# 1928 Copa del Rey

The King Alfonso XIII's Cup 1928 was the 28th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.
The competition started on 31 January 1928, and concluded on 29 June 1928, with the second final tiebreaker, held at the Estadio El Sardinero in Santander. FC Barcelona won the competition for the eighth time.

## Calendar

| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | Qualifying round | 31 January 1928 | 2 February 1928 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 5 February 1928 | 5 February 1928 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 12 February 1928 | 12 February 1928 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 19 February 1928 | 19 February 1928 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 26 February 1928 | 26 February 1928 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 4 March 1928 | 4 March 1928 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 11 March 1928 | 11 March 1928 |
| Group stage | Matchday 7 | 18 March 1928 | 18 March 1928 |
| Group stage | Matchday 8 | 25 March 1928 | 25 March 1928 |
| Group stage | Matchday 9 | 1 April 1928 | 1 April 1928 |
| Group stage | Matchday 10 | 8 April 1928 | 8 April 1928 |
| Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | 15 April 1928 | 29 April 1928 |
| Knockout phase | Semi-finals | 6 May 1928 | 13 May 1928 |
| Knockout phase | Final | 20 May 1928 | 20 May 1928 |
| Knockout phase | Tiebreaker 1 | 22 May 1928 | 22 May 1928 |
| Knockout phase | Tiebreaker 2 | 29 June 1928 | 29 June 1928 |

## Teams

As in the previous tournament, 26 teams entered the competition.
* Aragón: Iberia SC, Patria Aragón
* Asturias: Real Oviedo, Racing de Sama
* Balearic Islands: US Mahón
* Cantabria: Racing de Santander, Gimnástica de Torrelavega
* Castile and León: Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Unión Deportiva
* Catalonia: FC Barcelona, CD Europa
* Extremadura: Patria FC
* Galicia: Celta de Vigo, Deportivo de La Coruña
* Gipuzkoa: Real Unión, Real Sociedad
* Murcia: Real Murcia, Cartagena FC
* Centre Region: Real Madrid, Athletic Madrid
* South Region: Sevilla FC, Real Betis
* Valencia: Valencia CF, Levante FC
* Biscay: Athletic Bilbao, CD Alavés

## Qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Real Madrid | 10–1 | Patria FC | 7–0 | 3–1 |
| US Mahón | 3–13 | CD Europa | 1–5 | 2–8 |

## Group stage
### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Celta de Vigo | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 17 | 15 |
| Real Oviedo | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 15 |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 13 |
| Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 33 | 9 |
| Racing de Sama | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 4 |
| Real Unión Deportiva | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 4 |
| | CEL | LEO | DEP | SAM | OVI | UNI |
| Celta de Vigo | | 8–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 7–2 | 11–1 |
| Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa | 3–2 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 6–1 |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | 3–3 | 6–1 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Racing de Sama | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–4 | | 1–5 | 5–4 |
| Real Oviedo | 4–2 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | | 6–0 |
| Real Unión Deportiva | 1–8 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–3 | |

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| CD Alavés | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 14 |
| Real Madrid | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 14 |
| Racing de Santander | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 13 |
| Athletic Bilbao | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 13 |
| Gimnástica de Torrelavega | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 4 |
| Athletic de Madrid | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 2 |
| | ATH | ATM | ALA | GIM | RAC | RMA |
| Athletic Bilbao | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Athletic de Madrid | 2–4 | | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| CD Alavés | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Gimnástica de Torrelavega | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–5 | 2–2 |
| Racing de Santander | 2–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 7–0 | | 4–0 |
| Real Madrid | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–2 | |

### Group III

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| FC Barcelona | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 16 |
| Real Sociedad | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 16 |
| Real Unión | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 15 |
| CD Europa | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 7 |
| Iberia SC | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 6 |
| Patria Aragón | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 0 |
| | EUR | FCB | IBE | PAT | RSO | RUN |
| CD Europa | | 2–3 | 7–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| FC Barcelona | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 7–0 | 4–1 | 4–4 |
| Iberia SC | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 |
| CD Patria Aragón | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 0–7 |
| Real Sociedad | 4–2 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 4–1 | | 4–1 |
| Real Unión | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 3–1 | |

### Group IV

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Real Murcia | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 15 |
| Valencia FC | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 12 |
| Cartagena FC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 10 |
| Sevilla FC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 |
| Real Betis | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 |
| Levante FC | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 5 |
| | CAR | LEV | BET | MUR | SEV | VAL |
| Cartagena FC | | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Levante FC | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Real Betis | 3–0 | 4–2 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Real Murcia | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Sevilla FC | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | | 7–2 |
| Valencia FC | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |

## Knockout stage
### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC Barcelona | 9–5 | Real Oviedo | 7–3 | 2–2 |
| Real Murcia | 2–5 | CD Alavés | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| RC Celta de Vigo | 2–4 | Real Sociedad | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Real Madrid | 3–4 | Valencia FC | 2–2 | 1–2 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Real Sociedad | 9–3 | Valencia FC | 7–0 | 2–3 |
| FC Barcelona | 8–0 | CD Alavés | 3–0 | 5–0 |

### Final
#### Second replay

* Copa del Rey 1928 Winners
* FC Barcelona 8th title