The 11 Greatest Copa del Rey Finals of All Time
The greatest Copa del Rey finals, from the 1984 brawl to the extra-time Clasico of 2025. Vote on which final was the best.
1Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid (2025)Settled in extra time at La Cartuja by a Jules Kounde goal, in a final that had already turned twice.
2Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona (2011)Cristiano Ronaldo headed in on 103 minutes at Mestalla to give Mourinho his first trophy at Real Madrid.
3Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Bilbao (2021)Messi scored twice in Seville in what turned out to be the last trophy he lifted for Barcelona.
4Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Mallorca (2024)Athletic won on penalties in Seville to take the cup for the first time in forty years.
5Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid (2013)Atletico beat their neighbours at the Bernabeu in extra time, ending a fourteen-year run without a win in the derby.
6Real Zaragoza 3-2 Real Madrid (2004)Zaragoza beat the Galacticos in extra time, one of the great cup upsets of the era.
7Valencia 2-1 Barcelona (2019)Valencia denied Barcelona a domestic double in Seville with goals from Gameiro and Rodrigo.
8Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Barcelona (1984)Played at the Bernabeu on 5 May 1984 and remembered for the mass brawl at full time between two teams that had spent the season at war.
9Barcelona 4-1 Athletic Bilbao (2009)The first leg of Guardiola's treble, won at Mestalla with goals from Toure, Messi, Bojan and Xavi.
10Real Madrid 2-1 Osasuna (2023)Rodrygo scored twice at La Cartuja to give Ancelotti's side the cup.
11Barcelona 2-0 Sevilla (2016)Goalless for 90 minutes and settled in extra time against ten men, completing a domestic double for Luis Enrique's Barcelona.
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Two of these eleven finals are Clásicos, both decided in extra time, one by a Ronaldo header on 103 minutes and one by Koundé in 2025: https://youpick.best/articles/real-madrid-vs-barcelona-ranked
