Copa del Generalísimo 1967/68

Copa del Generalísimo 1967/68

Cup winners	CF Barcelona (16th title)
Beginning	October 1, 1967
final	July 11, 1968
Final stadium	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu , Madrid
Teams	48
Games	100
Gates	294 (ø 2.94 per game)
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The Copa del Generalísimo 1967/68 was the 64th edition of the Spanish soccer cup competition , which takes place today under the name Copa del Rey .

The competition started on October 1, 1967 and ended with the final on July 11, 1968 in the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid . Defender of the Cup competition was FC Valencia . CF Barcelona won the title by beating arch rivals Real Madrid 1-0 in the final . This qualified the Catalans for the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1968/69 .

Preliminary round

The first legs were played on October 1, the second legs on October 22, 1967.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Alcoyano	2-0	FC Burgos	2-0	0-0
Atlético Ceuta	2: 4	Real Santander	1: 2	1: 2
CD Badajoz	4: 3	Real Murcia	4: 2	0: 1
Cádiz FC	2: 5	Real Gijón	2: 1	0: 4
Calvo Sotelo CF.	3-0	Club Ferrol	1-0	2-0
CD Castellón	3: 2	CA Osasuna	3: 1	0: 1
Celta Vigo	4-0	RCD Mallorca	3-0	1-0
CD Constancia	02:10	Real Valladolid	2: 2	0: 8
Deportivo La Coruña	2: 4	Hércules Alicante	1: 3	1: 1
CD Europe	4: 4	Real Jaén	4-0	0: 4
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	2: 2	CD Mestalla	0: 1	2: 1
Granada CF.	4: 4	UP Langreo	2: 2	2: 2
Xerez CD	3: 3	UD Lérida	3-0	0: 3
Levant UD	2: 5	FC Badalona	2: 1	0: 4
Real Oviedo	4: 4	Recreativo Huelva	3: 2	1: 2
Rayo Vallecano	3: 2	CD Tenerife	3: 1	0: 1

Playoffs

The games were played on December 8, 12, 14 and 21, 1967 and on March 19, 1968.

	Result
CD Europe	1-0	Real Jaén
Xerez CD	2: 1	UD Lérida
Granada CF.	0: 1	UP Langreo
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	3: 2	CD Mestalla
Real Oviedo	¹1: 1 ¹	Recreativo Huelva

¹The score was 1: 1 after regular time and a 30-minute extra time. Then it was decided four times to continue the game for ten minutes each time. When, after 160 minutes of play, there was still no winner, a regulation of the football association was applied, according to which the team with the most corner kicks could be declared the winner. Recreativo Huelva took nine corners during the game, while Real Oviedo only took eight. As a result, Huelva advanced to the next round.

Round of the last 32

The first leg was played on May 12, the second leg on May 19, 1968.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Bilbao	5: 1	CD Alcoyano	1-0	4: 1
CD Badajoz	2: 5	Moose CF	0: 1	2: 4
FC Badalona	3: 3	Betis Seville	2: 3	1-0
CF Barcelona	5: 2	Real Gijón	5-0	0: 2
Celta Vigo	3: 1	Cordoba FC	1: 1	2-0
Hércules Alicante	2: 4	RCD Español	0-0	2: 4
Xerez CD	2: 3	CD Sabadell	2-0	0: 3
UP Langreo	02:10	UD Las Palmas	1: 4	1: 6
real Madrid	3-0	Calvo Sotelo CF.	2-0	1-0
CD Málaga	2-0	CD Castellón	1-0	1-0
Recreativo Huelva	2: 3	Pontevedra CF.	2-0	0: 3
Real Santander	1: 4	Real Sociedad	0: 1	1: 3
Sevilla FC	7: 4	Rayo Vallecano	7: 3	0: 1
Valencia CF	6-0	Gimnástica de Torrelavega	5-0	1-0
Real Valladolid	3: 6	Atlético Madrid	0: 3	3: 3
Real Zaragoza	4-0	CD Europe	3-0	1-0

Playoffs

The game was played in Madrid on May 21st .

	Result
FC Badalona	1: 3	Betis Seville

Round of 16

The first leg was played on May 26, the second leg on June 2, 1968.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Bilbao	6: 2	UD Las Palmas	6-0	0: 2
Betis Seville	1: 2	Atlético Madrid	0-0	1: 2
Moose CF	2-0	CD Málaga	1-0	1-0
RCD Español	1: 2	Valencia CF	1-0	0: 2
Pontevedra CF.	1: 2	Celta Vigo	0-0	1: 2
real Madrid	5: 3	Sevilla FC	1-0	4: 3
Real Sociedad	1: 8	CF Barcelona	0: 2	1: 6
CD Sabadell	1: 5	Real Zaragoza	0-0	1: 5

Quarter finals

The first legs were played on June 9, the second legs on June 16, 1968.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Madrid	4: 2	Valencia CF	1-0	3: 2
CF Barcelona	3: 1	Atlético Bilbao	3: 1	0-0
Moose CF	3: 3	Celta Vigo	3-0	0: 3
Real Zaragoza	3: 4	real Madrid	3: 2	0: 2

Playoffs

The game was played in Madrid on June 18th .

	Result
Moose CF	1: 2	Celta Vigo

Semifinals

The first legs were played on June 23, the second legs on June 28, 1968.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Madrid	2: 3	CF Barcelona	1-0	1: 3
Celta Vigo	3: 5	real Madrid	3: 2	0: 3

final

The direction of the final game by referee Antonio Rigo turned out to be very controversial. The Spaniard had already led the semi-final second leg of the Cup between Atlético Madrid and CF Barcelona and caused indignation among the Madrid appendix with his decisions. Also during the final game, Rigo drew the ire of the Madrid fans through various decisions, who then chanted screams and threw numerous bottles and other objects onto the field. For this reason, the game was then referred to as "la final de las botellas" (Eng. "Final of the bottles").

CF Barcelona

real Madrid