Coppa Italia Lega Pro (Italian for Lega Pro Italian Cup), formerly named Coppa Italia Serie C, is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Lega Pro in Italian football. All games, including the final, are on a home/away basis.

Past winners[link]

Coppa Italia Serie C[link]

Coppa Italia Lega Pro[link]

See also[link]

• Football in Italy
• Lega Pro

External links[link]

• Coppa Italia Serie C at rsssf.com

Coppa Italia

150px The Coppa Italia logo
Founded	1922
Region	Italy
Number of teams	78
Current champions	Napoli (4th title)
Most successful club	Roma Juventus (9 titles each)
Website	Official Coppa Italia Site
2011–12 Coppa Italia

The Coppa Italia (Italian for Italy Cup, officially known as TIM Cup because of its sponsorship) is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Juventus follow with 14. The holder can wear a "tricolore" cockade (Italian: coccarda), like the roundels that appear on military aircraft, and qualifies for a UEFA Europa League spot for the next season.

Format[link]

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, with the exception of the two-legged semi-finals. If a match is drawn, extra time is played. In the event of a draw after 120 minutes, a penalty shoot-out is contested. As well as being presented with the trophy, the winning team also qualifies for the UEFA Europa League (formerly named the UEFA Cup). If the winners have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League via Serie A, the UEFA Europa League place goes to the Coppa Italia runners-up. If they also have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, or are not entitled to play in UEFA competitions for any reason, the place goes to the next highest placed finisher in the league table.

coccarda, winners' patch

There are a total of 8 rounds in the competition. The competition begins in August with the first round and is contested only by the lowest-ranked clubs – those outside the top two divisions. Clubs playing in Serie B join in in the second round and the twelve lowest-ranked teams in Serie A based on the previous league season's positions (unless they are to compete in European competition that year) begin the competition in the third round before August is over. The remaining eight Serie A teams join the competition in the fourth round in January, at which point sixteen teams remain. The round of 16, the quarter-finals and the first leg of the semi-finals are then played in quick succession after the Fourth Round and the second leg of the semi-final is played a couple of months later; in April before the May-contest final. The rather unusual two-leg final was eliminated since the 2007-2008 edition and a single-match final is now played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.^[1]

Winners by year[link]

Performance by club[link]

Trophies[link]

Note: 1922 tournament was disputed only by minor teams, the biggest clubs having left FIGC forming a private league.

Juventus will be awarded a silver star, in addition to the two golden ones already present,if they win another Coppa Italia

Roma will be awarded a silver star, if they win another Coppa Italia

Finals[link]

Note: from 1968 to 1971, FIGC introduced a final group instead of semifinals and finals. For statistical equity, only champions and runners-up of those groups are counted as finalists. Moreover, in 1971, a decisive match between the two best clubs was played to assign the cup.

Semi-finals[link]

Media coverage[link]

The later stages of the competition are broadcast by ESPN in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The Coppa Italia Final is broadcast on Free-to-Air Television network SBS in Australia.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Italy – List of Cup Finals (with links to full results) from RSSSF
• Coppa Italia Final Preview
• Coppa Italia Fixtures and Results