety of sports and other activities such as aerobics, basque pelota, billiards, canoeing, climbing wall, football, gymnastics, jai alai, mountaineering, paddle tennis, paleta frontón, rowing, Spanish dances, squash, swimming, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting. The football club was founded in 1912 under the name España Foot-Ball Club and changed its name to Real Club España in 1920.
The club was mostly known for its football team that played in the amateur leagues, starting in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association (1912–1920) and later in the Campeonato de Primera Fuerza/Liga Mayor (1922–1943). The football team also participated in the top professional division of Mexican football from 1943 until its withdrawal and subsequent disaffiliation in 1950. During the amateur era of Mexican football, Real España was one of the most popular teams and the most successful team of that period, winning 13 amateur league titles (5 Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association, 6 Campeonato de Primera Fuerza/Liga Mayor and 2 Liga Nacional) and 7 cup amateur tournaments (4 Copa Tower and 3 Copa Eliminatoria). Real España won 4 titles in the professional era of Mexican football, the 1944–45 Liga Mayor, the 1943–44 Copa México and won the Campeón de Campeones twice (1944 and 1945).