2012–13 Copa del Rey
The 2012–13 Copa del Rey was the 111th staging of the Copa del Rey. The competition began on 29 August 2012 and ended on 17 May 2013 with the final, held at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, in which Atlético Madrid lifted the trophy for the tenth time in their history with a 1–2 victory over hosts Real Madrid in extra time. Barcelona were the defending champions but were eliminated by Real Madrid in the semifinals. Going into the competition, the winners were assured of a place in the group stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, but both finalists had already qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League a few weeks before.
Calendar and format
;Notes- Note 1: Match in second leg of Round of 32 between Athletic and Eibar and the involved knockout of Round of 16 were delayed one week later. After the reschedule by UEFA of Europa League match 'Kiryat Shmona v Athletic' to be played on 28 November, the RFEF changed date to 12 December, and the first leg of the involved fixture of Round of 16 was played one week later.
- Note 2: Originally was expected to celebrate the second leg of Round of 16 on 18–19 December, and next rounds from 9 to 30 January in mid-week until semi-finals, but according to the note 1 which always it would be one knockout delayed from others and the close celebration of league matchday it was postponed with agreement between clubs and television broadcasters to postpone the second leg of Round of 16 to 8–10 January and move next rounds one week later until 30 January and the celebration of second leg of semi-finals around 27 February 2013.
Qualified teams
20 teams of 2011–12 La Liga:
- Athletic Bilbao
- Atlético Madrid
- Barcelona
- Betis
- Espanyol
- Getafe
- Granada
- Levante
- Málaga
- Mallorca
- Osasuna
- Racing Santander
- Rayo Vallecano
- Real Madrid
- Real Sociedad
- Sevilla
- Sporting Gijón
- Valencia
- Villarreal
- Zaragoza
- Alcorcón
- Alcoyano
- Almería
- Celta Vigo
- Córdoba
- Deportivo La Coruña
- Elche
- Cartagena
- Gimnàstic
- Girona
- Guadalajara
- Hércules
- Huesca
- Las Palmas
- Murcia
- Numancia
- Recreativo
- Sabadell
- Valladolid
- Xerez
- Tenerife
- Lugo
- Albacete
- Real Oviedo
- La Roda
- Mirandés
- Ponferradina
- Eibar
- Amorebieta
- UD Logroñés
- Atlético Baleares
- Orihuela
- Huracán Valencia
- Badalona
- Llagostera
- Cádiz
- Balompédica Linense
- Lucena
- Real Jaén
- Melilla
- San Roque*
- L'Hospitalet*
- Alavés*
- Lleida Esportiu*
- Cacereño*
- Ourense
- Caudal de Mieres
- Noja
- Laudio
- Prat
- Catarroja
- Fuenlabrada
- Real Ávila
- Loja
- Atlético Sanluqueño
- Constància
- Marino de Los Cristianos
- Yeclano
- Arroyo
- Peña Sport
- SD Logroñés
- Ejea
- Villarrobledo
First round
Balompédica Linense, Real Jaén, Melilla, Huracán Valencia, Lucena, Tenerife and Lleida Esportiu received a bye.
Second round
In this round gained entry all Segunda División teams. The matches were played on 11–12 September 2012.Cacereño received a bye.
Third round
The draw was held on 14 September 2012 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol. The matches were played on 17–18 October 2012.Alcoyano received a bye.
Final phase
The draw for the Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarter-finals and Semi-finals was held on 18 October 2012 at 12:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas, Madrid. In this round, all La Liga teams entered the competition.Like previous years, Round of 32 pairings was as follows: the seven remaining teams participating in Segunda División B and Tercera División were drawn against the La Liga teams which qualified for European competitions, this is: four teams from Pot 1 were drawn against four teams from pot 2a and the three remaining teams in pot 1 were drawn in the same way with the pot 2b teams. The five teams in Pot 3 were drawn against five teams of the thirteen remaining teams of La Liga. The remaining eight teams of La Liga faced each other. Matches involving teams with different league tiers played at home on the first leg the team in lower tier, in the other matches the first team to come out of the draw played at home. This rule was also applied in Round of 16, but not for Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, which order of legs was pure as of the order of draw.
At the time of the draw, the result of the match between Las Palmas and Racing de Santander was not known.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2a | Pot 2b | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Alavés Alcoyano Cacereño Eibar Real Jaén Llagostera Melilla | Barcelona Real Madrid Valencia Málaga | Atlético Madrid Levante Athletic Bilbao | Almería Córdoba Las Palmas Ponferradina Sporting Gijón | Betis Celta Vigo Deportivo La Coruña Espanyol Getafe Granada Mallorca Osasuna Rayo Vallecano Real Sociedad Sevilla Valladolid Zaragoza |