1946 Copa del Generalísimo

1946 Copa del Generalísimo
44th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid CF (8th title)
Runners-up	Valencia CF
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56

The 1946 Copa del Generalísimo was the 44th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.

The competition began on April 7, 1946, and concluded on June 9, 1946, with the final.^[1]

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RC Deportivo de La Coruña	3–7	RCD Español	1–2	2–5
Real Madrid CF	7–2	Club Ferrol	4–1	3–1
Real Gijón	8–3	Real Santander SD	8–1	0–2
CD Sabadell CF	3–6	Club Atlético de Bilbao	2–4	1–2
Real Sociedad de Fútbol	5–7	Club Atlético de Aviación	3–3	2–4
Valencia CF	8–1	Real Betis Balompié	5–0	3–1
Real Zaragoza CD	2–4	Real Murcia CF	2–1	0–3
Xerez FC	2–7	RC Celta de Vigo	2–1	0–6
Hércules CF	3–5	Club Gimnástico de Tarragona	1–1	2–4
RCD Mallorca	1–3	Real Oviedo CF	1–1	0–2
RCD Córdoba	4–4	CD Castellón	3–1	1–3
UD Salamanca	3–8	CD Alcoyano	2–3	1–5

Source: RSSSF^[1]

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
RCD Córdoba	2–1	CD Castellón^[1]

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RC Celta de Vigo	0–9	Valencia CF	0–2	0–7
Sevilla CF	8–1	CF Barcelona	8–0	0–1
RCD Español	3–3	Real Oviedo CF	2–0	1–3
Real Gijón	4–11	Club Atlético de Aviación	3–4	1–7
Club Gimnástico de Tarragona	1–2	Granada CF	1–0	0–2
Real Madrid CF	6–1	SD Ceuta	6–0	0–1
Club Atlético de Bilbao	3–5	CD Alcoyano	3–3	0–2
RCD Córdoba	2–2	Real Murcia CF	1–0	1–2

Source: RSSSF^[1]

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
RCD Español	1–2	Real Oviedo CF
RCD Córdoba	2–0	Real Murcia CF^[1]

Barcelona's lose to Sevilla was the final time they conceded 8 goals in a single match until they lose to Bayern Munich in 2019-20 UEFA Champions League quarter-final.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Oviedo CF	3–1	RCD Córdoba	1–0	2–1
Valencia CF	4–2	Granada CF	4–1	0–1
CD Alcoyano	2–4	Real Madrid CF	2–2	0–2
Atlético Aviación	4–6	Sevilla CF	1–0	3–6

Source: RSSSF^[1]

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Oviedo CF	1–4	Real Madrid CF	0–1	1–3
Valencia CF	7–1	Sevilla CF	7–0	0–1

Source: RSSSF^[1]

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid CF	3–1	Valencia CF^[1]

Copa del Generalísimo winners
Real Madrid CF 8th title

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Ferrer, Carles Lozano (2001-07-09). "Spain - Cup 1946". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2025-05-14. Retrieved 2026-03-21.

External links

(in English) rsssf.com
(in Spanish) linguasport.com

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Ferrer, Carles Lozano (2001-07-09). "Spain - Cup 1946". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2025-05-14. Retrieved 2026-03-21.

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1945–46 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Albania '45 '46 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '45 '46 Croatia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Faroe Islands '45 '46 Finland '45 '46 France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '45 '46 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland '46 Portugal Republic of Ireland Soviet Union '45 '46 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '45 '46, Football Championship '45 '46) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria Bulgaria '46 Cyprus England France Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '45 '46 Portugal Republic of Ireland Soviet Union '45 '46 Spain Sweden '45 '46 Switzerland
Super cups	Turkey '45 '46

Copa del Rey
Seasons	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1928–29 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1944–45 1946 1947 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1951 1952 1952–53 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1969 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Finals	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 (FECF & UECF) 1911 1912 1913 (FECF & UECF) 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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