2007–08 Taça da Liga

2007–08 Taça da Liga

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	4 August 2007 – 22 March 2008
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Vitória de Setúbal (1st title)
Runners-up	Sporting CP
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	76 (1.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Matheus (5)

The 2007–08 Taça da Liga was the first edition of the Taça da Liga, also known as Carlsberg Cup due to sponsorship reasons.

For the first round (4 and 5 August), only teams competing in the Liga de Honra participated. In the second round (12 August), Primeira Liga teams entered.

The competition was won by Vitória de Setúbal, who beat Sporting CP 3–2 in the penalty shootout after a goalless draw at the Estádio Algarve, Faro.

First round

Drawing

Teams had been distributed by two pots, being based on the position of the previous championship.

• Pot A (away):
  • Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves, who were relegated from the top division;
  • 3rd to 8th position of the 2006–07 Liga de Honra.
• Pot B (home):
  • 9th to 14th position of the 2006–07 Liga de Honra;
  • Fátima and Freamunde, who were promoted from II Divisão.

Pot A	Pot B
Beira-Mar	Olhanense
Desportivo das Aves	Estoril
Rio Ave	Trofense
Santa Clara	Gil Vicente
Gondomar	Vizela
Feirense	Portimonense
Varzim	Fátima
Penafiel	Freamunde

Games

Date	Hour	Local	(League)Team 1	Result	Team 2(League)
4 August	17:00	Trofa	(LH) Trofense	2–1	Feirense (LH)
4 August	17:00	Vizela	(LH) Vizela	1–3	Varzim (LH)
5 August	16:00	Freamunde	(LH) Freamunde	0–0 (2–4 decided in penalties)	Beira-Mar (LH)
5 August	16:00	Estoril	(LH) Estoril	2–1	Desportivo das Aves (LH)
5 August	16:00	Fátima	(LH) Fátima	2–0	Santa Clara (LH)
5 August	17:00	Portimão	(LH) Portimonense	1–0	Rio Ave (LH)
5 August	17:30	Olhão	(LH) Olhanense	0–1	Gondomar (LH)
5 August	19:45	Barcelos	(LH) Gil Vicente	2–2 (4–5 decided in penalties)	Penafiel (LH)

(LH) - Liga de Honra

Games results in detail

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Second round

Drawing

Teams were divided for two pots, one with the lower ranked Portuguese Liga teams and the other with the first round winners, who played at home.

• Pot C (home):
  • winners teams of first round;
• Pot D (visitors):
  • 9th to 14th placed teams of the 2006–07 Primeira Liga, and the 1st and 2nd placed teams of the 2006–07 Liga de Honra (Leixões and Vitória de Guimarães) ;

Pot C	Pot D
Trofense	Estrela da Amadora
Varzim	Boavista
Beira-Mar	Marítimo
Estoril	Naval
Fátima	Académica
Portimonense	Vitória de Setúbal
Gondomar	Leixões
Penafiel	Vitória de Guimarães

(LH) – Liga de Honra (PL) – Primeira League

Games

Date	Hour	Local	(League)Team 1	Result	Team 2(League)
12 August	16:00	Estoril	(LH) Estoril	0–1	Estrela da Amadora (PL)
12 August	16:00	Penafiel	(LH) Penafiel	0–0 (5–4 decided in penalties)	Marítimo (PL)
12 August	17:00	Fátima	(LH) Fátima	1–0	Académica (PL)
12 August	17:00	Portimão	(LH) Portimonense	0–0 (4–3 decided in penalties)	Naval (PL)
12 August	17:15	Póvoa de Varzim	(LH) Varzim	0–4	Leixões (PL)
12 August	17:30	Gondomar	(LH) Gondomar	0–3	Vitória de Setúbal (PL)
12 August	18:00	Trofa	(LH) Trofense	0–1	Vitória de Guimarães (PL)
12 August	19:45	Aveiro	(LH) Beira-Mar	1–0	Boavista (PL)

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

Games results in detail

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Third round

Drawing

Teams were divided in two pots, one with the higher ranked Portuguese Liga teams and the other with the second round winners, who played at home.

• Pot E (home):
  • winners teams of Second round;
• Pot F (visitors):
  • 1st to 8th placed teams of the 2006–07 Primeira Liga

Pot E	Pot F
Estrela da Amadora	Nacional
Penafiel	União de Leiria
Fátima	Paços de Ferreira
Portimonense	Belenenses
Leixões	Braga
Vitória de Setúbal	Benfica
Vitória de Guimarães	Sporting CP
Beira-Mar	Porto

Games

Date	Hour	Local	(League)Team 1	Result	Team 2(League)
26 September	16:00	Leixões	(PL) Leixões	0–2	União de Leiria (PL)
26 September	17:00	Penafiel	(LH) Penafiel	1–0	Nacional (PL)
26 September	18:00	Portimão	(LH) Portimonense	1–1 (4–3 decided in penalties)	Belenenses (PL)
26 September	19:00	Aveiro	(LH) Beira-Mar	0–0 (4–3 decided in penalties)	Paços de Ferreira (PL)
26 September	19:15	Setúbal	(PL) Vitória de Setúbal	2–0	Braga (PL)
26 September	19:15	Fátima	(LH) Fátima	0–0 (4–2 decided in penalties)	Porto (PL)
26 September	20:30	Amadora	(PL) Estrela da Amadora	1–1 (4–5 decided in penalties)	Benfica (PL)
26 September	20:45	Guimarães	(PL) Vitória de Guimarães	0–0 (6–7 decided in penalties)	Sporting CP (PL)

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

Games results in details

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Fourth round

The winning teams of the third round will be in only one pot and will play in two legs.

Clube	League
Sporting CP	PL
Benfica	PL
União de Leiria	PL
Vitória de Setúbal	PL
Beira-Mar	LH
Penafiel	LH
Portimonense	LH
Fátima	LH

LH – Liga de Honra PL – Primeira Liga

Games

First leg

Date	Hour	Local	(League)Team 1	Result	Team 2(League)
21 October	19:00	Lisboa	(PL) Sporting CP	1–2	Fátima (LH)
21 October	21:00	Lisboa	(PL) Benfica	1–1	Vitória de Setúbal (PL)
22 October	16:00	Portimão	(LH) Portimonense	1–0	Beira-Mar (LH)
22 October	16:00	Penafiel	(LH) Penafiel	3–1	União de Leiria (PL)

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

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2nd Leg

Date	Hour	Local	(League)Team 1	Result	Team 2(League)
31 October	19:45	Fátima	(LH) Fátima	2–3	Sporting CP (PL)
31 October	20:45	Setúbal	(PL) Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	Benfica(PL)
31 October	20:00	Aveiro	(LH) Beira-Mar	3–1	Portimonense (LH)
31 October	19:45	Leiria	(PL) União de Leiria	1–0	Penafiel (LH)

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira Liga

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Overall results of 4th round

Winner	Result	Loser
(PL) Sporting CP	4 (a) – 4	Fátima (LH)
(PL) Vitória de Setúbal	3 – 2	S.L. Benfica (PL)
(LH) Beira-Mar	3 – 2	Portimonense (LH)
(LH) Penafiel	3 – 2	União de Leiria (PL)

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira Liga

Group stage

The four winners from the fourth round will play in a group stage with a single round-robin format. The teams that finish first and second in the group will advance to play each other in the final.

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vitória de Setúbal (PL)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Sporting CP (PL)	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Penafiel (LH)	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2	2
Beira-Mar (LH)	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6	1

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira Liga

Games results in detail

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Final

_{Coin toss determined Vitória to be the first on the penalty shootout series. Except for Jorginho's shot at his right post (inner side), all other shots were saved by the goalkeepers.}

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External links

• Official website - Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional