Getafe and the Cup: goal to make history

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2024-01-13 16:37:30

He Getafe It is a team that has a long history in the Copa del Rey Competition. Throughout this history the blue team has obtained different results, always striving to go further than the previous season, although they have not always been able to achieve it. The blue team has only been absent from this competition in six seasons since 1975. The absent seasons were 1976/77, 1978/79. 1979/80, 1992/93, 1997/98 and 1998/99.

Throughout the Copa del Rey competitions played by Getafe, the blue team has been seen in various qualifiers. In the total number of matches played within this competition, the blue team has been eliminated in the first round on only one occasion.it was in the 1975/76 season, where he faced the Barcelona Atlético and in the first leg they lost 2-1, while in the second leg they tried to turn the match around, but it was not enough to advance to the round despite having won the match by 2 goals to zero.

In a total of Nine times Getafe failed to get past the second roundthis happened before the FC Andorra in the 1995/96 season, the following season against Ourensein the 2000s before the SD Compostelain the 2001/02 season they fell to Villarreal CFtwo seasons later against CD Leganésagainst Alcorcón in the 2016/17 season, three seasons later they fell in the second round against Badalona, and the following two seasons he was defeated by Córdoba CF y Atlético Baleares.

Luis Milla after celebrating the goal against Espanyol // Source: Getafe CF

The blue team has also fallen in the third (four times) and fourth round (four times) on a total of eight occasions. These defeats came in matches against Recreational, CD Logroñés, Sestao River, Real Valladolid, CA Health, Málaga CF, Rayo Vallecano and Levante OUT.

In six Copas del Rey, Getafe has fought in the round of 16 and could not advance further in the competition. In these meetings faces were seen before FC Barcelona, in the 1977/78 and 2013/14 seasons; CA Health, RCD Espanyol and against Real Betis.

In the quarterfinals they have fallen a total of two times, before him Villarreal CF with whom they lost both in the first leg and in the second leg by the minimum, and against Valencia CF against whom they won the first leg but could not do anything in the second leg and lost by a resounding 3-1. They fell in the semi-finals in the 2009/10 season where they lost the first leg against Sevilla FC by two goals to zero, and the second leg, despite winning by the minimum, was not enough to earn a place in the grand final.

However, throughout its history, Getafe has reached the final in two seasons of the King’s Cup. These two matches correspond to the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 seasons, where they played the finals against Sevilla FC and Valencia CF, respectively. In neither of the two finals did he manage to beat his rival, however he stood up to them as a good finalist in the competition of His Majesty the King.

Getafe in the final played in the 2007/08 season // Source: Getty Images

Last King’s Cups

Las Getafe’s last five performances in the Copa del Rey They have not been the best throughout their history. In them, the blue team has not managed to advance beyond the round of 16 except on one occasion, remaining in the second round three times. In the 2018/19 season, Getafe fell in the quarterfinals before him Valencia CF, After winning the first leg by the minimum, they could not take over their rival in the second leg where Valencia managed to win the match by three goals to one, and thus manage to defeat Getafe and gain a place in the semifinal of the Copa del Rey in that season. The meetings where The blue team fell in the second round of the competition, they played against Badalona, ​​against whom they lost by two goals to zero; In the following Copa del Rey he was eliminated by Córdoba CF for the minimum; and in the following season he was eliminated in the second match of the classification by Atlético Baleares by a resounding 5-0. However, the following seasons have seen growth in the classification of this competition. In the 2022/23 season, Getafe was eliminated in the third roundthe round of 32 was complicated for the azulón team after facing the Levante OUT and being defeated by a goal difference, where the final score illuminated the 3-2 in favor of Levante.

This season, Getafe has the desire and strength to improve the streak of the last five appearances. in the Copa del Rey. has managed to overcome al Tardy AD by a resounding 0-12, a match with many goals where all the azulones were able to bring out their best version; to the Atzeneta by one goal to two, Latasa’s aim made Getafe advance to the round; and to Espanyol for the minimum number of goals, a match that cost the blue team, but that deserved every second because the victory gave them a place in the next round of the competition.

For now, the move to the quarterfinals against Sevilla FC will be played, team that, for now, has not beaten in this competition. It will be a new challenge for the blue team that wants to continue adding qualifying rounds in the Cup of His Majesty the King. This will be an opportunity to match the result of the 2018/19 season where they reached the quarterfinals, although The blue team surely wants to exceed those expectations and be able to match the blue team that reached two consecutive finals of this competition. To do this they must take out their claws against their rivals, but, first of all, they must take out their teeth against their closest rival, Sevilla, a team that, throughout their history in the Copa del Rey, they have not managed to beat, without However, this year they can make history in the competition. By making history against Sevilla, they will be able to continue taking steps and make their way into the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey of the 2023/24 season.

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