1972–73 Coppa Italia

The 1972–73 Coppa Italia was the 26th Coppa Italia, the major Italian domestic cup. The competition was won by Milan.

1972–73 Coppa Italia

Milan poses with the trophy
Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	27 Aug 1972 – 1 July 1973
Teams	36
Final positions
Champions	Milan (3rd title)
Runner-up	Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	95
Goals scored	199 (2.09 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Gigi Riva (8 goals)

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Juventus	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
2	Varese	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Hellas Verona	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	4
4	Novara	4	1	1	2	3	3	0	3
5	Foggia	4	0	2	2	2	7	−5	2

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Reggiana	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	6
2	Brescia	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	5
3	Vicenza	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	4
4	Torino	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
5	Catania	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	1

Source:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cagliari	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	8
2	Arezzo	4	1	2	1	2	4	−2	4
3	Perugia	4	1	1	2	5	3	+2	3
4	Ascoli	4	0	3	1	2	4	−2	3
5	Ternana	4	0	2	2	2	9	−7	2

Source:

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Internazionale	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
2	Catanzaro	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Genoa	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Sampdoria	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1	3
5	Lecco	4	0	1	3	3	10	−7	1

Source:

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bologna	4	3	1	0	6	3	+3	7
2	Cesena	4	2	1	1	9	2	+7	5
3	Monza	4	2	0	2	7	11	−4	4
4	Fiorentina	4	0	3	1	3	6	−3	3
5	Bari	4	0	1	3	2	5	−3	1

Source:

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atalanta	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	7
2	Roma	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	7
3	Mantova	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Como	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2
5	Reggina	4	0	1	3	1	9	−8	1

Source:

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Napoli	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	7
2	Taranto	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	4
3	Palermo	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	4
4	Brindisi	4	1	2	1	1	3	−2	4
5	Lazio	4	0	1	3	1	4	−3	1

Source:

Second round

Join the defending champion: Milan.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Juventus	6	3	3	0	12	8	+4	9
2	Internazionale	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	7
3	Bologna	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	6
4	Reggiana	6	0	2	4	4	9	−5	2

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Milan	6	5	0	1	7	1	+6	10
2	Atalanta	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	7
3	Napoli	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	4
4	Cagliari	6	1	1	4	4	7	−3	3

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Final

Main article: 1973 Coppa Italia final

1 July 1973

21:00

Milan	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Juventus
Benetti 50' (pen.)		R. Bettega 15'
Penalties
Schnellinger Benetti Chiarugi Biasiolo Magherini	5–2	Causio Anastasi R. Bettega Spinosi Cuccureddu

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Referee: Alberto Michelotti

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gigi Riva	Cagliari	8
2	Roberto Boninsegna	Internazionale	6
	Giuseppe Savoldi	Bologna
4	Sergio Pellizzaro	Atalanta	5
	Pietro Anastasi	Juventus
	Giampietro Spagnolo	Reggiana
7	Franco Causio	Juventus	4
	Egidio Salvi	Brescia
	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale
	Walter Speggiorin	Vicenza
	Ariedo Braida	Cesena

References

• rsssf.com