The draw for the first round of the Copa del Rey, in which 110 teams from different categories will know their pairing for the second round on the second weekend of November (Saturday 12 and Sunday 13), held this Monday in the City of Soccer of the Rozas.
Hours and where to see the draw
The draw for the first round of the Copa del Rey, in which 110 of the 115 clubs classified for this new edition participated, began at 00.30:XNUMX a.m. at the Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas and can be followed live and online through ABC.es, and also through Streaming of the Federation.
Exempt teams in the draw
In this kind of first elimination of the Copa del Rey, the clubs participating in the Spanish Super Cup (Real Betis, Real Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona) will be exempt, as well as Racing Santander, as the last champion of the First Federation. Therefore, the balls of 110 of the 115 teams classified for this year's edition are presented in the drums.
Which teams are in the draw
In the draw for the first round of the Copa del Rey, the balls of 16 First Division clubs, 20 Second Division, 19 First Federation, 34 Second B, 7 Third Division, the four semifinalists of the Federation Cup will be presented. the 2022-2023 season and ten Territorial Category teams from the previous tie.
First division: Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla, Real Sociedad, Villarreal, Athletic, Osasuna, Celta, Rayo, Elche, Espanyol, Getafe, Mallorca, Cádiz, Almería, Valladolid and Girona.
Second division: Granada, Levante, Alavés, Eibar, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Oviedo, Ponferradina, Cartagena, Zaragoza, Burgos, Leganés, Huesca, Mirandés, Ibiza, Lugo, Sporting, Málaga, Andorra and Albacete.
First Federation: Fuenlabrada, Alcorcón, Amorebieta, Deportivo de La Coruña, Racing Ferrol, Rayo Majadahonda, UD Logroñés, Nástic Tarragona, Linares, Atlético Baleares, Pontevedra, Numancia, Córdoba, Mérida, Ceuta, Intercity, La Nucía, Murcia and Eldense.
Second B: Adarve, Navalcarnero, Coruxo, Palencia Cristo Atlético, Sestao, Arenas, AD San Juan, Racing Rioja, Gernika, Penya Deportiva, Teruel, Lleida, Ibiza Islas Pititusas, Cacereño, Coria, Hércules, Ourense, Gimnástica de Torrelavega , SD Beasain, Manresa, Atlético Saguntino, Guijuelo, Juventud Torremolinos, Recreativo Huelva, Atlético Paso, Yeclano, Diocesan, Atlético Cirbonero, Arnedo, Utebo, Guadalajara, Alfaro, Utrera and Olot.
Third division: Loyalty, Las Rozas, Manacor, Quintanar del Rey, Almazán, Vimenor and Huétor Tajar.
Federation Cup semifinalists: Arenteiro, Real Unión, San Roque de Lepe and Alzira.
Winners of the preliminary round: CD Fuentes, CD L'Alcora, Velarde CF, CD Santa Amalia, EFCD Algar, UD Barbadás, Autol, Mollerusa, Cazalegas and CD Rincón.
To carry out the draw for the first round of the Copa del Rey, seven cups will be used, including, in each of them, the 16 First Division teams, the 20 Second Division teams, the 19 First Federation teams, the 34 First Division teams, Segunda B (Second Federation), the 7 teams from the Third Division (Third Federation), the 4 semifinalists of the Federation Cup and the 10 selling teams from the previous tie.
The pairings will be carried out by draw, facing, as far as possible, the lower category clubs against the higher category ones, the clubs being distributed in as many cups as there are categories remaining in the competition.
The qualifying rounds of this first round will be held in a single match, always with the lower category team playing at home.
The matches will be held in the sports facilities of the lower category club, so that the minimum requirements established by the RFEF are met, and if they are of the same category, in those of the clubs whose ball was drawn first.
