Spanish Super Cup 2026 lineup confirmed ahead of Copa del Rey final

La Liga fans are already looking ahead to the 2025/26 season because the last weeks of the current campaign have been packed.

Barcelona and Real Madrid will fight completely in the title race while Carlo Ancelotti wants to keep his title from 2024.

The qualification of the duo for the final of Copa del Rey means that the famous old trophy goes back to Madrid or Catalonia.

The success of Athletic Club about Osasuna in the 2024 final achieved a place for both parties in the 2025 Spanish Super Cup final at the start of the year.

With Real Madrid and Barcelona this time both qualify for the Copa del Rey Final and end as the expected La Liga -Top two, the places will change before 2026.

According to the confirmation of Diario AS, when the Copa del Rey finalists end when the top two in La Liga, their places are automatically given to the next highest LA Liga finishers at the end of the campaign.

That is currently Atletico Madrid in Third and Athletic Club in the fourth and the season seems to end in this way with real betis six points further in the fifth.

If the Andalucians stick to fifth place, they will secure a UEFA Champions League spot, now confirmed with La Liga as five qualifications for next season.

The Spanish Super Cup will continue with its four-team format in 2026 and will be played again in Saudi Arabia in January.

Hansi Flick took his first title as Barcelona boss in the final of 2025, with a 5-2 victory over Real Madrid in Jeddah, and the couple is already favorites to win.

Since moving to four involved teams, the El Clasico pair has won the second final since 2020, with the success of Athletic Club in 2021 the only bucket for their dominance of the competition.

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