This article is about the men's football tournament in Portugal. For the women's
football tournament in Portugal, see Taça da ☀️ Liga Feminina
Football tournament
The Taça
da Liga (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtasɐ ðɐ ˈliɣɐ]), known outside Portugal as
Portuguese League Cup, is an ☀️ annual club football competition organised by the Liga
Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two ☀️ tiers of
Portuguese football – the Primeira Liga and Liga Portugal 2.[1] Unlike Portugal's other
domestic cup competition, the Taça ☀️ de Portugal, the winners of the Taça da Liga do not
qualify for European competitions.
The Taça da Liga was established ☀️ in the 2007–08
season, thus becoming the third official competition for professional clubs in
Portugal,[1] after a proposal by Sporting ☀️ and Boavista was approved by LPFP members on
28 November 2006. For sponsorship reasons, it is currently known as Allianz ☀️ Cup (with
the English word cup).
Benfica are the most successful team in the competition, having
won seven trophies (four of ☀️ which consecutively between 2008 and 2012). The current
holders are Porto, who defeated Sporting CP in the 2024 final to ☀️ secure their first
title.
Format [ edit ]
The Taça da Liga format has suffered changes throughout the
competition's history in order ☀️ to increase the number of matches and also revenue for
both clubs and LPFP. Starting in the 2024–22 season, the ☀️ format is the following:
First
round – One-legged ties between all Segunda Liga teams (except reserve or B teams), the
ten ☀️ Primeira Liga teams ranked 7th–16th in the previous season, and the two teams
promoted from the Segunda Liga, with the ☀️ winner advancing to the next round.
–
One-legged ties between all Segunda Liga teams (except reserve or B teams), the ten
☀️ Primeira Liga teams ranked 7th–16th in the previous season, and the two teams promoted
from the Segunda Liga, with the ☀️ winner advancing to the next round. Second round –
One-legged ties between the first-round winners and the two Primeira Liga ☀️ teams ranked
5th and 6th in the previous season. The winners advance to the next round.
– One-legged
ties between the ☀️ first-round winners and the two Primeira Liga teams ranked 5th and 6th
in the previous season. The winners advance to ☀️ the next round. Third round – Four
groups of three teams played in a single round-robin format, each containing two
☀️ second-round winners and one of the four top-placed Primeira Liga season teams of the
previous season. The group winners advance ☀️ to the next round.
– Four groups of three
teams played in a single round-robin format, each containing two second-round winners
☀️ and one of the four top-placed Primeira Liga season teams of the previous season. The
group winners advance to the ☀️ next round. Knockout phase – Semi-finals and final played
as one-legged fixtures played in a neutral ground.
For 2024–23, due to ☀️ fixture
congestion surrounding the 2024 FIFA World Cup, all Segunda Liga and Primeira Liga
teams (except reserve or B teams) ☀️ were placed into 8 groups (6 groups of 4 teams and 2
groups of 5 teams), with the group winners ☀️ advancing to the knockout phase, consisting
of quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. All knockout stage games are one-legged
fixtures, with ☀️ the semi-finals and finals still played in a neutral ground. All group
stage games and the quarter-finals were played during ☀️ the international break
surrounding the World Cup.
Finals [ edit ]
Performance by club [ edit ]
Participating
clubs [ edit ]
Players statistics ☀️ [ edit ]
Appearances [ edit ]
As of 2024–23
season[2]
Bold = Still active and playing in Portugal
Goalscorers [ edit ]
All-time top
☀️ scorers [ edit ]
As of 2024–23 season[3]
Bold = Still active and playing in
Portugal
Goalscorers by seasons [ edit ]
Since its ☀️ inception (except in the period
between 2011 and 2024) the Taça da Liga has had the following naming sponsors meaning
☀️ it has been known by different names:
Period Sponsor Name 2007–2010 Carlsberg Carlsberg
Cup 2010–2011 Bwin Bwin Cup 2011–2024 No main ☀️ sponsor Taça da Liga 2024–2024 CTT Taça
CTT 2024– Allianz Allianz Cup
Records [ edit ]
As of 30 January 2024[4]
See also ☀️ [ edit
]
