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1961–62 Coppa Italia

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1961–62 Coppa Italia
Napoli's squad posed with the trophy
Tournament details
CountryItaly Italy
Dates27 Aug 1961 –
21 June 1962
Teams34
Final positions
ChampionsNapoli (1st title)
Runner-upSPAL
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored95 (2.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Ettore Recagni
Glauco Gilardoni (3 goals)

The 1961–62 Coppa Italia was the 15th Coppa Italia, the major Italian domestic cup. The competition was won by Napoli, who defeated SPAL in a one-legged final played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. This was (and, to this day, still is) the first time a team playing in Serie B won the domestic cup of Italy.

First round

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Serie B teams.

Home team Score Away team
Brescia 3-1 Como
Lazio 3-1 Genoa
Messina 2-1 Cosenza
Modena 2-1 Reggiana
Napoli 1-1 (p: 6–5) Alessandria
Parma 0-1 (aet) Novara
Prato 1-0 Lucchese
Sambenedettese 1-1 (p: 3–4) Catanzaro
Monza 0-3 Bari
Hellas Verona 2-0 Pro Patria

p=after penalty shoot-out

Second round

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14 clubs from Serie A are added.

Home team Score Away team
Hellas Verona 2-2 (p: 5–6) SPAL
Novara 2-0 Udinese
Milan 0-1 Modena
Lecco 3-2 (aet) Bari
Padova 0-2 Brescia
Prato 2-3 Juventus
Lazio 1-0 Palermo
Napoli 0-0 (p: 7–6) Sampdoria
Bologna 1-1 (p: 6–7) Catanzaro
Catania 1-0 Messina
Fiorentina 2-0 Atalanta
Mantova 1-0 Venezia

p=after penalty shoot-out

Round of 16

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Vicenza, Internazionale, Roma and Torino are added.

Home team Score Away team
Vicenza 1-2 SPAL
Internazionale 1-2 Novara
Lecco 4-1 Modena
Brescia 0-1 Juventus
Roma 0-0 (p: 6–4) Lazio
Torino 0-2 Napoli
Catanzaro 1-0 (aet) Catania
Mantova 4-1 Fiorentina

p=after penalty shoot-out

Quarter-finals

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Home team Score Away team
Juventus 3-0 Lecco
SPAL 3-1 Novara
Roma 0-1 Napoli
Mantova 3-0 Catanzaro

Semi-finals

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Home team Score Away team
SPAL 4-1 Juventus
Napoli 2-1 Mantova

Third place match

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Home team Score Away team
Mantova 1-0 Juventus

Final

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Napoli2–1SPAL
Corelli 12'
Ronzon 78'
Micheli 16'
Referee: Pietro Bonetto

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Glauco Gilardoni Napoli 3
Italy Ettore Recagni Mantova
3 Italy Gino Stacchini Juventus 2
Wales John Charles Juventus
Italy Italo Mazzero Mantova
Italy Gianni Corelli Napoli
Italy Dante Micheli SPAL
Italy Carlo Dell'Omodarme SPAL
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