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.
Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Leagues entering at this round (tier) | |
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First round | 146 | 112 | none | 112 | Liga 3 (3rd): 18 teams Campeonato de Portugal (4th): 53 teams District Football Associations (5th): 41 teams | |
Second round | 110 | 92 | 16 | Liga Portugal 2 (2nd): 16 teams | ||
Third round | 64 | 64 | 46 | 18 | Primeira Liga (1st): 18 teams | |
Fourth round | 32 | 32 | 32 | none | none | |
Fifth round | 16 | 16 | 16 | none | none | |
Quarter-finals | 8 | 8 | 8 | none | none | |
Semi-finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | none | none | |
Final | 2 | 2 | 2 | none | none |
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).
The matches of the second round were played on the 23rd and 24th of September.[2] |}
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] |}
The matches of the fourth round were played between 24 and 26 November.[6]
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Matches in this round may be affected by the ongoing police protests in Portugal.
Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.----Sporting CP won 4–3 on aggregate.
Rank | Player | Team | Goals[7] |
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1 | Evanilson | Porto | 7 |
2 | Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | 6 |
3 | João Victor | Académica | 5 |
4 | Evanildo Nhaga | Lusitânia | 4 |
Pedro Gonçalves | Sporting | ||
Paulinho | Sporting | ||
Rafa Silva | Benfica |