Copa del Rey all-time winners: Which team has won the most Spanish cup tournaments?

Sixteen teams have won the Copa del Rey since Spain's premier domestic cup competition was first held as the Madrid City Council's Cup in 1903.

Current La Liga high-fliers Athletic Bilbao prevailed in the first edition, beating reigning league champions Barcelona in the final.

Bilbao also lifted the trophy the following season when opponents Espanol de Madrid failed to show up for the final, and 11 teams have since joined them in winning the competition on multiple occasions.

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Barcelona led the all-time Copa del Rey standings at the start of the 2023/24 competition and it will take at least eight seasons for the team behind them, Athletic Bilbao, to catch up.

Barca's 31 triumphs include a first success in 1910 and a run of four successive victories between 2015 and 2018.

Real Madrid, with 20 titles, are third behind Athletic, who have 23, and Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti spoke about the importance of the competition before his side visited minnows Arandina in the 2023/24 round of 32.

"We're the reigning champions and we took a lot of enjoyment from this competition last year," said the Italian tactician. "We're going to try to win it, as we did last year."

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Madrid have been catching up with Bilbao, winning on five occasions since The Lions last prevailed in 1984, although 2022/23 was their first for nine seasons.

Atletico Madrid are the only other club in double figures but remain 10 behind their city rivals, having won the cup only once since 1996.

It looks like being a long time until any player overtakes the goals record of competition all-time top scorer Telmo Zarra, whose 81