2007–08 Taça da Liga

2007–08 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)

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 teams competing in the Liga de Honra participated. In the second round (12 August), Primeira Liga teams entered.

The competition was won by Vitória de Setúbal, who beat Sporting CP 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
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	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

Trofense v Feirense

4 August 2007 17:00

Trofense	2 – 1	Feirense
Marcos Antônio  41' R. Borges I  53'		61' Leitão

Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense, Trofa Referee: Luís Reforço, Setúbal

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Vizela v Varzim

4 August 2007 17:00

Vizela	1 – 3	Varzim
N. Sousa  7'		20' Roberto  57' Chico  90' Ukra

Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, Vizela Referee: Rui Silva, Vila Real

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Estoril v Desportivo das Aves

5 August 2007 16:00

Estoril	2 – 1	Desportivo das Aves
Dorival  44' Dagil  48'		11' Gouveia

Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril Referee: Marco Ferreira, Porto

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Freamunde v Beira-Mar

5 August 2007 16:00

Freamunde	0 – 0	Beira-Mar
	Penalties
Evandro Bertinho Marcão Heslley	2 – 4	Vidigal Artur Fernando Ratinho

Complexo Desportivo do Sport Clube de Freamunde, Freamunde Referee: Vasco Santos, Porto

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Fátima v Santa Clara

5 August 2007 16:00

Fátima	2 – 0	Santa Clara
Marinho  56' Saleiro  60'

Estádio João Paulo II, Fátima Referee: Bruno Paixão, Setúbal

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Portimonense v Rio Ave

5 August 2007 17:00

Portimonense	1 – 0	Rio Ave
Bevacqua  4'

Estádio Municipal, Portimão Referee: Hugo Miguel, Lisboa

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Olhanense v Gondomar

5 August 2007 17:30

Olhanense	0 – 1	Gondomar
		58' Nelsinho

Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão Referee: João Capela, Coimbra

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Gil Vicente v Penafiel

5 August 2007 19:45

Gil Vicente	2 – 2	Penafiel
Hermes  32' Tiago André  90'		47' João Pedro  53' (pen.) Campos
	Penalties
Vilela Ribeiro Diego Gaúcho Luís Miguel Hermes	4 – 5	Lourenço João Pedro Sousa Araújo Campos

Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos Referee: Olegário Benquerença, Leiria

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 Primeira 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	Naval
Fátima	Académica
Portimonense	Vitória de Setúbal
Gondomar	Leixões
Penafiel	Vitória de Guimarães

(LH) – Liga de Honra (PL) – Primeira League

Games

Date	Hour	Local	(League)Team 1	Result	Team 2(League)
12 August	16:00	Estoril	(LH) Estoril	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	Vitória de Setúbal (PL)
12 August	18:00	Trofa	(LH) Trofense	0–1	Vitória de Guimarães (PL)
12 August	19:45	Aveiro	(LH) Beira-Mar	1–0	Boavista (PL)

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

Games results in detail

Estoril v Estrela da Amadora

12 August 2007 16:00

Estoril	0 – 1	Estrela da Amadora
		45' Cardoso

Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril Referee: Cosme Machado, Braga

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Penafiel v Marítimo

12 August 2007 16:00

Penafiel	0 – 0	Marítimo
	Penalties
Campos Lourenço Guedes Mourão Kelly Ferreira	5 – 4	Kanu Felício Bruno Marcinho Van der Linden Wênio

Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel Referee: João Vilas Boas, Braga

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Fátima v Académica

12 August 2007 17:00

Fátima	1 – 0	Académica
Ricardo Jorgue  27'

Estádio Municipal de Fátima, Fátima Referee: Augusto Duarte, Braga

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Portimonense v Naval

12 August 2007 17:00

Portimonense	0 – 0	Naval
	Penalties
Ricardo Pessoa Gonzalo Miguel Ângelo Tarantini Emídio Rafael	4 – 3	Marcelinho Saulo Mário Sérgio Gaúcho Elivelton

Estádio do Portimonense, Portimão Referee: Rui Costa, Porto

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Varzim v Leixões

12 August 2007 17:15

Varzim	0 – 4	Leixões
		5', 53' (pen.) Vieirinha  7' Bruno China  58' Roberto

Estádio do Varzim SC, Varzim Referee: Paulo Baptista, Portalegre

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Gondomar v Vitória de Setúbal

12 August 2007 17:30

Gondomar	0 – 3	Vitória de Setúbal
		44' Kim  77' Matheus  80' Edinho

Estádio de São Miguel, Gondomar Referee: Paulo Pereira, Viana do Castelo

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Trofense v Vitória de Guimarães

12 August 2007 18:00

Trofense	0 – 1	Vitória de Guimarães
		30' Mrdaković

Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense, Trofa Referee: Carlos Xistra, Castelo Branco

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Beira-Mar v Boavista

12 August 2007 19:45

Beira-Mar	1 – 0	Boavista
Roma  81'

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: Elmano Santos, Madeira

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 2006–07 Primeira Liga

Pot E	Pot F
Estrela da Amadora	Nacional
Penafiel	União de Leiria
Fátima	Paços de Ferreira
Portimonense	Belenenses
Leixões	Braga
Vitória de Setúbal	Benfica
Vitória de Guimarães	Sporting CP
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) Vitória de Setúbal	2–0	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) Vitória de Guimarães	0–0 (6–7 decided in penalties)	Sporting CP (PL)

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

Games results in details

Leixões v U. Leiria

26 September 2007 16:00

Leixões	0 – 2	U. Leiria
		15' Maciel  76' (pen.) Jessui

Estádio do Mar, Matosinhos Referee: Cosme Machado, Braga

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Penafiel v Nacional

26 September 2007 17:00

Penafiel	1 – 0	Nacional
Guedes  21'

Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel Referee: Paulo Costa, Porto

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Portimonense v Belenenses

26 September 2007 18:00

Portimonense	1 – 1	Belenenses
Paulo Sérgio  83'		66' Fernando
	Penalties
Tarantini Wellington Gonzalo Raphael Paulo Sérgio	4 – 3	Amorim Roncatto Gómez Weldon Rolando

Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon Referee: Hugo Miguel, Lisboa

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Beira-Mar v Paços de Ferreira

26 September 2007 19:00

Beira-Mar	0 – 0	Paços de Ferreira
	Penalties
Roma Matos Mateus Emerson Luís	4 – 3	Luiz Carlos Pedrinha Furtado Edson Di Fernando Pilar

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: João Vilas Boas, Braga

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Vitória de Setúbal v Braga

26 September 2007 19:15

Vitória de Setúbal	2 – 0	Braga
Matheus  80' Branco  88'

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal Referee: Elmano Santos, Madeira

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Fátima v Porto

26 September 2007 19:15

Fátima	0 – 0	Porto
	Penalties
Miguel Xavier Saleiro Moreira Marinho	4 – 2	João Paulo Lima Lino M. González

Estádio João Paulo II, Fátima Referee: Carlos Xistra, Castelo Branco

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Estrela da Amadora v Benfica

26 September 2007 20:30

Estrela da Amadora	1 – 1	Benfica
Maurício  36'		90+3' (pen.) Adu
	Penalties
Maurício Mateus Gomes Cardoso Fernando Yoni	4 – 5	Adu Rodríguez Butt Luisão Coentrão Díaz

Estádio José Gomes, Amadora Referee: Duarte Gomes, Lisboa

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Vitória de Guimarães v Sporting CP

26 September 2007 20:45

Vitória de Guimarães	0 – 0	Sporting CP
	Penalties
Ghilas Rabiola Andrezinho Desmarets Fajardo Targino Luciano Geromel Sereno Alves	6 – 7	Romagnoli Polga Moutinho Ronny Veloso Paredes Tonel Abel Djaló Tiago

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Referee: Bruno Paixão, Setúbal

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 – Primeira Liga

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) – Primeira League

Sporting CP v Fátima

21 October 2007

Sporting CP	1 – 2	Fátima
Liédson  52'		15' (pen.) Cícero  82' Falardo

Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon Referee: Artur Soares Dias, Porto

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Benfica v Vitória de Setúbal

21 October 2007

Benfica	1 – 1	Vitória de Setúbal
Adu  90+4'		12' Matheus

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Referee: Jorge Sousa, Porto

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Portimonense v Beira-Mar

22 October 2007

Portimonense	1 – 0	Beira-Mar
Melo  71'

Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão Referee: Pedro Henriques, Lisbon

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Penafiel v União de Leiria

22 October 2007

Penafiel	3 – 1	União de Leiria
João Pedro  3' Bakero  68', 78'		90+2' Sougou

Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel Referee: Pedro Proença Lisbon

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) – Primeira Liga

Fátima v Sporting CP

31 October 2007

Fátima	2 – 3	Sporting CP
Saleiro  16' Falardo  49'		35', 82' Liédson  62' Purović

Estádio João Paulo II, Fátima Referee: Olegário Benquerença, Leiria

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Vitória de Setúbal v Benfica

31 October 2007

Vitória de Setúbal	2 – 1	Benfica
Matheus  67' Edinho  82'		45' (pen.) Adu

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal Referee: Paulo Costa, Porto

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Beira-Mar v Portimonense

31 October 2007

Beira-Mar	3 – 1	Portimonense
Jessé  48' Vitinha  65' Roma  79'		6' Bevacqua

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: João Ferreira, Setúbal

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União de Leiria v Penafiel

31 October 2007

União de Leiria	1 – 0	Penafiel
João Paulo  91'

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria Referee: Paulo Paraty, Porto

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) – Primeira Liga

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) – Primeira Liga

Games results in detail

Beira-Mar v Penafiel

9 January 2008 19:30

Beira-Mar	1 – 1	Penafiel
Vitinha  19'		44' Bakero

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Referee: Jorge Sousa, Porto

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Vitória de Setúbal v Sporting CP

9 January 2008 21:15

Vitória de Setúbal	1 – 0	Sporting CP
Filipe  30'

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal Referee: Pedro Henriques, Lisbon

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Penafiel v Vitória de Setúbal

23 January 2008 19:00

Penafiel	1 – 1	Vitória de Setúbal
Guedes  43' (pen.)		18' Matheus

Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel Referee: Lucílio Baptista, Setúbal

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Sporting CP v Beira-Mar

23 January 2008 21:15

Sporting CP	3 – 0	Beira-Mar
Liédson  68' Vukčević  74', 80'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Referee: Duarte Gomes, Lisbon

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Sporting CP v Penafiel

30 January 2008 19:00

Sporting CP	3 – 1	Penafiel
Romagnoli  21' Izmailov  29', 85'		66' Guedes

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Referee: João Ferreira, Setúbal

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Vitória de Setúbal v Beira-Mar

30 January 2008 21:00

Vitória de Setúbal	3 – 0	Beira-Mar
Robson  52' Chaves  71' Kim  90+3'

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal Referee: Rui Costa, Porto

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Final

Main article: 2008 Taça da Liga Final

Vitória de Setúbal v Sporting CP

22 March 2008 20:30 GMT

Vitória de Setúbal	0 – 0	Sporting CP
	(Official report)
	Penalties
Auri Pitbull Elias Jorginho Paulinho	3 – 2	Romagnoli Polga Moutinho Liédson Izmailov

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé Referee: Pedro Proença

_{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