1971–72 Copa del Generalísimo

1971–72 Copa del Generalísimo
70th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	109
Defending champions	FC Barcelona
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Madrid (4th title)
Runner-up	Valencia CF
Tournament statistics
Matches played	205
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Copa del Generalísimo was the 70th staging of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 24 October 1971 and concluded on 8 July 1972 with the final.

First round

Second round

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CD Alcoyano	3–4	CD Castellón	1–0	2–4
Real Avilés	0–4	Pontevedra CF	0–0	0–4
Club de Futbol Calella	1–4	CD Logroñés	0–1	1–3
CD Cartagena	2–1	CD Mestalla	2–1	0–0
SD Eibar	2–3	UP Langreo	1–1	1–2
CD Getafe	2–3	Xerez CD	1–0	1–3
Hércules CF	4–1	Calvo Sotelo CF	4–0	0–1
SD Ibiza	5–8	Real Valladolid	3–3	2–5
Cultural Leonesa	(a) 3–3	CD Orense	1–0	2–3
Atlético Malagueño	2–6	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	1–5
RCD Mallorca	3–2	CD Europa	1–1	2–1
Real Oviedo	6–4	SD Huesca	4–0	2–4
Real Santander	0–1	Palencia CF	0–0	0–1
Sestao SC	4–2	Racing Ferrol	2–0	2–2
Tarrasa CF	0–1	Real Zaragoza	0–0	0–1
CD Tenerife	5–4	Atlético Madrileño	5–2	0–2
Triana Balompié	1–2	Elche CF	0–1	1–1
Villarreal CF	2–1	Deportivo Aragón	1–0	1–1

Bye: Cádiz CF and CD San Andrés.

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Betis	0–2	Hércules CF	0–0	0–2
CD Cartagena	1–0	Xerez CD	1–0	0–0
CD Castellón	^[1]	UP Langreo
Córdoba CF	0–2	Real Valladolid	0–0	0–2
Elche CF	1–2	Burgos CF	1–1	0–1
Granada CF	6–4	CD Tenerife	4–0	2–4
CD Logroñés	2–1	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	1–1
RCD Mallorca	0–3	Cultural Leonesa	0–2	0–1
Real Oviedo	0–2	RCD Español	0–1	0–1
Palencia CF	(a) 2–2	Cádiz CF	1–0	1–2
Pontevedra CF	2–1	CD Sabadell CF	0–1	2–0
Rayo Vallecano	1–5	Sporting de Gijón	1–0	0–5
CD San Andrés	4–3	Villarreal CF	2–1	2–2
Sestao SC	4–6	UD Las Palmas	2–0	2–6
Real Zaragoza	1–2	CD Málaga	1–1	0–1

Fifth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Burgos CF	0–7	RCD Español	0–2	0–5
CD Cartagena	(a) 5–5	Cultural Leonesa	3–1	2–4
Granada CF	5–1	Palencia CF	4–0	1–1
Hércules CF	1–2	CD Castellón	1–0	0–2
CD San Andrés	2–1	CD Logroñés	2–1	0–0
Sporting Gijón	5–3	CD Málaga	3–0	2–3
Real Valladolid	3–3 (a)	Pontevedra CF	3–1	0–2

Bye: UD Las Palmas

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Atlético de Bilbao	6–2	CD Cartagena	5–2	1–0
Atlético Madrid	1–0	UD Las Palmas	1–0	0–0
CD Castellón	1–2	CF Barcelona	0–0	1–2
Celta Vigo	3–1	Pontevedra CF	3–1	0–0
RCD Español	6–4	Sevilla CF	3–1	3–3
Granada CF	2–3	Valencia CF	0–1	2–2
CD San Andrés	2–6	Real Madrid	1–1	1–5
Sporting Gijón	1–3	Real Sociedad	0–0	1–3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CF Barcelona	0–3	Atlético Madrid	0–2	0–1
Real Madrid	4–3	RCD Español	3–0	1–3
Real Sociedad	1–3	Club Atlético de Bilbao	1–1	0–2
Valencia CF	2–0	Celta Vigo	1–0	1–0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Atlético de Madrid	5–4	Club Atlético de Bilbao	4–1	1–3
Valencia CF	1–0	Real Madrid CF	1–0	0–0

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Club Atlético de Madrid	2–1	Valencia CF

Copa del Generalísimo winners
Atlético Madrid 4th title

References

^ UP Langreo retired before the matches.

External links

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

[1] UP Langreo retired before the matches.

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