2020–21 Copa del Rey

2020–21 Copa del Rey

Country	Spain
Date	11 November 2020 – 17 April 2021
Teams	126
Champions	Barcelona (31st title)
Runners-up	Athletic Bilbao
Matches played	127
Goals scored	345 (2.72 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sergio León (5 goals)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Copa del Rey was the 119th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The winners are assured a place in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage. Both the winners and the runners-up qualified for the four-team 2021–22 Supercopa de España.

Real Sociedad were the defending champions, having won the postponed final of the previous edition, which was held two weeks before the 2021 final.^[1] They were already eliminated by Real Betis in the round of 16 of the 2020–21 edition, before the previous final had been played. Due to the postponement of the 2020 final, Athletic Bilbao played two Copa del Rey Final within two weeks but being upset once again by Barcelona this time, losing the final 0–4 against them, making Barcelona to make a record 31st Copa del Rey title.^[2][3]

As across Spain, match times up to 25 October 2020 and from 28 March 2021 were CEST (UTC+2). Times on interim ("winter") days were CET (UTC+1).

Schedule and format[]

On 14 September 2020, the RFEF released the calendar of the competition and confirmed the format of the previous season would remain.^[4]

Round	Draw date	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	Format details
Preliminary	29 October 2020	11 November 2020	10	126 → 116	New entries: Clubs qualified through the 2019–20 fifth tier. Opponents seeding: Teams faced each other according to proximity criteria. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Single match
First round	16 November 2020	16 December 2020	56	116 → 60	New entries: All qualified teams except the four participants in the Supercopa de España. Opponents seeding: Teams from La Liga faced teams from the lowest divisions. The four remaining teams faced teams from Segunda División B. Local team seeding: Match played at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Second round	18 December 2020	6 January 2021	28	60 → 32	Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions faced La Liga teams. Local team seeding: Match played at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Single match
Round of 32	8 January 2021	16 January 2021	16	32 → 16	New entries: Clubs participating in Supercopa de España gained entry. Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions faced La Liga teams. Local team seeding: Match played at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Round of 16	22 January 2021	27 January 2021	8	16 → 8	Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions faced La Liga teams. Local team seeding: Match played at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Quarter-finals	29 January 2021	3 February 2021	4	8 → 4	Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Match played at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Semi-finals	5 February 2021	10 February 2021	2	4 → 2	Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Double match.
		3 March 2021
Final		17 April 2021	1	2 → 1	Single match at Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville. Both teams qualified for the 2021–22 Supercopa de España. UEFA Europa League qualification: winners qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage.**

Notes

• The semi-finals used the away goals rule, other rounds did not.
• Games ending in a draw were decided in extra time, and if still level, by a penalty shoot-out.

Qualified teams[]

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

La Liga All 20 teams of the 2019–20 season	Segunda División All 22 teams of the 2019–20 season	Segunda División B The top seven teams of each one of the four groups of the 2019–20 season, excluding reserve teams	Tercera División The best team of each one of the eighteen groups of the 2019–20 season plus the best fourteen runners-up, excluding reserve teams	Copa Federación The four semifinalists of the 2020 Copa Federación de España	Regional leagues The winners of the twenty groups of the fifth tier in the 2019–20 season
Alavés Athletic Bilbao[a] Atlético Madrid Barcelona[a] Celta Vigo Eibar Espanyol Getafe Granada Leganés Levante Mallorca Osasuna Real Betis Real Madrid[a] Real SociedadTH[a] Sevilla Valencia Valladolid Villarreal	Albacete Alcorcón Almería Cádiz Deportivo La Coruña Elche Extremadura Fuenlabrada Girona Huesca Las Palmas Lugo Málaga Mirandés Numancia Ponferradina Rayo Vallecano Oviedo Racing Santander Sporting Gijón Tenerife Zaragoza	Amorebieta Andorra Atlético Baleares Badajoz Burgos Calahorra Cartagena Castellón Córdoba Cornellà Cultural Leonesa Coruxo Guijuelo Haro Internacional La Nucía Linense Lleida Esportiu Marbella Olot Peña Deportiva Pontevedra Rayo Majadahonda Sabadell San Fernando UD Ibiza UD Logroñés Yeclano	Alcoyano Atlético Pulpileño Ciudad de Lucena Compostela Coria El Ejido Gimnástica Segoviana Gimnástica Torrelavega Ibiza Islas Pitiusas L'Hospitalet Laredo Lealtad Linares Llanera Lorca Deportiva Marino Mutilvera Navalcarnero Ourense CF Poblense Portugalete Quintanar del Rey San Juan SD Logroñés Sestao River Socuéllamos Tarazona Terrassa Teruel Varea Villanovense Zamora	Las Rozas Leioa Llagostera UCAM Murcia	Anaitasuna AUGC Deportiva Buñol Cantolagua Cardassar Chinato Colegios Diocesanos Épila Guía Marchamalo Miengo Montañesa Móstoles Racing Murcia Racing Rioja Ribadumia Rincón Rusadir Titánico Tomares

Preliminary round[]

Draw[]

Teams were divided into four groups according to geographical criteria.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Anaitasuna Colegios Diocesanos Miengo Racing Rioja Ribadumia Titánico	Cantolagua Cardassar Épila Montañesa	AUGC Deportiva Chinato Racing Murcia Rincón Rusadir Tomares	Buñol Guía Marchamalo Móstoles

Matches[]

Notes

First round[]

The first round was played by all the qualified teams, except for the four participants of the 2020–21 Supercopa de España. The ten winners from the previous preliminary round were paired with ten teams from La Liga. The remaining six teams and the 22 teams of the Segunda División were paired with the four Copa Federación semi-finalists, the fourteen teams that competed in the Tercera División and ten teams from Segunda B. Finally, the remaining 36 teams from Segunda B were paired between them. In the case of opponents from the same division, the home advantage was decided by whichever team was drawn first; otherwise, the match was held in the stadium of the lower division team. A total of 56 games were played, with 112 participating teams, from 15 to 30 December 2020.^[5]

Draw[]

The draw was held on 16 November at the Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville. Teams were divided into five pots.^[5]

Pot 1 10 winners of the preliminary round	Pot 2 16 teams of La Liga	Pot 3 14 runners-up of Tercera División and 4 teams qualified through the Copa Federación	Pot 4 22 teams of Segunda División	Pot 5 28 teams of Segunda División B and 18 group winners of Tercera División
Anaitasuna Buñol Cantolagua Cardassar Marchamalo Racing Murcia Racing Rioja Ribadumia Rincón Tomares	Alavés Atlético Madrid Cádiz Celta Vigo Eibar Elche Getafe Granada Huesca Levante Osasuna Real Betis Sevilla Valencia Valladolid Villarreal	Atlético Pulpileño Ciudad de Lucena Coria Gimnástica Segoviana Gimnástica Torrelavega Ibiza Islas Pitiusas Las Rozas Leioa Llagostera Llanera Ourense CF Quintanar del Rey San Juan Sestao River Terrassa Teruel UCAM Murcia Varea	Albacete Alcorcón Almería Cartagena Castellón Espanyol Fuenlabrada Girona Las Palmas Leganés Lugo Málaga Mallorca Mirandés Ponferradina Rayo Vallecano Oviedo Sabadell Sporting Gijón Tenerife Zaragoza UD Logroñés	Alcoyano Amorebieta Andorra Atlético Baleares Badajoz Burgos Calahorra Compostela Córdoba Cornellà Cultural Leonesa Coruxo Deportivo La Coruña El Ejido Extremadura Guijuelo Haro Internacional L'Hospitalet La Nucía Laredo Lealtad Linares Linense Lleida Esportiu Lorca Deportiva Marbella Marino Mutilvera Navalcarnero Numancia Olot Peña Deportiva Poblense Pontevedra Portugalete Racing Santander Rayo Majadahonda San Fernando SD Logroñés Socuéllamos Tarazona UD Ibiza Villanovense Yeclano Zamora

Matches[]

Second round[]

Draw[]

The draw was held on 18 December in the RFEF headquarters in Las Rozas. Teams were divided into four pots according to their division in the 2020–21 season. Tercera División teams were drawn with others from La Liga, while the remaining Segunda B and Tercera teams were drawn with teams from La Liga and Segunda División. Matches were played at the home of the lower-ranked team.

Pot 1 1 team qualified through the Copa Federación	Pot 2 22 teams of Segunda División B	Pot 3 17 teams of Segunda División	Pot 4 16 teams of La Liga
Las Rozas	Alcoyano Amorebieta Burgos Córdoba Cornellà Cultural Leonesa Deportivo La Coruña Haro† La Nucía Linares Marbella Mutilvera Navalcarnero Numancia Olot† Peña Deportiva Pontevedra Portugalete Socuéllamos UD Ibiza Yeclano Zamora†	Alcorcón Almería Castellón Espanyol Fuenlabrada Girona Las Palmas Leganés Lugo Málaga Mallorca Oviedo Rayo Vallecano Sabadell Sporting Gijón Tenerife Zaragoza	Alavés Atlético Madrid Cádiz Celta Vigo Eibar Elche Getafe Granada Huesca Levante Osasuna Real Betis Sevilla Valencia Valladolid Villarreal

† The identity of this team was unknown at the time of the draw

Matches[]

Final phase[]

Bracket[]

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Sporting Gijón			0
	Real Betis			2
							Real Betis (a.e.t.)			3
							Real Sociedad			1
	Córdoba			0
	Real Sociedad			2
													Real Betis			1 (1)
													Athletic Bilbao (p)			1 (4)
	Alcoyano (a.e.t.)			2
	Real Madrid			1
							Alcoyano			1
							Athletic Bilbao			2
	UD Ibiza			1
	Athletic Bilbao			2
																			Athletic Bilbao (a.e.t.)	1	2	3
																			Levante	1	1	2
	Peña Deportiva			1
	Valladolid (a.e.t.)			4
							Valladolid			2
							Levante			4
	Fuenlabrada			1 (2)
	Levante (p)			1 (4)
													Levante (a.e.t.)			1
													Villarreal			0
	Girona			2
	Cádiz			0
							Girona			0
							Villarreal			1
	Tenerife			0
	Villarreal			1
																									Athletic Bilbao			0
																									Barcelona			4
	Almería			5
	Alavés			0
							Almería (p)			0 (5)
							Osasuna			0 (4)
	Espanyol			0
	Osasuna			2
													Almería			0
													Sevilla			1
	Leganés			0
	Sevilla (a.e.t.)			1
							Sevilla			3
							Valencia			0
	Alcorcón			0
	Valencia			2
																			Sevilla	2	0	2
																			Barcelona (a.e.t.)	0	3	3
	Navalcarnero			3
	Eibar			1
							Navalcarnero			0
							Granada			6
	Málaga			1
	Granada			2
													Granada			3
													Barcelona (a.e.t.)			5
	Rayo Vallecano			2
	Elche			0
							Rayo Vallecano			1
							Barcelona			2
	Cornellà			0
	Barcelona (a.e.t.)			2

Round of 32[]

Draw[]

The four participant teams of the 2020–21 Supercopa de España were drawn with the teams from the lowest category. After them, the remaining teams from the lowest categories faced the rest of La Liga teams. Matches were played at the home of the lower-ranked team, with exceptions due to Storm Filomena noted below. The draw was held on 8 January 2021.

Pot 1 6 teams of Segunda División B	Pot 2 4 participants in 2020–21 Supercopa de España	Pot 3 12 teams of La Liga	Pot 4 10 teams of Segunda División
Alcoyano Córdoba Cornellà Navalcarnero Peña Deportiva UD Ibiza	Athletic Bilbao Barcelona Real Madrid Real Sociedad	Alavés Cádiz Eibar Elche Granada Levante Osasuna Real Betis Sevilla Valencia Valladolid Villarreal	Alcorcón Almería Espanyol Fuenlabrada Girona Leganés Málaga Rayo Vallecano Sporting Gijón Tenerife

Matches[]

Notes

Round of 16[]

Draw[]

Teams of La Liga were firstly drawn against the teams from Segunda and Segunda B, with those matches to be played at the Segunda/Segunda B teams' homes, and then the remaining six teams of La Liga were drawn against each other. The draw was held on 22 January 2021.

Pot 1 2 teams of Segunda División B	Pot 2 3 teams of Segunda División	Pot 3 11 teams of La Liga
Alcoyano Navalcarnero	Almería Girona Rayo Vallecano	Athletic Bilbao Barcelona Granada Levante Osasuna Real Betis Real Sociedad Sevilla Valencia Valladolid Villarreal

Matches[]

Quarter-finals[]

Draw[]

All eight teams were in one pot, and the home team was decided by the luck of the draw. As the only remaining Segunda División side, Almería hosted its opponent regardless, as per the rules. The draw was held on 29 January 2021.

La Liga 7 teams	Segunda División 1 team
Athletic Bilbao Barcelona Granada Levante Real Betis Sevilla Villarreal	Almería

Matches[]

Semi-finals[]

Draw[]

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 5 February 2021.

Summary[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla (1)	2–3	Barcelona (1)	2–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)
Athletic Bilbao (1)	3–2	Levante (1)	1–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)

Matches[]

Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Athletic Bilbao won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final[]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sergio León	Levante	5
2	Jorge Molina	Granada	4
	Kike Barja	Osasuna
4	Luuk de Jong	Sevilla	3
	Antoine Griezmann	Barcelona
	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
	Frenkie de Jong	Barcelona
	Raúl Garcia	Athletic Bilbao
	Fer Niño	Villarreal
	Yeremi Pino	Villarreal
	Juan Esnáider	Navalcarnero
	Óscar Plano	Valladolid
	Toni Villa	Valladolid
	Sergio Castel	UD Ibiza
	Pedro León	Eibar
	Rafa Mir	Huesca
	Fede Vico	Granada

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Royal Spanish Football Federation official website
• Copa del Rey at LFP website