Copa del Rey 2008/09

Copa del Rey 2008/09
Cup winners	FC Barcelona (25th title)
Beginning	August 25, 2008
final	May 13, 2009
Final stadium	Estadio Mestalla , Valencia
Teams	83
Games	112
Gates	282  (ø 2.52 per game)
Top scorer	Luís Fabiano ( Sevilla FC ) Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 6 goals each
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The Copa del Rey 2008/2009 was the 105th edition of the Spanish Football Cup.

The cup competition started on August 25, 2008 and ended with the final on May 13, 2009 in the Mestalla Stadium ( Valencia ).

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. The same rules apply to the Copa del Rey as to UEFA competitions (away goals rule). 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 joined the clubs of Segunda División B and Tercera División .
• In the third main round, these teams played off the opponents of the first division.
• In the round of 32, the teams of the Primera División were added.
• In the Copa del Rey u. a. worked with byes in the first few rounds to get an even number of participants.

Main round

First main round

In the first main round, 36 teams from Segunda División B and Tercera División entered the competition, which had qualified in preliminary rounds .

The games were played between August 25 and 27, 2008.

	Result		league
Real Oviedo	2-0	FC Pontevedra	Tercera vs Segunda B
SD Ponferradina	1-0	Racing Ferrol	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD San ​​Fernando	0: 3	Polideportivo Ejido	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
UB Conquense	3: 2	Cádiz FC	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD Izarra	0: 1	FC Gavà	Tercera vs. Segunda B
Universidad de Las Palmas CF.	1-0	CD Ciempozuelos	Segunda B vs. Tercera
Orihuela CF	2-0	CD Atlético Baleares	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD Linares	1: 2	Écija Balompié	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
SD Ciudad de Santiago	0: 1	Club Portugalete	Segunda B vs. Tercera
UD Melilla	2: 1	AD Ceuta	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD Toledo	3: 1	Granada CF.	Tercera vs. Segunda B
FC Barakaldo	2-0	Gimnástica de Torrelavega	Segunda B vs. Tercera
CD Roquetas	1-0	CD Ciudad de Lorquí	Tercera vs. Segunda B
SD Ejea	1: 3	UD Alzira	Tercera vs. Segunda B
CD Alfaro	1-0	Águilas CF	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Atlético Granadilla	0: 1	CD Don Benito	Tercera vs. Tercera
CD Lugo	0: 3	Real Unión Irún	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
UE Sant Andreu	2: 1	CD Mirandés	Segunda B vs. Tercera

Byes: UD Fuerteventura , FC Zamora , FC Granada 74 , SD Lemona , CD Benidorm , UD Mérida

Second main round

In the second round, the clubs from the Segunda División were added.

The games were played on September 3rd, 4th and 11th, 2008.

	Result		league
Real Oviedo	2: 3	SD Ponferradina	Tercera vs Segunda B
Polideportivo Ejido	2-0	UB Conquense	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
FC Gavà	1: 3	Universidad de Las Palmas CF.	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Orihuela CF	1-0	UD Fuerteventura	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Écija Balompié	0: 1	Club Portugalete	Segunda B vs. Tercera
UD Melilla	5: 2	UD Mérida	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD Toledo	1-0	FC Zamora	Tercera vs. Segunda B
FC Barakaldo	1-0	CD Roquetas	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
UD Alzira	0: 0 (1: 4 p. E.)	Granada CF 74	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD Alfaro	1: 2	CD Don Benito	Segunda B vs. Tercera
Real Unión Irún	2: 1	UE Sant Andreu	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
CD Benidorm	4: 2	SD Lemona	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Hércules Alicante	2: 1	Levante UD	Segunda vs. Segunda
CD Castellón	1-0	SD Eibar	Segunda vs. Segunda
FC Elche	2-0	Deportivo Alavés	Segunda vs. Segunda
Gimnàstic de Tarragona	0: 2	FC Girona	Segunda vs. Segunda
SD Huesca	1: 3	Rayo Vallecano	Segunda vs. Segunda
UD Salamanca	2: 1	UD Las Palmas	Segunda vs. Segunda
Real Sociedad	1-0	Real Zaragoza	Segunda vs. Segunda
Alicante FC	0: 1	Celta Vigo	Segunda vs. Segunda
Deportivo Xerez	1: 1 (1: 3 i.E.)	Real Murcia	Segunda vs. Segunda
CD Tenerife	2: 1	Cordoba FC	Segunda vs. Segunda

BYE: Albacete Balompié

Third main round

In the third main round, the remaining teams played off the opponents of the first division on October 8 and 9, 2008.

	Result		league
Celta Vigo	2-0	Real Sociedad	Segunda vs Segunda
Granada CF 74	0: 2	CD Benidorm	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
FC Elche	1: 1 (4: 3 i.E.)	CD Tenerife	Segunda vs. Segunda
UD Salamanca	0: 1 a.d.	CD Castellón	Segunda vs. Segunda
SD Ponferradina	1: 1 (4: 2 i.E.)	Universidad de Las Palmas CF.	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Club Portugalete	2-0	CD Don Benito	Tercera vs. Tercera
Real Unión Irún	2: 1	FC Barakaldo	Segunda B vs. Segunda B
Orihuela CF	3: 1	CD Toledo	Segunda B vs. Tercera
Rayo Vallecano	2: 1	Albacete Balompié	Segunda vs. Segunda
Hércules Alicante	1-0	FC Girona	Segunda vs. Segunda
UD Melilla	2: 3	Polideportivo Ejido	Segunda B vs. Segunda B

BYE: Real Murcia

Round of the last 32

In this round, the teams from the Primera División were added. The first leg took place on October 29, the second leg on November 12, 2008. The away goal rule applies .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Polideportivo Ejido	6: 1	Villarreal CF	5-0	1: 1
Real Unión Irún	6: 6	real Madrid	3: 2	3: 4
CD Benidorm	0: 2	FC Barcelona	0: 1	0: 1
Orihuela CF	0: 1	Atlético Madrid	0: 1	0-0
Club Portugalete	1: 7	Valencia CF	1: 4	0: 3
SD Ponferradina	1: 4	Sevilla FC	1-0	0: 4
FC Elche	0: 4	Deportivo La Coruña	0: 2	0: 2
Real Murcia	2: 3	Racing Santander	2: 1	0: 2
Celta Vigo	1: 4	Espanyol Barcelona	2: 2	0: 3
Rayo Vallecano	1: 5	UD Almería	1: 2	0: 3
Hércules Alicante	3: 7	Real Valladolid	1: 5	2: 2
CD Castellón	0: 4	Betis Seville	0: 2	0: 2
Athletic Bilbao	3: 2	Recreativo Huelva	2-0	1: 2
Getafe CF.	0: 1	CA Osasuna	0-0	0: 1
CD Numancia	0: 3	Sporting Gijón	0: 1	0: 2
Málaga CF	1: 3	RCD Mallorca	1: 1	0: 2

Round of 16

The first leg took place on January 7, 2009 and the second leg on January 14, 2009 .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Polideportivo Ejido	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Espanyol Barcelona	3: 2	0: 1
Atlético Madrid	2: 5	FC Barcelona	1: 3	1: 2
RCD Mallorca	4: 2	UD Almería	3: 1	1: 1
Real Unión Irún	0: 2	Betis Seville	0: 1	0: 1
Racing Santander	2: 4	Valencia CF	1: 1	1: 3
Sevilla FC	5: 1	Deportivo La Coruña	2: 1	3-0
CA Osasuna	1: 3	Athletic Bilbao	1: 1	0: 2
Sporting Gijón	4: 3	Real Valladolid	3: 1	1: 2

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on January 21 and 22, 2009 , the second legs on January 28 and 29, 2009 .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Espanyol Barcelona	2: 3	FC Barcelona	0-0	2: 3
RCD Mallorca	1-0	Betis Seville	1-0	0-0
Valencia CF	(a)4: 4 ( a )	Sevilla FC	3: 2	1: 2
Athletic Bilbao	2: 1	Sporting Gijón	0-0	2: 1

Semifinals

The first legs took place on February 4 and 5, 2009 , the second legs on March 4, 2009 .

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Barcelona	3: 1	RCD Mallorca	2-0	1: 1
Sevilla FC	2: 4	Athletic Bilbao	2: 1	0: 3

final

FC Barcelona		Athletic Bilbao
	May 13, 2009 in Valencia ( Estadio Mestalla ) Result: 4: 1 (1: 1) Spectators: 50,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo ( Spain )
	José Manuel Pinto - Dani Alves , Gerard Piqué , Carles Puyol - Yaya Touré (88th Sylvinho ), Seydou Keita , Sergio Busquets , Xavi (87th Pedro ) - Samuel Eto'o , Lionel Messi , Bojan Krkić (83rd Aljaksandr Hleb ) Coach: Pep Guardiola	Gorka Iraizoz - Andoni Iraola , Fernando Amorebieta , Aitor Ocio , Koikili - Pablo Orbaiz (61st Ion Vélez ), Javi Martínez , David López (56th Markel Susaeta ), Francisco Yeste - Gaizka Toquero (61st Joseba Etxeberria ), Fernando Llorente coach : Joaquín Caparrós
	1: 1 Yaya Touré (32nd) 2: 1 Lionel Messi (54th) 3: 1 Bojan Krkić (57th) 4: 1 Xavi (64th)	0: 1 Gaizka Toquero (9th)
	Yaya Touré (22nd), Seydou Keita (50th), Lionel Messi (50th)	David López Moreno (30.), Koikili (35.)

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