2016–17 Copa del Rey

Copa del Rey
Country Spain
Teams 81
Top goal scorer(s) Ander Vitoria
Mariano
(4 goals each)

The 2016–17 Copa del Rey is the 115th staging of the Copa del Rey. The winners will be assured a place for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage.

Barcelona will enter as the defending champions after winning the 2015–16 edition.

Schedule and format

Round Draw date Date[1] Fixtures Clubs Format details
First round 22 July 2016 31 August 2016 18 83 → 65 New entries: Clubs participating in Tercera and Segunda División B will gain entry.
Byes: Six teams from Segunda División B will receive a bye.
Opponents seeding: Teams will face each other according to proximity criteria.
Local team seeding: Draw of lots.
Knock-out tournament type: Single match
Copa Federación qualification: losers will qualify for 2016–17 Copa Federación, National phase.
Second round 7 September 2016 22 65 → 43 New entries: Clubs participating in Segunda División will gain entry.
Byes: One Segunda División team will receive a bye.
Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams will face each other.
Local team seeding: Draw of lots.
Knock-out tournament type: Single match
Third round 9 September 2016 12 October 2016 11 43 → 32 Byes: One team from Segunda División B or Tercera División and another from Segunda División, which previously didn't receive a bye, will receive one.
Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams will face each other.
Local team seeding: Draw of lots.
Knock-out tournament type: Single match
Round of 32 14 October 2016 30 November 2016 16 32 → 16 New entries: Clubs participating in La Liga will gain entry.
Opponents seeding: The seven teams from La Liga which qualified for 2016–17 UEFA competitions, will face the remaining seven teams from Segunda División B and Tercera División.
The five Segunda División teams will play 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
21 December 2016
Round of 16 TBD 4 January 2017 8 16 → 8 Opponents seeding: First leg at home for the team in the lower division.
Local team seeding: First leg at home of the team in the lower division.
Knock-out tournament type: Double match
11 January 2017
Quarter-finals TBD 18 January 2017 4 8 → 4 Opponents seeding: Draw of lots.
Local team seeding: Luck of the draw.
Knock-out tournament type: Double match
25 January 2017
Semifinals TBD 1 February 2017 2 4 → 2
8 February 2017
Final 27 May 2017 1 2 → 1 Single match, stadium TBD by RFEF.
UEFA Europa League qualification: winner will qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, group stage.
Notes

Qualified teams

The following teams are qualified for the competition. Reserve teams are excluded.

La Liga
the 20 teams of the 2015–16 season
Segunda División
the 21 non-reserve teams of the 2015–16 season
Segunda División B
the top five non-reserve teams of each group and the four with the highest number of points 2015–16 season excluding reserve teams
Tercera División
the 18 best non-reserve teams of each one of the groups of the 2015–16 season

First round

The draw for the first and the second round was held on 22 July 2016 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol, RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas, Madrid.[2] In this round, 33 teams from 2016–17 Segunda División B and 9 from 2016–17 Tercera División teams gained entry. In the draw, firstly six teams from Segunda División B will receive a bye and then, the remaining teams this league and teams from Tercera División will face according to proximity criteria by next groups:

Pot 1
Group 1
Pot 2
Group 2
Pot 3
Group 3
Pot 4
Group 4
Segunda División B:
Boiro
Burgos
Caudal
Cultural Leonesa
Guijuelo
Ponferradina
Racing Ferrol
Racing Santander
Tudelano

Tercera División:
Atlético Cirbonero
Laredo
Zamora
Segunda División B:
Albacete
Amorebieta
Arenas
Barakaldo
Real Unión
San Sebastián de los Reyes
Sestao River
Socuéllamos
Toledo
UD Logroñés
Zamudio

Tercera División:
Calahorra
Conquense
Villa de Santa Brígida
Segunda División B:
Alcoyano
Atlético Saguntino
Cornellà
Hércules
Llagostera
Lleida Esportiu
Prat

Tercera División:
Andorra
Formentera
Segunda División B:
Atlético Mancha Real
Atlético Sanluqueño
Cartagena
Extremadura
Lorca FC
Murcia

Tercera División:
Lorca Deportiva

Second round

In the second round teams from Segunda División play among themselves and teams from Segunda División B and Tercera play separately. Córdoba received a bye to the third round.

Third round

The third round was played in a similar format to the second one. Huesca received a bye to the round of 32.[3]

Final phase

The draw for the Round of 32 will be held on 14 October 2016, in La Ciudad del Fútbol. In this round, all La Liga teams will enter the competition.[4]

Round of 32 pairings will be as follows: the seven remaining teams participating in the 2016–17 Segunda División B and Tercera División will face the 2016–17 La Liga teams which qualified for European competitions. The five remaining teams participating in Segunda División will face five La Liga teams which did not qualify for European competitions and the remaining Europa League team from the pot 2 that was not faced with any team from the pot 1. The remaining eight La Liga teams will face each other. In matches involving teams from different league tiers, the team in the lower tier will play the first leg at home. This rule will also be applied in the Round of 16, but not for the Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, in which the order of legs will be based on the luck of the draw.

Pot 1
Segunda B and Tercera División
Pot 2
European competitions
Pot 3
Segunda División
Pot 4
Rest of Primera División
Cultural Leonesa
Formentera
Guijuelo
Hércules
Racing Santander
Toledo
Champions League:
Atlético Madrid
Barcelona (TH)
Real Madrid
Sevilla
Villarreal[note 2]

Europa League:
Athletic Bilbao
Celta Vigo
Alcorcón
Córdoba
Gimnàstic
Huesca
UCAM Murcia
Valladolid
Alavés
Deportivo La Coruña
Eibar
Espanyol
Granada
Las Palmas
Leganés
Málaga
Osasuna
Real Betis
Real Sociedad
Sporting Gijón
Valencia

Bracket

 
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Round of 32

First leg

Second leg

Top goalscorers

Rank Player[5] Club Goals
1 Dominican Republic Mariano Real Madrid 4
Spain Ander Vitoria Barakaldo
3 Argentina Joaquín Correa Sevilla 3
Spain Enric Gallego Cornellà
Spain Pablo González Toledo
Spain David Mainz Hércules
Spain Lander Yurrebaso Barakaldo

Notes

  1. Lleida Esportiu played their first round match at Estadio Municipal, Mollerussa, instead of their regular stadium Camp d'Esports, Lleida.
  2. As it started playing in Champions League, Villarreal was integrated in this pot.
  3. Guijuelo played their home match at El Helmántico, Salamanca, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Municipal, Guijuelo.

References

  1. "Todas las fechas de la Copa de SM el Rey 2016/2017" (in Spanish). RFEF. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. "Estos son los primeros emparejamientos de la Copa de la SM El Rey" (in Spanish). RFEF. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. "Estos son los resultados del sorteo de la tercera eliminatoria de la Copa de SM el Rey" (in Spanish). RFEF. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. "Circular nº 10" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  5. "Copa del Rey 2016/2017: Top Scorers". World Football. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

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