1940 Copa del Generalísimo

The 1940 Copa del Generalísimo was the 38th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

1940 Copa del Generalísimo

38th Copa del Rey
Country	Spain
Teams	31
Defending champions	Sevilla FC
Champions	RCD Español (2nd title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Matches played	61
← 1939 1941 →

The competition started on 12 May 1940 and concluded on 30 June 1940 with the final, held at the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas in Madrid.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AD Ferroviaria	3–6	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	2–5
Sportiva Ovetense	3–9	Club Celta	2–2	1–7
Unión Montañesa	1–10	Sporting Gijón	0–6	1–4
SD Erandio Club	1–3	Racing Santander	1–1	0–2
Real Sociedad	3–0	Racing Langreano	3–0	0–0
CD Alavés	0–10	Athletic Bilbao	0–6	0–4
Baracaldo FC	0–7	Real Zaragoza	0–4	0–3
Gerona FC	4–4	CA Osasuna	1–2	3–2
Athletic FC	2–9	FC Barcelona	2–2	0–7
Valencia CF	11–3	CD San Andrés	8–2	3–1
CD Español	10–2	Levante Gimnástico	6–2	4–0
CD Malacitano	2–3	Hércules CF	2–1	0–2
Real Murcia	0–6	Real Madrid	0–4	0–2
Ceuta Sport	1–5	Real Betis	0–1	1–4
Sevilla FC	6–2	CD Tenerife	6–1	0–1

• Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CA Osasuna	2–0	Gerona FC

• Bye: Athletic Aviación

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	5–0	La Coruña	4–0	1–0
Athletic Aviación	2–2	Real Zaragoza	0–0	2–2
CA Osasuna	2–7	Real Madrid	1–4	1–3
Hércules CF	5–2	Ath. Bilbao	5–2	0–0
Racing Santander	4–1	Sporting Gijón	3–0	1–1
Celta Vigo	3–8	RCD Español	1–3	2–5
Valencia CF	7–5	Real Sociedad	3–1	4–4
Sevilla FC	5–3	Real Betis	3–0	2–3

• Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Zaragoza	4–2	Athletic Aviación

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	1–3	RCD Español	0–2	1–1
Real Madrid	5–1	Racing Santander	3–1	2–0
Hércules CF	4–5	Valencia	2–1	2–4
Sevilla FC	3–4	Real Zaragoza	1–0	2–4

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RCD Español	5–2	Valencia CF	3–1	2–1
Real Madrid	2–1	Real Zaragoza	1–0	1–1

Final

Main article: 1940 Copa del Generalísimo Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
RCD Español	3–2	Real Madrid

Copa del Rey 1940 winners
RCD Español 2nd title

External links

• LFP website
• (in Spanish) linguasport.com