Coppa Italia


Coppa Italia is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since.
Juventus is the competition's most successful club with fifteen wins, followed by Roma and Inter Milan with nine. Juventus has contested the most finals with 22, followed by Roma with 17 finals. The holder can wear a cockade of Italy, akin to the roundels that appear on military aircraft. The winner automatically qualifies for both the UEFA Europa League league phase and the Supercoppa Italiana the following year.

History

The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of the participation of the teams in the tournament, since its inception in 1921, the Italian championship was divided into two groups. On the one hand the rich CCI Championship and on the other the poor FIGC championship. Losing all its most prestigious clubs, the FIGC tried to enhance its rump season with a new cup. The tournament's first edition held in 1922 was won by F.C. Vado. The following agreement between the contenders did not contemplate a cup that, outside a failed 1926–27 tournament which was cancelled during the round of 32, was not held until 1935–36. The events of World War II interrupted the tournament after the 1942–43 season, and it did not resume again until 1958. Since then, it has been played annually or seasonally.
The eight seasons during the fascist period were contested copying the FA Cup format. There was a different trophy, and the winners were awarded the tricolour scudetto while the championship winners obtained a Savoyard scudetto instead.
The present-day cup and cockade were introduced in 1958. The cup was resumed following the voices of the creation of a Cup Winners Cup. Having the sole goal to define a participant to the new UEFA competition, the cup had a minimal direct elimination format.
In 1967, following the reduction of the Serie A to 16 teams, semifinals and finals were replaced by a final post-season group, while the following year a pre-season group substituted the early rounds. In 1971, the format was restructured with two semifinal post-season groups, in order to introduce a fixed one-legged final in Rome.
Ordinary quarterfinals and semi-finals were reintroduced in 1978, with a round of 16 when the competition was reopened to some Serie C clubs. Direct elimination then replaced any group when the Serie A was expanded to 18 club in the late eighties. After the expansion of the league to 20 clubs in the 2000s, the actual minimalist format was fixed.

Format

The competition is a knockout tournament with pairings for each round made in advance; the draw for the whole competition is made before a ball is kicked. Each tie is played as a single leg, except a two-legged semi-final stage. Through the the 2023–24 edition, extra time was played following all matches drawn after 90 minutes. Beginning with the 2024–25 edition, extra time is only possible in the semi-finals and the final; matches drawn after 90 minutes in all other rounds are immediately followed by a penalty shoot-out to determine which team will advance to the next round.
In addition to being presented with the trophy, the winning team also qualifies for the UEFA Europa League. If the winners have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League via the Serie A or are not entitled to play in UEFA competitions for any reason, the place goes to the next highest placed team in the league table.
There are a total of seven rounds in the competition. It begins in August with the preliminary round and is contested only by the eight lowest-ranked clubs. Clubs playing in Serie B join in during the first round with the 12 lowest-ranked teams in Serie A based on the previous league season's positions begin the competition in the first round before August is over. The remaining eight Serie A teams join the competition in the third round in winter, at which point 16 teams remain. The quarterfinals are then played in quick succession, and the semi-finals are played in April, before the final in May. The two-legged final was eliminated for the 2007–08 edition and a single-match final is now played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Winners by year

Performance by club

Trophies

ClubWinnersWinning years
Juventus151938, 1942, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1995, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2024
Internazionale91939, 1978, 1982, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2022, 2023
Roma91964, 1969, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, 2007, 2008
Lazio71958, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2019
Fiorentina61940, 1961, 1966, 1975, 1996, 2001
Napoli61962, 1976, 1987, 2012, 2014, 2020
Torino51936, 1943, 1968, 1971, 1993
AC Milan51967, 1972, 1973, 1977, 2003
Sampdoria41985, 1988, 1989, 1994
Bologna31970, 1974, 2025
Parma31992, 1999, 2002
Vado11922
Genoa11937
Venezia11941
Atalanta11963
Vicenza11997
Total77

;Notes
  • The 1922 tournament was contested only by smaller clubs who remained associated with FIGC, following the formation of a breakaway league by the larger teams who participated the 1921–22 Prima Divisione.
  • Although 78 tournaments have been contested, only 77 cups have been assigned. The 1926–27 edition was abandoned in the round of 32.

    Finals

Winning years are in bold.
ClubFinalistsFinals years
Juventus221938, 1942, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1973, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
Roma171937, 1941, 1964, 1969, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013
Internazionale151939, 1959, 1965, 1977, 1978, 1982, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2022, 2023
AC Milan151942, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1990, 1998, 2003, 2016, 2018, 2025
Torino131936, 1938, 1943, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1993
Fiorentina111940, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1975, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2014, 2023
Lazio101958, 1961, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Napoli101962, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2012, 2014, 2020
Sampdoria71985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2009
Atalanta61963, 1987, 1996, 2019, 2021, 2024
Parma51992, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002
Bologna31970, 1974, 2025
Palermo31974, 1979, 2011
Hellas Verona31976, 1983, 1984
Genoa21937, 1940
Venezia21941, 1943
Vado11922
Udinese11922
Alessandria11936
Novara11939
SPAL11962
Catanzaro11966
Padova11967
Cagliari11969
Ancona11994
Vicenza11997
Total154

; Notes
  • From 1968 to 1971, FIGC introduced a final group instead of semi-finals and finals. For statistical equity, only champions and runners-up of those groups are counted as finalists.

    Performance by player

Top appearances

Top goalscorers

Most titles

and Roberto Mancini

Broadcasting

This is a list of television broadcasters and streaming television providers which provide coverage of the Coppa Italia, as well as the Supercoppa Italiana and maybe exclude the Serie A matches.

2024–2027

Italy

The Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana has been broadcast by Mediaset since the 2021–22 season. Previously, the tournament was aired by the national public broadcaster RAI up until the 2020–21 edition.

International

For countries without broadcasting rights, both Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana also available via .
CountriesBroadcasterRef
Tring
DAZN
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DAZN
DAZN
DAZN
DAZN
DAZN
DAZN
ESPN
ESPN
ESPN
Network 10
CazéTV
Nsports
SportyNet
Arena Sport
Arena Sport
Arena Sport
Arena Sport
Arena Sport
Arena Sport
Max Sport
TLN
fuboTV
Migu
Win Sports
Cytavision Sports
Sport1
Sport1
ECDF
Nova Sports
Arena4
Indian subcontinentGXR World
ANTV
Emtek
IRIB
Persiana Sports
Premier Sports
Premier Sports
Charlton
QAZTRK
Sport+
MBC Group
TSN
Ziggo Sport
VG+
Polsat Sport
Sport TV
Match TV
SPOTV
Sub-Saharan AfricaAzam TV
Sub-Saharan AfricaNew World TV
Aftonbladet
True Sports
TürkiyeUKRUSAVIE