The 2020 Coppa Italia final decided the winners of the 2019–20 Coppa Italia, Italy's main football cup.
It was originally scheduled to be played on 13 May 2020, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, it was first postponed to 20 May, and then to 17 June. Following the second leg of both semi-finals, also delayed until 12 and 13 June 2020, the finalists were determined to be Napoli and Juventus. Napoli won the match 4–2 on penalties after a goalless draw.
As the cup winners, Napoli automatically qualified to the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League and to the 2020 Supercoppa Italiana against the champions of the 2019–20 Serie A, Juventus.
Background Napoli appeared in the final for the 10th time, with a record of five wins and four losses in their first nine appearances. It was a record 19th appearance for Juventus in a Coppa Italia final, and fifth appearance in the last six years. Going into the final, Juventus had won in 13 of their 18 final appearances. The teams had met in the final only once in 2012, a match Napoli won 2–0.
Road to the final Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). NapoliRoundJuventusOpponentResult2019–20 Coppa ItaliaOpponentResultPerugia (H)2–0Round of 16Udinese (H)4–0Lazio (H)1–0Quarter-finalsRoma (H)3–1Internazionale1–0 (A), 1–1 (H) (2–1 agg.)Semi-finalsMilan1–1 (A), 0–0 (H) (1–1 (a) agg.)
Match Details
GK 1 Alex MeretRB 22 Giovanni Di LorenzoCB 19 Nikola MaksimovićCB 26 Kalidou KoulibalyLB 6 Mário Rui CM 8 Fabián Ruiz CM 4 Diego DemmeCM 20 Piotr Zieliński RF 7 José Callejón CF 14 Dries Mertens LF 24 Lorenzo Insigne (c)Substitutes:GK 27 Orestis KarnezisDF 13 Sebastiano LupertoDF 23 Elseid Hysaj DF 31 Faouzi GhoulamDF 44 Kostas ManolasMF 5 Allan MF 12 Eljif Elmas MF 34 Amin YounesFW 9 Fernando LlorenteFW 11 Hirving LozanoFW 21 Matteo Politano FW 99 Arkadiusz Milik Manager: Gennaro Gattuso GK 77 Gianluigi BuffonRB 16 Juan Cuadrado CB 4 Matthijs de LigtCB 19 Leonardo Bonucci (c) LB 12 Alex SandroCM 30 Rodrigo BentancurCM 5 Miralem Pjanić CM 14 Blaise MatuidiRW 11 Douglas Costa CF 10 Paulo Dybala LW 7 Cristiano RonaldoSubstitutes:GK 1 Wojciech SzczęsnyGK 31 Carlo PinsoglioDF 2 Mattia De SciglioDF 13 Danilo DF 24 Daniele RuganiMF 8 Aaron Ramsey MF 25 Adrien RabiotMF 38 Simone MuratoreFW 33 Federico Bernardeschi FW 35 Marco OlivieriFW 44 Giacomo VrioniFW 46 Luca ZanimacchiaManager: Maurizio Sarri
Assistant referees: Giacomo PaganessiStefano Alassio Fourth official: Gianpaolo Calvarese Video assistant referee: Massimiliano Irrati Assistant video assistant referees: Giorgio Schenone |}Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.
See also 2019–20 Juventus FC season 2019–20 SSC Napoli season Juventus FC–SSC Napoli rivalry
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