Founded by three students, Graells, Rossendo and Just, in September 1905, their first game was against an FC Barcelona second team. They were one of several football clubs to emerge with a reference to "Spain" in their title. Others in Barcelona included "Hispania AC" and "Sociedad Española de Football", both formed in 1900. This latter club later became RCD Espanyol. Elsewhere Real Madrid was formed after a split with Club Español de Madrid and "CD Español de Valladolid" later merged into Real Valladolid. Other similar named clubs also emerged in Cadiz and Valencia.