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.
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 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. 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.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
BragaRoundEstorilOpponentResultStadiumFirst roundOpponentResultStadiumByePaços de Ferreira2–0 (H)Estádio António Coimbra da MotaOpponentResultStadiumSecond roundOpponentResultStadiumByeBelenenses5–1 (H)Estádio António Coimbra da MotaOpponentResultStadiumThird roundOpponentResultStadiumCasa Pia1–1 (H)Estádio Municipal de BragaMatchday 1Leixões2–1 (A)Estádio do MarNacional3–1 (A)Estádio da MadeiraMatchday 2Porto3–1 (H)Estádio António Coimbra da MotaGroup A winners TeamBraga211042+24Casa Pia211032+14Nacional200225-30Final standingsGroup D winners TeamEstoril220052+36Porto210134-13Leixões200224–20OpponentResultStadiumKnockout phaseOpponentResultStadiumBenfica1–1 (5–4p) (N)Estádio Dr. Magalhães PessoaSemi-finalsSporting CP1–0 (N)Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Match
Summary
Details
GK 1 MatheusRB 2 Víctor Gómez CB 6 José Fonte CB 15 Paulo OliveiraLB 26 Cristian Borja CM 18 Vitor Carvalho CM 28|| João Moutinho |- |RW ||14|| Álvaro Djaló || || |- |AM ||16|| Rodrigo Zalazar || |- |LW ||21|| Ricardo Horta (c) || |- |CF ||9|| Abel Ruiz || |- |colspan=3|Substitutes:|- |GK ||12|| Tiago Sá |- |DF ||17|| Joe Mendes || |- |DF ||5|| Serdar Saatçı || |- |DF ||55|| Francisco Chissumba] |- |MF ||8|| Ali Musrati || |- |MF ||90|| Djibril Soumaré |- |MF ||22|| Pizzi || |- |FW ||20|| Rony Lopes |- |FW ||11|| Roger Fernandes || |- |colspan=3|Manager:' Artur Jorge GK 14 Dani Figueira (c) CB 23 Pedro Álvaro CB 3 Bernardo VitalCB 22 Eliaquim MangalaLM 79 Wagner Pina CM 82 Mateus Fernandes CM 83 Koba Koindredi RM 78 Tiago Araújo RW 10 Rafik Guitane CF 11 Cassiano LW 33 João MarquesSubstitutes:GK 31 Marcelo CarnéDF 2 Raúl Parra DF 5 Volnei Feltes MF 64 Mor Ndiaye MF 8 Jordan Holsgrove FW 91 Heriberto Tavares FW 9 Alejandro Marqués FW 20 João CarlosFW 29 Nemanja Jović Manager: Vasco Seabra
Assistant referees: Pedro Martins Hugo Marques Fourth official: Hélder Carvalho Video assistant referee: Luís Godinho Assistant video assistant referee: Hugo MiguelMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
See also 2023–24 G.D. Estoril Praia season 2023–24 S.C. Braga season 2024 Taça de Portugal final
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