The 2025 Coppa Italia final was the final match of the 2024–25 edition of the

Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () 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 successf ...

, Italy's premier national football cup. It was played on 14 May 2025 between

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and

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. Bologna won the match 1–0 for their third Coppa Italia title, and the first since

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Background

had previously played in fourteen Coppa Italia finals, winning five times. Their most recent final appearance was in

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, a defeat to

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; their last win was in

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, an aggregate victory over

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. Their last single match victory in

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dates back to

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against Juventus. Bologna had won both their two appearances in the cup final. Their most recent appearance was a

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victory to

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. The two teams never met in the Coppa Italia final. AC Milan's season turned out to be underwhelming after this Coppa Italia loss, having also finished 8th in the

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. Bologna finished 1 spot lower than Milan in the Serie A, but winning this trophy makes this season much grander from the perspective of Bologna fans.

Road to the final

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''

Match

Summary

The game started in front of 68,490 people. In the eighth minute, Juan Miranda sent the ball into the penalty area where Santiago Castro attempted to head the ball beyond

Mike Maignan Mike Peterson Maignan (; born 3 July 1995) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Serie A club AC Milan, which he captains, and the France national football team, ...

, only for the French goalkeeper to save down his bottom right-hand side and

Giovanni Fabbian Giovanni Fabbian (born 14 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Bologna. He is frequently deployed as a box-to-box midfielder. Club career Reggina A product of Inter Milan's youth academ ...

unable to convert the rebound. In the tenth minute, Álex Jiménez sent the ball across towards

Luka Jović Luka Jović ( sr-Cyrl, Лука Јовић; born 23 December 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Serbia national team. Early life Jović was born in Loznica, FR Yugoslavia. He was raised in the small vil ...

, however Bologna defender Sam Beukema's attempted block ended up having to be palmed away by

Łukasz Skorupski Łukasz Skorupski (born 5 May 1991) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Bologna and the Poland national team. Club career Early career Born in Zabrze, Skorupski started his professional career with Górnik Za ...

, before Jović's follow up attempt on the rebound was also stopped by the Polish goalkeeper. In the forty-third minute, a header from Emil Holm was gathered by Maignan, moments before Milan attempted a quick counter-attack with

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before the Portuguese was caught by a sliding tackle from captain

Lewis Ferguson Lewis Ferguson (born 24 August 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for and captains Serie A club Bologna and the Scotland national team. After playing youth football for Rangers and Hamilton Academic ...

, who received a

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as a result. Neither side made any changes at halftime. In the fifty-third minute,

Riccardo Orsolini Riccardo Orsolini (born 24 January 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Bologna and the Italy national team. Club career Early career Orsolini is a product of Ascoli's youth academy. He made his debut ...

was played through on goal before

Théo Hernandez Théo Bernard François Hernandez (; born 6 October 1997) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club AC Milan and the France national football team, France national team. He is known for ...

managed to slide the ball away, but only across towards Dan Ndoye who managed to evade

Fikayo Tomori Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola "Fikayo" Tomori (born 19 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club AC Milan. Born in Canada, he plays for the England national team. Early life Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola Tomo ...

before striking the ball into the right-hand corner of the net. In the sixty-second minute, Milan made a triple sub, putting on

Kyle Walker Kyle Andrew Walker (born 28 May 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club AC Milan, on loan from club Manchester City, and the England national team. Walker started his career at his boyhood club Sheffi ...

Santiago Giménez Santiago Tomás Giménez Zolotarchuk (; born 18 April 2001) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for club AC Milan. Born in Argentina, he represents the Mexico national footb ...

and

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for Tomori, Jiménez and Jović. Seven minutes later, Bologna brought on

Nicolò Casale Nicolò Casale (born 14 February 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Bologna. Club career Casale made his Serie B debut for Perugia on 16 September 2017 in a game against Parma. On 18 July 2019, Casa ...

and

Tommaso Pobega Tommaso Pobega ( born 15 July 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Bologna on loan from AC Milan, and the Italy national team. Club career AC Milan Pobega appeared in friendlies for the main squad of A ...

for Fabbian and Orsolini. In the seventy-first minute, Hernandez sent a low ball towards Giménez who was waiting in the middle of the penalty area, however the Mexican didn't connect properly with the ball and Skorupski was left to gather what was a tame effort. Bologna made further substitutions, with Holm, Castro and Ndoye all making way for

Davide Calabria Davide Calabria (; born 6 December 1996) is an Italian professional Association footballer, footballer who plays as a Full-back (association football), right-back for club Bologna FC 1909, Bologna, on loan from AC Milan. Club career AC Milan C ...

, Jens Odgaard and

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. Meanwhile Milan, hoping to find a late equaliser, introduced

Tammy Abraham Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham (born 2 October 1997), known as Tammy Abraham, is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Serie A club AC Milan, on loan from ...

and

Samuel Chukwueze Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze (; born 22 May 1999) is a Nigerian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), right winger for Serie A club AC Milan and the Nigeria national football team, Nigeria n ...

in place of Youssouf Fofana and

Christian Pulisic Christian Mate Pulisic (born September 18, 1998) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for club AC Milan and the United States men's national soccer team, United States natio ...

. In the fourth minute of

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, Odgaard managed to wriggle away from multiple Milan players before striking an effort from outside the penalty area straight into the hands of Maignan. After six minutes of injury time, the game was finished as Bologna won their third Coppa Italia, and their first major trophy since last winning the competition in

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References

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