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 organised by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). It has been held since the 1993−94 season as a tournament for smaller football clubs, with a format similar to that of the Copa del Rey.

Copa Federación
The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol trophy
Organising bodyRFEF
Founded1944 (old competition)
1993 (current competition)
Region Spain
Number of teams32
Current championsArenteiro
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)Puertollano
(3 titles)
Websiterfef.es/copa-rfef
2023 Copa Federación

It is contested annually by clubs from Primera Federación, Segunda Federación and Tercera Federación that have not qualified for the Copa del Rey.

It is currently played in two phases: a first phase of autonomous scope, according to the rules established by each autonomous federation, and a second phase of national scope in which the twenty best teams of the autonomous phase participate –one for each autonomous community, except Andalusia, which has two teams, plus one for Ceuta and one for Melilla– plus five teams from Segunda Federación –the best team from each group in the previous season that did not qualify for the Copa del Rey– plus seven teams from Tercera Federación –ranked second in the previous season, without distinction of groups, with the best coefficient and that did not obtain the right to participate in the Copa del Rey– making a total of 32 teams.

In the national phase, the 32 teams are divided into four groups of eight teams according to proximity criteria, with three single-leg knockout rounds to be played by drawing lots. The winner of each group in the play-offs becomes a semi-finalist to play in the final phase and the four semi-finalists qualify for the Copa del Rey.

The current Copa Federación, created in 1994, is not considered by the RFEF the same as the original one. A similar competition with regional qualification tournaments for amateur clubs (including the affiliated teams of the professional clubs, such as Real Madrid C and FC Barcelona C), the Campeonato de España de Aficionados, operated from 1930 until 1987,[1] but is also considered to be distinct from the Copa Federación.

Finals

Old tournament
Season Location Winner Runner-up Score Note
1944–45BarcelonaSan MartínValladolid1–0
1945–46MadridAlavésSueca3–2
1946–50 Not played
1950–51ZaragozaRCD CórdobaBarakaldo3–2
1951–52MadridJaénOrensana3–1
1952–53MadridValladolidCacereño1–0
1953–54ZaragozaReal BetisReal Valladolid3–2Not official

Modern tournament
Season Winner Runner-up 1st Leg 2nd Leg Agg.
1993–94Puertollano IndustrialPlatges de Calvià1–45–06–4
1994–95Las Palmas BBalaguer1–03–14–1
1995–96Mallorca BMurcia0–13–13–2 (a.e.t.)
1996–97BurgosGáldar1–14–15–1
1997–98BinéfarAlcalá1–22–03–2
1998–99Racing BLugo3–00–03–0
1999–2000SabadellElche2–01–33–3 (a)
2000–01MarinoTropezón1–03–04–0
2001–02Celta BGavà1–02–13–1
2002–03AvilésTomelloso3–01–04–0
2003–04BadalonaVillanueva0–04–14–1
2004–05MataróBenidorm1–21–02–2 (a)
2005–06PuertollanoHuesca1–12–03–1
2006–07PontevedraMallorca B4–10–14–2
2007–08OurenseReus2–11–13–2
2008–09JaénRayo Vallecano B0–04–14–1
2009–10San Roque LepeLorca Deportiva1–02–03–0
2010–11PuertollanoLemona0–24–14–3
2011–12BinissalemLemona5–01–66–6 (a)
2012–13Sant AndreuLa Hoya Lorca3–01–04–0
2013–14OurenseGuadalajara1–22–03–2
2014–15Real UniónCastellón1–03–04–0
2015–16Atlético BalearesRayo Majadahonda2–21–03–2
2016–17Atlético SaguntinoFuenlabrada0–03–03–0
2017–18PontevedraOntinyent1–00–01–0
2018–19MirandésCornellà3–02–25–2

New format
Season Host Winner Runner-up Score
2019Enrique Roca, MurciaMurciaTudelano1–1 (4–2 p)
2020Dehesa de Navalcarbón, Las Rozas de MadridLlagosteraLas Rozas2–1 (a.e.t.)
2021Nuevo Arcángel, CórdobaCórdobaGuijuelo1–0
2022Luis Suñer Picó, AlziraArenteiroAlzira2–0 (a.e.t.)

Performances

New tournament
Team Winners Runners-up Winning years Runner-up years
Puertollano3—1994, 2006, 2011—
Ourense2—2008, 2014—
Pontevedra2—2007, 2018—
Mallorca B1119962007
Murcia1120191996
Las Palmas B1—1995—
Burgos1—1997—
Binéfar1—1998—
Racing B1—1999—
Sabadell1—2000—
Marino1—2001—
Celta B1—2002—
Avilés1—2003—
Badalona1—2004—
Mataró1—2005—
Jaén1—2009—
San Roque Lepe1—2010—
Binissalem1—2012—
Sant Andreu1—2013—
Real Unión1—2015—
Atlético Baleares1—2016—
Atlético Saguntino1—2017—
Mirandés1—2019—
Llagostera1—2020—
Córdoba1—2021—
Arenteiro1—2022—
Lemona—2—2011, 2012
Platges Calvià—1—1994
Balaguer—1—1995
Gáldar—1—1997
Alcalá—1—1998
Lugo—1—1999
Elche—1—2000
Tropezón—1—2001
Gavà—1—2002
Tomelloso—1—2003
Villanueva—1—2004
Benidorm—1—2005
Huesca—1—2006
Reus—1—2008
Rayo B—1—2009
Lorca Deportiva—1—2010
La Hoya Lorca—1—2013
Guadalajara—1—2014
Castellón—1—2015
Rayo Majadahonda—1—2016
Fuenlabrada—1—2017
Ontinyent—1—2018
Cornellà—1—2019
Tudelano—1—2019
Las Rozas—1—2020
Guijuelo—1—2021
Alzira—1—2022

Performance by autonomous community
# Autonomous community Winners Clubs
1=  Catalonia6

Sant Andreu, Mataró, Badalona, Sabadell, San Martín, Llagostera

 Galicia6

Ourense (2), Pontevedra (2), Celta B, Arenteiro

3  Andalusia5Jaén (2), Córdoba CF, RCD Córdoba, San Roque Lepe
4=  Castile and León3Burgos, Valladolid, Mirandés
 Castile-La Mancha3Puertollano (3)
 Balearic Islands3Mallorca B, Binissalem, Atlético Baleares
7=  Asturias2Avilés, Marino
 Basque Country2Alavés, Real Unión
9=  Cantabria1Racing B
 Aragon1Binéfar
 Canary Islands1Las Palmas B
 Valencian Community1Atlético Saguntino
 Region of Murcia1Murcia

Regional tournaments
  1. Due to its size, Andalusia has two Tercera División leagues (one for Western/Lower Andalusia, the other for Eastern/Upper Andalusia) and operated separate qualifying tournaments for the Copa Federación for each section until 2020, when the Andalusia Football Federation (RFAF) established a trophy for the entire region, the two finalists taking the qualification spots.[2]

See also

References
  1. Spain - Amateur Champions (Campeonato de España Amateur) 1930-1987, RSSSF, 20 May 2020
  2. Nace la Copa Real Federación Andaluza de Fútbol [The RFAF Cup is born], Jaén en Juego (in Spanish), 16 January 2020
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