Copa del Rey 2014/15

Copa del Rey 2014/15

Cup winners	FC Barcelona (27th title)
Beginning	3rd September 2014
final	May 30, 2015
Final stadium	Camp Nou , Barcelona
Teams	83
Games	112
Gates	307 (ø 2.74 per game)
Top scorer	Brazil Neymar and Iago Aspas (7 goals each) Spain
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The 2014/15 Copa del Rey was the 111th edition of the Spanish Football Cup.

The competition started in August 2014 and ended with the final on May 30, 2015. The defending champion of the cup competition was Real Madrid . The cup winner receives a direct starting place for the group stage of the Europa League 2015/16 .

Participating teams

Primera División 20 clubs of the 2013/14 season	Segunda División 20 clubs of the 2013/14 season ¹	Segunda División B 25 clubs that were placed in the top five in the four groups in the 2013/14 season and the five following teams with the most points²	Tercera División the 18 champions of the Tercera División 2013/14³
Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona real Madrid Athletic Bilbao Sevilla FC Villarreal CF Real Sociedad Valencia CF Celta Vigo Levant UD Málaga CF Rayo Vallecano Getafe CF. Espanyol Barcelona Granada CF. FC Elche UD Almería CA Osasuna Real Valladolid Betis Seville	SD Eibar Deportivo La Coruña Real Murcia Sporting Gijón UD Las Palmas Cordoba FC Recreativo Huelva AD Alcorcón CE Sabadell CD Tenerife CD Lugo CD Numancia Real Zaragoza FC Girona SD Ponferradina RCD Mallorca Deportivo Alavés CD Mirandés Real Jaén Hércules Alicante	Group 1 Racing de Ferrol Real Avilés CD Guijuelo Real Oviedo Club Marino de Luanco ^§ Zamora CF ^‡ Group 2 Sestao River Club CD Leganés CD Toledo CF Fuenlabrada ^† SD Huesca ^† FC Barakaldo ^‡ SD Amorebieta ^‡ Group 3 UE Llagostera CE l'Hospitalet Club Lleida Esportiu Gimnàstic de Tarragona CD Atlético Baleares CD Alcoyano ^‡ Group 4 Albacete Balompié La Hoya Lorca CF Cartagena FC Cádiz FC CD Guadalajara Real Linense ^‡	Group 1 UD Somozas Group 2 CD Lealtad Group 3 Gimnástica de Torrelavega Group 4 SD Leioa Group 5 UE Cornellà Group 6 CD Eldense Group 7 CF Trival Valderas Alcorcón Group 8 Atlético Astorga ^† Group 9 UD Marbella Group 10 CD San Roque de Lepe ^† Group 11 SCR Peña Deportiva ^† Group 12 Atlético Granadilla Group 13 UCAM Murcia CF. Group 14 CF Villanovense Group 15 CD Izarra Group 16 CD Varea Group 17 CD Teruel ^† Group 18 CD Puertollano

¹ FC Barcelona B and Real Madrid Castilla as B-teams not eligible to participate
² excluding B-teams
³ a B-team becomes champion, the best-placed A-team in the respective league is automatically moved according to
^§ Club Marino de Luanco receives eligibility to participate after racing Santander were banned from this year's edition of the competition because their players boycotted the quarter-final second leg against Real Sociedad for outstanding wages.
^{† moved up} for a B team
^‡ qualified as best on points

mode

The tournament will be played in a knockout system . 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. For qualifying for the Copa del Rey, the preseason is decisive, for the draws the league affiliation of the current season is decisive. Junior and reserve teams from clubs that are also eligible to play in the Copa del Rey are not permitted.

Some teams are exempt from certain rounds:

In the first main round, the teams of the Tercera División and the Segunda División B.
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, byes are used in the first few rounds to get an even number of participants.

First main round

For the first main round of the competition, 36 teams who play in the Segunda División B and the Tercera División in the 2013/14 season were qualified. The draw took place on July 31, 2014, like all other draws, in the Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas de Madrid . 18 pairings were drawn and seven byes were awarded. The pairings for the second main round were also determined.

The games were played on September 3, 2014.

	Result
Racing de Ferrol	5: 1	Atlético Astorga
UD Somozas	3-0	CD Varea
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	1: 2	CD Lealtad
Real Avilés	0: 0 a.d. (4: 2 in good condition)	Club Marino de Luanco
FC Barakaldo	3-0	CF Trival Valderas Alcorcón
SD Leioa	1-0	Sestao River Club
CD Izarra	1-0	Atlético Granadilla
CD Puertollano	0: 3	CD Teruel
SD Huesca	2: 1 a.d.	CD Toledo
Gimnàstic de Tarragona	0: 0 n.v. (5: 3 in good condition)	CD Atlético Baleares
CD Alcoyano	1: 1 a.d. (9: 8 i.E.)	SCR Peña Deportiva
Hércules Alicante	2: 2 n.v. (3: 4 in good condition)	CD Eldense
CD San Roque de Lepe	0: 3	Cádiz FC
UD Marbella	0: 1	Real Linense
Cartagena FC	0: 1	UCAM Murcia CF.
La Hoya Lorca CF	2: 2 n.v. (1: 3 in good condition)	CF Villanovense
Real Oviedo	4-0	SD Amorebieta
UE Cornellà	0: 0 n.v. (4: 3 in good condition)	Real Jaén

Byes: CE l'Hospitalet , CD Guadalajara , CF Fuenlabrada , Zamora CF , Club Lleida Esportiu , CD Mirandés , CD Guijuelo

Second main round

In the second main round, the teams from the Segunda División joined the competition.

The games were played between September 9 and 11, 2014.

	Result
CD Mirandés	4: 1	Racing de Ferrol
CD Guijuelo	0: 1	CE l'Hospitalet
Club Lleida Esportiu	3-0	CD Guadalajara
CD Alcoyano	1-0	Gimnàstic de Tarragona
CF Villanovense	2: 2 n.v. (3: 4 in good condition)	SD Huesca
SD Leioa	2-0	CD Teruel
Cádiz FC	2: 1	CD Lealtad
Real Linense	4: 1	CF Fuenlabrada
CD Izarra	3: 1 a.d.	UD Somozas
Real Avilés	0: 1	FC Barakaldo
UE Cornellà	3: 2	Zamora CF
UCAM Murcia CF.	1: 1 n.V. (3: 2 in good.)	CD Eldense
Sporting Gijón	1: 3	Real Valladolid
Betis Seville	2-0	UE Llagostera
Recreativo Huelva	2: 1	SD Ponferradina
Deportivo Alavés	2: 0 a.d.	CA Osasuna
FC Girona	0: 0 a.d. (6: 5 in good condition)	CD Tenerife
RCD Mallorca	0: 2	UD Las Palmas
Real Murcia	1: 2	CE Sabadell
CD Lugo	1-0	AD Alcorcón
Albacete Balompié	1-0	Real Zaragoza
CD Leganés	1: 1 n.V. (1: 4 i.E.)	CD Numancia

BYE: Real Oviedo

Third main round

The draw took place on September 22, 2014. The games will be played between October 14th and 16th, 2014.

	Result
CE l'Hospitalet	3: 2	CD Izarra
UE Cornellà	2: 1	SD Leioa
Real Linense	1: 2	Cádiz FC
CD Alcoyano	1-0	Club Lleida Esportiu
Real Oviedo	1: 0 a.d.	UCAM Murcia CF.
SD Huesca	2: 1 a.d.	FC Barakaldo
Real Valladolid	2-0	FC Girona
UD Las Palmas	2-0	CD Numancia
Albacete Balompié	2: 1	Recreativo Huelva
Betis Seville	0: 0 n.v. (5: 4 in good condition)	CD Lugo
CD Mirandés	0: 1	Deportivo Alavés

BYE: CE Sabadell

Round of the last 32

In the round of the last 32, the eleven winners from the games of the third main round and a team that received a bye, the teams from the Primera División . The draw will take place in October 2014 with five pots.

Pot 1 (Segunda Division B)	Pot 2 (Champions League)	Pot 3 (Europa League)	Special pot 1 (Segunda División)	Special pot 2 (Primera División)
CD Alcoyano FC Cádiz UE Cornellà CE l'Hospitalet SD Huesca Real Oviedo CE Sabadell	Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao	Sevilla FC Villarreal CF Real Sociedad	Deportivo Alavés Albacete Balompié Betis Sevilla UD Las Palmas Real Valladolid	UD Almería Celta Vigo CF Córdoba Deportivo La Coruña SD Eibar Elche CF Espanyol Barcelona Getafe CF Granada UD Levante CF Rayo Vallecano CF Valencia

First, an opponent from Pot 2 was drawn to the teams in Pot 1, the remaining teams from Pot 1 then an opponent from Pot 3. Then an opponent from Special Pot 2 was drawn to the teams from Special Pot 1 and then the pairings from the other clubs were drawn Primera División determined.

The first legs were played on October 29 and December 3, the second legs between December 3 and 17, 2014.

	total		First leg	Return leg
SD Huesca	1:12	FC Barcelona	0: 4	1: 8
UE Cornellà	1: 9	real Madrid	1: 4	0: 5
CE l'Hospitalet	2: 5	Atlético Madrid	0: 3	2: 2
CD Alcoyano	1: 2	Athletic Bilbao	1: 1	0: 1
Cádiz FC	1: 5	Villarreal CF	1: 2	0: 3
Real Oviedo	0: 2	Real Sociedad	0-0	0: 2
CE Sabadell	2:11	Sevilla FC	1: 6	1: 5
Deportivo Alavés	0: 3	Espanyol Barcelona	0: 2	0: 1
Albacete Balompié	(a)1: 1 ( a )	Levant UD	1: 1	0-0
UD Las Palmas	3: 4	Celta Vigo	2: 1	1: 3
Betis Seville	4: 6	UD Almería	3: 4	1: 2
Real Valladolid	0: 1	FC Elche	0-0	0: 1
Rayo Vallecano	5: 6	Valencia CF	1: 2	4: 4
Getafe CF.	5: 1	SD Eibar	3-0	2: 1
Granada CF.	2: 1	Cordoba FC	1-0	1: 1
Deportivo La Coruña	2: 5	Málaga CF	1: 1	1: 4

Round of 16

The first legs were played between January 7 and 9, the second legs between January 14 and 16, 2015.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Valencia CF	2: 3	Espanyol Barcelona	2: 1	0: 2
FC Barcelona	9-0	FC Elche	5-0	4-0
Atlético Madrid	4: 2	real Madrid	2-0	2: 2
Celta Vigo	(a)4: 4 ( a )	Athletic Bilbao	2: 4	2-0
Málaga CF	4: 3	Levant UD	2-0	2: 3
Granada CF.	1: 6	Sevilla FC	1: 2	0: 4
Villarreal CF	3: 2	Real Sociedad	1-0	2: 2
UD Almería	1: 2	Getafe CF.	1: 1	0: 1

Quarter finals

The first legs were played between January 21 and 23, the second legs between January 28 and 30, 2015.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Villarreal CF	2-0	Getafe CF.	1-0	1-0
Málaga CF	0: 1	Athletic Bilbao	0-0	0: 1
Espanyol Barcelona	3: 2	Sevilla FC	3: 1	0: 1
FC Barcelona	4: 2	Atlético Madrid	1-0	3: 2