The 2014–15 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 68th edition of the national domestic tournament. Napoli were the defending champions, having won the previous year's final, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Lazio. Juventus emerged victorious with a 2–1 win in extra time, earning a record-breaking tenth title.
Participating teams
Lega Calcio
Serie A (20 teams)
Atalanta Cagliari Cesena Chievo Empoli Fiorentina Genoa Hellas Verona Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Palermo Parma Roma Sampdoria Sassuolo Torino Udinese
Serie B (22 teams)
Avellino Bari Bologna Brescia Carpi Catania Cittadella Crotone Frosinone Latina Livorno Modena Perugia Pescara Pro Vercelli Spezia Ternana Trapani Varese Vicenza Virtus Entella Virtus Lanciano
Lega Pro (27 teams)
AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Bassano Virtus Benevento Casertana Catanzaro Como Cosenza Cremonese FeralpiSalò Juve Stabia L'Aquila Lecce Messina Monza Novara Pisa Pontedera Prato Reggina Renate Salernitana Santarcangelo Savona Südtirol Teramo Venezia
Serie D (9 teams)
Akragas AltoVicentino Correggese Foligno Matelica Olginatese RapalloBogliasco Taranto Terracina
Format and seeding Teams enter the competition at various stages, as follows: First phase (one-legged fixtures) First round: 36 teams from Lega Pro and Serie D start the tournament Second round: the 18 winners from the previous round are joined by the 22 Serie B teams Third round: the 20 winners from the second round meet the 12 Serie A sides seeded 9-20 Fourth round: the 16 survivors face each other Second phase Round of 16 (one-legged): the 8 fourth round winners are inserted into a bracket with the Serie A clubs seeded 1-8 Quarter-finals (one-legged) Semi-finals (two-legged) Final (one-legged) at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome
First round First round matches were played on 10 August 2014.
Second round Second round matches were played on 16 & 17 August 2014.
Third round Third round matches were played on 21, 22, 23 and 24 August 2014.
Fourth round Fourth round matches were played on 2, 3 and 4 December 2014.
Final stage
Bracket
Round of 16 Round of 16 were played on 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22 January 2015.
Quarter-finals Quarter-finals were played on 27, 28 January, 3 and 4 February 2015.
Semi-finals Semi-finals were played on 4–5 March & 7–8 April 2015.
First leg
Second leg
Final
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Antonio Di NataleUdinese4 Mario GómezFiorentina3 Miroslav KloseLazio3 Keita BaldéLazio Giuseppe Le NociComo Radoslav KirilovCremonese Cyril ThéréauUdinese Manolo GabbiadiniSampdoria ÉderSampdoria Nicola SansoneSassuolo
References