Coppa Italia
annual domestic cup of Italian football
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The Coppa Italia is Italy's annual cup competition for football (soccer) clubs, where teams compete in a knockout tournament separate from the regular league season. It matters to Italian football fans because it offers clubs a chance to win a prestigious domestic trophy and provides an alternative path for smaller teams to achieve glory alongside the traditional league competition.
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Coppa Italia (lit. 'Italy Cup') is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since.
Juventus is the competition's most successful club with fifteen wins, followed by Inter Milan with ten. Juventus has contested the most finals with 22, followed by Roma with 17 finals. The holder can wear a cockade of Italy (Italian: coccarda), akin to the roundels that appear on military aircraft. The winner automatically qualifies for both the UEFA Europa League league phase and the Supercoppa Italiana the following year.