Football tournament
The Taça de Portugal ( portuguese pronunciation : [ ˈtasɐ ðɨ puɾtuˈɣal ] ; “ Cup of Portugal ” ) is an annual association football contest and the premier hard tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known angstrom Taça de Portugal Placard as of the 2015–16 season. Organised by the Portuguese Football Federation since it was first held in 1938, the contest is open to professional and amateur clubs from the top-four league divisions. Matches are played from August–September to May–June, and the final examination is traditionally held at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, near Lisbon. The winners qualify for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira ( or the runner-up, in case the winners are besides the league champions ) and the UEFA Europa League ( unless they already qualify for the UEFA Champions League through league place ). Before 1938, a alike competition was held since 1922 under the name Campeonato de Portugal ( english : backing of Portugal ), which determined the national champions from among the different regional championship winners. The establishment of the Primeira Liga, a countrywide league -based competition, as the official domestic championship in 1938, led to the conversion of the Campeonato de Portugal into the main domestic cup rival, under its current designation. In fact, the trophy awarded to the portuguese Cup winners is the same that was awarded to the Campeonato de Portugal winners, although titles in each competition are counted individually. The first base winners of the Taça de Portugal were Académica, who defeated Benfica 4–3 in the 1939 final. Benfica are the most successful team in the competition, with 26 trophies in 38 final examination appearances. Braga are the current holders, who beat Benfica in the 2021 concluding.

history [edit ]

Replica of the Taça de Portugal trophy foremost awarded to Académica de Coimbra in 1939. The first gear personification of a Portuguese Cup began in 1912, as an invitational tournament organized by SC Império ; it was named after the organize club, as “ Taça do Império ” ( not to be confused with a similarly named, but unrelated, Taça Império – the one-off trophy for the inauguration match at the National Stadium on 10 June 1944 ). Because of its close up format, with very few clubs taking part, the portuguese Federation does not recognise it as a true “ national cup ” ; it ended in 1918. The inauguration season of the “ Campeonato de Portugal ” ( Championship of Portugal ) took place in 1921–22, and this competition was played every season until 1937–38. The original format had all the clubs participating in regional leagues, with the regional winners progressing to knock-out rounds, and the ultimate victors named Champions of Portugal. This was the primary tournament in Portugal, until the creation of the round-robin competition in 1934-35 – in fact, the Champions nickname of this early period can be deceptive, as the advanced concept of “ champion ” applies to the league ace ( i.e., for statistical purposes, the winners of this Campeonato de Portugal are no long counted among portuguese League champions ). The short period of coexistence between two championships meant considerable confusion, and was pointed as a reason for miss of competitiveness in contemporary external matches – consequently, a revamp was bound to happen. The achiever of the older contest meant it was carried over after the reorganization of Football competitions in 1938–39, albeit losing its crown condition : the ( round-robin ) league carried the appoint Campeonato ( or, in its longform, “ Campeonato Nacional district attorney Primeira Divisão ” ), and the old Campeonato de Portugal was renamed “ Taça de Portugal ” ( Portuguese Cup ) for the 1938–39 season. The Cup soon became the second-most crucial trophy in Portuguese football. The Cup is organised by the Portuguese Football Federation ( Federação Portuguesa de Futebol ) and is played by all teams in the Primeira Liga, Segunda Liga ( excluding the B team ), Campeonato Nacional de Seniores ( excluding reservation teams ), 22 District Championships runner-up and by 18 District Cups winners. [ 1 ]

format [edit ]

As of the 2008–09 temper, the cup is composed of 8 rounds ( final included ), with 1st level clubs joining at the 3rd orotund, the 2nd charge clubs joining at the 2nd round and the 3rd and lower-level clubs competing from the beginning. All rounds are played in a single crippled, except for the semifinals. [ 1 ]

Final venues [edit ]

The concluding equal has been played at the Estádio Nacional near Lisbon in Jamor every season since 1946, except in 1961 ( in a rare happening, Estádio das Antas was chosen as a more commodious venue for both Leixões and FC Porto, despite being the home of the latter ; an agreement was reached by both teams due to geographic proximity and capacitance ) ; in the three years following the Carnation Revolution ; in the 1982–83 season, due to FC Porto ‘s pressure. In the years following the Carnation Revolution, the venue for the final match would be the home grind of the team that had won the portuguese Cup the former class ; however, when Boavista won the Cup doubly in a course, its home grind ( Estádio do Bessa ) was deemed excessively small and the matches were rather played in Estádio district attorney Antas ( FC Porto ‘s home ground at the time ). [ citation needed ]

Finals [edit ]

Campeonato de Portugal ( 1922–1938 ) [edit ]

performance by club [edit ]

Taça de Portugal ( 1938–present ) [edit ]

operation by club [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

further reading [edit ]

  • Lebre, Fernando; Ribeiro, Magda (October 2007). Taça de Portugal: Décadas de paixão [Portuguese Cup: Decades of passion] (First ed.). Sete Caminhos. ISBN 978-989-602-121-4.