The 2021 Copa Federación de España was the 29th edition of the

Copa Federación de España The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol, popularly known as the Copa Federación (Federation Cup) or Copa RFEF, is a Spanish football competition for teams from the Segunda División B, the Tercera División and sometimes from the Preferent ...

, also known as Copa RFEF, a

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for

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clubs. The competition began in August with the first games of the regional stages and ended in November with the final of the national tournament. As part of the new competition format started in 2019, the four semifinalists qualified to the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

first round.

Regional tournaments

Andalusia tournament

The

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(RFAF) decided to create the 'Copa RFAF' in 2020. The finalists of this competition were selected as the Andalusian representatives in the Copa Federación national phase. The tournament started August 22nd.

Final

Aragon tournament

Eight teams joined the tournament:

Barbastro Barbastro (Latin: ''Barbastrum'' or ''Civitas Barbastrensis'', Aragonese: ''Balbastro'') is a city in the Somontano county, province of Huesca, Spain. The city (also known originally as Barbastra or Bergiduna) is at the junction of the rivers Cinc ...

(5), Belchite 97 (5),

Binéfar Binéfar (, ca, Binèfar) is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2008 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 9,288 inhabitants. It is the home of the children's theatre group "''Los Titir ...

(5), Borja (5),

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(5), Cuarte (5), Ejea (4) and

Utebo Utebo ( an, Utevo) is a town located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. At the time of the 2011 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 18,602 inhabitants, being the third most populous town of the province, only surpassed by ...

(5). The group phase started 11 August.

Group 1

Group 2

Final

Asturias tournament

12 teams joined the competition. The draw was made August 2nd and the tournament started August 7th. Semifinals and final were played between August 28th and September 8th in the same venue.

Group stage

=Group A

=Group B

=Group C

=Group D

Knockout stage

The knockout stage matches were played at Estadio Sergio Sánchez, in El Berrón,

Siero Siero is a municipality of the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. Its capital is Pola de Siero Pola de Siero (in Asturian and as official name La Pola Siero, and also known as La Pola colloquially) is a town in ...

Final

Balearic Islands tournament

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(4), Peña Deportiva (4), Platges de Calvià (5), Poblense (5) and

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(5) joined the tournament.

Final

Basque Country tournament

Leioa Leioa ( es, Lejona) is a municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, in northern Spain. It is located south of Getxo and Berango delimitating east and south with Erandio, Portugalete and Sestao. Today it is part of the Bilbao conurbation. Its populat ...

was directly selected by the

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Canary Islands tournament

Tenisca (5) and Unión Viera (5) joined the tournament.

Cantabria tournament

Eight teams joined the tournament. All matches were played at El Malecón stadium, in

Torrelavega Torrelavega ( Cantabrian: ''Torlavega'') is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria, northern Spain. It is situated roughly 8 kilometres from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 ...

Final

Castile-La Mancha tournament

Ten teams joined the XX Trofeo Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha.

Atlético Albacete Club Atlético Albacete is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1962, they are the reserve team of Albacete Balompié and currently play in Primera ...

, as reserve team, can not qualify for the national stage.

Final

Castile and León tournament

Six teams joined the tournament. Burgos Promesas, as reserve team, can not qualify for the national stage.

Final

Guijuelo Guijuelo () is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca Salamanca () is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León (Castilla y León). It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Va ...

qualifies to National Phase because Burgos Promesas is the reserve team of

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of t ...

Catalonia tournament

Lleida Esportiu Club Lleida Esportiu is a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in July 2011 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at Camp d'Esports, with a capacity of 13,500 sea ...

(4) and

Sant Andreu Sant Andreu () is one of the ten districts of Barcelona since its redistricting in 1984. It was named after the former municipality of Sant Andreu de Palomar, which was the largest in the area and now makes up the bulk of the neighbourhood be ...

(5) joined the tournament.

Ceuta tournament

Betis de Hadú was directly selected by Federación de Fútbol de Ceuta due to sporting merits.

Extremadura tournament

13 teams joined the tournament.

Final

Galicia tournament

A total of 15 teams joined the regional phase of the RFEF Cup for the 2021/2022 season.

Final

La Rioja tournament

Eight teams joined the tournament.

Final

Madrid tournament

Copa Real Federación Madrileña de Fútbol (RFFM) was one stage of the qualifying tournament. The winner of Copa RFFM qualified to the semifinals with

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(5), Móstoles URJC (4) and

Navalcarnero Navalcarnero is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located about from Madrid. Sights include the church of Inmaculada Concepción. History By the end of 1499 the city of Segovia founded the location of Navalcarnero, to put an en ...

(4). 8 teams joined Copa RFFM, starting August 15th: Alcorcón B (5),

Carabanchel Carabanchel is a district of Madrid, Spain. It lies on the southern (right) bank of the Manzanares, spanning southward down to the M-40 ring road. The district is made up of the neighbourhoods of Abrantes, Comillas, Opañel, Puerta Bonita, San ...

(5), Fuenlabrada B (5),

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(5),

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(5), Pozuelo (5),

Rayo Vallecano B Rayo Vallecano de Madrid B is the reserve team of Rayo Vallecano, a Spanish football club based in the Madrid neighbourhood of Vallecas. Founded in 1973 and plays in Tercera Federación – Group 7, holding home matches at '' Ciudad Deportiva Ra ...

(5) and Torrejón (5).

Group 1

Group 2

Final Copa RFFM

As Fuenlabrada B is a reserve team and cannot qualify to national stage, Torrejón continues in the tournament.

Final Knockout stage

Final

Melilla tournament

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was directly selected by Real Federación Melillense de Fútbol due to sporting merits.

Murcia tournament

Four teams joined the tournament.

Final

Navarre tournament

Eight teams joined the tournament.

Final

Valencian Community tournament

8 teams joined the tournament.

Final

National phase

National phase was played between October and December with 32 teams (20 winners of the Regional Tournaments and the best 12 teams of 2020-21 Segunda División B not qualified to

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). The four semifinalists qualified to 2021–22 Copa del Rey's first round.

Qualified teams

;Best teams from

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not qualified to

* Arenas de Getxo (4) * Córdoba (4) *

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(3) *

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(4) * Hércules (4) *

Langreo Langreo (; ast, Llangréu) is a municipality and town in northern Spain, in Asturias. It is the 4th largest town of Asturias with 43,000 inhabitants. Langreo is located in the centre of Asturias, approximately south-east of Oviedo. It was an im ...

(4) * Linense (3) * Mérida (4) *

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(4) * Numancia (4) *

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(3) * Villanovense (4) ;Winners of Autonomous Communities tournaments * Alfaro (5) * Alondras (5) * Atzeneta (5) *

Avilés Avilés (; ) is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality of Asturias. The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged to the sea, ...

(4) * Betis de Hadú (6) * Ejea (4) * Gimnásica Torrelavega (5) *

(5) * Izarra (4) * Juventud Torremolinos (5) *

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(4) * Moralo (5) *

(4) * Peña Deportiva (4) * Tenisca (5) * Toledo (4) *

Xerez Xerez Club Deportivo, known simply as Xerez, is a Spanish football team based in Jerez de la Frontera, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Xerez currently plays in Tercera División RFEF, the fifth tier of Spanish football. Founded on 24 ...

(5) * Yeclano (5)

Draw

The draw for the entire tournament was made at the RFEF headquarters on September 24. The teams were divided into four pots based on geographical criteria. Each pot was played independently until the semi-finals.

Bracket

Round of 32

;Pot A ;Pot B ;Pot C ;Pot D

Round of 16

;Pot A ;Pot B ;Pot C ;Pot D

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified to the

first round. ;Pot A ;Pot B ;Pot C ;Pot D

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

References

{{2021–22 in Spanish football Copa Federación de España seasons 2021–22 in Spanish football cups