2009–10 Copa del Rey
The Copa del Rey 2009/10 was the 106th edition of the Spanish Football Cup Copa del Rey.
The competition was launched 22 August 2009 and ended with the final on 19 May 2010 at Camp Nou (Barcelona). Winner of the cup competition was the Sevilla FC. The cup winner would have been qualified for the UEFA Europa League 2010/ 11, but the Sevilla FC qualified for the play- offs for the UEFA Champions League 2010/11. The losing finalist Atlético Madrid qualified for its part, already as the defending champion for the group stage of the Europa League, so the place fell into disrepair. The FC Barcelona difference as defending champions in the second round.
Participating teams
FC Barcelona
Real Madrid
Sevilla FC
Atlético Madrid
Villarreal
FC Valencia
Deportivo La Coruna
FC Málaga
Espanyol Barcelona
UD Almería
Racing Santander
Sporting Gijón
Getafe
Betis Sevilla
Recreativo Huelva
Deportivo Xerez
CD Tenerife
Hércules Alicante
Real Sociedad
CD Castellón
UD Levante
UD Salamanca
Gimnàstic de Tarragona
FC Elche
FC Cordoba
Albacete Balompié
FC Girona
Celta Vigo
Deportivo Alavés
FC Alicante
- Group 1 Real Unión Cultural Leonesa SD Ponferradina FC Zamora SD Lemona †
- Group 2 FC Cartagena Lorca Deportiva AD Alcorcón CD Leganés Mérida UD † FC Atlético Ciudad † ‡
- Group 4 FC Cadiz Real Jaén Polideportivo Ejido UD Marbella UD Puertollano UD Melilla ‡ AD Ceuta ‡ ‡ UB Conquense
- Group 1 SD Compostela
- Group 2 Real Oviedo
- Group 3 Gimnástica de Torrelavega
- Group 4 CD Lagun Onak
- Group 5 FC Reus Deportiu †
- Group 6 FC Villajoyosa
- Group 7 RSD Alcalá
- Group 8 FC Palencia
- Group 9 Unión Estepona
- Group 10 CD San Roque
- Group 11 Sporting Mahonés †
- Group 12 SD Tenisca †
- Group 13 Caravaca FC
- Group 14 AD Cerro de Reyes Badajoz Atlético
- Group 15 CD Izarra
- Group 16 UD Logroñés
- Group 17 Atlético Monzón
- Group 18 CD Toledo
Not eligible 1 Sevilla Atlético as a B- team 2 in the absence of B- teams 3 is a B- team champion, automatically moves the runner-up of each league after Nachgerückt † for a B team ‡ qualifies as a point Best
Mode
Main article Copa del Rey
The tournament will be played in KO system. The game is played in the first three rounds in only one game - in a draw is with extension, if applicable penalty shoot a decision sought. From the round of 32 games will be played in home and away matches. In the Copa del Rey, the same rules apply as for UEFA competitions ( away goals ). The final will be played in a game that looked the winner in a draw through extra time and penalties. To qualify for the Copa del Rey is the preseason, when the draws the league affiliation of the current season shall prevail. Youth and reserve teams of clubs that are eligible to play in the Copa del Rey, are not permitted.
Some teams are exempted from certain rounds:
- In the first round played by the teams in the Tercera División and the Segunda División B
- In the second round of the main teams in the Segunda División came to the clubs Segunda División B and Tercera División added.
- In the third main round these teams played from the opponents of the first division.
- In the Round of 32 teams in the Primera División were added.
- In the Copa del Rey working with byes in the first round, to get to an even number of participants.
First Main Round
For the first round of the competition 41 teams that División in the 2009/10 season in the Segunda B and the Tercera were playing División, qualified. The draw took place on 16 July 2009 as all the other draws in the Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas de Madrid. There have been drawn 18 pairings and awarded five byes. In this case, the pairings for the second main round were determined.
The matches were played between 22 and 27 August 2009.
Byes: AD Alcorcón CD Alcoyano UD Mérida FC Ontinyent and Poli Ejido Deportivo
Second Main Round
In the second main round were teams from the Segunda División in the competition. The matches were played between the 1st and the 16th September 2009.
Bye: Recreativo Huelva
Third main round
In the third main round were the 22 winners from the second main round and Recreativo Huelva, who received a bye against each other. The matches were played on 7 October 2009. The draw took place in two different groups on 18 September 2009. In group A, six pairings were with clubs from the Segunda División B and Tercera División of the drawn in Group B with five pairings clubs in the Segunda División were drawn from eleven clubs, thereby Real Murcia received a bye.
Bye: Real Murcia
Round of 32
In the Round of 32 came to the eleven winners from the games of the third main round and Real Murcia, who received a bye teams from the Primera División. The draw took place in five stages. In stage 1, the four players eligible in the UEFA Champions League teams from the Primera Division (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, FC Sevilla and Atlético Madrid) was an opponent of the Segunda División B be drawn. In Phase 2, the three players eligible in the UEFA Europa League teams ( Villarreal, Valencia and Athletic Bilbao), the remaining two opponents was from the Segunda División B be drawn. Here Athletic Bilbao slipped in Stage 3 In the third stage of draw then Athletic Bilbao was a team from the Segunda División be drawn. In stage 4 was the other clubs from the Segunda División each an opponent from the Primera División be drawn. In the fifth stage four pairings of the eight remaining clubs in the Primera División were determined.
The first legs took place from 27 to 29 October, the second legs were played between the 10th and 12th November 2009. It is the away goals rule.
Team # 1 played the first game at home.
Second round
The draw for the pairings for the second round was held on 1 December 2009. Here also the pairings were determined for the other finals.
The first legs were played between the 5th and 7th of January and the return matches between the 12th and 14th January 2010. It is the away goals rule.
Team # 1 played the first game at home.
Quarterfinals
The first legs of the quarterfinals were played on 20 and 21 January and the return legs on 27 and 28 January 2010. It is the away goals rule.
Team # 1 played the first game at home.
Semifinal
The first legs of the semi-finals were held on 3 and 4 February and the second legs on 10 and 11 February 2010. It is the away goals rule.
Team # 1 played the first game at home.
Final
Qualification for Europa League 2010/11
The winner of the Spanish Cup competition qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2010/11. Since the Sevilla FC Primera División as a table fourth in the 2009/10 for the playoff round of the UEFA Champions League 2010/11 qualified, the qualification place, as usual, went to the runners-up. Atlético Madrid won in the same year already, the UEFA Europa League 2009/ 10 and thus qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League 2010/11, which in a European competition finalists gained both a more extensive qualification, thus fell into the place. To fill the vacant place in the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League 2010/11 moved according to the coefficients of the UEFA five year ranking the Finnish Cup 2009 winners FC Inter Turku in the second qualifying round. As a result, moved the cup winners of San Marino and Malta on the 2nd qualifying round.
Statistic
Indicated are all goal scorers with at least four hits. Maxi Rodriguez was charged with five -goal leading scorer of the cup competition.