Copa del Rey 2007/08

Copa del Rey 2007/08
Cup winners	Valencia CF (7th title)
Beginning	August 29, 2007
final	April 16, 2008
Final stadium	Estadio Vicente Calderón , Madrid
Teams	83
Games	112
Gates	293  (ø 2.62 per game)
Top scorer	Thierry Henry ( FC Barcelona ) Joaquín ( FC Valencia ) Juan Mata (FC Valencia) Nikola Žigić (FC Valencia) 4 goals each
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The 2007/08 Copa del Rey will be the 104th edition of the Spanish Football Cup.

The cup competition started on August 29, 2007 and ended on April 16, 2008 with the final in the Estadio Vicente Calderón ( Madrid ).

mode

see Copa del Rey .

The Copa del Rey is played in rounds. In the first three rounds, the game is played in only one game - in the event of a tie, a decision is sought with overtime or, if necessary, penalty shoot-outs. From the round of 32 onwards, the duels will be played back and forth. In the Copa del Rey, the same rules apply as in European club competitions: away goals count more than home goals. The final is played in one game, the winner is sought in the event of a tie through overtime or penalty shoot-out.

Some teams are exempt from certain rounds:

• In the second main round, the teams of the Segunda División join the clubs of Segunda División B and Tercera División .
• In the third main round, these teams play off the opponents of the first division.
• In the round of 32, the teams of the Primera División are added.
• In the Copa del Rey u. a. worked with byes in the first few rounds to get an even number of participants.

The final will take place on April 16 at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in the Spanish capital, Madrid.

Main round

First main round

In the first main round, 36 teams from Segunda División B or Tercera División enter the competition, which have qualified in preliminary rounds. The games were played on August 29, 2007.

	Result		league
FC Universidad Las Palmas	2-0	SS Reyes	Segunda B vs Segunda B
RSD Alcalá	1: 5	Pontevedra CF.	Tercera vs. Segunda B
Caudal Deportivo	0: 1	CD San ​​Isidro	Tercera vs. Segunda B
SD Noja	1: 2	UB Conquense	Tercera vs. Segunda B
FC Barakaldo	1: 1 (4: 2 i.E.)	CD Mirandés	Segunda B vs. Tercera
SD Lemona	1: 2	CF Palencia	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Zalla UC	1: 3	Real Unión	Tercera vs. Segunda B
Burgos CF	2: 1	Haro Deportivo	Segunda B vs. Tercera
Utebo CF	1: 2	CD Valle de Egüés	Tercera vs. Tercera
SD Huesca	1-0	Sestao River Club	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD Dénia	2: 1	CF Reus Deportiu	Segunda B vs. Tercera
SD Eivissa	0: 2	Alicante FC	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Coruxo CF	2: 4	CF Badalona	Tercera vs. Segunda B
Algeciras CF	1-0	Mazarrón CF	Tercera vs. Segunda B
Granada Atlético FC	0: 1	Cartagena FC	Tercera vs. Segunda B
UD Puertollano	2: 1	CD Linares	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Racing Club Portuense	4: 1	Jerez CF	Segunda B vs. Tercera
Lorca Deportiva	2: 3	Real Jaén	Segunda B vs. Segunda B

Second main round

In the second round, the clubs from the Segunda División are added. The games were played on September 4th / September 5th, 2007.

	Result		league
UD Las Palmas	1-0	Real Sociedad	Segunda vs Segunda
FC Universidad Las Palmas	0: 1	Alicante FC	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD Valle de Egüés	1: 2	Burgos CF	Tercera vs. Segunda B
CD Alcoyano	2-0	UB Conquense	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
UD Puertollano	2: 1	CF Badalona	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Pontevedra CF.	1-0	Cartagena FC	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Real Jaén	0: 2	Rayo Vallecano	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD San ​​Isidro	2: 5	Racing Portuense	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Algeciras CF	0: 1	CD Dénia	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
FC Talavera	2: 1	FC Barakaldo	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CE l'Hospitalet	1-0	SD Huesca	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CF Palencia	0: 0 (4: 5 on behalf)	SD Ponferradina	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Real Unión	3-0	CF Badalona	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Granada CF 74	1-0	Sporting Gijón	Segunda vs. Segunda
Albacete Balompié	1-0	CD Castellón	Segunda vs. Segunda
CD Tenerife	1-0	Polideportivo Ejido	Segunda vs. Segunda
Deportivo Xerez	3: 1	Racing de Ferrol	Segunda vs. Segunda
UD Salamanca	1: 2	FC Elche	Segunda vs. Segunda
Cordoba FC	2: 3	Cádiz FC	Segunda vs. Segunda
Deportivo Alavés	1-0	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	Segunda vs. Segunda
Málaga CF	2: 1	Celta Vigo	Segunda vs. Segunda
Hércules Alicante	2-0	CD Numancia	Segunda vs. Segunda

Third main round

In the third main round, the remaining teams play off the opponents of the first division. The games were played on October 10, 2007.

	Result		league
Real Unión	2: 1	CE l'Hospitalet	Segunda B vs Segunda B
Burgos CF	2-0	SD Ponferradina	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD Dénia	3: 1	Racing Portuense	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Pontevedra CF.	2-0	UD Puertollano	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
FC Talavera	0: 2	Alicante FC	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD Alcoyano	1: 1 (5: 3 i.E.)	Rayo Vallecano	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
FC Elche	2: 1	SD Eibar	Segunda vs. Segunda
Cádiz FC	2: 3	Granada CF 74	Segunda vs. Segunda
Albacete Balompié	0: 2	Deportivo Xerez	Segunda vs. Segunda
Hércules Alicante	2: 1	Deportivo Alavés	Segunda vs. Segunda
CD Tenerife	1: 2	Málaga CF	Segunda vs. Segunda

Round of the last 32

In this round, the teams from the Primera División are added.

The first legs were played on November 13, 2007 and the second legs on January 2, 2008.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Deportivo Xerez	1: 2	Recreativo Huelva	0: 1	1: 1
UD Las Palmas	3: 6	Villarreal CF	2: 4	1: 2
CD Dénia	4: 5	Sevilla FC	1: 1	3: 4
CD Alcoyano	2: 5	FC Barcelona	0: 3	2: 2
Pontevedra CF.	2: 3	Real Zaragoza	1-0	1: 3
Málaga CF	0: 2	Racing Santander	0-0	0: 2
Granada CF 74	2: 3	Atlético Madrid	1: 2	1: 1
Real Valladolid	4: 3	Real Murcia	1: 1	3: 2
FC Elche	1: 4	Betis Seville	1: 1	0: 3
Real Unión	1: 5	Valencia CF	1: 2	0: 3
Burgos CF	1: 5	Getafe CF.	0: 1	1: 4
Levante UD	3: 2	UD Almería	2: 1	1: 1
Hércules Alicante	2: 4	Athletic Bilbao	2: 2	0: 2
Espanyol Barcelona	3: 2	Deportivo La Coruña	1: 1	2: 1
CA Osasuna	2: 4	RCD Mallorca	2-0	0: 4
Alicante FC	2: 3	real Madrid	1: 1	1: 2

Round of 16

The first legs were played on January 9, 2008 and the second legs on January 16, 2008.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Recreativo Huelva	1: 2	Villarreal CF	1-0	0: 2
Sevilla FC	(a)1: 1 ( a )	FC Barcelona	1: 1	0-0
Betis Seville	2: 4	Valencia CF	1: 2	1: 2
Atlético Madrid	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Real Valladolid	0-0	1: 1
Getafe CF.	4-0	Levante UD	3-0	1-0
RCD Mallorca	3: 1	real Madrid	2: 1	1-0
Real Zaragoza	3: 5	Racing Santander	1: 1	2: 4
Athletic Bilbao	2: 2 (4: 3 on account)	Espanyol Barcelona	1: 1	1: 1

Quarter finals

The first legs were played on January 23, 2008 and the second legs on January 30, 2008.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Villarreal CF	0: 1	FC Barcelona	0-0	0: 1
Valencia CF	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Atlético Madrid	1-0	2: 3
Getafe CF.	( a ) 2: 2(a)	RCD Mallorca	1-0	1: 2
Racing Santander	5: 3	Athletic Bilbao	2-0	3: 3

Semifinals

The first legs of the semi-finals were on 27./28. February 2008r and the second legs on 19./20. March 2008.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Barcelona	3: 4	Valencia CF	1: 1	2: 3
Getafe CF.	4: 1	Racing Santander	3: 1	1: 1

final

Valencia CF		Getafe CF.
	April 16, 2008 in Madrid ( Estadio Vicente Calderón ) Result: 3: 1 (2: 1) Spectators: 55,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
	Timo Hildebrand - Miguel , Raúl Albiol (57th Marco Caneira ), Alexis , Emiliano Moretti (67th Edu ) - David Silva , Rubén Baraja , Carlos Marchena , Juan Mata - Javier Arizmendi , David Villa (74th Fernando Morientes ) Trainer: Ronald Koeman ( Netherlands )	Óscar Ustari - David Cortés , Manuel Tena (76th Braulio Nóbrega ), Cata Díaz , Lucas Licht - Cosmin Contra (55th Pablo Hernández ), Javier Casquero (64th Fabio Celestini ), Rubén de la Red , Esteban Granero - Juan Albín , Manuel del Moral Coach: Michael Laudrup ( Denmark )
	1-0 Juan Mata (4th) 2-0 Alexis (11th) 3-1 Fernando Morientes (84th)	2: 1 Esteban Granero (45th, penalty)
	Miguel (22nd), Alexis Ruano Delgado (38th), Juan Mata (45th), Carlos Marchena (67th)	Lucas Matías Licht (31st), Esteban Granero (32nd), Francisco Javier Casquero (42nd), Daniel Alberto Díaz (82nd)
		Fabio Celestini (89th)

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