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2008–09 Coppa Italia

President Giorgio Napolitano at the center of the photo, after presenting the trophy to Rocchi and Ledesma, welcomes the victory for Lazio after the Cup final in Italy
Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	9 Aug 2008 – 13 May 2009
Teams	78
Final positions
Champions	Lazio (5th title)
Runner-up	Sampdoria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	79
Goals scored	233 (2.95 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Goran Pandev (6 goals)
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The 2008–09 Coppa Italia was the 62nd edition of the domestic tournament. The competition started on 9 August 2008 and ended on 13 May 2009. The radically different format used in the 2007–08 Coppa was abandoned, with the new format more closely resembling earlier editions of the tournament.

The final was played between Lazio and Sampdoria. The match ended with Lazio winning 6–5 on penalties. The first 90 minutes ended in a 1–1 draw, and no goals were scored in extra time. It was Lazio's fifth Coppa Italia title, after having last won in the 2003–04 edition. With the win, Lazio earned a spot in the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Format

In the previous year, the number of teams participating was reduced to only 42: the teams in Serie A and Serie B. For 2008–09, that number was expanded to 78 with the addition of 18 clubs from Lega Pro Prima Divisione (formerly Serie C1), nine clubs from Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (formerly Serie C2) and nine clubs from Serie D. Also, except for the semifinals, all rounds were one-leg fixtures. The one-game final played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, which was first adopted in 2007–08, remained.

• First phase: one-leg fixtures
  • First round: 18 clubs from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, 9 clubs from Lega Pro Seconda Divisione and 9 clubs from Serie D were paired
  • Second round: All 22 clubs from Serie B were added to the 18 winners of the first round
  • Third round: Clubs 9–20 from Serie A were added to the 20 winners of the second round
  • Fourth round: 16 winners of the third round were paired
• Second phase: one-leg fixtures (except semifinals)
  • Round of 16: Teams 1–8 from Serie A were paired with the 8 winners of the fourth round
  • Quarterfinals
  • Semifinals: two-leg fixtures
• Final: one-leg fixture at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome

Throughout the tournament, home stadium advantage was given to the projected higher seed (i.e., assuming no upsets). In the two-leg semifinals, the projected higher seed played the second leg at home.

Participating teams

Due to financial problems and other sanctions, the list of 78 teams was filled as follows:

• Serie A – all 20 teams
• Serie B – limited to 20 teams
  • Messina, which finished 14th in 2007–08, and La Spezia, which finished 21st, were left off due to financial difficulties
• Lega Pro Prima Divisione – number of teams participating increased from 18 to 20
  • top 10 teams from Girone C1/A and Girone C1/B based on 2007–08 standings were selected to enter
  • Lucchese, which finished 8th in Girone C1/B were omitted
  • Pro Sesto, which finished 11th in Girone C1/A with 43 points were selected. The 11th-placed team in C1/B had 40 points
• Lega Pro Seconda Divisione – 9 teams selected
  • all three division champions from Girone C2/A, C2/B and C2/C
  • both playoff finalists from each of the three divisions, a total of six teams
• Serie D – 9 teams selected
  • all second-placed teams from each of the nine divisions, except for Girone D and Girone E where the third-placed teams were selected
  • both Montichiari which finished second in Girone D, and Colligiana which finished second in Girone E, were promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

Bracket

Elimination rounds

Section 1

Match details

First round

Gallipoli	3–2	Sibilla Flegrea
Russo 25' Di Gennaro 30' Russo 50'		Dinolfo 4' Avolio 88'

Ravenna	5–1	Castellarano
Filipi 25' Cavagna 41' Gerbino 43' Pettinari 48' Succi 47'		Mayer 90+4'

Second round

Mantova	1–0	Gallipoli
Godeas 8'

Rimini	3–3	Ravenna
Docente 17' Basha 44' Regonesi 84'	Report	Gerbino 18' Succi 73' Sciaccaluga 83'
Penalties
Regonesi Ricchiuti La Camera Basha	2–4	Succi Agliard Pettinari Ciuffetelli

Third round

Genoa	3–1	Mantova
Olivera 19', 44' Milanetto 77'		Passoni 90'

Palermo	1–2	Ravenna
Cavani 82'		Succi 11', 72'

Fourth round

Genoa	2–1	Ravenna
Milito 82', 90'		Pettinari 58'

Section 2

Match details

First round

Monza	1–1	Celano
Cesaretti 7'		Negro 57'
Penalties
Puleo Capocchiano Bolzan Grammauta	4–3	Negro Villa Barbetti Fanelli Giunchi

Perugia	1–0	Lumezzane
Cutolo 45+4'

Taranto	1–2	Bassano Virtus
Prosperi 8'		Zubin 46' Cesca 52'

Second round

Vicenza	3–0	Monza
Bjelanović 10', 53' Sgrigna 61'

Ascoli	3–1	Perugia
Job 23' Soncin 27' Luci 70'		Cutolo 61'

Bari	2–0	Bassano Virtus
Barreto 71' (pen.), 74'

Third round

Bologna	2–0	Vicenza
Di Vaio 79' Adaílton 88'

Ascoli	1–0	Bari
Pesce 66'

Fourth round

Bologna	1–0	Ascoli
Coelho 84'

Section 3

Match details

First round

Pescara	0–2	Mezzocorona
Cardinale 50' Bazzani 84'

Second round

AlbinoLeffe	2–2	Pescara
Ruopolo 10' Colacone 82'	Report	Ferraresi 6' Zeytulaev 50'
Penalties
Colacone Carobbio Ruopolo Ferrari Gervasoni Renzetti	6–5	Pisciotta Zeytulaev Irineu Vitale Cardinale De Matteis

Pisa	1–2	Cittadella
Colombo 58'		Rossi 66' Oliveira 90'

Empoli	2–0	Ancona
Lodi 10' (pen.) Negrini 29'

Third round

Siena	4–0	AlbinoLeffe
Calaiò 6' Portanova 50' Kharja 68' Maccarone 81'

Cittadella	0–1	Empoli
		Lodi 88'

Fourth round

Siena	0–2	Empoli
		Lodi 76' (pen.), 90'

Section 4

Match details

First round

Cavese	3–1	Biellese
Tarantino 38' Schetter 53' Shiba 80'		Bigatti 78' (pen.)

Sorrento	3–1	Castelsardo
Ripa 9' Virtanen 82' Caccavallo 90+4'		Tribuna 6'

Second round

Grosseto	4–2	Cavese
Sansovini 2' Sforzini 12', 74' Mora 90'		Tarantino 31' Schetter 82'

Triestina	2–1	Sorrento
Testini 10' Eliakwu 82'		Giampaolo 90'

Third round

Reggina	3–0	Grosseto
Corradi 45' (pen.) Hallfreðsson 53' Barillà 59'

Cagliari	1–0	Triestina
Matri 78' (pen.)

Fourth round

Reggina	4–0	Cagliari
Ceravolo 52', 74' Brienza 70', 89'

Section 5

Match details

First round

Legnano	1–3	Benevento
Virdis 21'		Evacuo 31' Cinelli 53' Imbriani 90+1'

Pro Sesto	2–0	Tritium
Beretta 41' Fracassetti 80'

Second round

Treviso	2–2	Benevento
Beghetto 10' (pen.) Smit 73'		Evacuo 14', 81'
Penalties
	6–7

Modena	1–0	Pro Sesto
Troiano 59'

Third round

Lazio	5–1	Benevento
Cattaneo 9' (o.g.) Meghni 23' Manfredini 55' Pandev 58', 90'		Bueno 49'

Atalanta	2–1	Modena
Manfredini 32' Marconi 90'		Bruno 36' (pen.)

Fourth round

Lazio	2–0	Atalanta
Ledesma 17' Pandev 84'

Section 6

Match details

First round

Foligno	3–2	Pergocrema
de Paula 30' Noviello 37' Coresi 45' (pen.)		Tarallo 47' Andreini 90'

Crotone	2–0	Renato Curi
Aurelio 51' Basso 65'

Novara	3–1	Real Marcianise
Sinigaglia 29', 60' Rubino 31'		Innocenti 63'

Second round

Brescia	2–1	Foligno
Caracciolo 50' (pen.), 87'		De Stefano 53'

Frosinone	0–2	Crotone
		Cafiero 68' Russo 90'

Livorno	3–0	Novara
Tavano 9' Diamanti 68' Volpe 83'

Third round

Torino	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Brescia
Rosina 63' Di Michele 105'		Possanzini 35'

Crotone	0–3	Livorno
		Filippini 27' Diamanti 49' Tavano 58'

Fourth round

Torino	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Livorno
Corini 8' Zanetti 45' Barone 94'		Diamanti 19', 86' (pen.)

Section 7

Match details

First round

Cesena	3–1	Chioggia
Ferretti 41' Tonucci 48' Giaccherini 90+4'		Rizzi 4'

Foggia	0–2	Barletta
		Romano 36' Zotti 69'

Second round

Salernitana	3–1	Cesena
Tricarico 3' Ciarciá 21' Fava 90'		Tonucci 4'

Barletta	1–3	Sassuolo
Romano 65'		Salvetti 16' Erpen 30' Rea 85'

Avellino	0–1	Reggiana
		Stefani 60'

Third round

Lecce	0–1	Salernitana
		Di Napoli 66'

Sassuolo	1–0	Reggiana
Salvetti 80'

Fourth round

Salernitana	2–2	Sassuolo
Marchese 46' Kyriazis 83'	Report	Selva 14', 60'
Penalties
Marchese Scarpa Giannone Fava Kyriazis Turienzo	6–5	Poli Erpen Bastrini Malpighi Filkor Pagani

Section 8

The match was played and Cremonese won by a score of 1–0, but were later disqualified for using a player who should have been under suspension. Reggiana was awarded a 3–0 victory as a result.

Match details

First round

Arezzo	1–4	Portogruaro
Bondi 42'		Cunico 3' (pen.) Carboni 56' William 89' Levacovich 90+2'

Padova	8–0	Pontedera
Varricchio 3', 52', 77' Rabito 25', 75' Baù 41' Malventi 54' (o.g.) Cotroneo 58'

Second round

Parma	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Portogruaro
Paci 72' Morrone 90' Paponi 91'		Cunico 35' Maniero 65'

Piacenza	0–1	Padova
		Troiano 59'

Third round

Catania	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Parma
Paolucci 105', 108'		Troest 110'

Chievo	1–2	Padova
Pellissier 57'		Varricchio 16', 76'

Fourth round

Catania	4–0	Padova
Dică 24' Morimoto 30', 89' Sabato 62'

Final stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Internazionale	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Genoa
Adriano 76' Cambiasso 100' Ibrahimović 104'		Rossi 79'

Roma	2–0	Bologna
Vučinić 82', 86'

Sampdoria	2–1	Empoli
Bonazzoli 31' Fornaroli 45'		Lodi 62'

Udinese	0–0	Reggina
	Report
Penalties
Luković Obodo Sala Motta Felipe Nef Asamoah Pasquale Koprivec Luković	8–7	Tognozzi Ceravolo Barillà Viola Costa Rakić Basso Hallfreðsson Marino Tognozzi

Milan	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Lazio
Shevchenko 77'		Zárate 79' (pen.) Pandev 93'

Fiorentina	0–1	Torino
		Bianchi 19'

Napoli	3–1	Salernitana
Peccarisi 16' (o.g.) Piá 25' Hamšík 53' (pen.)		Di Napoli 50'

Juventus	3–0	Catania
Marchionni 4' Giovinco 68' Del Piero 70'

Quarter-finals

Internazionale	2–1	Roma
Adriano 10' Ibrahimović 72'		Taddei 61'

Udinese	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sampdoria
Di Natale 63' (pen.)		Pazzini 55'
Penalties
D'Agostino Di Natale Pepe	1–4	Pazzini Palombo Sammarco Gastaldello

Lazio	3–1	Torino
Pandev 49' Mauri 55' Rocchi 91'		Natali 29'

Juventus	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Napoli
Penalties
Del Piero Trezeguet Nedvěd Marchionni Sissoko Legrottaglie	4–3	Hamšík Bogliacino Denis Lavezzi Contini Gargano

Semi-finals

First leg

Sampdoria	3–0	Internazionale
Cassano 9' Pazzini 30', 42'

Lazio	2–1	Juventus
Pandev 65' Rocchi 78'		Marchionni 34'

Second leg

Internazionale	1–0	Sampdoria
Ibrahimović 27'

Juventus	1–2	Lazio
Del Piero 64'		Zárate 38' Kolarov 52'

Final

Lazio	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sampdoria
Zárate 4'	Report	Pazzini 31'
Penalties
Ledesma Rocchi Rozehnal Kolarov Zárate Lichtsteiner Dabo	6–5	Cassano Palombo Pazzini Gastaldello Accardi Delvecchio Campagnaro

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Goran Pandev	Lazio	6
2	Francesco Lodi	Empoli	5
	Massimiliano Varricchio	Padova
4	Davide Succi	Ravenna	4
	Alessandro Diamanti	Livorno
	Giampaolo Pazzini	Sampdoria
7	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Internazionale	3
	Mauro Zárate	Lazio
	Felice Evacuo	Benevento

References

1. Kora (13 May 2009). "Match report". Lega Calcio (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 July 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2009.

External links

• lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
• RSSSF

• Coppa Italia seasons
• 2008–09 European domestic association football cups
• 2008–09 in Italian football cups