Spain - Cup 1979


COPA DEL REY 1979

Played by 157 teams:
 - all 18 teams of First Division. 
 - all 20 teams of Second Division.
 - 36 (out of 40) teams of Second Division B.
 - 83 (out of 120) of Third Division. 
All teams starting at the First Round, except tohose 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, 36 of Second Division B and 83 teams of 
Third Division in order to qualify 76 teams.The 13 of First Division won this round.
Bye: Real Madrid (E1),  Barcelona (E2), Athletic Bilbao, Valencia and Sporting Gijón (E3)

SECOND ROUND

Played by Athletic Bilbao and the 76 winners of the First Round in order to qualify 39 teams .
Only 1 team of First Division was sacked: Recreativo Huelva (against AD Ceuta  2-1, 0-3)
Bye: Real Madrid (E1),  Barcelona (E2), Valencia and Sporting Gijón (E3)


THIRD ROUND
January 10th and 24th

Atlético Madrid - Real Madrid*       1-1, 2-2 pp  
Baracaldo - AD Ceuta                 1-0, 0-2
AD Almería - Cartagena               1-1, 3-2  (1)
R Betis (Sevilla) - Las Palmas       0-0, 1-2
Cádiz - Sporting Gijón               1-0, 2-2
Castilla (Madrid) - R Murcia         4-2, 0-4  (2)
Celta (Vigo) - Hércules (Alicante)   2-0, 2-3
Córdoba CF - Sevilla                 1-2, 2-5  (3)
Crevillente - Rayo Vallecano         0-0, 1-2  (4)
Deportivo Coruña - Athletic Bilbao*  2-2, 0-0pp(2) (3)
Gerona - Valencia                    0-2, 1-1  (5)
Elche* - Poblense (Sa Pobla)         1-0, 1-2 pp
Fabril (La Coruña) - Salamanca       1-3, 0-4
R Jaén - Osasuna (Las Palmas)        1-1, 1-2
UD Lleida - Real Sociedad            0-1, 1-3
CD Málaga - Racing Ferrol            0-0, 1-0
R Oviedo - D Alavés (Vitoria)        0-0, 0-1
Racing Santander - Zamora            3-0, 1-2
Gimnàstic Tarragona - Burgos CF      0-1, 0-1
R Valladolid - Español (Barcelona)   1-1, 2-1
R Zaragoza - CD Getafe               4-1, 1-0
(1) Second leg, January 17th
(2) Second leg, January 31st
(3) First leg, January 17th
(4) Second leg, January 25th
(5) January 9th and 23rd
Bye: FC Barcelona (quarter-finalist of E2)


FOURTH ROUND
February 7th and 21th

Real Madrid - Las Palmas             4-2, 1-1
CD Málaga - R Valladolid             2-1, 1-4
Osasuna (Pamplona)* - AD Almería     2-1, 0-1
Real Sociedad (SS) - Valencia        1-0, 1-4
Racing Santander - AD Ceuta          0-1, 2-0
R Zaragoza - Cádiz                   5-2, 1-3
Bye: FC Barcelona (quarter finalist of E2) and 9 others in order to have 16 teams qualified.

ROUND OF 16
February 28th and April 18th

Athletic Bilbao - R Zaragoza         2-2, 0-1
Barcelona - Valencia                 4-1, 0-4
Celta (Vigo) - Real Madrid           1-1, 0-4      (6)
R Murcia - D Alavés  (Vitoria)       1-0, 0-2
Osasuna (Pamplona) - Elche           3-0, 0-1      (7)
Rayo Vallecano - Racing Santander    0-0, 0-2      (8)
Salamanca - Sevilla                  1-0, 0-2      (9)
R Valladolid* - Burgos CF            2-2, 2-2 pp   (9)
(6) March 21st and April 10th
(7) April 1st and 25th
(8) Second leg, April 1st
(9) First leg, April 10th

QUARTER FINALS
May 2nd and June 10th

Alavés (Vitoria) - Valencia          0-1, 0-3     (10)
Real Madrid - Real Zaragoza          2-0, 0-1     (11)
Sevilla - Racing Santander           2-1, 2-0
R Valladolid - Osasuna (Pamplona)    2-0, 2-2     (10)
(10) Second leg, June 13th
(11) First leg, Jne 6th

SEMIFINALS
June 16th and 24th

Sevilla - Real Madrid                 0-0, 1-2
Valencia - Real Valladolid            2-0, 1-2    (12)
(12) First leg, June 20th

FINAL
Played at Vicente Calderón (Madrid), June 30th

VALENCIA - REAL MADRID                     2-0
Goals: 1-0 Kempes, 2-0 Kempes
Valencia: Manzanedo, Carrete, Botubot, Cerveró, Arias, Bonhof, Saura, Castellanos,
          Kempes, Solsona (Tendillo), Felman
Real Madrid: García Remón (Mate), San José, Benito, Isidro, Wolff, Del Bosque, 
             Roberto Martínez, García Hernández, Santillana (Vitoria), Stielike, Aguilar.
Referee: Guruceta


Overview of Finals

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Prepared and maintained by Carles Lozano Ferrer for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Carles Lozano Ferrer (ferrer@economistes.com)
Last updated: 9 Sep 2002

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