| 2010 Taça da Liga final | |
| Event: | 2009–10 Taça da Liga |
| Team1: | Benfica |
| Team1score: | 3 |
| Team2: | Porto |
| Team2score: | 0 |
| Date: | 21 March 2010 |
| Stadium: | Estádio do Algarve |
| City: | Faro |
| Referee: | Jorge Sousa |
| Attendance: | 23,430 |
| Previous: | 2009 |
| Next: | 2011 |
The 2010 Taça da Liga final was the third final of the Taça da Liga competition in Portugal. The final was played at the Estádio Algarve in Faro on 21 March 2010 and marked the third time that the final has been staged at the stadium since the competition began. The match opposed two teams of the Big Three, S.L. Benfica and FC Porto. The last time this two teams met in any Portuguese final was at the 2004 Taça de Portugal final, also won by Benfica.
Benfica went into the match as the Portuguese League Cup title holder, as they having previously won in 2009, while this was the first time for Porto in the final.[1]
See also: 2009–10 Taça da Liga. Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Benfica | Round | Porto | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | First round | Opponent | Result | Stadium | |
| Bye | Bye | ||||||
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | Second round | Opponent | Result | Stadium | |
| Bye | Bye | ||||||
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | Third round | Opponent | Result | Stadium | |
| Nacional | 1–0 (H) | Estádio da Luz | Matchday 1 | Leixões | 1–0 (H) | Estádio do Dragão | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–1 (A) | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | Matchday 2 | Académica | 0–0 (A) | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | |
| Rio Ave | 2–1 (A) | Estádio dos Arcos | Matchday 3 | Estoril | 2–0 (A) | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota | |
| Group C winners | Final standings | Group A winners | |||||
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | Knockout phase | Opponent | Result | Stadium | |
| Sporting CP | 4–1 (A) | Estádio de Alvalade | Semi-finals | Académica | 1–0 (H) | Estádio do Dragão | |
Benfica controlled the first half of the game hence, scoring two goals. The first goal was scored by Rúben Amorim and it was a low, long-range effort that the goalkeeper parried into the net. The second goal was a long-range free kick scored by Carlos Martins.
Óscar Cardozo scored the third after Rúben Amorim hit the post.
| Benfica: | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 12 | Quim | ||
| RB | 14 | |||
| CB | 4 |  Luisão (c) | ||
| CB | 23 | |||
| LB | 18 | |||
| DM | 2 | Airton | ||
| LW | 5 | Rúben Amorim | ||
| AM | 17 | |||
| RW | 20 |  Ángel Di María | ||
| ST | 10 | |||
| ST | 31 | Alan Kardec | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 1 | José Moreira | ||
| DF | 27 | Sidnei | ||
| MF | 6 |  Javi García | ||
| MF | 8 | |||
| FW | 21 | Nuno Gomes | ||
| FW | 30 | Javier Saviola | ||
| FW | 7 | Óscar Cardozo | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Jorge Jesus | ||||
| Porto: | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 33 | Nuno | ||
| RB | 22 | |||
| CB | 14 | Rolando | ||
| CB | 2 | Bruno Alves (c) | ||
| LB | 15 | Álvaro Pereira | ||
| DM | 25 | Fernando | ||
| CM | 28 | |||
| CM | 3 | Raul Meireles | ||
| RW | 7 | |||
| LW | 10 | Cristian Rodríguez | ||
| ST | 9 |  Radamel Falcao | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 24 | Beto | ||
| RB | 13 | |||
| DF | 16 | Maicon | ||
| MF | 6 | Fredy Guarín | ||
| MF | 20 | Tomás Costa | ||
| MF | 8 | |||
| FW | 29 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Jesualdo Ferreira | ||||