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The 2019–20 Coppa Italia Serie C was the 48th edition of the Coppa Italia Serie C, the cup competition for Serie C clubs.

Viterbese were the defending champions having won their first title in May 2019 against Monza, but were eliminated by Teramo in the round of 32. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the final – which was originally planned to be played in two legs in April 2020 – was played as a one-off match in June.

Juventus U23 won the competition by defeating Ternana 2–1 in the final, winning their first title.

Participating teams

Group A (20 teams)

• AlbinoLeffe
• Alessandria
• Arezzo
• Carrarese
• Como
• Giana Erminio
• Gozzano
• Juventus U23
• Lecco
• Monza
• Novara
• Olbia
• Pergolettese
• Pianese
• Pistoiese
• Pontedera
• Pro Patria
• Pro Vercelli
• Renate
• Siena

Group B (20 teams)

• Arzignano
• Carpi
• Cesena
• Fano
• Feralpisalò
• Fermana
• Gubbio
• Imolese
• Modena
• Padova
• Piacenza
• Ravenna
• Reggio Audace
• Rimini
• Sambenedettese
• Südtirol
• Triestina
• L.R. Vicenza
• Virtus Verona
• Vis Pesaro

Group C (20 teams)

• Avellino
• Bari
• Bisceglie
• Casertana
• Catania
• Catanzaro
• Cavese
• Monopoli
• Paganese
• Picerno
• Potenza
• Reggina
• Rende
• Rieti
• Sicula Leonzio
• Teramo
• Ternana
• Vibonese
• Virtus Francavilla
• Viterbese

Format and seeding

The 60 teams in the 2019–20 Serie C entered the competition at various stages, as follows:

• Group stage: it was attended by the 31 teams that had not participated in the Coppa Italia. The teams were divided into 11 groups, of which nine consisted of three teams and the other two of two teams. The teams met in one-way matches for the three-team groups, and in home-and-away matches in the two-team groups. The teams ranked first in their respective groups were admitted to the Final round.
• Final round: 40 teams participated, the 29 who also participated in the Coppa Italia and the 11 winners of the preliminary round. The final round was played following a knock-out format, with teams paired based on geography.
  • First round (one-legged): played by only 16 of the 40 teams, who faced each other in eight one-legged matches to reduce the number of participants to 32; the home factor was determined by drawing lots.
  • Round of 32 (one-legged): played by the eight winners of the first round and the 24 who had not played in the first round; 16 one-way matches were played, with the home factor determined by drawing lots.
  • Round of 16 (one-legged)
  • Quarter-finals (one-legged)
  • Semi-finals (two-legged)
• Final (one-legged)

With a press release from the Lega Pro, on 10 June, it was decided that the final would be played in a single match and on a neutral field. In the event of a tie at the end of regular time, extra time would be played and, in the event of a further tie, penalty shots. It was also established that the final would be played on 27 June 2020. On 20 June the Stadio Dino Manuzzi of Cesena was chosen to host the final, and it was established that it would take place at 20:45.

The winner of the tournament qualified to the third round of the 2019–20 Serie C promotion play-offs; however, if they satisfied one of the following conditions:

• already promoted to the Serie B by ranking;
• already admitted to the third round of the playoffs by ranking;
• renounced participation in the playoffs;
• finished the Serie C championship in one of the last five places (therefore either relegated directly to Serie D or qualified for the relegation play-out),

their place would be filled by the losing finalist or, alternatively, by the club ranked fourth of the Serie C group to which the cup winner belonged.

Round dates

Group stage

Group A

Group B

AlbinoLeffe	1–2	Lecco
Sibilli 35'	Report	Nichetti 45' (o.g.) Capogna 47'

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Paganese	2–2	Avellino
Diop 43' (pen.) Mattia 68'	Report	Alfageme 6' Celjak 63'

Avellino	0–1	Bari
	Report	Di Paolantonio 52'

Group L

Vibonese	2–1	Sicula Leonzio
Napolitano 26' Petermann 48'	Report	Lescano 81'

Sicula Leonzio	3–0	Vibonese
Scardina 10' Sicurella 68' Lescano 79'	Report

Sicula Leonzio won 4–2 on aggregate.

Group M

AZ Picerno	0–2	Bisceglie
	Report	Gatto 59' Montero 88'

Bisceglie	1–1	AZ Picerno
Manicone 75'	Report	Nappello 70'

Bisceglie won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final stage

Bracket (since round of 32)

First round

Monza	4–1	Renate
Gliozzi 13' Marchi 15' Mosti 36' Iocolano 68'	Report	De Sena 33'

Südtirol	0–1	Feralpisalò
	Report	Guidetti 33'

Novara	0–1	Alessandria
	Report	Akammandu 65'

Potenza	4–1	Rende
Marini 30', 64' Longo 34' Murano 90'	Report	Libertazzi 75' (pen.)

Round of 32

Pro Vercelli	1–0	Carpi
Marcilo 8'	Report

Catanzaro	2–0	Monopoli
Fischnaller 49' Giannone 75'	Report

Viterbese	0–1	Teramo
	Report	Cancellotti 28'

Padova	1–4	L.R. Vicenza
Germano 46'	Report	Arma 16' Bianchi 32' Liviero 41' Zarpellon 59'

Juventus U23	1–0	Alessandria
Han 38' (pen.)	Report

Ravenna	2–4	Cesena
Nocciolini 17' Fiorani 26'	Report	Giraudo 6', 9' Franco 7' Sarao 41'

Siena	2–0	Arezzo
D'Auria 27' Polidori 73'	Report

Ternana	4–1	Fermana
Vantaggiato 45' Russo 54' Torromino 77' Partipilo 89'	Report	Molinari 9'

Avellino	2–1	Cavese
Alfageme 44' Micovschi 84' (pen.)	Report	El Ouazni 19'

Casertana	2–1	Bisceglie
Floro Flores 36' Starita 89' (pen.)	Report	Longo 81'

Reggina	2–3	Potenza
Doumbia 59' De Francesco 74' (pen.)	Report	Iuliano 41' Arciadacono 55' Vuletich 79'

Feralpisalò	1–0	Lecco
Mordini 10'	Report

Triestina	1–0	Virtus Verona
Costantino 80' (pen.)	Report

Catania	1–0	Sicula Leonzio
Curiale 30'	Report

Round of 16

Juventus U23	2–0	Pro Vercelli
Federiksen 75' Clemenza 90+5'	Report

Catanzaro	2–0	Casertana
Fischnaller 5', 10'	Report

Potenza	1–2	Catania
França 66'	Report	Di Piazza 35' (pen.) Biondi 69'

Cesena	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Piacenza
Pergeffi 38'	Report	Sarao 41'
Penalties
Ciofi Rosaia Franco Borello	2–4	Bolis Nicco Paponi Borri

L.R. Vicenza	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Triestina
Arma 81' (pen.) Alberto Tronco 92' Guerra 111'	Report	Gomez 73'

Feralpisalò	3–2	Pro Patria
Magnino 15' Scarsella 59' Ceccarelli 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Parker 4' Defendi 9'

Avellino	0–1	Ternana
	Report	G. Nesta 84'

Siena	3–1	Teramo
Campagnacci 21' Arrigoni 34' Polidori 81'	Report	Bombagi 34'

Quarter-finals

Siena	0–1	Ternana
	Report	Vantaggiato 64'

Piacenza	1–2	Juventus U23
Cattaneo 7'	Report	Rafia 39' (pen.) Mota 47'

Catanzaro	0–1	Catania
	Report	Biagianti 75'

Vicenza	0–1	Feralpisalò
	Report	Maiorino 63' (pen.)

Semi-finals

Ternana	2–0	Catania
Partpilo 48' Torromino 67'	Report

Ternana won 2–0 on aggregate.

Feralpisalò	2–0	Juventus U23
Maiorino 12', 25'	Report

Juventus U23	4–0 (a.e.t.)	Feralpisalò
Marchi 14' Zanimacchia 59', 114' (pen.) Rafia 119'	Report

Juventus U23 won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

Ternana	1–2	Juventus U23
Mammarella 6'	Report	Brunori 12' (pen.) Rafia 45+1'

Notes

1. ^ Tie reversed from the original draw

References

1. "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 61/L – 30 LUGLIO 2019" (PDF). lega-pro.com. 30 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-08-04. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
2. "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE LEGA PRO N. 262/L del 10 GIUGNO 2020" (PDF). lega-pro.com. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
3. "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 40/CIt – 20 GIUGNO 2020" (PDF). lega-pro.com. 20 June 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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