2018–19 Copa del Rey

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2018–19 Copa del Rey
Country Spain Spain
Teams 83
Champions Valencia (8th title)
Runners-up Barcelona
Matches played 67
Goals scored 163 (2.43 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Ángel
Karl Toko Ekambi
(5 goals each)

The 2018–19 Copa del Rey was the 117th staging of the Copa del Rey. The winners will be assured a place for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Barcelona were the four-time defending champions. Times up to 27 October 2018 and from 31 March 2019 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 28 October 2018 to 30 March 2019 are CET (UTC+1).

Valencia won the title following a 2–1 win over Barcelona in the final, achieving their 8th title overall and the first since 2008.

Schedule and format

Round Draw date Date Fixtures Clubs Format details
First round 30 Jul 2018 5 Sep 2018 18 83 → 65 New entries: Clubs participating in Tercera and Segunda División B gained entry.
Byes: Five teams from Segunda División B/Tercera received a bye.
Opponents seeding: Teams faced each other according to proximity criteria.
Local team seeding: Draw of lots.
Knock-out tournament type: Single match
Copa Federación qualification: losers qualified for Copa Federación, National phase.
Second round 12 Sep 2018 22 65 → 43 New entries: Clubs participating in Segunda División gained entry.
Byes: One team from Segunda División B or Tercera received a bye.
Opponents seeding: 22 Segunda División teams faced each other.
Local team seeding: Draw of lots.
Knock-out tournament type: Single match
Third round 14 Sep 2018 17 Oct 2018 11 43 → 32 Byes: One Segunda División team received a bye.
Opponents seeding: 10 Segunda División teams faced each other.
Local team seeding: Draw of lots.
Knock-out tournament type: Single match
Round of 32 19 Oct 2018 31 Oct 2018 16 32 → 16 New entries: Clubs participating in La Liga gained entry.
Opponents seeding: The seven teams from La Liga which qualified for 2018–19 UEFA competitions, faced the remaining six teams from Segunda División B and Tercera División and one Segunda División Team.
The other five Segunda División teams played against La Liga teams.
The eight remaining La Liga teams faced each other.
Local team seeding: First leg at home of team in lower division.
Knock-out tournament type: Double match
5 Dec 2018
Round of 16 13 Dec 2018 9 Jan 2019 8 16 → 8 Opponents seeding: Draw of lots.
Local team seeding: First leg at home of the team in the lower division.
Knock-out tournament type: Double match
16 Jan 2019
Quarter-finals 18 Jan 2019 23 Jan 2019 4 8 → 4 Opponents seeding: Draw of lots.
Local team seeding: Luck of the draw.
Knock-out tournament type: Double match
30 Jan 2019
Semi-finals 1 February 2019 6 Feb 2019 2 4 → 2
27 Feb 2019
Final 25 May 2019[1] 1 2 → 1 Single match at the Estadio Benito Villamarín in Seville.
UEFA Europa League qualification: winner will qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage.
Notes
  • Double-match rounds enforce away goals rule, single-match rounds do not.
  • Single-match rounds ending in a tie will be decided in extra time; and if it persists, by a penalty shootout.

Qualified teams

The following teams are qualified for the competition. Reserve teams are excluded.

La Liga
the 20 teams of the 2017–18 season
Segunda División
the 20 non-reserve teams of the 2017–18 season
Segunda División B
the top five non-reserve teams of each group and the five with the highest number of points 2017–18 season excluding reserve teams
Tercera División
the best non-reserve team of each one of the 18 groups of the 2017–18 season

First round

41 teams entered the competition at this round. Five Segunda B or Tercera División teams that in the previous season did not play in Tercera División received a bye. The rest were paired according to proximity criteria.[2]

Due to the breach of the competition rules, giving byes to unauthorised teams, the draw of the first and second round had to be partially repeated.[3]

Group I Group II Group III Group IV

Fuenlabrada
Navalcarnero
Internacional
Rápido de Bouzas
Unionistas
Cultural Leonesa
Compostela
Mensajero

Mirandés
Langreo
Racing Santander
Gimnástica Torrelavega
Barakaldo
Cultural Durango
Gernika
Calahorra
Tudelano
UD Logroñés
Mutilvera

Lleida Esportiu
Badalona
Cornellà
Castellón
Ontinyent
Teruel
Ebro
Conquense
Sant Andreu
Poblense

Talavera de la Reina
Melilla
Marbella
Cartagena
Murcia
Lorca FC
UCAM Murcia
Don Benito
Villanovense
Jaén
Ceuta
Yeclano

During the draw, Villanovense, Murcia, Badalona, Tudelano and Lorca FC received a bye to the second round.[4]

Second round

The 22 Segunda División teams will enter the competition at this round and will be joined by the winners of the previous stage, except Mutilvera that received a bye to the third round. Segunda División teams were drawn against each other.

Third round

The Segunda División teams faced each other, except Mallorca that received a bye to the round of 32.

Final phase

The draw for the Round of 32 was held on 19 October 2018 at La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid. In this round, all La Liga teams entered the competition.

Round of 32 pairings were as follows: the six remaining teams participating in the 2018–19 Segunda División B and Tercera División faced the four 2018–19 La Liga teams which qualified for the UEFA Champions League and two of the three teams which qualified for the Europa League. The six remaining teams participating in Segunda División faced the last Europa League team not drawn previously and other La Liga teams. The remaining teams faced each other. In matches involving teams from different league tiers, the team in the lower tier played the first leg at home. This rule was also be applied in the Round of 16, but not for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, in which the order of legs was based on the luck of the draw.

Pot 1
Segunda B and Tercera División
Pot 2
European competitions
Pot 3
Segunda División
Pot 4
Rest of Primera División
Cultural Leonesa
Ebro
Melilla
Racing Santander
Sant Andreu
Villanovense
Champions League:
Atlético Madrid
Barcelona (TH)
Real Madrid
Valencia
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Europa League:
Real Betis
Sevilla
Villarreal
Almería
Cádiz
Córdoba
Lugo
Mallorca
Sporting Gijón
Alavés
Athletic
Celta Vigo
Eibar
Espanyol
Getafe
Girona
Huesca
Leganés
Levante
Rayo Vallecano
Real Sociedad
Valladolid

Bracket

 
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
                                                       
 
 
 
 
Athletic Bilbao 4 4 8
 
 
 
Huesca 0 0 0
 
Athletic Bilbao 1 1 2
 
 
 
Sevilla 3 0 3
 
Villanovense 0 0 0
 
 
 
Sevilla 0 1 1
 
Sevilla 2 1 3
 
 
 
Barcelona 0 6 6
 
Lugo 1 0 1
 
 
 
Levante 1 2 3
 
Levante 2 0 2
 
 
 
Barcelona 1 3 4
 
Cultural Leonesa 0 1 1
 
 
 
Barcelona 1 4 5
 
Barcelona 1 3 4
 
 
 
Real Madrid 1 0 1
 
Melilla 0 1 1
 
 
 
Real Madrid 4 6 10
 
Real Madrid 3 0 3
 
 
 
Leganés 0 1 1
 
Leganés 2 1 3
 
 
 
Rayo Vallecano 2 0 2
 
Real Madrid 4 3 7
 
 
 
Girona 2 1 3
 
Alavés 2 1 3
 
 
 
Girona 2 2 4
 
Girona (a) 1 3 4
 
 
 
Atlético Madrid 1 3 4
 
Sant Andreu 0 0 0
 
 
 
Atlético Madrid 1 4 5
 
Barcelona 1
 
 
 
Valencia 2
 
Almería 3 0 3
 
 
 
Villarreal 3 8 11
 
Villarreal 2 1 3
 
 
 
Espanyol 2 3 5
 
Cádiz 2 0 2
 
 
 
Espanyol (a) 1 1 2
 
Espanyol 1 1 2
 
 
 
Real Betis (a.e.t.) 1 3 4
 
Racing Santander 0 0 0
 
 
 
Real Betis 1 4 5
 
Real Betis (a) 0 2 2
 
 
 
Real Sociedad 0 2 2
 
Celta Vigo 1 0 1
 
 
 
Real Sociedad 1 2 3
 
Real Betis 2 0 2
 
 
 
Valencia 2 1 3
 
Córdoba 1 1 2
 
 
 
Getafe 2 5 7
 
Getafe 1 1 2
 
 
 
Valladolid 0 1 1
 
Mallorca 1 1 2
 
 
 
Valladolid 2 2 4
 
Getafe 1 1 2
 
 
 
Valencia 0 3 3
 
Sporting Gijón 2 2 4
 
 
 
Eibar 0 2 2
 
Sporting Gijón 2 0 2
 
 
 
Valencia 1 3 4
 
Ebro 1 0 1
 
 
Valencia 2 1 3
 

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 took place on 19 October at La Ciudad del Fútbol, in Las Rozas de Madrid.[5] On 23 October, the RFEF designated the referees for first leg matches.[6] All first leg matches were scheduled to be played between 30 October and 1 November; however, the match between Athletic Bilbao and Huesca had to be postponed because of the preparations for an MTV concert in San Mamés.[7] On 8 November, the RFEF made public the schedules for the second leg, scheduled to be played between 4 and 6 December.[8]

Sant Andreu, from Tercera División (fourth tier), was the lowest-ranked team still in the competition.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cultural Leonesa (3) 1–5 Barcelona (1) 0–1 1–4
Ebro (3) 1–3 Valencia (1) 1–2 0–1
Sant Andreu (4) 0–5 Atlético Madrid (1) 0–1 0–4
Melilla (3) 1–10 Real Madrid (1) 0–4 1–6
Villanovense (3) 0–1 Sevilla (1) 0–0 0–1
Racing Santander (3) 0–5 Real Betis (1) 0–1 0–4
Almería (2) 3–11 Villarreal (1) 3–3 0–8
Mallorca (2) 2–4 Valladolid (1) 1–2 1–2
Cádiz (2) 2–2 (a) Espanyol (1) 2–1 0–1
Sporting Gijón (2) 4–2 Eibar (1) 2–0 2–2
Lugo (2) 1–3 Levante (1) 1–1 0–2
Córdoba (2) 2–7 Getafe (1) 1–2 1–5
Athletic Bilbao (1) 8–0 Huesca (1) 4–0 4–0
Alavés (1) 3–4 Girona (1) 2–2 1–2
Leganés (1) 3–2 Rayo Vallecano (1) 2–2 1–0
Celta Vigo (1) 1–3 Real Sociedad (1) 1–1 0–2

First leg

Second leg

Round of 16

The Round of 16 draw took place on December 13, 2018 at Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas, Madrid. The first leg took place in the second week of January and the return leg the following week.[10]

Sporting Gijón, from Segunda División, was the only remaining team that did not play in the top tier.

In this round, the video assistant referee was applied for the first time ever in the Copa del Rey.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid (1) 3–1 Leganés (1) 3–0 0–1
Getafe (1) 2–1 Valladolid (1) 1–0 1–1
Real Betis (1) 2–2 (a) Real Sociedad (1) 0–0 2–2
Levante (1) 2–4 Barcelona (1) 2–1 0–3
Athletic Bilbao (1) 2–3 Sevilla (1) 1–3 1–0
Sporting Gijón (2) 2–4 Valencia (1) 2–1 0–3
Girona (1) 4–4 (a) Atlético Madrid (1) 1–1 3–3
Villarreal (1) 3–5 Espanyol (1) 2–2 1–3

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 18 January 2019 at Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas, Madrid.

All remaining teams are from the top tier.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid 7–3 Girona 4–2 3–1
Getafe 2–3 Valencia 1–0 1–3
Sevilla 3–6 Barcelona 2–0 1–6
Espanyol 2–4 Real Betis 1–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 1 February 2019 at the venue for the final of the competition, the Benito Villamarín Stadium.[11]

All four teams remaining came from pot 2, which included teams involved in European competitions.

The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final and qualify for the 2019 Supercopa de España.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Betis 2–3 Valencia 2–2 0–1
Barcelona 4–1 Real Madrid 1–1 3–0

First leg

Second leg

Final

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The final took place on 25 May 2019 at the Benito Villamarín Stadium in Seville.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Ángel Getafe 5
Cameroon Karl Toko Ekambi Villarreal
3 Spain Aritz Aduriz Athletic Bilbao 4
France Karim Benzema Real Madrid
Spain Santi Mina Valencia
Spain Rodrigo Valencia
Italy Daniele Verde Valladolid
8 Spain Aridane Santana Cultural Leonesa 3
Spain Marco Asensio Real Madrid
Colombia Carlos Bacca Villarreal
Brazil Philippe Coutinho Barcelona
Spain Borja Iglesias Espanyol
Spain Sergio León Real Betis
Spain Sergio Ramos Real Madrid
Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona
Spain David Torres Ontinyent
Spain Lucas Vázquez Real Madrid

Notes

  1. Ebro played their home match at La Romareda, the home stadium of Zaragoza, instead of their regular stadium La Almozara, in the same city, due to its low capacity.[9]

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External links

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