2003–04 Coppa Italia

2003–04 Coppa Italia

Country	Italy
Teams	48
Defending champions	Milan
Champions	Lazio
Runners-up	Juventus
Matches played	94
Goals scored	209 (2.22 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Stefano Fiore (Lazio), 6 goals
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Coppa Italia was the 56th edition of the tournament. Lazio won the tournament for the 4th time in club history, winning the two-legged final over Juventus on a 4-2 aggregate score.

Seedings and format

In the 2003–04 Coppa Italia there were a total of 48 teams competing: all 18 clubs from Serie A, 23 of the 24 clubs in Serie B, and 7 clubs from Serie C. The only Serie B club not to feature in the competition was ACF Fiorentina, as they had only later been reassigned to Serie B based on sporting merit following the disbarment of Cosenza. The clubs from Serie C included the 4 runners-up from the 2002-03 Serie C promotion playoffs along with the two finalists from the 2002-03 Serie C Coppa Italia competition.

The format for pairings were:

• Group Stage: one-leg fixtures
  • First round: The 32 non-seeded clubs were divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each. Each team played the other three from its group once and the top team from each group advanced to the second round.
    • Points were awarded as 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for loss. In the event of a tie at the conclusion of this stage, the group goes to the team with the best goal difference in the match, otherwise the best overall goal difference.
• Knockout Rounds: two-leg fixtures
  • Second round: Clubs 9–14 from Serie A and the top two clubs from Serie B were paired against the 8 advancing teams from the group stage.
  • Round of 16: Teams 1–8 from Serie A were paired against the 8 winners of the second round
  • Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals: Two-leg fixtures with pairings based upon bracket

Group stage

To protest against the enlargement of Serie B to 24 teams, many clubs chose to forfeit games in the group phase of this year's competition and many games were not played. All forfeiting teams were given a 3-0 defeat and deducted 1 point in the table for each game not played. Forfeiting teams are indicated in italics.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pro Patria	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Cagliari	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	1
Piacenza	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	1
Como	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	-2

Team #1	Team #2	Results
Pro Patria	Cagliari	0–2
Piacenza	Como	2-0
Como	Pro Patria	0–3 to forfeit
Cagliari	Piacenza	0-3 to both from forfeit
Como	Cagliari	0–3 to both from forfeit
Pro Patria	Piacenza	3–0 to forfeit

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cesena	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
Genoa	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
Torino	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	1
Livorno	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	-1

Team #1	Team #2	Results
Cesena	Livorno	1–1
Genoa	Torino	0–1
Torino	Cesena	0–3 to forfeit
Livorno	Genoa	0-3 to forfeit
Torino	Livorno	0–3 to both from forfeit
Cesena	Genoa	1–1

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Palermo	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	1
Verona	3	1	0	2	1	6	-5	1
Treviso	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	-2
AlbinoLeffe	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	-2

Team #1	Team #2	Results
Verona	Treviso	1–0
Palermo	AlbinoLeffe	2–0
AlbinoLeffe	Verona	0–3 to both from forfeit
Treviso	Palermo	0–3 to both from forfeit
AlbinoLeffe	Treviso	0–3 to both from forfeit
Verona	Palermo	0–3 to both from forfeit

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Venezia	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	1
Triestina	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6	-1
Vicenza	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	-1
Atalanta	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	-2

Team #1	Team #2	Results
Venezia	Atalanta	2–0
Triestina	Vicenza	1–1
Vicenza	Venezia	0–3 to both from forfeit
Atalanta	Triestina	0–3 to both from forfeit
Vicenza	Atalanta	0–3 to both from forfeit
Venezia	Triestina	0–3 to both from forfeit

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sambenedettese	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Pisa	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	3
Ancona	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
Ternana	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	-2

Team #1	Team #2	Results
Ternana	Sambenedettese	1–2
Ancona	Pisa	0-2
Pisa	Ternana	0–3 to both from forfeit
Sambenedettese	Ancona	3–0 to forfeit
Pisa	Sambenedettese	1–1
Ternana	Ancona	0–3 to forfeit

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Teramo	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Bari	3	1	0	2	2	7	-5	1
Ascoli	3	0	1	2	2	8	-6	-1
Martina	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	-2

Team #1	Team #2	Results
Ascoli	Teramo	2–2
Martina	Bari	1–2
Bari	Ascoli	0–3 to both from forfeit
Teramo	Martina	3–0 to forfeit
Bari	Teramo	0-3 to forfeit
Ascoli	Martina	0–3 to both from forfeit

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Salernitana	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
Napoli	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
Messina	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	1
Pescara	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	-2

Team #1	Team #2	Results
Salernitana	Napoli	0–0
Messina	Pescara	2–0
Pescara	Salernitana	0-3 to forfeit
Napoli	Messina	0-3 to both from forfeit
Pescara	Napoli	0-3 to fofeit
Salernitana	Messina	3-0 to forfeit

Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brindisi	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
Catania	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
Lecce	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	1
Avellino	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	-2

Team #1	Team #2	Results
Avellino	Lecce	0–1
Brindisi	Catania	1–1
Catania	Avellino	3-0 to forfeit
Lecce	Brindisi	0-3 to forfeit
Catania	Lecce	3-0 to forfeit
Avellino	Brindisi	0–3 to forfeit

Knockout stage

Second stage						Round of 16						Quarter finals						Semifinals						Finals
Pro Patria	0	0	0
Sampdoria	1	3	4			Sampdoria	0	0	0
Milan						Milan	1	1	2
bye												Milan	2	2	4
Roma												Roma	1	1	2
bye						Roma	1	2	3
Palermo	1	3	4			Palermo	0	1	1
Brescia Calcio	1	2	3															Milan	1	0	1
Sambenedettese	2	0	2															Lazio	2	4	6
Modena	1	2	3			Modena	0	0	0
Lazio						Lazio	1	2	3
bye												Lazio	2	1	3
Empoli	0	1	1									Parma	0	1	1
Venezia	2	1	3			Venezia	0	1	1
Parma						Parma	2	0	2
bye																								Lazio	2	2	4
Chievo																								Juventus	0	2	2
bye						Chievo	2	0	2
Cesena	1	2	3			Perugia	1	3	4
Perugia	2	3	5									Perugia	1	0	1
Teramo	0	0	0									Juventus	2	1	3
Siena	1	3	4			Siena	1	1	2
Juventus						Juventus	2	2	4
bye																		Juventus	2	2(7p)	4
Brindisi	3	0	3															Inter	2	2(6p)	4
Bologna	2	3	5			Bologna	0	0	0
Udinese						Udinese	1	3	4
bye												Udinese	0	1	1
Inter												Inter	0	3	3
bye						Inter	2	1	3
Salernitana	0	0	0			Reggina	2	1	3
Reggina	2	3	5

2003–04 Coppa Italia Final

First leg

Lazio v Juventus

17 March 2004

Lazio	2–0	Juventus
Fiore  59', 80'

21:00 – Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 62,204 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Second leg

Juventus v Lazio

12 May 2004

Juventus	2–2	Lazio
Trezeguet  20' Del Piero  46'		Corradi  69' Fiore  86'

21:00 – Stadio delle Alpi, Turin Attendance: 38,849 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

'Lazio win Coppa Italia 4–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Scorer	Club	Goals
Stefano Fiore	Lazio	6
Adriano	Internazionale	3
Julio Cruz	Internazionale	3
Marco Di Vaio	Juventus	3
Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	3
Guilherme do Prado	Perugia	3
David Di Michele	Reggina	3
Julio César de León	Reggio	3
Antonio Criniti	Sambenedettese	3

References

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