Ceuta FC Sports Group already knows the date it will participate in the first round of the HM Cup. The entity chaired by Luhay Hamido has earned the right to participate in the cup competition and will play its first match of the round of qualifying on the weekend of November 12/13, just before the start of the World Cup in Qatar 22, the major football event of the year.
During that weekend, all Spanish football will come to a halt so that the first round of a competition can be played, which Real Betis Balompié won last season. AD Ceuta FC will play the 11th matchday of Primera RFEF the week before, and that weekend will have an appointment with the Copa del Rey after a two-year absence in the most balanced and entertaining competition in Spanish football.
The teams participating in the Spanish League/Copa del Rey for the 2021/2022 season are: The 20 teams that played in the First Division in the previous season: Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla FC, Real Betis, Villareal CF, Ahtletic Club de Bilbao, Valencia CF, Atlético Osasuna, Real Sociedad, Celta de Vigo, Rayo Vallecano, Elche CF, RCD Espanyol, Getafe CF, Mallorca, Cádiz CF, Granada CF, Levante UD and Deportivo Alavés.
The 21 teams that played in the Second Division in the previous season, excluding subsidiaries and employees: UD Almería, Real Valladolid, SD Eibar, UD Las Palmas, CD Tenerife, Girona FC, Real Oviedo, SD Ponferradina, FC Cartagena, Real Zaragoza, Burgos CF , CD Leganés, SD Huesca, CD Mirandés, UD Ibiza, CD Lugo, Real Sporting de Gijón, Málaga CF, SD Amorenieta, CF Fuenlabrada and AD Alcorcón.
The 10 teams of the First Federation excluding subsidiaries and employees: Racing de Santander, Deportivo de la Coruña, Racing de Ferrol, Rayo Majadahonda, UD Logroñés, FC Andorra, Albacete Balompié, Nástic de Tarragona, Linares Deportivo and Atlético Baleares.
Also participating are 25 Second B (Second Federation) teams, excluding subsidiaries and employees: Pontevedra CF, Unión Adarve, CDA Navalcarnero, Coruxo FC, CD Palencia Cristo Atlético, Sestao River, Arenas de Getxo, AD San Juan, Racing Rioja CF , SD Gernika, CD Numancia, Peña Deportiva, CD Teruel, Lleida, CD Ibiza Islas Pitiusas, Córdoba CF, AD Mérida, CP Cacereño, AD Ceuta FC, CD Coria, Intercity, CF la Nucía, Real Murcia, CD Eldense and Hércules de Alicante.
In addition, 25 teams from the Third RFEF will participate in the draw: Ourense CF, Lealtad de Villaviciosa, Gimnástic de Torrelavega, SD Beasain, CE Manresa, Atlético Saguntino, CD Las Rozas, CD Guijuelo, Juventud de Torremolinos, Recreativo de Huelva, CD Manacor, CD Atlético Paso, Yeclano Deportivo, CD Diocesano, Atlético Cirbonero, CD Arnedo, Utebo CF, CD Guadalajara, CD Alfaro, CD Utrera, CD Quintanar del Rey, SD Almazán, UE Olot, CF Vímenor, CD Huetor Tájar.
The four semi-finalists of the RFEF Cup 22/23 will also enter the clamor of the draw, as will the ten winners of the previous round involving 20 regional teams, including Ceuta on June 6, as winners of our city’s Preferred Regional League. .
First round. All participating clubs will take part, except the four that play the Super Cup tournament, in 55 official matches. The pairings will be made by drawing lots, pitting, as far as possible, the lower category clubs against those of the higher category that have passed the previous tie, dividing the clubs into as many cups as there are categories left in the competition. The matches will take place in the sports facilities of the lower category club, provided they meet the minimum requirements established by the RFEF, and if belonging to the RFEF, in those of the clubs whose ball was extracted first.
