1982–83 Copa del Rey

1982–83 Copa del Rey
81st Copa del Rey
Tournament details
CountrySpain
Dates8 September 1982 – 4 June 1983
Teams135
Final positions
ChampionsFC Barcelona
Runners-upReal Madrid CF
Tournament statistics
Matches played267
Goals scored733 (2.75 per match)

The 1982–83 Copa del Rey was the 81st staging of the Spanish Cup, the annual domestic football cup competition in Spain. The tournament was attended by 135 teams from the higher echelons of Spanish football.

The tournament began on 8 September 1982 and ended on 4 June 1983 with the final, held in La Romareda Stadium in Zaragoza, in which FC Barcelona were crowned for the twentieth time in their history, after beating the defending champions of the tournament, Real Madrid CF by a score of 2–1.

This was the fourth time these two teams had met in the final, known as El Clásico, with a favourable balance for the Catalans.