2013 Copa del Rey final

The 2013 Copa del Rey final was the 111th final since the tournament's establishment (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The match was a Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid on 17 May 2013 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.^[2] It was the clubs' first meeting in the final since 1992 when Atlético won 2–0 over Real Madrid. Before this match, the two teams had met in the final on three other occasions: 1960, 1961 and 1975; all were Atlético wins, except 1975 when Real Madrid won.

2013 Copa del Rey final

Event	2012–13 Copa del Rey
Real Madrid Atlético Madrid 1 2
After extra time
Date	17 May 2013 (2013-05-17)
Venue	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Man of the Match	Thibaut Courtois (Atlético Madrid)
Referee	Carlos Clos Gómez
Attendance	80,000
Weather	Mostly Cloudy 9 °C (48 °F)[1]
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Atlético lifted the trophy for the tenth time in their history.^[3] It was the first time since 1992 that Atlético had won trophies in two consecutive seasons, following their win in the 2012 UEFA Europa League Final the previous year.^[4]

Venue and date

Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) all agreed on Madrid as the location for the event. Due to its greater capacity of 80,000, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium (Real Madrid's home ground) was chosen as the venue over Atlético's Vicente Calderón stadium.^[5] Each team was allocated 30,000 tickets to sell, and the remainder were allocated to the RFEF.^[6]

The match was originally scheduled for Saturday, 18 May, but was moved to Friday, 17 May for TV broadcast reasons.^[7]

Match ball

Adidas provided the official ball for the match, the Adidas Cafusa, the same ball used for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[8][9]

Road to the final

Further information: 2012–13 Copa del Rey

Real Madrid			Round	Atlético Madrid
Opponent	Result	Legs		Opponent	Result	Legs
Alcoyano	7–1	4–1 away; 3–0 home	Round of 32	Real Jaén	4–0	3–0 away; 1–0 home
Celta Vigo	5–2	1–2 away; 4–0 home	Round of 16	Getafe	3–0	3–0 home; 0–0 away
Valencia	3–1	2–0 home; 1–1 away	Quarter-finals	Real Betis	3–1	2–0 home; 1–1 away
Barcelona	4–2	1–1 home; 3–1 away	Semi-finals	Sevilla	4–3	2–1 home; 2–2 away

Match

Real Madrid	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Madrid
Ronaldo 14'	Report	Costa 35' Miranda 98'

17 May 2013

21:30 CEST

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 80,000^[10]

Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Real Madrid

Atlético Madrid

GK 25 Diego López RB 15 Michael Essien  101' CB 18 Raúl Albiol CB 4 Sergio Ramos (c)  74' LB 5 Fábio Coentrão  54'  91' CM 14 Xabi Alonso CM 6 Sami Khedira  65' RW 10 Mesut Özil  72' AM 19 Luka Modrić  91' LW 7 Cristiano Ronaldo  90+3'  115' CF 9 Karim Benzema  91' Substitutes: GK 1 Iker Casillas DF 11 Ricardo Carvalho DF 17 Álvaro Arbeloa  91' MF 8 Kaká MF 21 José Callejón MF 22 Ángel Di María  119'  91' FW 20 Gonzalo Higuaín  91' Manager: José Mourinho 76'

GK 13 Thibaut Courtois RB 20 Juanfran CB 2 Diego Godín CB 23 Miranda  120+3' LB 3 Filipe Luís CM 4 Mario Suárez  100' CM 14 Gabi (c)  114'  120+5' RW 6 Koke  105+1'  113' LW 10 Arda Turan  37'  111' CF 19 Diego Costa  69'  105' CF 9 Radamel Falcao Substitutes: GK 25 Sergio Asenjo DF 18 Cata Díaz MF 5 Tiago MF 7 Adrián  105' MF 8 Raúl García  113' MF 11 Cristian Rodríguez  111' FW 30 Óliver Manager: Diego Simeone

See also

• 2012–13 Copa del Rey
• Madrid derby