The 2023 Copa Federación de España was 31st 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 knockout competition for

Spanish football Football is the most popular sport in Spain. Spain has some of the most important teams in Europe (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Seville, Valencia, and others). It also has a high number of players (most of them being unprofession ...

clubs. The competition began in August with the first games of the Regional stages and ended 22 November with the final of the National tournament. As part of the new competition format started in 2019, the four semifinalists qualified for 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

Royal Andalusian Football Federation The Royal Andalusian Football Federation ( es, Real Federación Andaluza de Fútbol; RFAF) is the football association responsible for all competitions of any form of football developed in Andalusia. It is integrated into the Royal Spanish Football ...

(RFAF) decided to create the 'Copa RFAF' in 2020. The finalists of this competition were selected as the Andalusian representatives in the national phase of Copa RFEF.

Final

Aragon tournament

Four teams joined the tournament:

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(5), Brea (4), Ejea (5) and

Utrillas Utrillas is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacion ...

(5). The matches started 12 August and ended 27 August.

Asturias tournament

12 teams joined the tournament. The draw was made 7 July and the tournament started 5 August.

Group stage

=Group A

=Group B

=Group C

=Group D

Knockout stage

The knockout stage matches were played at La Mata Stadium, in

Candás Candás is a small fishing village in Asturias, the north of Spain. It is one of 12 parishes (administrative divisions) in Carreño, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. Situated at ...

Final

Balearic Islands tournament

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(4) and CD Ibiza (5) joined the tournament.

Basque Country tournament

4 teams joined the tournament. The draw was made 2 August.

Final

Canary Islands tournament

Only

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(5) joined the tournament.

Cantabria tournament

Eight teams from 2023 to 2024

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera División RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional divisions ...

will join the tournament. The teams qualified via their results in 2022-23 leagues, ignoring those who have their ticket for the Copa del Rey or for the national phase of the Copa RFEF.

Final

Castile-La Mancha tournament

Twelve teams joined the Trofeo Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancham acting as qualifying tournament.

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and

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cannot qualify because they were already qualified to Copa del Rey or National Phase of Copa RFEF.

Final

Castile and León tournament

7 teams joined the tournament: Atlético Bembibre (5),

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(5), Numancia (4),

Palencia Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half o ...

(5),

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritag ...

(5),

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(5) and Villaralbo (5). The draw was made 26 July and the tournament started 12 August.

Group stage

=Group A

=Group B

Final

Catalonia tournament

4 teams joined the tournament. Draw was made 25 July.

Final

Ceuta tournament

Polillas Atlético was directly selected by Federación de Fútbol de Ceuta due to sporting merits.

Extremadura tournament

13 teams joined the tournament.

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(5),

Olivenza Olivenza () or Olivença () is a town in southwestern Spain, near the Portuguese border, on a historically disputed section of the Portugal–Spain border. Its territory is administered by Spain as a municipality belonging to the province of Bad ...

(5) and Trujillo (5) received a bye to the second round.

Final

Galicia tournament

13 teams joined the tournament. The draw was made 12 July.

Final

La Rioja tournament

9 teams joined the tournament. Draw was made 20 July.

Final

Madrid tournament

8 teams joined the tournament: Alcalá (5),

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(3),

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(5), Móstoles URJC (5),

Pozuelo de Alarcón Pozuelo de Alarcón () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Bordering the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid proper to its west, Pozuelo de Alarcón is surrounded by large Mediterranean pine-tree forests: the Casa de Campo, the M ...

(5),

San Sebastián de los Reyes San Sebastián de los Reyes (colloquially called "Sanse") is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1492, it is located north of Madrid. Geography It forms an urban continuum with the neighboring Alcobendas, Transport ...

(4), Torrejón (5) and Unión Adarve (4). The draw was made 7 July.

Group A

Group B

Final

Melilla tournament

At. Melilla (5) was directly selected by Real Federación Melillense de Fútbol due to sporting merits.

Murcia tournament

Eight teams joined the tournament.

Final

Navarre tournament

Four teams joined the tournament. The draw was made 27 July.

Final

Valencian Community tournament

Five teams joined the tournament:

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(4),

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(3), Patacona (5), Rayo Ibense (5) and

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(5). The draw was made 27 July. After the draw,

resigned from participating in the tournament. Matches were played between 5 and 18 August.

National phase

National phase was played between 27 September and 22 November with 32 teams (20 winners of the Regional Tournaments, the best 5 teams from

2022–23 Segunda División RFEF The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the Baseline (typography), baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally lo ...

not yet qualified to

2023–24 Copa del Rey The 2023–24 Copa del Rey is the 122nd staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The winners are assured a place in the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league stage. Both the winners and the runners-u ...

and the best 7 teams from

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not yet qualified to

). The four semifinalists qualified to

first round.

Qualified teams

;*5 best teams from

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not yet qualified to

* Badalona Futur (4) * Gimnástica Torrelavega (4) *

(4) *

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(4) * San Roque Lepe (4) ;*7 best teams from

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not yet qualified to

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(4) *

(4) * L'Entregu (5) *

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(5) * Penya Independent (4) *

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(4) * Vimenor (5) ;*Winners of Autonomous Communities tournaments *

Ciudad de Murcia Club de Fútbol Ciudad de Murcia, usually abbreviated to Ciudad de Murcia, was a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the namesake autonomous community. They played at the 16,000-seater ''Estadio de La Condomina''. Ciudad Murcia was reloca ...

(5) * Ejea (5) *

(5) * CD Ibiza (5) * Laredo (5) *

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) * Marino Luanco (4) * At. Melilla (5) * Numancia (4) *

Ourense CF Ourense CF is a Galician football club from the city of Ourense. It was founded in 1977 as Ponte Ourense Club de Fútbol, and changed its name in 2014, after the dissolution of CD Ourense, and currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group ...

(4) * Patacona (5) * Peña Sport (5) * Polillas Atlético (6) *

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(5) *

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF ...

(3) *

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(4) *

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(5) *

UD Logroñés Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at ''Estadio Las Gaunas ...

(4) * Unión Adarve (4) *

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(5)

Draw

The draw for the entire tournament was made at the RFEF headquarters on 14 September. 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 will qualify to the

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

Semi-finals

Final

References

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