1980–81 Copa del Rey

1980–81 Copa del Rey
77th Copa del Rey
Country Spain
Dates 10 September 1980 – 18 June 1981
Teams 138
Champions FC Barcelona
Runners-up Sporting de Gijón
Matches played 273
Goals scored 781 (2.86 per match)

The 1980–81 Copa del Rey was the 79th staging of the Spanish Cup, the annual domestic cup competition in the Spanish football. The tournament was attended by 138 teams from the main categories of Spaniard football.

The tournament began on 10 September 1980 and ended on 18 June 1981 with the final, held in Vicente Calderón Stadium, in Madrid, in which the FC Barcelona was crowned for the nineteenth time in their history, after beating Sporting de Gijón by a score of 1-3.

The defending champions, Real Madrid CF, was defeated 4-3 (on the aggregate score) by Sporting de Gijón on their way to reach their first final.

Format

Schedule
Round Fixture Clubs Gain Entry
1st Round 66 138 → 72 All Clubs participating gain entry
2nd Round 35 72 → 37 FC Barcelona, Castilla CF, Sporting de Gijón, Valencia CF (*)
3rd Round 18 37 → 19 Real Sociedad (*)
4th Round 3 19 → 16
Round of 16 8 16 → 8 Real Madrid CF (*)
Quarter-Finals 4 8 → 4
Semi-Finals 2 4 → 2
Final 1 2 → 1

Teams
Division No. Clubs
1ª División 18
2ª División 20
2ª División B 28
3ª División 72
Total Teams 138

  • All rounds are played over two legs except the final which is played a single match in a neutral venue. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round.
  • In case of a tie on aggregate, will play an extra time of 30 minutes, and if still tied, will be decided with a penalty shoot-outs.
  • The teams that play European competitions are exempt until the round of 16 or when they are removed from the tournament.
  • The winners of the competition will earn a place in the group stage of next season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, if they have not already qualified for European competition, if so then the runners-up will instead take this berth.

(*) Teams playing European competition.

1st Round

2nd Round

3rd Round

4th Round

Bracket

  Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                         
 Levante UD 0 0 0  
 Sporting de Gijón 2 3 5  
   Sporting de Gijón 1 3 4  
   Real Madrid CF 1 2 3  
 Recreativo de Huelva 1 1 2
 Real Madrid CF 1 4 5  
   Sporting de Gijón 2 0 2  
   Sevilla FC 0 0 0  
 Sevilla FC 2 1 3  
 Real Sociedad 1 1 2  
   Sevilla FC 1 3 4
   Burgos CF 1 0 1  
 UE Figueres 1 0 1
 Burgos CF 1 2 3  
   Sporting de Gijón 1
   FC Barcelona 3
 Rayo Vallecano 3 0 3  
 Atlético de Madrid 0 2 2  
   Rayo Vallecano 0 0 1
   FC Barcelona 3 3 6  
 Castilla CF 3 1 4
 FC Barcelona 5 4 9  
   FC Barcelona 2 2 4
   Athletic Bilbao 0 1 1  
 UD Salamanca 1 1 2  
 Granada CF 0 0 0  
   UD Salamanca 2 0 2
   Athletic Bilbao 1 2 3  
 Athletic Bilbao 3 3 6
 Deportivo Alavés 1 3 4  

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Levante 0–5 Sporting de Gijón 0-2 0-3
Recreativo de Huelva 2–5 Real Madrid 1-1 1-4
Sevilla 3–2 (aet) Real Sociedad 2-1 1-1
Figueras 1–3 (aet) Burgos 1-1 0-2
Rayo Vallecano 3–2 Atlético de Madrid 3-0 0-2
Castilla 4–9 Barcelona 3-5 1-4
Salamanca 2–0 Granada 1-0 1-0
Athletic Bilbao 6–4 Alavés 3-1 3-3

First Leg

Second Leg

Quarter-Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting de Gijón 4–3 Real Madrid 1-1 3-2
Sevilla 4–1 Burgos 4-1 0-0
Rayo Vallecano 1–6 Barcelona 0-3 1-3
Salamanca 2–3 (aet) Athletic Bilbao 2-1 0-2

First Leg

Second Leg

Semi-Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting de Gijón 2–0 Sevilla 2-0 0-0
Barcelona 4–1 Athletic Bilbao 2-0 2-1

First Leg

Second Leg

Final

18 June 1981
21:00 CET
Sporting de Gijón 1 – 3 [2] FC Barcelona
Maceda  50' Report
(Spanish)
Quini  44'  58'
Esteban  66'
Madrid
Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Soriano Aladrén Castile and León
Copa del Rey
1980–81 Winners
FC Barcelona
19th title

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