The 2025–26 Coppa Italia (branded as the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th edition of the national domestic tournament. There were 44 participating teams.
Bologna were the defending champions, having won their third title in the previous edition after defeating AC Milan 1–0 in the final. They were eliminated by Lazio in the quarter-finals. Inter Milan won its tenth Coppa Italia, defeating Lazio 2–0 in the final.
Format and seeding Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows: First phase (one-legged fixtures) Preliminary round: the four teams from Serie C and four Serie B teams started the tournament First round: the four winners were joined by the remaining 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 (last year winners Bologna and clubs ranked 1–7 in the 2024–25 Serie A) 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
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 9–10 August 2025 First round 40 32 4 28 15–18 August 2025 Second round 24 16 16 none 23–25 September 2025 Second stage Round of 16 16 16 8 8 2–4 December 2025 13–27 January 2026 Quarter-finals 8 8 8 none 4–11 February 2026 Semi-finals 4 4 4 none 3–4 March 2026 21–22 April 2026 Final 2 2 2 none 13 May 2026
Participating teams Serie AThe 20 clubs of the 2025–26 season Serie BThe 20 clubs of the 2025–26 season Serie CFour clubs of the 2025–26 season Atalanta Bologna Cagliari Como Cremonese Fiorentina Genoa Hellas Verona Inter Juventus Lazio Lecce Milan Napoli Parma Pisa Roma Sassuolo Torino Udinese Avellino Bari Carrarese Catanzaro Cesena Empoli Frosinone Juve Stabia Mantova Modena Monza Padova Palermo Pescara Reggiana Sampdoria Spezia Südtirol Venezia Virtus Entella Audace Cerignola Rimini Ternana Vicenza
First stage Preliminary round Eight teams from Serie B and Serie C competed in this round, with the four winners advancing to the first round.
First round 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, with the 16 winners advancing to the second round.
Second round The 16 winning teams from the first round competed in the second round, with the eight winners advancing 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 the 2024–25 Serie A.
Quarter-finals The quarter-final matches were played between clubs advancing from the round of 16.
Notes
Semi-finals The two-legged semi-finals were played between clubs advancing from the quarter-finals.
Summary
Matches
Inter won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Lazio won 2–1 on penalties.
Final
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals Mario PašalićAtalanta Anastasios DouvikasComo Mateo PellegrinoParma Ché AdamsTorino Martin BaturinaComo Ange-Yoan BonnyInter Milan Hakan ÇalhanoğluInter Milan Santiago CastroBologna Lucas Da CunhaComo Andy DioufInter Milan Issa DoumbiaVenezia Roberto PiccoliCagliari / Fiorentina Christian PulisicMilan Jesús RodríguezComo Marcus ThuramInter Milan John YeboahVenezia
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