2008–09 Copa del Rey

2008–09 Copa del Rey

Country	Spain
Teams	83
Defending champions	Valencia
Champions	Barcelona
Runners-up	Athletic Bilbao
Top goal scorer(s)	Jorge Molina (7 goals)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Copa del Rey was the 107th staging of the Copa del Rey. The competition started on August 23, 2008 and concluded on May 13, 2009 with the final, held at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, in which Barcelona lifted the trophy for the 25th time in their history with a 4–1 victory over Athletic Bilbao, who qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. The defending cup holders were Valencia, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Qualified teams

The following teams competed in the Copa del Rey 2008–09:

20 teams of 2007–08 La Liga:

Almería Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Betis Deportivo Espanyol Getafe Levante Mallorca

Real Murcia Osasuna Racing Santander Real Madrid Recreativo Sevilla Valencia Valladolid Villarreal Zaragoza

21 teams of 2007–08 Segunda División (Sevilla Atlético are excluded for being a reserve team of Sevilla):

Alavés Albacete Cádiz Castellón Celta Vigo Córdoba Eibar Elche Gimnàstic Granada 74 Hércules

Las Palmas Málaga Numancia Poli Ejido Racing Ferrol Real Sociedad Salamanca Sporting de Gijón Tenerife Xerez

24 teams of 2007–08 Segunda División B. Teams that qualified are the top five teams of each of the 4 groups (excluding reserve teams) and the four with the highest number of points out of the remaining non-reserve teams (*):

Pontevedra Rayo Vallecano Fuerteventura Lugo Universidad LPGC Ponferradina Huesca Zamora Barakaldo Real Unión Girona Melilla*

Gavà Alicante Benidorm Orihuela Écija Ceuta Linares Mérida Granada Conquense* Lemona* Águilas*

18 teams of Tercera División 2007–08. Teams that qualified are the champions of each of the 18 groups (or at least the ones with the highest number of points within their group since reserve teams are excluded):

Ciudad de Santiago Real Oviedo Gimnástica Portugalete Sant Andreu Alzira Ciempozuelos Mirandés Roquetas

San Fernando Atlético Baleares Atlético Granadilla Atlético Ciudad Don Benito Izarra Alfaro Ejea Toledo

First round

The matches were played on 23, 25, 26, 27 and 28 August 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Oviedo	2–0	Pontevedra
Ponferradina	1–0 (aet)	Racing Ferrol
San Fernando	0–3	Poli Ejido
Conquense	3–2 (aet)	Cádiz
Izarra	0–1	Gavà
Universidad LPGC	1–0	Ciempozuelos
Orihuela	2–0	Atlético Baleares
Linares	1–2	Écija
Ciudad Santiago	0–1	Portugalete
Melilla	2–1 (aet)	Ceuta
Toledo	3–1	Granada
Barakaldo	2–0	Gimnástica de Torrelavega
Roquetas	1–0	Atlético Ciudad
Ejea	1–3 (aet)	Alzira
Alfaro	1–0 (aet)	Águilas
Atlético Granadilla	0–1 (aet)	Don Benito
Lugo	0–3	Real Unión
Sant Andreu	2–1 (aet)	Mirandés

Second round

The matches were played on 3, 4 and 11 September 2008. Albacete received a bye.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Sociedad	1–0	Zaragoza
Huesca	1–3 (aet)	Rayo Vallecano
Real Oviedo	2–3 (aet)	Ponferradina
Real Unión	2–1	Sant Andreu
Orihuela	1–0	Fuerteventura
Toledo	1–0	Zamora
Barakaldo	1–0 (aet)	Roquetas
Salamanca	2–1	Las Palmas
Alzira	0–0 (1–4 p)	Granada 74
Alfaro	1–2	Don Benito
Benidorm	4–2 (aet)	Lemona
Castellón	1–0	Eibar
Elche	2–0	Alavés
Gimnàstic	0–2	Girona
Xerez	1–1 (1–3 p)	Real Murcia
Tenerife	2–1	Córdoba
Hércules	2–1 (aet)	Levante
Poli Ejido	2–0	Conquense
Écija	0–1	Portugalete
Melilla	5–2	Mérida
Alicante	0–1	Celta Vigo
Gavà	1–3 (aet)	Universidad de Las Palmas

Third round

The matches were played on 8 and 9 October 2008. Real Murcia received a bye.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Portugalete	2–0	Don Benito
Real Unión	2–1	Barakaldo
Celta Vigo	2–0	Real Sociedad
Ponferradina	1–1 (4–2 p)	Universidad de Las Palmas
Orihuela	3–1	Toledo
Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Albacete
Salamanca	0–1 (aet)	Castellón
Melilla	2–3	Poli Ejido
Hércules	1–0	Girona
Granada 74	0–2	Benidorm
Elche	1–1 (4–3 p)	Tenerife

Final phase bracket

Team listed first play home in the first leg.

Round of 32 October 29, 2008 November 12, 2008						Round of 16 January 7, 2009 January 14, 2009						Quarterfinals January 21, 2009 January 28, 2009						Semifinals February 4, 2009 March 4, 2009						Final May 13, 2009
Real Murcia	2	0	2
Racing Santander	1	2	3			Racing Santander	1	1	2
Portugalete	1	0	1			Valencia (aet)	1	3	4
Valencia	4	3	7									Valencia	3	1	4
Ponferradina	1	0	1									Sevilla (a)	2	2	4
Sevilla	0	4	4			Sevilla	2	3	5
Elche	0	0	0			Deportivo	1	0	1
Deportivo	2	2	4															Sevilla	2	0	2
Getafe	0	0	0															Athletic Bilbao	1	3	4
Osasuna	0	1	1			Osasuna	1	0	1
Athletic Bilbao	2	1	3			Athletic Bilbao	1	2	3
Recreativo	0	2	2									Athletic Bilbao	0	2	2
Numancia	0	0	0									Sporting de Gijón	0	1	1
Sporting de Gijón	1	2	3			Sporting de Gijón	3	1	4
Hércules	1	2	3			Valladolid	1	2	3
Valladolid	5	2	7																					Athletic Bilbao	1
Poli Ejido	5	1	6																					Barcelona	4
Villareal	0	1	1			Poli Ejido	3	0	3
Celta Vigo	2	0	2			Espanyol (a)	2	1	3
Espanyol	2	3	5									Espanyol	0	2	2
Orihuela	0	0	0									Barcelona	0	3	3
Atlético Madrid	1	0	1			Atlético Madrid	1	1	2
Benidorm	0	0	0			Barcelona	3	2	5
Barcelona	1	1	2															Barcelona	2	1	3
Málaga	1	0	1															Mallorca	0	1	1
Mallorca	1	2	3			Mallorca	3	1	4
Rayo Vallecano	1	0	1			Almería	1	1	2
Almería	2	3	5									Mallorca	1	0	1
Real Unión (a)	3	3	6									Betis	0	0	0
Real Madrid	2	4	6			Real Unión	0	0	0
Castellón	0	0	0			Betis	1	1	2
Betis	2	2	4

Round of 32

The first leg matches were played on 28, 29 and 30 October while the second legs were played on 11, 12 and 13 November 2008.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Unión	(a) 6–6	Real Madrid	3–2	3–4
Portugalete	1–7	Valencia	1–4	0–3
Ponferradina	1–4	Sevilla	1–0	0–4
Orihuela	0–1	Atlético Madrid	0–1	0–0
Poli Ejido	6–1	Villarreal	5–0	1–1
Hércules	3–7	Valladolid	1–5	2–2
Rayo Vallecano	1–5	Almería	1–2	0–3
Celta Vigo	2–5	RCD Espanyol	2–2	0–3
Castellón	0–4	Betis	0–2	0–2
Real Murcia	2–3	Racing Santander	2–1	0–2
Málaga	1–3	Mallorca	1–1	0–2
Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Recreativo	2–0	1–2
Getafe	0–1	Osasuna	0–0	0–1
Benidorm	0–2	Barcelona	0–1	0–1
Elche	0–4	Deportivo	0–2	0–2
Numancia	0–3	Sporting de Gijón	0–1	0–2

Round of 16

The first leg matches were played on 6, 7 and 8 January while the second legs were played on 14 and 15 January 2009.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla	5–1	Deportivo	2–1	3–0
Sporting de Gijón	4–3	Valladolid	3–1	1–2
Poli Ejido	3–3 (a)	RCD Espanyol	3–2	0–1
Real Unión	0–2	Betis	0–1	0–1
Mallorca	4–2	Almería	3–1	1–1
Racing Santander	2–4 (aet)	Valencia	1–1	1–3
Atlético Madrid	2–5	Barcelona	1–3	1–2
Osasuna	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	0–2

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	4–4 (a)	Sevilla	3–2	1–2
Espanyol	2–3	Barcelona	0–0	2–3
Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Sporting de Gijón	0–0	2–1
Mallorca	1–0	Betis	1–0	0–0

First legs

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Second legs

Mallorca won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Athletic Bilbao won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Sevilla 4–4 Valencia on aggregate. Sevilla won on away goals.

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Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla	2–4	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	0–3
Barcelona	3–1	Mallorca	2–0	1–1

First legs

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Second legs

Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 3-1 on aggregate.

Final

Copa del Rey 2008–09 Winners
Barcelona 25th Title

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Jorge Molina	7	Poli Ejido
Luís Fabiano	6	Sevilla
Lionel Messi	6	Barcelona
Bojan	5	Barcelona
Grégory Laget	5	Poli Ejido
Alhassane Keita	4	Mallorca
David Barral	4	Sporting de Gijón
Fernando Llorente	4	Athletic
Iñaki Goikoetxea	4	Real Unión

References

External links

• lfp.es (Spanish)
• marca.com (Spanish)
• rfef.es (Spanish)