# 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.

## 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

## 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
### Second leg

Sampdoria won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Diego Maradona | Napoli | 6 |
| 2 | Careca | Napoli | 5 |
| 2 | Blaž Slišković | Pescara | 5 |
| 2 | Alessandro Altobelli | Internazionale | 5 |
| 2 | Toni Polster | Torino | 5 |
| 2 | Tullio Gritti | Torino | 5 |
| 2 | Marco van Basten | Milan | 5 |
| 2 | Ian Rush | Juventus | 5 |
| 2 | Ramón Díaz | Fiorentina | 5 |
| 10 | Luigi De Agostini | Juventus | 4 |
| 10 | Ruggiero Rizzitelli | Cesena | 4 |
| 10 | Júnior | Pescara | 4 |