The 2018–19 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 72nd edition of the national domestic tournament.
Juventus were the four-time defending champions, but were eliminated by Atalanta in the quarter-finals.
Lazio won the competition by defeating Atalanta 2–0 in the final, winning their seventh cup title.
Participating teams
Serie A (20 teams)
Atalanta Bologna Cagliari Chievo Empoli Fiorentina Frosinone Genoa Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Parma Roma Sampdoria Sassuolo SPAL Torino Udinese
Serie B (19 teams)
Ascoli Benevento Brescia Carpi Cittadella Cosenza Cremonese Crotone Foggia Hellas Verona Lecce Livorno Padova Palermo Perugia Pescara Salernitana Spezia Venezia
Serie C (30 teams)
AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Carrarese Casertana Catania FeralpiSalò Giana Erminio Juve Stabia Monopoli Monza Novara Piacenza Pisa Pistoiese Pontedera Pordenone Pro Vercelli Renate Rende Sambenedettese Sicula Leonzio Siena Südtirol Ternana Trapani Triestina Vicenza Virtus Virtus Entella Virtus Francavilla Viterbese
Serie D (9 teams)
Albalonga Campodarsego Chieri Como Imolese Matelica Picerno Rezzato Unione Sanremo
Format and seeding Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows: First phase (one-legged fixtures) First round: 27 teams from Serie C and the nine Serie D teams started the tournament Second round: the eighteen winners from the previous round were joined by the nineteen Serie B teams and three teams from Serie C Third round: the twenty winners from the second round met the twelve Serie A sides seeded 9–20 Fourth round: the sixteen winners faced each other Second phase Round of 16 (one-legged): the eight 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 as follows:
Phase Round First leg Second leg First stage First round 29 July 2018 Second round 5 August 2018 Third round 12 August 2018 Fourth round 5 December 2018 Final stage Round of 16 13 January 2019 Quarter-finals 30 January 2019 Semi-finals 27 February 2019 24 April 2019 Final15 May 2019
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 on 28 and 29 July 2018.
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 4, 5 and 7 August 2018.
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 on 11 and 12 August 2018.
Fourth round A total of sixteen teams from Serie A, Serie B and Serie C competed in the fourth round, eight of which advanced to the round of 16. The fourth round matches were played on 4, 5 and 6 December 2018.
Final stage
Bracket
Round of 16 Round of 16 matches were played from 12 to 14 January 2019.
Quarter-finals Quarter-final matches were played from 29 to 31 January 2019.
Semi-finals The first legs of the semi-finals were played on 26 and 27 February and the second legs on 24 and 25 April 2019.
First leg
Second leg
Final
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClub(s)Goals1 Krzysztof PiątekGenoa/Milan82 Federico ChiesaFiorentina63 Ciro ImmobileLazio3 Luis MurielFiorentina Mattia RossettiCatania Duván ZapataAtalanta
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