Real Madrid and Barcelona find out their Copa del Rey opponents: the full third round draw

The third round (Round of 32) draw for the 2025/26 Copa del Rey took place today, Tuesday December 9, the point of the competition in which the four big guns of Spanish football join the fun and find out their fate.

Until now, the four teams taking part in the Spanish Super Cup - Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, and Athletic Club - had not participated in the tournament. They have since been drafted in and were part of the draw that took place at Spanish football’s Las Rozas HQ, a state-of-the-art sport complex surrounded by the snow-capped Guadarrama mountain range just north of the capital city, Madrid.

The draw at this stage is not a complete free-for-all, with the aforementioned quartet of teams only able to be pulled out of the hat against a select few. Specifically, the lowest-ranked teams in the competition: Atlético Baleares, Guadalajara, Eldense, Talavera, Real Murcia and Ourense.

While geography played a part in the earlier rounds, simply to make travel arrangements easier for semi-professional outfits, the league positions of each team have now come into play, pitting the smaller teams against higher-ranked counterparts.

All games will be played over one leg, and will take place at the ground of the lower-ranked team.

Full Round of 32 Copa del Rey draw:

All games will be played the week of 16, 17 and 18 of December.

Ourense CF - Athletic Club

Atlético Baleares - Atlético Madrid

CF Talavera - Real Madrid

CD Guadalajara - FC Barcelona

Real Murcia - Real Betis

CD Edlense - Real Sociedad

Burgos CF - Getafe CF

Cultural Leonesa - Levante UD

SD Eibar - Elche CF

RC Deportivo - Real Mallorca

Real Racing Club - Villarreal CF

Real Sporting - Valencia CF

SD Huesca - CA Osasuna

Granada CF - Rayo Vallecano

Albacete Balompié - RC Celta de Vigo

Deportivo Alavés - Sevilla FC

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