1957 Copa del Generalísimo

1957 Copa del Generalísimo
55th Copa del Rey
Country	Spain
Teams	16
Defending champions	Atlético Bilbao
Champions	Barcelona (13th title)
Runners-up	RCD Español
Matches played	30
Goals scored	90 (3 per match)
	← 1956 1958 →

The 1957 Copa del Generalísimo was the 55th edition of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 28 April 1957 and ended on 16 June 1957. Barcelona won their 13th cup title.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Las Palmas	1–5	Real Madrid CF	1–4	0–1
Celta de Vigo	1–0	CD Condal	1–0	0–0
Atlético Madrid	3–13	Barcelona	2–5	1–8
Real Zaragoza	1–1	Real Sociedad	0–0	1–1
Valencia	2–1	Sevilla	2–0	0–1
Real Jaén	0–2	Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	0–1
RCD Español	3–0	Atlético Bilbao	3–0	0–0
CA Osasuna	4–7	Real Valladolid	1–1	3–6

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Zaragoza	0–1	Real Sociedad

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RCD Español	3–2	Celta de Vigo	2–1	1–1
Real Madrid	3–8	Barcelona	2–2	1–6
Real Valladolid	1–4	Valencia	1–1	0–3
Deportivo La Coruña	1–7	Real Sociedad	0–0	1–7

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RCD Español	2–1	Valencia	1–0	1–1
Real Sociedad	2–10	Barcelona	1–5	1–5

Final

16 June 1957

18:00 CET

Barcelona	1–0	Espanyol
Sampedro 80'	Report

Montjuic, Barcelona

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui Izco

Barcelona

Espanyol



GK	1	Antoni Ramallets
DF	2	Ferran Olivella
DF	3	Joaquim Brugué
DF	4	Juan Segarra (c)
MF	5	Martí Vergés
MF	6	Enric Gensana
FW	7	Estanislau Basora
FW	8	Ramón Villaverde
FW	9	Eulogio Martínez
FW	10	László Kubala
FW	11	Francisco Sampedro
Manager:
Domènec Balmanya



GK	1	José Vicente
DF	2	Antonio Argilés
DF	3	Cata (c)
DF	4	Agustín Faura
MF	5	Emilio Gámiz
MF	6	David Casamitjana
FW	7	José María Ruiz
FW	8	Oswaldo
FW	9	Antonio Cruellas
FW	10	José Sastre
FW	11	Oscar Coll
Manager:
Ricardo Zamora

Other websites

(in English) rsssf.com
(in Spanish) linguasport.com

Copa del Rey
Seasons	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1928–29 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1944–45 1946 1947 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1951 1952 1952–53 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1969 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025-26
Finals	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 (FECF & UECF) 1911 1912 1913 (FECF & UECF) 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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