The 2020 Copa Federación de España was the 28th edition of the Copa Federación de España, also known as Copa RFEF, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs in Segunda División B and Tercera División.
The competition began in September with the first games of the Regional stages and ended in December 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 first round.
Regional tournaments Andalusia tournament The Andalusia Football Federation (RFAF) decided to create the 'Copa RFAF' in 2020. The finalists would be the Andalusian representatives in the Copa Federación national phase.
The best Andalusian teams in groups 9 (Eastern Andalusia and Melilla) and 10 (Western Andalusia and Ceuta) of the 2019–20 Tercera División not qualified for the 2020–21 Copa del Rey were selected for the competition. The best and second-best qualified teams of each group were seeded and played the quarter-final matches against the fourth and third-best qualified teams of their groups, respectively. The semi-finals were then between the winners from the same group, in order to have one finalist, and therefore one team qualified for the national phase, from each group.
Eastern Andalusia Western Andalusia1 Motril1 Xerez Deportivo2 Jaén2 Utrera3 Torredonjimeno3 Atlético Antoniano4 Antequera4 Puente Genil
On 22 August, during the Assembly of the RFAF, the venues of the semi-finals and the final and the dates of all matches were announced.
Semifinals
Final
Aragon tournament Ejea and Brea joined the tournament. Final
Asturias tournament Due to the delay on starting the competitions, the tournament was played in a reduced format based on single-match rounds. 12 teams joined the competition. Semifinals and Final were played at Estadio Hermanos Antuña, in Mieres with a limited maximum attendance of 1,000 spectators, after they were moved from Estadio Ganzábal, in Langreo due to an outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asturias.
Seeded teams joined the competition in the second round. In the first two rounds, if a match ended in a draw the best-ranked team qualified. In the semi-finals and the final, in case of draw there would be directly a penalty shootout, without playing any overtime.
The matches of the two first rounds were played at the stadium of the worst qualified team. Seeded teams Non-seeded teams1 LlanesTH5 Tuilla9 Condal2 Marino Luanco6 Urraca10 Mosconia3 Covadonga7 Gijón Industrial11 Navarro4 Caudal8 L'Entregu12 Lenense
Final
Balearic Islands tournament Platges de Calvià was directly selected by Federació de Futbol de les Illes Balears.
Basque Country tournament Three teams joined the tournament: Balmaseda, Real Unión and Urduliz.
Final
Canary Islands tournament Tenisca was directly selected by Federación Canaria de Fútbol due to sporting merits (being the better team qualified in 2019-20 Tercera División not yet qualified to Copa del Rey).
Cantabria tournament Tropezón was directly selected by Federación Cántabra de Fútbol due to sporting merits (being the better team qualified in 2019-20 Tercera División not yet qualified to Copa del Rey).
Castile-La Mancha tournament Eight teams joined the tournament.
Final
Castile and León tournament Four teams joined the tournament: Arandina, Bupolsa, Santa Marta and Unionistas. The draw was made 22 September.
Final
Catalonia tournament Federació Catalana de Fútbol did not send any team to the tournament.
Extremadura tournament 18 teams joined the tournament, consisting in a single-game knockout tournament.
Final
Galicia tournament Estradense, Pontellas, Rápido de Bouzas and Silva joined the tournament. The draw was made 24 September.
Final
La Rioja tournament Three teams joined the tournament: Arnedo, Casalarreina and Náxara. The draw was made 22 September.
Final
Madrid tournament Preliminary round Group 1
Group 2
Final The final will be played in the García de la Mata field in Madrid. Each game will last 45 minutes.
Murcia tournament Mar Menor was directly selected by Federación de Fútbol de la Región de Murcia due to sporting merits (being the best team qualified in 2019–20 Tercera División that was not yet qualified to the Copa del Rey).
Navarre tournament Beti Kozkor was directly selected by Federación Navarra de Fútbol due to sporting merits (being the better team qualified in 2019-20 Tercera División not yet qualified to Copa del Rey).
Valencian Community tournament 3 teams joined the tournament: Alzira, Intercity and Villajoyosa. The tournament was played in the Guillermo Olagüe field in Gandia. Each game lasted 45 minutes.
National phase National phase was played between October and December with 32 teams (18 winners of the Regional Tournaments and 14 teams of Segunda División B). The four semifinalists qualified to 2020–21 Copa del Rey first round.
Times are CET/CEST, (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Qualified teams
Best non-reserve teams from 2019–20 Segunda División B not qualified to 2020–21 Copa del Rey (3 from each group plus the next best 2 overall) Barakaldo (3) Ebro (3) Gimnàstic (3) Langreo (3) Las Rozas (3) Llagostera (3) Leioa (3) Melilla (3) Murcia (3) Racing Ferrol (3) Recreativo (3) Salamanca UDS (3) UCAM Murcia (3) Villarrubia (3)
Winners of Autonomous Communities tournaments Arnedo (4) Balmaseda (4) Beti Kozkor (4) Calvo Sotelo (4) Caudal (4) Ejea (3) Intercity (4) Mar Menor (4) Moralo (4) Platges de Calvià (4) Rápido de Bouzas (4) Tenisca (4) Torredonjimeno (4) Tropezón (4) Unionistas (3) Utrera (4) Móstoles URJC (4) (Vacant)
Draw The draw of all the tournament was held at the headquarters of the RFEF on 5 October. Teams were divided into four pots according to geographical criteria. Each pot will play independently until the semi-finals.
Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D Tenisca Salamanca UDS Unionistas Racing Ferrol Rápido de Bouzas Las Rozas Móstoles URJC Melilla Caudal Langreo Balmaseda Barakaldo Leioa Tropezón Arnedo Beti Kozkor Ebro Ejea Platges de Calvià Gimnàstic Llagostera (Vacant) Mar Menor Intercity Torredonjimeno Recreativo Utrera Calvo Sotelo Villarrubia Moralo Murcia UCAM Murcia
Bracket
Round of 32 Pot A
Pot B
Pot C
Mar Menor (4) was given a bye to Round of 16.
Pot D
Round of 16 Pot A
Pot B
Pot C
Pot D
Quarter-finals Winners qualified to the 2020–21 Copa del Rey first round. Pot A
Pot B
Pot C
Pot D
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Iván LimónCalvo Sotelo3 Sergio CortésLlagostera3 Alberto GonzálezMelilla2 Dani LópezTenisca Fernando DomenechCalvo Sotelo Youssef el WataniMelilla Juan FresnoTropezón Carlos IndianoLas Rozas Javi MorenoUCAM Murcia MarioTorredonjimeno MawiMelilla SaschaLlagostera Lucas VialeLlagostera
Notes
References
External links Royal Spanish Football Federation