| Copa del Rey | |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Other Title: | 115th Copa del Rey |
| Country: | Spain |
| Num Teams: | 83 |
| Champions: | Barcelona |
| Count: | 29 |
| Runner-Up: | Alavés |
| Matches: | 112 |
| Goals: | 342 |
| Attendance: | 1413041 |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Wissam Ben Yedder Lionel Messi (5 goals each) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The 2016–17 Copa del Rey was the 115th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played).
Barcelona were the two-time defending champions, and successfully defended their title following a 3–1 win over Alavés in the final.
As winners, Barcelona would have been assured a place for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage; however, since they already qualified for the Champions League by finishing 2nd in La Liga, the berth was instead passed down the league. Times up to 29 October 2016 and from 26 March 2017 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 30 October 2016 to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1).
| Round | Draw date | Date[1] | Fixtures | width=50 | Clubs | Format details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 22 July 2016 | 31 August 2016 | 18 | 83 → 65 | New entries: Clubs participating in Tercera and Segunda División B gained entry. Byes: Six teams from Segunda División B (Alcoyano, Arenas, Cartagena, Llagostera, Racing Santander and Tudelano) received a bye. Opponents seeding: Teams faced each other according to proximity criteria. Local team seeding: Draw of lots. Knock-out tournament type: Single match Copa Federación qualification: losers qualified for 2016–17 Copa Federación, National phase. | |
| 22 | 65 → 43 | New entries: Clubs participating in Segunda División gained entry. Byes: One Segunda División team (Córdoba) received a bye. Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams faced each other. Local team seeding: Draw of lots. Knock-out tournament type: Single match | ||||
| Third round | 12 October 2016 | 11 | 43 → 32 | Byes: One team from Segunda División B or Tercera División or another from Segunda División which previously did not receive a bye (Huesca), received one. Opponents seeding: Segunda División teams faced each other. Local team seeding: Draw of lots. Knock-out tournament type: Single match | ||
| Round of 32 | 14 October 2016 | 30 November 2016 | 16 | 32 → 16 | New entries: Clubs participating in La Liga gained entry. Opponents seeding: The seven teams from La Liga which qualified for 2016–17 UEFA competitions, faced the remaining seven teams from Segunda División B and Tercera División. The five Segunda División teams played against La Liga teams. The eight remaining La Liga teams faced each other. Local team seeding: First leg at home of team in lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Double match | |
| Round of 16 | 4 January 2017 | 8 | 16 → 8 | Opponents seeding: Draw of lots. Local team seeding: First leg at home of the team in the lower division. Knock-out tournament type: Double match | ||
| 11 January 2017 | ||||||
| Quarter-finals | 13 January 2017 | 4 | 8 → 4 | Opponents seeding: Draw of lots. Local team seeding: Luck of the draw. Knock-out tournament type: Double match | ||
| 25 January 2017 | ||||||
| Semi-finals | 27 January 2017 | 1 February 2017 | 2 | 4 → 2 | ||
| 8 February 2017 | ||||||
| Final | 1 | 2 → 1 | Single match, stadium TBD by RFEF. UEFA Europa League qualification: winners qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage. |
The following teams qualified for the competition. Reserve teams were excluded.
| La Liga the 20 teams of the 2015–16 season | Segunda División the 21 non-reserve teams of the 2015–16 season | Segunda División B the top five non-reserve teams of each group and the four with the highest number of points 2015–16 season excluding reserve teams | Tercera División the best non-reserve team of each one of the eighteen groups of the 2015–16 season | |
The draw for the first and the second round was held on 22 July 2016 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol, RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas, Madrid.[2] In this round, 33 teams from the 2016–17 Segunda División B and nine from the 2016–17 Tercera División teams gained entry. In the draw, firstly six teams from Segunda División B received a bye and then, the remaining teams this league and teams from Tercera División faced according to proximity criteria by next groups:
In the second round teams from Segunda División played among themselves and teams from Segunda División B and Tercera played separately. Córdoba received a bye to the third round.
The third round was played in a similar format to the second one. Huesca received a bye to the round of 32.[3]
The draw for the Round of 32 was held on 14 October 2016, in La Ciudad del Fútbol. In this round, all La Liga teams entered the competition.[4]
Round of 32 pairings were as follows: the six remaining teams participating in the 2016–17 Segunda División B and Tercera División faced the 2016–17 La Liga teams which qualified for European competitions. The six remaining teams participating in Segunda División faced five La Liga teams which did not qualify for European competitions and the remaining Europa League team from the pot 2 that was not faced with any team from the pot 1. The remaining eight La Liga teams faced each other. In matches involving teams from different league tiers, the team in the lower tier played the first leg at home. This rule will also be applied in the Round of 16, but not for the Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, in which the order of legs will be based on the luck of the draw.
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The draw for the semi-finals and final was held on 27 January 2017.
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See main article: 2017 Copa del Rey final. The draw for the final was held on 27 January 2017.
