2016 Coppa Italia Final

The Stadio Olimpico in Rome will hold the final

Event

2015–16 Coppa Italia

Milan	Juventus

Date

21 May 2016

Venue

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

The 2016 Coppa Italia Final will decide the winner of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, the 68th season of Italy's main football cup. It will be played on 21 May 2016 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, between Milan and Juventus.^[1]

Since Juventus won 2015–16 Serie A, Milan secured their place in the 2016 Supercoppa Italiana, they will also qualify for the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League if they win the 2015–16 Coppa Italia.^[2]

Background

Milan will be playing a 13th final, of which they have won five.^[3] Their most recent final was in 2003, defeating Roma 6–3 on aggregate.^[4] It will be Juventus' second consecutive final and the 16th in their history, second only to Roma's 17. They have won a record ten titles.^[3] They are the title holders when they defeating Lazio 2–1 after extra time in the last year's final.

Milan and Juventus contested in three finals. Juventus won twice, the first was in 1942 after the final ended with a 1–1 draw, they won 4–1 in replay,^[5] the second was in 1990 with a 1–0 victory on aggregate.^[6] Milan won 6–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in 1973.^[7]

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Milan		Round	Juventus
Opponent	Result	2015–16 Coppa Italia	Opponent	Result
Perugia	2–0 (H)	Third round	N/A	N/A
Crotone	3–1 (a.e.t) (H)	Fourth round	N/A	N/A
Sampdoria	2–0 (A)	Round of 16	Torino	4–0 (H)
Carpi	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Lazio	1–0 (A)
Alessandria	1–0 (A), 5–0 (H) (6–0 agg.)	Semi-finals	Internazionale	3–0 (H), 0–3 (A) (3–3 agg. 5–3 p)

Match

Team selection

Juventus will be without defender Leonardo Bonucci, who was given a yellow card in both legs of the semi-final.^[8]

Details

Milan v Juventus

21 May 2016
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)

Milan	v	Juventus
	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

References

↑ "Comunicato UffIciale N.172 del 4 Marzo 2016" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 4 March 2016.
↑ "Supercoppa Italiana, sarà Juventus-Milan" [Supercoppa Italiana, will be Juventus-Milan]. goal.com (in Italian). 25 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
1 2 "Honours List". Lega Serie A. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
↑ Francesco Gullo (14 June 2003). "Italy Cup 2002/03". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
↑ Maurizio Mariani (10 August 2002). "Coppa Italia 1941/42". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
↑ Roberto Di Maggio (17 November 2005). "Coppa Italia 1989/90". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
↑ Dinant Abbink (8 June 2000). "Coppa Italia 1972/73". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
↑ "Inter 3-0 Juventus (agg 3-3, pens 5-3): Allegri's men reach final despite Nerazzurri comeback". goal.com. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

Coppa Italia

Seasons	1922 1926–27 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Finals	1922 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Italian football championship Finals	1903 1904 1926

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European Cup Winners' Cup Final	1984

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UEFA Intertoto Cup Finals	1999

Other matches	1911 Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy Final 1951 Copa Rio Final 1965 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final 1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final 2014 A-League All Stars

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Italian football championship Finals	1901 1902

Coppa Italia Finals	1942 1967 1968 1971 1972 1973 1975 1977 1985 1990 1998 2003 2016

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