Copa Federación
The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol trophy
Organising bodyRFEF
Founded1944 (old competition)
1993 (current competition)
Region Spain
Number of teams32
Current championsArenteiro
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)Puertollano
(3 titles)
Websiterfef.es/copa-rfef
2023 Copa Federación

The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol, popularly known as the Copa Federación (Federation Cup) or Copa RFEF, is a Spanish football competition organised by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). It has been held since the 1993−94 season as a tournament for smaller football clubs, with a format similar to that of the Copa del Rey.

It is contested annually by clubs from Primera Federación, Segunda Federación and Tercera Federación that have not qualified for the Copa del Rey.

It is currently played in two phases: a first phase of autonomous scope, according to the rules established by each autonomous federation, and a second phase of national scope in which the twenty best teams of the autonomous phase participate –one for each autonomous community, except Andalusia, which has two teams, plus one for Ceuta and one for Melilla– plus five teams from Segunda Federación –the best team from each group in the previous season that did not qualify for the Copa del Rey– plus seven teams from Tercera Federación –ranked second in the previous season, without distinction of groups, with the best coefficient and that did not obtain the right to participate in the Copa del Rey– making a total of 32 teams.

In the national phase, the 32 teams are divided into four groups of eight teams according to proximity criteria, with three single-leg knockout rounds to be played by drawing lots. The winner of each group in the play-offs becomes a semi-finalist to play in the final phase and the four semi-finalists qualify for the Copa del Rey.

The current Copa Federación, created in 1994, is not considered by the RFEF the same as the original one. A similar competition with regional qualification tournaments for amateur clubs (including the affiliated teams of the professional clubs, such as Real Madrid C and FC Barcelona C), the Campeonato de España de Aficionados, operated from 1930 until 1987,[1] but is also considered to be distinct from the Copa Federación.

Finals

Old tournament

Season Location Winner Runner-up Score Note
1944–45BarcelonaSan MartínValladolid1–0
1945–46MadridAlavésSueca3–2
1946–50 Not played
1950–51ZaragozaRCD CórdobaBarakaldo3–2
1951–52MadridJaénOrensana3–1
1952–53MadridValladolidCacereño1–0
1953–54ZaragozaReal BetisReal Valladolid3–2Not official

Modern tournament

Season Winner Runner-up 1st Leg 2nd Leg Agg.
1993–94Puertollano IndustrialPlatges de Calvià1–45–06–4
1994–95Las Palmas BBalaguer1–03–14–1
1995–96Mallorca BMurcia0–13–13–2 (a.e.t.)
1996–97BurgosGáldar1–14–15–1
1997–98BinéfarAlcalá1–22–03–2
1998–99Racing BLugo3–00–03–0
1999–2000SabadellElche2–01–33–3 (a)
2000–01MarinoTropezón1–03–04–0
2001–02Celta BGavà1–02–13–1
2002–03AvilésTomelloso3–01–04–0
2003–04BadalonaVillanueva0–04–14–1
2004–05MataróBenidorm1–21–02–2 (a)
2005–06PuertollanoHuesca1–12–03–1
2006–07PontevedraMallorca B4–10–14–2
2007–08OurenseReus2–11–13–2
2008–09JaénRayo Vallecano B0–04–14–1
2009–10San Roque LepeLorca Deportiva1–02–03–0
2010–11PuertollanoLemona0–24–14–3
2011–12BinissalemLemona5–01–66–6 (a)
2012–13Sant AndreuLa Hoya Lorca3–01–04–0
2013–14OurenseGuadalajara1–22–03–2
2014–15Real UniónCastellón1–03–04–0
2015–16Atlético BalearesRayo Majadahonda2–21–03–2
2016–17Atlético SaguntinoFuenlabrada0–03–03–0
2017–18PontevedraOntinyent1–00–01–0
2018–19MirandésCornellà3–02–25–2

New format

Season Host Winner Runner-up Score
2019Enrique Roca, MurciaMurciaTudelano1–1 (4–2 p)
2020Dehesa de Navalcarbón, Las Rozas de MadridLlagosteraLas Rozas2–1 (a.e.t.)
2021Nuevo Arcángel, CórdobaCórdobaGuijuelo1–0
2022Luis Suñer Picó, AlziraArenteiroAlzira2–0 (a.e.t.)
2023El Prado, Talavera de la ReinaBadalona FuturTalavera de la Reina2–1

Performances

Performance by club

New tournament

Team Winners Runners-up Winning years Runner-up years
Puertollano31994, 2006, 2011
Ourense22008, 2014
Pontevedra22007, 2018
Llagostera/Badalona Futur22020, 2023
Mallorca B1119962007
Murcia1120191996
Las Palmas B11995
Burgos11997
Binéfar11998
Racing B11999
Sabadell12000
Marino12001
Celta B12002
Avilés12003
Badalona12004
Mataró12005
Jaén12009
San Roque Lepe12010
Binissalem12012
Sant Andreu12013
Real Unión12015
Atlético Baleares12016
Atlético Saguntino12017
Mirandés12019
Córdoba12021
Arenteiro12022
Lemona22011, 2012
Platges Calvià11994
Balaguer11995
Gáldar11997
Alcalá11998
Lugo11999
Elche12000
Tropezón12001
Gavà12002
Tomelloso12003
Villanueva12004
Benidorm12005
Huesca12006
Reus12008
Rayo B12009
Lorca Deportiva12010
La Hoya Lorca12013
Guadalajara12014
Castellón12015
Rayo Majadahonda12016
Fuenlabrada12017
Ontinyent12018
Cornellà12019
Tudelano12019
Las Rozas12020
Guijuelo12021
Alzira12022
Talavera de la Reina12023

Performance by autonomous community

# Autonomous community Winners Clubs
1  Catalonia7

Sant Andreu, Mataró, Badalona, Sabadell, San Martín, Llagostera, Badalona Futur

2  Galicia6

Ourense (2), Pontevedra (2), Celta B, Arenteiro

3  Andalusia5Jaén (2), Córdoba CF, RCD Córdoba, San Roque Lepe
4=  Castile and León3Burgos, Valladolid, Mirandés
 Castile-La Mancha3Puertollano (3)
 Balearic Islands3Mallorca B, Binissalem, Atlético Baleares
7=  Asturias2Avilés, Marino
 Basque Country2Alavés, Real Unión
9=  Cantabria1Racing B
 Aragon1Binéfar
 Canary Islands1Las Palmas B
 Valencian Community1Atlético Saguntino
 Region of Murcia1Murcia

Regional tournaments

  1. 1 2 Due to its size, Andalusia has two Tercera División leagues (one for Western/Lower Andalusia, the other for Eastern/Upper Andalusia) and operated separate qualifying tournaments for the Copa Federación for each section until 2020, when the Andalusia Football Federation (RFAF) established a trophy for the entire region, the two finalists taking the qualification spots.[2]

See also

References

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