Football tournament season
The 2018–19 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 72nd edition of the national domestic tournament.[1]
Juventus were the four-time defending champions, but were eliminated by Atalanta in the quarter-finals.
Lazio won the competition by defeating Atalanta 2–0 in the final, winning their seventh cup title.[2]
Participating teams
Serie A (20 teams)
Serie B (19 teams)
Serie C (30 teams)
Serie D (9 teams)
Format and seeding
Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows:[1]
- First phase (one-legged fixtures)
- First round: 27 teams from Serie C and the nine Serie D teams started the tournament
- Second round: the eighteen winners from the previous round were joined by the nineteen Serie B teams and three teams from Serie C
- 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:[3]
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 on 28 and 29 July 2018.[4][5]
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 4, 5 and 7 August 2018.[4]
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 on 11 and 12 August 2018.[4]
Fourth round
A total of sixteen teams from Serie A, Serie B and Serie C competed in the fourth round, eight of which advanced to the round of 16. The fourth round matches were played on 4, 5 and 6 December 2018.[4]
Final stage
Bracket
Round of 16
Round of 16 matches were played from 12 to 14 January 2019.
Quarter-finals
Quarter-final matches were played from 29 to 31 January 2019.
Semi-finals
The first legs of the semi-finals were played on 26 and 27 February and the second legs on 24 and 25 April 2019.
First leg
Second leg
Final
Top goalscorers
Notes
- ^ The Frosinone v Südtirol match was played behind closed doors
- ^ The Inter v Benevento match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by Serie A after alleged racist chants by Inter supporters in their match against Napoli.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Coppa Italia 2018/2019, 2019/2020 e 2020/2021" (PDF) (in Italian). legaseriea.it. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "Coppa Italia: Atalanta bow to Lazio". Football Italia. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Date di calendario per la stagione sportiva 2018/2019" (PDF) (in Italian). Serie A. 18 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "COPPA ITALIA 2018/2019" (PDF). legaseriea.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "1° TURNO ELIMINATORIO – DATE E ORARI" (PDF) (in Italian). legaseriea.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Serie A sanctions Inter Milan for alleged racist abuse". efe.com. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
