2013–14 Copa del Rey
The 2013–14 Copa del Rey was the 112th staging of the Copa del Rey. The competition began on 4 September 2013 and ended on 16 April 2014 with the final. The final took place at Mestalla in Valencia, and saw Real Madrid defeat Barcelona 2–1 to win their 19th title in the competition. The winners assured a place for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.
Atlético Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Real Madrid in the semifinals.
Calendar and format
The next calendar was released by the RFEF on 8 August 2013 and the format was identical to the previous season.| Round | Draw date | Date | Fixtures | Clubs | Format details |
| First round | 20 August 2013 | 4 September 2013 | 18 | 83 → 65 | New entries: Clubs participating in Tercera and Segunda División B will gain entry. Byes: Seven teams from Segunda División B will receive a bye. Opponents seeding: Teams will face each other according to proximity criteria. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Single match Copa Federación qualification: losers will qualify for 2013–14 Copa Federación, National phase. |
| Second round | 20 August 2013 | 11 September 2013 | 22 | 65 → 43 | New entries: Clubs participating in Segunda División will gain entry. Byes: One team from the first round will receive a bye. Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams will face each other. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Single match |
| Third round | 13 September 2013 | 16 October 2013 | 11 | 43 → 32 | Byes: One team from Segunda División B or Tercera División, which previously didn't receive a bye, will receive one. Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams will face each other. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Single match |
| Round of 32 | 8 November 2013 | 6-8 December 2013 | 16 | 32 → 16 | New entries: Clubs participating in La Liga will gain entry. Opponents seeding: The seven teams from La Liga which were qualified for 2013–14 UEFA competitions, will face against remaining seven teams from Segunda División B and Tercera División. The five remaining Segunda División teams will face against La Liga teams. The eight remaining La Liga teams will face each other. Local team seeding: First leg at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Double match |
| Round of 32 | 8 November 2013 | 17-19 December 2013 | 16 | 32 → 16 | New entries: Clubs participating in La Liga will gain entry. Opponents seeding: The seven teams from La Liga which were qualified for 2013–14 UEFA competitions, will face against remaining seven teams from Segunda División B and Tercera División. The five remaining Segunda División teams will face against La Liga teams. The eight remaining La Liga teams will face each other. Local team seeding: First leg at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Double match |
| Round of 16 | 7-9 January 2014 | 8 | 16 → 8 | Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: First leg at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Double match | |
| Round of 16 | 14-16 January 2014 | 8 | 16 → 8 | Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: First leg at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Double match | |
| Quarter-finals | 21-23 January 2014 | 4 | 8 → 4 | Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Double match | |
| Quarter-finals | 28-30 January 2014 | 4 | 8 → 4 | Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Double match | |
| Semifinals | 5 February 2014 | 2 | 4 → 2 | Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Double match | |
| Semifinals | 11-12 February 2014 | 2 | 4 → 2 | Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Double match | |
| Final | 16 April 2014 | 1 | 2 → 1 | Single match in a stadium decided by RFEF. UEFA Europa League qualification: winner will qualify for 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, group stage. |
;Notes
- Double-match rounds enforced away goals rule, single-match rounds did not.
- Games ending in a tie were decided in extra time; and if it persisted, by a penalty shootout.
- UEFA Europa League qualification: if the Cup winner qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the Cup runner-up would qualify for the third qualifying round, then the 5th and 6th ranked teams in 2013–14 La Liga would qualify for group stage and play-off round respectively. However, if the Cup runners-up ended in Europa League places, the 5th, 6th and 7th ranked teams in 2013–14 La Liga would qualify for group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round respectively.
Qualified teams
The following teams compete in the Copa del Rey 2013–14.20 teams of 2013–14 La Liga:
- Almería
- Athletic Bilbao
- Atlético Madrid
- Barcelona
- Betis
- Celta Vigo
- Elche
- Espanyol
- Getafe
- Granada
- Levante
- Málaga
- Osasuna
- Rayo Vallecano
- Real Madrid
- Real Sociedad
- Sevilla
- Valencia
- Valladolid
- Villarreal
- Alavés
- Alcorcón
- Córdoba
- Deportivo La Coruña
- Eibar
- Girona
- Hércules
- Jaén
- Las Palmas
- Lugo
- Mallorca
- Mirandés
- Murcia
- Numancia
- Ponferradina
- Recreativo
- Sabadell
- Sporting Gijón
- Tenerife
- Zaragoza
- Albacete
- Alcoyano
- Algeciras
- Amorebieta
- Balompédica Linense
- Barakaldo
- Burgos
- Cartagena
- Caudal
- Écija
- El Palo
- Fuenlabrada
- Gimnàstic
- Guadalajara
- Huesca
- Huracán Valencia
- La Hoya Lorca
- Laudio
- Leganés
- L'Hospitalet
- Lleida Esportiu
- Lucena
- Olímpic
- Olot
- Oviedo
- Puerta Bonita
- Racing Ferrol
- Racing Santander
- Real Unión
- San Fernando
- Sant Andreu
- Sariñena
- Toledo
- Tropezón
- Tudelano
- Atlético Granadilla
- Extremadura UD
- Haro Deportivo
- Novelda
- San Juan
- Santa Eulàlia
- Tuilla
- Xerez
First round
| Pot 1 Group 1 | Pot 2 Group 2 | Pot 3 Group 3 | Pot 4 Group 4 |
| Segunda División B: Burgos Caudal Oviedo Racing Ferrol Racing Santander * Tropezón Tercera División: Haro Deportivo Tuilla | Segunda División B: Amorebieta Barakaldo Fuenlabrada * Huesca Laudio Leganés Puerta Bonita Real Unión Sariñena Toledo Tudelano * Tercera División: Atlético Granadilla San Juan | Segunda División B: Alcoyano Gimnàstic Huracán Valencia L'Hospitalet * Lleida * Olímpic * Olot Sant Andreu Tercera División: Novelda Peña Deportiva | Segunda División B: Albacete Algeciras Balompédica Linense Cartagena Écija El Palo Guadalajara La Hoya Lorca Lucena * San Fernando Tercera División: Extremadura Xerez |
;Notes
- Received a bye
- Remaining teams in odd groups faced each other and with proximity criteria if it would be possible.
Matches
Second round
The draw was held together with the First round draw on 20 August 2013 in La Ciudad del Fútbol. In the draw, the team from 2013–14 Segunda División B or 2013–14 Tercera División, winner from First round match Algeciras v Novelda, received a bye. Teams from 2013–14 Segunda División gained entry in this round and faced each other. Winners of First round, together with the seven teams which received a bye, faced each other too.| Pot 1 Segunda División | Pot 2 Segunda División B and Tercera División |
| Segunda División: Alavés Alcorcón Córdoba Deportivo La Coruña Eibar Girona Hércules Jaén Las Palmas Lugo Mallorca Mirandés Murcia Numancia Ponferradina Recreativo Sabadell Sporting Gijón Tenerife Zaragoza | Segunda División B: Fuenlabrada L'Hospitalet Lleida Lucena Olímpic de Xàtiva Racing Santander Tudelano Caudal de Mieres Sariñena Barakaldo Laudio Huesca Olot Gimnàstic Tarragona Écija San Fernando Cartagena Leganés Sant Andreu Extremadura Burgos Algeciras* Tercera División: Haro Deportivo Tuilla Xerez |
Matches
Third round
The draw was held on 13 September 2013 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol. In the draw, one team from 2013–14 Segunda División B or 2013–14 Tercera División, winner from Second round, which previously didn't receive a bye, received one. Teams from Segunda División faced each other. Remaining winners of Second round and the team which received a bye faced each other. The matches were played on 16 and 17 October 2013.| Pot 1 Segunda División | Pot 2 Segunda División B and Tercera División |
| Segunda División: Alavés Alcorcón Deportivo de La Coruña Eibar Girona Hércules Jaén Las Palmas Lugo Recreativo | Segunda División B: Algeciras Burgos Cartagena Gimnàstic de Tarragona Laudio Leganés Lleida Olímpic de Xàtiva Racing Santander Sant Andreu * Tudelano Tercera División: Haro Deportivo Xerez |
Matches
;Notes- Sant Andreu received a bye.
Final phase
Round of 32 pairings were as follows: the seven remaining teams participating in Segunda División B and Tercera División faced the La Liga teams which qualified for European competitions, this is: four teams from Pot 1 were drawn against four teams from pot 2a and the three remaining teams in pot 1 were drawn in the same way with the pot 2b teams. The five teams in Pot 3 were drawn against five teams of the thirteen remaining teams of La Liga. The remaining eight teams of La Liga faced each other. Matches involving teams with different league tiers were played at home on the first leg the team in lower tier. This rule was also applied in Round of 16, but not for the Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, in which the order of legs was pure as of the order of draw.
| Pot 1 Segunda División B and Tercera División | Pot 2a Champions League | Pot 2b Europa League | Pot 3 Segunda División | Pot 4 Rest of Primera División |
| Segunda División B: Algeciras Cartagena Gimnàstic de Tarragona Lleida Esportiu Olímpic de Xàtiva Racing de Santander Sant Andreu | Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Real Sociedad | Valencia Betis Sevilla | Alcorcón Girona Las Palmas Real Jaén Recreativo Huelva | Almería Athletic Bilbao Celta Vigo Elche Espanyol Getafe Granada Levante Málaga Osasuna Rayo Vallecano Valladolid Villarreal |