1986 Copa de la Liga

The 1986 Copa de la Liga was the fourth and last edition of Copa de la Liga. The competition started on May 1, 1986, and concluded on June 14, 1986. Due to time constraints, saturation and club pressure, the Copa de la Liga only lasted four years since 1982, being cancelled in 1986.

Copa de la Liga

Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	FC Barcelona
Runners-up	Real Betis
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	127 (3.02 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jorge Aravena Pedro Uralde (6)
← 1985

Format

The Copa de la Liga was played by 18 teams of 1985-86 La Liga and 4 winners of 1985 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División, Segunda División B and Tercera División. All rounds are played over two legs. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round.

La Liga

Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Real Betis Cádiz CF

Celta de Vigo RCD Español Hércules CF UD Las Palmas CA Osasuna

Racing Santander Real Madrid Real Zaragoza Real Sociedad Real Valladolid

Sevilla CF Sporting Gijon Valencia CF

Other teams

• Real Oviedo, winner of 1985 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División.
• Sestao Sport Club, winner of 1985 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División B group I.
• Albacete Balompié, winner of 1985 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División B group II.
• UB Conquense, winner of 1985 Copa de la Liga of Tercera División.

First round

First leg: 1 and 4 May 1986. Second leg: 8 and 9 May 1986.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CA Osasuna	4-5	Real Betis	2-2	2-3
Cádiz CF	0-1	Sporting Gijon	0-1	0-0
Real Zaragoza	4-1	Hércules CF	2-1	2-0
UB Conquense	3-5	Valencia CF	2-2	1-3
Celta de Vigo	3-4	RCD Español	3-2	0-2
Real Sociedad	4-3	Athletic Bilbao	2-1	2-2
Sestao Sport Club	3-2	UD Las Palmas	2-0	1-2
Real Oviedo	(p) 3-3	Racing Santander	3-0	0-3
Real Valladolid	8-5	Albacete Balompié	5-1	3-4

• Bye: Atlético Madrid, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Sevilla FC.

Second round

First leg: 11 and 14 May 1986. Second leg: 18 and 21 May 1986.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	6-2	Real Madrid	2-2	4-0
Valencia CF	6-3	RCD Español	5-2	1-1
Real Oviedo	2-5	Real Sociedad	2-1	0-4
Atlético Madrid	4-3	Real Valladolid	3-3	1-0
Sevilla CF	0-1	Sestao Sport Club	0-0	0-1

• Bye: Real Betis, Real Zaragoza and Sporting Gijon.

Quarter-finals

First leg: 24 and 25 May 1986. Second leg: 29 May 1986.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	3-2	Sporting de Gijón	1-0	2-2
Real Sociedad	2-3	Real Zaragoza	1-0	1-3
Valencia CF	2-4	Real Betis	1-2	1-2
Sestao Sport Club	3-4	Atlético Madrid	3-2	0-2

Semi-finals

First leg: 4 June 1986. Second leg: 8 June 1986.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Zaragoza	1-4	Real Betis	1-2	0-2
Atlético Madrid	1-2	FC Barcelona	0-1	1-1

Final

First leg

11 June 1986

Real Betis	1–0	FC Barcelona
Calderón 16'

Benito Villamarín, Seville

Referee: Joaquín Ramos Marco

Real Betis

Barcelona

Second leg

14 June 1986

FC Barcelona	2–0	Real Betis
Amarilla 9' Alexanko 40' (pen.)

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Referee: Ildefonso Urizar Azpitarte

Barcelona

Real Betis

Copa de la Liga 1986 Winners
FC Barcelona 2nd title