1984 Copa de la Liga

The 1984 Copa de la Liga was the second edition of Copa de la Liga. The competition started on May 4, 1984, and concluded on June 30, 1984. Due to time constraints, saturation and club pressure, the Copa de la Liga only lasted four years since 1982, being cancelled in 1986.

Copa de la Liga

Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	Real Valladolid
Runner-up	Atlético Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	118 (2.68 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Hugo Sánchez (6)

Uniform of the Real Valladolid in the season 1983/84, when they won their only official trophy: the 1984 Copa de la Liga.

Format

The Copa de la Liga was played by 18 teams of 1983-84 La Liga and 4 winners of 1983 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División, Segunda División B and Tercera División. All rounds were played over two legs. The team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. The 1983-84 Copa del Rey final teams were exempt until the second round.

La Liga

Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Real Betis Cádiz CF

RCD Español Málaga CF RCD Mallorca CA Osasuna Real Madrid

Real Murcia Real Zaragoza Real Sociedad Real Valladolid UD Salamanca

Sevilla CF Sporting Gijón Valencia CF

Other teams

• Atlético Madrileño, winner of 1983 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División.
• Sporting Gijón Atlético, winner of 1983 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División B group I.
• Albacete Balompié, winner of 1983 Copa de la Liga of Segunda División B group II.
• Real Madrid Aficionados, winner of 1983 Copa de la Liga of Tercera División

First round

First leg: 4, 6 and 9 May 1984. Second leg: 13, 15 and 23 May 1984.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla CF	(p) 1-1	Valencia CF	1-0	0-1
Real Madrid	3-4	Atlético Madrid	1-1	2-3
RCD Español	6-2	Real Murcia	2-1	4-1
Real Valladolid	5-2	Real Zaragoza	1-0	4-2
Real Sociedad	2-0	Cádiz CF	2-0	0-0
RCD Mallorca	4-2	UD Salamanca	3-1	1-1
CA Osasuna	6-2	Albacete Balompié	1-1	5-1
Málaga CF	3-0	Atlético Madrileño	1-0	2-0
Real Madrid Aficionados	0-3	Sporting Gijón	0-0	0-3
Real Betis	(p) 4-4	Sporting Gijón Atlético	0-0	4-4

Second round

First leg: 19 and 20 May 1984. Second leg: 27 and 28 May 1984.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	3-2	Real Sociedad	3-0	0-2
Athletic Bilbao	3-6	Atlético Madrid	1-3	2-3
Sporting Gijón	4-2	CA Osasuna	3-0	1-2
RCD Mallorca	4-1	Málaga CF	2-1	2-0

• Bye: Real Betis, RCD Español, Sevilla FC, Real Valladolid.

Quarter-finals

First leg: 2 and 3 June 1984. Second leg: 9 and 10 June 1984.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Gijón	1-2	Real Betis	0-1	1-1
RCD Español	2-6	Atlético Madrid	0-2	2-4
RCD Mallorca	4-4 (p)	FC Barcelona	2-1	2-3
Sevilla FC	3-3 (p)	Real Valladolid	2-0	1-3

Semi-finals

First leg: 16 June 1984. Second leg: 21 June 1984.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	2-4	Atlético Madrid	1-2	1-2
Real Betis	2-3	Real Valladolid	2-0	0-3

Final

First leg

24 June 1984

Atlético Madrid	0 – 0	Real Valladolid

Vicente Calderón, Madrid

Second leg

30 June 1984

Real Valladolid	3 – 0	Atlético Madrid
Votava 98' (o.g.) Fortes 106' Minguela 113'

Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid

Copa de la Liga 1984 Winners
Real Valladolid 1st title

External links

• RSSSF