2011–12 Taça da Liga
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Portugal |
Dates | 31 July 2011 – 14 April 2012 |
Teams | 32 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Benfica (4th title) |
Runners-up | Gil Vicente |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 67 |
Goals scored | 160 (2.39 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Miguel Rosa Baba Diawara Rodrigo (4 goals each) |
The 2011–12 Taça da Liga is the fifth edition of the Portuguese Taça da Liga. The first matches were played on July 31, 2011. The final was played on 14 April 2012 in which Benfica defeated Gil Vicente 2–1. Benfica won their fourth consecutive Taça da Liga competition since its establishment in 2007.
Format
This seasons' format consists of 3 rounds, plus knockout stages. In the first round, only second division teams play. All 16 teams are allocated into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays 3 matches and top two of each group advances. In the second round, teams that qualified from previous round are joined by the two Liga Sagres promoted teams and also the 6 worst in the top league in the previous season. There will be two-legged fixtures in which the winners will advance. The third round is where the remaining top 8 teams from previous season first division enter the competition. Again, as in the first round, the 16 teams are divided into 4 groups and each team will play 3 matches. However this time, only group winners advance. Both semi-finals and finals are one-legged fixtures.
Participating clubs
- Clubs starting from the First Round: Arouca, Atlético CP, Belenenses, Covilhã, Desportivo das Aves, Estoril, Freamunde, Leixões, Moreirense, Naval, Oliveirense, Penafiel, Portimonense, Santa Clara, Trofense, União da Madeira
- Clubs starting from the Second Round: Académica, Beira-Mar, Feirense, Gil Vicente, Marítimo, Olhanense, União de Leiria, Vitória de Setúbal
- Clubs starting from the Third Round: Benfica, Braga, Nacional, Paços de Ferreira, Porto, Rio Ave, Sporting CP, Vitória de Guimarães
First round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Second round
The 2011–12 Taça da Liga Second Round matches were played on 8, 9, 26 and 27 October 2011 for the first legs whilst the second legs took place on 9, 12 and 13 November 2011. The winners over the two legs progressed to the Third Round.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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União da Madeira | 2–5 | Marítimo | 2–3 | 0–2 |
Penafiel | 2–1 | Académica | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Santa Clara | 3–2 | União de Leiria | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Naval | 3–4 | Vitória de Setúbal | 1–2 | 2–2 |
Moreirense | 4–3 | Beira-Mar | 2–2 | 2–1 |
Portimonense | 2–2(5–4p) | Feirense | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Estoril | 4–3 | Olhanense | 4–3 | 0–0 |
Belenenses | 2–3 | Gil Vicente | 2–1 | 0–2 |
First leg
Santa Clara | 3–1 | União de Leiria |
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Platini 3' Alex 20' Simões 94' |
Report | Élvis 64' |
Moreirense | 2–2 | Beira-Mar |
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Pintassilgo 48' Wágner 74' |
Report | Douglas 8' Élio 13' |
Portimonense | 1–0 | Feirense |
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Felipe 71' | Report |
Estoril | 4–3 | Olhanense |
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Moreno 24', Vitória 37', 65' Carlos Eduardo 85' |
Report | Toy 31' Ivanildo 32' Djalmir 51' |
Belenenses | 2–1 | Gil Vicente |
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Rodrigo António 5' Victor Bolt 88' |
Report | Guilherme 16' |
Second leg
Vitória de Setúbal | 2–2 | Naval |
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J. Silva 57' R. Silva 77' |
Report | Carlitos 20' João Pedro 39' |
Vitória de Setúbal won 4-3 on aggregate.
Feirense 2-2 Portimonense on aggregate. Portimonense won 5-4 on penalties.
Estoril won 4-3 on aggregate.
Beira-Mar | 1–2 | Moreirense |
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Douglas 49' | Report | Pintassilgo 76' Wágner 90' |
Moreirense won 4-3 on aggregate.
Marítimo | 2–0 | União da Madeira |
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João Guilherme 79' Diawara 87' |
Report |
Marítimo won 5-2 on aggregate.
Gil Vicente | 2–0 | Belenenses |
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Cláudio 51' Luís Carlos 57' |
Report |
Gil Vicenre won 3-2 on aggregate.
União de Leiria | 1–0 | Santa Clara |
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Moraes 53' (pen.) | Report |
Santa Clara won 3-2 on aggregate.
Penafiel won 2-1 on aggregate.
Third round
The 2011–12 Taça da Liga Third Round group stage matches are to be played in January and February 2012. The eight winners of the two legged Second Round matches progressed to this round and are joined by the teams who finished in the top eight of the 2010–11 Primeira Liga. The sixteen teams will be seeded depending on their league position from the previous season. The sixteen teams involved in this round would be split into four groups from group A to D. The first round matches of the group stage will take place on 21 December 2011 and 2–3 January 2012, the second round games will take place on 18 January and the third round matches will take place on 2–3 February 2012.[1] The winners of each group would progress to the semi final stage to be played on the 21 March 2012.
Participating teams
Names in bold are the colloquial names of the clubs. Estoril, Gil Vicente, Marítimo, Moreirense, Penafiel, Portimonense, Santa Clara, Vitória de Setúbal all progressed from the Second Round to this phase. Benfica, Nacional, Paços de Ferreira, Porto, Rio Ave, Sporting CP, Braga and Vitória de Guimarães started their campaign at this stage.
Draw
The draw for the Third Round took place on the 23rd of November 2012 at 12:00 at the LPFP headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal.[2] The teams involved in this round were seeded according to their league position from either the 2010-11 Primeira Liga or the 2010-11 Liga de Honra depending in which division they played in last season.[3]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Groups
Group A
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Gil Vicente | 2–1 | Moreirense |
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Luís Carlos 48', 77' | Report | Pintassilgo 54' |
Rio Ave | 1–1 | Sporting CP |
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Tomás 16' | Report | Onyewu 87' |
Sporting CP | 1–1 | Moreirense |
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Capel 28' | Report | Ghilas 34' |
Sporting CP | 0–1 | Gil Vicente |
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Report | Cláudio 54' (pen.) |
Moreirense | 1–0 | Rio Ave |
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Pinto 79' | Report |
Group B
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Marítimo | 2–0 | Santa Clara |
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Diawara 5', 28' (pen.) | Report |
Vitória de Guimarães | 1–4 | Benfica |
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João Paulo 48' | Report | Witsel 11' Cardozo 65', 83' Rodrigo 88' |
Vitória de Guimarães | 0–2 | Marítimo |
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Report | Tchô 76' Danilo 87' |
Benfica | 2–0 | Santa Clara |
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Oliveira 68' Witsel 75' |
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Santa Clara | 1–0 | Vitória de Guimarães |
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Moreira 62' (pen.) | Report |
Group C
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Portimonense | 0–1 | Penafiel |
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Report | Coronas 52' |
Braga | 1–0 | Portimonense |
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Viana 90+3' | Report |
Group D
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Paços de Ferreira | 1–2 | Porto |
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William 16' | Report | C. Rodríguez 2' Hulk 70' (pen.) |
Porto | 2–0 | Vitória de Setúbal |
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González 24' Janko 67' |
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Estoril | 0–1 | Paços de Ferreira |
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Report | Josué 50' (pen.) |
Knock-out Stage
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
Gil Vicente | 2(4) | ||||||||
Braga | 2(2) | ||||||||
Gil Vicente | 1 | ||||||||
Benfica | 2 | ||||||||
Benfica | 3 | ||||||||
Porto | 2 |
Semi-finals
Gil Vicente | 2–2 | Braga |
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Vieira 16' Júnior Caiçara 89' |
Report | Lima 25' Barbosa 31' |
Penalties | ||
Vilela Cláudio Galo Júnior Caiçara |
4–2 | Lima Custódio Barbosa Ukra |
Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers
As of the 14 April 2012 23:19 (UTC)
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[4] |
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1 | Miguel Rosa | Belenenses | 4 |
Baba Diawara | Marítimo | 4 | |
Rodrigo | Benfica | 4 | |
4 | Wágner | Moreirense | 3 |
Ricardo Pessoa | Portimonense | 3 | |
Pintassilgo | Moreirense | 3 | |
Luís Carlos | Gil Vicente | 3 | |
Hugo Viana | Braga | 3 | |
Óscar Cardozo | Benfica | 3 |
References
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