1997 Coppa Italia final

1997 Coppa Italia Final
49th Coppa Italia Final
Event1996–97 Coppa Italia
Napoli Vicenza
1 3
First leg
Napoli Vicenza
1 0
Date8 May 1997
VenueStadio San Paolo, Naples
RefereePaolo Ceccarini
Attendance65,932
Second leg
Vicenza Napoli
3 0
Date29 May 1997
VenueStadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza
RefereeStefano Braschi
Attendance19,144
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The 1997 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 1996–97 Coppa Italia, the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played over two legs on 8 and 29 May 1997 between Napoli and Vicenza. The final was won by Vicenza, who claimed their first Coppa Italia title with a 3–1 aggregate victory.

First leg

Napoli1-0Vicenza
Pecchia 21'
Attendance: 65,932
Referee: Paolo Ceccarini
Napoli
Vicenza
GK 1 Italy Giuseppe Taglialatela
RB 16 Italy Francesco Colonnese Yellow card
CB 15 Italy Francesco Baldini
CB 2 Argentina Roberto Ayala
LB 3 Italy Mauro Milanese
DM 6 Brazil André Cruz Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 90'
RM 4 Italy Roberto Bordin (c)
CM 23 Italy Raffaele Longo
LM 11 Italy Fabio Pecchia
AM 9 Italy Massimiliano Esposito downward-facing red arrow 77'
CF 18 Italy Nicola Caccia downward-facing red arrow 88'
Substitutes:
MF 5 France Alain Boghossian upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 14 Italy Alfredo Aglietti upward-facing green arrow 88'
MF 24 Italy Luca Altomare upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Italy Vincenzo Montefusco
GK 22 Italy Pierluigi Brivio
RB 8 Uruguay Gustavo Méndez Yellow card
CB 5 Italy Davide Belotti
CB 16 Italy Massimo Beghetto
LB 3 Italy Gilberto D'Ignazio downward-facing red arrow 51'
RM 10 Italy Fabio Viviani
CM 4 Italy Domenico Di Carlo
CM 13 Italy Giampiero Maini
LM 23 Italy Gabriele Ambrosetti
CF 19 Uruguay Marcelo Otero downward-facing red arrow 33'
CF 11 Italy Giovanni Cornacchini downward-facing red arrow 85'
Substitutes:
MF 7 Italy Maurizio Rossi upward-facing green arrow 33'
FW 9 Italy Roberto Murgita upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 25 Italy Giuliano Gentilini upward-facing green arrow 51'
Manager:
Italy Francesco Guidolin

Second leg

Vicenza3–0 (a.e.t.)Napoli
Maini 21'
M. Rossi 118'
Iannuzzi 120'
Attendance: 19,144
Vicenza
Napoli
GK 22 Italy Pierluigi Brivio
RB 2 Italy Luigi Sartor
CB 25 Italy Giuliano Gentilini downward-facing red arrow 97'
CB 6 Italy Giovanni Lopez (c) Yellow card
LB 16 Italy Massimo Beghetto Yellow card
RM 10 Italy Fabio Viviani
CM 4 Italy Domenico Di Carlo
CM 13 Italy Giampiero Maini
LM 23 Italy Gabriele Ambrosetti downward-facing red arrow 18'
CF 9 Italy Roberto Murgita
CF 11 Italy Giovanni Cornacchini downward-facing red arrow 72'
Substitutes:
FW 15 Italy Alessandro Iannuzzi upward-facing green arrow 18'
DF 3 Italy Gilberto D'Ignazio upward-facing green arrow 72'
MF 7 Italy Maurizio Rossi upward-facing green arrow 97'
Manager:
Italy Francesco Guidolin
GK 1 Italy Giuseppe Taglialatela
RB 22 Belgium Bertrand Crasson downward-facing red arrow 98'
CB 15 Italy Francesco Baldini Yellow card
CB 2 Argentina Roberto Ayala Yellow card
LB 3 Italy Mauro Milanese
DM 5 France Alain Boghossian
RM 4 Italy Roberto Bordin (c) Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 62'
CM 23 Italy Raffaele Longo downward-facing red arrow 72'
LM 11 Italy Fabio Pecchia
AM 9 Italy Massimiliano Esposito
CF 18 Italy Nicola Caccia Red card 91'
Substitutes:
FW 14 Italy Alfredo Aglietti upward-facing green arrow 62'
MF 24 Italy Luca Altomare upward-facing green arrow 72'
DF 13 Italy Luigi Panarelli upward-facing green arrow 98'
Manager:
Italy Vincenzo Montefusco