The 2012 Coppa Italia Final was the final match of the
2011–12 Coppa Italia, the 65th season of the top cup competition in
Italian football
Football ( it, calcio ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team is considered to be one of the best national teams in the world. They have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only ...
. The match was played at the
Stadio Olimpico
The Stadio Olimpico (English: ''Olympic Stadium'') is the largest sports facility in Rome, Italy, seating over 70,000 spectators. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex, north of the city. The structure is owned by the Italian Na ...
in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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on Sunday, 20 May 2012 between
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
and
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. Napoli won the match 2–0, with
Edinson Cavani
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and
Marek Hamšík
Marek Hamšík (; born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. He formerly captained the Slovakia national team.
After beginning his club career with Slovan Bratislava in 20 ...
scoring. The cup victory was Napoli's fourth in the competition. The two teams also later faced each other in the
2012 Supercoppa Italiana, as Napoli were cup champions and Juventus were crowned
2012 Serie A Champions.
Road to the final
Match
Details
References
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