2020 Copa del Rey final

2020 Copa del Rey final
La Cartuja in Seville hosted the final.
Event2019–20 Copa del Rey
Athletic Bilbao Real Sociedad
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Date3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)
VenueLa Cartuja, Seville
Man of the MatchMikel Merino (Real Sociedad)[1]
RefereeXavier Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)[2]
Attendance0[note 1]
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The 2020 Copa del Rey final was a football match that decided the winner of the 2019–20 Copa del Rey, the 118th edition of Spain's primary football cup (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The match was played at the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville[3] between Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad, the first Basque derby final.[4][5]

Originally scheduled for 18 April 2020, the match was postponed with the agreement of the participating clubs on 11 March (with no new date decided at that point) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which had led to football matches being cancelled or played behind closed doors as a measure to prevent the spread of the virus, in the hope that the delay would provide time to contain the outbreak and allow the final to take place with a full stadium as in normal circumstances.[6] The final was played on 3 April 2021,[7] despite earlier press rumours that had suggested it would be a day later.[8]

Real Sociedad won the final 1–0 thanks to a second-half penalty converted by Mikel Oyarzabal, achieving their second Copa del Rey title[9][10] (in 1909 it was won by its forerunner, Club Ciclista de San Sebastián), ending a 34-year trophy drought dating to 1987.[11][12]

  1. ^ "Mikel Merino, MVP de la final: "He pensado primero en mis compañeros y en la afición"" [Mikel Merino, MVP of the final: "I thought first of my teammates and the fans"]. Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Xavier Estrada Fernández, árbitro de la final de la Copa del Rey Athletic Club – Real Sociedad" [Xavier Estrada Fernández, referee of the Copa del Rey final Athletic Club v Real Sociedad]. Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Official: La Cartuja stadium in Seville to host Copa del Rey finals until 2023". as.com. AS. 5 February 2020. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Copa del Rey: El Athletic asegura un derbi en la final" [Copa del Rey: Athletic ensures a derby in the final]. UEFA.com (in Spanish). Union of European Football Associations. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. ^ Lowe, Sid (2 April 2021). "A final like no other: la Real, Athletic and the biggest Basque derby ever". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. ^ "The final of the Copa del Rey postponed". Athletic Bilbao. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Official: The Copa del Rey 2019-20 final set for April 3". Athletic Bilbao. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Last season's Copa del Rey final to be on April 4 and this year's on April 18". Marca. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  9. ^ "TRACK RECORD - The team in white win their 20th Copa trophy. - LIST OF WINNERS OF THE SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP - COPA DE SM EL REY". RFEF.es (RFEF official website). 7 May 2023. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. ^ Real Federación Española de Fútbol (March 2011). "Historial" (PDF). Revista Oficial de la R.F.E.F. p. 70. Archived from the original (pdf) on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Oyarzabal scores winner in Copa del Rey final". BBC Sport. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  12. ^ Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2021.


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