The 2026–27 Coppa Italia (branded as the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa for sponsorship reasons) is the 80th edition of the national domestic tournament. There are 44 participating teams.
Inter Milan are the defending champions, having won their tenth title in the previous edition after 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 Inter Milan and clubs ranked 2–8 in the 2025–26 Serie A) Quarter-finals (one-legged): the eight winners face each other Semi-finals (two-legged): the four winners face each other Final (one-legged): the two winners face 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 8–9 August 2026 First round 40 32 4 28 14–17 August 2026 Second round 24 16 16 none 1–15 September 2026 Second stage Round of 16 16 16 8 8 2–16 December 2026 Quarter-finals 8 8 8 none 3–10 February 2027 Semi-finals 4 4 4 none 2–3 March 2027 20–21 April 2027 Final 2 2 2 none 19 May 2027
Participating teams Serie AThe 20 clubs of the 2026–27 season Serie BThe 20 clubs of the 2026–27 season Serie CFour clubs of the 2026–27 season Atalanta Bologna Cagliari Como Fiorentina Frosinone Genoa Inter Milan Juventus Lazio Lecce AC Milan Monza Napoli Parma Roma Sassuolo Torino Udinese Venezia Arezzo Ascoli Avellino Benevento Carrarese Catanzaro Cesena Cremonese Empoli Hellas Verona Juve Stabia Mantova Modena Padova Palermo Pisa Sampdoria Südtirol Vicenza Virtus Entella Catania Potenza Ravenna Union Brescia
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. + Number of teams per tier still in the competition Serie A Serie B Serie C Total
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 will be played between the eight winners from the second round and clubs seeded 1–8 in the 2025–26 Serie A.
Quarter-finals The quarter-final matches will be played between clubs advancing from the round of 16.
Notes
Semi-finals The two-legged semi-finals will be played between clubs advancing from the quarter-finals.
Matches
Final
Top goalscorers
Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Joel PohjanpaloPalermo32 Akor AdamsVenezia2 Giuseppe AmbrosinoModena Vakoun BayoUdinese Giorgi KvernadzeFrosinone Simone LontaniParma Francesco RuoccoMantova Francesco SalveminiBenevento Gustavo VarelaMonza ViniciusRavenna
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