2016 Taça da Liga final

The 2016 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2015–16 Taça da Liga, the ninth season of the Taça da Liga.

2016 Taça da Liga final
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Event2015–16 Taça da Liga
Date20 May 2016
VenueEstádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
Man of the MatchNicolás Gaitán (Benfica)
RefereeFábio Veríssimo (Leiria)
Attendance28,878
WeatherDry
2015
2017

Trophy holders Benfica beat Marítimo 6–2 (for the second consecutive final) to win a third consecutive and record seventh title in the competition, in a total of nine editions.

Route to the final

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

Marítimo Round Benfica
Opponent Result Stadium First round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Second round Opponent Result Stadium
Académica 2–1 (H) Estádio dos Barreiros Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Third round Opponent Result Stadium
Feirense 4–2 (A) Estádio Marcolino de Castro Matchday 1 Nacional 1–0 (H) Estádio da Luz
Porto 3–1 (A) Estádio do Dragão Matchday 2 Oriental 1–0 (A) Campo Engenheiro Carlos Salema
Famalicão 0–0 (H) Estádio dos Barreiros Matchday 3 Moreirense 6–1 (A) Parque de Jogos Almeida Freitas
Group A winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Marítimo 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
Feirense 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
Famalicão 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3
Porto 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Final standings Group B winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Benfica 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9
Nacional 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
Moreirense 3 1 1 1 5 8 –3 4
Oriental 3 0 0 3 2 6 –4 0
Opponent Result Stadium Knockout phase Opponent Result Stadium
Portimonense 3–1 (H) Estádio dos Barreiros Semi-finals Braga 2–1 (H) Estádio da Luz

Match

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Details

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Marítimo2–6Benfica
João Diogo   45+1'
Fransérgio   83' (pen.)
Report Jonas   11'
Mitroglou   18', 38'
Gaitán   77'
Jardel   90+1'
Jiménez   90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,878
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marítimo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Benfica
GK 80   Alireza Haghighi
RB 21   Briguel (c)   68'
CB 62   Maurício
CB 5   Dirceu   73'
LB 91   Patrick
CM 23   Damien Plessis
CM 35   Fransérgio
RW 2   João Diogo
AM 11   Éber Bessa
LW 12   Edgar Costa   23'
CF 9   Dyego Sousa
Substitutes:
GK 78   Romain Salin
DF 4   Deyvison
MF 7   Alex Soares   68'
MF 10   Gevorg Ghazaryan   73'
MF 17   Gevaro Nepomuceno
FW 60   Donald Djoussé   23'
FW 90   Baba Diawara
Manager:
  Nelo Vingada
GK 1   Ederson
RB 34   André Almeida
CB 4   Luisão (c)
CB 33   Jardel
LB 3   Álex Grimaldo
RM 21   Pizzi
CM 7   Andreas Samaris
CM 85   Renato Sanches
LM 10   Nicolás Gaitán   78'
CF 11   Kostas Mitroglou   67'
CF 17   Jonas   87'
Substitutes:
GK 13   Paulo Lopes
DF 14   Victor Lindelöf
DF 19   Eliseu
MF 20   Gonçalo Guedes   78'
MF 30   Talisca   67'
MF 39   Mehdi Carcela
FW 9   Raúl Jiménez   87'
Manager:
  Rui Vitória

Man of the Match:
Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica)

Assistant referees:
Paulo Soares (Coimbra)
Nuno Vicente (Santarém)
Fourth official:
António Godinho (Setúbal)
Additional assistant referees:
Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)
Sérgio Piscarreta (Algarve)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

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References

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