COPA DEL REY 1981
Played by 138 teams:
- all 18 teams of First Division .
- all 20 teams of Second Division.
- 28 (out of 40) teams of Second Division B:
- the 4 relegated from Second Division the previous season
- top 10 of both 2 groups of Second Division B the previous season (4 of which were promoted)
- all 8 teams promoted from Third Division
- 72 (out of 260) of Third Division: top 10 of each of the 8 groups the previous season (8 were promoted)
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 12 of First Division, 20 teams of Second Division, 28 of Second Division B and 72 teams of Third Division
n order to qualify 66 teams.
3 teams of First Division were eliminated:
Logroñés - Osasuna (Pamplona) 4-0, 1-4
R Zaragoza - Endesa Andorra 1-1, 1-2
Las Palmas - CD Tenerife 2-2, 1-2
Bye: Real Madrid (E1), Valencia and Castilla (E2), Real Sociedad, Sporting Gijón and Barcelona (E3)
SECOND ROUND
Played by Valencia, Castilla, Sporting Gijón, Barcelona and the 66 winners of the First Round in order to qualify 35 teams.
4 teams of First Division were eliminated:
Sevilla - R Betis (Sevilla) 2-1, 1-1
Español (Barcelona) - Terrassa 0-0, 0-1
Palencia CF - R Valladolid 2-1, 1-1
Elche - Real Murcia 3-0, 0-2
Bye: Real Madrid (E1), and Real Sociedad (E3)
THIRD ROUND
January 6-7 and 20-21
D. Alavés (Vitoria) - Tudelano (Tudela) 1-0, 2-2 (1)
Atlético Madrileño - Athletic Bilbao 1-0, 1-4
AD Almería - Levante UD (Valencia) 2-1, 0-3
Baracaldo - Barcelona 0-2, 1-1
Andorra - Castellón 0-0, 0-4
Celta (Vigo) - Burgos* 2-0, 0-2 pen
AD Ceuta - Granada* 1-0, 0-1 pen
Constància (Inca) - Castilla (Madrid) 2-0, 0-3 (1)
Figueres - Racing Santander 2-1, 1-1
Hércules (Alicante) - Logroñés 2-1, 3-1
Recreativo Huelva* - CD Getafe 1-2, 2-1 pen
R Oviedo - Atlético Madrid 0-0, 0-3
Rayo Vallecano - Mallorca 1-0, 1-0
Salamanca - Terrassa 1-0, 0-0
Ponferradina - Sporting Gijón 1-0, 2-8
Real Sociedad - Cádiz 1-1, 1-0
Palencia CF* - Elche 2-2, 1-1
Valencia - Sevilla 2-2, 0-1
(1) Second leg, Janury 28th
Bye: Real Madrid (E1)
FOURTH ROUND
February 11th and 25th
Castellón - Recreativo Huelva 0-0, 0-2
Figueres* - Hércules (Alicante) 1-0, 2-3 (2)
Palencia CF - Burgos CF 0-1, 0-1 (3)
(2) March 4th and April 1st
(3) Second leg, March 19th
Bye: Real Madrid (E1) and 12 other teams, in order to get 16 in the next round.
ROUND OF 16
April 29-30 and May 5-6
Athletic Bilbao - D Alavés (Vitoria) 3-1, 3-3
Figueres - Burgos CF 1-1, 0-2
Castilla (Madrid) - Barcelona 3-5, 1-4
Levante UD (Valencia) - Sporting Gijón 0-2, 0-3
Recreativo Huelva - Real Madrid 1-1, 1-4
Rayo Vallecano - Atlético Madrid 3-0, 0-2
Sevilla - Real Sociedad (S.Sebastián) 2-1, 1-1
Salamanca - Granada 1-0, 1-0
QUARTER FINALS
May 20 and 30-31
Rayo Vallecano(Madrid) - Barcelona 0-3, 1-3
Salamanca - Athletic Bilbao 2-1, 0-2 (4)
Sevilla - Burgos CF 4-1, 0-0
Sporting Gijón - Real Madrid 1-1, 3-2
(4) First leg, May 24th
SEMIFINALS
June 7 and 13
Barcelona - Athletic Bilbao 2-0, 2-1
Sporting Gijón - Sevilla 2-0, 0-0
FINAL
Played at Vicente Calderón (Madrid), June 18th
FC BARCELONA - R SPORTING DE GIJON 3-1
Goals: 1-0 45' Quini, 1-1 50' Maceda, 2-1 59' Quini, 3-1 66' Esteban
Barcelona: Artola, Ramos, Olmo, Zuviría, Martínez (Sánchez), Alexanko, Simonssen, Schuster, Quini, Estella, Esteban
Sporting: Rivero, Redondo, Jiménez, Cundi (Pedro), Maceda, Uria, Abel, Joaquín, Mesa, Ciriaco, Enzo Ferrero.Referee:
Referee: Soriano Aladrén
Prepared and maintained by Carles Lozano Ferrer for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Carles Lozano Ferrer (ferrer@economistes.com)
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