The 2013–14 Copa del Rey was the 112th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The competition began on 4 September 2013 and ended on 16 April 2014 with the final. The final took place at Mestalla in Valencia, and saw Real Madrid defeat Barcelona 2–1 to win their 19th title in the competition. The winners assured a place for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, although Madrid qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League due to their league performance.
Atlético Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Real Madrid in the semi-finals, who avenged their 2013 final defeat.
Calendar and format The next calendar was released by the RFEF on 8 August 2013 and the format was identical to the previous season. RoundDraw dateDateFixturesClubsFormat detailsFirst round20 August 20134 September 20131883 → 65New entries: Clubs participating in Tercera and Segunda División B will gain entry.Byes: Seven teams from Segunda División B will receive a bye.Opponents seeding: Teams will face each other according to proximity criteria.Local team seeding: Luck of the draw.Knock-out tournament type: Single matchCopa Federación qualification: losers will qualify for 2013–14 Copa Federación, National phase.Second round11 September 20132265 → 43New entries: Clubs participating in Segunda División will gain entry.Byes: One team from the first round will receive a bye.Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams will face each other.Local team seeding: Luck of the draw.Knock-out tournament type: Single matchThird round13 September 201316 October 20131143 → 32Byes: One team from Segunda División B or Tercera División, which previously didn't receive a bye, will receive one.Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams will face each other.Local team seeding: Luck of the draw.Knock-out tournament type: Single matchRound of 328 November 20136–8 December 20131632 → 16New entries: Clubs participating in La Liga will gain entry.Opponents seeding: The seven teams from La Liga which were qualified for 2013–14 UEFA competitions, will face against remaining seven teams from Segunda División B and Tercera División.The five remaining Segunda División teams will face against La Liga teams.The eight remaining La Liga teams will face each other.Local team seeding: First leg at home of team in lower division.Knock-out tournament type: Double match17–19 December 2013Round of 167–9 January 2014816 → 8Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw.Local team seeding: First leg at home of team in lower division.Knock-out tournament type: Double match14–16 January 2014Quarter-finals21–23 January 201448 → 4Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw.Local team seeding: Luck of the draw.Knock-out tournament type: Double match28–30 January 2014Semifinals5 February 201424 → 211–12 February 2014Final16 April 201412 → 1Single match in a stadium decided by RFEF.UEFA Europa League qualification: winner will qualify for 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, group stage. Notes Double-match rounds enforced away goals rule, single-match rounds did not. Games ending in a tie were decided in extra time; and if it persisted, by a penalty shootout. UEFA Europa League qualification: if the Cup winner qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the Cup runner-up would qualify for the third qualifying round, then the 5th and 6th ranked teams in 2013–14 La Liga (always excluding no "UEFA licence" and banned clubs) would qualify for group stage and play-off round respectively. However, if the Cup runners-up ended in Europa League places (5th or 6th), the 5th, 6th and 7th ranked teams in 2013–14 La Liga would qualify for group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round respectively.Similarly, if both finalists qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 5th, 6th and 7th ranked teams in 2013–14 La Liga would also qualify for the group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round respectively.
Qualified teams The following teams compete in the Copa del Rey 2013–14.
20 teams of 2013–14 La Liga:
Almería Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Betis Celta Vigo Elche Espanyol Getafe Granada Levante Málaga Osasuna Rayo Vallecano Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Valencia Valladolid Villarreal
20 teams of 2013–14 Segunda División (Barcelona B and RM Castilla are excluded for being reserve teams):
Alavés Alcorcón Córdoba Deportivo La Coruña Eibar Girona Hércules Jaén Las Palmas Lugo Mallorca Mirandés Murcia Numancia Ponferradina Recreativo Sabadell Sporting Gijón Tenerife Zaragoza
35 teams of 2013–14 Segunda División B. Teams that qualified are the top five teams of each of the 4 groups (excluding reserve teams), the five with the highest number of points out of the remaining non-reserve teams (*), and the eleven teams winners of a group of 2012–13 Tercera División that were also promoted to Segunda División B:
Albacete Alcoyano Algeciras Amorebieta Balompédica Linense Barakaldo Burgos Cartagena Caudal Écija El Palo Fuenlabrada Gimnàstic Guadalajara Huesca Huracán Valencia La Hoya Lorca Laudio Leganés L'Hospitalet Lleida Esportiu Lucena Olímpic Olot Oviedo Puerta Bonita Racing Ferrol Racing Santander Real Unión San Fernando Sant Andreu Sariñena Toledo Tropezón Tudelano
8 teams of 2013–14 Tercera División. Teams that qualified are 7 of 18 champions that were not promoted to Segunda División B (or at least the ones with the highest number of points within their group since reserve teams are excluded), and Xerez that was relegated from Segunda División:
Atlético Granadilla Extremadura UD Haro Deportivo Novelda San Juan Santa Eulàlia Tuilla Xerez
First round The draw for First and Second round was held on 20 August 2013 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol, RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas, Madrid. In this round gained entry 36 Segunda División B and Tercera División teams. In the draw, firstly seven teams from the 2013–14 Segunda División B received a bye (Fuenlabrada, L'Hospitalet, Lleida, Lucena, Olímpic de Xàtiva, Racing Santander and Tudelano) then remaining teams from 2013–14 Segunda División B and teams from 2013–14 Tercera División faced according to proximity criteria by next groups:
Pot 1Group 1Pot 2Group 2Pot 3Group 3Pot 4Group 4Segunda División B:BurgosCaudalOviedoRacing FerrolRacing Santander *TropezónTercera División:Haro DeportivoTuillaSegunda División B:AmorebietaBarakaldoFuenlabrada *HuescaLaudioLeganésPuerta BonitaReal UniónSariñenaToledoTudelano *Tercera División:Atlético GranadillaSan JuanSegunda División B:AlcoyanoGimnàsticHuracán ValenciaL'Hospitalet *Lleida *Olímpic *OlotSant AndreuTercera División:NoveldaPeña DeportivaSegunda División B:AlbaceteAlgecirasBalompédica LinenseCartagenaÉcijaEl PaloGuadalajaraLa Hoya LorcaLucena *San FernandoTercera División:ExtremaduraXerez
Notes (*) Received a bye Remaining teams in odd groups faced each other and with proximity criteria if it would be possible.
Matches
Second round The draw was held together with the First round draw on 20 August 2013 in La Ciudad del Fútbol. In the draw, the team from 2013–14 Segunda División B or 2013–14 Tercera División, winner from First round match Algeciras v Novelda, received a bye. Teams from 2013–14 Segunda División gained entry in this round and faced each other. Winners of First round, together with the seven teams which received a bye, faced each other too.
Pot 1Segunda DivisiónPot 2Segunda División Band Tercera DivisiónSegunda División:AlavésAlcorcónCórdobaDeportivo La CoruñaEibarGironaHérculesJaénLas PalmasLugoMallorcaMirandésMurciaNumanciaPonferradinaRecreativoSabadellSporting GijónTenerifeZaragozaSegunda División B:FuenlabradaL'HospitaletLleidaLucenaOlímpic de XàtivaRacing SantanderTudelanoCaudal de MieresSariñenaBarakaldoLaudioHuescaOlotGimnàstic TarragonaÉcijaSan FernandoCartagenaLeganésSant AndreuExtremaduraBurgosAlgeciras*Tercera División:Haro DeportivoTuillaXerez
Matches
Third round The draw was held on 13 September 2013 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol. In the draw, one team from 2013–14 Segunda División B or 2013–14 Tercera División, winner from Second round, which previously didn't receive a bye, received one. Teams from Segunda División faced each other. Remaining winners of Second round and the team which received a bye faced each other. The matches were played on 16 and 17 October 2013.
Pot 1Segunda DivisiónPot 2Segunda División Band Tercera DivisiónSegunda División:AlavésAlcorcónDeportivo de La CoruñaEibarGironaHérculesJaénLas PalmasLugoRecreativoSegunda División B:AlgecirasBurgosCartagenaGimnàstic de TarragonaLaudioLeganésLleidaOlímpic de XàtivaRacing SantanderSant Andreu *TudelanoTercera División:Haro DeportivoXerez
Matches
Notes (*) Sant Andreu received a bye.
Final phase The draw for the Round of 32 was held on 8 November 2013, in La Ciudad del Fútbol. In this round, all La Liga teams gained entry in the competition.
Round of 32 pairings were as follows: the seven remaining teams participating in Segunda División B and Tercera División faced the La Liga teams which qualified for European competitions, this is: four teams from Pot 1 (Segunda B and Tercera) were drawn against four teams from pot 2a (champions) and the three remaining teams in pot 1 were drawn in the same way with the pot 2b teams (Europa League). The five teams in Pot 3 (Segunda División) were drawn against five teams of the thirteen remaining teams of La Liga (Pot 4). The remaining eight teams of La Liga faced each other. Matches involving teams with different league tiers were played at home on the first leg the team in lower tier. This rule was also applied in Round of 16, but not for the Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, in which the order of legs was pure as of the order of draw.
Pot 1Segunda División Band Tercera DivisiónPot 2aChampions LeaguePot 2bEuropa LeaguePot 3Segunda DivisiónPot 4Rest of Primera DivisiónSegunda División B:AlgecirasCartagenaGimnàstic de TarragonaLleida EsportiuOlímpic de XàtivaRacing de SantanderSant AndreuBarcelonaReal MadridAtlético Madrid (TH)Real SociedadValenciaBetisSevillaAlcorcónGironaLas PalmasReal JaénRecreativo HuelvaAlmeríaAthletic BilbaoCelta VigoElcheEspanyolGetafeGranadaLevanteMálagaOsasunaRayo VallecanoValladolidVillarreal
Bracket
Round of 32 First leg
Second leg
Round of 16 First leg
Second leg
Quarter-finals First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals First leg
Second leg
Final
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Lionel MessiBarcelona52 Cesc FàbregasBarcelona4 Ángel Di MaríaReal Madrid Raúl GarcíaAtlético Madrid5 Antoine GriezmannReal Sociedad3 Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid Cristian TelloBarcelona Jesús ImazLleida JeséReal Madrid Mamadou KonéRacing Santander PedroBarcelona Óscar PlanoAlcorcón Abdón PratsBurgos
See also List of Spanish football transfers summer 2013 2013–14 La Liga 2013–14 Segunda División 2013–14 Segunda División B 2013–14 Tercera División
References
External links
MundoDeportivo.com Marca.com AS.com