The 1935–36 Coppa Italia

1935–36 Coppa Italia

The 1935–36 Coppa Italia was the third edition of the tournament and the first led to its conclusion since 1922.98 teams took part to this competition, which included a first phase, with elimination rounds reserved to Serie B and C teams, and a final phase, where the 16 winners of the first phase...

 Final was a single match played on June 11, 1936, between Torino A.C.

Torino F.C.

Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football....

 and Alessandria U.S.

U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912

Unione Sportiva Alessandria Calcio 1912 is the professional Italian football club based in Alessandria, Piedmont.In the current season, it plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione group A.- Brief history :...

 at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, also known as the Marassi from the name of the ward where is located, is a multi-use stadium in Genoa, Italy. It opened in 1911 and is one of the first and oldest stadiums still in use for football and other sports in Italy.Hosts since its birth the inside of Genoa,...

 in Genoa

Genoa

Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

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It was the first Coppa Italia

Coppa Italia

The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...

 final since 1922; in fact this tournament was not organized in the 1923–1925 and 1929–1935 periods; 1926–27 edition was interrupted after few rounds.

Both Torino and Alessandria were playing in Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 at that time. To reach the final match, Torino defeated in succession Reggiana

A.C. Reggiana 1919

Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 is an Italian association football club, based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1919 as A.C. Reggiana and refounded in July 2005 as Reggio Emilia F.C., but it was renamed A.C. Reggiana 1919 soon after the start of the 2005–06 season. The...

 (2–0), Catania

Calcio Catania

Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...

 (8–2), Livorno

A.S. Livorno Calcio

Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. The team's colors are dark red or maroon...

 (4–2 after extra time) and Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...

 (2–0); all those matches were played in Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

, as decided by drawing.
Alessandria at first eliminated Cremonese

U.S. Cremonese

Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...

 (4–1) away, then defeated Modena

Modena F.C.

Modena Football Club is an Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1912 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, after being relegated from a two year period in Serie A in the year 2004. The team's previous stay in Italy's top division ended in 1964. The team...

 (4–0), Lazio

S.S. Lazio

Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

 (1–0) and Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

 (1–0) playing on its field.

About 10,000 people followed the final match in Genoa, for a 62,000 Italian lire

Italian lira

The lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro...

 profit. The referee was Raffaele Mastellari from Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

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Match details

style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	TORINO:
GK	Giuseppe Maina
RB	Luigi Brunella Luigi Brunella Luigi Brunella was an Italian football defender and manager from Garlasco. He spent the largest majority of his playing career at Torino and Roma , before going on to management, taking over at clubs such as Roma.-Honours:*1935–36 Coppa Italia *1941–42 Serie A -References:...
LB	Osvaldo Ferrini
RH	Cesare Gallea
CH	Antonio Janni Antonio Janni Antonio Janni was an Italian football player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Italian team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.-External links:*...
LH	Filippo Prato
RW	Mario Bo Mario Bò Mario Bò was an Italian professional football player.-External links:*...
RF	Fioravante Baldi
CF	Remo Galli Remo Galli Remo Galli was an Italian professional football player and coach.-External links:*...
LF	Pietro Buscaglia Pietro Buscaglia Pietro Buscaglia was an Italian professional football player.He played for 9 seasons in the Serie A for S.S. Lazio, A.C. Torino and A.C...
LW	Onesto Silano
Manager:
Tony Cargnelli Tony Cargnelli Anton Cargnelli most commonly known as Tony Cargnelli, was an Austrian football player and manager from Vienna....

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> ALESSANDRIA: | GK Ugo Ceresa

Ugo Ceresa

Ugo Ceresa was an Italian professional football player.He played for 5 seasons in the Serie A for U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912 and A.S. Roma.-External links:*...

RB Umberto Lombardo LB Giuseppe Turino RH Oreste Barale

Oreste Barale

Oreste Barale also known as Barale III was an Italian football player from Pezzana Vercellese in the Province of Vercelli. He played club football for Juventus winning two league titles, he also played with Alessandria....

CH Pasquale Parodi

Pasquale Parodi

Pasquale Parodi was an Italian professional football player and coach.-External links:*...

LH Luigi Milano RW Umberto Busani

Umberto Busani

Umberto Busani was an Italian footballer who played for a number of Italian clubs in the 1930s and 1940s, most notably S.S. Lazio and S.S.C. Napoli.-Playing career:...

RF Giovanni Riccardi CF Alfredo Notti LF Luciano Robotti LW Aldo Croce Manager: Karl Stürmer

Karl Stürmer

Karl Stürmer was an Austrian professional footballer and manager.-Footballer:As a footballer, he grew up in Wiener Cricket; then he played as full-back for First Vienna FC and as midfielder for Wiener AC....

Sources

• Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005