1978–79 Coppa Italia

The 1978–79 Coppa Italia was the 32nd coppa Italia. Round-robin, Juventus won 2-1 against Palermo to achieve 6 coppa Italia.

1978–79 Coppa Italia

Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	27 Aug 1978 – 17 May 1979
Teams	36
Final positions
Champions	Juventus (6th title)
Runners-up	Palermo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	83
Goals scored	190 (2.29 per match)
Top goal scorer	Massimo Palanca (8 goals)

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Juventus	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	7
2	Fiorentina	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Monza	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	4
4	Nocerina	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3	2
5	Taranto	4	0	2	2	1	5	−4	2

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lazio	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6
2	Vicenza	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	5
3	Bari	4	2	0	2	3	2	+1	4
4	Bologna	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3
5	Pistoiese	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3	2

Source:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Palermo	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	7
2	Torino	4	2	0	2	8	8	0	4
3	Cesena	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Brescia	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	3
5	Hellas Verona	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	3

Source:

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Catanzaro	4	3	1	0	11	4	+7	7
2	Milan	4	2	1	1	9	7	+2	5
3	SPAL	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	4
4	Lecce	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	2
5	Foggia	4	1	0	3	2	8	−6	2

Source:

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Perugia	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6	6
2	Avellino	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Udinese	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	4
4	Pescara	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
5	Sambenedettese	4	0	1	3	1	9	−8	1

Source:

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Napoli	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6
2	Sampdoria	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	5
3	Genoa	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	3
4	Rimini	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	3
5	Atalanta	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	3

Source:

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cagliari	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	6
2	Varese	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	5
3	Ternana	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	4
4	Roma	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	4
5	Ascoli	4	0	1	3	2	5	−3	1

Source:

Quarter-finals

Join the defending champion: Internazionale.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Palermo	0-0 (p: 5-4)	Lazio	0-0	0-0
Cagliari	2-3	Catanzaro	2-2	0-1
Juventus	3-2	Internazionale	3-1	0-1
Napoli	2-1	Perugia	2-1	0-0

p=after penalty shoot-out

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Catanzaro	3-5	Juventus	1-1	2-4
Palermo	2-1	Napoli	0-0	2-1

Final

Main article: 1979 Coppa Italia final

17 May 1979
20:30

Juventus	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Palermo
Brio 83' Causio 117'		Chimenti 1'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Enzo Barbaresco

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Massimo Palanca	Catanzaro	8
2	Carlo Bresciani	Sampdoria	5
3	Franco Pezzato	SPAL	4
4	Agostino Di Bartolomei	Roma	3
	Roberto Pruzzo	Roma
	Marco Tardelli	Juventus
	Pietro Paolo Virdis	Juventus
	Franco Causio	Juventus
	Aldo Maldera	Milan
	Paolo Pulici	Torino
	Carlo Osellame	Palermo
	Adriano Tedoldi	Rimini

References

• rsssf.com