The 2008 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 2007–08 Taça de Portugal, the 68th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 18 May 2008 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Porto and Sporting CP. Sporting CP defeated Porto 2–0, thanks to two extra-time goals from Brazilian striker Rodrigo Tiuí which would give Sporting CP their fifteenth Taça de Portugal.
In Portugal, the final was televised live in HD on SIC and Sport TV. As Sporting CP claimed their fifteenth Taça de Portugal, they qualified for the 2008 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, where they took on the winners of the 2007–08 Primeira Liga, Porto at the Estádio Algarve.
Match Details
GK1 Nuno RB13 Jorge FucileCB2 Bruno AlvesCB3 Pedro Emanuel (c) LB14 João Paulo DM6 Paulo Assunção CM8 Lucho González CM16 Raul Meireles RW11 Mariano González LW7 Ricardo QuaresmaCF9 Lisandro LópezSubstitutes:GK24 Hugo VenturaDF4 Milan StepanovDF15 Lino MF17 Tarik Sektioui MF18 Mario BolattiMF25 Przemysław Kaźmierczak FW19 Ernesto FaríasManager: Jesualdo Ferreira GK1 Rui PatrícioRB78 Abel CB13 TonelCB4 Ânderson PolgaLB18 Leandro GrimiDM24 Miguel VelosoCM28 João Moutinho (c) CM7 Marat Izmailov AM30 Leandro RomagnoliCF11 Derlei CF20 Yannick DjalóSubstitutes:GK16 TiagoDF26 Gladstone MF8 RonnyMF10 Simon VukčevićMF21 Pontus FarnerudMF25 Bruno Pereirinha FW22 Rodrigo Tiuí Manager: Paulo Bento
2007–08 Taça de Portugal WinnersSporting CP15th Title
Match officials Assistant referees: Valter Oliveira (Leiria) Luís Salgado (Setúbal) Fourth official: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions
See also FC Porto–Sporting CP rivalry 2007–08 FC Porto season 2008 Taça da Liga final
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