2017–18 Copa del Rey

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Copa del Rey 2017-18
Region	Spain
Number of teams	83
← 2016-17	2018-19 →

The 2017–18 Copa del Rey was the 116th staging of the Copa del Rey. The winners will be assured a place for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League Group Stage.

Barcelona are the defending champions.

Schedule and format

Round	Draw date	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	Format details
First round	TBD	TBD	18	83 → 65	New entries: Clubs participating in Tercera and Segunda División B gained entry. Byes: Six teams from Segunda División B received a bye. Opponents seeding: Teams faced each other according to proximity criteria. Local team seeding: Draw of lots. Knock-out tournament type: Single match Copa Federación qualification: losers qualified for 2017–18 Copa Federación, National phase.
Second round		TBD	22	65 → 43	New entries: Clubs participating in Segunda División gained entry. Byes: One Segunda División team received a bye. Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams faced 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 or another from Segunda División which previously did not receive a bye, received one. Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams faced 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 gained entry. Opponents seeding: The seven teams from La Liga which qualified for 2017–18 UEFA competitions, faced the remaining seven teams from Segunda División B and Tercera División. The five Segunda División teams played against La Liga teams. The eight remaining La Liga teams faced each other. Local team seeding: First leg at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Double match
		TBD
Round of 16	TBD	TBD	8	16 → 8	Opponents seeding: Draw of lots. 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
Semi-finals	TBD	TBD	2	4 → 2
		TBD
Final		19 May 2018	1	2 → 1	Single match, stadium TBD by RFEF. UEFA Europa League qualification: winner will qualify for the 2018–19 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 2016–17 season	Segunda División the 21 non-reserve teams of the 2016–17 season	Segunda División B the top five non-reserve teams of each group and the four with the highest number of points 2016–17 season excluding reserve teams	Tercera División the 18 best non-reserve teams of each one of the groups of the 2016–17 season
Alavés Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Celta Vigo Deportivo La Coruña Eibar Espanyol Granada Las Palmas Leganés Málaga Osasuna Real Betis Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Sporting Gijón Valencia Villarreal	Alcorcón Almería Cádiz Córdoba Elche Getafe Gimnàstic Girona Huesca Levante Lugo Mallorca Mirandés Numancia Rayo Vallecano Oviedo Reus Tenerife UCAM Murcia Valladolid Zaragoza	Albacete Alcoyano Arenas Atlético Baleares Badalona Cartagena Cornellà Cultural Leonesa Fuenlabrada Hércules Leioa Lleida Esportiu Lorca FC Marbella Melilla Mérida Murcia Ponferradina Pontevedra Racing Ferrol Racing Santander Rayo Majadahonda Toledo Villanovense	Antequera Arcos Avilés Cacereño Calahorra Durango Formentera Gimnástica Segoviana Gimnástica Torrelavega Lorca Deportiva Olímpic Olot Peña Sport Rápido de Bouzas Talavera de la Reina Tarazona UD San Fernando Unión Adarve

External links

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