2021–22 Coppa Italia

2021–22 Coppa Italia

Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	7 August 2021 – 11 May 2022
Teams	44
Final positions
Champions	Internazionale (8th title)
Runner-up	Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	156 (3.39 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Dušan Vlahović (4 goals)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Coppa Italia (branded as the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa for sponsorship reasons from the second round)^[1] was the 75th edition of the national cup in Italian football.^[2]

The number of participating teams was reduced from 78 of the previous season to 44 clubs.^[3]

Participating teams

Serie A The 20 clubs of the 2021–22 season	Serie B The 20 clubs of the 2021–22 season	Serie C Four clubs of the 2021–22 season
Atalanta Bologna Cagliari Fiorentina Empoli Genoa Hellas Verona Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Roma Salernitana Sampdoria Sassuolo Spezia Torino Udinese Venezia	Alessandria Ascoli Benevento Brescia Cittadella Como Cosenza Cremonese Crotone Frosinone Lecce Monza Parma Perugia Pisa Pordenone Reggina SPAL Ternana Vicenza	Avellino Catanzaro Padova Südtirol

Format and seeding

Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows:[2]

• First phase (one-legged fixtures)
  • Preliminary round: four teams from Serie C and 4 Serie B teams started the tournament
  • Round of 64: the four winners were joined by 16 Serie B teams and 12 teams from Serie A
  • Round of 32: the 16 winners faced each other
• Second phase
  • Round of 16 (one-legged): the eight winners were joined by Serie A clubs, seeded 1–8
  • Quarter-finals (one-legged): the eight winners faced each other
  • Semi-finals (two-legged): the four winners faced each other
  • Final (one-legged): the two winners faced each other

Round dates

The schedule of each round was announced on 12 July 2021.^[6]

Phase	Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	From previous round	Entries in this round	First leg	Second leg
First stage	Preliminary round	44	8	none	8	7–8 August 2021
	Round of 64	40	32	4	28	13–16 August 2021
	Round of 32	24	16	16	none	14–16 December 2021
Final stage	Round of 16	16	16	8	8	12–20 January 2022
	Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	8–10 February 2022
	Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	1–2 March 2022	19–20 April 2022
	Final	2	2	2	none	11 May 2022

Preliminary round

A total of 8 teams from Serie B and Serie C competed in this round, 4 of which advanced to the first round. Date and time were released on 21 July 2021.^[7]

Round of 64

A total of 32 teams (4 winners from the preliminary round, the remaining 16 teams from Serie B and 12 Serie A teams seeded 9–20) competed in this round, 16 of which advanced to the second round.

Pordenone (2) v Spezia (1)

13 August 2021	Pordenone (2)	1–3	Spezia (1)	Lignano Sabbiadoro
17:45 CEST	Folorunsho 51' (pen.)	Report	Erlić 39' Nikolaou 45+3' Colley 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Guido Teghil Attendance: 600 Referee: Davide Ghersini
Note: Tie reversed from the original draw.

Venezia (1) v Frosinone

(2)

15 August 2021	Venezia (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Frosinone (2)	Ferrara
20:45 CEST	Di Mariano 101' (pen.)	Report	Gori 93'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 250 Referee: Alessandro Prontrera
	Penalties
	Sigurðsson Heymans Di Mariano Tessmann Vacca Ceccaroni Johnses Caldara Ebuehi		Ciano Maiello Zampano Iemmello Vitale Brighenti Szymiński Zerbin Gatti

Cremonese

(2)

15 August 2021	Cremonese (2)	Turin
21:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 1,484 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
	Penalties
	Mandragora Verdi Rauti Aina		Ciofani Vido Castagnetti

Reggina

(2)

16 August 2021	Reggina (2)	Salerno
20:45 CEST	Bonazzoli 45+2', 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 2,476 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Alessandria

(2)

16 August 2021	Alessandria (2)	Genoa
21:00 CEST	Quagliarella 28' Gabbiadini 47' Thorsby 52'	Report	Chiarello 8' Corazza 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 1,249 Referee: Andrea Colombo

Round of 32

The 16 winning teams from the first round competed in the second round, 8 of which advanced to the round of 16.

Crotone

(2)

14 December 2021	Crotone (2)	Udine
18:00 CET	Pussetto 20', 62' De Maio 28' Success 41' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Dacia Arena Attendance: 1,291 Referee: Matteo Gualtieri

Salernitana

(1)

14 December 2021	Salernitana (1)	Genoa
21:00 CET	Ekuban 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Marco Serra

Empoli

(1)

15 December 2021	Empoli (1)	Verona
15:00 CET	Cancellieri 18' Ilić 86' Ragusa 88'	Report	La Mantia 15' Mancuso 66' (pen.), 70' Bajrami 74'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 1,101 Referee: Federico Dionisi

Cittadella

(2)

15 December 2021	Cittadella (2)	Cagliari
18:00 CET	Deiola 16' Ceter 40' Pereiro 64'	Report	Donnarumma 85'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 2,797 Referee: Maria Ferrieri

Bracket

	a.e.t.)				5
	Fiorentina	0	0	0
		Juventus	1	2					3
					Milan			0			0	0
							Internazionale	0	3		3
		Lecce			1

Round of 16

The round of 16 matches were played between the eight winners from the second round and clubs seeded 1–8 in 2020–21 Serie A.

Lecce were the only Serie B club in this round.

Genoa

(1)

13 January 2022	Genoa (1)	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Giroud 74' Leão 102' Saelemaekers 112'	Report	Østigård 17'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 13,325 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

Sampdoria

(1)

18 January 2022	Sampdoria (1)	Turin
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cuadrado 25' Rugani 52' Dybala 67' Morata 77' (pen.)	Report	Conti 63'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Empoli

(1)

19 January 2022	Empoli (1)	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sánchez 13' Ranocchia 90+1' Sensi 104'	Report	Bajrami 61' Radu 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

Lecce

(2)

20 January 2022	Lecce (2)	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kumbulla 40' Abraham 54' Shomurodov 81'	Report	Calabresi 14'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Manuel Volpi

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final matches were played between clubs advancing from the round of 16.

Roma

(1)

8 February 2022	Roma (1)	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Džeko 2' Sánchez 68'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Lazio

(1)

9 February 2022	Lazio (1)	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Leão 24' Giroud 41', 45+1' Kessié 79'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 26,947 Referee: Simone Sozza

Sassuolo

(1)

10 February 2022	Sassuolo (1)	Turin
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dybala 3' Ruan 88' (o.g.)	Report	Traorè 24'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 16,111 Referee: Livio Marinelli

Semi-finals

Semi-finals (a two-legged round) were played between clubs advancing from the quarter-finals.

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[9]
1	Dušan Vlahović	Fiorentina/Juventus	4
2	Nedim Bajrami	Empoli	3
	Olivier Giroud	Milan
	Leonardo Mancuso	Empoli
	Krzysztof Piątek	Fiorentina
6	Federico Bonazzoli	Salernitana	2
	Arturo Calabresi	Lecce
	Mirko Carretta	Perugia
	Moutir Chajia	Como
	Massimo Coda	Lecce
	Simone Corazza	Alessandria
	Alessandro Deiola	Cagliari
	Paulo Dybala	Juventus
	César Falletti	Ternana
	Rafael Leão	Milan
	Lautaro Martínez	Internazionale
	Nikola Milenković	Fiorentina
	Gabriele Moncini	Benevento
	Diego Peralta	Ternana
	Roberto Pereyra	Udinese
	Ivan Perišić	Internazionale
	Ignacio Pussetto	Udinese
	Fabio Quagliarella	Sampdoria
	Alexis Sánchez	Internazionale
	Lorenzo Venuti	Fiorentina

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