{{infobox football tournament season |title=[[Copa de la Liga]] |other_titles= |image= |image_size= |caption= |country= Spain |num_teams=18 |winners=[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] |second=[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] |matches=34 |goals=108 |scoring_leader={{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Raúl Vicente Amarilla|Raúl Amarilla]] (7) |prev_season = |next_season = [[1984 Copa de la Liga|1984]] }}

The '''1983 Copa de la Liga''' was the first edition of [[Copa de la Liga]]. The competition started on May 8, 1983, and concluded on June 29, 1983. Due to time constraints, saturation and club pressure, the [[Copa de la Liga]] only lasted four years since 1982, being cancelled in 1986.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spanleagcuphist.html Spain - List of League Cup Finals] on the RSSSF</ref>

==Format== The Copa de la Liga was played by 18 teams of [[1982–83 La Liga]]. All rounds are played over [[two-legged tie|two legs]]. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. The [[1982–83 Copa del Rey]] semifinal losers are exempt until second round, and the [[1982–83 Copa del Rey]] final teams are exempt until quarterfinals. {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | *[[Athletic Bilbao]] *[[Atlético Madrid]] *[[FC Barcelona]] *[[Real Betis]] *[[Celta de Vigo]] || *[[RCD Espanyol|RCD Español]] *[[UD Las Palmas]] *[[Málaga CF]] *[[CA Osasuna]] *[[Racing Santander]] || *[[Real Madrid]] *[[Real Zaragoza]] *[[Real Sociedad]] *[[Real Valladolid]] *[[UD Salamanca]] || *[[Sevilla CF]] *[[Sporting Gijón]] *[[Valencia CF]] |}

==First round== First leg: 8 May 1983. Second leg: 21 and 22 May 1983.

{{TwoLegStart}} {{TwoLegResult|[[Celta de Vigo]] || 4–9 |'''[[RCD Espanyol|RCD Español]]'''|| 3–2 | 1–7 |winner=2}} {{TwoLegResult|[[Real Betis]] || 2–2 ([[Penalty kick (association football)|p]])|'''[[Málaga CF]]'''|| 1–0 | 1–2 |winner=2}} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[Racing Santander]]'''|| 4–3 |[[Valencia CF]]|| 1–0 | 3–3 |winner=1}} {{TwoLegResult|[[UD Salamanca]] || 1–4 |'''[[Atlético Madrid]]'''|| 0–0 | 1–4 |winner=2}} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[Real Zaragoza]]'''|| 4–1 |[[Sevilla FC]] || 2–1 | 2–0 |winner=1}} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[Athletic Bilbao]]'''||([[Penalty kick (association football)|p]]) 2–2 |[[CA Osasuna]] || 1–1 | 1–1 |winner=1}} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[UD Las Palmas]]'''|| 6–2 |[[Real Valladolid]]|| 4–1 | 2–1 |winner=1}} |}

==Second round== First leg: June 1, 1983. Second leg: June 8, 1983. {{TwoLegStart}} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[Atlético Madrid]]'''|| 3–2 |[[Athletic Bilbao]]|| 3–0 | 0–2 |winner=1}} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[Sporting Gijón]]'''|| 3–2 | [[Málaga CF]]|| 2–2 | 1–0 |winner=1}} {{TwoLegResult|[[Racing Santander]]|| 3–6 |'''[[Real Zaragoza]]'''|| 3–2 | 0–4 |winner=2}} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[Real Sociedad]]'''|| ([[Penalty kick (association football)|p]]) 2–2 | [[RCD Espanyol|RCD Español]] || 2–2 | 0–0 |winner=1}} |} *Bye: [[UD Las Palmas]].

== Quarter-finals == First leg: June 12, 1983. Second leg: June 15, 1983. {{TwoLegStart}} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[Real Madrid]]'''|| 2–1 | [[Real Sociedad]] || 1–0 | 1–1 |winner=1}} {{TwoLegResult|'''[[FC Barcelona]]'''|| 1–0 | [[Sporting Gijón]] || 1–0 | 0–0 |winner=1}} {{TwoLegResult|[[UD Las Palmas]] || 1–3 |'''[[Atlético Madrid]]'''|| 1–0 | 0–3 |winner=2}} |} *Bye: [[Real Zaragoza]].

==Semi-finals== First leg: June 19, 1983. Second leg: June 22, 1983. {{TwoLegStart}} {{TwoLegResult|[[Real Zaragoza]]|| 8–8 ([[Penalty kick (association football)|p]])|'''[[Real Madrid]]'''|| 5–3 | 3–5 |winner=2}} {{TwoLegResult|[[Atlético Madrid]] || 3–5 |'''[[FC Barcelona]]'''|| 1–0 | 2–5 |winner=2}} |}

==Final==

===First leg=== {{football box | date = 26 June 1983 | event = 1983 [[Copa de la Liga]] Final | round = First leg | time = | team1 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] | score = 2–2 | team2 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] | stadium = [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabéu]], [[Madrid]] | attendance = | referee = Ildefonso Urizar Azpitarte | goals1 = [[Vicente del Bosque|Del Bosque]] {{goal|63}} <br/> [[Juanito (footballer, born 1954)|Juanito]] {{goal|69}} | report = | goals2 = [[Francisco José Carrasco|Carrasco]] {{goal|50}} <br/> [[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] {{goal|57}} }} ----

===Second leg=== {{football box | date = 29 June 1983 | time = | event = | round = Second leg | team1 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] | score = 2–1 | goals1 = [[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] {{goal|19|pen.}} <br/> [[José Ramón Alexanko|Alexanko]] {{goal|20}} | goals2 = [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] {{goal|84}} | report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spanleagcuphist.html Report] | team2 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] | stadium = [[Camp Nou]] | location = [[Barcelona]] | attendance = | referee = Joaquín Ramos Marcos }} {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {{Football kit | pattern_la = _fcbarcelona8089h | pattern_b = _barcelona8089h | pattern_ra = _fcbarcelona8089h | pattern_sh = _barcelona8089 | pattern_so = _barcelona92h | leftarm = | body = | rightarm = | shorts = | socks = 1524D5 | title = Barcelona }} {{col-2}} {{Football kit | pattern_la = _RM1981 | pattern_b = _rmcf8286 | pattern_ra = _RM1981 | pattern_sh = _blue_stripes_adidas | pattern_so = _color_3_stripes_blue | leftarm = ffffff | body = ffffff | rightarm = ffffff | shorts = ffffff | socks = ffffff |title = Real Madrid }} {{col-end}} {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| style="font-size:90%; margin:0.2em auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |- !width="25"| !!width="25"| |- | GK ||'''1'''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Javier Urruticoechea|Urruti]] |- | DF ||'''2'''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Tente Sánchez]] |- | DF ||'''3'''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Migueli]] |- | DF ||'''6'''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[José Ramón Alexanko|Alexanko]] |- | DF ||'''4'''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Julio Alberto]] |- | MF ||'''5'''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Víctor Muñoz]] |- | MF ||'''8'''|| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Bernd Schuster]] |- | MF ||'''9'''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Periko Alonso]] |- | FW ||'''11'''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Marcos Alonso (footballer, born 1959)|Marcos]] || || {{suboff|76}} |- | FW ||'''10'''|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]] |- | FW ||'''7'''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Francisco José Carrasco|Carrasco]] |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- | MF || ''' ''' || [[Esteban Vigo]] || || {{subon|76}} |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[César Luis Menotti]] |} {{col-2}} {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:0.2em auto;" |- !width="25"| !!width="25"| |- | GK ||''' '''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Agustín (footballer)|Agustín]] |- | DF ||''' '''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Juan José Jiménez Collar|Juan José]] |- | DF ||''' '''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Isidro Díaz (footballer, born 1972)|Isidro Díaz]] |- | DF ||''' '''|| {{flagicon|NED}} [[John Metgod]] |- | DF ||''' '''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[José Antonio Salguero|José A. Salguero]] || || {{suboff|16}} |- | MF ||''' '''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Ricardo Gallego]] |- | MF ||''' '''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Vicente del Bosque]] |- | MF ||''' '''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Ángel de los Santos]] |- | FW ||''' '''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Francisco García Hernández|Francisco García]] |- | FW ||''' '''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Miguel Ángel Portugal]] |- | FW ||''' '''|| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Ito (footballer, born 1961)|Ito]] || || {{suboff|73}} |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- | DF || ''' ''' || {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Isidoro San José]] || || {{subon|16}} |- | FW || ''' ''' || {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] || || {{subon|73}} |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] |} {{col-end}} {{winners-other|1983 [[Copa de la Liga]] |SPA |[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] |1st }}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Copa de la Liga}} {{1982–83 in Spanish football}} {{1982–83 in European football (UEFA)}} {{FC Barcelona matches}} {{Real Madrid CF matches}}

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