Coppa Italia 1977/78

The Coppa Italia 1977/78 , the football cup competition for club teams in Italy in the 1977/78 season, was won by Inter Milan . Inter met SSC Napoli in the final and won the Coppa Italia for the second time. The team of coach Eugenio Bersellini prevailed with 2: 1 . They became the successor to AC Milan , which had prevailed against Inter last year, but this time had already been eliminated in the second group stage.

As the Italian cup winner in 1977/78, Inter Milan qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup of the following year, where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Belgian representative KSK Beveren .

1st group stage

AC Milan had a bye for the first group stage as defending champions.

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Juventus Turin	4th	3	1	0	008: 200	+6	07th
2.	AC Cesena	4th	2	1	1	006: 300	+3	05
3.	Brescia Calcio	4th	0	2	2	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Sambenedettese Calcio	4th	1	0	3	006: 900	−3	02
5.	Hellas Verona	4th	1	0	3	006:110	−5	02


1st matchday
Sambenedettese Calcio	0: 2	Juventus Turin
Hellas Verona	1-0	Brescia Calcio
2nd matchday
Brescia Calcio	0: 2	Juventus Turin
AC Cesena	2-0	Hellas Verona
3rd matchday
Juventus Turin	0-0	AC Cesena
Sambenedettese Calcio	0: 1	Brescia Calcio
4th matchday
AC Cesena	3: 1	Sambenedettese Calcio
Juventus Turin	4: 2	Hellas Verona
5th matchday
Brescia Calcio	2: 1	AC Cesena
Hellas Verona	3: 5	Sambenedettese Calcio

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AC Monza Brianza	4th	2	1	1	007: 400	+3	05
2.	Lazio Rome	4th	2	0	2	007: 500	+2	04th
3.	FC Varese	4th	1	2	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Ternana Calcio	4th	2	0	2	004: 800	−4	04th
5.	Bologna FC	4th	1	1	2	005: 600	−1	03


1st matchday
AC Monza Brianza	3-0	Ternana Calcio
FC Varese	2: 1	Lazio Rome
2nd matchday
Lazio Rome	2: 1	AC Monza Brianza
Ternana Calcio	2: 1	Bologna FC
3rd matchday
Bologna FC	1-0	Lazio Rome
FC Varese	0-0	AC Monza Brianza
4th matchday
Bologna FC	1: 1	FC Varese
Lazio Rome	4: 1	Ternana Calcio
5th matchday
AC Monza Brianza	3: 2	Bologna FC
Ternana Calcio	1-0	FC Varese

Group 3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AC Florence	4th	4th	0	0	009: 300	+6	08th
2.	AS Roma	4th	3	0	1	007: 500	+2	06th
3.	Sampdoria Genoa	4th	1	1	2	005: 700	−2	03
4th	Modena FC	4th	1	0	3	004: 600	−2	02
5.	Rimini Calcio	4th	0	1	3	003: 700	−4	01


1st matchday
Modena FC	1: 2	Sampdoria Genoa
Rimini Calcio	1: 2	AC Florence
2nd matchday
Rimini Calcio	0: 2	Modena FC
Sampdoria Genoa	1: 2	AS Roma
3rd matchday
AC Florence	2-0	Modena FC
AS Roma	3: 2	Rimini Calcio
4th matchday
AC Florence	4: 2	Sampdoria Genoa
Modena FC	1: 2	AS Roma
5th matchday
AS Roma	0: 1	AC Florence
Sampdoria Genoa	0-0	Rimini Calcio

Group 4

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Torino Calcio	4th	3	1	0	007: 300	+4	07th
2.	CFC genoa	4th	2	1	1	009: 500	+4	05
3.	US Lecce	4th	1	2	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	US Foggia	4th	1	1	2	008:110	−3	03
5.	AS Bari	4th	0	1	3	002: 700	−5	01


1st matchday
CFC genoa	5: 1	US Foggia
US Lecce	1-0	AS Bari
2nd matchday
AS Bari	1: 2	CFC genoa
Torino Calcio	4: 2	US Foggia
3rd matchday
US Foggia	4: 1	AS Bari
US Lecce	0: 1	Torino Calcio
4th matchday
AS Bari	0-0	Torino Calcio
CFC genoa	1: 1	US Lecce
5th matchday
US Foggia	1: 1	US Lecce
Torino Calcio	2: 1	CFC genoa

Group 5

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Inter Milan	4th	3	1	0	007: 100	+6	07th
2.	Ascoli Calcio	4th	2	2	0	004: 200	+2	06th
3.	Atalanta Bergamo	4th	1	1	2	004: 600	−2	03
4th	US Cremonese	4th	1	1	2	002: 400	−2	03
5.	Como Calcio	4th	0	1	3	001: 500	−4	01


1st matchday
Atalanta Bergamo	2: 1	US Cremonese
Como Calcio	0: 2	Inter Milan
2nd matchday
Atalanta Bergamo	0-0	Como Calcio
Inter Milan	0-0	Ascoli Calcio
3rd matchday
Ascoli Calcio	2: 1	Atalanta Bergamo
US Cremonese	1-0	Como Calcio
4th matchday
Ascoli Calcio	0-0	US Cremonese
Inter Milan	3: 1	Atalanta Bergamo
5th matchday
Como Calcio	1: 2	Ascoli Calcio
US Cremonese	0: 2	Inter Milan

Group 6

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SSC Naples	4th	4th	0	0	011: 300	+8	08th
2.	SSC Palermo	4th	2	0	2	005: 600	−1	04th
3.	Lanerossi Vicenza	4th	1	1	2	006: 700	−1	03
4th	FC Catanzaro	4th	1	1	2	004: 500	−1	03
5.	US Avellino	4th	1	0	3	003: 800	−5	02


1st matchday
FC Catanzaro	2-0	US Avellino
Lanerossi Vicenza	1: 2	SSC Palermo
2nd matchday
US Avellino	1: 2	Lanerossi Vicenza
SSC Naples	2-0	FC Catanzaro
3rd matchday
FC Catanzaro	2: 2	Lanerossi Vicenza
SSC Palermo	2: 3	SSC Naples
4th matchday
US Avellino	2-0	SSC Palermo
Lanerossi Vicenza	1: 2	SSC Naples
5th matchday
SSC Naples	4-0	US Avellino
SSC Palermo	1-0	FC Catanzaro

Group 7

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AS Taranto	4th	2	2	0	007: 200	+5	06th
2.	Pescara Calcio	4th	2	2	0	007: 200	+5	06th
3.	AC Perugia	4th	2	2	0	004: 100	+3	06th
4th	Cagliari Calcio	4th	1	0	3	005:110	−6	02
5.	AC Pistoiese	4th	0	0	4th	001: 800	−7	00


1st matchday
Cagliari Calcio	0: 2	AC Perugia
AS Taranto	3-0	AC Pistoiese
2nd matchday
Pescara Calcio	0-0	AS Taranto
AC Pistoiese	0: 1	AC Perugia
3rd matchday
Cagliari Calcio	2: 1	AC Pistoiese
AC Perugia	1: 1	Pescara Calcio
4th matchday
AC Perugia	0-0	AS Taranto
Pescara Calcio	4: 1	Cagliari Calcio
5th matchday
AC Pistoiese	0: 2	Pescara Calcio
AS Taranto	4: 2	Cagliari Calcio

Since AS Taranto and Pescara Calcio were both tied on points and goals, the direct comparison ended goalless draw, a playoff was necessary to determine the qualifier for the second round.

	total		First leg	Return leg
AS Taranto	3: 2	Pescara Calcio	?:?	?:?

2nd group stage

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Inter Milan	6th	3	3	0	008: 200	+6	09
2.	AC Florence	6th	2	3	1	008: 500	+3	07th
3.	Torino Calcio	6th	1	3	2	004: 500	−1	05
4th	AC Monza Brianza	6th	1	1	4th	005:130	−8	03


1st matchday
AC Monza Brianza	1: 3	Torino Calcio
Inter Milan	2: 2	AC Florence
2nd matchday
AC Monza Brianza	0: 2	Inter Milan
Torino Calcio	0-0	AC Florence
3rd matchday
AC Florence	2-0	AC Monza Brianza
Inter Milan	1-0	Torino Calcio
4th matchday
Torino Calcio	1: 1	AC Monza Brianza
AC Florence	0-0	Inter Milan
5th matchday
AC Florence	2-0	Torino Calcio
Inter Milan	3-0	AC Monza Brianza
6th matchday
AC Monza Brianza	3: 2	AC Florence
Torino Calcio	0-0	Inter Milan

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SSC Naples	6th	3	2	1	010: 200	+8	08th
2.	AC Milan	6th	3	2	1	011: 500	+6	08th
3.	Juventus Turin	6th	2	1	3	007:140	−7	05
4th	AS Taranto	6th	0	3	3	003:100	−7	03


1st matchday
AS Taranto	1: 1	AC Milan
SSC Naples	5-0	Juventus Turin
2nd matchday
AS Taranto	1: 1	Juventus Turin
AC Milan	1: 1	SSC Naples
3rd matchday
Juventus Turin	0: 3	AC Milan
SSC Naples	3-0	AS Taranto
4th matchday
AC Milan	2-0	AS Taranto
Juventus Turin	1-0	SSC Naples
5th matchday
Juventus Turin	3: 1	AS Taranto
SSC Naples	1-0	AC Milan
6th matchday
AC Milan	4: 2	Juventus Turin
AS Taranto	0-0	SSC Naples