2013–14 Copa del Rey


The 2013–14 Copa del Rey was the 112th staging of the Copa del Rey. 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.
Atlético Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Real Madrid in the semifinals.

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 details
First 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 match
Copa Federación qualification: losers will qualify for 2013–14 Copa Federación, National phase.
Second round20 August 201311 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 match
Third 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 match
Round 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 match
Round of 328 November 201317-19 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 match
Round 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 match
Round of 1614-16 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 match
Quarter-finals21-23 January 201448 → 4Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw.
Local team seeding: Luck of the draw.
Knock-out tournament type: Double match
Quarter-finals28-30 January 201448 → 4Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw.
Local team seeding: Luck of the draw.
Knock-out tournament type: Double match
Semifinals5 February 201424 → 2Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw.
Local team seeding: Luck of the draw.
Knock-out tournament type: Double match
Semifinals11-12 February 201424 → 2Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw.
Local team seeding: Luck of the draw.
Knock-out tournament type: Double match
Final16 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.

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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:
20 teams of 2013–14 Segunda División :
35 teams of 2013–14 Segunda División B. Teams that qualified are the top five teams of each of the 4 groups, 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:
8 teams of 2013–14 Tercera División. Teams that qualified are 7 of 18 champions that were not promoted to Segunda División B, and Xerez that was relegated from Segunda División:
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 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 1
Group 1
Pot 2
Group 2
Pot 3
Group 3
Pot 4
Group 4
Segunda División B:
Burgos
Caudal
Oviedo
Racing Ferrol
Racing Santander *
Tropezón
Tercera División:
Haro Deportivo
Tuilla
Segunda División B:
Amorebieta
Barakaldo
Fuenlabrada *
Huesca
Laudio
Leganés
Puerta Bonita
Real Unión
Sariñena
Toledo
Tudelano *
Tercera División:
Atlético Granadilla
San Juan
Segunda División B:
Alcoyano
Gimnàstic
Huracán Valencia
L'Hospitalet *
Lleida *
Olímpic *
Olot
Sant Andreu
Tercera División:
Novelda
Peña Deportiva
Segunda División B:
Albacete
Algeciras
Balompédica Linense
Cartagena
Écija
El Palo
Guadalajara
La Hoya Lorca
Lucena *
San Fernando
Tercera División:
Extremadura
Xerez

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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 1
Segunda División
Pot 2
Segunda División B
and Tercera División
Segunda División:
Alavés
Alcorcón
Córdoba
Deportivo La Coruña
Eibar
Girona
Hércules
Jaén
Las Palmas
Lugo
Mallorca
Mirandés
Murcia
Numancia
Ponferradina
Recreativo
Sabadell
Sporting Gijón
Tenerife
Zaragoza
Segunda División B:
Fuenlabrada
L'Hospitalet
Lleida
Lucena
Olímpic de Xàtiva
Racing Santander
Tudelano
Caudal de Mieres
Sariñena
Barakaldo
Laudio
Huesca
Olot
Gimnàstic Tarragona
Écija
San Fernando
Cartagena
Leganés
Sant Andreu
Extremadura
Burgos
Algeciras*
Tercera División:
Haro Deportivo
Tuilla
Xerez

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 1
Segunda División
Pot 2
Segunda División B
and Tercera División
Segunda División:
Alavés
Alcorcón
Deportivo de La Coruña
Eibar
Girona
Hércules
Jaén
Las Palmas
Lugo
Recreativo
Segunda División B:
Algeciras
Burgos
Cartagena
Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Laudio
Leganés
Lleida
Olímpic de Xàtiva
Racing Santander
Sant Andreu *
Tudelano
Tercera División:
Haro Deportivo
Xerez

Matches

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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 were drawn against four teams from pot 2a and the three remaining teams in pot 1 were drawn in the same way with the pot 2b teams. The five teams in Pot 3 were drawn against five teams of the thirteen remaining teams of La Liga. 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 1
Segunda División B
and Tercera División
Pot 2a
Champions League
Pot 2b
Europa League
Pot 3
Segunda División
Pot 4
Rest of Primera División
Segunda División B:
Algeciras
Cartagena
Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Lleida Esportiu
Olímpic de Xàtiva
Racing de Santander
Sant Andreu
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Real Sociedad
Valencia
Betis
Sevilla
Alcorcón
Girona
Las Palmas
Real Jaén
Recreativo Huelva
Almería
Athletic Bilbao
Celta Vigo
Elche
Espanyol
Getafe
Granada
Levante
Málaga
Osasuna
Rayo Vallecano
Valladolid
Villarreal

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