1983–84 Copa del Rey
| 80th Copa del Rey | |||
| Country | Spain | ||
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| Dates | 7 September 1983 – 5 May 1984 | ||
| Teams | 136 | ||
| Champions | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Runners-up | FC Barcelona | ||
| Matches played | 269 | ||
| Goals scored | 751 (2.79 per match) | ||
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The 1983–84 Copa del Rey was the 82nd staging of the Spanish Cup, the annual domestic football cup competition in Spain. The tournament was attended by 136 teams from the higher echelons of Spanish football.
The tournament began on 7 September 1983 and ended on 5 May 1984 with the final, held in Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, in Madrid.
FC Barcelona played their second consecutive final but had to surrender to the forces of Athletic Bilbao in a match remembered for its incidents, hardness and especially by the end scuffle. The match was preceded by controversial statements from both sides and with the remembrance of his last game in which Maradona was seriously injured. Once finished the game, the player himself Argentine started a fight that ended with all players in a pitched battle.
In purely sports the match ended with a result of 1-0 in favor of Basque team being their twenty-third win in this competition and also getting their fifth doublet.
(*) Teams playing European competition.
Bye: SD Tenisca, SD Portmany, UD Las Palmas Atlético, Athletic Bilbao, Atlético de Madrid, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, Sevilla FC.
Results of matches played: September 8, 13 / September 14 / September 15 / September 21 / September 22 / September 27 / September 28
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