2020–21 Coppa Italia Explained

Coppa Italia
Year:	2020–21
Champions:	Juventus
Count:	14
Runner-Up:	Atalanta
Matches:	79
Goals:	233
Top Goal Scorer:	Gianluca Scamacca (4 goals)
Country:	Italy
Dates:	22 September 2020 – 19 May 2021
Num Teams:	78
Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22

The 2020–21 Coppa Italia (branded as the TIMVISION Cup for sponsorship reasons during the final)^[1] was the 74th edition of the national domestic Italian football tournament.^{[2] [3]}

Napoli were the defending champions, but were defeated by Atalanta in the semi-finals.

Juventus won a record fourteenth cup title, defeating Atalanta 2–1 in the final.^[4]

This season is the last using the 78-teams format. From the next season, the format would be with 44 teams.^[5]

Participating teams

Serie A

• Juventus (round of 16)
• Internazionale (round of 16)
• Atalanta (round of 16)
• Lazio (round of 16)
• Roma (round of 16)
• Milan (round of 16)
• Napoli (round of 16)
• Sassuolo (round of 16)
• Hellas Verona
  • • Fiorentina Parma Bologna
• Udinese
• Cagliari
• Sampdoria
  • • Torino Genoa Benevento
• Crotone

Serie B

• Brescia
• SPAL
• Monza
• Vicenza
• Reggina
• Reggiana
• Cremonese
• Virtus Entella
• Ascoli
• Cosenza
• Pisa
• Pescara
• Salernitana
• Venezia
• Lecce
  • Empoli Frosinone
• Cittadella
• Chievo
• Pordenone

Serie C

Group A

• Carrarese
• Renate
• Pontedera
• Alessandria
• Novara
• Albinoleffe
• Arezzo
• Pro Patria
• Livorno

Group B

• Padova
• Feralpisalò
• Modena
• Piacenza
• Triestina
• Südtirol
• Carpi
• Sambenedettese
• Perugia

Group C

• Bari
• Virtus Francavilla
• Teramo
• Catanzaro
• Catania
• Ternana
• Potenza
• Monopoli
• Avellino
• Trapani
• Juve Stabia

Serie D

• Tritium
• Ambrosiana
• Breno
• San Nicolò Notaresco
• Pineto
• Trastevere
• Latte Dolce
• Casarano
• Gelbison

Format and seeding

Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows:^[2]

• First phase (one-legged fixtures)
  • First round: 27 teams from Serie C and the nine Serie D teams started the tournament
  • Second round: the 18 winners from the previous round were joined by the 20 Serie B teams and 2 teams from Serie C
  • Third round: the 20 winners from the second round met the 12 Serie A sides, seeded 9–20
  • Fourth round: the 16 winners faced each other
• Second phase
  • Round of 16 (one-legged): the 8 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 the following.^{[2] [6] [7]}

Phase	Round	width=28%	First leg	width=28%	Second leg
First stage	First round	22–23 September 2020
align=center	Second round	29–30 September 2020
align=center	Third round	27–28 October 2020
Fourth round	24–26 November 2020
Final stage	align=center	Round of 16	12–21 January 2021
align=center	Quarter-finals	26–28 January 2021
align=center	Semi-finals	align=center	2–3 February 2021	align=center	9–10 February 2021
align=center	Final	19 May 2021

First stage

First round

A total of 36 teams from Serie C and Serie D competed in this round, eighteen of which advanced to the second round.^[8]

Second round

A total of forty teams (eighteen winners from the first round, two from Serie C, and all twenty from Serie B) competed in the second round, twenty of which advanced to the third round.^[9]

Third round

A total of 32 teams (twenty winners from the second round and twelve Serie A clubs seeded 9–20) competed in the third round, sixteen of which advanced to the fourth round.^[10]

Fourth round

The sixteen winners from the third round competed in the fourth round, eight of which advanced to the round of 16.^[11]

Final stage

Round of 16

The round of 16 matches were played between the eight winners from the fourth round and clubs seeded 1–8 in 2019–20 Serie A, and held from 12 to 21 January. A draw (held on 27 November) determined the home and away teams in matches involving two Serie A sides.^[12]

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final matches were played between clubs advancing from the round of 16, and held from 26 to 28 January. A draw (held on 27 November) determined the home and away teams in matches involving two Serie A sides.^[13]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals (a two-legged round) were played between clubs advancing from the quarter-finals, and held from 2 to 10 February 2021.^{[14] [15]}

Second leg

Final

See main article: 2021 Coppa Italia final.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[16]
1	Gianluca Scamacca	Genoa	4
2	Dennis Johnsen	Venezia	3
	Dejan Kulusevski	Juventus
	Hirving Lozano	Napoli
	Leonardo Mancuso	Empoli
6	28 players		2

Notes and References

1. Web site: TIM e Lega Serie A: accordo per la sponsorizzazione della finale di Coppa Italia "TIMVISION Cup". Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. it. 13 May 2021. legaseriea.it.
2. Web site: Coppa Italia 2018/2019, 2019/2020 e 2020/2021. Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. legaseriea.it. PDF. it. 18 July 2018. 9 July 2018. 28 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201228115801/http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/7689/files/allegati/7743/1_-_regolamento_coppa_italia_ss_18-19__19-20__20-21.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: COCA-COLA TITLE SPONSOR DELLA FINALE DI COPPA ITALIA 2019/2020. Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. it. 11 June 2020. legaseriea.it. 11 June 2020. 18 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518220955/https://www.legaseriea.it/it/sala-stampa/notizie/info/coca-cola-title-sponsor-della-finale-di-coppa-italia-2019-2020. dead.
4. Web site: Coppa: Juventus end Atalanta dream. Football Italia. 19 May 2021. 19 May 2021.
5. Web site: Coppa Italia, ecco il nuovo format della competizione. 2021-07-12. corrieredellosport.it. it.
6. https://www.ilpallonegonfiato.com/news/302624706054/stagione-2020-21-ecco-tutte-le-date-del-campionato-coppa-italia-e-coppe-europee Stagione 2020–21: ecco tutte le date del campionato, Coppa Italia e coppe europee.
7. Web site: Coppa Italia calendar set. Football Italia. 1 September 2020. 1 September 2020.
8. Web site: Coppa Italia – Fixtures and Results – First round . Lega Serie A. Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 25 May 2021.
9. Web site: Coppa Italia – Fixtures and Results – Second round. Lega Serie A. Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 25 May 2021.
10. Web site: Coppa Italia – Fixtures and Results – Third round. Lega Serie A. Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 25 May 2021.
11. Web site: Coppa Italia – Fixtures and Results – Fourth round . Lega Serie A. Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 25 May 2021.
12. Web site: Coppa Italia – Fixtures and Results – Round of 16 . Lega Serie A. Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 25 May 2021.
13. Web site: Coppa Italia – Fixtures and Results – Quarter-finals. Lega Serie A. Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 25 May 2021.
14. Web site: Coppa Italia – Fixtures and Results – Semi-finals - First leg. Lega Serie A. Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 25 May 2021.
15. Web site: Coppa Italia – Fixtures and Results – Semi-finals - Second leg. Lega Serie A. Lega Nazionale Professionisti. 25 May 2021.
16. Web site: Coppa Italia – Top Scorers. Lega Serie A. 2020-10-01. 2020-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20200227183453/http://www.legaseriea.it/en/coppa-italia/top-scores. dead.