1987–88 Coppa Italia

1987–88 Coppa Italia
Tournament details
CountryItaly
Dates23 Aug 1987 – 19 May 1988
Teams48
Final positions
ChampionsSampdoria (2nd title)
Runners-upTorino
Tournament statistics
Matches played150
Goals scored354 (2.36 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Diego Maradona (6 goals)

The 1987–88 Coppa Italia was the 41st Coppa Italia, the major Italian domestic football cup. The competition was won by Sampdoria, who defeated Torino 3–2 on aggregate in a two-legged final played at Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa and Stadio Comunale in Turin.

Group stage

For this event changes were made to the regulations concerning the elimination rounds: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the winner of penalty kicks, 1 point for the loser of penalty kicks.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bologna 5 3 0 2 0 8 3 +5 11
2 Hellas Verona 5 3 1 0 1 12 8 +4 11
3 Cesena 5 3 0 1 1 10 6 +4 10
4 Messina 5 2 1 0 2 6 5 +1 8
5 Campobasso 5 1 0 0 4 3 10 −7 3
6 SPAL 5 0 1 0 4 3 10 −7 2
Source:

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Parma 5 3 2 0 0 9 5 +4 13
2 Milan 5 3 1 1 0 12 4 +8 12
3 Como 5 3 0 0 2 8 5 +3 9
4 Bari 5 2 0 1 2 2 6 −4 7
5 Barletta 5 0 1 1 3 3 6 −3 3
6 Monza 5 0 0 1 4 3 11 −8 1
Source:

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Internazionale 5 1 2 2 0 8 5 +3 9
2 Ascoli 5 2 1 1 1 5 3 +2 9
3 Taranto 5 2 1 0 2 6 9 −3 8
4 Reggiana 5 2 0 1 2 7 6 +1 7
5 Catania 5 2 0 1 2 5 8 −3 7
6 Brescia 5 1 1 0 3 6 6 0 5
Source:

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Avellino 5 3 1 0 1 7 4 +3 11
2 Empoli 5 3 0 1 1 9 6 +3 10
3 Piacenza 5 2 1 0 2 8 8 0 8
4 Cremonese 5 1 1 2 1 8 8 0 7
5 Sambenedettese 5 1 1 1 2 4 7 −3 6
6 Centese 5 0 1 1 3 1 4 −3 3
Source:

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Napoli 5 5 0 0 0 11 1 +10 15
2 Fiorentina 5 4 0 0 1 8 3 +5 12
3 Livorno 5 2 0 1 2 5 6 −1 7
4 Udinese 5 1 1 0 3 4 6 −2 5
5 Padova 5 0 1 2 2 2 4 −2 4
6 Modena 5 0 1 0 4 1 11 −10 2
Source:

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Pescara 5 4 0 1 0 13 4 +9 13
2 Roma 5 3 2 0 0 6 2 +4 13
3 Monopoli 5 1 1 1 2 5 7 −2 6
4 Genoa 5 2 0 0 3 5 9 −4 6
5 Triestina 5 1 1 0 3 5 7 −2 5
6 Cagliari 5 0 0 2 3 2 7 −5 2
Source:

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sampdoria 5 5 0 0 0 10 1 +9 15
2 Torino 5 4 0 0 1 9 4 +5 12
3 Atalanta 5 2 0 1 2 6 6 0 7
4 Vicenza 5 1 0 1 3 4 7 −3 4
5 Cosenza 5 0 2 0 3 3 7 −4 4
6 Arezzo 5 0 1 1 3 2 9 −7 3
Source:

Group 8

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Pisa 5 3 0 2 0 5 2 +3 11
2 Juventus 5 2 2 0 1 8 3 +5 10
3 Lazio 5 2 1 1 1 4 6 −2 9
4 Lecce 5 1 2 0 2 4 6 −2 7
5 Catanzaro 5 1 0 1 3 6 6 0 4
6 Casertana 5 1 0 1 3 1 5 −4 4
Source:

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bologna 1-6 Internazionale 1-3 0-3
Empoli 2-1 Roma 2-1 0-0
Juventus 7-2 Pescara 1-0 6-2
Milan 1-1 (p: 3–4) Ascoli 0-1 1-0
Napoli 5-4 Fiorentina 2-3 3-1
Parma 0-2 Avellino 0-0 0-2
Pisa 2-3 Sampdoria 2-1 0-2
Hellas Verona 1-1 (p: 1–4) Torino 1-0 0-1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Avellino 1-2 Juventus 1-1 0-1
Internazionale 3-1 Empoli 2-1 1-0
Sampdoria 5-3 Ascoli 4-2 1-1
Torino 4-3 Napoli 1-1 3-2

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internazionale 0-1 Sampdoria 0-0 0-1
Torino 3-2 Juventus 2-0 1-2

Final

First leg

Sampdoria2–0Torino
Briegel 10'
Vialli 33'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Paolo Casarin

Second leg

Torino2–1 (a.e.t.)Sampdoria
Vierchowod 5' (o.g.)
A. Paganin 35' (o.g.)
Salsano 112'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin

Sampdoria won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Diego Maradona Napoli 6
2 Careca Napoli 5
Blaž Slišković Pescara
Alessandro Altobelli Internazionale
Toni Polster Torino
Tullio Gritti Torino
Marco van Basten Milan
Ian Rush Juventus
Ramón Díaz Fiorentina
10 Luigi De Agostini Juventus 4
Ruggiero Rizzitelli Cesena
Júnior Pescara

References