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Coppa Italia

Organising body	Lega Serie A
Founded	1922; 103 years ago (1922)
Region	Italy
Number of teams	44
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa League
Domestic cup(s)	Supercoppa Italiana
Current champions	Juventus (15th title)
Most successful club(s)	Juventus (15 titles)
Television broadcasters	Mediaset List of international broadcasters

The Coppa Italia (which means Italy Cup) is a big annual football tournament in Italy. It's a "knockout" competition, meaning teams are eliminated if they lose a match. Think of it like a bracket challenge!

This exciting tournament is currently organized by Lega Serie A, which is the top football league in Italy. The team that wins the Coppa Italia gets to wear a special badge called a coccarda (like a round target symbol) and automatically gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League (a big European club competition) and the Supercoppa Italiana the next year.

The club with the most wins is Juventus, who have lifted the trophy fifteen times! Roma and Inter Milan are next, each with nine wins.

History of the Coppa Italia
How the Tournament Works
Winners by year
Team Achievements
- Most Trophies Won
- Final Appearances
Player Records
Watching the Games (Broadcasting)
Images for kids
See also

History of the Coppa Italia

The Coppa Italia started way back in 1922. The very first winner was a team called F.C. Vado. Back then, Italian football was a bit messy, with two different groups of teams. The cup was created to make things more exciting for one of these groups.

After that first tournament, the Coppa Italia wasn't held for a while. It came back in 1935 and was played for a few years, but then World War II stopped it again in 1943. It didn't start up again until 1958. Since then, it has been played every year!

During the 1930s, the tournament copied the style of England's FA Cup. The winners even got a different kind of trophy and a special badge. The cup and the coccarda badge we see today were introduced in 1958.

How the Tournament Works

The Coppa Italia is a knockout tournament. This means that if a team loses a game, they are out of the competition. The whole schedule is planned out before any games are played.

Most matches are played as a single game. If the score is tied after regular time, they play extra time. If it's still a draw after extra time, the teams have a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner. The winning team gets the trophy and a spot in the UEFA Europa League. If they've already qualified for the UEFA Champions League (an even bigger European competition) through their league performance, then the Europa League spot goes to the next best team in the league.

There are seven rounds in total:

The tournament starts in August with a preliminary round for the eight lowest-ranked clubs.
Teams from Serie B (the second division) and some Serie A (top division) teams join in the first round.
The top eight Serie A teams, who are usually playing in European competitions, join later in the third round in January.
After that, the "Round of 16," "Quarter-finals," and "Semi-finals" are played.
The semi-finals are the only stage where teams play two games (one at each team's home stadium).
The final match is a single game, usually played in May at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Phase	Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	From previous round	Entries in this round	Teams entering at this round
First phase	Preliminary round	44	8	none	8	Four teams from Serie B and four teams from Serie C
	First round	40	32	4	28	12 teams from Serie A and 16 teams from Serie B
	Second round	24	16	16	none
Second phase	Round of 16	16	16	8	8	Eight top teams from Serie A
	Quarter-finals	8	8	8
	Semi-finals	4	4	4
	Final	2	2	2

Winners by year

List of winners of Coppa Italia

1922:–00 Vado (1)
1935–36: Torino (1)
1936–37: Genoa (1)
1937–38: Juventus (1)
1938–39: Inter Milan (1)
1939–40: Fiorentina (1)
1940–41: Venezia (1)
1941–42: Juventus (2)
1942–43: Torino (2)
1958:–00 Lazio (1)
1958–59: Juventus (3)
1959–60: Juventus (4)
1960–61: Fiorentina (2)
1961–62: Napoli (1)
1962–63: Atalanta (1)
1963–64: Roma (1)
1964–65: Juventus (5)
1965–66: Fiorentina (3)
1966–67: AC Milan (1)
1967–68: Torino (3)
1968–69: Roma (2)
1969–70: Bologna (1)
1970–71: Torino (4)
1971–72: AC Milan (2)
1972–73: AC Milan (3)
1973–74: Bologna (2)

1974–75: Fiorentina (4)
1975–76: Napoli (2)
1976–77: AC Milan (4)
1977–78: Inter Milan (2)
1978–79: Juventus (6)
1979–80: Roma (3)
1980–81: Roma (4)
1981–82: Inter Milan (3)
1982–83: Juventus (7)
1983–84: Roma (5)
1984–85: Sampdoria (1)
1985–86: Roma (6)
1986–87: Napoli (3)
1987–88: Sampdoria (2)
1988–89: Sampdoria (3)
1989–90: Juventus (8)
1990–91: Roma (7)
1991–92: Parma (1)
1992–93: Torino (5)
1993–94: Sampdoria (4)
1994–95: Juventus (9)
1995–96: Fiorentina (5)
1996–97: Vicenza (1)
1997–98: Lazio (2)
1998–99: Parma (2)
1999–2000: Lazio (3)

2000–01: Fiorentina (6)
2001–02: Parma (3)
2002–03: AC Milan (5)
2003–04: Lazio (4)
2004–05: Inter Milan (4)
2005–06: Inter Milan (5)
2006–07: Roma (8)
2007–08: Roma (9)
2008–09: Lazio (5)
2009–10: Inter Milan (6)
2010–11: Inter Milan (7)
2011–12: Napoli (4)
2012–13: Lazio (6)
2013–14: Napoli (5)
2014–15: Juventus (10)
2015–16: Juventus (11)
2016–17: Juventus (12)
2017–18: Juventus (13)
2018–19: Lazio (7)
2019–20: Napoli (6)
2020–21: Juventus (14)
2021–22: Inter Milan (8)
2022–23: Inter Milan (9)
2023–24: Juventus (15)

Team Achievements

Most Trophies Won

This table shows which clubs have won the Coppa Italia the most times.

Club	Winners	Winning years
Juventus	15	1938, 1942, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1995, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2024
Roma	9	1964, 1969, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, 2007, 2008
Inter Milan	9	1939, 1978, 1982, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2022, 2023
Lazio	7	1958, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2019
Fiorentina	6	1940, 1961, 1966, 1975, 1996, 2001
Napoli	6	1962, 1976, 1987, 2012, 2014, 2020
Torino	5	1936, 1943, 1968, 1971, 1993
AC Milan	5	1967, 1972, 1973, 1977, 2003
Sampdoria	4	1985, 1988, 1989, 1994
Parma	3	1992, 1999, 2002
Bologna	2	1970, 1974
Vado	1	1922
Genoa	1	1937
Venezia	1	1941
Atalanta	1	1963
Vicenza	1	1997
Total	76

Final Appearances

This table shows how many times each club has reached the final match. Winners are shown in bold.

Club	Finalists	Finals years
Juventus	22	1938, 1942, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1973, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
Roma	17	1937, 1941, 1964, 1969, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013
Inter Milan	15	1939, 1959, 1965, 1977, 1978, 1982, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2022, 2023
AC Milan	14	1942, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1990, 1998, 2003, 2016, 2018
Torino	13	1936, 1938, 1943, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1993
Fiorentina	11	1940, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1975, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2014, 2023
Lazio	10	1958, 1961, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Napoli	10	1962, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2012, 2014, 2020
Sampdoria	7	1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2009
Atalanta	6	1963, 1987, 1996, 2019, 2021, 2024
Parma	5	1992, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002
Palermo	3	1974, 1979, 2011
Hellas Verona	3	1976, 1983, 1984
Genoa	2	1937, 1940
Venezia	2	1941, 1943
Bologna	2	1970, 1974
Vado	1	1922
Udinese	1	1922
Alessandria	1	1936
Novara	1	1939
SPAL	1	1962
Catanzaro	1	1966
Padova	1	1967
Cagliari	1	1969
Ancona	1	1994
Vicenza	1	1997
Total	152

Player Records

Players with Most Games Played

These players have played the most matches in the Coppa Italia.

Rank	Player	Period	Games
1	Franco Baresi	1977–1997	97
2	Roberto Mancini	1981–2001	73
3	Paolo Maldini	1985-2009	72
3	Roberto Baggio	1982–2004	65
3	Fausto Salsano	1979–2000	65
4	Pietro Fanna	1975–1993	59
5	Alessandro Altobelli	1973–1990	55
5	Gianluca Vialli	1980–1996	55
7	Paolo Pulici	1966–1985	54
8	Maurizio Ganz	1985–2007	52
8	Nicola Caccia	1987–2005	52
10	Francesco Totti	1992–2017	46
10	Pietro Paolo Virdis	1973–1991	46
12	Andrea Carnevale	1978–1996	45
	Oscar Damiani	1968–1986
	Daniele Massaro	1979–1989
15	Pietro Anastasi	1966–1981	44
15	Giuseppe Giannini	1981–1996 1997–1999	44
17	Giancarlo Marocchi	1982–2000	43
18	Roberto Boninsegna	1963–1980	42
	Francesco Flachi	1993–2010
	Massimo Agostini	1982–2008
	Giuseppe Incocciati	1981–1995
22	Alessandro Del Piero	1993–2012	41
	Vincenzo D'Amico	1972–1988
	Domenico Caso	1971–1989

Top Goalscorers

These players have scored the most goals in the Coppa Italia.

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals
1	Alessandro Altobelli	Brescia, Internazionale, Juventus	56
2	Roberto Boninsegna	Hellas Verona, Varese, Juventus, Cagliari, Internazionale	48
3	Giuseppe Savoldi	Atalanta, Bologna, Napoli	47
4	Gianluca Vialli	Cremonese, Sampdoria, Juventus	43
5	Bruno Giordano	Lazio, Napoli, Ascoli, Bologna	38
5	Paolo Pulici	Torino, Udinese, Fiorentina	38
7	Roberto Baggio	Vicenza, Fiorentina, Juventus, Milan, Bologna, Internazionale, Brescia	36
7	Pietro Anastasi	Varese, Juventus, Internazionale, Ascoli	36
9	Roberto Mancini	Bologna, Sampdoria, Lazio	33
10	Gigi Riva	Cagliari	32
11	Roberto Pruzzo	Genoa, Roma, Fiorentina	30
12	Diego Maradona	Napoli	29
13	Andrea Carnevale	Avellino, Reggiana, Cagliari, Udinese, Napoli, Roma, Pescara	28
13	Gianni Rivera	Milan	28
15	Francesco Graziani	Arezzo, Torino, Fiorentina, Roma, Udinese	27
16	Pierino Prati	Milan, Roma	26
	Oscar Damiani	Vicenza, Napoli, Juventus, Genoa, Milan, Parma
	Aldo Serena	Bari, Internazionale, Milan, Juventus
19	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	25
	Antonio Di Natale	Empoli, Udinese
	Sandro Tovalieri	Arezzo, Roma, Avellino, Ancona, Atalanta, Reggiana, Sampdoria
	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina, Roma

Players with Most Titles Won

The players who have won the most Coppa Italia titles are Gianluigi Buffon and Roberto Mancini, each with 6 wins.

Watching the Games (Broadcasting)

The Coppa Italia matches are shown on TV and online in many countries. In Italy, Mediaset broadcasts the games. Before that, the national public TV channel RAI used to show them.

For fans outside Italy, the games are shown by different broadcasters around the world. Sometimes, you can even watch them on the Serie A YouTube channel if there isn't a specific TV channel in your country.

Countries	Broadcaster	Ref
Albania	SuperSport
Andorra	DAZN
Austria
Germany
Japan
Spain
Azerbaijan	CBC Sport
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Arena Sport
Croatia
Montenegro
Macedonia
Serbia
Slovenia
Brazil	Paramount+
Bulgaria	Max Sport
Canada	fuboTV
Caribbean	ESPN
China	Migu and Zhibo
Cyprus	Cytavision Sports
Czech Republic	Sport1
Denmark	Ekstra Bladet
France	L'Equipe
Georgia	Setanta Sports
Greece	Nova Sports
Hong Kong
Hungary	Sport1
Indonesia	Telkom Indonesia
Indonesia	Televisi Republik Indonesia
Ireland	Premier Sports
Israel	Sport 1
Kazakhstan	Qazsport
Kosovo	ArtSport
Latin America	ESPN
Liechtenstein	Sky Sport
Macau	Macau Cable TV
Middle East and North Africa	AD Sports
Malta	TSN
Netherlands	Ziggo Sport
Norway	VG+
Poland	Polsat Sport
Portugal	Sport TV
Romania	Prima Sport
Russia	Okko Sport
Slovakia	Sport1
Sub-Saharan Africa	StarTimes Sports
Sweden	Aftonbladet
Switzerland	Sky Sport
Thailand	True Sport
Turkey	TRT Spor
Ukraine	MEGOGO
United Kingdom	Viaplay Sports
United States	CBS
Uzbekistan	Sport
Vietnam	HTV

Images for kids

The Coccarda, the winner's patch
Gianluigi Buffon in 2016, wearing the Coccarda won with Juventus the season before. Also present is the Scudetto, worn by the holders of the Serie A title.