Copa Federación de España

Football tournament
Copa Federación
The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol trophy
Organising bodyRFEF
Founded1944 (old competition)
1993 (current competition)
Region Spain
Number of teams32
Current championsArenteiro
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)Puertollano
(3 titles)
Websiterfef.es/copa-rfef
2023 Copa Federación

The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol, popularly known as the Copa Federación (Federation Cup) or Copa RFEF, is a Spanish football competition organised by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). It has been held since the 1993−94 season as a tournament for smaller football clubs, with a format similar to that of the Copa del Rey.

It is contested annually by clubs from Primera Federación, Segunda Federación and Tercera Federación that have not qualified for the Copa del Rey.

It is currently played in two phases: a first phase of autonomous scope, according to the rules established by each autonomous federation, and a second phase of national scope in which the twenty best teams of the autonomous phase participate –one for each autonomous community, except Andalusia, which has two teams, plus one for Ceuta and one for Melilla– plus five teams from Segunda Federación –the best team from each group in the previous season that did not qualify for the Copa del Rey– plus seven teams from Tercera Federación –ranked second in the previous season, without distinction of groups, with the best coefficient and that did not obtain the right to participate in the Copa del Rey– making a total of 32 teams.

In the national phase, the 32 teams are divided into four groups of eight teams according to proximity criteria, with three single-leg knockout rounds to be played by drawing lots. The winner of each group in the play-offs becomes a semi-finalist to play in the final phase and the four semi-finalists qualify for the Copa del Rey.

The current Copa Federación, created in 1994, is not considered by the RFEF the same as the original one. A similar competition with regional qualification tournaments for amateur clubs (including the affiliated teams of the professional clubs, such as Real Madrid C and FC Barcelona C), the Campeonato de España de Aficionados, operated from 1930 until 1987,[1] but is also considered to be distinct from the Copa Federación.

Finals

Old tournament

Season Location Winner Runner-up Score Note
1944–45 Barcelona San Martín Valladolid 1–0
1945–46 Madrid Alavés Sueca 3–2
1946–50 Not played
1950–51 Zaragoza RCD Córdoba Barakaldo 3–2
1951–52 Madrid Jaén Orensana 3–1
1952–53 Madrid Valladolid Cacereño 1–0
1953–54 Zaragoza Real Betis Real Valladolid 3–2 Not official

Modern tournament

Season Winner Runner-up 1st Leg 2nd Leg Agg.
1993–94 Puertollano Industrial Platges de Calvià 1–4 5–0 6–4
1994–95 Las Palmas B Balaguer 1–0 3–1 4–1
1995–96 Mallorca B Murcia 0–1 3–1 3–2 (a.e.t.)
1996–97 Burgos Gáldar 1–1 4–1 5–1
1997–98 Binéfar Alcalá 1–2 2–0 3–2
1998–99 Racing B Lugo 3–0 0–0 3–0
1999–2000 Sabadell Elche 2–0 1–3 3–3 (a)
2000–01 Marino Tropezón 1–0 3–0 4–0
2001–02 Celta B Gavà 1–0 2–1 3–1
2002–03 Avilés Tomelloso 3–0 1–0 4–0
2003–04 Badalona Villanueva 0–0 4–1 4–1
2004–05 Mataró Benidorm 1–2 1–0 2–2 (a)
2005–06 Puertollano Huesca 1–1 2–0 3–1
2006–07 Pontevedra Mallorca B 4–1 0–1 4–2
2007–08 Ourense Reus 2–1 1–1 3–2
2008–09 Jaén Rayo Vallecano B 0–0 4–1 4–1
2009–10 San Roque Lepe Lorca Deportiva 1–0 2–0 3–0
2010–11 Puertollano Lemona 0–2 4–1 4–3
2011–12 Binissalem Lemona 5–0 1–6 6–6 (a)
2012–13 Sant Andreu La Hoya Lorca 3–0 1–0 4–0
2013–14 Ourense Guadalajara 1–2 2–0 3–2
2014–15 Real Unión Castellón 1–0 3–0 4–0
2015–16 Atlético Baleares Rayo Majadahonda 2–2 1–0 3–2
2016–17 Atlético Saguntino Fuenlabrada 0–0 3–0 3–0
2017–18 Pontevedra Ontinyent 1–0 0–0 1–0
2018–19 Mirandés Cornellà 3–0 2–2 5–2

New format

Season Host Winner Runner-up Score
2019 Enrique Roca, Murcia Murcia Tudelano 1–1 (4–2 p)
2020 Dehesa de Navalcarbón, Las Rozas de Madrid Llagostera Las Rozas 2–1 (a.e.t.)
2021 Nuevo Arcángel, Córdoba Córdoba Guijuelo 1–0
2022 Luis Suñer Picó, Alzira Arenteiro Alzira 2–0 (a.e.t.)
2023 El Prado, Talavera de la Reina Badalona Futur Talavera de la Reina 2–1

Performances

Performance by club

New tournament

Team Winners Runners-up Winning years Runner-up years
Puertollano 3 1994, 2006, 2011
Ourense 2 2008, 2014
Pontevedra 2 2007, 2018
Llagostera/Badalona Futur 2 2020, 2023
Mallorca B 1 1 1996 2007
Murcia 1 1 2019 1996
Las Palmas B 1 1995
Burgos 1 1997
Binéfar 1 1998
Racing B 1 1999
Sabadell 1 2000
Marino 1 2001
Celta B 1 2002
Avilés 1 2003
Badalona 1 2004
Mataró 1 2005
Jaén 1 2009
San Roque Lepe 1 2010
Binissalem 1 2012
Sant Andreu 1 2013
Real Unión 1 2015
Atlético Baleares 1 2016
Atlético Saguntino 1 2017
Mirandés 1 2019
Córdoba 1 2021
Arenteiro 1 2022
Lemona 2 2011, 2012
Platges Calvià 1 1994
Balaguer 1 1995
Gáldar 1 1997
Alcalá 1 1998
Lugo 1 1999
Elche 1 2000
Tropezón 1 2001
Gavà 1 2002
Tomelloso 1 2003
Villanueva 1 2004
Benidorm 1 2005
Huesca 1 2006
Reus 1 2008
Rayo B 1 2009
Lorca Deportiva 1 2010
La Hoya Lorca 1 2013
Guadalajara 1 2014
Castellón 1 2015
Rayo Majadahonda 1 2016
Fuenlabrada 1 2017
Ontinyent 1 2018
Cornellà 1 2019
Tudelano 1 2019
Las Rozas 1 2020
Guijuelo 1 2021
Alzira 1 2022
Talavera de la Reina 1 2023

Performance by autonomous community

# Autonomous community Winners Clubs
1  Catalonia 7

Sant Andreu, Mataró, Badalona, Sabadell, San Martín, Llagostera, Badalona Futur

2  Galicia 6

Ourense (2), Pontevedra (2), Celta B, Arenteiro

3  Andalusia 5 Jaén (2), Córdoba CF, RCD Córdoba, San Roque Lepe
4=  Castile and León 3 Burgos, Valladolid, Mirandés
 Castile-La Mancha 3 Puertollano (3)
 Balearic Islands 3 Mallorca B, Binissalem, Atlético Baleares
7=  Asturias 2 Avilés, Marino
 Basque Country 2 Alavés, Real Unión
9=  Cantabria 1 Racing B
 Aragon 1 Binéfar
 Canary Islands 1 Las Palmas B
 Valencian Community 1 Atlético Saguntino
 Region of Murcia 1 Murcia

Regional tournaments

  • AndalusiaMelilla Andalusia East & Melilla[a]
  • AndalusiaCeuta Andalusia West & Ceuta[a]
  • Aragon Aragon
  • Asturias Asturias
  • Balearic Islands Balearic Islands
  • Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Country
  • Canary Islands Canary Islands
  • Cantabria Cantabria
  • Castile and León Castile and León
  • Castilla–La Mancha Castile-La Mancha
  • Catalonia Catalonia
  • Extremadura Extremadura
  • Galicia (Spain) Galicia
  • La Rioja La Rioja
  • Community of Madrid Madrid
  • Region of Murcia Murcia
  • Navarre Navarre
  • Valencian Community Valencian Community
  1. ^ a b Due to its size, Andalusia has two Tercera División leagues (one for Western/Lower Andalusia [es], the other for Eastern/Upper Andalusia [es]) and operated separate qualifying tournaments for the Copa Federación for each section until 2020, when the Andalusia Football Federation (RFAF) established a trophy for the entire region, the two finalists taking the qualification spots.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Spain - Amateur Champions (Campeonato de España Amateur) 1930-1987, RSSSF, 20 May 2020
  2. ^ Nace la Copa Real Federación Andaluza de Fútbol [The RFAF Cup is born], Jaén en Juego (in Spanish), 16 January 2020

External links

  • List of finals at Rsssf
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