2018–19 Copa del Rey

2018–19 Copa del Rey
Country Spain Spain
Teams 83
2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Copa del Rey is 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 are 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).

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: 20 Segunda División teams faced each other (+2 byes).
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 TBD 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 TBD 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 TBD 6 Feb 2019 2 4 → 2
27 Feb 2019
Final 25 May 2019[1] 1 2 → 1 Single match, stadium TBD by RFEF.
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 18 best non-reserve teams of each one of the 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]

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.[3]

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.

Controversy

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.[4]

Top goalscorers

In bold, players that continue active in the competition.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain David Torres Ontinyent 3
2 Spain Aridane Cultural Leonesa 2
Spain Isaac Manjón Unionistas
Brazil Maranhão UD Logroñés
Spain Juan Carlos Menudo Melilla
Spain Rubén Cruz Cartagena
Spain Eduardo Ubis Calahorra

References

  1. ↑ "La final de Copa cerrará la temporada 18/19" (in Spanish). RFEF. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "RFEF. Temporada 2018/2019. Circular Nº 5" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Consulta los emparejamientos de la 1ª y 2ª eliminatoria de la Copa del Rey" (in Spanish). RFEF. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "El sorteo de la Copa del Rey se repetirá por un error con los equipos exentos" (in Spanish). Marca. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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