1981–82 Copa del Rey

Football tournament season

The 1981–82 Copa del Rey was the 80th staging of the Spanish Cup, the annual domestic cup competition in the Spanish football. The tournament was attended by 136 teams from the main categories of Spaniard football.

The tournament began on 30 August 1981 and ended on 13 April 1982 with the final, held in Nuevo José Zorrilla Stadium, in Valladolid. This field was opened two months earlier and was baptized as Stadium of Pneumonia because it was always cold there.^[1]

Real Madrid CF won their 15th title with a 2–1 victory over Sporting de Gijón, team that played their second consecutive final.

The defending champions, FC Barcelona, was defeated 1–0 (on aggregate score) by Atlético de Madrid in the round of 16.

Format

• 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.

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Bracket

Round of 16

First leg

Real Sociedad v Real Valladolid Deportivo

Sporting de Gijón v Valencia CF

Real Zaragoza v UD Salamanca

Deportivo de La Coruña v Elche CF

Atlético de Madrid v FC Barcelona

CD Málaga v Real Madrid CF

UD Las Palmas v Athletic Bilbao

Atlético Madrileño v Rayo Vallecano

Second leg

Athletic Bilbao v UD Las Palmas

Real Valladolid Deportivo v Real Sociedad

UD Salamanca v Real Zaragoza

FC Barcelona v Atlético de Madrid

Real Madrid CF v CD Málaga

Valencia CF v Sporting de Gijón

Elche CF v Deportivo de La Coruña

Rayo Vallecano v Atlético Madrileño

Quarter-finals

First leg

Athletic Bilbao v Real Sociedad

Real Zaragoza v Rayo Vallecano

Deportivo de La Coruña v Sporting de Gijón

Real Madrid CF v Atlético de Madrid

Second leg

Real Sociedad v Athletic Bilbao

Sporting de Gijón v Deportivo de La Coruña

Atlético de Madrid v Real Madrid CF

Rayo Vallecano v Real Zaragoza

Semi-finals

First leg

Real Sociedad v Real Madrid CF

Rayo Vallecano v Sporting de Gijón

Second leg

Sporting de Gijón v Rayo Vallecano

Real Madrid CF v Real Sociedad

Final

13 April 1982

20:30 CET

Valladolid
Stadium: Nuevo José Zorrilla

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Sánchez Arminio

References

1. "Stadium of Pneumonia". El centrocampista.
2. "1st Round: Palencia CF vs Atlético Bembibre (1st Leg)" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish).
3. "1st Round: FC Vilafranca vs UE Figueres (1st Leg)" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish).
4. "1st Round: Hércules CF vs CF Lorca Deportiva (2nd Leg)" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish).
5. "CD Mirandés retired of the competition" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish).
6. "3rd Round: CD Málaga vs AD Ceuta (1st Leg)" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish).
7. "Final: Real Madrid CF vs Sporting de Gijón" (in Spanish). YouTube.

External links

• (in English) RSSSF
• (in Spanish) Linguasport