2007–08 Taça da Liga

2007–2008 Taça da Liga

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	4 August 2007 – 22 March 2008
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Vitória de Setúbal (1st title)
Runners-up	Sporting CP
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	76 (1.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Matheus (5)
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The 2007–08 Taça da Liga was the first edition of the Taça da Liga, also known as Carlsberg Cup due to sponsorship reasons.

For the first round (4 and 5 August), only the Liga de Honra teams competed. In the second round (12 August), Portuguese Liga teams entered. The competition was won by Vitória de Setúbal, who beat Sporting Clube de Portugal 3 – 2 in the penalty shootout after a goalless draw at the Estádio Algarve, Faro.

First round

Drawing

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

• Pot A (away):
  • Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves, who were relegated from the top division;
  • 3rd to 8th position of the 2006–07 Liga de Honra.
• Pot B (home):
  • 9th to 14th position of the 2006–07 Liga de Honra;
  • Fátima and Freamunde, who were promoted from II Divisão.

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

Games

Date	Hour	Local	(League)Team 1	Result	Team 2(League)
4 August	17:00	Trofa	(LH) Trofense	2-1	Feirense (LH)
4 August	17:00	Vizela	(LH) Vizela	1-3	Varzim (LH)
5 August	16:00	Freamunde	(LH) Freamunde	0-0 (2-4 decided in penalties)	Beira-Mar (LH)
5 August	16:00	Estoril	(LH) Estoril-Praia	2-1	Desportivo das Aves (LH)
5 August	16:00	Fátima	(LH) Fátima	2-0	Santa Clara (LH)
5 August	17:00	Portimão	(LH) Portimonense	1-0	Rio Ave (LH)
5 August	17:30	Olhão	(LH) Olhanense	0-1	Gondomar (LH)
5 August	19:45	Barcelos	(LH) Gil Vicente	2-2 (4-5 decided in penalties)	Penafiel (LH)

(LH) - Liga de Honra

Games results in detail

4 August 2007 17:00	Trofense	2 – 1	Feirense	Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense, Trofa Referee: Luís Reforço, Setúbal
	Marcos Antônio  41' Rui Borges I  53'		61' Jorge Leitão

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4 August 2007 17:00	Vizela	1 – 3	Varzim	Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, Vizela Referee: Rui Silva, Vila Real
	Nuno Sousa  7'		20' Roberto  57' Chico  90' Ukra

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5 August 2007 16:00	Estoril-Praia	2 – 1	Desportivo das Aves	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril Referee: Marco Ferreira, Porto
	Dorival  44' Dagil  48'		11' Gouveia

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5 August 2007 16:00	Freamunde	0 – 0	Beira-Mar	Complexo Desportivo do Sport Clube de Freamunde, Freamunde Referee: Vasco Santos, Porto
		Penalties
	Evandro: Bertinho: Marcão: Heslley:	2 – 4	Vidigal Artur Fernando Ratinho

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5 August 2007 16:00	Fátima	2 – 0	Santa Clara	Estádio João Paulo II, Fátima Referee: Bruno Paixão, Setúbal
	Marinho  56' Saleiro  60'

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5 August 2007 17:00	Portimonense	1 – 0	Rio Ave	Estádio Municipal, Portimão Referee: Hugo Miguel, Lisboa
	Bevacqua  4'

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5 August 2007 17:30	Olhanense	0 – 1	Gondomar	Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão Referee: João Capela, Coimbra
			58' Nelsinho

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5 August 2007 19:45	Gil Vicente	2 – 2	Penafiel	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos Referee: Olegário Benquerença, Leiria
	Hermes  32' Tiago André  90'		47' João Pedro  53'(penalty) Nélson Campos
		Penalties
	João Vilela: Pedro Ribeiro: Diego Gaúcho: Luís Miguel: Hermes:	4 – 5	Lourenço João Pedro Hélder Sousa Pedro Araújo Nelson Campos

Second round

Drawing

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 (home):
  • winners teams of first round;
• Pot D (visitors):
  • 9th to 14th placed teams of the 2006–07 Portuguese Liga, and the 1st and 2nd placed teams of the 2006/07 Liga de Honra (Leixões and Vitória de Guimarães) ;

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

(LH) - Liga de Honra (PL) - Portuguese League

Games

Date	Hour	Local	(League)Team 1	Result	Team 2(League)
12 August	16:00	Estoril	(LH) Estoril-Praia	0-1	Estrela da Amadora (PL)
12 August	16:00	Penafiel	(LH) Penafiel	0-0 (5-4 decided in penalties)	Marítimo (PL)
12 August	17:00	Fátima	(LH) Fátima	1-0	Académica (PL)
12 August	17:00	Portimão	(LH) Portimonense	0-0 (4-3 decided in penalties)	Naval (PL)
12 August	17:15	Póvoa de Varzim	(LH) Varzim	0-4	Leixões (PL)
12 August	17:30	Gondomar	(LH) Gondomar	0-3	V. Setúbal (PL)
12 August	18:00	Trofa	(LH) Trofense	0-1	V. Guimarães (PL)
12 August	19:45	Aveiro	(LH) Beira-Mar	1-0	Boavista (PL)

(LH) - Liga de Honra
(PL) - Portuguese League

Games results in detail

12 August 2007 16:00	Estoril-Praia	0 – 1	Estrela da Amadora	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril Referee: Cosme Machado, Braga
			45' Cardoso

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12 August 2007 16:00	Penafiel	0 – 0	Marítimo	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel Referee: João Vilas Boas, Braga
		Penalties
	Nélson Campos Lourenço Guedes Diego Mourão Kelly Ferreira	5 – 4	Kanu Fábio Felício Bruno Marcinho van der Linden Wênio

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12 August 2007 17:00	Fátima	1 – 0	Académica	Estádio Municipal de Fátima, Fátima Referee: Augusto Duarte, Braga
	Ricardo Jorgue  27'

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12 August 2007 17:00	Portimonense	0 – 0	Naval	Estádio do Portimonense, Portimão Referee: Rui Costa, Porto
		Penalties
	Ricardo Pessoa: Gonzalo: Miguel Ângelo: Tarantini: Emídio Rafael:	4 – 3	Marcelinho Saulo Mário Sérgio Gaúcho Elivelton

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12 August 2007 17:15	Varzim	0 – 4	Leixões	Estádio do Varzim Sport Club, Varzim Referee: Paulo Baptista, Portalegre
			5', 53'(penalty) Vieirinha  7' Bruno China  58' Roberto

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12 August 2007 17:30	Gondomar	0 – 3	V. Setúbal	Estádio de São Miguel (Gondomar), Gondomar Referee: Paulo Pereira, Viana do Castelo
			44' Kim  77' Matheus  80' Edinho

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12 August 2007 18:00	Trofense	0 – 1	V. Guimarães	Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense, Trofa Referee: Carlos Xistra, Castelo Branco
			30' Mrdakovic

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12 August 2007 19:45	Beira-Mar	1 – 0	Boavista	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: Elmano Santos, Madeira
	Roma  81'

Third round

Drawing

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 Portuguese Liga 2006-07

Pot E	Pot F
Estrela da Amadora	Nacional
Penafiel	União de Leiria
Fátima	Paços de Ferreira
Portimonense	Belenenses
Leixões	Sp. Braga
V. Setúbal	Benfica
V. Guimarães	Sporting
Beira-Mar	Porto

Games

Date	Hour	Local	(League)Team 1	Result	Team 2(League)
26 September	16:00	Leixões	(PL) Leixões	0-2	União de Leiria (PL)
26 September	17:00	Penafiel	(LH) Penafiel	1-0	Nacional (PL)
26 September	18:00	Portimão	(LH) Portimonense	1-1 (4-3 decided in penalties)	Belenenses (PL)
26 September	19:00	Aveiro	(LH) Beira-Mar	0-0 (4-3 decided in penalties)	Paços de Ferreira (PL)
26 September	19:15	Setúbal	(PL) V. Setúbal	2-0	Sp. Braga (PL)
26 September	19:15	Fátima	(LH) Fátima	0-0 (4-2 decided in penalties)	Porto (PL)
26 September	20:30	Amadora	(PL) Estrela da Amadora	1-1 (4-5 decided in penalties)	Benfica (PL)
26 September	20:45	Guimarães	(PL) V. Guimarães	0-0 (6-7 decided in penalties)	Sporting (PL)

(LH) - Liga de Honra
(PL) - Portuguese League

Games results in details

26 September 2007 16:00	Leixões	0 – 2	U. Leiria	Estádio do Mar, Matosinhos Referee: Cosme Machado, Braga
			15' Maciel  76' (pen.) Jessui

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26 September 2007 17:00	Penafiel	1 – 0	Nacional	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel Referee: Paulo Costa, Porto
	Guedes  21'

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26 September 2007 18:00	Portimonense	1 – 1	Belenenses	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon Referee: Hugo Miguel, Lisboa
	Paulo Sérgio  83'		66' Fernando
		Penalties
	Tarantini Wellington Gonzalo Raphael Paulo Sérgio	4 – 3	Ruben Amorim Roncatto Gabriel Gómez Weldon Rolando

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26 September 2007 19:00	Beira-Mar	0 – 0	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: João Vilas Boas, Braga
		Penalties
	Roma Vasco Matos Mateus Emerson Diogo Luís	4 – 3	Luiz Carlos Pedrinha Furtado Edson Di Fernando Pilar

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26 September 2007 19:15	V. Setúbal	2 – 0	Braga	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal Referee: Elmano Santos, Madeira
	Matheus  80' Leandro Branco  88'

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26 September 2007 19:15	Fátima	0 – 0	Porto	Estádio João Paulo II, Fátima Referee: Carlos Xistra, Castelo Branco
		Penalties
	Miguel Xavier Saleiro Moreira Marinho	4 – 2	João Paulo Leandro Lima Lino Mariano González

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26 September 2007 20:30	Estrela da Amadora	1 – 1	Benfica	Estádio José Gomes, Amadora Referee: Duarte Gomes, Lisboa
	Maurício  36'		90+3' (pen.) Freddy Adu
		Penalties
	Maurício Mateus Tiago Gomes Cardoso Fernando Yoni	4 – 5	Adu Rodríguez Butt Luisão F. Coentrão Díaz

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26 September 2007 20:45	V. Guimarães	0 – 0	Sporting	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Referee: Bruno Paixão, Setúbal
		Penalties
	Ghilas Rabiola Andrezinho Desmarets Fajardo Targino Luciano Geromel Sereno João Alves	6 – 7	Romagnoli Anderson Polga João Moutinho Ronny Miguel Veloso Paredes Tonel Abel Yannick Tiago

Fourth round

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 - Portuguese League

Games

First leg

Date	Hour	Local	(League)Team 1	Result	Team 2(League)
21 October	19:00	Lisboa	(PL) Sporting CP	1-2	Fátima (LH)
21 October	21:00	Lisboa	(PL) Benfica	1-1	Vitória de Setúbal (PL)
22 October	16:00	Portimão	(LH) Portimonense	1-0	Beira-Mar (LH)
22 October	16:00	Penafiel	(LH) Penafiel	3-1	União de Leiria (PL)

(LH) - Liga de Honra
(PL) - Portuguese League

21 October 2007	Sporting CP	1 – 2	Fátima	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon Referee: Soares Dias, Porto
	Liédson  52'		15' (penalty) Cícero  82' Falardo

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21 October 2007	Benfica	1 – 1	Vitória de Setúbal	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Referee: Jorge Sousa, Porto
	Adu  90+4'		12' Matheus

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22 October 2007	Portimonense	1 – 0	Beira-Mar	Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão Referee: Pedro Henriques, Lisbon
	Diogo  71'

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22 October 2007	Penafiel	3 – 1	União de Leiria	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel Referee: Pedro Proença Lisbon
	João Pedro  3' Bakero  68'  78'		90+2'Sougou

2nd Leg

Date	Hour	Local	(League)Team 1	Result	Team 2(League)
31 October	19:45	Fátima	(LH) Fátima	2-3	Sporting CP (PL)
31 October	20:45	Setúbal	(PL) Vitória de Setúbal	2-1	Benfica(PL)
31 October	20:00	Aveiro	(LH) Beira-Mar	3-1	Portimonense (LH)
31 October	19:45	Leiria	(PL) União de Leiria	1-0	Penafiel (LH)

(LH) - Liga de Honra
(PL) - Portuguese League

31 October 2007	Fátima	2 – 3	Sporting CP	Estádio João Paulo II, Fátima Referee: Olegário Benquerença, Leiria
	Saleiro  16' Falardo  49'		35'  82' Liédson  62' Purović

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31 October 2007	Vitória de Setúbal	2 – 1	Benfica	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal Referee: Paulo Costa, Porto
	Matheus  67' Edinho  82'		45' (pen.) Freddy Adu

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31 October 2007	Beira-Mar	3 – 1	Portimonense	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: João Ferreira, Setúbal
	Jessé  48' Vitinha  65' Roma  79'		6' Bevacqua

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31 October 2007	União de Leiria	1 – 0	Penafiel	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria Referee: Paulo Paraty, Porto
	João Paulo  91'

Overall results of 4th round

Winner	Result	Loser
(PL) Sporting CP	4 (a) - 4	Fátima (LH)
(PL) Vitória de Setúbal	3 - 2	S.L. Benfica (PL)
(LH) Beira-Mar	3 - 2	Portimonense (LH)
(LH) Penafiel	3 - 2	União de Leiria (PL)

(LH) - Liga de Honra
(PL) - Portuguese League

Group stage

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.

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vitória de Setúbal (PL)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Sporting CP (PL)	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Penafiel (LH)	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2	2
Beira-Mar (LH)	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6	1

(LH) - Liga de Honra
(PL) - Portuguese League

Games results in detail

9 January 2008 19:30	Beira-Mar	1 – 1	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: Jorge Sousa, Porto
	Vitinha  19'		44' Bakero

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9 January 2008 21:15	Vitória de Setúbal	1 – 0	Sporting CP	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal Referee: Pedro Henriques, Lisbon
	Filipe  30'

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23 January 2008 19:00	Penafiel	1 – 1	Vitória de Setúbal	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel Referee: Lucílio Baptista, Setúbal
	Guedes  43' (pen.)		18' Matheus

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23 January 2008 21:15	Sporting CP	3 – 0	Beira-Mar	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Referee: Duarte Gomes, Lisboa
	Liédson  68' Vukčević  74'  80'

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30 January 2008 19:00	Sporting CP	3 – 1	Penafiel	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Referee: João Ferreira, Setúbal
	Romagnoli  21' Izmailov  29'  85'		66' Guedes

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30 January 2008 21:00	Vitória de Setúbal	3 – 0	Beira-Mar	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal Referee: Rui Costa, Porto
	Robson  52' Ricardo Chaves  71' Kim Byung  90+3'

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Final

Main article: 2008 Taça da Liga Final

22 March 2008 20:30 GMT	Vitória de Setúbal	0 – 0	Sporting CP	Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé Referee: Pedro Proença
		(Official report)
		Penalties
	Auri Pitbull Elias Jorginho Paulinho	3 – 2	Romagnoli Polga Moutinho Liédson Izmailov

_{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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External links

• Official website - Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional