The Coppa Italia is the annual domestic cup competition in Italian football. A knockout competition, it was organisied by the Italian football federation till the 2009-10 campaign and has been organised by Lega Serie A ever since.

The Coppa Italia’s first edition was held in 1922 and it was won by FC Vado. After the first edition, the tournament was not held or scrapped halfway through due to World War 2. The following few editions took place at sporadic intervals.

The tournament eventually resumed in a proper manner in 1958 and it has been played in an annual or seasonal manner ever since. 

Juventus with 14 triumphs is the most successful team in the history of the competition, while AS Roma and Inter Milan with nine wins are second.

The winner of this competition gains automatic qualification to the UEFA Europa League, which is Europe’s second-tier tournament. 

The winners of Coppa Italia also qualify for the Supercoppa Italiana, which is the curtain-raiser for the Italian football season between the holders of this trophy and the Serie A champions.

There are a total of seven rounds in the Coppa Italia. All of these are knockout rounds played over one leg with the exception of the semi-finals which takes place over two legs.

Clubs based in Serie B - Italy’s second flight - begin competing in the first round of Coppa Italia along with the 12 lowest-ranked sides from the previous season’s Serie A.

The top eight sides in Serie A join the competition from the third round, which generally takes place during January.

Coppa Italia winners list

Season Winners

1922

Vado

1927

Not completed

1936

Torino

1937

Genoa

1938

Juventus

1939

Ambrosiana-Inter

1940

Fiorentina

1941

Venezia

1942

Juventus

1943

Torino

1958

Lazio

1959

Juventus

1960

Juventus

1961

Fiorentina

1962

Napoli

1963

Atalanta

1964

Roma

1965

Juventus

1966

Fiorentina

1967

Milan

1968

Torino

1969

Roma

1970

Bologna

1971

Torino

1972

Milan

1973

Milan

1974

Bologna

1975

Fiorentina

1976

Napoli

1977

Milan

1978

Inter

1979

Juventus

1980

Roma

1981

Roma

1982

Inter

1983

Juventus

1984

Roma

1985

Sampdoria

1986

Roma

1987

Napoli

1988

Sampdoria

1989

Sampdoria

1990

Juventus

1991

Roma

1992

Parma

1993

Torino

1994

Sampdoria

1995

Juventus

1996

Fiorentina

1997

Vicenza

1998

Lazio

1999

Parma

2000

Lazio

2001

Fiorentina

2002

Parma

2003

Milan

2004

Lazio

2005

Inter

2006

Inter

2007

Roma

2008

Roma

2009

Lazio

2010

Inter

2011

Inter

2012

Napoli

2013

Lazio

2014

Napoli

2015

Juventus

2016

Juventus

2017

Juventus

2018

Juventus

2019

Lazio

2020

Napoli

2021

Juventus

2022

Inter

2023

Inter

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