Coppa Italia
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| Founded | 1922 |
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| Region | Italy |
| Number of teams | 78 |
| Current champions | Lazio |
| Most successful club | Juventus Roma (9 titles each) |
| Website | Official Coppa Italia Site |
 Coppa Italia 2008-09 |
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The Coppa Italia (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 been to the most finals: 15 (Torino follows with 14). The holder can wear a "tricolore" cockade, like the roundels that appear on military aircraft, and obtains a UEFA Cup spot for the next season.
The tournament is known for its low attendances, mainly because most teams consider the tournament of low importance and do not field their best line-up. While some top clubs may average over 50,000 for league games, often these same clubs will attract crowds of only around 30,000 for Coppa Italia matches. Most domestic cups elsewhere in Europe attract large crowds. It is often only the final where the UEFA Cup spot is up for grabs, that larger crowds will attend the games.
The 2008–09 Coppa Italia final was played between Lazio and Sampdoria. The match was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 13 May 2009 and ended with Lazio winning 6-5 on penalties. The first 90 minutes ended in a 1-1 draw, and no goals were scored in extra time. It was Lazio's 5th Coppa Italia title, and first since the 2003-04 edition.
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[edit] Formula and pairing teams
On 28 June 2007, the format of the 2007-08 tournament was released. The new format reduced the number of competitors to the 42 teams which would play in Serie A and Serie B for the 2007-08 season; no Serie C teams would participate in the tournament. Also, the rather unusual two-leg final was eliminated. A single-match final would be played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome[1].
The format for pairings was as follows:
- First phase: one-leg fixtures
- First round: The bottom 24 seeds (19-42) are paired
- Second round: The 12 first round winners are paired
- Second phase: one-leg fixtures
- 6 first phase winners and seeds 9-18 are paired
- Third phase: two-leg fixtures
- Round of 16: 8 second phase winners are inserted into a bracket with seeds 1-8
- Quarter-finals and Semi-finals: Two-leg fixtures with pairings based upon bracket
- Final: one-leg fixture at the Stadio Olimpico
[edit] Seeding teams
Seeding is allocated as follows:
a) seed 1 to last year's Italian Cup Winner.
b) seeds 2-8 to the participants playing in the Champions League/UEFA Cup competitions other than seed 1. If less than 8 teams are participating then the next highest placed Serie A team(s) complete(s) the list.
c) seeds 9-17 to the 9 remaining Serie A teams to 17th place.
d) seeds 18-20 to the 3 Serie B teams promoted to Serie A this season.
e) seeds 21-23 to the 3 Serie A teams demoted to Serie B this season.
f) seeds 24-37 to the 14 Serie B teams finishing to 17th place but not promoted to Serie A.
g) seed 38 to the play-out winner in Serie B.
h) seeds 39-42 to the 4 Serie C1 teams promoted to Serie B this season.
[edit] Winners by year
[edit] Performance by club
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years |
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| Roma |
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1964, 1969, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, 2007, 2008 |
| Juventus |
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1938, 1942, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1995 |
| Fiorentina |
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1940, 1961, 1966, 1975, 1996, 2001 |
| Torino |
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1936, 1943, 1968, 1971, 1993 |
| Milan |
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1967, 1972, 1973, 1977, 2003 |
| Internazionale |
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1939, 1978, 1982, 2005, 2006 |
| Lazio |
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1958, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2009 |
| Sampdoria |
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1985, 1988, 1989, 1994 |
| Napoli |
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1962, 1976, 1987 |
| Parma |
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1992, 1999, 2002 |
| Bologna |
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1970, 1974 |
| Atalanta |
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1963 |
| Genoa |
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1937 |
| Venezia |
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1941 |
| Vado |
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1922 |
| Vicenza |
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1997 |
| Hellas Verona |
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| Cagliari |
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| Palermo |
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| Alessandria |
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| Ancona |
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| Catanzaro |
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| Foggia |
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| Novara |
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| Padova |
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| SPAL |
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| Udinese |
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| Varese |
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| TOTALS |
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[edit] References
- ^ "TIM Cup - Sede di Gara Finale 2007/2008" (in Italian) (PDF). Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 2007-12-06. http://www.lega-calcio.it/comun/0708/cu139.pdf.
- ^ includes all 3 final round-robin losing participants for the years 1967-68 through to 1970-71
