User:Foghe/2019–20 Coppa Italia

The 2019–20 Coppa Italia is the 73rd edition of the national cup in Italian football.

Serie A (20 teams)

 * Atalanta
 * Fiorentina
 * Internazionale
 * Juventus
 * Lazio
 * Milan
 * Napoli
 * Roma
 * Sampdoria
 * Torino

Serie B (20 teams)
No team already qualified for 2019–20 Serie B.

Serie C (31 teams)
No team already qualified for 2019–20 Serie C.

Serie D (9 teams)

 * Lecco

2018–19 Serie A

 * Bologna
 * Cagliari
 * Chievo
 * Empoli
 * Frosinone
 * Genoa
 * Parma
 * Sassuolo
 * SPAL
 * Udinese

2018–19 Serie B

 * Ascoli
 * Benevento
 * Brescia
 * Cittadella
 * Cremonese
 * Cosenza
 * Hellas Verona
 * Lecce
 * Palermo
 * Perugia
 * Pescara
 * Spezia

2018–19 Serie C

 * Arezzo
 * Carrarese
 * Siena
 * Pro Vercelli
 * Pisa
 * Virtus Entella
 * Piacenza
 * Monza
 * Imolese
 * Südtirol
 * FeralpiSalò
 * Triestina
 * Pordenone
 * Catanzaro
 * Catania
 * Trapani
 * Juve Stabia

Format and seeding
Teams enter the competition at various stages, as follows:
 * First phase (one-legged fixtures)
 * First round: 31 teams from Serie C and the 9 Serie D teams start the tournament
 * Second round: the 20 winners from the previous round are joined by the 20 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 winners 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)

Round dates
The schedule of each round is yet to be announced by the organization.

First round
A total of 40 teams from Serie C and Serie D will compete in this round, 20 of which will advance to the second round.

Second round
A total of 40 teams from first round and Serie B will compete in the second round, 20 of which will advance to join 12 teams from Serie A in the third round.

Third round
A total of 32 teams from second round and Serie A (clubs seeded 9–20) will compete in the third round, 16 of which will advance to the fourth round.

Fourth round
A total of 16 teams from third round will compete in the fourth round, 8 of which will advance to the round of 16.

Round of 16
Round of 16 matches will be played between clubs seeded 1–8 in 2018–19 Serie A and clubs advancing from the fourth round.

Quarter-finals
Quarter-final matches will be played between clubs advancing from the round of 16.

Semi-finals
Semi-finals (a two-legged round) will be played between clubs advancing from the quarter-finals.