1940 Copa del Generalísimo

1940 Copa del Generalísimo
38th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	31
Defending champions	Sevilla FC
Final positions
Champions	RCD Español (2nd title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61

The 1940 Copa del Generalísimo was the 38th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition started on 12 May 1940 and concluded on 30 June 1940 with the final, held at the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas in Madrid.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AD Ferroviaria	3–6	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	2–5
Sportiva Ovetense	3–9	Club Celta	2–2	1–7
Juventud Unión Montañesa	1–10	Sporting Gijón	0–6	1–4
SD Erandio Club	1–3	Racing Santander	1–1	0–2
Real Sociedad	3–0	Racing Langreano	3–0	0–0
CD Alavés	0–10	Athletic Bilbao	0–6	0–4
Baracaldo FC	0–7	Real Zaragoza	0–4	0–3
Gerona FC	4–4	CA Osasuna	1–2	3–2
Athletic FC	2–9	FC Barcelona	2–2	0–7
Valencia CF	11–3	CD San Andrés	8–2	3–1
CD Español	10–2	Levante Gimnástico	6–2	4–0
CD Malacitano	2–3	Hércules CF	2–1	0–2
Real Murcia	0–6	Real Madrid	0–4	0–2
Ceuta Sport	1–5	Real Betis	0–1	1–4
Sevilla FC	6–2	CD Tenerife	6–1	0–1

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CA Osasuna	2–0	Gerona FC

Bye: Athletic Aviación

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	5–0	La Coruña	4–0	1–0
Athletic Aviación	2–2	Real Zaragoza	0–0	2–2
CA Osasuna	2–7	Real Madrid	1–4	1–3
Hércules CF	5–2	Ath. Bilbao	5–2	0–0
Racing Santander	4–1	Sporting Gijón	3–0	1–1
Celta Vigo	3–8	RCD Español	1–3	2–5
Valencia CF	7–5	Real Sociedad	3–1	4–4
Sevilla FC	5–3	Real Betis	3–0	2–3

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Zaragoza	4–2	Athletic Aviación

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	1–3	RCD Español	0–2	1–1
Real Madrid	5–1	Racing Santander	3–1	2–0
Hércules CF	4–5	Valencia	2–1	2–4
Sevilla FC	3–4	Real Zaragoza	1–0	2–4

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RCD Español	5–2	Valencia CF	3–1	2–1
Real Madrid	2–1	Real Zaragoza	1–0	1–1

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
RCD Español	3–2	Real Madrid

Copa del Rey 1940 winners
RCD Español 2nd title

External links

LFP website
(in Spanish) linguasport.com

Copa del Rey
Seasons	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1928–29 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1941 1942 1943 1944 1944–45 1946 1947 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1951 1952 1952–53 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1969 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 (FECF & UECF) 1911 1912 1913 (FECF & UECF) 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Related	Finals 1902 Copa de la Coronación Final Real Madrid v FC Barcelona (1916 Copa del Rey) 1937 Copa de la España Libre Aragón Championship Asturias Championship Central (Castille) Championship Catalonia Championship Gipuzkoa Championship Levante Championship North (Biscay) Championship South (Andalusia) Championship Real Madrid 11–1 FC Barcelona (1943) AD Alcorcón 4–0 Real Madrid (2009)

1939–40 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Austria Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Estonia Finland '39 '40 Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '39 '40 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Slovakia Soviet Union '39 '40 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '39 '40, Football Championship '40) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Bulgaria '39 '40 Cyprus Estonia France Germany '39 '40 Greece Hungary Italy Latvia '39 Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '39 '40 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Spain '39 Switzerland
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '39 '40