1983 Copa de la Liga

The 1983 Copa de la Liga was the first edition of Copa de la Liga. The competition started on May 8, 1983, and concluded on June 29, 1983. Due to time constraints, saturation and club pressure, the Copa de la Liga only lasted four years since 1982, being cancelled in 1986.^[1]

Copa de la Liga

Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	108 (3.18 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Raúl Amarilla (7)
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Format

The Copa de la Liga was played by 18 teams of 1982–83 La Liga. All rounds are played over two legs. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. The 1982–83 Copa del Rey semifinal losers are exempt until second round, and the 1982–83 Copa del Rey final teams are exempt until quarterfinals.

Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Real Betis Celta de Vigo

RCD Español UD Las Palmas Málaga CF CA Osasuna Racing Santander

Real Madrid Real Zaragoza Real Sociedad Real Valladolid UD Salamanca

Sevilla CF Sporting Gijón Valencia CF

First round

First leg: 8 May 1983. Second leg: 21 and 22 May 1983.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celta de Vigo	4–9	RCD Español	3–2	1–7
Real Betis	2–2 (p)	Málaga CF	1–0	1–2
Racing Santander	4–3	Valencia CF	1–0	3–3
UD Salamanca	1–4	Atlético Madrid	0–0	1–4
Real Zaragoza	4–1	Sevilla FC	2–1	2–0
Athletic Bilbao	(p) 2–2	CA Osasuna	1–1	1–1
UD Las Palmas	6–2	Real Valladolid	4–1	2–1

Second round

First leg: June 1, 1983. Second leg: June 8, 1983.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	3–2	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	0–2
Sporting Gijón	3–2	Málaga CF	2–2	1–0
Racing Santander	3–6	Real Zaragoza	3–2	0–4
Real Sociedad	(p) 2–2	RCD Español	2–2	0–0

• Bye: UD Las Palmas.

Quarter-finals

First leg: June 12, 1983. Second leg: June 15, 1983.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	2–1	Real Sociedad	1–0	1–1
FC Barcelona	1–0	Sporting Gijón	1–0	0–0
UD Las Palmas	1–3	Atlético Madrid	1–0	0–3

• Bye: Real Zaragoza.

Semi-finals

First leg: June 19, 1983. Second leg: June 22, 1983.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Zaragoza	8–8 (p)	Real Madrid	5–3	3–5
Atlético Madrid	3–5	FC Barcelona	1–0	2–5

Final

First leg

1983 Copa de la Liga Final

26 June 1983

First leg

Real Madrid	2–2	Barcelona
Del Bosque 63' Juanito 69'		Carrasco 50' Maradona 57'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Referee: Ildefonso Urizar Azpitarte

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Second leg

29 June 1983

Second leg

Barcelona	2–1	Real Madrid
Maradona 19' (pen.) Alexanko 20'	Report	Santillana 84'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Referee: Joaquín Ramos Marcos

Barcelona

Real Madrid

GK 1 Urruti DF 2 Tente Sánchez DF 3 Migueli DF 6 Alexanko DF 4 Julio Alberto MF 5 Víctor Muñoz MF 8 Bernd Schuster MF 9 Periko Alonso FW 11 Marcos  76' FW 10 Diego Maradona FW 7 Carrasco Substitutes: MF Esteban Vigo  76' Manager: César Luis Menotti

GK Agustín DF Juan José DF Isidro Díaz DF John Metgod DF José A. Salguero  16' MF Ricardo Gallego MF Vicente del Bosque MF Ángel de los Santos FW Francisco García FW Miguel Ángel Portugal FW Ito  73' Substitutes: DF Isidoro San José  16' FW Santillana  73' Manager: Alfredo Di Stéfano

1983 Copa de la Liga
Barcelona 1st title