2012–13 Copa del Rey
The Copa del Rey 2012/13 was the 109th edition of the Spanish Football Cup Copa del Rey.
The competition started on 29 August 2012 and ended with the final on 17 May 2013 for the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid. Defender of the cup competition was the FC Barcelona. The winner of the competition qualified for the Europa League 2013 / 14th
Participating teams
Real Madrid
FC Barcelona
FC Valencia
FC Málaga
Atlético Madrid
Levante UD
Getafe
Real Sociedad
Betis Sevilla
Espanyol Barcelona
FC Granada
Villarreal
Sporting Gijón
Racing Santander
Deportivo La Coruna
Celta Vigo
AD Alcorcón
Hércules Alicante
FC Cordoba
UD Almería
FC Elche
Deportivo Xerez
FC Girona
CD Guadalajara
Recreativo Huelva
CE Sabadell
Gimnàstic de Tarragona
- Group 1 CD Tenerife CD Lugo Albacete Balompié Real Oviedo † FC La Roda †
- Group 2 CD Mirandés SD Ponferradina SD Eibar SD Amorebieta UD Logroñés Deportivo Alavés ‡
- Group 3 Atlético Baleares FC Orihuela Huracán CF CF Badalona UE Llagostera CE l' Hospitalet ‡ Club Lleida Esportiu ‡
- Group 4 FC Cadiz Real Linense Lucena CF Real Jaén UD Melilla CD San Roque ‡ CP Cacereño ‡
- Group 1 CD Ourense
- Group 2 Caudal Deportivo
- Group 3 SD Noja
- Group 4 CD Laudio
- Group 6 catarroja CF
- Group 7 CF Fuenlabrada
- Group 8 Real Ávila †
- Group 9 Loja CD
- Group 10 Atlético Sanluqueño
- Group 11 CD Constancia
- Group 12 CD Marino
- Group 13 Yeclano Deportivo
- Group 14 Arroyo CP
- Group 15 Peña Sport FC
- Group 16 SD Logroñés
- Group 17 SD Ejea
- Group 18 CP Villarrobledo
1 FC Barcelona B and Villarreal B is not eligible as a B- team 2 in the absence of B- teams 3 is a B- team champion, automatically moves the best-placed A- team for each league after Nachgerückt † for a B team ‡ qualifies as a point Best
Mode
The tournament is played as a knockout 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 the teams play Tercera División and the Segunda División B.
- In the second round of the main teams in the Segunda División come to the clubs Segunda División B and Tercera División added.
- In the third main round these teams play from the opponents of the first division.
- In the Round of 32 teams in the Primera División are 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 36 teams that División in the 2012/13 season in the Segunda B and the Tercera were playing División, qualified. The draw took place on August 3, 2012 as all the other draws in the Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas de Madrid. There have been drawn 18 pairings and awarded seven byes. In this case, the pairings for the second main round were determined.
The matches were played on 29 and 30 August 2012.
Byes: Real Linense, Real Jaén, UD Melilla, Huracán CF, Lucena CF, CD Tenerife and Lleida Esportiu.
Second Main Round
In the second round of the main teams from the Segunda División entered in the competition.
The matches were played on 11 and 12 September 2012.
Bye: CP Cacereño
Third main round
The matches were played on 17 and 18 October 2012.
Bye: CD Alcoyano
Round of 32
In the Round of 32 came to the eleven winners from the games of the third main round and CD Alcoyano, which received a bye, the teams from the Primera División. The draw was held with five Lostöpfen on 14 September 2012.
First, the teams an opponent randomly assigned from Pot 2 in Pot 1, the remaining teams from Pot 1 then an opponent from Pot 3 It was then drawn against the teams of special pot 1 an opponent of special pot 2 and then the pairings from the other clubs were the Primera División determined.
The first legs were played between 30 October and November 1, the return legs on 27, 28 and 29 November.
Second round
The first legs were the return legs held from 8th to January 10th, 2013 on December 11th, 12th, 13th and 18th 2012.
Quarterfinals
The first legs were, the return games played on 15, 16 and 17 January on 23 and 24 January 2013.
Semifinal
The first legs were played on 30 and 31 January, the return games were held on 26 and 27 February, 2013.