2017–18 Coppa Italia Explained

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.

Participating teams

Serie A (20 teams)

Serie B (22 teams)

Serie C (27 teams)

Serie D (9 teams)

Format and seeding

Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows:[3]

Round dates

The schedule of each round was as follows:[4]

PhaseRoundFirst legSecond leg
First stageFirst round29–30 July 2017
align=center Second round5–6 August 2017
align=center Third round11–13 August 2017
Fourth round29 November 2017
Final stageRound of 1613–20 December 2017
Quarter-finals27 December 2017 & 3 January 2018
align=center Semi-finalsalign=center 31 January 2018align=center 28 February 2018
align=center Final9 May 2018

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 between 29 and 30 July 2017.[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 5 and 6 August 2017.[5]

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 from 11–13 August 2017.[5]

Fourth round

The fourth round matches were played between 28–30 November 2017.[5] All times were CET (UTC+1).

Final stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Round of 16 matches were played from 12–20 December 2017.

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final matches were played from 26 December 2017 to 3 January 2018.

Semi-finals

For the semi-finals, the first legs were played on 30 and 31 January and the second on 28 February 2018.

Second leg

Final

See main article: article and 2018 Coppa Italia final.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1align=left Alberto Cerrialign=left Perugia4
align=left Matteo Di Piazzaalign=left Lecce
Maxi LópezUdinese
4 Andrea BelottiTorino3
Salvatore BurraiPordenone
Ferdinando Del SolePescara
Umberto EusepiPisa
Andrea FavilliAscoli
Dawid KownackiSampdoria
Jacopo MuranoTrapani
Aleksandar TrajkovskiPalermo

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Preliminary Access List 2018/19 . Bert Kassies . 28 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222120724/https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/AccessList2018.html . 22 December 2017 . dead .
  2. Web site: COPPA ITALIA: Season Rules . scoresway.com . 28 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171224184202/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=135&view=rules . 24 December 2017 . dead .
  3. Web site: Coppa Italia 2015/16, 2016/17 e 2017/18. Lega Serie A. PDF. it. 19 February 2015. 12 August 2017. 21 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170321233025/http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/documentazione/documentazione_m/667/files/allegati/688/cu_154.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Il tabellone della TIM Cup 2017/2018. Lega Serie A. 24 July 2017.
  5. Web site: COPPA ITALIA . soccerway.com . 28 July 2017.