| Event: | 2015–16 Taça de Portugal |
| Team1: | Porto |
| Team1score: | 2 |
| Team2: | Braga |
| Team2score: | 2 |
| Details: | After extra time Braga won 4–2 on penalties |
| Date: | 22 May 2016 |
| Stadium: | Estádio Nacional |
| City: | Oeiras |
| Man Of The Match1a: | André Silva (Porto)[1] |
| Fair Player1: | Danilo (Porto)[2] |
| Referee: | Artur Soares Dias (Porto) |
| Attendance: | 35,390 |
| Previous: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 Taça de Portugal Final was the last match of the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal, which decided the winner of the 76th season of the Taça de Portugal. It was played on 22 May 2016 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, between Porto and Braga.
Braga beat Porto 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out, after a 2–2 draw persisted through extra time, and won their second title in the competition, 50 years after their maiden triumph in the 1965–66 season.[3]
As the winners, Braga earned the right to play the 2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against 2015–16 Primeira Liga winners Benfica, and also qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage. However, as their league placing (fourth) also secured entry to this competition via the third qualifying round, this berth was transferred to the sixth-placed team (Rio Ave).[4]
Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).
| Porto | Round | Braga | ||||||||||||||
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| width=200 | Opponent | Result | width=200 | Opponent | Result | |||||||||||
| Varzim | 2–0 (A) | Third round | Académico de Viseu | 3–0 (A) | ||||||||||||
| Angrense | 2–0 (A) | Fourth round | Farense | 1–0 (A) | ||||||||||||
| Feirense | 1–0 (A) | Fifth round | Sporting CP | 4–3 (H) | ||||||||||||
| Boavista | 1–0 (A) | Quarter-finals | Arouca | 2–0 (H) | ||||||||||||
| width=200 | Opponent | width=75 | Agg. | width=75 | 1st leg | width=75 | 2nd leg | width=200 | Opponent | width=75 | Agg. | width=75 | 1st leg | width=75 | 2nd leg | |
| Gil Vicente | 5–0 | 3–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Rio Ave | 1–0 | 1–0 (H) | 0–0 (A) | ||||||||
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| Man of the Match: André Silva (Porto)
| Match rules
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| +First half | Porto | Braga | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored | 0 | 1 | |
| Total shots | 3 | 2 | |
| Shots on target | 0 | 1 | |
| Ball possession | 59% | 41% | |
| Corner kicks | 6 | 0 | |
| Fouls committed | 5 | 9 | |
| Offsides | 0 | 0 | |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 | |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| +Second half | Porto | Braga | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored | 2 | 1 | |
| Total shots | 8 | 5 | |
| Shots on target | 4 | 1 | |
| Ball possession | 63% | 37% | |
| Corner kicks | 4 | 2 | |
| Fouls committed | 9 | 4 | |
| Offsides | 1 | 1 | |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 | |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| +Extra time | Porto | Braga | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored | 0 | 0 | |
| Total shots | 2 | 0 | |
| Shots on target | 0 | 0 | |
| Ball possession | 62% | 38% | |
| Corner kicks | 3 | 0 | |
| Fouls committed | 8 | 6 | |
| Offsides | 0 | 0 | |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 2 | |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| +Overall | Porto | Braga | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored | 2 | 2 | |
| Total shots | 13 | 7 | |
| Shots on target | 4 | 2 | |
| Ball possession | 62% | 38% | |
| Corner kicks | 13 | 2 | |
| Fouls committed | 22 | 19 | |
| Offsides | 1 | 1 | |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 3 | |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
The final was broadcast in Portugal on television by TVI and by SportTV (on SportTV 1), which holds the broadcasting rights for the whole competition.[5]
