2023–24 Taça de Portugal explained

Taça de Portugal
Year:2023–24
Other Titles:Taça de Portugal Placard
Country:Portugal
Dates:8 September 2023 – 26 May 2024
Num Teams:146
Defending Champions:Porto
Winners:Porto
Count:20
Second:Sporting CP
Matches:113
Goals:377
Scoring Leader:Evanilson
(8 goals)
Prev Season:2022–23
Next Season:2024–25

The 2023–24 Taça de Portugal (also known as Taça de Portugal Placard for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th edition of the Taça de Portugal, the premier knockout competition in Portuguese football. The winners qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league stage.

A total of 146 teams entered the cup. All teams from the top four tiers of the Portuguese football league system competed in this edition – excluding reserve or B teams, which were not eligible – together with representatives of the fifth-tier District leagues and cups. The competition began on 8 September 2023 with the first-round matches involving teams from the third, fourth and fifth tiers, and concluded on 26 May 2024 with the final at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras.

Primeira Liga side Porto were the two-time defending champions, after a 2–0 win over Braga in the 2023 final.[1] Porto would successfully defend their title, defeating Sporting CP 2–1 after extra time in the 2024 final.

Format

RoundClubs
remaining
Clubs
involved
Winners from
previous round
New entries
this round
Leagues entering at this round (tier)
First round146112none112Liga 3 (3rd): 18 teams
Campeonato de Portugal (4th): 53 teams
District Football Associations (5th): 41 teams
Second round1109216Liga Portugal 2 (2nd): 16 teams
Third round64644618Primeira Liga (1st): 18 teams
Fourth round323232nonenone
Fifth round161616nonenone
Quarter-finals888nonenone
Semi-finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Teams

A total of 146 teams competed in the 2022–23 edition, comprising 18 teams from the Primeira Liga (tier 1), 16 teams from the Liga Portugal 2 (tier 2), 18 teams from the Liga 3 (tier 3), 53 teams from the Campeonato de Portugal (tier 4) and 41 teams from the District championships and cups (tier 5).

Primeira Liga

Liga Portugal 2

Liga 3

Série A
Série B

Campeonato de Portugal

Série A
Série B
Série C
Série D

District Championships

Algarve FA
Angra do Heroísmo FA
Aveiro FA
Beja FA
Braga FA
Bragança FA
Castelo Branco FA
Coimbra FA
Évora FA
Guarda FA
Horta FA
Leiria FA
Lisbon FA
Ponta Delgada FA
Portalegre FA
Porto FA
Santarém FA
Setúbal FA
Viana do Castelo FA
Vila Real FA
Viseu FA

Second round

The matches of the second round were played on the 23rd and 24th of September.[2] |}

Third round

The matches of the third round were played between 19 and 22 October.[3] The match between Camacha and Famalicão was rescheduled due to bad weather in Madeira Island that prevented the plane transporting Famalicão players from landing.[4] The match was played on 18 November.[5] |}

Fourth round

The matches of the fourth round were played between 24 and 26 November.[6]

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Quarter-finals

Matches in this round may be affected by the ongoing police protests in Portugal.

Semi-finals

Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.----Sporting CP won 4–3 on aggregate.

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals[7]
1 EvanilsonPorto7
2 Viktor GyökeresSporting6
3 João VictorAcadémica5
4 Evanildo NhagaLusitânia4
Pedro GonçalvesSporting
PaulinhoSporting
Rafa SilvaBenfica

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FPF - First and second round draw . fpf.pt . 24 October 2022 . pt.
  2. Web site: Taça de Portugal: os resultados da segunda eliminatória . A Bola . pt . 24 September 2023 .
  3. Web site: Taça de Portugal: todos os resultados da 3.ª eliminatória. Maisfutebol.
  4. Web site: Está confirmado: Camacha-Famalicão adiado. www.record.pt.
  5. Web site: Camacha X Famalicão - AO MINUTO. Maisfutebol.
  6. Web site: Taça de Portugal: todos os jogos e resultados da 4.ª eliminatória. Maisfutebol.
  7. Web site: Taça de Portugal Placard 2023/2024 – Statistics . zerozero.pt . 6 May 2024 . pt.