Copa del Rey
It is an annual Spanish national football game and one of the oldest and most prestigious played matches in Spain. Copa del Rey is managed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. It is simply known among many as La Copa.
What is special about this is that the winners of the Copa del Rey usually qualify for the UEFA Europa League. Also, both the winners and the runners-up will qualify for the Spanish Super Cup which is usually contested by the winners and runners up of La liga and of the Copa del Rey. Barcelona has proved to be the most scoring club in La Copa followed by Athletic Bilbao and then Real Madrid.
Schedule and Stadium
The 2020 Copa Del Ray is scheduled to start on November 11th, 2020 and will end on April 17th, 2021. Originally the game was set for 18 April 2020, but then it was postponed on March 11th due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The match will be played at the Estadio de La Cartuja located in Seville. Estadio de La Cartuja is a multi-purpose stadium in Seville, Spain.
It is known as “La Cartuja” and has a capacity of 60,000 seats making it one of the 6th-largest stadiums in Spain. “La Crtuja” has hosted previously the 2003 UEFA Cup Final which was between Celtic and Porto, and now will be hosting the 2020 Copa del Rey Final which is set to be between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao.