1977–78 Coppa Italia

1977–78 Coppa Italia
Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	21 Aug 1977 – 8 June 1978
Teams	36
Final positions
Champions	Internazionale (2nd title)
Runner-up	Napoli
Tournament statistics
Matches played	96
Goals scored	247 (2.57 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Giuseppe Savoldi ; (12 goals)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Coppa Italia was the 31st Coppa Italia, the major Italian domestic cup. The competition was won by Internazionale, who defeated Napoli in a one-legged final played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Juventus(A)	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	7
2	Cesena(B)	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	5
3	Brescia(B)	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	4
4	Sambenedettese(B)	4	1	0	3	6	9	−3	2
5	Hellas Verona(A)	4	1	0	3	6	11	−5	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Monza(B)	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	5
2	Lazio(A)	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	4
3	Varese(B)	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
4	Ternana(B)	4	2	0	2	4	8	−4	4
5	Bologna(A)	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fiorentina(A)	4	4	0	0	9	3	+6	8
2	Roma(A)	4	3	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Sampdoria(B)	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Modena(B)	4	1	0	3	4	6	−2	2
5	Rimini(B)	4	0	1	3	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Torino(A)	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	7
2	Genoa(A)	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4	5
3	Lecce(B)	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
4	Foggia(A)	4	1	1	2	8	11	−3	3
5	Bari(B)	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Internazionale(A)	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	7
2	Ascoli(B)	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6
3	Atalanta(A)	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Cremonese(B)	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	3
5	Como(B)	4	0	1	3	1	5	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Napoli(A)	4	4	0	0	11	3	+8	8
2	Palermo(B)	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	4
3	Vicenza(A)	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	3
4	Catanzaro(B)	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
5	Avellino(B)	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Taranto(A)	4	2	2	0	7	2	+5	6
2	Pescara(B)	4	2	2	0	7	2	+5	6
3	Perugia(A)	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6
4	Cagliari(B)	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6	2
5	Pistoiese(B)	4	0	0	4	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-off match

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Taranto	3-2	Pescara	2-2	1-0

Second round

Join the defending champion: Milan.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Internazionale(A)	6	3	3	0	8	2	+6	9
2	Fiorentina(A)	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	7
3	Torino(A)	6	1	3	2	4	5	−1	5
4	Monza(B)	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Napoli(A)	6	3	2	1	10	2	+8	8
2	Milan(A)	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	8
3	Juventus(A)	6	2	1	3	7	14	−7	5
4	Taranto(B)	6	0	3	3	3	10	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final

8 June 1978

20:30

Internazionale	2–1	Napoli
Altobelli 18' Bini 89'		Restelli 6'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Referee: Gino Menicucci

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Giuseppe Savoldi	Napoli	12
2	Giovanni Sartori	Milan	5
3	Alessandro Altobelli	Internazionale	4
	Carlo Muraro	Internazionale
	Pietro Anastasi	Internazionale
	Oscar Damiani	Genoa
	Bruno Nobili	Pescara
	Paolo Pulici	Torino
	Claudio Desolati	Fiorentina
	Enio Fiaschi	Hellas Verona
	Aldo Cantarutti	Monza

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