2024 Taça da Liga final

The 2024 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2023–24 Taça da Liga, the seventeenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 27 January 2024 at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa.

2024 Taça da Liga Final
Event2023–24 Taça da Liga
Braga won 5–4 on penalties
Date27 January 2024
VenueEstádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
RefereeFábio Veríssimo
Attendance18,998
2023
2025

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 2023–24 Primeira Liga were excluded from the competition.

Braga and Estoril faced off for the first time in the first final involving both teams, with Estoril making into their first cup final since the 1944 Taça de Portugal final. In the final, Braga won the final 5–4 after a penalty shootout, thus becoming only the third team (after Benfica and Sporting CP) in the competition's history to win the Taça da Liga for their third time.

Background

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This season featured the return of the final four format with both the semi-finals and the final being played over a space of a few days in the same venue. The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa hosted all matches. Braga made their fifth appearance in the Taça da Liga final after their last final in 2021, where they were defeated by Sporting CP 2–1.[1][2] Estoril made into their first appearance in any national competition final in the club's history in 80 years, with their last cup final being in the 1944 Taça de Portugal final, where they lost to Benfica.[3]

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).

Braga Round Estoril
Opponent Result Stadium First round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Paços de Ferreira 2–0 (H) Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Opponent Result Stadium Second round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Belenenses 5–1 (H) Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Opponent Result Stadium Third round Opponent Result Stadium
Casa Pia 1–1 (H) Estádio Municipal de Braga Matchday 1 Leixões 2–1 (A) Estádio do Mar
Nacional 3–1 (A) Estádio da Madeira Matchday 2 Porto 3–1 (H) Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Group A winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Braga 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
Casa Pia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
Nacional 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 0
Final standings Group D winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Estoril 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
Porto 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3
Leixões 2 0 0 2 2 4 –2 0
Opponent Result Stadium Knockout phase Opponent Result Stadium
Benfica 1–1 (5–4p) (N) Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Semi-finals Sporting CP 1–0 (N) Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

Match

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Summary

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Details

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Braga1–1Estoril
  • Horta   20'
Report
Penalties
5–4
Attendance: 18,989
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Braga
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Estoril
GK 1   Matheus
RB 2   Víctor Gómez   76'
CB 6   José Fonte   5'   76'
CB 15   Paulo Oliveira
LB 26   Cristian Borja
CM 18   Vitor Carvalho   67'
CM 28'   João Moutinho
RW 14   Álvaro Djaló   22'   56'
AM 16   Rodrigo Zalazar   67'
LW 21   Ricardo Horta (c)   64'
CF 9   Abel Ruiz
Substitutes:
GK 12   Tiago Sá
DF 17   Joe Mendes   76'
DF 5   Serdar Saatçı   76'
DF 55   Francisco Chissumba
MF 8   Ali Musrati   67'
MF 90   Djibril Soumaré
MF 22   Pizzi   67'
FW 20   Rony Lopes
FW 11   Roger Fernandes   56'
Manager:
  Artur Jorge
GK 14   Dani Figueira (c)   83'
CB 23   Pedro Álvaro   63'
CB 3   Bernardo Vital
CB 22   Eliaquim Mangala
LM 79   Wagner Pina   45+1'
CM 82   Mateus Fernandes   43'
CM 83   Koba Koindredi   59'
RM 78   Tiago Araújo   37'
RW 10   Rafik Guitane   62'   85'
CF 11   Cassiano   59'
LW 33   João Marques
Substitutes:
GK 31   Marcelo Carné
DF 2   Raúl Parra
DF 5   Volnei Feltes   63'
MF 64   Mor Ndiaye
MF 8   Jordan Holsgrove   59'
FW 91   Heriberto Tavares   85'
FW 9   Alejandro Marqués   59'
FW 20   João Carlos
FW 29   Nemanja Jović
Manager:
  Vasco Seabra   43'

Assistant referees:
Pedro Martins
Hugo Marques
Fourth official:
Hélder Carvalho
Video assistant referee:
Luís Godinho
Assistant video assistant referee:
Hugo Miguel

Match rules

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

References

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  1. ^ "Spanish Pedro Porro gives Sporting de Portugal the League Cup". La Vanguardia. January 23, 2021. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Ribeiro, Patrick (29 January 2022). "Sporting defend their Taça da Liga title in second-half turnaround versus Benfica". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Taça da Liga: Estoril Praia chega à segunda final 80 anos depois ao afastar 'besta negra'". O Jogo. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.