1979 Copa del Rey Final
# 1979 Copa del Rey Final

The 1979 Copa del Rey Final was the 77th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Vicente Calderón in Madrid on 30 June 1979. The match was won by Valencia CF, who beat Real Madrid 2 – 0. Valencia won the cup for the fifth time.

## Road to the final

| Valencia | Valencia | Valencia | Round | Madrid | Madrid | Madrid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Legs | | Opponent | Result | Legs |
| Girona CF | 3–1 | 0–2 away; 1–1 home | Round of 64 | Atlético de Madrid | 3–3 | 1–1 away; 2–2 home |
| Real Sociedad | 4–2 | 1–0 away; 4–1 home | Round of 32 | UD Las Palmas | 7–5 | 4–2 home; 1–1 away |
| FC Barcelona | 5–4 | 4–1 away; 4–0 home | Round of 16 | Celta de Vigo | 5–1 | 1–1 away; 4–0 home |
| CD Alavés | 4–0 | 0–1 away; 3–0 home | Quarterfinals | Real Zaragoza | 2–1 | 2–0 home; 0–1 away |
| Real Valladolid | 3–2 | 2–0 home; 2–1 away | Semifinals | Sevilla FC | 2–1 | 0–0 away; 2–1 home |

## Match details

| Valencia CF | Real Madrid |
| - | - |

Valencia CF: :

| GK | 1 | José Luis Manzanedo |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | José Carrete (c) |
| DF | 5 | Manuel Botubot |
| DF | 4 | Ricardo Arias |
| DF | 3 | José Cerveró | 73' |
| MF | 6 | Rainer Bonhof |
| MF | 8 | Ángel Castellanos |
| MF | 10 | Daniel Solsona | | 86' |
| MF | 7 | Enrique Saura | 65' | |
| FW | 9 | Mario Kempes |
| FW | 11 | Darío Felman |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 12 | Miguel Tendillo | | 86' |
| GK | 13 | Carlos Pereira |
| FW | 14 | Carlos Diarte |
| FW | 15 | Pere Vilarrodà |
| Manager: |||
| Pasieguito ||||

Real Madrid CF: :

| GK | 1 | Mariano García Remón | | 88' |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | Isidoro San José | 83' |
| DF | 5 | Gregorio Benito (c) |
| DF | 4 | Enrique Wolff |
| DF | 3 | Isidro |
| MF | 6 | Vicente del Bosque |
| MF | 8 | Uli Stielike |
| MF | 10 | Francisco García Hernández |
| FW | 7 | Roberto Martínez |
| FW | 9 | Santillana | | 12' |
| FW | 11 | Francisco Aguilar |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 12 | José Antonio Camacho |
| GK | 13 | Javier Maté | | 88' |
| MF | 14 | Alberto Vitoria | | 12' |
| MF | 15 | Carlos Escribano |
| Manager: |||
| Luis Molowny ||||

* MATCH RULES
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
* Four named substitutes.
* Maximum of two substitutions.
* Copa del Rey 1978–79 Winners
* Valencia CF 5th title
