2025–26 Copa del Rey

The 2025–26 Copa del Rey will be the 124th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The winners are assured a place in the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League group stage. Both the winners and the runners-up will qualify for the four-team 2027 Supercopa de España.

2025–26 Copa del Rey

Tournament details
Country	Spain
Date	October 2025 – April 2026
Teams	120
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

Barcelona are the defending champions, having beaten Real Madrid in the final of the previous edition.^[1]

The final will be held at La Cartuja in Seville in April 2026.

Schedule and format

On 30 June 2025, the RFEF introduced changes in the format of the competition, with the preliminary stage becoming a two-legged tie. The first and second rounds remain a single match, but a new criteria of geographical proximity was created to define which teams will face each other in these rounds.^[2] In the round of 32 and in the round of 16, Supercopa de España teams will be separated into a new pot, facing the teams from lowest divisions in both rounds.^[3]

Round	Draw date	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	Format details
Preliminary round		27 September 2025	20	120 → 110	New entries: Clubs qualify through the 2024–25 sixth tier. Opponents seeding: Teams face each other according to proximity criteria. Knock-out tournament type: Double match.
		4 October 2025
First round		29 October 2025	55	110 → 55	New entries: All qualified teams except for the four participants in the Supercopa de España and champions of the 2024–25 Primera Federación. Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions face La Liga teams according to proximity criteria. Local team seeding: Matches will be played at home stadiums of teams in lower divisions. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Second round		3 December 2025	28	56 → 28	New entries: 2024–25 Primera Federación champions enter at this stage. Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions face La Liga teams. Local team seeding: Matches will be played at home stadiums of teams in lower divisions. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Round of 32		17 December 2025	16	32 → 16	New entries: Clubs participating in the Supercopa de España enter at this stage. Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions face Supercopa and La Liga teams, respectively. Local team seeding: Matches will be played at home stadiums of teams in lower divisions. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Round of 16		14 January 2026	8	16 → 8	Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions face Supercopa and La Liga teams, respectively. Local team seeding: Matches will be played at home stadiums of teams in lower divisions. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Quarter-finals		4 February 2026	4	8 → 4	Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Matches will be played at home stadiums of teams in lower divisions. Knock-out tournament type: Single match.
Semi-finals		11 February 2026	2	4 → 2	Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Double match.
		4 March 2026
Final		25 April 2026	1	2 → 1	Single match at Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville. Both teams qualify for the 2027 Supercopa de España. UEFA Europa League qualification: winners qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Notes

• Games ending in a draw were decided in extra time and, if still level, by a penalty shoot-out.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the competition. Reserve teams are not allowed to enter.

La Liga All 20 teams of the 2024–25 season	Segunda División All 22 teams of the 2024–25 season	Primera Federación Top five non-reserve teams of each group of the 2024–25 season	Segunda Federación Top five non-reserve teams of the five groups of the 2024–25 season	Tercera Federación[4] The best non-reserve teams plus the best seven non-reserve runners-up of each one of the eighteen groups of the 2024–25 season	Copa Federación The four semi-finalists of the 2025 Copa Federación de España	Regional leagues One team of each one of the twenty groups of the sixth tier
Alavés Athletic Bilbao[a] Atlético Madrid[a] BarcelonaTH[a] Betis Celta Espanyol Getafe Girona Las Palmas Leganés Mallorca Osasuna Rayo Vallecano Real Madrid[a] Real Sociedad Sevilla Valencia Valladolid Villarreal	Albacete Almería Burgos Cádiz Cartagena Castellón Córdoba Deportivo La Coruña Eibar Elche Eldense Granada Huesca Levante Málaga Mirandés Oviedo Racing Ferrol Racing Santander Sporting Gijón Tenerife Zaragoza	Andorra Antequera Ceuta[b] Cultural Leonesa Gimnàstic Ibiza Mérida Murcia Ponferradina Tarazona	Arenas Getxo Atlético Antoniano Atlético Baleares Ávila Avilés Industrial Cacereño Estepona Europa Guadalajara Juventud Torremolinos Langreo SD Logroñés UD Logroñés Malacitano[c] Navalcarnero Numancia Pontevedra Rayo Majadahonda Sabadell Sant Andreu Talavera de la Reina Teruel Torrent UCAM Murcia Utebo	Alcalá Atlético Astorga Atlético Tordesillas Azuaga Caudal Cieza Ciudad de Lucena Constància Ebro Extremadura Jaén Lorca Deportiva Mutilvera Náxara UD Ourense Poblense Portugalete Puente Genil Quintanar del Rey Reus FCR Roda Tropezón Sámano San Fernando Valle de Egüés	TBD TBD TBD TBD	Alberite[5] Atlètic Sant Just[6] Atlético Calatayud[7] Atlético Melilla Campanario[8] Getxo[9] Inter de Valdemoro[10] Los Garres[11] Manises[12] San José[13] Sporting de Ceuta[14] Universitario Yuncos[15] TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Notes

1. Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid joined the tournament in the round of 32 as participants of the Supercopa de España.
2. Ceuta joined the tournament in the second round as champions of the 2024–25 Primera Federación.
3. Took the place of La Unión Atlético