Copa de la Liga
The Copa de la Liga was a Spanish football tournament created in 1982.
Due to time constraints, saturation and club pressure, the competition only lasted four years, being cancelled in 1986. Winning the trophy helped two clubs to complete cup doubles: FC Barcelona with the Copa del Rey and Real Madrid with the UEFA Cup. In all four finals, the team that played the second leg at home won the trophy.
History
The League Cup was promoted by the president of FC Barcelona, Josep Lluís Núñez, in order to create a new competition that would generate new economic income for the clubs, both in terms of box office and television rights.In 1986 the fourth and last edition was held. In 1987, the fifth edition was scheduled to be held with a new “final three” format, for which they were already classified. Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Atlético Madrid. The clubs finally agreed to cancel the competition due to the saturation of the match schedule, especially due to the strange League format of that 1986–87 season.
Format
The League Cup was a straight knock-out competition. All ties were played over two legs, home and away, with the team with the largest aggregate score progressing. The final also consisted of two games.If the aggregate score was tied after two legs of ninety minutes each, extra-time would be played. If that failed to separate the teams, a Penalty [shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout] would determine the winner. Unlike the Copa del Rey, the away goals rule was not applied.
Champions
Top goalscorers
Source:| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Club | Total |
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