1987–88 Coppa Italia

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.

1987–88 Coppa Italia

Country	Italy
Dates	23 Aug 1987 – 19 May 1988
Teams	48
Champions	Sampdoria (2nd title)
Runners-up	Torino
Matches played	150
Goals scored	354 (2.36 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Diego Maradona (6 goals)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

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	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

Main article: 1988 Coppa Italia Final

First leg

5 May 1988

21:00

Sampdoria	2 – 0	Torino
Briegel  10' Vialli  33'

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

Referee: Paolo Casarin

Second leg

19 May 1988

21:00

Torino	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Sampdoria
Vierchowod  5' (o.g.) A. Paganin  35' (o.g.)		Salsano  112'

Stadio Comunale, Turin

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

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