1977–78 Copa del Rey

1977–78 Copa del Rey
76th Copa del Rey
	FC Barcelona were the Copa del Rey winners in 1977–78.
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	174
Defending champions	Real Betis
Final positions
Champions	FC Barcelona (18th title)
Runner-up	Las Palmas
Tournament statistics
Matches played	343
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Copa del Rey was the 76th staging of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 14 September 1977 and concluded on 19 April 1978 with the final.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montijo	1–9	Rayo Vallecano	1–4	0–5
Getxo	2–3	Sevilla	2–0	0–3
Atlético Baleares	2–1	Salamanca	1–1	1–0
Pegaso	2–4	Cádiz	2–2	0–2
Montcada	2–3	Algeciras	1–0	1–3
Valdepeñas	0–10	Real Madrid	0–7	0–3
Vinaròs	4–7	Sporting Gijón	3–2	1–5
Orense	0–3	Racing Santander	0–2	0–1
Hércules	7–2	Alcira	6–0	1–2
CD Gijón	1–7	Elche	0–2	1–5
Villarreal	0–3	RCD Español	0–1	0–2
Albacete	0–3	Burgos	0–1	0–2
Real Sociedad	5–2	Acero	5–1	0–1
Getafe	4–0	Crevillente	2–0	2–0
Castilla	1–0	Mallorca	1–0	0–0
Leganés	6–2	Vélez	4–0	2–2
Carabanchel	4–2	Jerez	3–1	1–1
Poblense	0–2	Ciempozuelos	0–1	0–1
Gandía	0–4	Guadalajara	0–1	0–3
Alcorcón	1–5	Calvo Sotelo	0–0	1–5
Barcelona Atlètic	3–4	Granada	2–1	1–3
Alcalá	2–0	Baracaldo	2–0	0–0
Toledo	3–3 (5–3 p)	Arganda	3–1	0–2
Masnou	5–6	Torrejón	5–2	0–4
Logroñés	1–5	Castellón	1–3	0–2
Sestao	0–1	Tenerife	0–0	0–1
Pontevedra	3–5	Oviedo	1–3	2–2
Olímpic Xàtiva	1–2	Real Murcia	0–1	1–1
Alavés	4–1	Andorra	2–0	2–1
Valladolid	3–1	Palencia	2–0	1–1
Zaragoza	7–3	Las Palmas Atlético	3–0	4–3
Osasuna	3–0	Extremadura	3–0	0–0
Jaén	6–3	Úbeda CF	3–1	3–2
Málaga	5–1	Sporting Mahonés	2–0	3–1
Sabadell	3–0	Gran Peña	2–0	1–0
Bilbao Athletic	5–0	Venta Baños	4–0	1–0
Racing Ferrol	4–2	Villena	3–1	1–1
Eldense	6–4	Don Benito	5–1	1–3
Gimnástica Arandina	2–5	Real Unión	2–1	0–4
Onteniente	5–0	Caudal	4–0	1–0
Sevilla Atlético	5–3	Paterna	2–2	3–1
Noya	1–3	Huesca	1–0	0–3
Balmaseda	1–10	Levante	1–3	0–7
Ceuta	4–3	Calahorra	3–0	1–3
Gavà	^[1]	Atlético Ceuta	–	–
Portuense	0–3	Tudelano	0–1	0–2
Xerez	5–2	Constancia	4–1	1–1
Langreo	4–0	Melilla	3–0	1–0
Santoña	2–5	Lérida	1–1	1–4
Linares	7–3	Manchego	5–1	2–2
Basconia	1–3	Sant Andreu	1–0	0–3
Almería	2–3	San Fernando	2–1	0–2
Portmany	1–4	Girona	1–0	0–4
Cultural Leonesa	4–2	Avilés	2–1	2–1
Badajoz	3–1	Gijón Industrial	3–0	0–1
Ponferradina	4–6	Alcoyano	2–0	2–6
Plasencia	3–2	Naval	3–0	0–2
Reus	2–0	Puerto Real	1–0	1–0
Salmantino	2–3	Rayo Cantabria	1–0	1–3
Lugo	2–3	Gimnástica Torrelavega	2–1	0–2
Porreres	4–5	UD Español	2–1	2–4
Estepona	1–2	Arosa	1–0	0–2
Fabril	2–1	Cacereño	1–0	1–1
Mestalla	2–0	Yeclano	2–0	0–0
Mérida	1–2	Nàstic Tarragona	0–0	1–2
Motril	1–3	Almansa	1–1	0–2
Huesca B	1–4	Peña Sport	1–3	0–1
Terrassa	5–6	Mirandés	4–0	1–6
La Cava	4–1	Díter Zafra	2–0	2–1
Figueras	11–4	Arenas Guecho	7–2	4–2
Malgrat	1–1 (4–3 p)	Celanova	0–0	1–1
Orihuela	3–1	Vic	2–1	1–0
Europa	4–2	Badalona	2–1	2–1
Cartagena	3–2	Gernika	2–0	1–2
Júpiter	5–6	Moscardó	3–2	2–4
Margaritense	0–6	Marbella	0–0	0–6
Linense	1–0	Ibiza	1–0	0–0
Hospitalet	3–3 (3–5 p)	Sariñena	2–0	1–3
Compostela	1–4	Córdoba	0–1	1–3
Burgos Promesas	0–10	Valencia	0–3	0–7
Toscal	3–4	Recreativo de Huelva	3–1	0–3
Monzón	1–3	Celta	1–0	0–3
Talavera	1–0	Zamora	1–0	0–0
Deportivo de La Coruña	3–2	Ensidesa	1–0	2–2

Bye: Valladolid Promesas.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valladolid Promesas	1–3	Elche	0–2	1–1
Peña Sport	0–4	Valladolid	0–2	0–2
Algeciras	2–10	Real Madrid	0–6	2–4
Castilla	5–5 (3–4 p)	Sabadell	4–3	1–2
Leganés	1–5	Eldense	1–2	0–3
Ciempozuelos	3–2	UE Lleida	2–1	1–1
Alcalá	1–10	Valencia	1–3	0–7
Burgos	4–1	Huesca	2–0	2–1
Ceuta	1–6	RCD Español	1–1	0–5
Atlético Baleares	2–3	Cádiz	1–0	1–3
Tudelano	3–6	Sporting Gijón	2–1	1–5
Figueres	3–4	Racing Santander	1–2	2–2
Carabanchel	5–2	Calvo Sotelo	4–1	1–1
Almansa	1–4	Rayo Vallecano	0–2	1–2
Osasuna	4–1	Guadalajara	2–0	2–1
Deportivo de La Coruña	5–1	Plasencia	3–0	2–1
Europa	3–8	Málaga	3–3	0–5
Jaén	1–4	Real Unión	1–1	0–3
Onteniente	1–0	Torrejón	1–0	0–0
Girona	5–1	Alcoyano	3–0	2–1
Valencia Mestalla	4–2	Sevilla Atlético	3–0	1–2
UD Español	0–1	Mirandés	0–0	0–1
Toledo	3–3 (4–3 p)	Badajoz	2–0	1–3
Talavera	2–0	Arosa	2–0	0–0
Sariñena	1–5	Rayo Cantabria	0–2	1–3
San Fernando	5–1	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	4–1	1–0
Sevilla	4–1	Sant Andreu	2–0	2–1
Orihuela	0–3	Alavés	0–1	0–2
Oviedo	4–1	Cultural Leonesa	2–0	2–1
Langreo	1–3	Granada	1–0	0–3
Racing Ferrol	3–5	Real Murcia	2–0	1–5
Levante	9–2	Moscardó	5–0	4–2
Real Sociedad	3–3 (8–7 p)	Xerez	1–1	2–2
Marbella	4–3	Gimnástica Torrelavega	4–1	0–2
Córdoba	3–1	Bilbao Athletic	1–0	2–1
Recreativo de Huelva	4–2	Linense	2–0	2–2
Reus	0–5	Zaragoza	0–0	0–5
Celta	2–1	Cartagena	2–0	0–1
Tenerife	2–1	Malgrat	2–0	0–1
La Cava	2–5	Linares	1–3	1–2
Gavà	2–3	Castellón	1–1	1–2
Fabril	0–7	Hércules	0–3	0–4

Bye: Getafe

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Burgos	9–3	Talavera	6–0	3–3
Castellón	3–6	Valencia Mestalla	2–1	1–5
Celta	2–3	Alavés	2–2	0–1
Ciempozuelos	1–2	Sabadell	1–2	0–0
Córdoba	8–1	Rayo Cantabria	4–0	4–1
Deportivo de La Coruña	1–1 (3–5 p)	Espanyol	1–1	0–0
Eldense	2–3	Tenerife	1–0	1–3
Getafe	2–1	Carabanchel	1–1	1–0
Sporting Gijón	5–2	Valladolid	4–1	1–1
Hércules	9–2	Girona	8–0	1–2
Levante	2–3	Real Murcia	1–0	1–3
Linares	1–4	Cádiz	1–2	0–2
Marbella	1–6	Zaragoza	1–2	0–4
Málaga	2–5	Las Palmas	1–1	1–4
Osasuna	0–1	San Fernando	0–0	0–1
Ontinyent	1–8	Oviedo	0–1	1–7
Rayo Vallecano	1–3	Recreativo de Huelva	0–0	1–3
Racing Santander	0–5	Real Madrid	0–0	0–5
Sevilla	3–1	Elche	1–0	2–1
Toledo	1–9	Real Sociedad	1–3	0–6
Real Unión	2–5	Granada	1–0	1–5
Valencia	6–2	Mirandés	2–0	4–2

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alavés	3–2	Oviedo	2–0	1–2
Cádiz	2–0	Córdoba	2–0	0–0
Getafe	4–4 (6–5 p)	Sabadell	3–1	1–3
Sporting Gijón	2–1	Hércules	1–0	1–1
Granada	1–2	Sevilla	1–2	0–0
Recreativo de Huelva	3–4	Burgos	3–2	0–2
Las Palmas	1–0	RCD Español	1–0	0–0
Valencia Mestalla	3–4	Tenerife	1–2	2–2
Real Murcia	3–4	Zaragoza	2–0	1–4
San Fernando	2–4	Valencia	1–0	1–4

Bye: Real Madrid and Real Sociedad.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alavés	3–2	Zaragoza	2–0	1–2
Atlético Madrid	5–5 (5–4 p)	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	4–3
Burgos	5–7	Real Betis	3–2	2–5
Cádiz	1–3	Las Palmas	1–0	0–3
Getafe	3–11	FC Barcelona	3–3	0–8
Real Sociedad	3–2	Real Madrid	2–0	1–2
Sevilla	1–4	Sporting Gijón	0–1	1–3
Valencia	3–0	Tenerife	3–0	0–0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alavés	1–2	FC Barcelona	1–0	0–2
Atlético Madrid	3–4	Las Palmas	3–2	0–2
Real Betis	3–4	Sporting Gijón	3–1	0–3
Valencia	2–5	Real Sociedad	1–1	1–4

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Las Palmas	5–3	Sporting Gijón	3–0	2–3
Real Sociedad	1–2	FC Barcelona	0–0	1–2

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Barcelona	3–1	Las Palmas

Copa del Rey winners
FC Barcelona 18th title

References

^ CA Ceuta retired before the matches was disputed.

External links

(in English) rsssf.com
(in Spanish) linguasport.com

[1] CA Ceuta retired before the matches was disputed.

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