2013 Copa del Rey final

The 2013 Copa del Rey final was the 111th final since the tournament's establishment (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The match was a Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid on 17 May 2013 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.[2] It was the clubs' first meeting in the final since 1992 when Atlético won 2–0 over Real Madrid. Before this match, the two teams had met in the final on three other occasions: 1960, 1961 and 1975; all were Atlético wins, except 1975 when Real Madrid won.

2013 Copa del Rey final
Event2012–13 Copa del Rey
After extra time
Date17 May 2013 (2013-05-17)
VenueSantiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Man of the MatchThibaut Courtois (Atlético Madrid)
RefereeCarlos Clos Gómez
Attendance80,000
WeatherMostly Cloudy
9 °C (48 °F)[1]
2012
2014

Atlético lifted the trophy for the tenth time in their history.[3] It was the first time since 1992 that Atlético had won trophies in two consecutive seasons, following their win in the 2012 UEFA Europa League Final the previous year.[4]

Venue and date

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Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) all agreed on Madrid as the location for the event. Due to its greater capacity of 80,000, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium (Real Madrid's home ground) was chosen as the venue over Atlético's Vicente Calderón stadium.[5] Each team was allocated 30,000 tickets to sell, and the remainder were allocated to the RFEF.[6]

The match was originally scheduled for Saturday, 18 May, but was moved to Friday, 17 May for TV broadcast reasons.[7]

Match ball

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Adidas provided the official ball for the match, the Adidas Cafusa, the same ball used for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[8][9]

Road to the final

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Real Madrid Round Atlético Madrid
Opponent Result Legs Opponent Result Legs
Alcoyano 7–1 4–1 away; 3–0 home Round of 32 Real Jaén 4–0 3–0 away; 1–0 home
Celta Vigo 5–2 1–2 away; 4–0 home Round of 16 Getafe 3–0 3–0 home; 0–0 away
Valencia 3–1 2–0 home; 1–1 away Quarter-finals Real Betis 3–1 2–0 home; 1–1 away
Barcelona 4–2 1–1 home; 3–1 away Semi-finals Sevilla 4–3 2–1 home; 2–2 away

Match

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Real Madrid1–2 (a.e.t.)Atlético Madrid
Ronaldo   14' Report Costa   35'
Miranda   98'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real Madrid
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Atlético Madrid
GK 25   Diego López
RB 15   Michael Essien   101'
CB 18   Raúl Albiol
CB 4   Sergio Ramos (c)   74'
LB 5   Fábio Coentrão   54'   91'
CM 14   Xabi Alonso
CM 6   Sami Khedira   65'
RW 10   Mesut Özil   72'
AM 19   Luka Modrić   91'
LW 7   Cristiano Ronaldo   90+3'   115'
CF 9   Karim Benzema   91'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Iker Casillas
DF 11   Ricardo Carvalho
DF 17   Álvaro Arbeloa   91'
MF 8   Kaká
MF 21   José Callejón
MF 22   Ángel Di María   119'   91'
FW 20   Gonzalo Higuaín   91'
Manager:
  José Mourinho   76'
 
GK 13   Thibaut Courtois
RB 20   Juanfran
CB 2   Diego Godín
CB 23   Miranda   120+3'
LB 3   Filipe Luís
CM 4   Mario Suárez   100'
CM 14   Gabi (c)   114'   120+5'
RW 6   Koke   105+1'   113'
LW 10   Arda Turan   37'   111'
CF 19   Diego Costa   69'   105'
CF 9   Radamel Falcao
Substitutes:
GK 25   Sergio Asenjo
DF 18   Cata Díaz
MF 5   Tiago
MF 7   Adrián   105'
MF 8   Raúl García   113'
MF 11   Cristian Rodríguez   111'
FW 30   Óliver
Manager:
  Diego Simeone

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "History for Madrid: Friday, May 17, 2013". Weather Underground. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  2. ^ "El estadio Santiago Bernabéu vivirá su trigésimo sexta final de Copa" (in Spanish). RFEF. 8 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Atlético beat Real Madrid to win Copa del Rey after Ronaldo sent off". The Guardian. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Real Madrid 1 Atletico Madrid 2". Goal.com. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Copa del Rey final moved to avoid Eurovision clash". ESPN.com. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Bernabéu to host Real v Atlético in all-Madrid Copa del Rey final". Sky Sports. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Santiago Bernabéu to host Copa del Rey final". Goal.com. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  8. ^ "adidas, presente en la Copa de SM el Rey con un balón personalizado" [adidas, present in the Copa del Rey with a customized ball] (in Spanish). RFEF. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  9. ^ "El balón de la final de Copa será el de la Confederaciones" [The ball in the Copa final will be the ball of Confederations Cup] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  10. ^ El Atlético reina en la Copa (in Spanish)