2014–15 Coppa Italia

Football tournament season

The 2014–15 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 68th edition of the national domestic tournament. Napoli were the defending champions, having won the previous year's final, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Lazio. Juventus emerged victorious with a 2–1 win in extra time, earning a record tenth title.^[1]

Participating teams

Lega Calcio

Serie A (20 teams)

• Atalanta
• Cagliari
• Cesena
• Chievo
• Empoli
• Fiorentina
• Genoa
• Hellas Verona
• Internazionale
• Juventus
• Lazio
• Milan
• Napoli
• Palermo
• Parma
• Roma
• Sampdoria
• Sassuolo
• Torino
• Udinese

Serie B (22 teams)

• Avellino
• Bari
• Bologna
• Brescia
• Carpi
• Catania
• Cittadella
• Crotone
• Frosinone
• Latina
• Livorno
• Modena
• Perugia
• Pescara
• Pro Vercelli
• Spezia
• Ternana
• Trapani
• Varese
• Vicenza
• Virtus Entella
• Virtus Lanciano

Lega Pro (27 teams)

• AlbinoLeffe
• Alessandria
• Bassano Virtus
• Benevento
• Casertana
• Catanzaro
• Como
• Cosenza
• Cremonese
• FeralpiSalò
• Juve Stabia
• L'Aquila
• Lecce
• Messina
• Monza
• Novara
• Pisa
• Pontedera
• Prato
• Reggina
• Renate
• Salernitana
• Santarcangelo
• Savona
• Südtirol
• Teramo
• Venezia

Serie D (9 teams)

• Akragas
• AltoVicentino
• Correggese
• Foligno
• Matelica
• Olginatese
• RapalloBogliasco
• Taranto
• Terracina

Format and seeding

Teams enter the competition at various stages, as follows:

• First phase (one-legged fixtures)
  • First round: 36 teams from Lega Pro and Serie D start the tournament
  • Second round: the 18 winners from the previous round are joined by the 22 Serie B teams
  • Third round: the 20 winners from the second round meet the 12 Serie A sides seeded 9-20
  • Fourth round: the 16 survivors face each other
• Second phase
  • Round of 16 (one-legged): the 8 fourth round winners are inserted into a bracket with the Serie A clubs seeded 1-8
  • Quarter-finals (one-legged)
  • Semi-finals (two-legged)
• Final (one-legged) at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome

First round

First round matches were played on 10 August 2014.^[2]

AlbinoLeffe (3) v Renate (3)

Pontedera (3) v Messina (3)

Vicenza (2) v Bassano Virtus (3)

Juve Stabia (3) v Prato (3)

Como (3) v Matelica Calcio (4)

Catanzaro (3) v Akragas (4)

Reggina (3) v Casertana (3)

Alessandria (3) v Salernitana (3)

L'Aquila (3) v AltoVicentino (4)

Pisa (3) v RapalloBogliasco (4)

Savona (3) v Terracina Calcio (4)

Cremonese (3) v Cosenza Calcio (3)

FeralpiSalò (3) v Santarcangelo (3)

Lecce (3) v Foligno (4)

Südtirol (3) v Teramo (3)

Monza (3) v Olginatese (4)

Benevento (3) v Correggese (4)

Venezia (3) v Taranto (4)

Second round

Second round matches were played on 16 & 17 August 2014.^[3]

Cittadella (2) v Pontedera (3)

Virtus Entella (2) v Benevento (3)

Spezia (2) v Lecce (3)

Modena (2) v Monza (3)

Pescara (2) v Renate (3)

Livorno (2) v Bassano (3)

Varese (2) v Juve Stabia (3)

Frosinone (2) v Como (3)

Brescia (2) v Pro Vercelli (2)

Latina (2) v Novara Calcio (3)

Ternana (2) v Catanzaro (3)

Crotone (2) v Casertana (3)

Lanciano (2) v Alessandria (3)

Bologna (2) v L'Aquila (3)

Pisa (3) v Carpi (2)

Bari (2) v Savona (3)

Avellino (2) v Venezia (3)

Trapani (2) v Cremonese (3)

Perugia (2) v FeralpiSalò (3)

Catania (2) v Südtirol (3)

Third round

Third round matches were played on 21, 22, 23 and 24 August 2014.^[4]

Sassuolo (1) v Cittadella (2)

Pescara (2) v Chievo (1)

Atalanta (1) v Pisa (3)

Varese (2) v Virtus Entella (2)

Palermo (1) v Modena (2)

Cagliari (1) v Catania (2)

Bari (2) v Avellino (2)

Perugia (2) v Spezia (2)

Virtus Lanciano (2) v Genoa (1)

Brescia (2) v Latina (2)

Lazio (1) v Bassano Virtus (3)

Hellas Verona (1) v Cremonese (3)

Cesena (1) v Casertana (3)

Empoli (1) v L'Aquila (3)

Sampdoria (1) v Como (3)

Udinese (1) v Ternana (2)

Fourth round

Fourth round matches were played on 2, 3 and 4 December 2014.^[5]

Lazio (1) v Varese (2)

Sassuolo (1) v Pescara (2)

Hellas Verona (1) v Perugia (2)

Atalanta (1) v Avellino (2)

Empoli (1) v Genoa (1)

Udinese (1) v Cesena (1)

Cagliari (1) v Modena (2)

Sampdoria (1) v Brescia (2)

Final stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Round of 16 were played on 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22 January 2015.^[6]

Milan (1) v Sassuolo (1)

Parma (1) v Cagliari (1)

Torino (1) v Lazio (1)

Juventus (1) v Hellas Verona (1)

Roma (1) v Empoli (1)

Fiorentina (1) v Atalanta (1)

Internazionale (1) v Sampdoria (1)

Napoli (1) v Udinese (1)

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals were played on 27, 28 January, 3 and 4 February 2015.^[7]

Milan (1) v Lazio (1)

Parma (1) v Juventus (1)

Roma (1) v Fiorentina (1)

Napoli (1) v Internazionale (1)

Semi-finals

Semi-finals were played on 4–5 March & 7–8 April 2015.^[8]

First leg

Lazio (1) v Napoli (1)

Juventus (1) v Fiorentina (1)

Second leg

Fiorentina (1) v Juventus (1)

Napoli (1) v Lazio (1)

Final

20 May 2015

20:45 CEST (UTC+2)

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Daniele Orsato

Top goalscorers

References

1. "Juventus beat Lazio 2-1 to grab Coppa Italia title". 20 May 2015.
2. "1st Round". Soccerway. August 2014.
3. "2nd Round". Soccerway. August 2014.
4. "3rd Round". Soccerway. August 2014.
5. "4th Round". Soccerway. December 2014.
6. "Round of 16". Legaseriea. December 2014.
7. "Quarter-finals". Legaseriea. January 2015.
8. "Semi-finals". Legaseriea. February 2015.