Portuguese Rugby Cup

Portuguese Rugby Cup

Founded	1959 (1959)
Region	Portugal
Number of teams	38
Current champions	Direito (9th title)
Most successful club(s)	S.L. Benfica (10 titles)
2015–2016 Portuguese Rugby Cup

The Taça de Portugal de Rugby (English: Portuguese Rugby Cup) is the major Portuguese national rugby union knock-out competition. It has occurred, almost on a yearly basis since 1959, and is organized by the Portuguese Rugby Federation.

Direito are the current holders.

Taça de Portugal finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1958–59	Os Belenenses	8 – 3	S.L. Benfica
1959–60		Not Played
1960–61	S.L. Benfica	11 – 8	CDUL
1961–62		Not Played
1962–63		Not Played
1963–64	Os Belenenses(2)	15 – 0	Sporting CP
1964–65	S.L. Benfica (2)	4 – 3	AEIS Agronomia
1965–66	S.L. Benfica (3)
1966–67		Not Played
1967–68	CDUL	33 – 3	AEIS Agronomia
1968–69	Técnico	6 – 5	CDUL
1969–70	S.L. Benfica (4)	27 – 3	Direito
1970–71	S.L. Benfica (5)	12 – 6	Os Belenenses
1971–72	S.L. Benfica (6)	13 – 11	CDUL
1972–73	Técnico (2)	15 – 12	S.L. Benfica
1973–74	Académica	15 – 12	S.L. Benfica
1974–75	S.L. Benfica (7)	30 – 0	Estrela da Amadora
1975–76	Direito	16 – 8	Académica
1976–77	CDUL (2)	9 – 7	S.L. Benfica
1977–78	Agronomia	12 – 11	Os Belenenses
1978–79	CDUL (3)	13 – 11	S.L. Benfica
1979–80	Académica (2)	23 – 6	CDUL
1980–81	Direito(2)	7 – 0	CDUP
1981–82	Direito(3)	16 – 13	Os Belenenses
1982–83	S.L. Benfica(8)	15 – 9	Direito
1983–84	S.L. Benfica(9)	10 – 9	CDUL
1984–85	S.L. Benfica(10)	18 – 12	CDUL
1985–86	CDUL(4)	19 – 12	S.L. Benfica
1986–87	GDS Cascais	20 – 9	CDUL
1987–88	CDUL(5)	22 – 9	Académica
1988–89	CDUL(6)	13 – 12	Os Belenenses
1989–90	Académica(3)	14 – 13	GDS Cascais
1990–91	GDS Cascais (2)	18 – 3	S.L. Benfica
1991–92	GDS Cascais (3)	18 – 8	S.L. Benfica
1992–93	GDS Cascais (4)	37 – 13	CDUL
1993–94	Técnico (3)	19 – 11	Académica
1994–95	Académica(4)	5 – 3	GDS Cascais
1995–96	Académica(5)	13 – 10	S.L. Benfica
1996–97	Académica(6)	19 – 15	GDS Cascais
1997–98	Agronomia (2)	33 – 15	Académica
1998–99	Agronomia (3)	32 – 18	S.L. Benfica
1999–00	Agronomia (4)	9 – 5	GDS Cascais
2000–01	Os Belenenses(3)	13 – 12	Direito
2001–02	Direito (4)	28 – 7	Agronomia
2002–03	CDUP	3 – 3 (15 – 9 pen)	Direito
2003–04	Direito (5)	32 – 15	Agronomia
2004–05	Direito (6)	19 – 12	Os Belenenses
2005–06	Agronomia (5)	23 – 19	CDUP
2006–07	CDUP(2)	23 – 9	Técnico
2007–08	Direito (7)	30 – 13	Agronomia
2008–09	Agronomia (6)	38 – 0	Os Belenenses
2009–10	Agronomia (7)	23 – 16	CDUL
2010–11	Agronomia (8)	24 – 12	Direito
2011–12	Agronomia (9)	35 – 21	Académica
2012–13	CDUL (7)	35 – 23	Agronomia
2013–14	Direito (8)	26 – 24	CDUL
2014–15	CDUL (8)	20 – 17	GDS Cascais
2015–16	Direito (9)	30 – 12	Agronomia

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Years won
S.L. Benfica	10	1961, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1983, 1984, 1985
Agronomia	9	1978, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Direito	9	1976, 1981, 1982, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2014, 2016
CDUL	8	1968, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2013, 2015
Académica	6	1974, 1980, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997
GDS Cascais	4	1987, 1991, 1992, 1993
Técnico	3	1969, 1973, 1994
Os Belenenses	3	1959, 1964, 2001
CDUP	2	2003, 2007

See also

• Rugby union in Portugal

External links

• Federação Portuguesa Rugby site