The 2023 Copa Federación de España was the 31st edition of the Copa Federación de España, also known as Copa RFEF, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs.
The competition began in August with the first games of the Regional stages and ended on 22 November with the final of the National tournament. As part of the new competition format started in 2019, the four semifinalists qualified for the Copa del Rey first round.
Regional tournaments Andalusia tournament The Royal Andalusian Football Federation (RFAF) decided to create the 'Copa RFAF' in 2020. The finalists of this competition were selected as the Andalusian representatives in the national phase of Copa RFEF.
Final
Aragon tournament Four teams joined the tournament in this edition: Almudévar (5), Brea (4), Ejea (5) and Utrillas (5). The matches started on 12 August and ended on 27 August.
Asturias tournament 12 teams joined the tournament. The draw was made on 7 July and the tournament started on 5 August. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3Llanera (5)Marino Luanco (4)Langreo (4)Caudal Deportivo (5)Praviano (5)Lealtad (5)Llanes (5)Titánico (5)Colunga (5)Tuilla (5)Ceares (5)Luarca (5)
Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage The knockout stage matches were played at La Mata Stadium, in Candás.
Final
Balearic Islands tournament Formentera (4) and CD Ibiza (5) joined the tournament.
Basque Country tournament 4 teams joined the tournament. The draw was made 2 August.
Final
Canary Islands tournament Only Gran Tarajal (5) joined the tournament.
Cantabria tournament Eight teams from 2023 to 2024 Tercera Federación will join the tournament. The teams qualified via their results in 2022-23 leagues, ignoring those who already had their ticket for the Copa del Rey or for the national phase of the Copa RFEF.
Final
Castile-La Mancha tournament Twelve teams joined the Trofeo Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancham acting as qualifying tournament. Guadalajara, Illescas and Manchego cannot qualify because they were already qualified for the Copa del Rey or the National Phase of Copa RFEF.
Final
Castile and León tournament 7 teams joined the tournament: Atlético Bembibre (5), Ávila (5), Numancia (4), Palencia (5), Salamanca (5), Santa Marta (5) and Villaralbo (5). The draw was made 26 July and the tournament started 12 August.
Group stage Group A
Group B
Final
Catalonia tournament 4 teams joined the tournament. Draw was made 25 July.
Final
Ceuta tournament Polillas Atlético was directly selected by Federación de Fútbol de Ceuta due to sporting merits.
Extremadura tournament 13 teams joined the tournament. Arroyo (5), Olivenza (5) and Trujillo (5) received a bye to the second round.
Final
Galicia tournament 13 teams joined the tournament. The draw was made 12 July.
Final
La Rioja tournament 9 teams joined the tournament. Draw was made 20 July.
Final
Madrid tournament 8 teams joined the tournament: Alcalá (5), Fuenlabrada (3), Las Rozas (5), Móstoles URJC (5), Pozuelo de Alarcón (5), San Sebastián de los Reyes (4), Torrejón (5) and Unión Adarve (4). The draw was made 7 July.
Group A
Group B
Final
Melilla tournament At. Melilla (5) was directly selected by Real Federación Melillense de Fútbol due to sporting merits.
Murcia tournament Eight teams joined the tournament.
Final
Navarre tournament Four teams joined the tournament. The draw was made 27 July.
Final
Valencian Community tournament Five teams joined the tournament: Atlético Saguntino (4), Intercity (3), Patacona (5), Rayo Ibense (5) and Silla (5). The draw was made 27 July. After the draw, Intercity resigned from participating in the tournament. Matches were played between 5 and 18 August.
National phase National phase was played between 27 September and 22 November with 32 teams (20 winners of the Regional Tournaments, the best 5 teams from 2022–23 Segunda División RFEF not yet qualified to 2023–24 Copa del Rey and the best 7 teams from 2022–23 Tercera División RFEF not yet qualified to 2023–24 Copa del Rey). The four semifinalists qualified to 2023–24 Copa del Rey first round.
Qualified teams
5 best teams from 2022–23 Segunda Federación not yet qualified to 2023–24 Copa del Rey Badalona Futur (4) Gimnástica Torrelavega (4) Guadalajara (4) San Juan (4) San Roque Lepe (4)
7 best teams from 2022–23 Tercera Federación not yet qualified to 2023–24 Copa del Rey El Palo (4) Illescas (4) L'Entregu (5) Lanzarote (5) Penya Independent (4) Sant Andreu (4) Vimenor (5)
Winners of Autonomous Communities tournaments Ciudad de Murcia (5) Ejea (5) Gran Tarajal (5) CD Ibiza (5) Laredo (5) Lleida Esportiu (4) Marino Luanco (4) At. Melilla (5) Numancia (4) Ourense CF (4) Patacona (5) Peña Sport (5) Polillas Atlético (6) Puente Genil (5) Real Unión (3) Talavera de la Reina (4) Torre del Mar (5) UD Logroñés (4) Unión Adarve (4) Villafranca (5)
Draw The draw for the entire tournament was made at the RFEF headquarters on 14 September. The teams were divided into four pots based on geographical criteria. Each pot was played independently until the semi-finals.
Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D L'Entregu (5) Marino Luanco (4) Real Unión (3) Gimnástica Torrelavega (4) Laredo (5) Vimenor (5) Ourense CF (4) UD Logroñés (4) Ejea (5) CD Ibiza (5) Penya Independent (4) Badalona Futur (4) Lleida Esportiu (4) Sant Andreu (4) Peña Sport (5) San Juan (4) Gran Tarajal (5) Lanzarote (5) Guadalajara (4) Illescas (4) Talavera de la Reina (4) Numancia (4) Unión Adarve (4) Patacona (5) El Palo (4) Puente Genil (5) San Roque Lepe (4) Torre del Mar (5) Polillas Atlético (6) Villafranca (5) At. Melilla (5) Ciudad de Murcia (5)
Bracket
Round of 32 Pot A
Pot B
Pot C
Pot D
Round of 16 Pot A
Pot B
Pot C
Pot D
Quarter-finals Winners will qualify to the 2023–24 Copa del Rey first round. Pot A
Pot B
Pot C
Pot D
Semi-finals
Final
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