Coppa Italia | |
Year: | 2017–18 |
Champions: | Juventus |
Count: | 13 |
Runner-Up: | Milan |
Matches: | 79 |
Goals: | 239 |
Top Goal Scorer: | Alberto Cerri Matteo Di Piazza Maxi López (4 goals each) |
Country: | Italy |
Dates: | 29 July 2017 – 9 May 2018 |
Num Teams: | 78 |
Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 71st edition of the national domestic tournament.As a minimum, the winners of the Coppa Italia earn a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and would begin play in the group stage unless they qualify for a more favourable UEFA placing based on league play.[1] Seventy-eight clubs participated in this season's cup competition.[2]
Juventus won the title for a 13th time by defeating Milan 4–0, and extended to four their record consecutive win streak. They had defeated Lazio (in 2014–15 and 2016–17) and Milan (in 2015–16). They did not concede a goal in any of the five games played in this year's competition, outscoring their opponents 10–0 on aggregate.
Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows:[3]
The schedule of each round was as follows:[4]
Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg | ||
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First stage | First round | 29–30 July 2017 | |||
align=center | Second round | 5–6 August 2017 | |||
align=center | Third round | 11–13 August 2017 | |||
Fourth round | 29 November 2017 | ||||
Final stage | Round of 16 | 13–20 December 2017 | |||
Quarter-finals | 27 December 2017 & 3 January 2018 | ||||
align=center | Semi-finals | align=center | 31 January 2018 | align=center | 28 February 2018 |
align=center | Final | 9 May 2018 |
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 between 29 and 30 July 2017.[5]
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 5 and 6 August 2017.[5]
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 from 11–13 August 2017.[5]
The fourth round matches were played between 28–30 November 2017.[5] All times were CET (UTC+1).
Round of 16 matches were played from 12–20 December 2017.
Quarter-final matches were played from 26 December 2017 to 3 January 2018.
For the semi-finals, the first legs were played on 30 and 31 January and the second on 28 February 2018.
See main article: article and 2018 Coppa Italia final.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||
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1 | align=left | Alberto Cerri | align=left | Perugia | 4 |
align=left | Matteo Di Piazza | align=left | Lecce | ||
Maxi López | Udinese | ||||
4 | Andrea Belotti | Torino | 3 | ||
Salvatore Burrai | Pordenone | ||||
Ferdinando Del Sole | Pescara | ||||
Umberto Eusepi | Pisa | ||||
Andrea Favilli | Ascoli | ||||
Dawid Kownacki | Sampdoria | ||||
Jacopo Murano | Trapani | ||||
Aleksandar Trajkovski | Palermo |