Coppa Italia 1978/79

The 1978/79 Coppa Italia , the football cup competition for club teams in Italy in the 1978/79 season, was won by Juventus Turin . Juve met SSC Palermo in the final and won the Coppa Italia for the sixth time. With 2-1 after extra time, the team of coach Giovanni Trapattoni prevailed. They succeeded Inter Milan , which had prevailed against SSC Napoli last year, but this time had already been eliminated in the quarter-finals against Juventus.

As the Italian Cup winners 1978/79 Juventus qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup of the following year, where they were eliminated in the semifinals against the English representative Arsenal London .

Group stage

As defending champions, Inter Milan had a bye for the first group stage.

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Juventus Turin	4th	3	1	0	006: 100	+5	07th
2.	AC Florence	4th	1	3	0	004: 300	+1	05
3.	AC Monza Brianza	4th	2	0	2	005: 400	+1	04th
4th	AC Nocerina	4th	0	2	2	001: 400	−3	02
5.	AS Taranto	4th	0	2	2	001: 500	−4	02


1st matchday
AC Monza Brianza	1-0	AC Nocerina
AS Taranto	1: 1	AC Florence
2nd matchday
AC Florence	3: 2	AC Monza Brianza
Juventus Turin	2-0	AS Taranto
3rd matchday
AC Florence	0-0	Juventus Turin
AC Nocerina	0-0	AS Taranto
4th matchday
AC Monza Brianza	0: 1	Juventus Turin
AC Nocerina	0-0	AC Florence
5th matchday
Juventus Turin	3: 1	AC Nocerina
AS Taranto	0: 2	AC Monza Brianza

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Lazio Rome	4th	2	2	0	003: 100	+2	06th
2.	Lanerossi Vicenza	4th	2	1	1	004: 300	+1	05
3.	AS Bari	4th	2	0	2	003: 200	+1	04th
4th	Bologna FC	4th	0	3	1	002: 300	−1	03
5.	AC Pistoiese	4th	0	2	2	001: 400	−3	02


1st matchday
AS Bari	0: 1	Lazio Rome
AC Pistoiese	1: 2	Lanerossi Vicenza
2nd matchday
Bologna FC	0: 1	AS Bari
Lazio Rome	0-0	AC Pistoiese
3rd matchday
AS Bari	2-0	AC Pistoiese
Lanerossi Vicenza	1: 1	Bologna FC
4th matchday
Bologna FC	1: 1	Lazio Rome
Lanerossi Vicenza	1-0	AS Bari
5th matchday
Lazio Rome	1-0	Lanerossi Vicenza
AC Pistoiese	0-0	Bologna FC

Group 3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SSC Palermo	4th	3	1	0	008: 400	+4	07th
2.	Torino Calcio	4th	2	0	2	008: 800	± 0	04th
3.	AC Cesena	4th	1	1	2	007: 800	−1	03
4th	Brescia Calcio	4th	1	1	2	006: 700	−1	03
5.	Hellas Verona	4th	1	1	2	006: 800	−2	03


1st matchday
SSC Palermo	1: 1	Hellas Verona
Torino Calcio	3: 1	AC Cesena
2nd matchday
Brescia Calcio	0: 1	Torino Calcio
AC Cesena	1: 2	SSC Palermo
3rd matchday
Torino Calcio	1: 3	SSC Palermo
Hellas Verona	1: 2	Brescia Calcio
4th matchday
AC Cesena	2-0	Hellas Verona
SSC Palermo	2: 1	Brescia Calcio
5th matchday
Brescia Calcio	3: 3	AC Cesena
Hellas Verona	4: 3	Torino Calcio

Group 4

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	US Catanzaro	4th	3	1	0	011: 400	+7	07th
2.	AC Milan	4th	2	1	1	009: 700	+2	05
3.	SPAL Ferrara	4th	2	0	2	006: 600	± 0	04th
4th	US Lecce	4th	1	0	3	004: 700	−3	02
5.	US Foggia	4th	1	0	3	002: 800	−6	02


1st matchday
US Catanzaro	3: 1	US Lecce
SPAL Ferrara	3-0	US Foggia
2nd matchday
US Foggia	1: 2	US Catanzaro
US Lecce	2: 3	AC Milan
3rd matchday
US Catanzaro	4-0	SPAL Ferrara
AC Milan	3-0	US Foggia
4th matchday
US Foggia	1-0	US Lecce
SPAL Ferrara	3: 1	AC Milan
5th matchday
US Lecce	1-0	SPAL Ferrara
AC Milan	2: 2	US Catanzaro

Group 5

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AC Perugia	4th	2	2	0	007: 100	+6	06th
2.	US Avellino	4th	1	3	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Udinese Calcio	4th	1	2	1	003: 200	+1	04th
4th	Pescara Calcio	4th	1	2	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
5.	Sambenedettese Calcio	4th	0	1	3	001: 900	−8	01


1st matchday
Pescara Calcio	1: 1	US Avellino
Udinese Calcio	2-0	Sambenedettese Calcio
2nd matchday
US Avellino	1-0	Udinese Calcio
AC Perugia	2-0	Pescara Calcio
3rd matchday
Sambenedettese Calcio	1: 1	US Avellino
Udinese Calcio	1: 1	AC Perugia
4th matchday
AC Perugia	4-0	Sambenedettese Calcio
Pescara Calcio	0-0	Udinese Calcio
5th matchday
US Avellino	0-0	AC Perugia
Sambenedettese Calcio	0: 2	Pescara Calcio

Group 6

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SSC Naples	4th	2	2	0	004: 200	+2	06th
2.	Sampdoria Genoa	4th	2	1	1	007: 500	+2	05
3.	CFC genoa	4th	1	1	2	005: 500	± 0	03
4th	Rimini Calcio	4th	1	1	2	007: 800	−1	03
5.	Atalanta Bergamo	4th	1	1	2	006: 900	−3	03


1st matchday
Atalanta Bergamo	1: 3	CFC genoa
SSC Naples	1: 1	Sampdoria Genoa
2nd matchday
CFC genoa	0: 1	Sampdoria Genoa
Rimini Calcio	1: 2	SSC Naples
3rd matchday
Rimini Calcio	2: 2	CFC genoa
Sampdoria Genoa	4: 2	Atalanta Bergamo
4th matchday
SSC Naples	0-0	Atalanta Bergamo
Sampdoria Genoa	1: 2	Rimini Calcio
5th matchday
Atalanta Bergamo	3: 2	Rimini Calcio
CFC genoa	0: 1	SSC Naples

Group 7

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cagliari Calcio	4th	2	2	0	006: 300	+3	06th
2.	FC Varese	4th	2	1	1	005: 400	+1	05
3.	Ternana Calcio	4th	1	2	1	001: 100	± 0	04th
4th	AS Roma	4th	2	0	2	006: 700	−1	04th
5.	Ascoli Calcio	4th	0	1	3	002: 500	−3	01


1st matchday
AS Roma	2: 1	Ascoli Calcio
Ternana Calcio	0-0	Cagliari Calcio
2nd matchday
Ascoli Calcio	1: 1	Cagliari Calcio
FC Varese	0-0	Ternana Calcio
3rd matchday
Cagliari Calcio	2: 1	FC Varese
Ternana Calcio	0: 1	AS Roma
4th matchday
Ascoli Calcio	0: 1	Ternana Calcio
AS Roma	2: 3	FC Varese
5th matchday
Cagliari Calcio	3: 1	AS Roma
FC Varese	1-0	Ascoli Calcio

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
SSC Palermo	0: 0 (5: 4 on perk)	Lazio Rome	0-0	0: 0 a.d.
Cagliari Calcio	2: 3	US Catanzaro	2: 2	0: 1
Juventus Turin	3: 2	Inter Milan	3: 1	0: 1
SSC Naples	2: 1	AC Perugia	2: 1	0-0