1985 Copa de la Liga

The 1985 Copa de la Liga was the third year of Copa de la Liga. The competition started on April 11, 1985, and concluded on June 15, 1985. Due to time constraints, saturation and club pressure, the Copa de la Liga only lasted four years from its introduction in 1982, being cancelled in 1986.

Copa de la Liga

Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid
Runners-up	Atlético Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	140 (3.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Juan José Rubio (6)
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Format

The Copa de la Liga was played by 18 teams of 1984-85 La Liga and the 4 winners of 1984 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División, Segunda División B and Tercera División. All rounds were played over two legs. The team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. The 1984-85 Copa del Rey winner was exempt until the quarter-finals and the 1984-85 Copa del Rey quarter-final losers were exempt until the second round.

La Liga

Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Real Betis Elche CF

RCD Español Hércules CF Málaga CF CA Osasuna Racing Santander

Real Madrid Real Murcia Real Zaragoza Real Sociedad Real Valladolid

Sevilla CF Sporting Gijon Valencia CF

Other teams

• CD Castellón, winner of 1984 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División.
• Gimnàstic de Tarragona, winner of 1984 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División B group I.
• CD Antequerano, winner of 1984 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División B group II.
• CD Tudelano, winner of 1984 Copa de la Liga of Tercera División.

First round

First leg: 11 April 1985. Second leg: 17, 18, 21 and 24 May 1985.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia CF	3-2	Racing Santander	1-2	2-0
Sevilla FC	3-0	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	2-0	1-0
Real Murcia	9-1	Hércules CF	7-0	2-1
Real Valladolid	12-4	CD Antequerano	8-0	4-4
Málaga CF	3-2	CA Osasuna	1-0	2-2
CD Tudelano	1-5	RCD Español	0-4	1-1
Elche CF	2-5	CD Castellón	2-2	0-3

• Bye: Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, FC Barcelona, Real Betis, Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza, Real Sociedad and Sporting Gijon.

Second round

First leg: 1, 4 and 5 May 1985. Second leg: 7 and 9 May 1985.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	4-2	Real Sociedad	2-0	2-2
Real Valladolid	3-4	Real Zaragoza	2-3	1-1
Real Betis	4-1	Valencia CF	4-0	0-1
Atlético Madrid	9-0	Real Murcia	4-0	5-0
CD Castellón	2-4	RCD Español	1-3	1-1
Athletic Bilbao	4-2	Málaga CF	3-2	1-0
Sporting Gijon	3-1	Sevilla CF	1-1	2-0

• Bye: Real Madrid.

Quarter-finals

First leg: 11 and 12 May 1985. Second leg: 18 and 19 May 1985.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	3-3 (p)	Real Madrid	2-2	1-1
Sporting Gijon	3-2	Real Zaragoza	2-0	1-2
RCD Español	4-1	Athletic Bilbao	3-0	1-1
Atlético Madrid	4-3	Real Betis	3-1	1-2

Semi-finals

First leg: 30 May 1985. Second leg: 2 June 1985.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Gijon	3-4	Real Madrid	3-1	0-3
Atlético Madrid	5-3	RCD Español	5-1	0-2

Final

First leg

5 June 1985

Atlético Madrid	3 – 2	Real Madrid
Rubio 10' Arteche 57' Cabrera 59'		Pineda 48' Santillana 79'

Vicente Calderón, Madrid

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Urío Velázquez

Second leg

15 June 1985

Real Madrid	2 – 0	Atlético Madrid
Stielike 23' Míchel 62'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Crespo Aurré

Copa de la Liga 1985 Winners
Real Madrid 1st title