1972–73 Copa del Generalísimo

1972–73 Copa del Generalísimo
71st Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	112
Defending champions	Atlético Madrid
Final positions
Champions	Athletic Bilbao (22nd title)
Runners-up	CD Castellón
Tournament statistics
Matches played	221

The 1972–73 Copa del Generalísimo was the 71st staging of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 20 September 1972 and concluded on 29 June 1973 with the final.

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cádiz CF	2–3	CD Logroñés	2–2	0–1
CD Cartagena	0–2	CD Sabadell CF	0–2	0–0
Gimnástico de Tarragona	2–6	Baracaldo CF	2–0	0–6
Cultural Leonesa	2–3	Hércules CF	2–0	0–3
RCD Mallorca	1–2	CD San Andrés	1–1	0–1
Pontevedra CF	2–3	Recreativo de Huelva	2–2	0–1
Racing de Santander	2–3	Sevilla CF	1–0	1–3
CD Tenerife	5–6	CD Orense	3–1	2–5
CD Valdepeñas	1–2	Rayo Vallecano	0–0	1–2
Real Valladolid	4–1	Elche CF	3–0	1–1

Fifth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	1–2	RCD Español	1–0	0–2
Baracaldo CF	2–4	Real Oviedo	2–1	0–3
CD Castellón	5–1	Real Valladolid	5–0	0–1
Deportivo La Coruña	5–1	Hércules CF	3–1	2–0
Granada CF	3–2	CD Logroñés	1–1	2–1
Recreativo de Huelva	0–2	CF Barcelona	0–0	0–2
UD Las Palmas	0–3	CD Málaga	0–2	0–1
Rayo Vallecano	1–4	Valencia CF	0–1	1–3
Real Sociedad	4–7	CD Orense	1–3	3–4
CD San Andrés	1–1 (2–3 p)	Real Betis	1–0	0–1
Sevilla CF	3-2	Real Zaragoza	1–0	2–2
Sporting Gijón	7–2	CD Sabadell CF	5–1	2–1

Bye: Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Burgos CF and Celta Vigo.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Real Oviedo	2–0	0–1
Real Betis	4–3	Burgos CF	2–1	2–2
CD Castellón	1–0	Valencia CF	0–0	1–0
RCD Español	2–2 (a)	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	1–0
CD Málaga	2–0	Celta Vigo	2–0	0–0
CD Orense	2–4	Granada CF	1–1	1–3
Sevilla CF	3–2	CF Barcelona	3–1	0–1
Sporting Gijón	2–1	Real Madrid	1–0	1–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CD Castellón	4–2	Real Betis	4–0	0–2
Deportivo La Coruña	0–4	CD Málaga	0–2	0–2
Granada CF	1–4	Sporting Gijón	1–1	0–3
Sevilla CF	2–5	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	2–5

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Athletic Club de Bilbao	3–1	CD Málaga	2–1	1–0
CD Castellón	3–0	Real Sporting de Gijón	2–0	1–0

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Athletic Club de Bilbao	2–0	CD Castellón

Copa del Generalísimo winners
Athletic Bilbao 22nd title

External links

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

1972–73 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '72 '73 England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden '72 '73 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales
League cups	England West Germany Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '72 '73 European Super Cup

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 1940 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 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
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