2013–14 Taça da Liga

The 2013–14 Taça da Liga was the seventh edition of the Taça da Liga, a Portuguese football knockout competition organized by the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP). It was contested by the 33 clubs competing in the 2013–14 Primeira Liga and 2013–14 Segunda Liga, the top two tiers and only professional leagues in Portuguese football. The competition began in July 2013 with first-round matches and concluded on 7 May 2014, with the final at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria, where Benfica defeated Rio Ave 2–0 to win a fifth Taça da Liga title.

2013–14 Taça da Liga

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	27 July 2013 – 7 May 2014
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (5th title)
Runners-up	Rio Ave
Tournament statistics
Matches played	71
Goals scored	159 (2.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jackson Martínez Tozé Marreco Ricardo Pessoa Wágner Moreira (3 goals each)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Format

The competition format for the 2013–14 edition consists of three rounds plus a knockout phase. In the first round, only teams competing in the 2013–14 Segunda Liga (excluding reserve teams from Primeira Liga clubs) take part. The seventeen teams are drawn into four groups (three with four teams and one with five), where each team plays against the others in a single round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round.

In the second round, the eight teams that qualified from the previous round are joined by the six Primeira Liga teams placed ninth to 14th in the previous season and the two teams promoted to 2013–14 Primeira Liga. Two-legged home-and-away fixtures are played between Segunda Liga teams qualifying from the first round and Primeira Liga teams entering this round, and the winner advances to the third round.

The third round features the eight winners of the previous round the remaining eight Primeira Liga teams, ranked 1st to 8th in the previous season. Similarly to the first round, the sixteen teams are drawn into four groups of four teams, according to a seeding based on their classification in the previous season. Each team plays against the other three in a single round-robin format, and only the group winners advance to the knockout phase. The knockout phase consists of semi-finals and one final, both decided in one-legged fixtures. The final match is played at a neutral venue.

Round	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First round (17 teams)	17 teams competing in the 2013–14 Segunda Liga
Second round (16 teams)	6 teams ranked 9th–14th in the 2012–13 Primeira Liga 2 teams promoted to the 2013–14 Primeira Liga	4 group winners from the first round 4 group runners-up from the first round
Third round (16 teams)	8 teams ranked 1st–8th in the 2012–13 Primeira Liga	8 winners from the second round
Knockout phase (4 teams)		4 group winners from the third round

Teams

The 33 teams competing in the two professional tiers of Portuguese football for the 2013–14 season are eligible to participate in this competition. For Primeira Liga teams, the final league position in the previous season determines if they enter in the second or third round of the Taça da Liga.

Third round (Primeira Liga)
Porto (1st)	Paços de Ferreira (3rd)	Estoril (5th)	Sporting CP (7th)
Benfica (2nd)	Braga (4th)	Rio Ave (6th)	Nacional (8th)
Second round (Primeira Liga)
Vitória de Guimarães (9th)	Académica (11th)	Gil Vicente (13th)	Belenenses (P1)
Marítimo (10th)	Vitória de Setúbal (12th)	Olhanense (14th)	Arouca (P1)
First round (Segunda Liga)
Leixões (3rd)	Tondela (10th)	Atlético CP (17th)	Moreirense (R2)
Desportivo das Aves (5th)	Santa Clara (11th)	Trofense (19th)	Desportivo de Chaves (P2)
Portimonense(6th)	União da Madeira (12th)	Sporting da Covilhã (20th)	Farense (P2)
Oliveirense (8th)	Feirense (13th)	Beira-Mar (R1)	Académico de Viseu (P2)
Penafiel (9th)

Key

• Nth: League position in the 2012–13 season
• P1: Promoted to the Primeira Liga
• P2: Promoted to the Segunda Liga
• R1: Relegated to the Segunda Liga

Notes

• Sporting da Covilhã finished 20th in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga, in position to be relegated to the National Championship for the 2013–14 season. However, as Naval – which finished 18th in the Segunda Liga – were unable to fulfill the LPFP requirements mandatory for entry in professional competitions, they were further relegated to the National Championship and Covilhã was invited to take Naval's place.

Schedule

All draws were held at the LPFP headquarters in Porto.

Round		Draw date	Match date(s)	Teams	Fixtures
First round	Matchday 1	4 July 2013	27 July 2013	33 → 24	28
	Matchday 2		31 July 2013
	Matchday 3		4 August 2013
	Matchday 4		7 August 2013
	Matchday 5		14 August 2013
Second round		10 September 2013	25–26 September 2013 (1st leg) 30–31 October 2013 (2nd leg)	24 → 16	16
Third round	Matchday 1	20 November 2013	29–30 December 2013	16 → 4	24
	Matchday 2		14–16 January 2014
	Matchday 3		25–26 January 2014
Knockout phase	Semi-finals		12 February–27 April 2014	4 → 2	3
	Final		7 May 2014	2 → 1

Source: LPFP^[1]

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PRM	BEM	TRO	UDM
1	Portimonense	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advance to second round			1–0	2–0
2	Beira-Mar	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4						2–2
3	Trofense	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3				0–2		2–0
4	União da Madeira	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2			0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STC	FAR	AVE	TON
1	Santa Clara	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Advance to second round					2–1
2	Farense	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4			1–0		0–1
3	Desportivo das Aves	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4			0–1
4	Tondela	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2				2–2	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PEN	LEI	ACV	ATL
1	Penafiel	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to second round			2–0	1–0
2	Leixões	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6						3–2
3	Académico de Viseu	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3				1–2		1–0
4	Atlético CP	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0			0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MOR	SCO	CHA	FEI	OLI
1	Moreirense	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	7	Advance to second round				2–1		4–0
2	Sporting Covilhã	4	2	1	1	5	6	−1	7			1–0				1–1
3	Desportivo de Chaves	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	6				1–2		3–1
4	Feirense	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	4			0–0	4–1
5	Oliveirense	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4					0–2	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 10 September 2013.^[2] The sixteen teams involved in this draw were divided in two pots: one pot contained the eight teams progressing from the first round, and the other pot included the six teams that finished 9th–14th in the 2012–13 Primeira Liga and the two teams promoted to the top flight from the 2012–13 Segunda Liga.^[3] The first-leg matches were played on 25 September, 9 and 12–13 October 2013. The second-leg matches were played on 13 and 30 October, and 16–17 November 2013.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santa Clara	0–1	Belenenses	0–0	0–1
Portimonense	2–3	Vitória de Setúbal	2–2	0–1
Moreirense	3–4	Gil Vicente	0–0	3–4
Leixões	4–2	Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	2–1
Sporting da Covilhã	3–2	Olhanense	1–0	2–2
Beira-Mar	2–2 (5–4 p)	Arouca	0–1	2–1
Penafiel	2–1	Académica de Coimbra	2–1	0–0
Farense	0–2	Marítimo	0–2	0–0

Third round

The draw for the third round was held on 20 November 2013. The sixteen teams taking part in this draw were divided in four pots: the first pot contained the teams placed 1st–4th in the 2012–13 Primeira Liga, while the second pot had the teams placed 5th–8th. The third pot included the four second-round winners with the best placing in their respective leagues in the 2012–13 season, and the fourth pot had the remaining second-round winners.^[4] Each group contained four teams, one from each pot, and was contested in a single round-robin format, with each team playing at least one match at home. The matches took place on 29–30 December 2013, 14–16 and 25–26 January 2014.^[5][6] The group winners advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:^[4]

1. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
2. higher number of goals scored from all group matches played;
3. lowest average team age in all group matches played. The average team age is determined by dividing the sum of the complete age years of all players fielded in all group matches by the total number of players fielded in all group matches.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rio Ave	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Paços de Ferreira	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Vitória de Setúbal	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	Sporting da Covilhã	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 December 2013

16:00

Rio Ave	2–0	Paços de Ferreira
Hassan 36' Ukra 89' (pen.)	Report

Estádio dos Arcos, Vila do Conde

Attendance: 1,326

Referee: João Capela

8 January 2014

16:00

Vitória de Setúbal	1–0	Sporting da Covilhã
Venâncio 90+4'	Report

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 574

Referee: Nuno Almeida

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15 January 2014

16:00

Paços de Ferreira	2–1	Sporting da Covilhã
Del Valle 18' Buval 67'	Report	Kizito 90+1'

Capital do Móvel, Paços de Ferreira

Attendance: 671

Referee: Bruno Paixão

15 January 2014

18:30

Rio Ave	1–1	Vitória de Setúbal
Joeano 84'	Report	Pedroso 23'

Estádio dos Arcos, Vila do Conde

Attendance: 687

Referee: Rui Costa

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26 January 2013

15:00

Paços de Ferreira	2–0	Vitória de Setúbal
Buval 11' Oliveira 90+2'	Report

Capital do Móvel, Paços de Ferreira

Attendance: 1,233

Referee: Olegário Benquerença

26 January 2013

15:00

Sporting da Covilhã	1–3	Rio Ave
Forbes 50' (pen.)	Report	Braga 24' Ukra 42' Pedro Santos 62'

Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã, Covilhã

Attendance: 447

Referee: Cosme Machado

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Porto	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sporting CP	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	Marítimo	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
4	Penafiel	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 December 2013

16:00

Marítimo	0–0	Penafiel
	Report

Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal, Madeira

Attendance: 832

Referee: Cosme Machado

29 December 2013

20:45

Sporting CP	0–0	Porto
	Report

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 21,505

Referee: Olegário Benquerença

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14 January 2014

19:45

Sporting CP	3–0	Marítimo
Mané 19' Vítor 50' Rojo 84'	Report

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 11,321

Referee: Nuno Almeida

15 January 2014

18:30

Porto	4–0	Penafiel
Quaresma 11' Martínez 63', 76' Varela 78'	Report

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 12,507

Referee: Duarte Gomes

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25 January 2013

20:45

Porto	3–2	Marítimo
Martínez 20' Carlos Eduardo 85' Josué 90+6' (pen.)	Report	João Diogo 22' Artur 34'

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 20,109

Referee: Manuel Mota

25 January 2013

20:45

Penafiel	1–3	Sporting CP
Aldair 19'	Report	Mané 44' Eduardo 68' Silva 82' (pen.)

Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel

Attendance: 2,147

Referee: Marco Ferreira

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Braga	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Estoril	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Belenenses	3	1	1	1	2	6	−4	4
4	Beira-Mar	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 December 2013

18:00

Estoril	1–2	Braga
Carlitos 18'	Report	Sasso 13' Silva 54'

Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril

Attendance: 1,517

Referee: Vasco Santos

30 December 2013

18:00

Belenenses	1–0	Beira-Mar
Danielsson 73'	Report

Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon

Attendance: 531

Referee: Jorge Tavares

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15 January 2014

16:00

Braga	3–0	Beira-Mar
Pardo 12' Rusescu 75' Edinho 90+2'	Report

Estádio AXA, Braga

Attendance: 3,388

Referee: Hugo Pacheco

16 January 2014

17:00

Estoril	1–1	Belenenses
Tavares 35'	Report	Kay 57'

Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril

Attendance: 1,047

Referee: Hugo Miguel

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25 January 2013

16:00

Braga	5–0	Belenenses
Alan 4' (pen.), 71' Silva 41' Luíz Carlos 42' Rusescu 82'	Report

Estádio AXA, Braga

Attendance: 6,720

Referee: Duarte Gomes

25 January 2013

16:00

Beira-Mar	1–3	Estoril
Cintra 24'	Report	João Pedro 26' Balboa 63' Borges 82'

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

Attendance: 257

Referee: Jorge Sousa

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Nacional	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Gil Vicente	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Leixões	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 December 2013

20:45

Nacional	0–1	Benfica
	Report	Mexer 32' (o.g.)

Estádio da Madeira, Funchal, Madeira

Attendance: 3,427

Referee: Carlos Xistra

8 January 2014

19:00

Gil Vicente	0–0	Leixões
	Report

Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos

Attendance: 923

Referee: Artur Soares Dias

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15 January 2014

16:00

Nacional	2–2	Gil Vicente
Djaniny 42' Reginaldo 61'	Report	Danielson 47', 75'

Estádio da Madeira, Funchal, Madeira

Attendance: 427

Referee: João Capela

15 January 2014

20:45

Benfica	2–0	Leixões
Đuričić 27' Cavaleiro 87'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 9,524

Referee: Manuel Oliveira

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25 January 2014

16:00

Benfica	1–0	Gil Vicente
Sulejmani 56'	Report

Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon^{[n 1]}

Attendance: 6,664

Referee: Bruno Esteves

26 January 2014

15:00

Leixões	0–2	Nacional
	Report	João 50' Aurélio 52'

Estádio do Mar, Matosinhos

Attendance: 750

Referee: Pedro Proença

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, the four third-round group winners will contest a one-legged semi-final match for a place in the competition final.

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 April – Estádio do Dragão
	Porto	0 (3)
					7 May – Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
	Benfica (p)	0 (4)
					Benfica	2
	13 February – Estádio dos Arcos
					Rio Ave	0
	Rio Ave	2
	Braga	1

Semi-finals

The semi-final pairings were made during the draw for the third round, on 20 November 2013. Matches took place on 13 February and 27 April 2014.

27 April 2014^{[n 2]}

18:15

Porto	0–0	Benfica
	Report
Penalties
Quintero Martínez Ghilas Maicon Varela Fernando	3–4	Siqueira Garay Jardel Gomes Pérez Cavaleiro

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 26,104

Referee: Marco Ferreira

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13 February 2014

19:45

Rio Ave	2–1	Braga
Hassan 41' (pen.) Braga 69'	Report	Custódio 45+1'

Estádio dos Arcos, Vila do Conde

Attendance: 1,813

Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Final

Main article: 2014 Taça da Liga Final

7 May 2014

20:30

Benfica	2–0	Rio Ave
Rodrigo 42' Luisão 78'	Report

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria

Attendance: 23,119

Referee: Hugo Miguel

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Games	Minutes per goal
1	Jackson Martínez	Porto	3	3	46
2	Tozé Marreco	Tondela	3	3	90
3	Wágner	Moreirense	3	5	110
4	Ricardo Pessoa	Portimonense	3	5	150
5	Hugo Moreira	Leixões	3	7	157
6	Nildo Petrolina	Beira-Mar	2	1	45
7	Paulo Tavares	Vitória de Setúbal	2	2	61
8	Carlos Mané	Sporting CP	2	2	74
9	Raul Rusescu	Braga	2	2	90
10	Ricardo Chaves	Chaves	2	2	90

Last update: 26 January 2014^[7]

Notes

1. The match between Benfica and Gil Vicente was scheduled to be played at the Estádio da Luz, but due to Benfica's ground undergoing resurfacing work, the match venue was changed to the Estádio do Restelo.
2. Match originally scheduled for 12 February but postponed due to the disciplinary investigation conducted against Porto regarding the delayed start of Porto's final match against Marítimo in the third round.