2007–08 Taça da Liga

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2007–08 Taça da Liga
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates4 August 2007 – 22 March 2008
Teams32
Final positions
ChampionsVitória de Setúbal (1st title)
Runners-upSporting CP
Tournament statistics
Matches played39
Goals scored76 (1.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)Matheus (5)

The 2007–08 Taça da Liga was the first edition of the Taça da Liga, also known as Carlsberg Cup for sponsorship reasons.

For the first round (4 and 5 August), only teams competing in the Liga de Honra participated. In the second round (12 August), Primeira Liga teams entered.

The competition was won by Vitória de Setúbal, who defeated Sporting CP 3–2 in the penalty shootout after a goalless draw at the Estádio Algarve, Faro.

First round[edit]

Drawing[edit]

Teams had been distributed by two pots, being based on the position of the previous championship.


Pot A Pot B
Beira-Mar Olhanense
Desportivo das Aves Estoril
Rio Ave Trofense
Santa Clara Gil Vicente
Gondomar Vizela
Feirense Portimonense
Varzim Fátima
Penafiel Freamunde

Games[edit]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
(LH) Trofense 2–1 Feirense (LH)
(LH) Vizela 1–3 Varzim (LH)
(LH) Freamunde 0–0 (2–4 p) Beira-Mar (LH)
(LH) Estoril 2–1 Desportivo das Aves (LH)
(LH) Fátima 2–0 Santa Clara (LH)
(LH) Portimonense 1–0 Rio Ave (LH)
(LH) Olhanense 0–1 Gondomar (LH)
(LH) Gil Vicente 2–2 (4–5 p) Penafiel (LH)

(LH) - Liga de Honra

Games results in detail[edit]

Trofense2–1Feirense
Marcos Antônio 41'
Borges 53'
Leitão 61'

Vizela1–3Varzim
N. Sousa 7' Roberto 20'
Chico 57'
Ukra 90'

Estoril2–1Desportivo das Aves
Dorival 44'
Dagil 48'
Gouveia 11'


Fátima2–0Santa Clara
Marinho 56'
Saleiro 60'
Referee: Bruno Paixão, Setúbal

Portimonense1–0Rio Ave
Bevacqua 4'
Referee: Hugo Miguel, Lisboa

Olhanense0–1Gondomar
Nelsinho 58'
Referee: João Capela, Coimbra

Second round[edit]

Drawing[edit]

Teams were divided for two pots, one with the lower ranked Portuguese Liga teams and the other with the first round winners, who played at home.

Pot C Pot D
Trofense Estrela da Amadora
Varzim Boavista
Beira-Mar Marítimo
Estoril Naval
Fátima Académica
Portimonense Vitória de Setúbal
Gondomar Leixões
Penafiel Vitória de Guimarães

(LH) – Liga de Honra (PL) – Primeira League

Games[edit]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
(LH) Estoril 0–1 Estrela da Amadora (PL)
(LH) Penafiel 0–0 (5–4 p) Marítimo (PL)
(LH) Fátima 1–0 Académica (PL)
(LH) Portimonense 0–0 (4–3 p) Naval (PL)
(LH) Varzim 0–4 Leixões (PL)
(LH) Gondomar 0–3 Vitória de Setúbal (PL)
(LH) Trofense 0–1 Vitória de Guimarães (PL)
(LH) Beira-Mar 1–0 Boavista (PL)

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

Games results in detail[edit]

Estoril0–1Estrela da Amadora
Cardoso 45'


Fátima1–0Académica
Ricardo Jorgue 27'


Varzim0–4Leixões
Vieirinha 5', 53' (pen.)
China 7'
Roberto 58'
Referee: Paulo Baptista, Portalegre

Gondomar0–3Vitória de Setúbal
Kim 44'
Matheus 77'
Edinho 80'


Beira-Mar1–0Boavista
Roma 81'

Third round[edit]

Drawing[edit]

Teams were divided in two pots, one with the higher ranked Portuguese Liga teams and the other with the second round winners, who played at home.

  • Pot E (home):
    • winners teams of Second round;
  • Pot F (visitors):
    • 1st to 8th placed teams of the 2006–07 Primeira Liga
Pot E Pot F
Estrela da Amadora Nacional
Penafiel União de Leiria
Fátima Paços de Ferreira
Portimonense Belenenses
Leixões Braga
Vitória de Setúbal Benfica
Vitória de Guimarães Sporting CP
Beira-Mar Porto

Games[edit]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
(PL) Leixões 0–2 União de Leiria (PL)
(LH) Penafiel 1–0 Nacional (PL)
(LH) Portimonense 1–1 (4–3 p) Belenenses (PL)
(LH) Beira-Mar 0–0 (4–3 p) Paços de Ferreira (PL)
(PL) Vitória de Setúbal 2–0 Braga (PL)
(LH) Fátima 0–0 (4–2 p) Porto (PL)
(PL) Estrela da Amadora 1–1 (4–5 p) Benfica (PL)
(PL) Vitória de Guimarães 0–0 (6–7 p) Sporting CP (PL)

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

Games results in details[edit]

Leixões0–2União de Leiria
Maciel 15'
Jessui 76' (pen.)
Referee: Cosme Machado, Braga

Penafiel1 – 0Nacional
Guedes 21'
Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel
Referee: Paulo Costa, Porto



Vitória de Setúbal2–0Braga
Matheus 80'
Branco 88'
Referee: Elmano Santos, Madeira

Fátima0–0Porto
Penalties
Miguel Xavier soccer ball with check mark
Saleiro soccer ball with check mark
Moreira soccer ball with check mark
Marinho soccer ball with check mark
4–2 soccer ball with check mark João Paulo
soccer ball with check mark Lima
soccer ball with red X Lino
soccer ball with red X M. González
Estádio João Paulo II, Fátima
Referee: Carlos Xistra, Castelo Branco


Fourth round[edit]

The winning teams of the third round will be in only one pot and will play in two legs.

Clube League
Sporting CP PL
Benfica PL
União de Leiria PL
Vitória de Setúbal PL
Beira-Mar LH
Penafiel LH
Portimonense LH
Fátima LH

LH – Liga de Honra PL – Primeira Liga

Games[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(PL) Sporting CP 4–4 (a) Fátima (LH) 1–2 3–2
(PL) Benfica 2–3 Vitória de Setúbal (PL) 1–1 1–2
(LH) Portimonense 2–3 Beira-Mar (LH) 1–0 1–3
(LH) Penafiel 3–2 União de Leiria (PL) 3–1 0–1

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

First leg[edit]



Portimonense1–0Beira-Mar
Melo 71'

Penafiel3–1União de Leiria
João Pedro 3'
Bakero 68', 78'
Sougou 90+2'

Second leg[edit]


Vitória de Setúbal2–1Benfica
Matheus 67'
Edinho 82'
Adu 45' (pen.)
Referee: Paulo Costa, Porto

Beira-Mar3–1Portimonense
Jessé 48'
Vitinha 65'
Roma 79'
Bevacqua 6'

União de Leiria1–0Penafiel
João Paulo 91'

Fifth round[edit]

The four winners from the fourth round will play in a group stage with a single round-robin format. The teams that finish first and second in the group will advance to play each other in the final.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vitória de Setúbal (PL) 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to final
2 Sporting CP (PL) 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3 Penafiel (LH) 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
4 Beira-Mar (LH) 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: (LH) - Liga de Honra , (PL) - Portuguese League

Games results in detail[edit]


Vitória de Setúbal1–0Sporting CP
Gonçalves 30'
Referee: Pedro Henriques, Lisbon


Sporting CP3–0Beira-Mar
Liédson 68'
Vukčević 74', 80'

Sporting CP3–1Penafiel
Romagnoli 21'
Izmailov 29', 85'
Guedes 66'
Referee: João Ferreira, Setúbal

Vitória de Setúbal3–0Beira-Mar
Robson 52'
Chaves 71'
Kim 90+3'
Referee: Rui Costa, Porto

Final[edit]

Coin toss determined Vitória to be the first on the penalty shootout series. Except for Jorginho's shot at his right post (inner side), all other shots were saved by the goalkeepers.


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