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

Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	23 Aug 1987 – 19 May 1988
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Sampdoria (2nd title)
Runner-up	Torino
Tournament statistics
Matches played	150
Goals scored	354 (2.36 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Diego Maradona (6 goals)

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

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

Attendance: 18,000

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

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

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