2018–19 Copa del Rey
The 2018–19 Copa del Rey was the 117th staging of the Copa del Rey. The winners will be assured a place for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, and both they and the runners-up will qualify for the four-team 2019–20 Supercopa de España.
Barcelona were the four-time defending champions. Times up to 27 October 2018 and from 31 March 2019 are CEST. Times from 28 October 2018 to 30 March 2019 are CET.
Valencia won the title following a 2–1 win over Barcelona in the final, achieving their 8th title overall and the first since 2008.
Schedule and format
;Notes- Double-match rounds enforce away goals rule, single-match rounds do not.
- Single-match rounds ending in a tie will be decided in extra time; and if it persists, by a penalty shootout.
Qualified teams
| La Liga the 20 teams of the 2017–18 season | Segunda División the 20 non-reserve teams of the 2017–18 season | Segunda División B the top five non-reserve teams of each group and the five with the highest number of points 2017–18 season excluding reserve teams | Tercera División the best non-reserve team of each one of the 18 groups of the 2017–18 season |
First round
41 teams entered the competition at this round. Five Segunda B or Tercera División teams that in the previous season did not play in Tercera División received a bye. The rest were paired according to proximity criteria.Due to the breach of the competition rules, giving byes to unauthorised teams, the draw of the first and second round had to be partially repeated.
| Group I | Group II | Group III | Group IV |
Fuenlabrada Navalcarnero Internacional Rápido de Bouzas Unionistas Cultural Leonesa Compostela Mensajero | Mirandés Langreo Racing Santander Gimnástica Torrelavega Barakaldo Cultural Durango Gernika Calahorra Tudelano UD Logroñés Mutilvera | Lleida Esportiu Badalona Cornellà Castellón Ontinyent Teruel Ebro Conquense Sant Andreu Poblense | Talavera de la Reina Melilla Marbella Cartagena Murcia Lorca FC UCAM Murcia Don Benito Villanovense Jaén Ceuta Yeclano |
During the draw, Villanovense, Murcia, Badalona, Tudelano and Lorca FC received a bye to the second round.
Second round
The 22 Segunda División teams entered the competition in this round and were joined by the winners of the previous stage, except Mutilvera that received a bye to the third round. Segunda División teams were drawn against each other.Third round
The Segunda División teams faced each other, except Mallorca that received a bye to the round of 32.Final phase
The draw for the Round of 32 was held on 19 October 2018 at La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid. In this round, all La Liga teams entered the competition.Round of 32 pairings were as follows: the six remaining teams participating in the 2018–19 Segunda División B and Tercera División faced the four 2018–19 La Liga teams which qualified for the UEFA Champions League and two of the three teams which qualified for the Europa League. The six remaining teams participating in Segunda División faced the last Europa League team not drawn previously and other La Liga teams. The remaining teams faced each other. In matches involving teams from different league tiers, the team in the lower tier played the first leg at home. This rule was also be applied in the Round of 16, but not for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, in which the order of legs was based on the luck of the draw.
| Pot 1 Segunda B and Tercera División | Pot 2 European competitions | Pot 3 Segunda División | Pot 4 Rest of Primera División |
| Cultural Leonesa Ebro Melilla Racing Santander Sant Andreu Villanovense | Champions League: Atlético Madrid Barcelona Real Madrid Valencia Europa League: Real Betis Sevilla Villarreal | Almería Cádiz Córdoba Lugo Mallorca Sporting Gijón | Alavés Athletic Celta Vigo Eibar Espanyol Getafe Girona Huesca Leganés Levante Rayo Vallecano Real Sociedad Valladolid |
Bracket
Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 took place on 19 October at La Ciudad del Fútbol, in Las Rozas de Madrid. On 23 October, the RFEF designated the referees for first leg matches. All first leg matches were scheduled to be played between 30 October and 1 November; however, the match between Athletic Bilbao and Huesca had to be postponed because of the preparations for an MTV concert in San Mamés. On 8 November, the RFEF made public the schedules for the second leg, scheduled to be played between 4 and 6 December.Sant Andreu, from Tercera División, was the lowest-ranked team still in the competition.
First leg
Second leg
Round of 16
The Round of 16 draw took place on December 13, 2018 at Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas, Madrid. The first leg took place in the second week of January and the return leg the following week.Sporting Gijón, from Segunda División, was the only remaining team that did not play in the top tier.
In this round, the video assistant referee was applied for the first time ever in the Copa del Rey.
First leg
Second leg
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 18 January 2019 at Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas, Madrid.All remaining teams are from the top tier.
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 1 February 2019 at the venue for the final of the competition, the Benito Villamarín Stadium.All four teams remaining came from pot 2, which included teams involved in European competitions.
The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final and qualify for the 2019 Supercopa de España.
First leg
Second leg
Final
The final took place on 25 May 2019 at the Benito Villamarín Stadium in Seville.Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 |  Ángel | Getafe | 5 |
| 1 |  Karl Toko Ekambi | Villarreal | 5 |
| 3 | Aritz Aduriz | Athletic Bilbao | 4 |
| 3 |  Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 4 |
| 3 | Santi Mina | Valencia | 4 |
| 3 | Rodrigo | Valencia | 4 |
| 3 |  Daniele Verde | Valladolid | 4 |
| 8 | Aridane Santana | Cultural Leonesa | 3 |
| 8 | Marco Asensio | Real Madrid | 3 |
| 8 |  Carlos Bacca | Villarreal | 3 |
| 8 |  Philippe Coutinho | Barcelona | 3 |
| 8 | Borja Iglesias | Espanyol | 3 |
| 8 | Sergio León | Real Betis | 3 |
| 8 | Sergio Ramos | Real Madrid | 3 |
| 8 |  Luis Suárez | Barcelona | 3 |
| 8 | David Torres | Ontinyent | 3 |
| 8 | Lucas Vázquez | Real Madrid | 3 |
| 8 |  Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 3 |