1983–84 Copa del Rey

1983–84 Copa del Rey
80th Copa del Rey
Country Spain
Dates 7 September 1983 – 5 May 1984
Teams 136
Champions Athletic Bilbao
Runners-up FC Barcelona
Matches played 269
Goals scored 751 (2.79 per match)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Copa del Rey was the 82nd staging of the Spanish Cup, the annual domestic football cup competition in Spain. The tournament was attended by 136 teams from the higher echelons of Spanish football.

The tournament began on 7 September 1983 and ended on 5 May 1984 with the final, held in Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, in Madrid.

FC Barcelona played their second consecutive final but had to surrender to the forces of Athletic Bilbao in a match remembered for its incidents, hardness and especially by the end scuffle. The match was preceded by controversial statements from both sides and with the remembrance of his last game in which Maradona was seriously injured.[1] Once finished the game, the player himself Argentine started a fight that ended with all players in a pitched battle.[2]

In purely sports the match ended with a result of 1-0 in favor of Basque team being their twenty-third win in this competition and also getting their fifth doublet.

Format

Schedule
Round Fixture Clubs Gain Entry
1st Round 64 136 → 72 All Clubs participating gain entry
2nd Round 34 72 → 38 Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid CF, Sevilla FC (*)
3rd Round 18 38 → 20
4th Round 4 20 → 16 Athletic Bilbao (*)
Round Of 16 8 16 → 8 FC Barcelona (*)
Quarter-Finals 4 8 → 4
Semi-Finals 2 4 → 2
Final 1 2 → 1
Teams
Division No. Clubs
1ª División 18
2ª División 20
2ª División B 26
3ª División 72
Total Teams 136

  • 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.

1st Round

2nd Round

3rd Round

4th Round

Bracket

  Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                         
 Deportivo de La Coruña 0 1 1  
 CD Castellón 0 0 0  
   Deportivo de La Coruña 2 0 2  
   Real Madrid CF 1 3 4  
 FC Barcelona Atlètic 0 0 0
 Real Madrid CF 0 1 1  
   Real Madrid CF 0 1 1  
   Athletic Bilbao (4–3 p) 1 0 1  
 Xerez CD 0 0 0  
 Sporting de Gijón 3 4 7  
   Sporting de Gijón 2 0 2
   Athletic Bilbao 1 2 3  
 Athletic Bilbao (3–5 p) 0 1 1
 Real Sociedad 0 1 1  
   Athletic Bilbao 1
   FC Barcelona 0
 Hércules CF 2 0 2  
 FC Barcelona 1 3 4  
   FC Barcelona 4 2 6
   CA Osasuna 0 3 3  
 Atlético de Madrid 0 1 1
 CA Osasuna 0 2 2  
   FC Barcelona (2–4 p) 2 0 2
   UD Las Palmas 1 1 2  
 Castilla CF 3 1 4  
 Valencia CF 2 1 3  
   Castilla CF 2 0 2
   UD Las Palmas 0 3 3  
 UD Las Palmas 1 1 2
 Linares CF 0 0 0  

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo de La Coruña 1–0 Castellón 0-0 1-0
Barcelona Atletic 0–1 Real Madrid 0-0 0-1
Xerez 0–7 Sporting de Gijón 0-3 0-4
Athletic Bilbao 1–1 (5-3 p) Real Sociedad 0-0 1-1
Hércules 2–4 Barcelona 2-1 0-3
Atlético de Madrid 1–2 Osasuna 0-0 1-2
Castilla 4–3 Valencia 3-2 1-1
Las Palmas 2–0 Linares 1-0 1-0

First Leg

Second Leg

Quarter-Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo de La Coruña 2–4 Real Madrid 2-1 0-3
Sporting de Gijón 2–3 Athletic Bilbao 2-1 0-2
Barcelona 6–3 Osasuna 4-0 2-3
Castilla 2–3 Las Palmas 2-0 0-3

First Leg

Second Leg

Semi-Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid 1–1 (3-4 p) Athletic Bilbao 0-1 1-0
Barcelona 2–2 (4-2 p) Las Palmas 2-1 0-1

First Leg

Second Leg

Final

5 May 1984
20:15 CET
Athletic Bilbao 1 – 0 [3] FC Barcelona
Endika  13' Report
(Spanish)
Madrid
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Franco Martínez Region of Murcia
Copa del Rey
1983–84 Winners
Athletic Bilbao
23rd title

References

  1. ↑ "Maradona Injury" (in Catalan). Youtube.
  2. ↑ "The Battle of Santiago Bernabeu". Youtube.
  3. ↑ "Final: Athletic Bilbao vs FC Barcelona" (in Spanish). Youtube.

External links

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