The King’s Cup 2022-2023 begins to materialize and take shape. On Monday, October 24 at its headquarters Real Spanish Football Federationthe draw corresponding to the first qualifying round was conducted.
That’s why it’s a good time to review everything we need to know about Spain’s oldest league and which clubs from different divisions are involved.
First round | Second round | 16 finals | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final
The draw for the first qualifying round of the Copa del Rey 2022-2023
On Monday, October 24, the draw took place in which 110 clubs from the country participated, out of the 115 participants in this new event. They are the teams that participated in the previous season in the A’ Division, B’ Division, A’ Federation, B’ B’ (B’ Federation), C’ Division (C’ Federation) Championships, in addition to the four semi-finals of the Federation Cup current season and ten out of twenty from the territorial category from the previous round.
Real Madrid, Betis, Barcelona and Valencia are excluded from the first two rounds due to their participation in the 2023 Super Cup, while Liga De champions Racing de Santander will begin their journey in the second round.
Participating teams of the first qualifying round
| The championship | Second section | 1st RFEF | 2nd RFEF | 2nd RFEF | 3rd RFEF, RFEF Cup and Regional |
| Atletico MADRID | Grenade | Fuenlabrada | union corridor | Gymnastics of Torrelavega | The faith of Villaviciosa |
| Seville | i increased | Alcorcon | navalcarnero | Manresa | Manacor |
| Real society | the palms | amorebieta | Coruxo | Athletic Saguntine | Quintanar del Rey |
| Villarreal | Real Oviedo | Sporting La Coruna | Palencia Christ Athletic | beasain | Las Rosas |
| Sporting | Ponferradine | Racing Club Ferrol | Sestao River Club | Guijuelo | Warehouse |
| Osasuna | Tenerife | Ray Majandahoda | Arenas Club | Torremolinos Youth | viminor |
| Celta Vigo | Deportivo Alaves | Gymnastics of Tarragona | A.D. San Juan | Athletic Step | Huetor Tajar |
| Vallecano Rey | Eibar | Logrones | Racing Rioja | Yeclano Sports | Arendeiro |
| Come on | Carthage | Sports Balearic Islands | Club Guernica | Episcopal | Royal Union Club |
| Spanish | Royal Zaragoza | Sports Linares | Athletic Club | Cirbonero Sports Club | Algeria |
| He was flying | Basins | Pontevedra | Lleida Sports Club | Arnedo | San Roque de Lepe |
| Majorca | Huesca | Numantia | Coria | Utebo | L’Alcora |
| Cadiz | Ibiza | Merida | Teruel | Guadalajara | Sources |
| Almeria | Mirandezos | Goddesses | Hercules of Alicante | Alfaro | Velarde |
| Basilica of Valladolid | Lugo | intercity | Ibiza Pitiosas Islands | Utrera | self |
| Girona | Real Sporting Gijon | La Nucia | cacereño | very | Algar |
| Malaga | Murthy | Ourense | Entertainment Huelva | Corner | |
| Albacete | large | Barbados | |||
| Andorra | Cordoba | Leafhunter | |||
| Mollerussa |
How did the pairings come about?
Pairings were drawn, pitting, as far as possible, clubs from the lower division against the higher division, with the clubs being divided into as many cups as divisions remained in the competition.
Seven cups were used, among which, in each of them, the 16 teams from the first division, the 20 teams from the second division, the 19 teams from the first federation, the 34 teams from the second B (B’ Federation), the 7 teams from the 3rd Division (3rd Federation), the 4 semi-finals of the Federation Cup and the 10 winning teams from the previous round.
Matches will be played at the ground of the lower division clubs, provided they meet the minimum requirements set by the RFEF, and otherwise, at those of the teams whose ball was drawn first.
The 2022-2023 Copa del Rey calendar
The first round matches will take place on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 November. The 55 winners, plus Racing de Santander will play in the second round of the league.
- First round: 12 and 13 November 2022
- Second round: 21 December 2022
- Round of 16: January 4, 2023
- Round 16: January 18, 2023
- Quarter-finals: 25 January 2023
- Semi-finals: 8 February (first leg) and 1 March (second leg) 2023
- Expiration: May 6, 2023
“Seeing clubs from all divisions of Spanish football is valuable. We had to clarify things in the format. The first division clubs ask us for stadiums in better conditions. Combining the essence of the moderates with this demand is nice and we have achieved it », emphasized the president of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales.
First round of Copa del Rey 2022-2023
| Local | Visitor | Day and time |
|---|---|---|
| L’Alcora | Come on | To confirm |
| Velarde | Seville | To confirm |
| Agia Amalia | Villarreal | To confirm |
| CD Rincon | Spanish | To confirm |
| self | Majorca | To confirm |
| Sources | Osasuna | To confirm |
| Algar | Celtic | To confirm |
| Leafhunter | Real society | To confirm |
| Barbados | Valladolid | To confirm |
| Mollerussa | Vallecano Rey | To confirm |
| Union of Irun | Cadiz | To confirm |
| Arendeiro | Almeria | To confirm |
| Algeria | Sporting | To confirm |
| San Roque de Lepe | He was flying | To confirm |
| Quintanar del Rey | Girona | To confirm |
| Warehouse | Atletico MADRID | To confirm |
| Manacor | Andorra | To confirm |
| viminor | Mirandezos | To confirm |
| Huetor Tajar | Albacete | To confirm |
| Loyalty | Tenerife | To confirm |
| Las Rosas | Eibar | To confirm |
| Athletic Club | Malaga | To confirm |
| very | i increased | To confirm |
| Yeclano | Grenade | To confirm |
| Guadalajara | Ponferradine | To confirm |
| Alfaro | Carthage | To confirm |
| Entertainment Huelva | Burgos | To confirm |
| Teruel | the palms | To confirm |
| Guernica | Basins | To confirm |
| Gymnastics of Torrelavega | Oviedo | To confirm |
| Episcopal | Royal Zaragoza | To confirm |
| Torremolinos Youth | Huesca | To confirm |
| Sands of Getxo | Lugo | To confirm |
| Palencia Christ Athletic | Ibiza | To confirm |
| beasain | Sporting Gijon | To confirm |
| lleida | Catches | To confirm |
| Guijuelo | Sport | To confirm |
| Athletic Step | Murthy | To confirm |
| Utebo | Merida | To confirm |
| cacereño | Cordoba | To confirm |
| Ibiza Pitiosas Islands | Ray Majandahoda | To confirm |
| Coruxo | large | To confirm |
| Saguntine | amorebieta | To confirm |
| Manresa | Pontevedra | To confirm |
| Coria | Fuenlabrada | To confirm |
| San Juan | Numantia | To confirm |
| Atlético Sirbonero | intercity | To confirm |
| Arnedo | Sports Balearic Islands | To confirm |
| union corridor | Linares | To confirm |
| navalcarnero | Logrones | To confirm |
| Racing Rioja | Gymnastics of Tarragona | To confirm |
| Ourense | Alcorcon | To confirm |
| Sestao River Club | Racing Club Ferrol | To confirm |
| Hercules | La Nucia | To confirm |
| Utrera | Goddesses | To confirm |
