The 2013 Copa del Rey Final was the 111th final since the

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's establishment (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The match was a Madrid derby between

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and

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in ...

on 17 May 2013 at the

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ( es, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, ) is a association football, football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a current seating capacity of 81,044, it has been the home stadium of Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid since its c ...

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. It was the clubs' first meeting in the final since

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when Atlético won 2–0 over Real Madrid. Before this match, the two teams had met in the final on three other occasions:

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and

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; all were Atlético wins, except 1975 when Real Madrid won. Atlético lifted the trophy for the tenth time in their history. It was the first time since 1992 that Atlético had won trophies in two consecutive seasons, following their win in the

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the previous year.

Venue and date

Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and the

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(RFEF) all agreed on

as the location for the event. Due to its greater capacity of 80,000, the

(Real Madrid's home ground) was chosen as the venue over Atlético's

Vicente Calderón stadium The Vicente Calderón Stadium ( es, Estadio Vicente Calderón ) was the home stadium of Atlético Madrid from its completion in 1966 to 2017, with a seating capacity of 54,907 and located on the banks of the Manzanares, in the Arganzuela distri ...

. Each team was allocated 30,000 tickets to sell, and the remainder were allocated to the RFEF. The match was originally scheduled for Saturday, 18 May, but was moved to Friday, 17 May for TV broadcast reasons.

Match ball

Adidas provided the official ball for the match, the

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, the same ball used for the

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Road to the final

Match

References

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1 Real Madrid CF matches Atlético Madrid matches 2013 in Madrid Madrid Derby matches

Venue and date

Match ball

Road to the final

Match

See also

References