The 2009–10 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 63rd edition of the domestic tournament. The competition started on 2 August 2009 and ended on 5 May 2010. As in the previous year, 78 clubs took part in the tournament. Inter Milan were the cup holders.
Participating teams
Lega Calcio
Serie A (20 teams)
Atalanta Bari Bologna Cagliari Catania Chievo Fiorentina Genoa Inter Milan Juventus Lazio Livorno Milan Napoli Palermo Parma Roma Sampdoria Siena Udinese
Serie B (22 teams)
AlbinoLeffe Ancona Ascoli Brescia Cesena Cittadella Crotone Empoli Frosinone Gallipoli Grosseto Lecce Mantova Modena Padova Piacenza Reggina Salernitana Sassuolo Torino Triestina Vicenza
Lega Pro
Prima Divisione (25 teams)
Alessandria Arezzo Benevento Cavese Como Cosenza Cremonese Figline Foggia Giulianova Lumezzane Novara Pergocrema Perugia Pescina V.d.G. Pro Patria Ravenna Marcianise Reggiana Rimini SPAL Taranto Ternana Varese Hellas Verona
Seconda Divisione (6 teams)
Fano Gela Nocerina Prato Spezia Vico Equense
Lega Nazionale Dilettanti
Serie D (5 teams)
Renate Chioggia Sottomarina Castellarano Sansepolcro Viterbese
Seedings and format Teams entered the cup at various stages, as follows: First phase: one-leg fixtures First round: 36 Teams from Lega Pro and lower, comprising 25 teams from Lega Pro Prima Divisione (1 team relegated from Serie B 2008-09, 7 promoted teams, and the 17 best Prima Divisione teams not promoted 2008-09), 6 teams from Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (4 promoted from Serie D 2008-09, 2 high finishers in Seconda 2008-09) and 5 teams from Serie D (generally high finishers but not promoted 2008-09); Second round: The 18 winners face 22 Serie B teams. Third round: The 20 survivors meet Serie A sides seeded 9-20 Fourth round: The 16 survivors face off. Second phase: one-leg fixtures (except semifinal) Round of 16: 8 Fourth round winners are inserted into a bracket with seeds 1-8 Seeds 1-8: Fiorentina, Genoa, Milan, Inter, Juventus, Udinese, Roma, Lazio (cup holders) Quarterfinals: 8 last 16 winners. Semifinals: Two-leg fixtures with pairings based upon bracket Final: one-leg fixture at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Matches
Elimination rounds
+ Key Serie A Serie B Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Serie D
Section 1
Match details
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Section 2
Match details
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Section 3
Match details
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Section 4
Match details
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Section 5
Match details
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Section 6
Match details
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Section 7
Match details
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Section 8
Match details
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Final stage
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Inter Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
This victory was the first step on Inter’s path to a historic treble, as they swept the domestic double by winning Serie A and the Coppa Italia, before being crowned champions of Europe for the first time since the days of La Grande Inter, by winning the Champions League.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alain BacletLecce4 Adrian MutuFiorentina3 Fabrizio MiccoliPalermo3 Simone BentivoglioChievo Rachid ArmaSPAL Pablo Andrés GonzálezNovara Arturo LupoliAscoli Francesco LodiEmpoli,Udinese Fabio LauriaLumezzane Romano Tozzi BorsoiTernana Francesco RipaPro Patria
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20090806092330/http://www.lega-calcio.it/media/CU_2_Allegato.pdf http://www.lega-calcio.it//it/Tim-Cup/Calendario-e-risultati.page