Country Spain Runners-up Sporting de Gijón Dates 10 Sep 1980 – 18 Jun 1981 Goals scored 781 | Champions FC Barcelona Champion FC Barcelona Teams 138 Matches played 273 | |
Similar 1979–80 Copa del Rey, 1977–78 Copa del Rey, 1928 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 Spaniard football.
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 by a score of 1-3.
The defending champions, Real Madrid CF, was defeated 4-3 (on the aggregate score) by Sporting de Gijón on their way to reach their first final.
Format
(*) Teams playing European competition.
References
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