The 2021–22 Coppa Italia (branded as the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa for sponsorship reasons from the second round) was the 75th edition of the national domestic tournament.
The number of participating teams was reduced from the 78 of the previous season to 44 clubs.
Juventus were the defending champions. They were defeated 4–2 by Internazionale in the final after extra time; it was Inter's eighth Coppa Italia title, having won their seventh cup title in 2011.
Participating teams Serie AThe 20 clubs of the 2021–22 season Serie BThe 20 clubs of the 2021–22 season Serie CFour clubs of the 2021–22 season Atalanta Bologna Cagliari Fiorentina Empoli Genoa Hellas Verona Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Roma Salernitana Sampdoria Sassuolo Spezia Torino Udinese Venezia Alessandria Ascoli Benevento Brescia Cittadella Como Cosenza Cremonese Crotone Frosinone Lecce Monza Parma Perugia Pisa Pordenone Reggina SPAL Ternana Vicenza Avellino Catanzaro Padova Südtirol
Format and seeding Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows: First phase (one-legged fixtures) Preliminary round: four teams from Serie C and 4 Serie B teams started the tournament First round: the four winners were joined by 16 Serie B teams and 12 teams from Serie A Second round: the 16 winners faced each other Second phase Round of 16 (one-legged): the eight winners were joined by Serie A clubs, seeded 1–8 Quarter-finals (one-legged): the eight winners faced each other Semi-finals (two-legged): the four winners faced each other Final (one-legged): the two winners faced each other
Round dates The schedule of each round was announced on 12 July 2021.
Phase Round Clubs remaining Clubs involved From previous round Entries in this round First leg Second leg First stage Preliminary round 44 8 none 8 7–8 August 2021 First round 40 32 4 28 13–16 August 2021 Second round 24 16 16 none 14–16 December 2021 Final stage Round of 16 16 16 8 8 12–20 January 2022 Quarter-finals 8 8 8 none 8–10 February 2022 Semi-finals 4 4 4 none 1–2 March 2022 19–20 April 2022 Final 2 2 2 none 11 May 2022
First stage Preliminary round A total of 8 teams from Serie B and Serie C competed in this round, 4 of which advanced to the first round. Date and time were released on 21 July 2021.
First round A total of 32 teams (4 winners from the preliminary round, the remaining 16 teams from Serie B and 12 Serie A teams seeded 9–20) competed in this round, 16 of which advanced to the second round.
Second round The 16 winning teams from the first round competed in the second round, 8 of which advanced to the round of 16.
Final stage Bracket
Round of 16 The round of 16 matches were played between the eight winners from the second round and clubs seeded 1–8 in 2020–21 Serie A.
Lecce were the only Serie B club in this round.
Quarter-finals The quarter-final matches were played between clubs advancing from the round of 16.
Semi-finals Semi-finals (a two-legged round) were played between clubs advancing from the quarter-finals.
First leg
Second leg
Final
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Dušan VlahovićFiorentina/Juventus42 Nedim BajramiEmpoli3 Olivier GiroudMilan Leonardo MancusoEmpoli Krzysztof PiątekFiorentina6 Federico BonazzoliSalernitana2 Arturo CalabresiLecce Mirko CarrettaPerugia Moutir ChajiaComo Massimo CodaLecce Simone CorazzaAlessandria Alessandro DeiolaCagliari Paulo DybalaJuventus César FallettiTernana Rafael LeãoMilan Lautaro MartínezInternazionale Nikola MilenkovićFiorentina Gabriele MonciniBenevento Diego PeraltaTernana Roberto PereyraUdinese Ivan PerišićInternazionale Ignacio PussettoUdinese Fabio QuagliarellaSampdoria Alexis SánchezInternazionale Lorenzo VenutiFiorentina
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