1979 Copa del Rey final

1979 Copa del Rey final
Event1978–79 Copa del Rey
Valencia Real Madrid
2 0
Date30 June 1979
VenueVicente Calderón, Madrid
RefereeEmilio Guruceta
Attendance70,000
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The 1979 Copa del Rey final was the 77th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Vicente Calderón in Madrid on 30 June 1979. The match was won by Valencia CF, who beat Real Madrid 2 – 0. Valencia won the cup for the fifth time. [1]

Road to the final

Valencia Round Madrid
Opponent Result Legs Opponent Result Legs
Girona CF 3–1 0–2 away; 1–1 home Round of 64 Atlético de Madrid 3–3 1–1 away; 2–2 home
Real Sociedad 4–2 1–0 away; 4–1 home Round of 32 UD Las Palmas 7–5 4–2 home; 1–1 away
FC Barcelona 5–4 4–1 away; 4–0 home Round of 16 Celta de Vigo 5–1 1–1 away; 4–0 home
CD Alavés 4–0 0–1 away; 3–0 home Quarterfinals Real Zaragoza 2–1 2–0 home; 0–1 away
Real Valladolid 3–2 2–0 home; 2–1 away Semifinals Sevilla FC 2–1 0–0 away; 2–1 home

Match details

Valencia CF2 – 0Real Madrid
Kempes 24', 90' Report
Attendance: 70,000
Valencia
Real Madrid
GK 1 Spain José Luis Manzanedo
DF 2 Spain José Carrete (c)
DF 5 Spain Manuel Botubot
DF 4 Spain Ricardo Arias
DF 3 Spain José Cerveró Yellow card 73'
MF 6 West Germany Rainer Bonhof
MF 8 Spain Ángel Castellanos
MF 10 Spain Daniel Solsona downward-facing red arrow 86'
MF 7 Spain Enrique Saura Yellow card 65'
FW 9 Argentina Mario Kempes
FW 11 Argentina Darío Felman
Substitutes:
DF 12 Spain Miguel Tendillo upward-facing green arrow 86'
GK 13 Spain Carlos Pereira
FW 14 Paraguay Carlos Diarte
FW 15 Spain Pere Vilarrodà
Manager:
Spain Pasieguito
GK 1 Spain Mariano García Remón downward-facing red arrow 88'
DF 2 Spain Isidoro San José Yellow card 83'
DF 5 Spain Gregorio Benito (c)
DF 4 Argentina Enrique Wolff
DF 3 Spain Isidro
MF 6 Spain Vicente del Bosque
MF 8 West Germany Uli Stielike
MF 10 Spain Francisco García Hernández
FW 7 Spain Roberto Martínez
FW 9 Spain Santillana downward-facing red arrow 12'
FW 11 Spain Francisco Aguilar
Substitutes:
DF 12 Spain José Antonio Camacho
GK 13 Spain Javier Maté upward-facing green arrow 88'
MF 14 Spain Alberto Vitoria upward-facing green arrow 12'
MF 15 Spain Carlos Escribano
Manager:
Spain Luis Molowny

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Four named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.
Copa del Rey
1978–79 Winners
Valencia CF
5th title

References

  1. ^ Copa del Rey 1979