{"id":7722,"date":"2026-01-07T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/round-of-16-matchups-in-2025-26-copa-del-rey_315693_102\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:15:00","slug":"round-of-16-matchups-in-2025-26-copa-del-rey_315693_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/copa-del-rey\/round-of-16-matchups-in-2025-26-copa-del-rey_315693_102.html","title":{"rendered":"This is how the Copa del Rey 2025\/26 Round of 16 matchups look"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Copa round of 16 draw produced historic pairings, with Bar\u00e7a visiting Racing de Santander, who arrive as leaders of La Liga Hypermotion, and Madrid facing Albacete<\/h2> \r\n
\r\n \r\n \r\n Calendar of FC Barcelona <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

The 2025\/26 Copa del Rey<\/a> already has its round of 16 ties set. <\/strong>The draw held on Wednesday, January 07 <\/strong>at the Ciudad del F\u00fatbol in Las Rozas produced several matchups with a lot of history, including FC Barcelona’s first visit in 14 years to Racing de Santander.<\/p>

The Blaugrana team will visit El Sardinero in the star tie of the round of 16, which will pit the leaders of the First and Second Divisions<\/strong> in Spain against each other. The Cantabrians maintain the lead in the Hypermotion League with 37 points, one more than UD Las Palmas and a couple of units ahead of Almer\u00eda.<\/p>

Bar\u00e7a will visit Racing on Wednesday, January 14 or Thursday, January 15, after their participation in the Spanish Super Cup<\/a>. The other clubs participating in the tournament in Arabia, Real Madrid, Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid, and Athletic Club<\/strong>, will face Albacete, Deportivo La Coru\u00f1a, and Cultural Leonesa<\/strong> in the round of 16, respectively.<\/p>

All Round of 16 Ties for the 25\/26 Cup<\/h2>

The round of 16 ties of the 2025-2026 Copa del Rey will be played as single matches, between Tuesday the 13th, Wednesday the 14th, and Thursday the 15th of January 2026.<\/p>

  1. Real Betis vs Elche CF<\/li> \t
  2. Alav\u00e9s vs Rayo Vallecano<\/li> \t
  3. Burgos vs Valencia CF<\/li> \t
  4. Albacete vs Real Madrid<\/li> \t
  5. Real Sociedad vs Osasuna<\/li> \t
  6. Racing de Santander vs FC Barcelona<\/strong><\/li> \t
  7. Cultural Leonesa vs Athletic Club<\/li> \t
  8. Deportivo La Coru\u00f1a vs Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/li> <\/ol>

    2025\/26 Copa del Rey Full Schedule<\/h2>

    The RFEF has confirmed the dates for the next rounds of the tournament:<\/p>