2008–09 Copa del Rey

2008–09 Copa del Rey

Country	Spain
Teams	83
Champions	Barcelona
Runner-up	Athletic Bilbao
Top goal scorer(s)	Jorge Molina (7) Luís Fabiano (7)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Copa del Rey was the 105th staging of the Copa del Rey. The competition started on August 23, 2008 and concluded on May 13, 2009 with the final, held at the Estadio Mestalla in Valencia, in which FC Barcelona lifted the trophy for the twenty-fifth time in their history with a 4–1 victory over Athletic Bilbao, who qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. The defending cup holders were Valencia CF.

Qualified teams

The following teams competed in the Copa del Rey 2008–09:

20 teams of 2007–08 La Liga:

Almería Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Betis Deportivo Espanyol Getafe Levante Mallorca

Murcia Osasuna Racing Santander Real Madrid Recreativo Sevilla Valencia Valladolid Villarreal Zaragoza

21 teams of 2007–08 Segunda División (Sevilla Atlético are excluded for being a reserve team of Sevilla):

Alavés Albacete Cádiz Castellón Celta Córdoba Eibar Elche Gimnàstic Granada 74 Hércules

Las Palmas Málaga Numancia Poli Ejido Racing Ferrol Real Sociedad Salamanca Sporting Tenerife Xerez

24 teams of 2007–08 Segunda División B. Teams that qualified are the top five teams of each of the 4 groups (excluding reserve teams) and the four with the highest number of points out of the remaining non-reserve teams (*):

Pontevedra Rayo Vallecano Fuerteventura Lugo Universidad LPGC Ponferradina Huesca Zamora Barakaldo Real Unión Girona Melilla*

Gavà Alicante Benidorm Orihuela Écija Ceuta Linares Mérida Granada Conquense* Lemona* Águilas*

18 teams of Tercera División 2007–08. Teams that qualified are the champions of each of the 18 groups (or at least the ones with the highest number of points within their group since reserve teams are excluded):

Ciudad de Santiago Real Oviedo Gimnástica Portugalete Sant Andreu Alzira Ciempozuelos Mirandés Roquetas

San Fernando Atlético Baleares Atlético Granadilla Atlético Ciudad Don Benito Izarra Alfaro Ejea Toledo

First round

The matches were played on 23, 25, 26, 27 and 28 August 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Oviedo	2–0	Pontevedra
Ponferradina	1–0 (aet)	Racing Ferrol
San Fernando	0–3	Poli Ejido
Conquense	3–2 (aet)	Cádiz
Izarra	0–1	Gavà
Universidad LPGC	1–0	Ciempozuelos
Orihuela	2–0	Atlético Baleares
Linares	1–2	Écija
Ciudad Santiago	0–1	Portugalete
Melilla	2–1 (aet)	Ceuta
Toledo	3–1	Granada
Barakaldo	2–0	Gimnástica
Roquetas	1–0	Atlético Ciudad
Ejea	1–3 (aet)	Alzira
Alfaro	1–0 (aet)	Águilas
Atlético Granadilla	0–1 (aet)	Don Benito
Lugo	0–3	Real Unión
Sant Andreu	2–1 (aet)	Mirandés

23 August 2008	Real Oviedo	2 – 0	Pontevedra	Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo
	Curro  49'(pen.) Basualdo  81'(o.g.)

25 August 2008	Ponferradina	1 – 0 a.e.t.	Racing de Ferrol	El Toralín, Ponferrada
	de Paula  93'

25 August 2008	San Fernando	0 – 3	Poli Ejido	Bahía Sur, San Fernando
			Jorge Molina  8' Nakor  45' Gregory  78'

25 August 2008	Conquense	3 – 2 a.e.t.	Cádiz	La Fuensanta, Cuenca
	Beñat  78' Martins  104'  106'		Juanma  35' Enrique  103'

26 August 2008	Izarra	0 – 1	Gavà	Merkatondoa, Estella
			Keko  88'

27 August 2008	Universidad de Las Palmas	1 – 0	Ciempozuelos	Municipal Pepe Gonçálvez, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Attendance: 200 Referee: García Cabrera
	Javi  78'	[1]

27 August 2008	Orihuela	2 – 0	Atlético Baleares	Los Arcos, Orihuela
	Ibán Espadas  18' Tevenet  57'

27 August 2008	Linares	1 – 2	Écija	Linarejos, Linares Attendance: 2,000
	Ángel  9'	[2]	Fernando  22' Migue  72'

27 August 2008	Ciudad de Santiago	0 – 1	Portugalete	Multiusos de San Lázaro, Santiago de Compostela
			Asensio  19'

27 August 2008	Melilla	2 – 1 a.e.t.	Ceuta	Municipal Álvarez Claro, Melilla
	Andrés Ramos  47' Migui  94'		Anxo  50'

27 August 2008	Toledo	3 – 1	Granada	Salto del Caballo, Toledo
	Velasco  36'(pen.) Intxausti  67' Butra  74'		Altuna  19'

27 August 2008	Barakaldo	2 – 0	Gimnástica	Nuevo Lasesarre, Barakaldo
	Carlos Alonso  10' Eneko Rubio  71'

28 August 2008	Roquetas	1 – 0	Atlético Ciudad	Antonio Peroles, Roquetas de Mar
	Diego Herrera  80'

28 August 2008	Ejea	1 – 3 a.e.t.	Alzira	Luchán, Ejea de los Caballeros
	Diego Gómez  73'		Jaime Ramos  65' Edu López  95' Madrigal  120'

28 August 2008	Alfaro	1 – 0 a.e.t.	Águilas	La Molineta, Alfaro Attendance: 700 Referee: Istúriz Latorre
	Gurría  120+2'

28 August 2008	Atlético Granadilla	0 – 1 a.e.t.	Don Benito	Francisco Suárez, Granadilla de Abona
			Luis Valladar  114'

28 August 2008	Lugo	0 – 3	Real Unión	Anxo Carro, Lugo
			Goikoetxea  15' Eneko Romo  42'(pen.) Abasolo  53'

28 August 2008	Sant Andreu	2 – 1 a.e.t.	Mirandés	Narcís Sala, Barcelona
	Besora  60' Eloi  107'		Espinosa  76'

Second round

The matches were played on 3, 4 and 11 September 2008. Albacete received a bye.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Sociedad	1–0	Real Zaragoza
Huesca	1–3 (aet)	Rayo Vallecano
Real Oviedo	2–3 (aet)	Ponferradina
Real Unión	2–1	Sant Andreu
Orihuela	1–0	Fuerteventura
Toledo	1–0	Zamora
Barakaldo	1–0 (aet)	Roquetas
Salamanca	2–1	Las Palmas
Alzira	0–0 (1–4 p)	Granada 74
Alfaro	1–2	Don Benito
Benidorm	4–2 (aet)	Lemona
Castellón	1–0	Eibar
Elche	2–0	Alavés
Gimnàstic	0–2	Girona
Xerez	1–1 (1–3 p)	Real Murcia
Tenerife	2–1	Córdoba
Hércules	2–1 (aet)	Levante
Poli Ejido	2–0	Conquense
Écija	0–1	Portugalete
Melilla	5–2	Mérida
Alicante	0–1	Celta de Vigo
Gavà	1–3 (aet)	Universidad de Las Palmas

3 September 2008	Real Sociedad	1 – 0	Real Zaragoza	Anoeta, San Sebastián Attendance: 16,494 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes
	Marcos  47'

3 September 2008	Huesca	1 – 3 a.e.t.	Rayo Vallecano	El Alcoraz, Huesca
	Rubén Castro  61'(pen.)		Coke  90' Pachón  104' 107'

3 September 2008	Real Oviedo	2 – 3 a.e.t.	Ponferradina	Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo Attendance: 6,000
	Cervero  84' Curro  115'		Portilla  63' 118' Mario Prieto  93'(o.g.)

3 September 2008	Real Unión	2 – 1	Sant Andreu	Stadium Gal, Irún Attendance: 800 Referee: Ainzúa Zabalza
	Goikoetxea  20' Larraínzar  68'	[3]	Lanzarote  55 '

3 September 2008	Orihuela	1 – 0	Fuerteventura	Los Arcos, Orihuela
	Santi Villa  82'(pen.)

3 September 2008	Toledo	1 – 0	Zamora	Salto del Caballo, Toledo
	Joaqui  26'

3 September 2008	Barakaldo	1 – 0 a.e.t.	Roquetas	Nuevo Lasesarre, Barakaldo
	Izeta  104'

3 September 2008	Salamanca	2 – 1	Las Palmas	El Helmántico, Salamanca
	Toti  31' Miku  47'		David González  6'

3 September 2008	Alzira	0 – 0 a.e.t.	Granada 74	Luis Suñer Picó, Alzira Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Simón del Pino
		[4]
		Penalties
	Cabarcos Sergio Heras Robles	1–4	Nené Juanma Pérez Thierry Nino

3 September 2008	Alfaro	1 – 2	Don Benito	La Molineta, Alfaro
	Asurmendi  19'		Serrano  45' 64'

3 September 2008	Benidorm	4 – 2 a.e.t.	Lemona	Municipal de Foietes, Benidorm Attendance: 800 Referee: Gómez Liarte
	Flávio Paixão  35' 89' Luismi Loro  104' Ruano  108'(pen.)	[5]	Ramírez  14'(pen.) Arroyo  71'(pen.)

3 September 2008	Castellón	1 – 0	Eibar	Castalia, Castellón
	Pampín  77'(o.g.)

3 September 2008	Elche	2 – 0	Alavés	Martínez Valero, Elche
	David Fuster  6' Dani  70'

3 September 2008	Gimnàstic	0 – 2	Girona	Nou Estadi, Tarragona Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Lizondo Cortés
		[6]	Gabri  86' 89'

3 September 2008	Xerez	1 – 1 a.e.t.	Real Murcia	Chapín, Jerez
	Francis  71'		Sikora  58'
		Penalties
	Calle Pedro Ríos Mario Bermejo Mendoza	1–3	Iván Alonso Núñez Bruno Xisco Campos

3 September 2008	Tenerife	2 – 1	Córdoba	Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Attendance: 6,500 Referee: del Cerro Grande
	Alfaro  24' 54'	[7]	Cristian Álvarez  74'

3 September 2008	Hércules	2 – 1 a.e.t.	Levante	Rico Pérez, Alicante
	Sendoa  48' Tote  91'		del Moral  29'

3 September 2008	Poli Ejido	2 – 0	Conquense	Municipal Santo Domingo, El Ejido Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Martínez Munuera
	Mikel Rico  42' Nakor  86'

3 September 2008	Écija	0 – 1	Portugalete	San Pablo, Écija
			del Olmo  65'

3 September 2008	Melilla	5 – 2	Mérida	Álvarez Claro, Melilla
	Migui  4' 7' Carrión  33' Rubén López  53' Andrés Ramos  77'		Stoeten  21' Ismael  61'

4 September 2008	Alicante	0 – 1	Celta de Vigo	Rico Pérez, Alicante
			Óscar Díaz  61'

11 September 2008	Gavà	1 – 3 a.e.t.	Universidad de Las Palmas	La Bòbila, Gavà Attendance: 400 Referee: Vallejo Aznar
	Badía  89'	[8]	Ariday  90+2'(pen.) Cacá  101' 111'

Third round

The matches were played on 8 and 9 October 2008. Real Murcia received a bye.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Portugalete	2–0	Don Benito
Real Unión	2–1	Barakaldo
Celta	2–0	Real Sociedad
Ponferradina	1–1 (4–2 p)	Universidad de Las Palmas
Orihuela	3–1	Toledo
Rayo Vallecano	2–1	Albacete
Salamanca	0–1 (aet)	Castellón
Melilla	2–3	Poli Ejido
Hércules	1–0	Girona
Granada 74	0–2	Benidorm
Elche	1–1 (4–3 p)	Tenerife

8 October 2008	Portugalete	2 – 0	Don Benito	La Florida, Portugalete Referee: González Pelayo
	Arzubiaga  30' Gorroño  57'	[9]

8 October 2008	Real Unión	2 – 1	Barakaldo	Stadium Gal, Irún
	Goikoetxea  42' Salcedo  50'		Rebollo  12'

8 October 2008	Celta de Vigo	2 – 0	Real Sociedad	Balaídos, Vigo Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hevia Obras
	Dinei  22' 64'	[10]

8 October 2008	Ponferradina	1 – 1 a.e.t.	Universidad de Las Palmas	El Toralín, Ponferrada Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Corral García
	de Paula  73'	[11]	Sergio Hernández  43'
		Penalties
	Rubén Vega Ernesto Pepe Alcaide Nacho Dani Borreguero	4–2	Pollo Javi Álamo Sergio Beato Yebra

8 October 2008	Orihuela	3 – 1	Toledo	Los Arcos, Orihuela Referee: Benjumea Álvarez
	Ibán Espadas  4' 42' Tevenet  11'		Óscar Martín  26'

8 October 2008	Rayo Vallecano	2 – 1	Albacete	Teresa Rivero, Vallecas
	Enguix  54' Piti  61'		Carlos Merino  52'

8 October 2008	Salamanca	0 – 1 a.e.t.	Castellón	El Helmántico, Salamanca
			Nsue  91'

8 October 2009	Melilla	2 – 3	Poli Ejido	Álvarez Claro, Melilla
	Andrés Ramos  1' Chota  90+3'		Raúl Torres  33' Gregory  61' Jorge Molina  65'

8 October 2008	Hércules	1 – 0	Girona	Rico Pérez, Alicante
	Morán  58'

8 October 2008	Granada 74	0 – 2	Benidorm	La Victoria, Pinos Puente
			Luismi Loro  6' Ruano  33'

9 October 2008	Elche	1 – 1 a.e.t.	Tenerife	Martínez Valero, Elche Attendance: 1,812 Referee: Pino Zamorano
	Pablo Sicilia  91'(o.g.)	[12]	Cristo Marrero  116'
		Penalties
	Raúl Fuster David Fuster Rodri Acciari Caballero	4–3	Ricardo Saizar Óscar Pérez Richi Ángel

Final phase bracket

Team listed first play home in the first leg.

Round of 32 October 29, 2008 November 12, 2008						Round of 16 January 7, 2009 January 14, 2009						Quarterfinals January 21, 2009 January 28, 2009						Semifinals February 4, 2009 March 4, 2009						Final May 13, 2009
Real Murcia	2	0	2
Racing Santander	1	2	3			Racing Santander	1	1	2
Portugalete	1	0	1			Valencia (aet)	1	3	4
Valencia	4	3	7									Valencia	3	1	4
Ponferradina	1	0	1									Sevilla (a)	2	2	4
Sevilla	0	4	4			Sevilla	2	3	5
Elche	0	0	0			Deportivo	1	0	1
Deportivo	2	2	4															Sevilla	2	0	2
Getafe	0	0	0															Athletic Bilbao	1	3	4
Osasuna	0	1	1			Osasuna	1	0	1
Athletic Bilbao	2	1	3			Athletic Bilbao	1	2	3
Recreativo	0	2	2									Athletic Bilbao	0	2	2
Numancia	0	0	0									Sporting de Gijón	0	1	1
Sporting de Gijón	1	2	3			Sporting de Gijón	3	1	4
Hércules	1	2	3			Valladolid	1	2	3
Valladolid	5	2	7																					Athletic Bilbao	1
Poli Ejido	5	1	6																					Barcelona	4
Villareal	0	1	1			Poli Ejido	3	0	3
Celta de Vigo	2	0	2			Espanyol (a)	2	1	3
Espanyol	2	3	5									Espanyol	0	2	2
Orihuela	0	0	0									Barcelona	0	3	3
Atlético Madrid	1	0	1			Atlético Madrid	1	1	2
Benidorm	0	0	0			Barcelona	3	2	5
Barcelona	1	1	2															Barcelona	2	1	3
Málaga	1	0	1															Mallorca	0	1	1
Mallorca	1	2	3			Mallorca	3	1	4
Rayo Vallecano	1	0	1			Almería	1	1	2
Almería	2	3	5									Mallorca	1	0	1
Real Unión (a)	3	3	6									Real Betis	0	0	0
Real Madrid	2	4	6			Real Unión	0	0	0
Castellón	0	0	0			Real Betis	1	1	2
Real Betis	2	2	4

Round of 32

The first leg matches were played on 28, 29 and 30 October while the second legs were played on 11, 12 and 13 November 2008.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Unión	(a) 6–6	Real Madrid	3–2	3–4
Portugalete	1–7	Valencia	1–4	0–3
Ponferradina	1–4	Sevilla	1–0	0–4
Orihuela	0–1	Atlético	0–1	0–0
Poli Ejido	6–1	Villarreal	5–0	1–1
Hércules	3–7	Valladolid	1–5	2–2
Rayo Vallecano	1–5	Almería	1–2	0–3
Celta	2–5	Espanyol	2–2	0–3
Castellón	0–4	Betis	0–2	0–2
Real Murcia	2–3	Racing	2–1	0–2
Málaga	1–3	Mallorca	1–1	0–2
Athletic	3–2	Recreativo	2–0	1–2
Getafe	0–1	Osasuna	0–0	0–1
Benidorm	0–2	Barcelona	0–1	0–1
Elche	0–4	Deportivo	0–2	0–2
Numancia	0–3	Sporting	0–1	0–2

Round of 16

The first leg matches were played on 6, 7 and 8 January while the second legs were played on 14 and 15 January 2009.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla	5–1	Deportivo	2–1	3–0
Sporting	4–3	Valladolid	3–1	1–2
Poli Ejido	3–3 (a)	Espanyol	3–2	0–1
Real Unión	0–2	Betis	0–1	0–1
Mallorca	4–2	Almería	3–1	1–1
Racing	2–4 (aet)	Valencia	1–1	1–3
Atlético	2–5	Barcelona	1–3	1–2
Osasuna	1–3	Athletic	1–1	0–2

Quarterfinals

First legs

All times CET

21 January 2009 21:00	Valencia	3 – 2	Sevilla	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Undiano Mallenco
	Villa  6' Baraja  83' Mata  87'	Report	Luís Fabiano  53' Adriano  69'

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21 January 2009 22:00	Espanyol	0 – 0	Barcelona	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona Attendance: 21,915 Referee: Muñiz Fernández
		Report

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22 January 2009 20:00	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 0	Sporting de Gijón	Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Medina Cantalejo
		Report

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22 January 2009 21:00	Mallorca	1 – 0	Betis	ONO Estadi, Mallorca Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo
	Keita  65'	Report

Second legs

28 January 2009 21:00	Betis	0 – 0	Mallorca	Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, Sevilla Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pérez Lasa
		Report

Mallorca won 1–0 on aggregate.

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28 January 2009 21:00	Sporting de Gijón	1 – 2	Athletic Bilbao	El Molinón, Gijón Attendance: 18,000 Referee: González Vázquez
	Carmelo  1'	Report	Gabilondo  42' D. López  51'

Athletic Bilbao won 2–1 on aggregate.

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29 January 2009 20:00	Sevilla	2 – 1	Valencia	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes
	Kanouté  36' Squillaci  89'	Report	Marchena  8'

Sevilla 4–4 Valencia on aggregate. Sevilla won on away goals.

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29 January 2009 21:30	Barcelona	3 – 2	Espanyol	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 78,443 Referee: Megía Dávila
	Bojan  34', 48' Piqué  55'	Report	Coro  58' Callejón  68'

Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First legs

All times CET

4 February 2009 21:15	Sevilla	2 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Velasco Carballo
	Duscher  61' Acosta  90+2'	Report	Llorente  42'

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5 February 2009 21:30	Barcelona	2 – 0	Mallorca	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 52,932 Referee: Muñiz Fernández
	Henry  35' Márquez  73'	Report

Second legs

4 March 2009 20:00	Athletic Bilbao	3 – 0	Sevilla	Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao Attendance: 39,750 Referee: Mejuto González
	J. Martínez  4' Llorente  34' Toquero  37'	Report

Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.

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4 March 2009 22:00	Mallorca	1 – 1	Barcelona	ONO Estadi, Mallorca Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Rubinos Pérez
	G. Castro  45'	Report	Messi  81'

Barcelona won 3-1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2009 Copa del Rey Final

13 May 2009 22:00 CEST	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 4	Barcelona	Mestalla, Valencia Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Medina Cantalejo
	Toquero  8'	Report	Yaya Touré  31' Messi  54' Bojan  57' Xavi  64'

Copa del Rey 2008–09 Winners
Barcelona 25th Title

Top goalscorers

Last updated 13 May 2009

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Jorge Molina	7	Poli Ejido
Luís Fabiano	7	Sevilla
Lionel Messi	6	Barcelona
Bojan Krkić	5	Barcelona
Grégory Lager	5	Poli Ejido
Alhassane Keita	4	Mallorca
David Barral	4	Sporting de Gijón
Fernando Llorente	4	Athletic
Iñaki Goikoetxea	4	Real Unión

References

External links

• lfp.es (Spanish)
• marca.com (Spanish)
• rfef.es (Spanish)