2023 Taça da Liga final

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The 2023 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2022–23 Taça da Liga, the sixteenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 28 January 2023 at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa.

2023 Taça da Liga final
Event2022–23 Taça da Liga
Date28 January 2023
VenueEstádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
RefereeJoão Pinheiro
Attendance19,263
2022
2024

The competition involved the 34 clubs playing in the top two tiers of the Portuguese football league system – 18 from Primeira Liga and 16 from Liga Portugal 2 – during the 2022–23 season. Reserve sides of Primeira Liga teams that played in the 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 were excluded from the competition. The competition format suffered changes in which all teams entered the competition in a single group stage, with matches beginning on 17 November 2022 and played during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Sporting CP were the holders and four-time winners, after defeating Benfica 2–1 in the 2022 final.[1] They reached their third consecutive final but were defeated 2–0 by Porto, who secured their first title in the competition after losing four previous finals in 2010, 2013, 2019 and 2020.[2][3]

Background

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The competition format suffered changes this season, due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place during the same time as the tournament, a new format was adopted in which all teams entered the competition in a single group stage, with matches beginning on 17 November 2022. The eight group winners advanced to a knockout phase comprising quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final, which was played at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria on 28 January 2023.

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).

Porto Round Sporting CP
Opponent Result Stadium Group stage Opponent Result Stadium
Mafra 2–2 (H) Estádio do Dragão Matchday 1 Farense 6–0 (H) Estádio José Alvalade
Chaves 2–0 (A) Estádio Municipal de Chaves Matchday 2 Rio Ave 2–0 (A) Estádio dos Arcos
Vizela 4–0 (H) Estádio do Dragão Matchday 3 Marítimo 5–0 (H) Estádio José Alvalade
Group A winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Porto 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
Mafra 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
Vizela 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
Chaves 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Final standings Group B winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sporting CP 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9
Rio Ave 2 2 0 1 3 3 +0 6
Farense 3 1 0 2 3 8 –5 3
Marítimo 3 0 0 3 0 8 –8 0
Opponent Result Stadium Knockout phase Opponent Result Stadium
Gil Vicente 2–0 (H) Estádio do Dragão Quarter-finals Braga 5–0 (H) Estádio José Alvalade
Académico de Viseu 3–0 (N) Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Semi-finals Arouca 2–1 (N) Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

Match

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Summary

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Details

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Sporting CP0–2Porto
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Sporting
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Porto
GK 1   Antonio Adán
CB 4   Sebastián Coates (c)   80'
CB 52   Gonçalo Inácio   90+6'
CB 2   Matheus Reis
RM 24   Pedro Porro
CM 5   Hidemasa Morita   84'
CM 15   Manuel Ugarte   31'   84'
LM 11   Nuno Santos   56'
RW 28   Pedro Gonçalves   67'
CF 21   Paulinho   63'   72'
LW 17   Marcus Edwards   80'
Substitutes:
GK 12   Franco Israel
DF 47   Ricardo Esgaio
DF 3   St. Juste   80'
MF 32   Mateo Tanlongo   84'
FW 17   Francisco Trincão   80'
FW 79   Youssef Chermiti
FW 18   Abdul Fatawu Issahaku   56'
FW 33   Arthur Gomes   84'
FW 77   Jovane Cabral
Manager:
  Rúben Amorim
GK 14   Cláudio Ramos
RB 23   João Mário
CB 5   Iván Marcano
CB 3   Pepe (c)   63'   90+4'
LB 22   Wendell   67'   78'
RW 25   Otávio
MF 8   Mateus Uribe
MF 46   Stephen Eustáquio   88'
RW 11   Pepê   88'
CF 9   Mehdi Taremi   90+4'
LW 13   Galeno
Substitutes:
GK 99   Diogo Costa
DF 17   Rodrigo Conceição
DF 2   Fábio Cardoso   90+4'
DF 12   Zaidu Sanusi   78'
MF 87   Bernardo Folha   88'
FW 70   Gonçalo Borges   88'   90+6'
FW 19   Danny Namaso   90+4'
FW 29   Toni Martínez
FW 7   Gabriel Veron
Manager:
  Sérgio Conceição

Assistant referees:
Rui Cidade
Nelson Pereira
Fourth official:
Cláudio Pereira
Video assistant referee:
Tiago Martins
Assistant video assistant referee:
Fábio Melo

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

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  1. ^ Ribeiro, Patrick (29 January 2022). "Sporting defend their Taça da Liga title in second-half turnaround versus Benfica". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. ^ Cortez, Rodrigo (28 January 2023). "Sérgio Conceição e a da Taça da Liga: "Não faz sentido desvalorizar troféus"" [Sérgio Conceição and the League Cup win: "It makes no sense to devalue trophies"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Porto beat Sporting 2–0 to lift first Taça da Liga". PortuGOAL. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.