Copa del Rey

First round

The regionalised draw for the first round proper of the Spanish cup threw together some interesting fixtures. Under the new format, first division clubs were seeded to play against teams from lower divisions, with ties to be played over one leg at the ground of the lower division side. Real Madrid visited second division B side Pajara Playas Jandia, who are from one of the lesser known Canary Islands, Fuerteventura. The club were only formed five years ago from the merger of four teams, are currently bottom of their division after winning promotion last year, and play on an artificial pitch. Needless to say they were happy with the draw.

So too were Figueres, who receive the visit of their powerful neighbours Barcelona, and Marino, who will be hosts to Deportivo La Coruña. The matches will be played though at a later date than the other ties as both Barça and Deportivo will be playing their rescheduled Champions League games on the date fixed for the cup games to be played. Two fascinating local derbies also came out of the hat, with Rayo Vallecano once again getting the short straw to play against Atlético Madrid, who knocked them out of the competition last season, and the two Asturian sides Sporting and Oviedo, both now down in the second division, meeting at Gijon.

Results of the ties played on 10th October are as follows (teams qualifying in bold, aet - after extra time, pp- penalty shoot out). Detailed reports.

Playas Jandía
0 - 4 Real Madrid
Guti (3), Savio
Atlético de Madrid
Fernando Torres (Pen)
1 - 3 Rayo Vallecano
Pablo Sanz (Pen), Bolo (2)
Figueres
Kali Garrido
1 - 0
(aet)
Barcelona
Lemona
Rubén Ruiz (2)
2 - 3
(aet)
Celta
Doriva, Catanha, Edú
Novelda
0 - 1 * Valencia
Rufete
Compostela
Rodri
1 - 2 Alavés
Iván Alonso, Rubén Navarro
Orense
Gaizko
1 - 1
(3-5 pp)
Valladolid
Oscar
Marino
Ramón
1 - 4 Deportivo
César, Pandiani (2), Víctor
Amurrio
Atxabal
1 - 3 Athletic
Karanka, Ezquerro, Tiko
Zafra
0 - 1 Mallorca
Paunovic
Lleida
Nakor
1 - 0 Espanyol
Logroñés
0 - 0
(5-4 pp)
Zaragoza
Hospitalet
Javi García, Siscu
2 - 1 Real Sociedad
Gabilondo
Cádiz
Israel
1 - 2 Málaga
Leko (Pen), Roteta
Ceuta
Marcelino, Pedro, Puli, Alex
4 - 1
(aet)
Betis
Gudjonsson
Ciudad Murcia
Idiakez, Zárate
2 - 1 Sevilla
Idiakez (OG)
Vecindario
Kiko
1 - 2 Las Palmas
Rubén, Sequeiros (Pen)
Getafe
Camuñas
1 - 2 Villarreal
Escoda, Palermo
Sporting
Pablo Amo, David Pirri,
Villa (2)
4 - 2 Oviedo
Oscar Alvarez, Geni
Cultural Leonesa
Txiki
1 - 0 Racing
Salamanca
Robert, Makukula
2 - 0 Numancia
Ferrol
Fran Nogueira
1 - 0 Burgos
Gramanet
Raúl
1 - 2 Osasuna
Palacios, Sabino
Gimnastic
Rico
1 - 0 Eibar
Lanzarote
Fali, Maciot (3), Arroyo
5 - 1 Tenerife
Fuertes
Albacete
Dani Ruiz
1 - 0 Elche
Levante
Roa, Javi Peña
2 - 1 Leganés
Macanas (Pen)
Córdoba
Jonathan
1 - 0
(aet)
Murcia
Jaén
Pepelu (2)
2 - 0 Xerez
Poli. Ejido
Trzeciak
1 - 2 Recreativo
Epitié, Iván Espadas
Extremadura
Pedro José
1 - 1
(1-4 pp)
Badajoz
Pedro Nieto

* Match awarded to Novelda after Valencia fielded 4 non-EU players.