1980–81 Copa del Rey

The 1980–81 Copa del Rey was the 79th staging of the Spanish Cup, the annual domestic cup competition in the Spanish football. The tournament was attended by 138 teams from the main categories of Spanish football.

1980–81 Copa del Rey

79th Copa del Rey
Country	Spain
Dates	10 September 1980 – 18 June 1981
Teams	138
Champions	FC Barcelona
Runners-up	Sporting de Gijón
Matches played	273
Goals scored	781 (2.86 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The tournament began on 10 September 1980 and ended on 18 June 1981 with the final, held in Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid, in which the FC Barcelona was crowned for the nineteenth time in their history, after beating Sporting de Gijón 3–1.

The defending champions, Real Madrid CF, were defeated 4–3 (on aggregate score) by Sporting de Gijón on their way to reach their first final.

Format

Schedule Round Fixture Clubs Gain entry First round 66 138 → 72 All Clubs participating gain entry Second round 35 72 → 37 FC Barcelona, Castilla CF, Sporting de Gijón, Valencia CF (*) Third round 18 37 → 19 Real Sociedad (*) Fourth round 3 19 → 16 Round of 16 8 16 → 8 Real Madrid CF (*) Quarter-finals 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 2 4 → 2 Final 1 2 → 1

Teams Division No. clubs 1ª División 18 2ª División 20 2ª División B 28 3ª División 72 Total teams 138

• All rounds are played over two legs except the final which is played a single match in a neutral venue. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round.
• In case of a tie on aggregate, will play an extra time of 30 minutes, and if still tied, will be decided with a penalty shoot-outs.
• The teams that play European competitions are exempt until the round of 16 or when they are removed from the tournament.
• The winners of the competition will earn a place in the group stage of next season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, if they have not already qualified for European competition, if so then the runners-up will instead take this berth.

(*) Teams playing European competition.

First round

First round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
CD Colonia Moscardó	0–3	Atlético de Madrid	10 Sep 1980	0–2	Rep.	16 Sep 1980	1–0	Rep.
Santoña CF	1–2	Racing de Santander	10 Sep 1980	1–1	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	1–0	Rep.
AD Torrejón	4–4 (p)	UD Las Palmas Atlético	16 Sep 1980	2–2	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	2–2		Penalties: 3–4 for AD Torrejón.
CD Rota	1–6	Real Betis	16 Sep 1980	0–4	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	2–1	Rep.
CD Castro	1–8	Athletic Bilbao	17 Sep 1980	0–3	Rep.	8 Oct 1980	5–1	Rep.
Real Zaragoza	2–3	Endesa Andorra	17 Sep 1980	1–1	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	2–1	Rep.
CD Logroñés	5–4	CA Osasuna	17 Sep 1980	4–0	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	4–1	Rep.
CF Igualada	0–4	RCD Espanyol	17 Sep 1980	0–0	Rep.	24 Sep 1980	4–0	Rep.
Orihuela Deportiva CF	3–4	Hércules CF	17 Sep 1980	1–3	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	1–2	Rep.
CD Alcoyano	4–9	Real Murcia CF	17 Sep 1980	2–3	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	6–2	Rep.
Cultural Leonesa	0–5	UD Salamanca	17 Sep 1980	0–3	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	2–0	Rep.
CD Estepona	1–4	AD Almería	17 Sep 1980	1–0	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	4–0	Rep.
UD Las Palmas	3–4	CD Tenerife	17 Sep 1980	2–2	Rep.	8 Oct 1980	2–1	Rep.
Real Avilés CF	0–2	Real Oviedo CF	17 Sep 1980	0–1		30 Sep 1980	1–0	Rep.
CD Aurrerá	0–2	Barakaldo CF	17 Sep 1980	0–1		30 Sep 1980	1–0	Rep.
SD Erandio	1–2	Deportivo Alavés	17 Sep 1980	1–1		8 Oct 1980	1–0
CE Sabadell FC	4–3 (aet)	FC Barcelona Atlètic	17 Sep 1980	2–2	Rep.	24 Sep 1980	1–2	Rep.
CD Acero	2–11	CD Castellón	17 Sep 1980	2–4	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	7–0	Rep.
RSD Alcalá	2–3	Getafe Deportivo	17 Sep 1980	1–0		1 Oct 1980	3–1
CD Valdepeñas	2–5	Atlético Madrileño	17 Sep 1980	1–2		30 Sep 1980	3–1	Rep.
Elche CF	3–0	Crevillente CF	17 Sep 1980	2–0	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	0–1
Zamora CF	1–3	Burgos CF	17 Sep 1980	0–1		1 Oct 1980	2–1	Rep.
Gimnástica Arandina	1–6	Palencia CF	17 Sep 1980	1–1		1 Oct 1980	5–0	Rep.
Recreativo de Huelva	9–1	Real Balompédica Linense	17 Sep 1980	5–0	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	1–4
Algeciras CF	2–4	Cádiz CF	17 Sep 1980	2–2	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	2–0	Rep.
AD Ceuta	5–1	Racing Portuense	17 Sep 1980	3–0		1 Oct 1980	1–2
CD Málaga	6–1	UD Melilla	17 Sep 1980	3–1	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	1–3
Úbeda CF	3–6	Granada CF	17 Sep 1980	1–2		1 Oct 1980	4–2
Linares CF	4–1	CD Martos	17 Sep 1980	2–0		1 Oct 1980	1–2
CD Lugo	1–2	SD Compostela	17 Sep 1980	1–1		1 Oct 1980	1–0
UP Langreo	2–1	Caudal Deportivo	17 Sep 1980	2–0		1 Oct 1980	1–0
Balmaseda FC	1–2	Sestao SC	17 Sep 1980	1–1		15 Oct 1980	1–0
UE Lleida	5–3	CF Reus Deportiu	17 Sep 1980	3–2	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	1–2	Rep.
CE Júpiter	0–3	Terrassa FC	17 Sep 1980	0–0	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	3–0	Rep.
Gimnàstic de Tarragona	5–5 (p)	FC Andorra	17 Sep 1980	2–1	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	3–2	Rep.	Penalties: 5–4 for FC Andorra.
Calvo Sotelo CF	4–1	AD Alcorcón	17 Sep 1980	3–0		1 Oct 1980	1–1
CD Pegaso	3–4	CD Badajoz	17 Sep 1980	3–0		1 Oct 1980	4–0
CD Eldense	3–6	Cartagena FC	17 Sep 1980	1–2		1 Oct 1980	4–2
Córdoba CF	3–3 (p)	CD San Fernando	17 Sep 1980	2–1	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	2–1		Penalties: 2–0 for CD San Fernando.
RCD Mallorca	4–1	CD Murense	17 Sep 1980	4–1	Rep.	2 Oct 1980	0–0	Rep.
Deportivo de La Coruña	6–8	Celta de Vigo	17 Sep 1980	4–3		1 Oct 1980	5–2	Rep.
SD Ponferradina	4–3	Juventud Cambados	17 Sep 1980	4–0		1 Oct 1980	3–0
Arousa SC	3–1	Alondras CF	17 Sep 1980	1–0		24 Sep 1980	1–2
CD Lagun Onak	3–3 (p)	SD Eibar	17 Sep 1980	3–2		25 Sep 1980	1–0		Penalties: 4–2 for SD Eibar.
SD Gernika	2–8	Alavés Aficionados	17 Sep 1980	1–4		1 Oct 1980	4–1
CD Binéfar	4–4 (p)	AD Sabiñánigo	17 Sep 1980	3–1		1 Oct 1980	3–1		Penalties: x–x for CD Binéfar.
CD Calahorra	4–4 (p)	CD Tudelano	17 Sep 1980	3–1		1 Oct 1980	3–1		Penalties: 4–3 for CD Tudelano.
UDA Gramenet	2–7	UE Figueres	17 Sep 1980	1–2	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	5–1	Rep.
Vinaròs CF	3–2	CF Gandía	17 Sep 1980	0–0		1 Oct 1980	2–3	Rep.
CF Villanovense	4–4 (p)	CD Ciempozuelos	17 Sep 1980	1–1		1 Oct 1980	3–3		Penalties: 1–3 for CF Villanovense.
CD Talavera	1–3	CD Manchego	17 Sep 1980	1–2		1 Oct 1980	1–0
Albacete Balompié	5–1	CP Cacereño	17 Sep 1980	3–1		1 Oct 1980	0–2
CD San Fernando de Henares	4–1	CD Toledo	17 Sep 1980	2–1		1 Oct 1980	0–2
CD Venta de Baños	1–2	Real Valladolid Promesas	17 Sep 1980	1–2		8 Oct 1980	0–0
CD Motril	0–3	UD San Pedro	17 Sep 1980	0–1		1 Oct 1980	2–0
CD Felanitx	3–9	UD Poblense	17 Sep 1980	3–4		24 Sep 1980	5–0	Rep.
CD Binissalem	2–3	SD Portmany	17 Sep 1980	1–0		1 Oct 1980	3–1
CF Sporting Mahonés	1–3	CD Margaritense	17 Sep 1980	1–2		1 Oct 1980	1–0
Rayo Vallecano	4–3	Mérida Industrial CF	18 Sep 1980	3–0		1 Oct 1980	3–1	Rep.
Levante UD	2–1 (aet)	UD Carcaixent	18 Sep 1980	1–0		1 Oct 1980	1–1	Rep.
Real Oviedo Aficionados	2–4	CD Turón	18 Sep 1980	1–1		1 Oct 1980	3–1
CD Constància	5–2	CD Andratx	18 Sep 1980	3–0		1 Oct 1980	2–2
CD Peña Sport	4–1	CD Sangüesa	24 Sep 1980	3–1		2 Oct 1980	0–1
CD Béjar Industrial	0–4	Real Valladolid Deportivo	25 Sep 1980	0–0	Rep.	1 Oct 1980	4–0	Rep.
CD Mestalla	3–2 (aet)	Villarreal CF	25 Sep 1980	2–1		1 Oct 1980	1–1	Rep.
Betis Deportivo	0–6	Sevilla FC	22 Oct 1980	0–5	Rep.	29 Oct 1980	1–0	Rep.
Bye by draw: FC Barcelona, Castilla CF, Real Madrid CF, Real Sociedad, Sporting de Gijón, Valencia CF.
Results of matches played: 17 September / 18 September / 24 September / 25 September / 1 October / 2 October / 8 October / 15 October

Second round

Second round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
CD Turón	1–7	Sporting de Gijón	18 Nov 1980	1–6	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	1–0	Rep.
CD Manchego	1–2	Castilla CF	18 Nov 1980	1–1	Rep.	2 Dec 1980	1–0	Rep.
CD Binéfar	1–8	Athletic Bilbao	19 Nov 1980	1–7	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	1–0	Rep.
RCD Espanyol	0–1	Terrassa FC	19 Nov 1980	0–0	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	1–0	Rep.
UE Lleida	2–7	FC Barcelona	19 Nov 1980	1–2	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	5–1	Rep.
Albacete Balompié	1–2	Valencia CF	19 Nov 1980	1–0	Rep.	4 Dec 1980	2–0	Rep.
Cartagena FC	3–3 (p)	Hércules CF	19 Nov 1980	3–0	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	3–0	Rep.	Penalties: 3–1 for Hércules CF.
Elche CF	3–2	Real Murcia CF	19 Nov 1980	3–0	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	2–0	Rep.
Sevilla FC	3–2	Real Betis	19 Nov 1980	2–1	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	1–1	Rep.
AD Almería	2–0	Linares CF	19 Nov 1980	2–0	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	0–0	Rep.
Calvo Sotelo CF	1–4	Atlético de Madrid	19 Nov 1980	1–3	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	1–0	Rep.
Real Valladolid Promesas	2–4	UD Salamanca	19 Nov 1980	2–1	Rep.	4 Dec 1980	3–0	Rep.
Palencia CF	3–2	Real Valladolid Deportivo	19 Nov 1980	2–1	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	1–1	Rep.
Real Oviedo CF	6–5	UP Langreo	19 Nov 1980	3–1		3 Dec 1980	4–3
Deportivo Alavés Aficionados	4–5	Barakaldo CF	19 Nov 1980	3–2	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	3–1
Sestao SC	4–8	Deportivo Alavés	19 Nov 1980	1–4		3 Dec 1980	4–3
UE Figueres	5–2	CE Sabadell FC	19 Nov 1980	3–0	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	2–2	Rep.
CD Castellón	4–1	CD Mestalla	19 Nov 1980	4–1	Rep.	9 Dec 1980	0–0	Rep.
Vinaròs CF	2–6	Levante UD	19 Nov 1980	2–4	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	2–0	Rep.
Cádiz CF	4–0	CD San Fernando	19 Nov 1980	3–0	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	0–1
CD Tenerife	1–3	Recreativo de Huelva	19 Nov 1980	1–0	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	3–0
AD Ceuta	1–0	UD San Pedro	19 Nov 1980	0–0		3 Dec 1980	0–1
Granada CF	3–2	CD Málaga	19 Nov 1980	2–0	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	2–1	Rep.
Rayo Vallecano	2–0	CF Villanovense	19 Nov 1980	1–0		3 Dec 1980	0–1
CD Badajoz	3–4	Getafe Deportivo	19 Nov 1980	2–1		3 Dec 1980	3–1
Atlético Madrileño	4–3	CD San Fernando de Henares	19 Nov 1980	1–2		3 Dec 1980	1–3
AD Torrejón	2–4	Burgos CF	19 Nov 1980	1–1		27 Nov 1980	3–1	Rep.
SD Eibar	1–2	Racing de Santander	19 Nov 1980	1–1		3 Dec 1980	1–0
Arousa SC	1–1 (p)	Celta de Vigo	19 Nov 1980	1–1		3 Dec 1980	0–0	Rep.	Penalties: 5–3 for Celta de Vigo–played on 4 Dec 1981.^[1]
SD Ponferradina	5–4	SD Compostela	19 Nov 1980	3–3		3 Dec 1980	1–2
CD Logroñés	5–4	CD Peña Sport	19 Nov 1980	3–2		3 Dec 1980	2–2
UD Poblense	1–2	FC Andorra	19 Nov 1980	1–1	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	1–0	Rep.
CD Margaritense	1–5	RCD Mallorca	19 Nov 1980	1–1	Rep.	3 Dec 1980	4–0	Rep.
CD Tudelano	2–0	Endesa Andorra	19 Nov 1980	2–0		3 Dec 1980	0–0
SD Portmany	1–3	CD Constància	19 Nov 1980	1–0		3 Dec 1980	3–0
Bye: Real Madrid CF, Real Sociedad.
Results of matches played: 19 November / 3 December

Third round

Third round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Deportivo Alavés	3–2 (aet)	CD Tudelano	6 Jan 1981	1–0	Rep.	28 Jan 1981	2–2	Rep.
Atlético Madrileño	2–4	Athletic Bilbao	6 Jan 1981	1–0	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	4–1	Rep.
AD Almería	2–4	Levante UD	7 Jan 1981	2–1	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	3–0	Rep.
Barakaldo CF	1–3	FC Barcelona	7 Jan 1981	0–2	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	1–1	Rep.
FC Andorra	0–4	CD Castellón	7 Jan 1981	0–0	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	4–0	Rep.
Celta de Vigo	2–2 (p)	Burgos CF	6 Jan 1981	2–0	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	2–0	Rep.	Penalties: 5–3 for Burgos CF.
AD Ceuta	1–1 (p)	Granada CF	6 Jan 1981	1–0	Rep.	25 Feb 1981	1–0	Rep.	Penalties: 5–4 for Granada CF.
CD Constància	2–3	Castilla CF	6 Jan 1981	2–0	Rep.	28 Jan 1981	3–0	Rep.
UE Figueres	3–2	Racing de Santander	7 Jan 1981	2–1	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	1–1	Rep.
Hércules CF	5–2	CD Logroñés	7 Jan 1981	2–1	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	1–3	Rep.
Recreativo de Huelva	3–3 (p)	Getafe Deportivo	6 Jan 1981	1–2	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	1–2	Rep.	Penalties: 2–4 for Recreativo de Huelva.
Real Oviedo CF	0–3	Atlético de Madrid	6 Jan 1981	0–0	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	3–0	Rep.
Rayo Vallecano	2–0	RCD Mallorca	6 Jan 1981	1–0	Rep.	20 Jan 1981	0–1	Rep.
UD Salamanca	1–0	Terrassa FC	6 Jan 1981	1–0	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	0–0	Rep.
SD Ponferradina	3–8	Sporting de Gijón	7 Jan 1981	1–0	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	8–2	Rep.
Real Sociedad	2–1	Cádiz CF	7 Jan 1981	1–1	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	0–1	Rep.
Palencia CF	3–3 (p)	Elche CF	7 Jan 1981	2–2	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	1–1	Rep.	Penalties: 1–3 for Palencia CF.
Valencia CF	2–3	Sevilla FC	7 Jan 1981	2–2	Rep.	21 Jan 1981	1–0	Rep.
Bye: Real Madrid CF.

Fourth round

Fourth round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
CD Castellón	0–2	Recreativo de Huelva	11 Feb 1981	0–0	Rep.	25 Feb 1981	2–0	Rep.
UE Figueres	3–3 (p)	Hércules CF	4 Mar 1981	1–0	Rep.	1 Apr 1981	3–2	Rep.	Penalties: 4–5 for UE Figueres.
Palencia CF	0–2	Burgos CF	11 Feb 1981	0–1	Rep.	19 Mar 1981	1–0	Rep.
Bye: Deportivo Alavés, Athletic Bilbao, Levante UD, FC Barcelona, Granada CF, Castilla CF, Atlético de Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, UD Salamanca, Sporting de Gijón, Real Sociedad, Sevilla FC, Real Madrid CF.

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Levante UD	0	0	0
	16	Sporting de Gijón	2	3	5
								Sporting de Gijón		1	3	4
								Real Madrid CF		1	2	3
	8	Recreativo de Huelva	1	1	2
	9	Real Madrid CF	1	4	5
															Sporting de Gijón		2	0	2
															Sevilla FC		0	0	0
	5	Sevilla FC	2	1	3
	12	Real Sociedad	1	1	2
								Sevilla FC		1	3	4
								Burgos CF		1	0	1
	4	UE Figueres	1	0	1
	13	Burgos CF	1	2	3
																						Sporting de Gijón		1
																						FC Barcelona		3
	6	Rayo Vallecano	3	0	3
	11	Atlético de Madrid	0	2	2
								Rayo Vallecano		0	1	1
								FC Barcelona		3	3	6
	3	Castilla CF	3	1	4
	14	FC Barcelona	5	4	9
															FC Barcelona		2	2	4
															Athletic Bilbao		0	1	1
	7	UD Salamanca	1	1	2
	10	Granada CF	0	0	0
								UD Salamanca		2	0	2
								Athletic Bilbao		1	2	3
	2	Athletic Bilbao	3	3	6
	15	Deportivo Alavés	1	3	4

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levante	0–5	Sporting de Gijón	0-2	0-3
Recreativo de Huelva	2–5	Real Madrid	1-1	1-4
Sevilla	3–2 (aet)	Real Sociedad	2-1	1-1
Figueras	1–3 (aet)	Burgos	1-1	0-2
Rayo Vallecano	3–2	Atlético de Madrid	3-0	0-2
Castilla	4–9	Barcelona	3-5	1-4
Salamanca	2–0	Granada	1-0	1-0
Athletic Bilbao	6–4	Alavés	3-1	3-3

First leg

Athletic Bilbao v Deportivo Alavés

29 April 1981	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Deportivo Alavés	Bilbao
20:00 CET	Argote   1' Noriega   29' Sarabia   37'	Report (in Spanish)	Chechu   5'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Antonio Martín Navarrete

UD Salamanca v Granada CF

29 April 1981	UD Salamanca	1–0	Granada CF	Salamanca
20:30 CET	Corominas   34'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: El Helmántico Referee: Raúl García de Loza

Levante UD v Sporting de Gijón

29 April 1981	Levante UD	0–2	Sporting de Gijón	Valencia
20:45 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Mesa   65' Ferrero   70'	Stadium: Ciudad de Valencia Referee: Antonio Borrás del Barrio

Rayo Vallecano v Atlético de Madrid

29 April 1981	Rayo Vallecano	3–0	Atlético de Madrid	Madrid
20:45 CET	Fraile   4' Paco   7' Robles   23'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Vallecas Referee: José Luis García Carrión

Figueras v Burgos CF

29 April 1981	Figueras	1–1	Burgos CF	Figueres
21:30 CET	Serra   35'	Report (in Spanish)	Dacosta   83'	Stadium: El Far Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jaime David Bayarri Ribelles

Sevilla FC v Real Sociedad

29 April 1981	Sevilla FC	2–1	Real Sociedad	Sevilla
21:30 CET	Juan Carlos   71' Montero   81'	Report (in Spanish)	López Ufarte   55' (pen.)	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35.250 Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo

Castilla v FC Barcelona

30 April 1981	Castilla	3–5	FC Barcelona	Madrid
20:45 CET	Ortiz   9' Paco   51' Blanco   57'	Report (in Spanish)	Landáburu   5' Quini   13' Zuviría   65' Migueli   69' Simonsen   85'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Joaquín Urío Velázquez

Recreativo de Huelva v Real Madrid CF

30 April 1981	Recreativo de Huelva	1–1	Real Madrid CF	Huelva
21:15 CET	Aguirre   14'	Report (in Spanish)	Santillana   40'	Stadium: Municipal de Huelva Referee: José Merino González

Second leg

FC Barcelona v Castilla

5 May 1981	FC Barcelona	4–1	Castilla	Barcelona
— CET	Quini   3', 47' Esteban   15' Landáburu   89'	Report (in Spanish)	Paco   55'	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Manuel Fandos Hernández

Atlético de Madrid v Rayo Vallecano

5 May 1981	Atlético de Madrid	2–0	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
	Marcos   44' Quique Ramos   52' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Ildefonso Urizar Azpitarte

Real Sociedad v Sevilla FC

6 May 1981	Real Sociedad	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sevilla FC	San Sebastián
20:00 CET	Zamora   46'	Report (in Spanish)	Choya   114'	Stadium: Atotxa Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén

Deportivo Alavés v Athletic Bilbao

6 May 1981	Deportivo Alavés	3–3	Athletic Bilbao	Vitoria-Gasteiz
20:00 CET	Juani   8' Morgado   25' Urrecho   88'	Report (in Spanish)	Dani   6' Garmendia   35' (o.g.) Sola   84'	Stadium: Mendizorroza Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez

Sporting de Gijón v Levante UD

6 May 1981	Sporting de Gijón	3–0	Levante UD	Gijón
20:15 CET	Abel   55' Joaquín   57' Pedro   77'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Jacinto de Sosa Martín

Burgos v Figueras

6 May 1981	Burgos	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Figueras	Burgos
20:30 CET	López   108' Magdaleno   111'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: El Plantío Referee: Rafael Díaz Agüero

Real Madrid CF v Recreativo de Huelva

6 May 1981	Real Madrid CF	4–1	Recreativo de Huelva	Madrid
20:45 CET	Isidro   45' Juanito   49', 70' (pen.) Pineda   87'	Report (in Spanish)	Navarro   64' (pen.)	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Benito Alfonso Condón Uriz

Granada CF v UD Salamanca

6 May 1981	Granada CF	0–1	UD Salamanca	Granada
21:00 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Ito   15'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Referee: Emilio Carlos Guruceta Muro

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting de Gijón	4–3	Real Madrid	1-1	3-2
Sevilla	4–1	Burgos	4-1	0-0
Rayo Vallecano	1–6	Barcelona	0-3	1-3
Salamanca	2–3 (aet)	Athletic Bilbao	2-1	0-2

First leg

Sporting de Gijón v Real Madrid CF

20 May 1981	Sporting de Gijón	1–1	Real Madrid CF	Gijón
20:15 CET	Ciriaco   40'	Report (in Spanish)	Sabido   85'	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio

Rayo Vallecano v FC Barcelona

20 May 1981	Rayo Vallecano	0–3	FC Barcelona	Madrid
21:00 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Simonsen   33', 62' Estella   68'	Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Vallecas Referee: José Donato Pes Pérez

Sevilla FC v Burgos CF

20 May 1981	Sevilla FC	4–1	Burgos CF	Sevilla
21:30 CET	Juan Carlos   6' Montero   37', 74' Pintinho   62' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)	Cholo   79'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: José Díez Frías

UD Salamanca v Athletic Bilbao

24 May 1981	UD Salamanca	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Salamanca
18:30 CET	Teixidó   31', 77' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)	Argote   2'	Stadium: El Helmántico Attendance: 8,000 Referee: José María Miguel Pérez

Second leg

Athletic Bilbao v UD Salamanca

30 May 1981	Athletic Bilbao	2–0 (a.e.t.)	UD Salamanca	Bilbao
20:00 CET	Dani   40' (pen.) Noriega   100'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Fermín Sánchez Molina

Burgos CF v Sevilla FC

30 May 1981	Burgos CF	0–0	Sevilla FC	Burgos
20:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: El Plantío Referee: Ernesto de Burgos Núñez

FC Barcelona v Rayo Vallecano

31 May 1981	FC Barcelona	3–1	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
18:00 CET	Sánchez   17' Alexanko   64' Carrasco   89'	Report (in Spanish)	Uceda   50' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Manuel Álvarez Margüenda

Real Madrid CF v Sporting de Gijón

31 May 1981	Real Madrid CF	2–3	Sporting de Gijón	Madrid
20:00 CET	García Navajas   38' Stielike   70'	Report (in Spanish)	Abel   30', 67', 71'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: José María Enríquez Negreira

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting de Gijón	2–0	Sevilla	2-0	0-0
Barcelona	4–1	Athletic Bilbao	2-0	2-1

First leg

Sporting de Gijón v Sevilla FC

7 June 1981	Sporting de Gijón	2–0	Sevilla FC	Gijón
18:30 CET	Abel   25' Pedro   40'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo

FC Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao

7 June 1981	FC Barcelona	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
	Estella   35' Quini   45'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: José Luis García Carrión

Second leg

Athletic Bilbao v FC Barcelona

13 June 1981	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	FC Barcelona	Bilbao
20:00 CET	Noriega   11'	Report (in Spanish)	Quini   60' Sánchez   88'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio

Sevilla FC v Sporting de Gijón

13 June 1981	Sevilla FC	0–0	Sporting de Gijón	Sevilla
21:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: José Donato Pes Pérez

Final

Main article: 1981 Copa del Rey Final

18 June 1981

21:00 CET

Sporting de Gijón	1–3	FC Barcelona
Maceda   50'	Report (in Spanish)	Quini   44', 58' Esteban   66'

Vicente Calderón, Madrid

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén

Copa del Rey 1980–81 winners
FC Barcelona 19th title

References

1. "2nd Round: Celta de Vigo vs Arousa SC (2nd Leg)" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish).

External links

• (in English) RSSSF
• (in Spanish) Linguasport