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.
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. 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.
Background 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
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
PortoRoundSporting CPOpponentResultStadiumGroup stageOpponentResultStadiumMafra2–2 (H)Estádio do DragãoMatchday 1Farense6–0 (H)Estádio José AlvaladeChaves 2–0 (A)Estádio Municipal de ChavesMatchday 2Rio Ave2–0 (A)Estádio dos ArcosVizela 4–0 (H)Estádio do DragãoMatchday 3Marítimo5–0 (H)Estádio José AlvaladeGroup A winners TeamPorto321082+67Mafra312054+15Vizela302137−42Chaves301236−31Final standingsGroup B winners TeamSporting CP3300130+139Rio Ave220133+06Farense310238–53Marítimo300308–80OpponentResultStadiumKnockout phaseOpponentResultStadiumGil Vicente2–0 (H)Estádio do DragãoQuarter-finalsBraga5–0 (H)Estádio José AlvaladeAcadémico de Viseu3–0 (N)Estádio Dr. Magalhães PessoaSemi-finalsArouca2–1 (N)Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Match
Summary
Details
GK 1 Antonio Adán CB 4 Sebastián Coates (c) CB 52 Gonçalo Inácio CB 2 Matheus Reis RM 24 Pedro Porro CM 5 Hidemasa Morita CM 15 Manuel Ugarte LM 11 Nuno Santos RW 28 Pedro Gonçalves CF 21 Paulinho LW 17 Marcus Edwards Substitutes: GK 12 Franco Israel DF 47 Ricardo Esgaio DF 3 St. Juste MF 32 Mateo Tanlongo FW 17 Francisco Trincão FW 79 Youssef Chermiti FW 18 Abdul Fatawu Issahaku FW 33 Arthur Gomes FW 77 Jovane Cabral Manager: Ruben Amorim GK 14 Cláudio RamosRB 23 João Mário CB 5 Iván MarcanoCB 3 Pepe (c) LB 22 Wendell RW 25 Otávio MF 8 Mateus Uribe MF 46 Stephen Eustáquio RW 11 Pepê CF 9 Mehdi Taremi LW 13 GalenoSubstitutes:GK 99 Diogo CostaDF 17 Rodrigo Conceição DF 2 Fábio Cardoso DF 12 Zaidu Sanusi MF 87 Bernardo Folha FW 70 Gonçalo Borges FW 19 Danny Namaso FW 29 Toni MartínezFW 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 MeloMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
See also FC Porto–Sporting CP rivalry 2022–23 FC Porto season 2022–23 Sporting CP season 2023 Taça de Portugal final
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