Copa Del Rey Round Of 8 Draw

Football tournament season

2019–20 Copa del Rey
Country	Spain
Date	13 November 2019 - 3 April 2021
Teams	125
Champions	Real Sociedad (3rd title)
Runners-up	Athletic Bilbao
Matches played	126
Goals scored	351 (2.79 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Alexander Isak (7 goals)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Copa del Rey was the 118th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). In its original format, the winners were assured a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage, however this place was forfeited under the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, with the two finalists (Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad) opting instead to delay the date of the postponed match. Both finalists qualified for the four-team 2020–21 Supercopa de España.

The defending champions Valencia were eliminated by Granada in the quarter-finals. Real Sociedad won the final 1–0 against Basque rivals Athletic Bilbao, achieving their third overall Copa del Rey title and first since 1987, ending a 34-year trophy drought.^[1] ^[2]

As across Spain, match times up to 26 October 2019 and from 29 March 2020 were CEST (UTC+2). Times on interim ("winter") days were CET (UTC+1).

Schedule and format [edit]

On 29 April 2019, the assembly of the Royal Spanish Football Federation approved the new competition format,^[3] ^[4] expanding the competition to 125 and changing all rounds to a single-match format until the semi-finals.

Video assistant referee was used from the round of 16.

The RFEF confirmed the dates on 31 July 2019.^[5]

Round	Draw date	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	Format details
Preliminary	17 October 2019	13 November 2019	10	121 → 111	New entries: Clubs qualified through the 2018–19 fifth tier. Opponents seeding: Teams faced each other according to proximity criteria. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Single match
First round	17 November 2019	18 December 2019	55	111 → 56	New entries: All qualified teams except the four participants in the Supercopa de España. Opponents seeding: Teams from La Liga faced teams from the lowest divisions. The four remaining teams faced teams from Segunda División B. One team received a bye. Local team seeding: Match played at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Second round	20 December 2019	12 January 2020	28	56 → 28	Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions faced La Liga teams. Local team seeding: Match played at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Single match
Round of 32	14 January 2020	22 January 2020	16	32 → 16	New entries: Clubs participating in Supercopa de España gained entry. Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions faced La Liga teams. Local team seeding: Match played at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Round of 16	24 January 2020	29 January 2020	8	16 → 8	Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions faced La Liga teams. Local team seeding: Match played at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Quarter-finals	31 January 2020	5 February 2020	4	8 → 4	Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Match played at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Semi-finals	7 February 2020	12 February 2020	2	4 → 2	Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Double match.
Semi-finals	7 February 2020	4 March 2020	2	4 → 2
Final		~~18 April 2020~~ 3 April 2021	1	2 → 1	Single match at Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville. Both teams qualified for the 2020–21 Supercopa de España.

Notes

Double-match rounds enforced away goals rule, single-match rounds did not.
Games ending in a tie was decided in extra time, and if still level, by a penalty shoot-out.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, the final was postponed; the participants (Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad) agreed to delay the event until such a time as supporters were permitted to be present, but this meant the deadline for UEFA registration would be missed; therefore the UEFA Europa League place normally on offer passed over to La Liga.

Qualified teams [edit]

The following teams qualified for the competition. Reserve teams were excluded.^[6]

La Liga the 20 teams of the 2018–19 season	Segunda División the 21 teams of the 2018–19 season ^[a]	Segunda División B the top seven non-reserve teams of each group of the 2018–19 season	Tercera División the best non-reserve team of each one of the eighteen groups of the 2018–19 season and the best fourteen runners-up, excluding reserve teams	Copa Federación the four semi-finalists of the 2019 season^[8]	Regional leagues The winners of the twenty groups of the fifth tier in the 2018–19 season
Alavés Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid^[b] Barcelona^[b] Celta Vigo Eibar Espanyol Getafe Girona Huesca Leganés Levante Rayo Vallecano Real Betis Real Madrid^[b] Real Sociedad Sevilla Valencia^TH ^[b] Valladolid Villarreal	Albacete Alcorcón Almería Cádiz Córdoba Deportivo La Coruña Elche Extremadura Gimnàstic Granada Las Palmas Lugo Málaga Mallorca Numancia Osasuna Oviedo Rayo Majadahonda Sporting Gijón Tenerife Zaragoza	Amorebieta Atlético Baleares Badalona Badajoz Barakaldo Cartagena Cornellà Cultural Leonesa Ebro Fuenlabrada Guijuelo Hércules Ibiza Langreo Leioa Lleida Esportiu Marbella Melilla Mirandés Olot Ponferradina Pontevedra Racing Santander Recreativo San Sebastián de los Reyes UCAM Murcia UD Logroñés Unionistas	Bergantiños Cacereño Ceuta Escobedo Gimnástica Segoviana Haro Illueca Jaén L'Hospitalet La Nucia Laredo Las Rozas Lealtad Linares Llagostera Lorca Deportiva Marino Luanco Mensajero Mérida Orihuela Peña Deportiva Peña Sport Portugalete Racing Ferrol SD Logroñés Sestao River Socuéllamos Tamaraceite Tarazona Villarrubia Yeclano Zamora	Castellón Coruxo Murcia Tudelano	Andorra Andratx Atlético Antoniano Atlético Porcuna Barquereño Becerril Comillas El Álamo El Palmar Fraga Gran Tarajal Intercity Lobón Melilla CD Pedroñeras Peña Azagresa Pontellas Ramón y Cajal Tolosa Urraca

^ Reus was excluded from the competition.^[7]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Valencia joined the tournament in the round of 32, as participants in the Supercopa de España.

Preliminary round [edit]

Draw [edit]

Teams were divided into four groups according to geographical criteria.^[9]

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Barquereño Becerril Comillas Pontellas Tolosa Urraca	Andorra Andratx Fraga Peña Azagresa	Atlético Antoniano Atlético Porcuna El Palmar Lobón Melilla CD Ramón y Cajal	El Álamo Gran Tarajal Intercity Pedroñeras

Matches [edit]

First round [edit]

The first round was played by all the qualified teams except the four participants in the Supercopa de España paired by a draw where the ten winners from the previous preliminary round were paired with ten teams from the La Liga. The remaining six teams and the 22 teams of Segunda were paired with the four Copa Federación semifinalists, the 21 that compete in Tercera and three from Segunda B. Finally, the remaining 35 teams from Segunda B were paired between them, one team received a bye in this round. In the case of rivals of the same category, the home advantage was decided by the order of extraction of the balls and otherwise, it was in the stadium of the lower category team. A total of 55 games were played, with 111 participating teams, from December 17 to 19, 2019.^[10]

Draw [edit]

Teams were divided into five pots according to their division in the 2019–20 season, except Andorra, included in the pot 1 as participant of the preliminary round.^[11]

Pot 1 10 winners of the preliminary round	Pot 2 16 teams of La Liga	Pot 3 21 teams of Tercera División and 4 teams qualified through the Copa Federación	Pot 4 22 teams of Segunda División	Pot 5 38 teams of Segunda División B
Andorra Atlético Antoniano Becerril Comillas El Álamo El Palmar Intercity Melilla CD Peña Azagresa Tolosa	Alavés Athletic Bilbao Celta Vigo Eibar Espanyol Getafe Granada Leganés Levante Mallorca Osasuna Real Betis Real Sociedad Sevilla Valladolid Villarreal	Bergantiños Cacereño Castellón Ceuta Coruxo Escobedo Gimnástica Segoviana Illueca Jaén L'Hospitalet Laredo Lealtad Linares Lorca Deportiva Mensajero Murcia Peña Sport Portugalete SD Logroñés Sestao River Socuéllamos Tamaraceite Tarazona Tudelano Zamora	Albacete Alcorcón Almería Cádiz Deportivo La Coruña Elche Extremadura Fuenlabrada Girona Huesca Las Palmas Lugo Málaga Mirandés Numancia Ponferradina Racing Santander Rayo Vallecano Oviedo Sporting Gijón Tenerife Zaragoza	Amorebieta Atlético Baleares Badajoz Badalona Barakaldo Cartagena Córdoba Cornellà Cultural Leonesa Ebro Gimnàstic Guijuelo Haro Hércules Ibiza La Nucía Langreo Las Rozas Leioa Llagostera Lleida Esportiu Marbella Marino Luanco Melilla Mérida Olot Orihuela Peña Deportiva Pontevedra Racing Ferrol Rayo Majadahonda Recreativo San Sebastián de los Reyes UCAM Murcia UD Logroñés Unionistas Villarrubia Yeclano

Matches [edit]

Yeclano received a bye in this round.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Comillas and SD Logroñés played their game at Las Gaunas instead of their regular stadium Mundial 82, also in Logroño, after mutual agreement between both clubs and official approval from the Royal Spanish Football Federation.^[12]
^ Intercity played its game at Martínez Valero instead of their regular stadium Poliesportiu, in Sant Joan d'Alacant, as it does not meet the requirements established by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.^[13]
^ Mensajero played at Rosendo Hernández instead of their regular stadium Silvestre Carrillo, also in Santa Cruz de La Palma as this one does not have floodlights.^[14]
^ El Palmar played its game at Nueva Condomina instead of their regular stadium Municipal, in El Palmar, after mutual agreement between both clubs and official approval from the Royal Spanish Football Federation.^[12]
^ Bergantiños played at Riazor instead of their regular stadium As Eiroas, in Carballo, as it does not meet the requirements established by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.^[13]
^ Melilla CD played at Álvarez Claro instead of their regular stadium La Espiguera, also in Melilla, after mutual agreement between both clubs and official approval from the Royal Spanish Football Federation.^[12]
^ Peña Azagresa played its game at La Planilla instead of their regular stadium Miguel Sola, in Azagra, as it does not meet the requirements established by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.^[13]
^ Atlético Antoniano played at Benito Villamarín, stadium of Real Betis, instead of their regular stadium Municipal, in Lebrija, after mutual agreement between both clubs and official approval from the Royal Spanish Football Federation.^[12]
^ Becerril played at Nueva Balastera instead of their regular stadium Mariano Haro, in Becerril de Campos, after mutual agreement between both clubs and official approval from the Royal Spanish Football Federation.^[12]
^ Match started on 19 December 2019 at 20:45 and after 39 minutes played, it was suspended with 0–1 due to strong winds.
^ Match started on 17 December 2019 at 19:00 and after 18 minutes played, it was suspended with 0–0 due to heavy rain.

Second round [edit]

Draw [edit]

Teams were divided into four pots according to their division in the 2019–20 season. Tercera División teams were drawn with others from La Liga, while the rest of Segunda B and Tercera teams were drawn with teams from La Liga and Segunda División.

Matches [edit]

Final phase [edit]

Bracket [edit]

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals				Final



Tenerife	2

Valladolid	1
		Tenerife	3 (2)

		Athletic Bilbao (p)	3 (4)
Elche	1 (4)

Athletic Bilbao (p)	1 (5)
				Athletic Bilbao	1

				Barcelona	0
Ibiza	1

Barcelona	2
		Barcelona	5

		Leganés	0
Ebro	0

Leganés	1
						Athletic Bilbao (a)	1	1	2

						Granada	0	2	2
Badajoz	3

Eibar	1
		Badajoz	2

		Granada (a.e.t.)	3
Badalona	1

Granada (a.e.t.)	3
				Granada	2

				Valencia	1
Cultural Leonesa (a.e.t.)	2

Atlético Madrid	1
		Cultural Leonesa	0 (2)

		Valencia (p)	0 (4)
UD Logroñés	0

Valencia	1
										Athletic Bilbao	0

										Real Sociedad	1
Zaragoza	3

Mallorca	1
		Zaragoza	0

		Real Madrid	4
Unionistas	1

Real Madrid	3
				Real Madrid	3

				Real Sociedad	4
Real Sociedad	2

Espanyol	0
		Real Sociedad	3

		Osasuna	1
Recreativo	2

Osasuna (a.e.t.)	3
						Real Sociedad	2	1	3

						Mirandés	1	0	1
Mirandés (a.e.t.)	2

Celta Vigo	1
		Mirandés	3

		Sevilla	1
Sevilla	3

Levante	1
				Mirandés	4

				Villarreal	2
Rayo Vallecano (p)	2 (4)

Real Betis	2 (2)
		Rayo Vallecano	0

		Villarreal	2
Girona	0

Villarreal	3

Round of 32 [edit]

Draw [edit]

The four participant teams of the 2019–20 Supercopa de España were firstly drawn with the teams from the lowest category. After them, all the remaining teams from the lowest categories faced the rest of La Liga teams. The draw was held on 14 January 2020.

Matches [edit]

Round of 16 [edit]

Draw [edit]

Six teams of La Liga were firstly drawn with the teams from the lower categories. After them, all the remaining teams from La Liga teams faced one another. The draw was held on 24 January 2020.

Matches [edit]

Quarter-finals [edit]

Draw [edit]

All 8 teams were in one pot, and the home team was decided by the luck of the draw. As the only remaining Segunda División side, Mirandés hosted its opponent regardless, as per the rules. The draw took place on 31 January 2020.

Matches [edit]

Semi-finals [edit]

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 7 February 2020.

Summary [edit]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Sociedad (1)	3–1	Mirandés (2)	2–1	1–0
Athletic Bilbao (1)	2–2 (a)	Granada (1)	1–0	1–2

Matches [edit]

Real Sociedad won 3–1 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

Final [edit]

The final was originally scheduled for 18 April 2020, but was postponed to 3 April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Top scorers [edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alexander Isak	Real Sociedad	7
2	Matheus	Mirandés	6
3	Yuri Berchiche	Athletic Bilbao	4
	Santi Cazorla	Villarreal
	Adnan Januzaj	Real Sociedad
	Roberto Soldado	Granada
7	Carlos Bacca	Villarreal	3
	Ander Barrenetxea	Real Sociedad
	Sergio Benito	Cultural Leonesa
	Guido Carrillo	Leganés
	Charles	Eibar
	Pablo de Blasis	Eibar
	Carlos Fernández	Granada
	Antoine Griezmann	Barcelona
	Joselu	Tenerife
	Martin Ødegaard	Real Sociedad
	Mikel Oyarzabal	Real Sociedad
	Álvaro Rey	Mirandés
	Iñaki Williams	Athletic Bilbao

Notes [edit]

^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

References [edit]

^ "Oyarzabal scores winner in Copa del Rey final". BBC Sport. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ "La nueva Copa del Rey saldrá con 116 equipos". rfef.es (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
^ "Así quedan el calendario, y los nuevos formatos de Copa y Supercopa de la RFEF". marca.com (in Spanish). Marca. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
^ "La RFEF aprueba las Bases de competición de la nueva Copa del Rey, Supercopa y Copa RFEF" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^ "¡¡¡ Aprobado el nuevo formato para la Copa del Rey Temporada 2019/2020!!!" (in Spanish). Marino de Luanco. 3 August 2019.
^ "Acuerdo dictado por la Jueza de Competición tras su reunión de 12 de noviembre de 2019 en relación con el Reus Deportiu y la Copa del Rey" (PDF) (in Spanish). rfef.es. 12 November 2019.
^ "La revolucionaria Copa Federación que dará acceso a la Copa del Rey en Segunda B y Tercera división" (in Spanish). ABC. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
^ "¡Estos son los emparejamientos de la eliminatoria previa de la Copa del Rey!" [These are the pairings of the preliminary round of the Copa del Rey!] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 17 October 2019.
^ "El sorteo de la Copa del Rey será este domingo, 17 de noviembre" (PDF) (in Spanish). rfef.es. 12 November 2019.
^ "Circular Nº 40" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 12 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Estos son los horarios y estadios de la primera eliminatoria de la Copa del Rey" [These are the times and stadiums of the first round of the Copa del Rey] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 28 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Nueve equipos modestos cambian de campo en la primera ronda de la Copa". Marca. 6 December 2019.
^ "El CD Mensajero quiere jugar el martes 17 de diciembre en el Rosendo Hernández ante el CD Tenerife" (in Spanish). Diario de Avisos. 18 November 2019.

External links [edit]

Regulations and participants
Royal Spanish Football Federation official website
Copa del Rey at LFP website