2009–10 Taça da Liga

2009–10 Taça da Liga
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	1 August 2009 – 21 March 2010
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (2nd title)
Runners-up	Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	104 (1.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlão (3)
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The 2009–10 Taça da Liga was the third edition of the Taça da Liga, also known as Carlsberg Cup due to sponsorship reasons. The first matches were played on 1 August 2009. The final was scheduled on 21 March 2009 where Benfica beat F.C. Porto 3-0, and won its second Taça da Liga. The final was played at the Estádio Algarve, Faro.

Format

The Cup begins with a two-legged round between teams from Liga de Honra (second level). Winners join the clubs classified 7th–14th from last season's Portuguese Liga (first level) plus two promoted to this season's Liga. There are six groups of three teams each, and every team play two games (once home and once away). Winners of the groups join the top-6 teams from the last season's Portuguese Liga and there will be three groups of four teams, each team playing three games. Winners of the groups and the best second-placed team compete in the one-legged semifinals, with the winners advancing to the final.

Participating clubs

This is a list of clubs participating in the 2009–10 Portuguese League Cup:

Clubs starting from the First Round: Gil Vicente, Beira-Mar, Estoril Praia, Desportivo das Aves, Varzim, Santa Clara, Portimonense, Freamunde, Feirense, Oliveirense, Covilhã, Trofense, Fátima, Chaves, Carregado, Penafiel
Clubs starting from the Second Round: Belenenses, Naval, Académica, Paços de Ferreira, Rio Ave, União de Leiria, Olhanense, Vitória de Guimarães, Vitória de Setúbal, Marítimo
Clubs starting from the Third Round: Porto, Sporting CP, Benfica, Nacional, Leixões, Braga

Boavista was first included in the draw, but the club was excluded from professional competitions on July 13, 2009 due to financial debts. Boavista was scheduled to play against Sporting da Covilhã. On the following day, Penafiel and Carregado were invited to the professional leagues and, after both accepting, they officially joined the league on July 28.

First round

The matches will be played on August 1 and 2 (first legs) and August 8 and 9, 2009 (second legs).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Carregado	1–2	Covilhã	0–1	1–1
Desportivo das Aves	1–2	Estoril Praia	1–1	0–1
Beira-Mar	5–4	Freamunde	5–1	0–3
Oliveirense	0–1	Gil Vicente	0–1	0–0
Fátima	2–1	Varzim	2–0	0–1
Chaves	3–3p	Santa Clara	1–0	(2)2–3(4)
Portimonense	1–1p	Feirense	1–1	(6)0–0(5)
Penafiel	2–2p	Trofense	2–0	(2)0–2(3)

Second round

Group A

Team	Pld	D	Pts
Académica^[1]^[2]	2	2	2
Portimonense (II)	2	2	2
Beira-Mar (II)	2	2	2

	Académica	Beira-Mar	Portimonense
Académica	–	0–0	–
Beira-Mar	–	–	0–0
Portimonense	0–0	–	–

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vitória de Guimarães	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6
Sporting da Covilhã (II)	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
Vitória de Setúbal	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0

	Sporting da Covilhã	Vitória de Guimarães	Vitória de Setúbal
Sporting da Covilhã	–	–	2–0
Vitória de Guimarães	2–0	–	–
Vitória de Setúbal	–	1–2	–

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Trofense (II)	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
Fátima (II)	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
Marítimo	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1

	Fátima	Marítimo	Trofense
Fátima	–	2–1	–
Marítimo	–	–	1–1
Trofense	3–1	–	–

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Estoril Praia (II)	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Paços de Ferreira	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Olhanense	2	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0

	Estoril Praia	Olhanense	P. Ferreira
Estoril Praia	–	2–0	–
Olhanense	–	–	0–1
Paços de Ferreira	0–0	–	–

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rio Ave	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Gil Vicente (II)	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Belenenses	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

	Belenenses	Gil Vicente	Rio Ave
Belenenses	–	1–1	–
Gil Vicente	–	–	0–0
Rio Ave	1–0	–	–

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Leiria	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Naval	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Santa Clara (II)	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

	Leiria	Naval	Santa Clara
Leiria	–	1–1	–
Naval	–	–	1–1
Santa Clara	1–2	–	–

Third round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
Académica	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Leixões	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
Estoril Praia	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Académica qualified as best runner-up of all groups.

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5 January 2010