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{{Infobox football match
| event              = [[2017–18 Taça de Portugal]]
| image              = [[File:StadionJamor.JPG|250px]]
| caption            = [[Estádio Nacional]]
| team1              = [[C.D. Aves|Desportivo das Aves]]
| team1score         = 2
| team2              = [[Sporting CP]]
| team2score         = 1
| details            = 
| date               = 20 May 2018
| stadium            = [[Estádio Nacional]]
| city               = [[Oeiras, Portugal|Oeiras]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Alexandre Guedes]] (Desportivo das Aves)
| fair_player1       = [[Quim (footballer, born 1975)|Quim]] (Desportivo das Aves)
| referee            = [[Tiago Martins (referee)|Tiago Martins]]
| attendance         = 35,890
| weather            = 
| previous           = [[2017 Taça de Portugal Final|2017]]
| next               = [[2019 Taça de Portugal Final|2019]]
}}
The '''2018 Taça de Portugal Final''' was the last match of the [[2017–18 Taça de Portugal]], which decided the winner of the 78th season of the [[Taça de Portugal]]. It was played on 20 May 2018 at the [[Estádio Nacional]] in [[Oeiras, Portugal|Oeiras]], between [[C.D. Aves|Desportivo das Aves]] and [[Sporting CP]]. 
This was the first appearance for Desportivo das Aves in a Taça de Portugal final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/taca-de-portugal/artigos/taca-de-portugal-desportivo-das-aves-esta-na-final-do-jamor |title=Taça de Portugal: Desportivo das Aves está na final do Jamor pela primeira vez |language=PT |website=Sapo Desporto |date=18 April 2018 |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref> The match was won by Desportivo das Aves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fpf.pt/News/Todas-as-notícias/Notícia/news/15872|title=CD Aves conquista Taça de Portugal Placard e faz história|language=portuguese|publisher=[[Portuguese Football Federation]]}}</ref>

==Route to the final==
{|  style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#9cf;"
!colspan=2 style="width:1*"|Desportivo das Aves
!'''Round'''
!colspan=2 style="width:1*"|Sporting CP
|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#c1e0ff;"
|Opponent
|Result
||[[2017–18 Taça de Portugal]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|[[S.C. Vila Real|Vila Real]]
|1–0 (A)
| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Third round
|[[A.R.C. Oleiros|Oleiros]]
|4–2 (A)
|-
|[[U.D. Leiria|União de Leiria]]
|3–0 (A)
| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Fourth round
|[[F.C. Famalicão|Famalicão]]
|2–0 (H)
|-
|[[C.F. União|União da Madeira]]
|5–1 (A)
| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Fifth round
|[[Vilaverdense F.C.|Vilaverdense]]
|4–0 (H)
|-
|[[Rio Ave F.C.|Rio Ave]]
|4–4 <small>(5–4 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])</small> (A)
| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Quarter-finals
|[[C.D. Cova da Piedade|Cova da Piedade]]
|2–1 (A)
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Caldas S.C.|Caldas]]
|1–0 (H)
|rowspan="2" style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Semi-finals
|rowspan="2"|[[FC Porto|Porto]]
|0–1 (A)
|-
|2–1 <small>([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]])</small> (A)
|1-0 <small>(5–4 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])</small> (H)
|}
''Note: H = home fixture, A = away fixture''

==Match==
===Details===
<onlyinclude>{{football box
|date         = 20 May 2018
|time         = 17:15 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]
|team1        = [[C.D. Aves|Desportivo das Aves]]
|score        = 2–1
|report       = http://www.thefinalball.com/jogo.php?id=6017064
|team2        = [[Sporting CP]]
|goals1       = [[Alexandre Guedes|Guedes]] {{goal|16||72}}
|goals2       = [[Fredy Montero|Montero]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium      = [[Estádio Nacional]], [[Oeiras, Portugal|Oeiras]]
|attendance   = 35,890
|referee      = [[Tiago Martins (referee)|Tiago Martins]]
|motm         = [[Alexandre Guedes]] (Desportivo das Aves)
}}</onlyinclude>

{| style="width:100%"
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Quim (footballer, born 1975)|Quim]] ([[captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RB ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rodrigo Soares]] 
|-
|CB ||'''26''' ||{{flagicon|CPV}} [[Carlos Ponck]] || {{yel|60}}
|-
|CB ||'''44'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Diego Galo]] 
|-
|LB ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Nélson Lenho]] 
|-
|DM ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Fernando Tissone]] 
|-
|CM ||'''30'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Vítor Gomes]] || {{yel|68}}
|-
|AM ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Braga]] || || {{suboff|71}}
|-
|RW ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Amilton Minervino da Silva|Amilton]] || {{yel|43}} || {{suboff|75}}
|-
|LW ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Nildo Petrolina]] || {{yel|90}} || {{suboff|90+1}}
|-
|CF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Alexandre Guedes]] 
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''83'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adriano Facchini (footballer)|Adriano Facchini]]
|-
|MF ||'''11''' ||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Luis Fariña]]
|-
|MF ||'''29''' ||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Claudio Falcão]] || || {{subon|71}}
|-
|FW ||'''33'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Derley (footballer, born 1987)|Derley]] 
|-
|DF ||'''46'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jorge Fellipe]] || || {{subon|90+1}}
|-
|DF ||'''50'''||{{flagicon|GNB}} [[Mama Baldé]] || {{yel|82}} || {{subon|75}}
|-
|MF ||'''73'''||{{flagicon|LBA}} [[Hamdou Elhouni]] 
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|POR}} [[José Mota (Portuguese footballer, born 1964)|José Mota]]
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%;margin:auto"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Patrício]] ([[captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RB ||'''13'''||{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Stefan Ristovski (footballer, born February 1992)|Stefan Ristovski]] 
|-
|CB ||'''4'''||{{flagicon|URU}} [[Sebastián Coates]] 
|-
|CB ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jérémy Mathieu]] 
|-
|LB ||'''5'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Fábio Coentrão]] ||  || {{suboff|63}}
|-
|DM ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[William Carvalho]] ||  || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|CM ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Rodrigo Battaglia]] 
|-
|AM ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Fernandes (footballer, born 1994)|Bruno Fernandes]] 
|-
|RW ||'''77'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Gelson Martins]] 
|-
|LW ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Marcos Acuña]] || {{yel|82}} 
|-
|CF ||'''28'''||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Bas Dost]] 
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Romain Salin]]
|-
|MF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rúben Ribeiro (footballer, born 1987)|Rúben Ribeiro]]
|-
|DF ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Lumor Agbenyenu]] 
|-
|MF ||'''25'''||{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Radosav Petrović]] 
|-
|MF ||'''27'''||{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Josip Mišić (footballer, born 1994)|Josip Mišić]] || || {{subon|63}}
|-
|MF ||'''37'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Wendel (footballer, born 1997)|Wendel]]
|-
|FW ||'''40'''||{{flagicon|COL}} [[Fredy Montero]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Jorge Jesus]]
|}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Taça de Portugal seasons}}
{{2017–18 in Portuguese football}}
{{Sporting CP matches}}

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[[Category:Taça de Portugal finals|2018]]
[[Category:2017–18 in Portuguese football]]
[[Category:C.D. Aves matches]]
[[Category:Sporting CP matches]]
[[Category:May 2018 sports events in Portugal]]