Real Club España
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| Full name | Real Club España, A.C. |
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| Nickname(s) | Hispanistas, Españistas, Albinegros |
| Founded | 20 March 1912 |
| Dissolved | 1950 |
| Ground | Parque España y Club Reforma, Mexico City |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
Real Club España is a Mexican sporting club know nationally for its football team that played in the Mexican first division. During the Era Romántica (Romantic era) of Mexican football Club España was one of the most popular teams at the time. During the Amateur era they won 14 League titles and 4 Mexican Cups. After the professionalisation of football, España won another 2 major titles, the 1943–44 Cup where they beat Atlante 6–2 in the final, and the league in 1944–45 ahead of Puebla F.C. under manager Rodolfo Muñoz.
España club was founded 20 March 1912, product of a separation of the previous club Mexico FC which had been founded on 1910 by Alfredo B. Cuellar, Jorge Gómez de Parada and Alberto Montaña . In San Pedro of the Pines Cricket was the main sport, two years later, in order to play football, 6 young Spanish emigrants would undertake the project to create a new club and would form Real Club España. Francisco Aryan, Ramon Lance, Pedro Batgay, Delio Bonet, Enrique Escalada and Francisco Gómez were the founders.
España's success began immediately, the year after the foundation the club won its first league title In 1914 they won their first double but it would not stop there, the club won a total of 14 amateur league championships and four cups between 1912 and the professionalisation of Mexican football in 1943.
When the professional Mexican first division was created in 1943, Real España Club was one of the favourites but they lost the title to Asturias F.C.. The next season 1944–45 saw the club win championship number 15. Nevertheless, this title and the Cup obtained in 1943 against Atlante would be the only trophies obtained by España in the professional era. In 1950 the España football team retired from Mexican first division.
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