Taça da Liga | |
Year: | 2024–25 |
Other Titles: | Allianz Cup |
Country: | Portugal |
Dates: | 29 October 2024 – 11 January 2025 |
Num Teams: | 8 |
Matches: | 4 |
Goals: | 12 |
Attendance: | 94,264 |
Top Goal Scorer: | Viktor Gyökeres Vangelis Pavlidis (2 goals each) |
Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 Taça da Liga is the eighteenth edition of the Taça da Liga (also known as Allianz Cup for sponsorship reasons), a football league cup competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional and contested exclusively by clubs competing in the two professional divisions of Portuguese football – the top-tier Primeira Liga and the second-tier Liga Portugal 2. This season features only eight teams in the competition.[1]
As a response to the increasing density of the football calendar, the competition introduced a new format compared to the previous seasons, featuring only 8 teams instead of the all the teams from Primeira Liga and Liga Portugal 2.[2] The top six teams from the Primeira Liga and the top two non-reserve teams from the Liga Portugal 2 will be paired according to their league positions to play single-leg quarter-final matches:
The winners qualify to the final-four tournament, which was played at a neutral venue and comprised two single-leg semi-finals and a final. The final four was scheduled to be played at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, in Leiria.[1]
Team | Tier | Rank | |
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Sporting CP | Primeira Liga | 1st place | |
Benfica | Primeira Liga | 2nd place | |
Porto | Primeira Liga | 3rd place | |
Braga | Primeira Liga | 4th place | |
Vitória de Guimarães | Primeira Liga | 5th place | |
Moreirense | Primeira Liga | 6th place | |
Santa Clara | Liga Portugal 2 | 1st place | |
Nacional | Liga Portugal 2 | 2nd place |
In this round, with the best placed teams playing at home.
The final-four will be played from 7 to 11 January 2025 in Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, and comprised the semi-finals and final of the competition.
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