Copa del Rey 2015-16

The 2015–16 Copa del Rey will be the 114th staging of the Copa del Rey. The winners will assure a place for the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Barcelona will be the defending champions.

Schedule and format
The schedule must be determined by the RFEF and the LFP on 30 May 2014 and the format is expected to be identical to the previous season.


 * 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 will compete in the 2015–16 Copa del Rey.

20 teams of 2014–15 La Liga


 * Almería
 * Athletic Bilbao
 * Atlético Madrid
 * Barcelona
 * Celta de Vigo
 * Córdoba
 * Deportivo La Coruña
 * Eibar
 * Elche
 * Espanyol


 * Getafe
 * Granada
 * Levante
 * Málaga
 * Rayo Vallecano
 * Real Madrid
 * Real Sociedad
 * Sevilla
 * Valencia
 * Villarreal

21 teams of 2014–15 Segunda División (Barcelona B is excluded for being reserve team):


 * Alavés
 * Albacete
 * Alcorcón
 * Betis
 * Girona
 * Jaén
 * Las Palmas
 * Leganés
 * Llagostera
 * Lugo
 * Mallorca


 * Mirandés
 * Numancia
 * Osasuna
 * Ponferradina
 * Racing Santander
 * Sabadell
 * Sporting Gijón
 * Valladolid
 * Tenerife
 * Zaragoza

22 teams of 2014–15 Segunda División B: the top five teams of each of the 4 groups (excluding reserve teams) and the two with the highest number of points out of the remaining non-reserve teams:


 * Barakaldo
 * Cádiz
 * Compostela
 * Cultural Leonesa
 * Gimnàstic Tarragona
 * Guijuelo
 * Guadalajara
 * Hércules
 * Huesca
 * Huracán Valencia
 * Linense


 * Lleida Esportiu
 * Melilla
 * Murcia
 * Oviedo
 * Racing Ferrol
 * Real Unión
 * Reus
 * Tudelano
 * UCAM Murcia
 * UD Logroñés
 * Villanovense

18 teams of 2014–15 Tercera División, champions of each one of the 18 groups (or at least the ones with the highest number of points within their group since reserve teams are excluded):


 * Algeciras
 * Arandina
 * Ascó
 * Castellón
 * Condal
 * Ebro
 * Formentera
 * Jumilla
 * Laredo


 * Linares
 * Mensajero
 * Mérida
 * Peña Sport
 * Pontevedra
 * Portugalete
 * Rayo Majadahonda
 * Talavera de la Reina
 * Varea

First round
The draw for First and Second round will be held on 21 July 2015 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol, RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas, Madrid. In this round, 37 teams from 2015–16 Segunda División B and 5 from 2015–16 Tercera División teams gained entry. In the draw, firstly six teams from Segunda División B will receive a bye and then, the remaining teams this league and teams from Tercera División will face according to proximity criteria by next groups:

Matches

 * Barakaldo, UCAM Murcia, Villanovense, Racing Ferrol, UD Logroñés and Huracán Valencia received a bye for the second round.

Second round

 * Zaragoza received a bye for the third round.