1909 also saw the birth of gimnástico football club, which originally played at patronato de la juventud obrera, being then named gimnástico-patronato. in 1919, gimnástico became the champion of the campeonato de valencia, beating cd castellón in two leg finals; the next year, the club had become "real gimnástico football club", after being granted royal patronage by alfonso xiii, and they reached the final of campeonato regional de levante, but lost to club deportivo aguileño. in 1931, with the emergence of the second spanish republic, the club dropped the "real" from its name.