1956 Copa del Generalísimo

Football tournament season

1956 Copa del Generalísimo
54th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	16
Defending champions	Club Atlético de Bilbao
Final positions
Champions	Club Atlético de Bilbao (19th title)
Runner-up	Atlético de Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	118 (3.93 per match)
← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Copa del Generalísimo was the 54th staging of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 6 May 1956 and concluded on 24 June 1956 with the final.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RC Deportivo de La Coruña	3–6	CA Osasuna	1–2	2–4
Club Atlético de Bilbao	6–2	Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	3–0	3–2
Real Valladolid Deportivo	7–2	RC Celta de Vigo	6–0	1–2
Real Madrid CF	7–1	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	5–0	2–1
Hércules CF	2–3	CF Barcelona	1–2	1–1
RCD Español	3–2	Sevilla CF	3–2	0–0
Real Jaén CF	2–1	Valencia CF	1–0	1–1
UD Las Palmas	1–10	Club Atlético de Madrid	1–4	0–6

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Atlético de Bilbao	6–3	CA Osasuna	4–1	2–2
RCD Español	7–5	CF Barcelona	3–1	4–4
Real Jaén CF	2–7	Club Atlético de Madrid	2–2	0–5
Real Madrid CF	8–3	Real Valladolid Deportivo	4–1	4–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid CF	4–5	Club Atlético de Bilbao	2–2	2–3
RCD Español	2–2	Club Atlético de Madrid	1–2	1–0

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
RCD Español	0–3	Club Atlético de Madrid

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Club Atlético de Bilbao	2–1	Club Atlético de Madrid

Copa del Generalísimo winners
Club Atlético de Bilbao 19th title

External links

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

1955–56 in Spanish football

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League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup

v t e 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
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
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