1995–96 Copa del Rey

The 1995–96 Copa del Rey was the 94th staging of the Copa del Rey.

1995–96 Copa del Rey

94th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	72
Defending champions	Deportivo La Coruña
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Madrid
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	141
Goals scored	363 (2.57 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Milinko Pantić (7)
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The competition started on 6 September 1995 to 10 April 1996. The final was held at La Romareda in Zaragoza.^[1]

First round

First round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Sestao Sport	3–4	Alavés	6 September 1995	0–1		20 September 1995	3–3	Rep.
Gramenet	1–6	Lleida	7 September 1995	0–2	Rep.	20 September 1995	4–1	Rep.
Elche	0–1	Hércules	7 September 1995	0–1		20 September 1995	0–0	Rep.
Endesa Andorra	4–4 (a)	Villarreal	7 September 1995	3–0	Rep.	21 September 1995	4–1	Rep.
Beasain	1–5	Logroñés	7 September 1995	1–1		21 September 1995	4–0
Colonia Moscardó	4–4 (a)	Leganés	7 September 1995	3–2		21 September 1995	2–1
Utrera	1–5	Córdoba	7 September 1995	1–1		21 September 1995	4–0
Durango	2–1	Huesca	7 September 1995	1–0		21 September 1995	1–1
Santa Ana	1–6	Getafe	7 September 1995	0–3		21 September 1995	3–1
Aurrerá	1–2	Eibar	7 September 1995	0–0		21 September 1995	2–1
Real Unión	0–5	Osasuna	7 September 1995	0–1		21 September 1995	4–0
FC Andorra	3–1	Palamós	7 September 1995	1–0	Rep.	21 September 1995	1–2	Rep.
Castellón	1–3	Levante	7 September 1995	1–0		21 September 1995	3–0
San Sebastián de los Reyes	2–2 (a)	Numancia	7 September 1995	2–2		21 September 1995	0–0
Yeclano	0–2	Novelda	7 September 1995	0–0		21 September 1995	2–0
Toledo	0–3	Valladolid	7 September 1995	0–1	Rep.	21 September 1995	2–0
Pontevedra	2–3	Endesa As Pontes	7 September 1995	2–2		21 September 1995	1–0
Las Palmas	2–1	Mensarejo	7 September 1995	2–1		21 September 1995	0–0
San Pedro	2–3	Marbella	7 September 1995	2–1		21 September 1995	2–0
Manlleu	1–3	Mallorca	7 September 1995	0–1	Rep.	21 September 1995	2–1	Rep.
Talavera	3–3 (a)	Cultural Leonesa	7 September 1995	2–2		21 September 1995	1–1
Extremadura	4–0	Badajoz	7 September 1995	2–0		21 September 1995	0–2
Vélez	3–3 (a)	Real Jaén	7 September 1995	1–1		21 September 1995	2–2
Málaga	1–1 (p)	Écija	7 September 1995	1–0		21 September 1995	1–0
Racing Ferrol	3–1	Ourense	7 September 1995	1–0		21 September 1995	1–2		(*)
Almería	5–1	Albacete	21 September 1995	4–1		12 October 1995	0–1	Rep.
(*) 1st leg match suspended by a power outage (71'), and resumed 19 September 1995

Second round

Second round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Racing Ferrol	1–5	Sporting Gijón	24 October 1995	1–1	Rep.	8 November 1995	4–0	Rep.
Endesa As Pontes	1–2	Celta Vigo	25 October 1995	0–0	Rep.	7 November 1995	2–1
Andorra	4–2	Getafe	25 October 1995	3–0	Rep.	8 November 1995	2–1	Rep.
Extremadura	2–4	Espanyol	25 October 1995	1–1	Rep.	8 November 1995	3–1	Rep.
Vélez	1–10	Tenerife	25 October 1995	1–2	Rep.	8 November 1995	8–0	Rep.
Las Palmas	1–1 (a)	Leganés	25 October 1995	1–1		8 November 1995	0–0	Rep.
Alavés	1–5	Athletic Bilbao	25 October 1995	0–1	Rep.	8 November 1995	4–1	Rep.
Almería	2–6	Atlético Madrid	25 October 1995	1–4	Rep.	8 November 1995	2–1	Rep.
Endesa Andorra	2–5	Levante	25 October 1995	1–1	Rep.	8 November 1995	4–1	Rep.
Numancia	2–2 (p)	Real Sociedad	25 October 1995	2–0	Rep.	8 November 1995	2–0	Rep.	Penalties: 8–9 for CD Numancia
Logroñés	3–5	Racing Santander	25 October 1995	1–2	Rep.	8 November 1995	3–1	Rep.
Eibar	1–2	Compostela	25 October 1995	1–0	Rep.	8 November 1995	2–0	Rep.
Osasuna	4–7	Real Oviedo	25 October 1995	3–3	Rep.	8 November 1995	4–1	Rep.
Córdoba	1–5	Mérida	25 October 1995	1–3	Rep.	8 November 1995	2–0	Rep.
Lleida	1–2	Écija	25 October 1995	0–2	Rep.	8 November 1995	0–1	Rep.
Mallorca	0–0 (p)	Valencia	25 October 1995	0–0	Rep.	8 November 1995	0–0	Rep.	Penalties: 4–1 for Valencia CF
Novelda	0–2	Hércules	25 October 1995	0–0	Rep.	8 November 1995	2–0	Rep.
Cultural Leonesa	2–4	Valladolid	25 October 1995	1–1	Rep.	8 November 1995	3–1	Rep.
Durango	0–6	Salamanca	25 October 1995	0–2	Rep.	8 November 1995	4–0	Rep.
Marbella	1–3	Rayo Vallecano	25 October 1995	0–0	Rep.	9 November 1995	3–1	Rep.

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	8–5	Mérida	4–1	4–4
Salamanca	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	1–3
Compostela	2–1	Valladolid	1–0	1–1
Leganés	1–6	Espanyol	0–1	1–5
Numancia	1–0	Racing Santander	0–0	1–0
Écija	2–5	Sporting Gijón	2–0	0–5
Levante	2–6	Tenerife	1–0	1–6
Andorra	0–7	Celta Vigo	0–5	0–2
Hércules	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	1–0
Real Oviedo	1–2	Valencia	1–1	0–1

First leg

Atlético Madrid v CP Mérida

28 November 1995	Atlético Madrid	4–1	CP Mérida	Madrid
	Kiko 48', 75' Pantic 60', 62' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)	Sinval 7'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Japón Sevilla

UD Salamanca v Athletic Bilbao

29 November 1995	UD Salamanca	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Salamanca
		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Helmántico Referee: Gómez López

SD Compostela v Real Valladolid

29 November 1995	SD Compostela	1–0	Real Valladolid	Santiago de Compostela
	Christensen 8'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: San Lázaro Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez

CD Leganés v RCD Espanyol

29 November 1995	CD Leganés	0–1	RCD Espanyol	Leganés
		Report (in Spanish)	Urzáiz 70'	Stadium: Estadio Luis Rodríguez de Miguel Referee: Rodríguez Martel

CD Numancia v Racing Santander

29 November 1995	CD Numancia	0–0	Racing Santander	Soria
		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Estadio Municipal Los Pajaritos Referee: Fernández Marín

Écija Balompié v Sporting Gijón

29 November 1995	Écija Balompié	2–0	Sporting Gijón	Écija
	Quino 38' Fede 75'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Estadio San Pablo Referee: Brito Arceo

Levante UD v CD Tenerife

29 November 1995	Levante UD	1–0	CD Tenerife	Valencia
	Guerrero 85' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Nou Estadi Referee: José María García-Aranda

FC Andorra v Celta Vigo

29 November 1995	FC Andorra	0–5	Celta Vigo	Andorra la Vella
		Report (in Spanish)	Alejo 1' Milojević 10', 20', 66' Sánchez 44'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Andradas Asurmendi

Hércules CF v Rayo Vallecano

29 November 1995	Hércules CF	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Alicante
	Sigüenza 53'	Report (in Spanish)	Alcázar 39'	Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez Referee: Prados García

Real Oviedo v Valencia CF

30 November 1995	Real Oviedo	1–1	Valencia CF	Oviedo
	Oli 55'	Report (in Spanish)	Mijatović 77'	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marín López

Second leg

Valencia CF v Real Oviedo

12 December 1995	Valencia CF	1–0	Real Oviedo	Valencia
	Berto 45' (o.g.)	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Rubio Valdivieso

CP Mérida v Atlético Madrid

13 December 1995	CP Mérida	4–4	Atlético Madrid	Mérida
	Quique Martín 27', 42', 52' Sinval 76'	Report (in Spanish)	Pirri 12' Correa 55', 56' Biagini 90'	Stadium: Estadio Romano Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

Real Valladolid v SD Compostela

13 December 1995	Real Valladolid	1–1	SD Compostela	Valladolid
	Fernando 50'	Report (in Spanish)	Lekumberri 85'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Núñez Manrique

RCD Espanyol v CD Leganés

13 December 1995	RCD Espanyol	5–1	CD Leganés	Barcelona
	Javi García 4', 32' Àlex Fernández 14' Pacheta 64', 73'	Report (in Spanish)	Javi López 9'	Stadium: Sarrià Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Racing Santander v CD Numancia

13 December 1995	Racing Santander	0–1	CD Numancia	Santander
		Report (in Spanish)	Barbarin 7'	Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: López de la Fuente

Sporting Gijón v Écija Balompié

13 December 1995	Sporting Gijón	5–0	Écija Balompié	Gijón
	Salinas 12', 72', 80', 83' Velasco 60'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 11,000 Referee: José María García-Aranda

CD Tenerife v Levante UD

13 December 1995	CD Tenerife	6–1	Levante UD	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Hapal 7', 51' Robaina 25' Chano 39' Pizzi 68' Ramis 79'	Report (in Spanish)	Sierra 69'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Celta Vigo v FC Andorra

13 December 1995	Celta Vigo	2–0	FC Andorra	Vigo
	Milojević 26', 65'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Gómez López

Rayo Vallecano v Hércules CF

13 December 1995	Rayo Vallecano	0–1	Hércules CF	Madrid
		Report (in Spanish)	Alfaro 12' (pen.)	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto

Athletic Bilbao v UD Salamanca

14 December 1995	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	UD Salamanca	Bilbao
	Etxeberria 34' Ziganda 45', 76'	Report (in Spanish)	Barbarà 79'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

Bracket

	First round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Numancia	2	0	2
	16	Sporting Gijón	1	0	1
								Numancia		2	1	3
								Barcelona		2	3	5
	8	Hércules	0	1	1
	9	Barcelona	0	4	4
															Barcelona		1	3	4
															Espanyol		0	2	2
	5	Espanyol	4	1	5
	12	Real Madrid	1	2	3
								Espanyol (a)		0	1	1
								Zaragoza		0	1	1
	4	Athletic Bilbao	2	1	3
	13	Zaragoza (a)	3	0	3
																						Barcelona		0
																						Atlético Madrid		1
	6	Sevilla	2	1	3
	11	Compostela	1	0	1
								Sevilla		1	0	1
								Valencia		1	2	3
	3	Celta Vigo	1	0	1
	14	Valencia	1	3	4
															Valencia		3	2	5
															Atlético Madrid		5	1	6
	7	Deportivo La Coruña	1	1	2
	10	Tenerife	1	2	3
								Tenerife		0	0	0
								Atlético Madrid		0	3	3
	2	Atlético Madrid	1	2	3
	15	Betis	1	1	2

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Numancia	2–1	Sporting Gijón	2–1	0–0
Hércules	1–4	Barcelona	0–0	1–4
Espanyol	5–3	Real Madrid	4–1	1–2
Athletic Bilbao	3–3 (a)	Zaragoza	2–3	1-0
Sevilla	3–1	Compostela	2–1	1-0
Celta Vigo	1–4	Valencia	1–1	0–3
Deportivo La Coruña	2–3	Tenerife	1–1	1–2
Atlético Madrid	3–2	Betis	1–1	2–1

First leg

Atlético Madrid v Betis

9 January 1996	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Betis	Madrid
21:30 CET	López 6'	Report (in Spanish)	Pier 69'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Rodriguez Martel

Athletic Bilbao v Zaragoza

10 January 1996	Athletic Bilbao	2–3	Zaragoza	Bilbao
20:15 CET	Guerrero 43' Etxeberria 51'	Report (in Spanish)	Morientes 8', 28', 52'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rubio Valdivieso

Numancia v Sporting Gijón

10 January 1996	Numancia	2–1	Sporting Gijón	Soria
20:30 CET	Artigas 46' Murillo 64'	Report (in Spanish)	Eloy 17'	Stadium: Los Pajaritos Attendance: — Referee: Puentes Leira

Celta Vigo v Valencia

10 January 1996	Celta Vigo	1–1	Valencia	Vigo
21:00 CET	Sánchez 63'	Report (in Spanish)	Fernando 12'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: — Referee: Esquinas Torres  77' Referee: Ignacio Iglesias  77'

Deportivo La Coruña v Tenerife

10 January 1996	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Tenerife	A Coruña
21:00 CET	Donato 85' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)	Pizzi 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: — Referee: Prados García

Hércules v Barcelona

10 January 1996	Hércules	0–0	Barcelona	Alicante
21:15 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: José Rico Pérez Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Barrenechea Montero

Sevilla v Compostela

10 January 1996	Sevilla	2–1	Compostela	Seville
21:30 CET	Marcos 56' Šuker 77'	Report (in Spanish)	Tocornal 90+2'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Espanyol v Real Madrid

11 January 1996	Espanyol	4–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Lardín 1', 56', 63' Arteaga 6'	Report (in Spanish)	Redondo 90'	Stadium: Sarrià Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Marín López

Second leg

Betis v Atlético Madrid

16 January 1996	Betis	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Seville
21:30 CET	Sabas 47'	Report (in Spanish)	Geli 24' Penev 26'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: — Referee: Rubio Valdivieso

Zaragoza v Athletic Bilbao

17 January 1996	Zaragoza	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Zaragoza
20:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Etxeberria 83'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Compostela v Sevilla

17 January 1996	Compostela	0–1	Sevilla	Santiago de Compostela
20:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Carlitos 2'	Stadium: Multiusos de San Lázaro Attendance: — Referee: Gracia Redondo

Sporting Gijón v Numancia

17 January 1996	Sporting Gijón	0–0	Numancia	Gijón
20:45 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 11,700 Referee: Megía Dávila

Valencia v Celta Vigo

17 January 1996	Valencia	3–0	Celta Vigo	Valencia
21:00 CET	Mijatović 21' (pen.) Arroyo 36' Gálvez 56'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Japón Sevilla

Barcelona v Hércules

17 January 1996	Barcelona	4–1	Hércules	Barcelona
21:00 CET	Bakero 14' Abelardo 44' Kodro 52' Amor 70'	Report (in Spanish)	Palomino 47'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Iturralde González

Tenerife v Deportivo La Coruña

17 January 1996	Tenerife	2–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
22:00 CET	Juanele 40' Jokanović 48'	Report (in Spanish)	Donato 27'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 18,000 Referee: López Nieto

Real Madrid v Espanyol

18 January 1996	Real Madrid	2–1	Espanyol	Madrid
21:30 CET	Raúl 68' Michel 88' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)	Lardín 8'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Fernández Marín

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Numancia	3–5	Barcelona	2–2	1–3
Espanyol	1–1 (a)	Zaragoza	0–0	1–1
Sevilla	1–3	Valencia	1–1	0–2
Tenerife	0–3	Atlético Madrid	0–0	0–3

First leg

Sevilla v Valencia

30 January 1996	Sevilla	1–1	Valencia	Seville
21:30 CET	Monchu 19'	Report (in Spanish)	Mijatović 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: — Referee: Gracia Redondo

Espanyol v Zaragoza

31 January 1996	Espanyol	0–0	Zaragoza	Barcelona
21:00 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Sarrià Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Esquinas Torres

Tenerife v Atlético Madrid

31 January 1996	Tenerife	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
23:00 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Numancia v Barcelona

1 February 1996	Numancia	2–2	Barcelona	Soria
21:30 CET	Alonso 1' Movilla 89'	Report (in Spanish)	Moreno 49', 55'	Stadium: Los Pajaritos Attendance: 12,200 Referee: López Nieto

Second leg

Valencia v Sevilla

13 February 1996	Valencia	2–0	Sevilla	Valencia
21:30 CET	Mijatović 32', 68'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Zaragoza v Espanyol

14 February 1996	Zaragoza	1–1	Espanyol	Zaragoza
20:00 CET	López 19'	Report (in Spanish)	Pacheta 7'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Marín López

Barcelona v Numancia

14 February 1996	Barcelona	3–1	Numancia	Barcelona
22:00 CET	Kodro 23' Óscar 26' Nadal 60'	Report (in Spanish)	Barbarin 5'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 60,000 Referee: García-Aranda

Atlético Madrid v Tenerife

15 February 1996	Atlético Madrid	3–0	Tenerife	Madrid
21:30 CET	Penev 18', 41', 76'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gracia Redondo

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	4–2	Espanyol	1–0	3–2
Valencia	5–6	Atlético Madrid	3–5	2–1

First leg

Valencia v Atlético Madrid

21 February 1996	Valencia	3–5	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
21:30 CET	Gálvez 6' Fernando 44' Mijatović 90'	Report (in Spanish)	Pantić 47', 64' Biagini 72' Juan Carlos 80' Roberto 88'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: — Referee: López Nieto

Barcelona v Espanyol

22 February 1996	Barcelona	1–0	Espanyol	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Popescu 51' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 80,000 Referee: García-Aranda

Second leg

Espanyol v Barcelona

28 February 1996	Espanyol	2–3	Barcelona	Barcelona
21:30 CET	García 38' Urzaiz 62' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)	Kodro 41' Amor 79' Popescu 89'	Stadium: Sarrià Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Atlético Madrid v Valencia

29 February 1996	Atlético Madrid	1–2	Valencia	Madrid
21:30 CET	Pantić 45' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)	Viola 20' Fernando 53'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gracia Redondo

Final

Main article: 1996 Copa del Rey Final

10 April 1996

20:30 CET

Barcelona	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Madrid
	Report (in Spanish)	Pantić 102'

La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Díaz Vega

Copa del Rey 1995–96 winners
Atlético Madrid 9th title

Top goalscorers

Player	Goals	Team
Milinko Pantić	7	Atlético Madrid
Predrag Mijatović	6	Valencia
Lyuboslav Penev	6	Atlético Madrid
Juan Antonio Pizzi	5	Tenerife
Pacheta	5	Espanyol
Goran Milojević	5	Celta Vigo
Javi García	4	Espanyol
Jordi Lardín	4	Espanyol
Quique Martín	4	Mérida
Víctor	4	Tenerife