1972–73 Copa del Generalísimo

The 1972–73 Copa del Generalísimo was the 71st staging of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 20 September 1972 and concluded on 29 June 1973 with the final.

1972–73 Copa del Generalísimo

71st Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	112
Defending champions	Atlético Madrid
Final positions
Champions	Athletic Bilbao (22nd title)
Runners-up	CD Castellón
Tournament statistics
Matches played	221
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cádiz CF	2–3	CD Logroñés	2–2	0–1
CD Cartagena	0–2	CD Sabadell CF	0–2	0–0
Gimnástico de Tarragona	2–6	Baracaldo CF	2–0	0–6
Cultural Leonesa	2–3	Hércules CF	2–0	0–3
RCD Mallorca	1–2	CD San Andrés	1–1	0–1
Pontevedra CF	2–3	Recreativo de Huelva	2–2	0–1
Racing de Santander	2–3	Sevilla CF	1–0	1–3
CD Tenerife	5–6	CD Orense	3–1	2–5
CD Valdepeñas	1–2	Rayo Vallecano	0–0	1–2
Real Valladolid	4–1	Elche CF	3–0	1–1

Fifth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	1–2	RCD Español	1–0	0–2
Baracaldo CF	2–4	Real Oviedo	2–1	0–3
CD Castellón	5–1	Real Valladolid	5–0	0–1
Deportivo La Coruña	5–1	Hércules CF	3–1	2–0
Granada CF	3–2	CD Logroñés	1–1	2–1
Recreativo de Huelva	0–2	CF Barcelona	0–0	0–2
UD Las Palmas	0–3	CD Málaga	0–2	0–1
Rayo Vallecano	1–4	Valencia CF	0–1	1–3
Real Sociedad	4–7	CD Orense	1–3	3–4
CD San Andrés	1–1 (2–3 p)	Real Betis	1–0	0–1
Sevilla CF	3-2	Real Zaragoza	1–0	2–2
Sporting Gijón	7–2	CD Sabadell CF	5–1	2–1

• Bye: Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Burgos CF and Celta Vigo.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Real Oviedo	2–0	0–1
Real Betis	4–3	Burgos CF	2–1	2–2
CD Castellón	1–0	Valencia CF	0–0	1–0
RCD Español	2–2 (a)	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	1–0
CD Málaga	2–0	Celta Vigo	2–0	0–0
CD Orense	2–4	Granada CF	1–1	1–3
Sevilla CF	3–2	CF Barcelona	3–1	0–1
Sporting Gijón	2–1	Real Madrid	1–0	1–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CD Castellón	4–2	Real Betis	4–0	0–2
Deportivo La Coruña	0–4	CD Málaga	0–2	0–2
Granada CF	1–4	Sporting Gijón	1–1	0–3
Sevilla CF	2–5	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	2–5

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Athletic Club de Bilbao	3–1	CD Málaga	2–1	1–0
CD Castellón	3–0	Real Sporting de Gijón	2–0	1–0

Final

Main article: 1973 Copa del Generalísimo Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Athletic Club de Bilbao	2–0	CD Castellón

Copa del Generalísimo winners
Athletic Bilbao 22nd title

External links

• (in English) rsssf.com
• (in Spanish) linguasport.com^[usurped]