The 2020 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2019–20 Taça da Liga, the thirteenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 25 January 2020 at Estádio Municipal de Braga.
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 LigaPro – during the 2019–20 season. Reserve sides of Primeira Liga teams that played in the 2018–19 LigaPro were excluded from the competition.
Braga and Porto faced off for the second time in a rematch of the 2013 final. In the final, Braga defeated Porto 1–0 to earn its second title in their third final. Braga became the third team (after Benfica and Sporting CP) in the competition's history to win multiple Taças da Liga. Porto lost their fourth consecutive league cup final, after appearances in the 2010, 2013, and 2019 finals.
Background For the third consecutive season, this competition featured a 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 Municipal de Braga hosted all matches.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
BragaRoundPortoOpponentResultStadiumFirst roundOpponentResultStadiumByeByeOpponentResultStadiumSecond roundOpponentResultStadiumByeByeOpponentResultStadiumThird roundOpponentResultStadiumPenafiel3–1 (A)Estádio Municipal 25 de AbrilMatchday 1Santa Clara1–0 (H)Estádio do DragãoMarítimo2–1 (H)Estádio Municipal de BragaMatchday 2Casa Pia3–0 (A)Estádio Pina ManiquePaços de Ferreira4–1 (A)Estádio Capital do MóvelMatchday 3Chaves4–2 (A)Estádio Municipal de ChavesGroup A winners TeamBraga330082+69Paços de Ferreira311146-24Marítimo302123−12Penafiel301225−31Final standingsGroup D winners TeamPorto330082+69Chaves32014406Casa Pia310225–33Santa Clara300314−30OpponentResultStadiumKnockout phaseOpponentResultStadiumSporting CP2–1 (N)Estádio Municipal de BragaSemi-finalsVitória de Guimarães2–1 (N)Estádio Municipal de Braga
Match
Summary
Details
GK 1 MatheusRB 47 Ricardo Esgaio CB 3 Vítor Tormena CB 34 Raul Silva CB 36 Bruno Viana LM 5 Nuno SequeiraCM 60 João Palhinha CM 27 Fransérgio (c)RW 21 Ricardo HortaLW 90 Galeno CF 20 Paulinho Substitutes:GK 12 Tiago SáDF 11 Diogo VianaDF 13 Wallace MF 17 João Novais FW 77 Francisco Trincão FW 18 Rui FonteFW 7 Wilson Eduardo Manager: Ruben Amorim GK 31 Diogo CostaRB 17 Jesús Corona CB 19 Chancel MbembaCB 5 Iván MarcanoLB 13 Alex Telles CM 25 Otávio CM 22 Danilo Pereira (c) CM 27 Sérgio Oliveira RW 11 Moussa Marega CF 29 Francisco SoaresLW 7 Luis Díaz Substitutes:GK 32 Agustín MarchesínDF 18 Wilson Manafá DF 4 Diogo Leite MF 8 Romário Baró MF 16 Mateus Uribe MF 77 Vitinha FW 9 Vincent AboubakarManager: Sérgio Conceição
Man of the match Ricardo Horta
Assistant referees: Rui Teixeira Valter Rufo Fourth official: Cláudio Pereira Video assistant referee: Tiago Martins Assistant video assistant referee: Artur Soares DiasMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
See also 2019–20 FC Porto season 2019–20 S.C. Braga season 2020 Taça de Portugal final
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