2012–13 Coppa Italia Explained

Coppa Italia
Year:	2012–13
Other Titles:	TIM Cup
Num Teams:	78
Champions:	Lazio (6th title)
Runner-Up:	Roma
Matches:	79
Goals:	257
Top Goal Scorer:	Mattia Destro (5 goals)
Prevseason:	2011–12
Nextseason:	2013–14

The 2012–13 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 66th edition of the domestic competition. As in the previous year, 78 clubs have taken part in the tournament. Napoli were the cup holders. Lazio were the winners, thus qualifying for the group stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.^[1]

Participating teams

Serie A (20 teams)

Atalanta (round of 16)
Bologna (quarter-finals)
Cagliari (round of 16)
Catania (quarter-finals)
Chievo (fourth round)
Fiorentina (quarter-finals)
Genoa (third round)
Internazionale (semi-finals)
Juventus (semi-finals)
Lazio (winner)
Milan (quarter-finals)
Napoli (round of 16)
Palermo (fourth round)
Parma (round of 16)
Pescara (fourth round)
Roma (Runner Up)
Sampdoria (third round)
Siena (round of 16)
Torino (fourth round)
Udinese (round of 16)

Serie B (22 teams)

Ascoli (third round)
Bari (second round)
Brescia (second round)
Cesena (fourth round)
Cittadella (fourth round)
Crotone (third round)
Empoli (second round)
Grosseto (second round)
Juve Stabia (fourth round)
Lecce (third round)
Livorno (fourth round)
Modena (third round)
Novara (third round)
Padova (third round)
Pro Vercelli (second round)
Reggina (round of 16)
Sassuolo (third round)
Spezia (third round)
Ternana (third round)
Varese (third round)
Hellas Verona (round of 16)
Virtus Lanciano (second round)

Lega Pro (27 teams)

AlbinoLeffe (first round)
Andria BAT (first round)
Avellino (second round)
Barletta (first round)
Benevento (second round)
Carpi (third round)
Carrarese (second round)
Catanzaro (first round)
Chieti (second round)
Cremonese (third round)
Cuneo (first round)
Frosinone (second round)
Gubbio (first round)
Lumezzane (second round)
Nocerina (second round)
Paganese (first round)
Perugia (third round)
Pisa (second round)
Portogruaro (second round)
Reggiana (first round)
San Marino (first round)
Sorrento (second round)
Südtirol (second round)
Trapani (second round)
Treviso (first round)
Vicenza (third round)
Virtus Entella (second round)

LND – Serie D (9 teams)

Arezzo (first round)
Chieri (first round)
Marino (first round)
Cosenza (first round)
Delta Porto Tolle (first round)
Este (first round)
Pontisola (second round)
Sambenedettese (first round)
Sarnese (first round)

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

Elimination rounds

The draw for 2012–13 Coppa Italia took place on 25 July.^[2]

Section 1

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First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

Section 2

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Fourth round

Section 3

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

Section 4

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Section 5

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Section 6

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Section 7

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Section 8

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Fourth round

Final stage

Bracket

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

See main article: 2013 Coppa Italia final.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mattia Destro	Roma	5
2	Alberto Filippini	Cremonese	3
	Federico Dionisi	Livorno
	Giampiero Clemente	Perugia
	Thiago Ribeiro	Cagliari

References

General

Web site: Rules of the TIM Cup . Lega Serie A . it . 4 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927020023/http://www.legaseriea.it/it/regolamento-tim-cup . 27 September 2013.

Specific

Notes and References

Web site: Europa League – Cup winners to get auto Europa spot. Yahoo! Eurosport. 19 May 2012.
Web site: TIM Cup Schedule. Lega Serie A. 25 July 2012. 30 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120730075052/http://www.legaseriea.it/en/news-centre/news-detail/-/news/TIM_CUP_SCHEDULE/689728. dead.