1979 Copa del Rey final

The 1979 Copa del Rey final was the 77th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Vicente Calderón in Madrid on 30 June 1979. The match was won by Valencia CF, who beat Real Madrid 2–0. Valencia won the cup for the fifth time. ^[1]

1979 Copa del Rey final

Event	1978–79 Copa del Rey
Valencia Real Madrid 2 0
Date	30 June 1979
Venue	Vicente Calderón, Madrid
Referee	Emilio Guruceta
Attendance	70,000
← 1978 1980 →

Road to the final

Valencia			Round	Madrid
Opponent	Result	Legs		Opponent	Result	Legs
Girona CF	3–1	0–2 away; 1–1 home	Round of 64	Atlético de Madrid	3–3	1–1 away; 2–2 home
Real Sociedad	4–2	1–0 away; 4–1 home	Round of 32	UD Las Palmas	7–5	4–2 home; 1–1 away
FC Barcelona	5–4	4–1 away; 4–0 home	Round of 16	Celta de Vigo	5–1	1–1 away; 4–0 home
CD Alavés	4–0	0–1 away; 3–0 home	Quarterfinals	Real Zaragoza	2–1	2–0 home; 0–1 away
Real Valladolid	3–2	2–0 home; 2–1 away	Semifinals	Sevilla FC	2–1	0–0 away; 2–1 home

Match details

30 June 1979

21:00 CEST

Valencia CF	2–0	Real Madrid
Kempes 24', 90'	Report[usurped]

Vicente Calderón, Madrid

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Emilio Guruceta

Valencia

Real Madrid

GK 1 José Luis Manzanedo DF 2 José Carrete (c) DF 5 Manuel Botubot DF 4 Ricardo Arias DF 3 José Cerveró  73' MF 6 Rainer Bonhof MF 8 Ángel Castellanos MF 10 Daniel Solsona  86' MF 7 Enrique Saura  65' FW 9 Mario Kempes FW 11 Darío Felman Substitutes: DF 12 Miguel Tendillo  86' GK 13 Carlos Pereira FW 14 Carlos Diarte FW 15 Pere Vilarrodà Manager: Pasieguito

GK 1 Mariano García Remón  88' DF 2 Isidoro San José  83' DF 5 Gregorio Benito (c) DF 4 Enrique Wolff DF 3 Isidro MF 6 Vicente del Bosque MF 8 Uli Stielike MF 10 Francisco García Hernández FW 7 Roberto Martínez FW 9 Santillana  12' FW 11 Francisco Aguilar Substitutes: DF 12 José Antonio Camacho GK 13 Javier Maté  88' MF 14 Alberto Vitoria  12' MF 15 Carlos Escribano Manager: Luis Molowny

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Four named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

Copa del Rey 1978–79 Winners
Valencia CF 5th title