The 2024–25 Copa del Rey (branded as the Copa del Rey MAPFRE for sponsorship reasons),[1] is the 123rd staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The winners are assured a place in the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League league phase. Both the winners and the runners-up will qualify for the four-team 2026 Supercopa de España.
As across Spain, match times up to 26 October 2024 and from 30 March 2025 are CEST (UTC+2). Times on interim ("winter") days are CET (UTC+1). Matches played in the Canary Islands use the WET (UTC±00:00).
Schedule and format
In the summer of 2024, the RFEF released the calendar of the competition and confirmed the format of the previous season would remain.[citation needed]
New entries: All qualified teams except for the four participants in the Supercopa de España and champions of the 2023–24 Primera Federación. Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions faced La Liga teams. Local team seeding: Matches were played at home stadiums of teams in lower divisions. Knock-out tournament type:Single match.
Second round
27 November 2024
3-4-5 December 2024
28
56 → 28
New entries:2023–24 Primera Federación champions enter at this stage. Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions faced La Liga teams. Local team seeding: Matches were played at home stadiums of teams in lower divisions. Knock-out tournament type:Single match.
Round of 32
9 December 2024
3-4-5-6-7 January 2025
16
32 → 16
New entries: Clubs participating in the Supercopa de España entered at this stage. Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions faced La Liga teams. Local team seeding: Matches were played at home stadiums of teams in lower divisions. Knock-out tournament type:Single match.
Round of 16
8 January 2025
14-15-16 January 2025
8
16 → 8
Opponents seeding: Teams from lowest divisions face La Liga teams. Local team seeding: Matches were played at home stadiums of teams in lower divisions. Knock-out tournament type:Single match.
Quarter-finals
20 January 2025
4-5-6 February 2025
4
8 → 4
Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Matches are played at home stadiums of teams in lower divisions. Knock-out tournament type:Single match.
Semi-finals
February 2025
26 February 2025
2
4 → 2
Opponents seeding: Luck of the draw. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type:Double match.
^ abcdAthletic Bilbao, Barcelona, Mallorca and Real Madrid will join the tournament in the round of 32 as participants of the Supercopa de España.
^Deportivo La Coruña will join the tournament in the second round as champions of the 2023–24 Primera Federación.
^Fútbol Playa Badajoz qualified to the competition as the champions of the Copa Extremadura in June,[10] but lost their spot after not registering in any competition due to debts in July.[11]
Preliminary round
Draw
Teams were divided into four groups according to geographical criteria.[22]
Stadium: Estadio Municipal Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Carlos Agraz Díaz
First round
The first round was played by 110 of the 115 qualified teams, with the exceptions being the four participants of the 2025 Supercopa de España, and the Primera RFEF champions. The ten winners from the previous preliminary round were paired with ten teams from La Liga. The four Copa Federación semi-finalists were drawn with the other four teams from La Liga, and the last two La Liga teams were drawn with two teams from the Tercera RFEF. Six teams from the Tercera RFEF were paired with six teams from the Segunda División. Fifteen teams from Segunda RFEF were paired with fifteen teams from the Segunda División. Then, sixteen teams from the Segunda RFEF were paired with sixteen teams from the Primera RFEF. Finally, four teams from Segunda RFEF were paired with each other.
A total of 55 matches were played between 29 October and 26 November 2024.
Draw
The draw for the first round was held on 10 October 2024. Teams were divided into seven pots.[23]
Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: César Soto Grado
Notes
^Villamuriel did not play the match in their main stadium Municipal Rafael Vázquez Sedano, Villamuriel de Cerrato, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[24]
^Lanzarote did not play the match in their main stadium Ciudad Deportiva, Arrecife, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[25]
^Cortes did not play the match in their main stadium San Francisco Javier, Cortes, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[26]
^Escobedo did not play the match in their main stadium Eusebio Arce, Escobedo, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[27]
^San Tirso did not play the match in their main stadium O Monte, Abegondo, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[28]
^Gévora did not play the match in their main stadium Municipal de Gévora, Gévora, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[29]
^Ontiñena did not play the match in their main stadium El Balsal, Ontiñena, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[30]
^Estepona did not play the match in their main stadium Municipal Francisco Muñoz Pérez, Estepona, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[31]
^Llanera did not play the match in their main stadium Pepe Quimarán, Llanera, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[32]
^Jove Español did not play the match in their main stadium Ciudad Deportiva, San Vicente del Raspeig, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[33]
Second round
The second round was played by 56 teams, with the four participants of the 2025 Supercopa de España having a bye. The Primera RFEF champion, Deportivo La Coruña, entered in this round.
Fourteen Segunda Federación teams were paired with fourteen La Liga teams. Two teams from Primera Federación were paired with the two remaining La Liga teams. Nine teams from Primera Federación were paired with nine Segunda División teams. The six remaining Segunda División teams were paired with each other.
A total of 28 matches were played between 3 and 5 December 2024.
Draw
The draw for the second round was held on 27 November 2024. Teams were divided into four pots.[34]
^Minera did not play the match in their main stadium Municipal Ángel Celdrán, Llano del Beal, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[35]
Round of 32
Draw
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 9 December 2024 in the RFEF headquarters in Las Rozas. The four participant teams of the 2025 Supercopa de España were drawn with the teams from the lowest category. The remaining teams from the lowest categories faced the rest of La Liga teams. Matches were played at stadiums of lower-ranked teams.
A total of 16 matches were played between 3 and 7 January 2025.
^Marbella did not play the match in their main stadium Dama de Noche, Marbella, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[36]
^Minera did not play the match in their main stadium Municipal Ángel Celdrán, Llano del Beal, as it did not meet the broadcasting requirements.[37]
Round of 16
Draw
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 8 January 2025 in the RFEF headquarters in Las Rozas. The qualified teams were split up into four groups based on their division in the 2024–25 season. When possible, matches were played at the stadiums of the lower-ranked teams, otherwise the first team drawn played at home.
A total of eight matches were played between 14 and 16 January 2025.
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 20 January 2025 in the RFEF headquarters in Las Rozas. As there were no remaining teams from the lower divisions, home teams were determined by luck of the draw.
A total of four matches will be played between 4 and 6 February 2025.
