Copa Federación de España

The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol, popularly known as the Copa Federación (Federation Cup) or Copa RFEF, is a Spanish football competition organised by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). It has been held since the 1993−94 season as a tournament for smaller football clubs, with a format similar to that of the Copa del Rey.

Copa Federación

The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol trophy
Organising body	RFEF
Founded	1944 (old competition) 1993 (current competition)
Region	Spain
Number of teams	32
Current champions	Extremadura (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Puertollano (3 titles)
Website	rfef.es/copa-rfef
2025 Copa Federación

It is contested annually by clubs from Primera Federación, Segunda Federación and Tercera Federación that have not qualified for the Copa del Rey.

The competition is currently played in two phases. The first phase is organized at the regional level, following the regulations established by each autonomous federation. The second phase is national in scope and features 32 teams: the 20 best teams from the regional phase —one from each autonomous community, except Andalusia, which contributes two teams, plus one team each from Ceuta and Melilla—; five teams from Segunda Federación —the best team from each group in the previous season that did not qualify for the Copa del Rey—; and seven teams from the Tercera Federación —the second-placed teams from the previous season, regardless of group, with the best coefficients and without a Copa del Rey berth.

In the national phase, the 32 teams are divided into four groups of eight based on geographic proximity. Each group plays three single-elimination knockout rounds, with pairings determined by draw. The winner of each group advances to the final phase as a semi-finalist, and all four semi-finalists earn qualification for the Copa del Rey.

The current Copa Federación, created in 1994, is not considered by the RFEF the same as the original one. A similar competition with regional qualification tournaments for amateur clubs (including the affiliated teams of the professional clubs, such as Real Madrid C and FC Barcelona C), the Campeonato de España de Aficionados, operated from 1930 until 1987,^[1] but is also considered to be distinct from the Copa Federación.

Finals

Old tournament

Season	Location	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Note
1944–45	Barcelona	San Martín	Valladolid	1–0
1945–46	Madrid	Alavés	Sueca	3–2
1946–50	Not played
1950–51	Zaragoza	RCD Córdoba	Barakaldo	3–2
1951–52	Madrid	Jaén	Orensana	3–1
1952–53	Madrid	Valladolid	Cacereño	1–0
1953–54	Zaragoza	Real Betis	Real Valladolid	3–2	Not official

Modern tournament

Season	Winner	Runner-up	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Agg.
1993–94	Puertollano Industrial	Platges de Calvià	1–4	5–0	6–4
1994–95	Las Palmas B	Balaguer	1–0	3–1	4–1
1995–96	Mallorca B	Murcia	0–1	3–1	3–2 (a.e.t.)
1996–97	Burgos	Gáldar	1–1	4–1	5–1
1997–98	Binéfar	Alcalá	1–2	2–0	3–2
1998–99	Racing B	Lugo	3–0	0–0	3–0
1999–2000	Sabadell	Elche	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
2000–01	Marino	Tropezón	1–0	3–0	4–0
2001–02	Celta B	Gavà	1–0	2–1	3–1
2002–03	Avilés	Tomelloso	3–0	1–0	4–0
2003–04	Badalona	Villanueva	0–0	4–1	4–1
2004–05	Mataró	Benidorm	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)
2005–06	Puertollano	Huesca	1–1	2–0	3–1
2006–07	Pontevedra	Mallorca B	4–1	0–1	4–2
2007–08	Ourense	Reus	2–1	1–1	3–2
2008–09	Jaén	Rayo Vallecano B	0–0	4–1	4–1
2009–10	San Roque Lepe	Lorca Deportiva	1–0	2–0	3–0
2010–11	Puertollano	Lemona	0–2	4–1	4–3
2011–12	Binissalem	Lemona	5–0	1–6	6–6 (a)
2012–13	Sant Andreu	La Hoya Lorca	3–0	1–0	4–0
2013–14	Ourense	Guadalajara	1–2	2–0	3–2
2014–15	Real Unión	Castellón	1–0	3–0	4–0
2015–16	Atlético Baleares	Rayo Majadahonda	2–2	1–0	3–2
2016–17	Atlético Saguntino	Fuenlabrada	0–0	3–0	3–0
2017–18	Pontevedra	Ontinyent	1–0	0–0	1–0
2018–19	Mirandés	Cornellà	3–0	2–2	5–2

New format

Season	Host	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2019	Enrique Roca, Murcia	Murcia	Tudelano	1–1 (4–2 p)
2020	Dehesa de Navalcarbón, Las Rozas de Madrid	Llagostera	Las Rozas	2–1 (a.e.t.)
2021	Nuevo Arcángel, Córdoba	Córdoba	Guijuelo	1–0
2022	Luis Suñer Picó, Alzira	Arenteiro	Alzira	2–0 (a.e.t.)
2023	El Prado, Talavera de la Reina	Badalona Futur	Talavera de la Reina	2–1
2024	Francisco de la Hera, Almendralejo	Extremadura	Compostela	2–1

Performances

Performance by club

New tournament

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
Puertollano	3	—	1994, 2006, 2011	—
Ourense	2	—	2008, 2014	—
Pontevedra	2	—	2007, 2018	—
Llagostera/Badalona Futur	2	—	2020, 2023	—
Mallorca B	1	1	1996	2007
Murcia	1	1	2019	1996
Las Palmas B	1	—	1995	—
Burgos	1	—	1997	—
Binéfar	1	—	1998	—
Racing B	1	—	1999	—
Sabadell	1	—	2000	—
Marino	1	—	2001	—
Celta B	1	—	2002	—
Avilés	1	—	2003	—
Badalona	1	—	2004	—
Mataró	1	—	2005	—
Jaén	1	—	2009	—
San Roque Lepe	1	—	2010	—
Binissalem	1	—	2012	—
Sant Andreu	1	—	2013	—
Real Unión	1	—	2015	—
Atlético Baleares	1	—	2016	—
Atlético Saguntino	1	—	2017	—
Mirandés	1	—	2019	—
Córdoba	1	—	2021	—
Arenteiro	1	—	2022	—
Extremadura	1	—	2024	—
Lemona	—	2	—	2011, 2012
Platges Calvià	—	1	—	1994
Balaguer	—	1	—	1995
Gáldar	—	1	—	1997
Alcalá	—	1	—	1998
Lugo	—	1	—	1999
Elche	—	1	—	2000
Tropezón	—	1	—	2001
Gavà	—	1	—	2002
Tomelloso	—	1	—	2003
Villanueva	—	1	—	2004
Benidorm	—	1	—	2005
Huesca	—	1	—	2006
Reus	—	1	—	2008
Rayo B	—	1	—	2009
Lorca Deportiva	—	1	—	2010
La Hoya Lorca	—	1	—	2013
Guadalajara	—	1	—	2014
Castellón	—	1	—	2015
Rayo Majadahonda	—	1	—	2016
Fuenlabrada	—	1	—	2017
Ontinyent	—	1	—	2018
Cornellà	—	1	—	2019
Tudelano	—	1	—	2019
Las Rozas	—	1	—	2020
Guijuelo	—	1	—	2021
Alzira	—	1	—	2022
Talavera de la Reina	—	1	—	2023
Compostela	—	1	—	2024

Performance by autonomous community

#	Autonomous community	Winners	Clubs
1	Catalonia	7	Sant Andreu, Mataró, Badalona, Sabadell, San Martín, Llagostera, Badalona Futur
2	Galicia	6	Ourense (2), Pontevedra (2), Celta B, Arenteiro
3	Andalusia	5	Jaén (2), Córdoba CF, RCD Córdoba, San Roque Lepe
4=	Castile and León	3	Burgos, Valladolid, Mirandés
	Castile-La Mancha	3	Puertollano (3)
	Balearic Islands	3	Mallorca B, Binissalem, Atlético Baleares
7=	Asturias	2	Avilés, Marino
	Basque Country	2	Alavés, Real Unión
9=	Cantabria	1	Racing B
	Aragon	1	Binéfar
	Canary Islands	1	Las Palmas B
	Valencian Community	1	Atlético Saguntino
	Region of Murcia	1	Murcia
	Extremadura	1	Extremadura

Regional tournaments

• Andalusia East & Melilla^[a]
• Andalusia West & Ceuta^[a]
• Aragon
• Asturias
• Balearic Islands
• Basque Country
• Canary Islands
• Cantabria
• Castile and León
• Castile-La Mancha
• Catalonia
• Extremadura
• Galicia
• La Rioja
• Madrid
• Murcia
• Navarre
• Valencian Community

1. Due to its size, Andalusia has two Tercera División leagues (one for Western/Lower Andalusia [es], the other for Eastern/Upper Andalusia [es]) and operated separate qualifying tournaments for the Copa Federación for each section until 2020, when the Andalusia Football Federation (RFAF) established a trophy for the entire region, the two finalists taking the qualification spots.^[2]

See also

• Copa del Rey
• Campeonato de España de Aficionados