Taça da Liga

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Taça da Liga
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Founded 2007
Region Portugal
Number of teams 37 (2015–16 season)
Current champions Benfica (6th title)
Most successful club(s) Benfica (6 titles)
Television broadcasters TVI[1]
Sport TV
Website http://www.ligaportugal.pt/
2015–16 Taça da Liga

The Taça da Liga (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtasɐ dɐ ˈliɣɐ]), known outside Portugal as the Portuguese League Cup, is a football cup competition organized by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) that is contested by the clubs competing in the Primeira Liga and Segunda Liga, the top two tiers of Portuguese football.[2] Unlike the French and English league cups, the winners do not qualify for European competitions.

The competition was established in the 2007–08 season,[2] after a proposal by Sporting CP and Boavista was approved by LPFP member clubs at a meeting in Porto, on 28 November 2006. Due to sponsorship reasons, it was known as Carlsberg Cup during the first three seasons, and as bwin Cup in 2010–11. From the 2015–16 season, it will be known as Taça CTT. Most of the participating clubs take the chance to rotate their main squad and give opportunities to youngsters.

The current holders are Benfica who defeated Marítimo 2–1 in the 2015 Taça da Liga Final to secure a record sixth title in the competition.

Format

The Taça da Liga format has suffered changes every season since the competition's debut in order to increase the number of matches and also revenue for both clubs and LPFP. Since the 2015–16 season, the approved format is the following:

  • First Round – One-legged ties between all Segunda Liga teams (except reserve or B teams), with the winner advancing to the next round. In case of an odd number of participating teams, one team receives a bye to the next round.
  • Second Round – One-legged ties between the first-round winners, the twelve Primeira Liga teams ranked 5th–16th in the previous season, and the two teams promoted from the Segunda Liga. The winner advances to the next round.
  • Third Round – Four groups of four teams played in a single round-robin format, each containing three second-round winners and one of the four top-placed Primeira Liga season teams of the previous season. The group winners advance to the next round.
  • Knockout phase – Semi-finals and final played as one-legged fixtures.

Finals

Season Winners Score Runners-up Date Venue
2007–08 Vitória de Setúbal 0–0 (3–2, pso) Sporting CP 22 March 2008 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
2008–09 Benfica 1–1 (3–2, pso) Sporting CP 21 March 2009 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
2009–10 Benfica (2) 3–0 Porto 21 March 2010 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
2010–11 Benfica (3) 2–1 Paços de Ferreira 23 April 2011 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
2011–12 Benfica (4) 2–1 Gil Vicente 14 April 2012 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
2012–13 Braga 1–0 Porto 13 April 2013 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
2013–14 Benfica (5) 2–0 Rio Ave 7 May 2014 Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
2014–15 Benfica (6) 2–1 Marítimo 29 May 2015 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up
Benfica 6 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) —
Vitória de Setúbal 1 (2008) —
Braga 1 (2013) —
Sporting CP — 2 (2008, 2009)
Porto — 2 (2010, 2013)
Paços de Ferreira — 1 (2011)
Gil Vicente — 1 (2012)
Rio Ave — 1 (2014)
Marítimo — 1 (2015)

Participating clubs

Team City Years First season Last season Titles Runners-up
1 Benfica Lisbon 9 2008 2016 6 0
2 Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal 9 2008 2016 1 0
2 Braga Braga 9 2008 2016 1 0
4 Sporting CP Lisbon 9 2008 2016 0 2
4 FC Porto Porto 9 2008 2016 0 2
6 Gil Vicente Barcelos 9 2008 2016 0 1
6 Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira 9 2008 2016 0 1
6 Rio Ave Vila do Conde 9 2008 2016 0 1
6 Marítimo Funchal 9 2008 2016 0 1
10 Académica de Coimbra Coimbra 9 2008 2016 0 0
10 Belenenses Lisbon 9 2008 2016 0 0
10 Desportivo das Aves Vila das Aves 9 2008 2016 0 0
10 Estoril-Praia Estoril 9 2008 2016 0 0
10 Feirense Santa Maria da Feira 9 2008 2016 0 0
10 Leixões Matosinhos 9 2008 2016 0 0
10 Nacional Funchal 9 2008 2016 0 0
10 Olhanense Olhão 9 2008 2016 0 0
10 Portimonense Portimão 9 2008 2016 0 0
10 Santa Clara Ponta Delgada 9 2008 2016 0 0
10 Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães 9 2008 2016 0 0
21 Penafiel Penafiel 8 2008 2016 0 0
21 Beira-Mar Aveiro 8 2008 2015 0 0
21 Trofense Trofa 8 2008 2015 0 0
21 Oliveirense Oliveira de Azeméis 8 2009 2016 0 0
21 Sporting da Covilhã Covilhã 8 2009 2016 0 0
26 Freamunde Freamunde 7 2008 2016 0 0
27 Naval 1º de Maio Figueira da Foz 6 2008 2013 0 0
27 Arouca Arouca 6 2011 2016 0 0
27 Moreirense Moreira de Cónegos 6 2011 2016 0 0
30 Varzim Póvoa de Varzim 5 2008 2016 0 0
30 União de Leiria Leiria 5 2008 2012 0 0
30 Atlético CP Lisbon 5 2012 2016 0 0
30 União da Madeira Funchal 5 2012 2016 0 0
34 Chaves Chaves 4 2010 2016 0 0
34 Tondela Tondela 4 2013 2016 0 0
36 Boavista Porto 3[3][4] 2008 2016 0 0
36 Fátima Fátima 3 2008 2011 0 0
36 Académico de Viseu Viseu 3 2014 2016 0 0
36 Farense Faro 3 2014 2016 0 0
40 Estrela da Amadora Amadora 2 2008 2009 0 0
40 Gondomar Gondomar 2 2008 2009 0 0
40 Vizela Vizela 2 2008 2009 0 0
40 Oriental Lisbon 2 2015 2016 0 0
44 Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão 1 2016 2016 0 0
44 Mafra Mafra 1 2016 2016 0 0
44 Carregado Carregado 1 2010 2010 0 0

See also

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Boavista excluded from 2009 League Cup after missing players inscription deadline [1] (Portuguese)
  4. ↑ Boavista excluded from professional competitions after failing to pay debts [2] (Portuguese)

External links

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