2004 Taça de Portugal final

The 2004 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 2003–04 Taça de Portugal, the 64th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 16 May 2004 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Benfica and Porto. Benfica defeated Porto 2–1, thanks to an extra-time goal from Portuguese winger Simão after the match had ended 1–1.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} Benfica players dedicated the trophy to Miklós Fehér.^[10]

2004 Taça de Portugal final

Event	2003–04 Taça de Portugal
Benfica Porto 2 1
After extra time
Date	16 May 2004
Venue	Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
Man of the Match	Takis Fyssas (Benfica)[1][2]
Referee	Lucílio Batista (Setúbal)[3]
Attendance	38,000[4]
← 2003 2005 →

In Portugal, the final was televised live on TVI and Sport TV.^[11] As Benfica claimed their 24th Taça de Portugal, they qualified for the 2004 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, where they took on the winners of the 2003–04 Primeira Liga, Porto, at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra.^[12]

Match

Details

16 May 2004

17:15 WEST

Benfica	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Porto
Fyssas 58' Simão 104'	(Report)	Derlei 45'

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Attendance: 38,000^[4]

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Setúbal)^[3]

Benfica

Porto

GK 1 José Moreira RB 2 Armando Sá  55' CB 4 Luisão  115' CB 33 Ricardo Rocha LB 14 Takis Fyssas  80' CM 6 Petit  49' CM 30 Tiago  67'  79' RM 23 Miguel LM 20 Simão (c)  72' CF 21 Nuno Gomes CF 25 Tomo Šokota  55' Substitutes: GK 24 Carlos Bossio DF 3 Argel DF 32 Hélder DF 47 João Pereira MF 10 Zlatko Zahovič  79' MF 11 Geovanni  55' MF 16 Fernando Aguiar  55' Manager: José Antonio Camacho

GK 13 Nuno RB 22 Paulo Ferreira CB 2 Jorge Costa (c)  40'  70' CB 4 Ricardo Carvalho LB 8 Nuno Valente  93' DM 6 Costinha  67'  99' CM 23 Pedro Mendes  71' CM 18 Maniche AM 10 Deco  71' CF 11 Derlei  74' CF 77 Benni McCarthy  68' Substitutes: GK 99 Vítor Baía DF 3 Pedro Emanuel  71' DF 5 Ricardo Costa MF 15 Dmitri Alenichev MF 19 Carlos Alberto  99' FW 9 Edgaras Jankauskas FW 21 Maciel  68' Manager: José Mourinho

2003–04 Taça de Portugal Winners
Benfica 24th title

Man of the match Takis Fyssas (Benfica)[1][2] Match officials Assistant referees: Luís Salgado (Setúbal)[3] Venâncio Tomé (Setúbal)[3] Fourth official: João Ferreira (Setúbal)[3]

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

See also

• O Clássico
• 2003–04 S.L. Benfica season
• 2003–04 FC Porto season