Copa del Rey
FIFA Region
UEFA
Season
2025-2026
Location
Spain
Abbreviation
ESPCUP1
Summary
The 2025-2026 Copa del Rey (ESPCUP1) is the most prestigious football club tournament in Spain. All 20 teams from La Liga (ESP1) and 22 teams from the Segunda División (ESP2) will participate. The winner of the 2025-2026 ESPCUP1 receives a berth in the Group Stage of the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa League. The Final will be held April 2026 FC Barcelona (ESP1) is the defending ESPCUP1 champion.
In all "knockout matches", if a match ends in a tie after regulation time, two 15-minute extra time periods are played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out is held. For the Semifinals, if the aggregate score is tied at the end of the 2nd leg, the team with the most away goals advances. If still tied after applying the Away Goals Rule, two 15-minute extra time periods are played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out is held.
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Leagues Pyramid - Spain
| Abbrev | League | # Teams |
|---|---|---|
| ESP1 | LaLiga EA Sports | 20 |
| ESP2 | Segunda División | 22 |
| ESP3 | Primera Federación | 40 |
| ESP4 | Segunda Federación | 90 |
Competition Structure
| Stage | # Teams | New Teams Entering This Round | Teams From Previous Round | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary Round | 20 | 20 Regional Leagues group winners | None | 10 Knockout matches |
| 1st Round | 112 | 16 ESP1 teams, 22 ESP2 teams, 16 ESP3 teams, 36 ESP4 teams, 8 ESP5 teams, 4 Copa Federacíon Semifinalists | 10 Preliminary Round winners | 56 Knockout matches |
| 2nd Round | 56 | None | 56 winners from 1st Round | 28 Knockout matches |
| Round of 32 | 32 | 4 ESP1 teams playing in the Supercopa de España | 28 winners from 2nd Round | 16 Knockout matches |
| Round of 16 | 16 | None | 16 winners from Round of 32 | 8 Knockout matches |
| Quarterfinals | 8 | None | 8 winners from Round of 16 | 4 Knockout matches |
| Semifinals | 4 | None | 4 winners from Quarterfinals | 2 sets of Home/Away matches, highest aggregate goals advances |
| Final | 2 | None | 2 winners from Semifinals | 1 Knockout match played at a neutral site |
Round of 32
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
Tue - 16 Dec 2025
 | Mallorca (ESP1) | Estadio Abanca-Riazor |
 | Real Sociedad (ESP1) | Ipurúa |
 | Valencia (ESP1) | El Molinón |
 | FC Barcelona (ESP1) | Estadio Pedro Escartín |
Wed - 17 Dec 2025
 | Celta Vigo (ESP1) | Estadio Carlos Belmonte |
 | Levante (ESP1) | Estadio Municipal Reino de León |
 | Villarreal (ESP1) | El Sardinero |
 | Atlético Madrid (ESP1) | Estadio Balear |
 | Sevilla FC (ESP1) | Mendizorroza |
 | Real Madrid (ESP1) | Estadio El Prado (Talavera de la Reina) |
Thu - 18 Dec 2025
 | Athletic Bilbao (ESP1) | Estadio O Couto |
 | Real Betis (ESP1) | Estadio Enrique Roca de Murcia |
Tue - 6 Jan 2026
 | Rayo Vallecano (ESP1) | Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes |
2nd Round
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
Tue - 2 Dec 2025
 | 23 | Mallorca (ESP1) | Los Pajaritos |
 | 03 | Deportivo Alavés (ESP1) | Estadio La Florida |
 | 02 | SD Huesca (ESP2) | Estadio de la Malata |
| 10 | AD Ceuta (ESP2) | Estadio Pedro Escartín |
 | 23 | Getafe (ESP1) | Estadio Municipal Mariano González | |||
| AET | ||||||
Wed - 3 Dec 2025
| 42 | FC Andorra (ESP2) | Estadio Municipal Reino de León |
| 21 | UD Almería (ESP2) | Estadio Municipal Reino de León |
 | 02 | Sporting Gijón (ESP2) | Estadio Municipal de Anduva |
| 32 | Cádiz CF (ESP2) | Estadio Enrique Roca de Murcia |
| 21 | Málaga (ESP2) | Estadio El Prado (Talavera de la Reina) |
 | 21 | Girona FC (ESP1) | Estadio O Couto |
 | 03 | SD Eibar (ESP2) | Estadio O Couto |
 | 12 | Elche CF (ESP1) | Estadio San Marcos |
 | 35 | Villarreal (ESP1) |
 | 02 | Real Sociedad (ESP1) | Estadi Municipal de Reus |
Thu - 4 Dec 2025
| 10 | Espanyol (ESP1) | Estadio Balear |
 | 12 | Albacete Balompié (ESP2) | Estadio Municipal de Butarque |
 | 12 | Rayo Vallecano (ESP1) | Estadio Municipal Adolfo Suárez |
 | 02 | Deportivo La Coruña (ESP2) | Estadio Municipal Adolfo Suárez |
 | 12 | Racing Santander (ESP2) | Estadio Municipal de Butarque |
 | 12 | Valencia (ESP1) | Estadio Municipal Cartagonova |
 | 12 | Sevilla FC (ESP1) | Estadio Francisco de la Hera |
 | 67 | Celta Vigo (ESP1) | Camp Municipal Narcís Sala |
 | 01 | Burgos CF (ESP2) | Estadio La Romareda |
 | 01 | Granada (ESP2) | Camp Municipal Narcís Sala |
1st Round
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
Tue - 28 Oct 2025
| 42 | Real Oviedo (ESP1) | Estadio O Couto | |||
| AET | ||||||
 | 23 | Girona FC (ESP1) | Nou Camp de Inca |
 | 00 | Racing de Ferrol (ESP3) | Estadio Ganzábal | |||
| Racing de Ferrol advances on PKs (4-3) | ||||||
 | 13 | Cádiz CF (ESP2) | Estadio de La Condomina |
 | 04 | Racing Santander (ESP2) | Estadio Las Gaunas |
 | 14 | Talavera CF (ESP4) | Miniestadio Cerro del Espino |
 | 03 | Albacete Balompié (ESP2) | Estadio Iberoamericano 2010 |
 | 13 | Cultural Leonesa (ESP2) | Campo Municipal Santa Ana |
| 21 | CP Cacereño (ESP3) | Estadio Pedro Escartín |
| 31 | UD Las Palmas (ESP2) | Estadio Francisco de la Hera |
 | 14 | Sevilla FC (ESP1) | Estadio Salto del Caballo |
Wed - 29 Oct 2025
 | 12 | CE Sabadell FC (ESP4) | Estadio Municipal de Sa Pobla | |||
| AET | ||||||
 | 13 | Real Zaragoza (ESP2) | Estadio Municipal Valle de Aranguren |
 | 11 | SD Tarazona (ESP4) | Estadio El Carmen (Zaragoza) | |||
| CD Ebro advances on PKs (4-3) | ||||||
 | 02 | UD Almería (ESP2) | Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco |
| 21 | Mérida AD (ESP3) | Estadio Municipal Mariano González |
| 30 | Arenas Club de Getxo (ESP3) | Los Pajaritos |
| 21 | CD Teruel (ESP4) | Camp Municipal Narcís Sala | |||
| AET | ||||||
 | 01 | Sporting Gijón (ESP2) | Estadio Municipal Hermanos Antuña |
| 10 | Real Valladolid (ESP2) | Estadio La Florida |
 | 11 | CD Mirandés (ESP2) | Estadio La Eragudina | |||
| CD Mirandés advances on PKs (4-3) | ||||||
| 11 | Pontevedra CF (ESP4) | Estadio O Couto | |||
| Pontevedra CF advances on PKs (3-0) | ||||||
| 11 | UD Ibiza (ESP4) | Estadio San Marcos | |||
| CD Quintanar del Rey advances on PKs (4-3) | ||||||
 | 06 | Villarreal (ESP1) | Estadio Ciudad de Lucena |
 | 13 | CD Eldense (ESP4) | Estadio Nuevo La Victoria |
 | 14 | CD Leganés (ESP2) | Estadio CD Azuaga |
Thu - 30 Oct 2025
 | 34 | Levante (ESP1) | Los Arcos |
 | 15 | FC Andorra (ESP2) | Estadio Sarriguren |
| 20 | Gimnàstic de Tarragona (ESP4) | Estadio Balear |
 | 13 | SD Ponferradina (ESP3) | Estadio Las Gaunas |
| 10 | Real Avilés (ESP3) | Estadio Municipal Adolfo Suárez | |||
| AET | ||||||
 | 13 | Málaga (ESP2) | Estadio Municipal Francisco Muñoz Pérez |
| 10 | CD Castellón (ESP2) | Campo Municipal de Lebrija |
| 11 | Antequera CF (ESP4) | Estadio Enrique Roca de Murcia | |||
| Real Murcia advances on PKs (2-1) | ||||||