Copa del Rey winners list: every champion since 1903, and Real Sociedad’s 2026 shootout
Every Copa del Rey final since 1903: the full winners list, the clubs with the most titles, the records, and how Real Sociedad beat Atlético Madrid on penalties in 2026.
Oct 26, 2026
Barcelona have won the Copa del Rey more times than anyone, with 32 titles. Athletic Bilbao are second on 24 and Real Madrid third on 20. The current holders are Real Sociedad, who beat Atlético Madrid on penalties in the 2026 final in Seville.
Spain’s national cup has been played since 1903, which makes it older than La Liga by 26 years. Below is every winner and runner-up, the clubs with the most titles, the records that have stood for a century, and how the 2026 final was decided.
Most Copa del Rey titles
Twelve clubs have won the cup at least twice. Barcelona have also reached the most finals, 43, and Real Madrid have lost the most, 21, one more than the 20 they have won.
| Club | Titles | Runners-up | Last won |
| Barcelona | 32 | 11 | 2025 |
| Athletic Bilbao | 24 | 16 | 2024 |
| Real Madrid | 20 | 21 | 2023 |
| Atlético Madrid | 10 | 10 | 2013 |
| Valencia | 8 | 10 | 2019 |
| Zaragoza | 6 | 5 | 2004 |
| Sevilla | 5 | 4 | 2010 |
| Espanyol | 4 | 5 | 2006 |
| Real Sociedad | 3 | 4 | 2026 |
| Real Betis | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Real Union | 3 | 1 | 1927 |
| Deportivo La Coruna | 2 | 0 | 2002 |
Four more clubs have one title each: Club Ciclista de San Sebastian (1909), Racing de Irun (1913), Arenas (1919) and Mallorca (2003). Years in this table are the year of the final, so Barcelona’s last win, in the 2024-25 competition, shows as 2025.
Two of these counts are argued over. Many counts give Real Sociedad the 1909 cup as well, won by Club Ciclista with players from the newly formed Real Sociedad, which is why much of the coverage of the 2026 final called it their fourth title. Athletic Bilbao include the 1902 Copa de la Coronacion, won by a combined Bilbao side called Bizcaya, in their own honours list. Neither is counted in the table above, which follows the standard list of finals.
Who won the Copa del Rey in 2026?
Real Sociedad won the 2026 final, beating Atlético Madrid 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at La Cartuja in Seville on 18 April 2026. Ander Barrenetxea scored after 14 seconds, Ademola Lookman equalised, and Mikel Oyarzabal put Real Sociedad back in front with a penalty in first-half stoppage time. Julián Álvarez made it 2-2 in the 83rd minute and nobody scored in extra time.
Goalkeeper Unai Marrero settled the shootout, saving from Alexander Sorloth and Álvarez, and was named man of the match. Pablo Marín scored the winning kick. It was a rerun of the 1987 final, when Real Sociedad also beat Atlético on penalties after a 2-2 draw.
The 2026-27 competition’s first round is played from 27 to 29 October 2026. Real Sociedad, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético enter later, in the round of 32 in December, and the final is scheduled for 24 April 2027, again at La Cartuja.
Copa del Rey records
Most titles in a row
Four, a record shared by three clubs. Madrid FC won four straight from 1905 to 1908, Athletic Bilbao won four from 1930 to 1933, and Barcelona won the four finals from 2015 to 2018.
Biggest win in a final
Five goals, three times: Athletic Bilbao 5-0 Español in 1915, Real Madrid 6-1 Castilla in 1980 and Barcelona 5-0 Sevilla in 2018. The 1980 final is the strangest in the list, because Castilla were Real Madrid’s own reserve team. Reserve sides have since been barred from the competition.
Penalty shootouts
Eight finals have been decided on penalties, the first in 1975 and three of the last five.
Finals that never happened
The 1904 final was not played after a dispute over who should face Athletic Bilbao, and Athletic were awarded the cup. In 1910 and 1913 two rival federations ran separate competitions, so both years have two recognised winners.
Why the cup has had several names
The competition has carried the name of whoever was head of state. It was the Copa del Rey under King Alfonso XIII, the Copa del Presidente de la Republica in the mid-1930s, and the Copa del Generalisimo under Franco until 1976. It has been the Copa del Rey again since 1977. There is no recognised final for 1937 or 1938, during the Spanish Civil War.
Copa del Rey winners list: every final
Clubs are listed under the names they used at the time. Madrid FC and Madrid are today’s Real Madrid, Atlético Bilbao is Athletic Bilbao’s Franco-era name, and Español is Espanyol.
| Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| 2025-26 | Real Sociedad | 2-2 (won on penalties) | Atlético Madrid |
| 2024-25 | Barcelona | 3-2 (after extra time) | Real Madrid |
| 2023-24 | Athletic Bilbao | 1-1 (won on penalties) | Mallorca |
| 2022-23 | Real Madrid | 2-1 | Osasuna |
| 2021-22 | Real Betis | 1-1 (won on penalties) | Valencia |
| 2020-21 | Barcelona | 4-0 | Athletic Bilbao |
| 2019-20 | Real Sociedad | 1-0 | Athletic Bilbao |
| 2018-19 | Valencia | 2-1 | Barcelona |
| 2017-18 | Barcelona | 5-0 | Sevilla |
| 2016-17 | Barcelona | 3-1 | Alavés |
| 2015-16 | Barcelona | 2-0 (after extra time) | Sevilla |
| 2014-15 | Barcelona | 3-1 | Athletic Bilbao |
| 2013-14 | Real Madrid | 2-1 | Barcelona |
| 2012-13 | Atlético Madrid | 2-1 (after extra time) | Real Madrid |
| 2011-12 | Barcelona | 3-0 | Athletic Bilbao |
| 2010-11 | Real Madrid | 1-0 (after extra time) | Barcelona |
| 2009-10 | Sevilla | 2-0 | Atlético Madrid |
| 2008-09 | Barcelona | 4-1 | Athletic Bilbao |
| 2007-08 | Valencia | 3-1 | Getafe |
| 2006-07 | Sevilla | 1-0 | Getafe |
| 2005-06 | Espanyol | 4-1 | Zaragoza |
| 2004-05 | Real Betis | 2-1 (after extra time) | Osasuna |
| 2003-04 | Zaragoza | 3-2 (after extra time) | Real Madrid |
| 2002-03 | Mallorca | 3-0 | Recreativo |
| 2001-02 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2-1 | Real Madrid |
| 2000-01 | Zaragoza | 3-1 | Celta Vigo |
| 1999-2000 | Espanyol | 2-1 | Atlético Madrid |
| 1998-99 | Valencia | 3-0 | Atlético Madrid |
| 1997-98 | Barcelona | 1-1 (won on penalties) | Mallorca |
| 1996-97 | Barcelona | 3-2 (after extra time) | Real Betis |
| 1995-96 | Atlético Madrid | 1-0 (after extra time) | Barcelona |
| 1994-95 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2-1 | Valencia |
| 1993-94 | Zaragoza | 0-0 (won on penalties) | Celta Vigo |
| 1992-93 | Real Madrid | 2-0 | Zaragoza |
| 1991-92 | Atlético Madrid | 2-0 | Real Madrid |
| 1990-91 | Atlético Madrid | 1-0 (after extra time) | Mallorca |
| 1989-90 | Barcelona | 2-0 | Real Madrid |
| 1988-89 | Real Madrid | 1-0 | Valladolid |
| 1987-88 | Barcelona | 1-0 | Real Sociedad |
| 1986-87 | Real Sociedad | 2-2 (won on penalties) | Atlético Madrid |
| 1985-86 | Zaragoza | 1-0 | Barcelona |
| 1984-85 | Atlético Madrid | 2-1 | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1983-84 | Athletic Bilbao | 1-0 | Barcelona |
| 1982-83 | Barcelona | 2-1 | Real Madrid |
| 1981-82 | Real Madrid | 2-1 | Sporting Gijón |
| 1980-81 | Barcelona | 3-1 | Sporting Gijón |
| 1979-80 | Real Madrid | 6-1 | Castilla |
| 1978-79 | Valencia | 2-0 | Real Madrid |
| 1977-78 | Barcelona | 3-1 | Las Palmas |
| 1976-77 | Real Betis | 2-2 (won on penalties) | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1975-76 | Atlético Madrid | 1-0 | Zaragoza |
| 1974-75 | Real Madrid | 0-0 (won on penalties) | Atlético Madrid |
| 1973-74 | Real Madrid | 4-0 | Barcelona |
| 1972-73 | Athletic Bilbao | 2-0 | Castellón |
| 1971-72 | Atlético Madrid | 2-1 | Valencia |
| 1970-71 | Barcelona | 4-3 (after extra time) | Valencia |
| 1969-70 | Real Madrid | 3-1 | Valencia |
| 1969 | Atlético Bilbao | 1-0 | Elche |
| 1967-68 | Barcelona | 1-0 | Real Madrid |
| 1966-67 | Valencia | 2-1 | Atlético Bilbao |
| 1965-66 | Zaragoza | 2-0 | Atlético Bilbao |
| 1964-65 | Atlético Madrid | 1-0 | Zaragoza |
| 1963-64 | Zaragoza | 2-1 | Atlético Madrid |
| 1962-63 | Barcelona | 3-1 | Zaragoza |
| 1961-62 | Real Madrid | 2-1 | Sevilla |
| 1960-61 | Atlético Madrid | 3-2 | Real Madrid |
| 1959-60 | Atlético Madrid | 3-1 | Real Madrid |
| 1958-59 | Barcelona | 4-1 | Granada |
| 1958 | Atlético Bilbao | 2-0 | Real Madrid |
| 1957 | Barcelona | 1-0 | Español |
| 1956 | Atlético Bilbao | 2-1 | Atlético Madrid |
| 1955 | Atlético Bilbao | 1-0 | Sevilla |
| 1954 | Valencia | 3-0 | Barcelona |
| 1952-53 | Barcelona | 2-1 | Atlético Bilbao |
| 1952 | Barcelona | 4-2 (after extra time) | Valencia |
| 1951 | Barcelona | 3-0 | Real Sociedad |
| 1949-50 | Atlético Bilbao | 4-1 (after extra time) | Valladolid |
| 1948-49 | Valencia | 1-0 | Atlético Bilbao |
| 1947-48 | Sevilla | 4-1 | Celta Vigo |
| 1947 | Real Madrid | 2-0 (after extra time) | Español |
| 1946 | Real Madrid | 3-1 | Valencia |
| 1944-45 | Atlético Bilbao | 3-2 | Valencia |
| 1944 | Atlético Bilbao | 2-0 | Valencia |
| 1943 | Atlético Bilbao | 1-0 (after extra time) | Real Madrid |
| 1942 | Barcelona | 4-3 (after extra time) | Atlético Bilbao |
| 1941 | Valencia | 3-1 | Español |
| 1940 | Español | 3-2 (after extra time) | Real Madrid |
| 1939 | Sevilla | 6-2 | Racing de Ferrol |
| 1936 | Madrid | 2-1 | Barcelona |
| 1935 | Sevilla | 3-0 | Sabadell |
| 1934 | Madrid | 2-1 | Valencia |
| 1933 | Athletic Bilbao | 2-1 | Real Madrid |
| 1932 | Athletic Bilbao | 1-0 | Barcelona |
| 1931 | Athletic Bilbao | 3-1 | Real Betis |
| 1930 | Athletic Bilbao | 3-2 (after extra time) | Real Madrid |
| 1928-29 | RCD Español | 2-1 | Real Madrid |
| 1928 | Barcelona | 3-1 (replay) | Real Sociedad |
| 1927 | Real Unión | 1-0 (after extra time) | Arenas |
| 1926 | Barcelona | 3-2 (after extra time) | Atlético Madrid |
| 1925 | Barcelona | 2-0 | Arenas |
| 1924 | Real Unión | 1-0 | Real Madrid |
| 1923 | Athletic Bilbao | 1-0 | Europa |
| 1922 | Barcelona | 5-1 | Real Unión |
| 1921 | Athletic Bilbao | 4-1 | Atlético Madrid |
| 1920 | Barcelona | 2-0 | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1919 | Arenas | 5-2 (after extra time) | Barcelona |
| 1918 | Real Unión | 2-0 | Madrid FC |
| 1917 | Madrid FC | 2-1 (replay) | Arenas |
| 1916 | Athletic Bilbao | 4-0 | Madrid FC |
| 1915 | Athletic Bilbao | 5-0 | Español |
| 1914 | Athletic Bilbao | 2-1 | Espanya |
| 1913 FECF | Racing de Irún | 1-0 (replay) | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1913 UECF | Barcelona | 2-1 (replay) | Real Sociedad |
| 1912 | Barcelona | 2-0 | Gimnástica |
| 1911 | Athletic Bilbao | 3-1 | Español |
| 1910 FECF | Barcelona | 3-2 | Español de Madrid |
| 1910 UECF | Athletic Bilbao | 1-0 | Vasconia SC |
| 1909 | Club Ciclista | 3-1 | Español de Madrid |
| 1908 | Madrid FC | 2-1 | Real Vigo Sporting |
| 1907 | Madrid FC | 1-0 | Bizcaya |
| 1906 | Madrid FC | 4-1 | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1905 | Madrid FC | 1-0 | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1904 | Athletic Bilbao | Not played (awarded) | Español de Madrid |
| 1903 | Athletic Bilbao | 3-2 | Madrid FC |
Frequently asked
Which club has won the most Copa del Rey titles? Barcelona, with 32. Athletic Bilbao have 24 and Real Madrid 20.
How many Copa del Rey titles have Real Madrid won? Twenty, most recently in 2023, when they beat Osasuna 2-1 in the final. They have also lost 21 finals, more than any other club.
Who won the Copa del Rey in 2026? Real Sociedad, 4-3 on penalties against Atlético Madrid after a 2-2 draw.
When did Barcelona last win the Copa del Rey? In 2025, beating Real Madrid 3-2 after extra time in the final, with Jules Kounde scoring the winner. The full record of their meetings is in our El Clasico head-to-head.
For Spain’s other trophies, see the La Liga winners list and the Spanish Super Cup winners list, and follow this season’s league on our La Liga page. England’s two cups have their own lists in FA Cup winners and Carabao Cup winners, and Italy’s in the Coppa Italia winners list.