2016–17 Copa del Rey

Copa del Rey

Country	Spain
Teams	81
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Copa del Rey will be the 115th staging of the Copa del Rey. The winners will be assured a place for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage.

Barcelona will enter as the defending champions after winning the 2015–16 edition.

Schedule and format

Round	Draw date	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	Format details
First round	TBD	TBD	18	81 → 65	New entries: Clubs participating in Tercera and Segunda División B will gain entry. Byes: Six teams from Segunda División B will receive a bye. Opponents seeding: Teams will face each other according to proximity criteria. Local team seeding: Draw of lots. Knock-out tournament type: Single match Copa Federación qualification: losers will qualify for 2016–17 Copa Federación, National phase.
Second round		TBD	22	65 → 43	New entries: Clubs participating in Segunda División will gain entry. Byes: One Segunda División team will receive a bye. Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams will face each other. Local team seeding: Draw of lots. Knock-out tournament type: Single match
Third round	TBD	TBD	11	43 → 32	Byes: One team from Segunda División B or Tercera División and another from Segunda División, which previously didn't receive a bye, will receive one. Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams will face each other. Local team seeding: Draw of lots. Knock-out tournament type: Single match
Round of 32	TBD	TBD	16	32 → 16	New entries: Clubs participating in La Liga will gain entry. Opponents seeding: The seven teams from La Liga which qualified for 2015–16 UEFA competitions, will face the remaining seven teams from Segunda División B and Tercera División. The five Segunda División teams will play against La Liga teams. The eight remaining La Liga teams will face each other. Local team seeding: First leg at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Double match
		TBD
TBD	TBD	TBD	8	16 → 8	Opponents seeding: First leg at home for the team in the lower division. Local team seeding: First leg at home of the team in the lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Double match
		TBD
Quarter-finals	TBD	TBD	4	8 → 4	Opponents seeding: Draw of lots. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Double match
		TBD
Semifinals	TBD	TBD	2	4 → 2
		TBD
Final		TBD	1	2 → 1	Single match, stadium TBD by RFEF. UEFA Europa League qualification: winner will qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, group stage.

Notes

• Double-match rounds enforce away goals rule, single-match rounds do not.
• Games ending in a tie will be decided in extra time; and if it persists, by a penalty shootout.

Qualified teams

The following teams are qualified for the competition. Reserve teams are excluded.

La Liga the 20 teams of the 2015–16 season	Segunda División the 21 non-reserve teams of the 2015–16 season	Segunda División B the top five non-reserve teams of each group and the two with the highest number of points 2015–16 season excluding reserve teams	Tercera División the 18 best non-reserve teams of each one of the groups of the 2015–16 season
Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Celta Vigo Deportivo La Coruña Eibar Espanyol Getafe Granada Las Palmas Levante Málaga Rayo Vallecano Real Betis Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Sporting Gijón Valencia Villarreal	Alavés Albacete Alcorcón Almería Córdoba Elche Gimnàstic Girona Huesca Leganés Llagostera Lugo Mallorca Mirandés Numancia Osasuna Oviedo Ponferradina Tenerife Valladolid Zaragoza	Alcoyano Arenas Barakaldo Burgos Cádiz Cartagena Cornellà Guijuelo Hércules La Hoya Lorca Lleida Esportiu Murcia Racing Ferrol Racing Santander Real Unión Reus Deportiu Sestao River Socuéllamos Toledo Tudelano UCAM Murcia UD Logroñés	Andorra Atlético Cirbonero Atlético Mancha Real Atlético Saguntino Atlético Sanluqueño Boiro Calahorra Caudal Conquense Extremadura Formentera Laredo Lorca Prat San Sebastián de los Reyes Villa de Santa Brígida Zamora Zamudio

External links

• Royal Spanish Football Federation website (Spanish)
• Copa del Rey at LFP website (Spanish)