The 2008 Copa del Rey Final was the 106th final of the Spanish cup competition, the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

. The final was played at

Vicente Calderón Vicente Calderón Pérez-Cavada (; 27 May 1913 – 24 March 1987) was a businessman and president of Atlético Madrid for 20 years. As President of Atlético Madrid he helped in getting their new stadium built, and in 1971 it was rena ...

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), an ...

, on 16 April 2008. The match was won by

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

, who beat

Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a fla ...

3–1, winning the tournament for the seventh time. It was a second defeat in the final in succession for Getafe, who also lost to

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsul ...

in 2007. These had been their only appearances in the event; by contrast it was Valencia's 16th final.

Road to the final

Match details

References

External links

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