spanish association football tournament

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The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, [ a ] normally known as Copa del Rey [ bacillus ] or just La Copa [ vitamin c ] and once known as Copa del Generalísimo ( 1939–76 ), is an annual hard football rival in spanish football, organized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.

The rival was founded in 1903, therefore making it the oldest spanish football competition played at a national flush. It is considered [ by whom? ] one of the most prestigious national cup trophies in the world. Copa del Rey winners qualify for the play along season ‘s UEFA Europa League. If they have already qualified for Europe through their league place, then the Europa League spot is given to the highest-place team in the league who has not yet qualified ( until 2014 this station was awarded to the Copa runner-up, unless they excessively had already qualified via the league ). Barcelona is the most successful baseball club in the competition, winning their 31st overall style against Athletic Bilbao in the 2021 final examination held at the Estadio de La Cartuja. Athletic Bilbao have the second-most titles, with 23, while veridical Madrid is one-third, with 19 .

history [edit ]

In 1902, a rival under the name Copa de la Coronación was played after Juan de Astorquia, President of Bilbao Football Club [ east ], and Carlos Padrós, later president of Real Madrid, suggested a football tournament to celebrate the coronation of spanish King Alfonso XIII. Four other teams joined Madrid FC for the competition : FC Barcelona, Club Español de Foot-Ball, New Foot-Ball de Madrid and Club Bizcaya ( a team made up of players from Athletic Club and Bilbao FC ), which finally defeated Barcelona in the final. That cup is on display in the Athletic Bilbao museum and the club includes the victory in its honours list. however, it is considered merely the harbinger of the Copa del Rey. The Royal Spanish Football Federation formally does not recognize it. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Copa del Rey was Spain ‘s football national championship from 1903 ( the first edition won by Athletic Bilbao with Juan de Astorquia as master and president ) [ 3 ] until the foundation of the Campeonato de Liga —League Championship—in 1928. It was initially known as the Copa del Ayuntamiento de Madrid ( Madrid City Council ‘s Cup ). between 1905 and 1932, it was known as the Copa de Su Majestad El Rey Alfonso XIII ( His Majesty King Alfonso XIII ‘s Cup ). During the Second Spanish Republic, it was known as the Copa del Presidente de la República ( President of the Republic Cup ) or Copa de España ( spanish Cup ) and during the years of Francisco Franco ‘s spanish State, it was known as the Copa de Su Excelencia El Generalísimo or Copa del Generalísimo ( His excellency, The Supreme General ‘s Cup ). [ 3 ] athletic Bilbao were declared winners in 1904 after their opponents Español de Madrid failed to show up. In both 1910 and 1913, there was a divide among the clubs and two equal associations, the Unión Española de Clubs de Fútbol and the Federación Española de Fútbol, organised rival competitions, the Copa UECF and the Copa FEF. In 1937, during the spanish Civil War, cabaret in the Republican area of Spain entered the Copa de la España Libre, with Levante beating their city rivals Valencia 1–0 in the final. Although in 2007 the Congress of Deputies urged the Royal Spanish Football Federation to recognise it as a Copa del Rey win for Levante, [ 4 ] the governing soundbox of spanish football has not made a decision so far ( as of 2008 ). [ 5 ] Because of the challenge regarding the 1902 rival, the statistics regarding the leading winners are besides disputed. Barcelona have won the Copa 31 times ; Athletic Bilbao are in second gear set, with either 23 or 24 titles, depending on the reservoir. Before the formation of La Liga in 1929, the competition was effectively a national championship. Teams qualified to enter via their regional leagues. Over the years, respective formats, including group stages have been used. Reserve teams of the professional clubs, who compete in lower divisions of the league pyramid, were permitted to take part until 1990. For a issue of years, only teams from the Primera División, Segunda A, about 23 teams from the Segunda B and the 17 Tercera División champions ( or runners-up if the champion was a substitute team ) were invited to enter, giving a sum of 83. Amended rules for the 2019–20 edition led to the numeral of entrants increasing to 125, including winners of the regional divisions at the fifth flush. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] All rounds are single-leg ties with lower division teams hosting the pit and the majority of the top-level clubs entering at the First Round ( four teams taking partially in the Supercopa de España entering in the Third round – concluding 32 ), other than the semi-final stage which is played over two legs. This is another change in the 2019–20 edition, with prior editions involving two legs from the point at which the top tier clubs entered in the Fourth round ( survive 32 ). The concluding is a one-off crippled played at a neutral venue. The winners qualify for both the Supercopa de España and the UEFA Europa League the trace season ; in the by, the runner-up often played in the Supercopa if the winners had besides finished as league champions ( although on some occasions in these circumstances, it was not played and the doubling winners were awarded the victory ), and from the 2019–20 Supercopa de España version onwards, the previous Copa del Rey runner-up automatically qualify in accession to the winners with four teams taking separate in the event. Throughout the history of the rival, there have been 12 actual trophies, which were permanently awarded to clubs for winning the rival either three times in a course or on five separate occasions, and for other extra reasons. thus, five trophies have been permanently awarded to Barcelona, three to Athletic Bilbao and one to Real Madrid ( the last Copa de la República in 1936 ). athletic kept the first gear trophy as inaugural address winners, Sevilla were awarded the Trofeo del Generalísimo after its first edition in 1939 and Atlético Madrid, winners the previous class, were awarded the 11th trophy following the death of Francisco Franco in 1976. On 22 December 2010, at an extraordinary general meet of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Sevilla requested license from the Federation to keep the trophy they had won in the 2010 final examination to commemorate the victory of the spanish national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. [ 8 ] A new trophy was made by Madrid jeweler Federico Alegre. The trophy, made of silver, weighs 15 kilogram ( 33 pound ) and is 75 centimeter ( 30 in ) tall. On 21 April 2011, Real Madrid became the first recipients of the trophy. During the post-game celebrations, the trophy was unintentionally dropped by Real Madrid player Sergio Ramos from the top of a bus busbar, which then ran over it. Ten pieces were found by civil servicemen when they recovered it from the crunch at Plaza de Cibeles. The club received a replicate which is displayed at Santiago Bernabéu. [ 9 ] [ 10 ]

Performances [edit ]

‡ Counting the 1913 winnings by Racing de Irún, which merged with Irún Sporting Club in 1915 to form real Unión.
‡‡ Real Madrid ‘s reserve team. Reserve teams have been banned from this contest from 1990–91 ahead.
‡‡‡ The number of wins Athletic Bilbao have been credited with is disputed. The 1902 adaptation was won by Bizcaya, a team made up of players from Athletic Bilbao and Bilbao FC. In 1903 these two clubs merged as the stream Athletic Bilbao. The 1902 cup is on display in the Athletic museum and the club includes it in its own honors list. [ 11 ] Seasons in italic are runner-up finalists seasons .

peak goalscorers [edit ]

Bold indicates an active actor. [ 12 ]

individual records [edit ]

Broadcasters [edit ]

From the 2019–20 season, the final equal is already included in La Copa broadcasting rights software. [ 25 ] previously, the final match is excluded in selected countries ( other broadcasters ( including Spain ) will receive the Supercopa rights after covering a Copa concluding match ) due to laws and regulations of the tournament broadcasting rights by CNMC in Spain .

Spain [edit ]

Broadcaster Copa del Rey Supercopa Ref
Mediaset 15 matches free All three matches [26]
DAZN 50 matches, from first round to quarter-finals No [27]
Movistar+ No All three matches [28]

International [edit ]

^FRA – from 2020–21 season ( starting from rung of 32 ), exclude 2019–20 Supercopa which previously lone aired on Canal+ Sport and include 2020 Copa final ^HUN – exclude Supercopa for Hungary viewers

^ITA – Supercopa live on Nove, final populate on Eurosport

Notes [edit ]

A. ^ En route to the concluding, Español de Madrid had tied one game and had not completed the other game, which led Athletic Bilbao to file a charge. Faced with this trouble and ineffective to cursorily resolve the case, the Madrid Association decided to award the cup to Athletic as defending champions. B. ^ Playing as Club Ciclista de San Sebastián. C. ^ Playing as Vasconia de San Sebastián. D. ^ A mini-group of three teams was played, with Athletic Bilbao defeating Madrid FC 2–0 a day before their gain over Vasconia, therefore the match between the Basque teams was decisive in deciding the winner, although not a typical concluding ( Vasconia then played Madrid the follow day to complete the group, besides winning 2–0 ). einsteinium. ^ The first concluding, played the day earlier, ended 2–2 after extra time. F. ^ in the first place played as a two-legged final. The first gear couple, played seven days earlier, ended 2–2, and the moment catch, played six days earlier, ended 0–0. G. ^ The beginning final examination, played two days earlier, ended 0–0 after extra fourth dimension. H. ^ The first and second base final ended 1–1 after extra fourth dimension. Both matches were played a month before the second replay. I. ^ substantial Madrid won the punishment shoot-out 4–3. J. ^ Betis won the penalty shoot-out 8–7. K. ^ veridical Sociedad won the penalty shoot-out 4–2. L. ^ Zaragoza won the penalty shoot-out 5–4. M. ^ The peer was suspended by big rain and hail in the 79th minute, and was resumed three days former. N. ^ Barcelona won the penalty shoot-out 5–4 .

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