The 2019 Copa Federación de España is the 27th edition of the Copa Federación de España, also known as Copa RFEF, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs in Segunda División B and Tercera División.
The competition began in late July with the first games of the Regional stages and will end in November 2019 with the national final. As part of the new competition format, the four semifinalists will join the 2019–20 Copa del Rey first round.
Regional tournaments West Andalusia and Ceuta tournament Utrera was the only registered team and qualified directly for national phase.
East Andalusia and Melilla tournament Vélez was the only registered team and qualified directly for national phase.
Aragon tournament Eight teams joined the tournament in the 2019–20 edition.
Group 1
Group 2
Final
Asturias tournament For this edition, reserve teams were excluded. This decision affected to Sporting Gijón B, Oviedo B and Praviano, that since this season acted as Oviedo's second reserve team.
Groups were drawn on 23 July in a competition where format changed as all the knockout stage will be played at Estadio Santa Cruz, in Gijón.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3CaudalCovadongaLlaneraLlanesTuillaL'EntreguMosconiaCondalColungaCearesAvilésSan Martín
Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Final
Balearic Islands tournament Only Ibiza Islas Pitiusas and Poblense joined the tournament.
Final
Basque Country tournament
Canary Islands tournament Unión Viera was the only registered team and qualified directly for national phase.
Cantabria tournament Teams qualified between second and ninth place in 2017–18 Tercera División Group 3 registered for playing the competition, except Racing Santander B as reserve team. The bracket was drawn on 4 July. Quarter-finals and Semi-finals were played in Santa Cruz de Bezana.
Final
Castile-La Mancha tournament The Castile-La Mancha Football Federation announced the XVIII Torneo Junta de Comunidades de Castilla La Mancha as the regional Copa RFEF qualifying tournament.
Final
Castile and León tournament Only Arandina and Real Burgos joined the tournament.
Final
Catalonia tournament Only Prat and Vilafranca joined the tournament.
Final
Extremadura tournament 17 teams joined the tournament, consisting in a single-game knockout tournament. The preliminary round and the round of 16 were firstly drawn, and later each round was drawn independently.
Final
Galicia tournament For this edition, reserve teams were excluded and the winner will receive a price of €3,005.
Final
La Rioja tournament Six teams joined the tournament.
Final
Madrid tournament Only Móstoles URJC and Navalcarnero joined the tournament.
Final
Murcia tournament 6 teams joined the tournament. Two groups of three teams were established at two different locations, in the Gómez Meseguer field in Cartagena and in the Los Garres field in Murcia. Each match will last 45 minutes. The champions of each group qualifies to the final.
Group 1
Group 2
Final
Navarre tournament Only Cortes and Huarte joined the tournament.
Final
Valencian Community tournament 6 teams joined the tournament. Tournament will be played in three stages, the first with two groups of three teams, second with the semifinals being the group winners the local team and third the final in a neutral venue.
Group 1
Group 2
Olímpic fielded ineligible players and was sanctioned by FFCV, which resulted in the awarding of 3–0 wins for Jove Español and Novelda. Olímpic had won 2–1 the two matches.
Knockout stage
Final
National phase National phase was played between October and December with 32 teams (18 winners of the Regional Tournaments and 14 teams of Segunda División B). The four semifinalists qualified to 2019–20 Copa del Rey first round.
Qualified teams
Best 14 qualified non-reserve teams from 2018–19 Segunda División B not qualified to 2019–20 Copa del Rey Alcoyano (4) Burgos (3) Calahorra (3) Castellón (3) Coruxo (3) Internacional (3) Izarra (3) Linense (3) Murcia (3) Sabadell (3) Salamanca UDS (3) San Fernando (3) Talavera de la Reina (3) Tudelano (3)
Winners of Autonomous Communities tournaments Arandina (4) Arroyo (4) Compostela (4) Conquense (4) Cortes (4) Cultural Durango (4) Jove Español (4) Llanes (4) Móstoles URJC (4) Muleño (4) Náxara (4) Poblense (4) Prat (3) Teruel (4) Tropezón (4) Unión Viera (4) Utrera (4) Vélez (4)
Draw The draw of all the tournament was held at the headquarters of the RFEF on 20 September. Teams were divided in four pots according to geographical criteria. Each pot will play independently until semifinals:
Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D Unión Viera Arandina Burgos Salamanca UDS Compostela Coruxo Internacional Móstoles URJC Llanes Cultural Durango Tropezón Calahorra Náxara Cortes Izarra Tudelano Teruel Poblense Sabadell Prat Muleño Alcoyano Castellón Jove Español Linense San Fernando Utrera Vélez Conquense Talavera de la Reina Arroyo Murcia
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals Winners will qualify to 2019–20 Copa del Rey first round.
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links Royal Spanish Football Federation