COPA DEL REY 1977
With the arrival of the Monarchy, the tournement takes again its former name of Copa del Rey (King's Cup)
Played by 113 teams:
- all 18 teams of First Division.
- all 20 teams of Second Division.
- 75 (out of 80) of Third Division.
All teams starting at the First Round, except those playing European competition, which get a bye until
they are eliminated of the European Cups, or the Round of 16.
FIRST ROUND
Played by 13 of First Division,20 teams of Second Division and 75 teams of Third Division in order to qualify 54 teams.
Only 1 team of First Division was eliminated: Racing Santander (against Linares CF 2-2,2-2 pp)
Bye: Real Madrid (E1), Atlético Madrid (E2), Barcelona, Español and Athletic Bilbao (E3)
SECOND ROUND
Played by the 54 winners of the First Round in order to qualify 27 teams.
Only 1 team of First Division was eliminated: Burgos CF (against UD Lérida 1-1, 1-1 pp)
Bye: Real Madrid (E1), Atlético Madrid (E2), Barcelona, Español and Athletic Bilbao (E3)
THIRD ROUND
February 23rd and March 9th
Alavés (Vitoria) - Real Sociedad 0-1, 0-1
Cádiz - Las Palmas 2-1, 0-3
Celta (Vigo) - CD Getafe 2-0, 0-0 (1)
Deportivo Coruña - R Betis (Sevilla) 1-2, 0-4 (1)
AD Ceuta - Salamanca* 1-0, 1-2 pp
Córdoba - Calvo Sotelo (Puertollano) 0-0, 1-0
Gerona - Elche 0-0, 1-2 (2)
Sporting Gijón - Español (Barcelona) 0-0, 2-3
Hércules (Alicante) - Real Madrid 3-0, 0-2
Recreativo Huelva - Calahorra 3-0, 1-2 (3)
Lérida - Granada 2-0, 0-3
Rayo Vallecano - Real Valladolid 1-2, 0-1
Sevilla* - Pontevedra 0-0, 1-1 pp
Valencia - CD Málaga 3-0, 0-0
(1) First leg, February 24th
(2) Second leg, March 16th
(3) February 24th and March 10th
Bye: Atlético Madrid (E2), Barcelona (E3), Athletic Bilbao (E3) and R Zaragoza (draw)
FOURTH ROUND
March 17th and 26th
Córdoba CF - Celta (Vigo) 1-0, 0-3 (4)
R Zaragoza - Granada 1-0, 1-1
(4) March 23rd and April 16th
Bye: Atlético Madrid (E2), Barcelona (E3), Athletic Bilbao (E3) and 9 teams more (draw)
ROUND OF 16
April 27th and May 12th
Celta (Vigo) - Barcelona 1-1, 2-1 (5)
Elche - Athletic Bilbao 1-0, 0-4
Recreativo Huelva - Salamanca 0-1, 0-1
Real Sociedad - Español (Barcelona) 2-2, 0-3
Sevilla - Atlético Madrid 2-0, 0-1
Valencia - Hércules (Alicante) 1-0, 0-2
Real Valladolid - R Betis (Sevilla) 1-2, 1-1 (6)
R Zaragoza - Las Palmas 1-0, 1-1
(5) Second leg, May 19th
(6) May 5th and 19th
QUARTER FINALS
May 29th and June 5th
Athletic Bilbao - Sevilla 5-0, 1-3 (7)
R Betis (Sevilla)* - Hércules (Alicante) 2-1, 1-2 pp (8)
Español (Barcelona) - RC Celta (Vigo) 3-0, 0-1 (9)
R Zaragoza - Salamanca 1-0, 1-3 (8)
(7) Second leg, June 4th
(8) First leg, May 28th
(9) May 28th and June 4th
SEMIFINALS
June 11th and 18th
Athletic Bilbao - Salamanca 6-0, 2-1 (10)
Español (Barcelona) - R Betis (Sevilla) 1-0, 0-2
(10) Second leg, June 19th
FINAL
Played at Vicente Calderón (Madrid), June 25th
REAL BETIS (SEVILLA) - ATHLETIC BILBAO 2-2 AET (1-1) PENALTIES: 8-7
Goals: 0-1 Carlos, 1-1 López. At extra time: 1-2 Dani, 2-2 López
Penalties: Betis: goals: G.Soriano, López, Del Pozo, Biosca, Sabaté, Esnaola, Eulate, Bizcocho
missed: Cardeñosa, Alabanda
Athletic: goals: Guisasola, Churruca, Escalza, Irureta, Amorrortu, Alexanko, Rojo I
missed: Dani, Villar, Iribar
R Betis: Esnaola, Bizcocho, Biosca, Cobo (Del Pozo), Sabaté, López, García Soriano, Alabanda,
Megido (Eulate), Cardeñosa, Benítez
Athletic: Iribar, Lasa (Astrain), Guisasola, Escalza, Villar, Alexanko, Dani, Irureta, Carlos
(Amorrortu), Churruca, Rojo I
Referee: García Carrión
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Author: Carles Lozano Ferrer (ferrer@economistes.com)
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