Copa del Rey: since when does a club from the Second to the final arrive?

The Copa del Rey. After three weeks of stoppage in European competitions, the KO tournament will have its resolution closer this week. The two finalists will meet next Thursday night of a tournament marked by surprises and the absence of world-class teams in the final rounds.

Nevertheless, the Copa del Rey has not seen its interest reduced and Mirandés, Real Sociedad, Athletic Club and Granada continue to live their particular fairy tale. Perhaps the most special is that of the Miranda de Ebro complex. Andoni Iraola's team is the only survivor who doesn't play in Primera and, if it eliminates the Real Sociedad, it will round off an honorary enrollment participation.

In case the Mirandés end with the set of Imanol Sheriff, He will become the first team of Second to access a Copa del Rey final since the 1979/1980 season. On that occasion it was Real Madrid Castilla who reached the subsidiary round of the cupper tournament. And, in addition, Real Madrid was measured in the final. The first white team won clearly (6-1), but Castilla was rewarded playing the European Cup Winners Cup in the following season.

Despite the prominent role of teams like Mirandés 2011/2012, Alavés of 2003/2004, Figueres of 2001/2002 or Numancia of 1995/1996, None of them have managed to reach the last round of the Copa del Rey. Therefore, if Iraola's team succeeded, it would become a historic milestone.

Other Second teams that played the Cup final

In addition to the aforementioned case of Real Madrid Castilla In the 1979/1980 season, there are three more in which a team of the Spanish soccer silver category was planted in the Cup final. However, none of them ended up being champion.

CD Sabadell agreed to the final of the President's Cup in the 1934/1935 season after eliminating major rivals. The harlequin team fell with Sevilla 3-0. In Second, he finished in a second place, which, however, did not grant him the promotion to Primera.

Real Betis was the first Second team to enter a final of the KO tournament. It was in the 1930/1931 campaign in the so-called Cup of the President of the Republic. The Bético team eliminated Badalona, ​​Real Madrid and Getxo Arenas before falling in the final with Athletic Club.

The last case, something rocambolesque, is that of Racing de Ferrol in the 1938/1939 season. The Galicians, who did not stop playing football during the Spanish Civil War, agreed to the final of the Generalissimo Cup by eliminating Real Sociedad in the quarterfinals and Barakaldo in the semifinals. In the final he lost 2-6 with Sevilla, of course favorite. However, the peculiarity of this case is that did not belong to any league category, although at the end of the Civil War and resumed the League became a Second team.