2017–18 Coppa Italia

2017–18 Coppa Italia

Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	29 July 2017 – 9 May 2018
Teams	78
Final positions
Champions	Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	79
Goals scored	239 (3.03 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Alberto Cerri Matteo Di Piazza Maxi López (4 goals each)
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The 2017–18

Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 71st edition of the national cup in Italian football. As a minimum, the winners of the Coppa Italia earn a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and would begin play in the group stage unless they qualify for a more favourable UEFA placing based on league play.^[1] Seventy-eight clubs participated in this season's cup competition.^[2]

). They did not concede a goal in any of the five games played in this year's competition, outscoring their opponents 10–0 on aggregate.

Participating teams

Serie A (20 teams)

Serie B (22 teams)

Serie C (27 teams)

Serie D (9 teams)

Format and seeding

Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows:^[3]

• First phase (one-legged fixtures)
  • First round: 36 teams from Serie C and Serie D started the tournament
  • Second round: the eighteen winners from the previous round were joined by the 22 Serie B teams
  • Third round: the twenty winners from the second round met the twelve Serie A sides seeded 9–20
  • Fourth round: the sixteen winners faced each other
• Second phase
  • Round of 16 (one-legged): the eight fourth round winners were inserted into a bracket with the Serie A clubs seeded 1–8
  • Quarter-finals (one-legged)
  • Semi-finals (two-legged)
• Final (one-legged)

Round dates

The schedule of each round was as follows:^[4]

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
First stage	First round	29–30 July 2017
	Second round	5–6 August 2017
	Third round	11–13 August 2017
	Fourth round	29 November 2017
Final stage	Round of 16	13–20 December 2017
	Quarter-finals	27 December 2017 & 3 January 2018
	Semi-finals	31 January 2018	28 February 2018
	Final	9 May 2018

First stage

First round

A total of 36 teams from Serie C and Serie D competed in this round, eighteen of which advanced to second round. The first round matches were played between 29 and 30 July 2017.^[5]

FeralpiSalò

(3)

30 July 2017	FeralpiSalò (3)	Livorno
20:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi
	Penalties
	Valiani Murilo Pedrelli Gasbarro Doumbia		Capodaglio Surraco Emerson B. Marchi Luche

Alessandria

(3)

30 July 2017	Alessandria (3)	Cosenza
20:30 CEST	Fissore 86' (o.g.) Pascali 105'	Report	Cazzola 90+1' Celjak 108' Casasola 115'	Stadium: Stadio San Vito
Note: Tie reversed from the original draw

Varese

(4)

30 July 2017	Varese (4)	Pisa
20:30 CEST	Eusepi 33' (pen.), 60', 90+2'	Report	Palazzolo 11'	Stadium: Stadio Arena Garibaldi

Gubbio

(3) v Nuova Monterosi (4)

30 July 2017	Gubbio (3)	1–0	Nuova Monterosi (4)	Gubbio
20:30 CEST	Valagussa 50'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Pietro Barbetti

Casertana

(3)

30 July 2017	Casertana (3)	Matera
20:30 CEST	Corado 19' Giovinco 62'	Report		Stadium: Stadio XXI Settembre

Ciliverghe Mazzano

(4)

30 July 2017	Ciliverghe Mazzano (4)	Lecce
20:30 CEST	Caturano 25' Lepore 80' (pen.) Torromino 82'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

Matelica

(4)

30 July 2017	Matelica (4)	Pordenone
20:30 CEST	Buratto 21' Burrai 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ottavio Bottecchia

Second round

A total of forty teams from Serie B, Serie C and Serie D competed in the second round, twenty of which advanced to join twelve teams from Serie A in the third round. The second round matches were played on 5 and 6 August 2017.^[5]

Renate

(3)

5 August 2017	Renate (3)	Empoli
20:30 CEST	Piu 55' Napoli 120+1' (o.g.)	Report	Gomez 47' (pen. ) Palma 118'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
	Penalties
	Pasqual Zajc Castagnetti Donnarumma El Kaddouri Veseli		Palma Simonetti Finocchio Napoli Antezza Di Gennaro

Sambenedettese

(3)

6 August 2017	Sambenedettese (3)	Cesena
20:45 CEST	Laribi 16' (pen.) Vita 56'	Report	Valente 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi

Novara (2) v Piacenza

(3)

6 August 2017	Novara (2)	1–2	Piacenza (3)	Novara
18:30 CEST	Macheda 90+4'	Report	Federzoli 41' Morosini 72'	Stadium: Stadio Silvio Piola

Trapani

(3)

6 August 2017	Trapani (3)	Terni
20:45 CEST		Report	Murano 86'	Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati

Livorno

(3)

6 August 2017	Livorno (3)	Carpi
20:30 CEST	Mbagoku 5' (pen.), 59' Verna 15' Jawo 24'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Sandro Cabassi

Alessandria

(3)

6 August 2017	Alessandria (3)	Salerno
20:30 CEST	Bocalon 18' Sprocati 83'	Report	Marconi 35'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi

Cremonese

(2)

6 August 2017	Cremonese (2)	Chiavari
20:30 CEST		Report	Pesce 45+1'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale

Bari (2) v Parma

(2)

6 August 2017	Bari (2)	2–1	Parma (2)	Bari
21:15 CEST	Galano (36)	Report	Calaiò 2' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

Pisa (3) v Frosinone

(2)

6 August 2017	Pisa (3)	0–1	Frosinone (2)	Pisa
20:30 CEST		Report	Ciofani 31'	Stadium: Stadio Arena Garibaldi
Note: Tie reversed from the original draw.

Gubbio

(3)

6 August 2017	Gubbio (3)	Perugia
20:45 CEST	Brighi 51' Buonaiuto 65'	Report	Cazzola 68'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

Matera

(3)

6 August 2017	Matera (3)	Avellino
20:30 CEST	D'Angelo 11'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi

Foggia

(2)

6 August 2017	Foggia (2)	Vicenza
	De Giorgio 51' (pen.)	Report	Mazzeo 41', 69' Milinkovic 71'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Note: Tie reversed from the original draw.

Brescia (2) v Padova (3)

6 August 2017	Brescia (2)	1–0	Padova (3)	Brescia
	Torregrossa 15'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

Third round

A total of 32 teams from Serie A, Serie B and Serie C competed in the third round, sixteen of which advanced to the fourth round. The third round matches were played from 11–13 August 2017.^[5]

Cremonese

(2)

12 August 2017	Cremonese (2)	Bari
	Salzano 29' Nenê 41'		Brighenti 8'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

Fourth round

The fourth round matches were played between 28–30 November 2017.^[5] All times were CET (UTC+1).

Sampdoria (1) v Pescara

(2)

28 November 2017	Sampdoria (1)	4–1	Pescara (2)	Genoa
21:00	Kownacki 2', 74' Ramírez 9' Caprari 31'		Benali 53'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Bari

(2)

29 November 2017	Bari (2)	Sassuolo
15:00	Falcinelli 34' Politano 90+3'		Nenê 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Referee: Luigi Pillitteri

Hellas Verona

(1)

29 November 2017	Hellas Verona (1)	Verona
18:00	Pellissier 8'		Fares 34'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Maurizio Mariani
	Penalties
	Pellissier Cacciatore Dainelli Radovanović Inglese		Rômulo Fossati Verde Tupta B. Zuculini

Carpi

(2)

29 November 2017	Carpi (2)	Turin
21:00	Falque 18' Belotti 32'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: Lorenzo Illuzzi

Perugia

(2)

30 November 2017	Perugia (2)	Udine
18:00	Danilo 17' Maxi López 34' (pen.), 49', 63' (pen.), 71' Lasagna 40' Ingelsson 82' Jankto 86'		Cerri 45' (pen.) Bianco 55' Mustacchio 61'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Luigi Nasca

Crotone

(1)

30 November 2017	Crotone (1)	Genoa
21:00	Migliore 54'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

Final stage

Bracket

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals							Final
	Napoli (1)		1
	Udinese (1)		0
						Napoli		1
						Atalanta		2
	Atalanta (1)		2
	Sassuolo (1)		1
											Atalanta		0	0	0
											Juventus		1	1	2
	Juventus (1)		2
	Genoa (1)		0
						Juventus		2
						Torino		0
	Roma (1)		1
	Torino (1)		2
																		Juventus		4
																		Milan		0
	Milan (1)		3
	Hellas Verona (1)		0
						a.e.t. )		1
						Internazionale		0
	Internazionale (1) (p)		0 (5)
	Pordenone (3)		0 (4)
											Milan (p )		0	0 (5)	0 (5)
											Lazio		0	0 (4)	0 (4)
	Lazio (1)		4
	Cittadella (2)		1
						Lazio		1
						Fiorentina		0
	Fiorentina (1)		3
	Sampdoria (1)		2

Round of 16

Round of 16 matches were played from 12–20 December 2017.

Sassuolo

(1)

20 December 2017

UTC+1 )

Toloi 33'

Report

Toloi 74' (o.g. )

Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 3,867 Referee: Davide Ghersini

Torino

(1)

20 December 2017

UTC+1 )

Schick 85'

Report

De Silvestri 39' Edera 73'

Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 27,206 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Genoa

(1)

20 December 2017

UTC+1 )

Dybala 42' Higuaín 76'

Report

Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 39,969 Referee: Fabio Maresca

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final matches were played from 26 December 2017 to 3 January 2018.

Atalanta

2 January 2018

UTC+1 )

Mertens 84'

Report

Castagne 50' Gómez 81'

Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 27,174 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Torino

3 January 2018

UTC+1 )

Douglas Costa 15' Mandžukić 67'

Report

Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 37,763 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Semi-finals

For the semi-finals, the first legs were played on 30 and 31 January and the second on 28 February 2018.

First leg

Lazio

31 January 2018

UTC+1 )

Report

Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 17,724 Referee: Marco Guida

Second leg

Atalanta

28 February 2018

UTC+1 )

Pjanić 75' (pen.)

Report

Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 38,417 Referee: Michael Fabbri

Milan

28 February 2018	UTC+1 )		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
	Penalties
	Immobile Milinković-Savić Lucas Parolo Felipe Anderson Lulić Luiz Felipe		Rodríguez Montolivo Bonaventura Borini Bonucci Çalhanoğlu Romagnoli

Final

Main article: 2018 Coppa Italia final

9 May 2018 (2018-05-09)

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Milan
Benatia 56', 64' Douglas Costa 61' Kalinić 76' (o.g.)	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 64,983

Referee: Antonio Damato

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alberto Cerri	Perugia	4
	Matteo Di Piazza	Lecce
	Maxi López	Udinese
4	Andrea Belotti	Torino	3
	Salvatore Burrai	Pordenone
	Ferdinando Del Sole	Pescara
	Umberto Eusepi	Pisa
	Andrea Favilli	Ascoli
	Dawid Kownacki	Sampdoria
	Jacopo Murano	Trapani			Aleksandar Trajkovski	Palermo

See also

• 2017–18 Serie A

References

1. ^ "Preliminary Access List 2018/19". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
2. ^ "COPPA ITALIA: Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
3. ^ "Coppa Italia 2015/16, 2016/17 e 2017/18" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 19 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
4. ^ "Il tabellone della TIM Cup 2017/2018" (PDF). Lega Serie A. 24 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. ^ ^{a b c d} "COPPA ITALIA". soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

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