2020–21 Taça de Portugal

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2020–21 Taça de Portugal
Taça de Portugal Placard
Country  Portugal
Dates 26 September 2020 – 23 May 2021
Teams 165
Champions Braga
Runners-up Benfica
Matches played 166
Goals scored 487 (2.93 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Abel Ruiz
(7 goals)
[1]

The 2020–21 Taça de Portugal (also known as Taça de Portugal Placard for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st edition of the Taça de Portugal, the premier knockout competition in Portuguese football. A total of 165 clubs compete in this edition, including all teams from the top three tiers of the Portuguese football league system – excluding reserve or B teams, which are not eligible – and representatives of the fourth-tier District leagues and cups. The competition began on 26 September 2020 with the first-round matches involving teams from the third and fourth tiers, and concluded on 23 May 2021 with the final at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras.

Primeira Liga side Porto were the defending champions and entered the competition in the third round, but they were eliminated by eventual winners Braga in the semi-finals. Braga beat Benfica 2–0 in the final to win their third title.

Format

Round Clubs
remaining
Clubs
involved
Winners from
previous round
New entries
this round
Leagues entering at this round (tier)
First round 165 131 none 131 Campeonato de Portugal (3rd): 88 teams
District Football Associations (4th): 43 teams
Second round 110 92 55+21 16 LigaPro (2nd): 16 teams
Third round 64 64 46 18 Primeira Liga (1st): 18 teams
Fourth round 32 32 32 none none
Fifth round 16 16 16 none none
Quarter-finals 8 8 8 none none
Semi-finals 4 4 4 none none
Final 2 2 2 none none

Teams

A total of 165 teams compete in the 2021–21 edition, comprising 18 teams from the Primeira Liga (tier 1), 16 teams from the LigaPro (tier 2), 88 teams from the Campeonato de Portugal (tier 3) and 43 teams from the District championships and cups (tier 4).[lower-alpha 1]

Campeonato de Portugal

District Championships

Note: 1st/2nd/3rd/4th: final placing in championship at the time of interruption.

Schedule

All draws are held at the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) headquarters in Oeiras. Match kick-off times are in WET (UTC±0) from the third round to the semi-finals, and in WEST (UTC+1) during the rest of the competition. The schedule was published along with all national men competitions on 13 August 2020.[2]

Round Draw date Date(s) Fixtures Teams Prize money[lower-alpha 2]
First round 10 September 2020[3] 26-27 September 2020 55 165 → 110 €3,000
Second round 29 September 2020 9-11 October 2020 46 110 → 64 €4,000
Third round 22 October 2020[4] 20-22 November 2020 32 64 → 32 €5,000
Fourth round 25 November 2020 12-13 December 2020 16 32 → 16 €6,000
Fifth round 16 December 2020 12–14 January 2021 8 16 → 8 €9,000
Quarter-finals 27–29 January 2021 4 8 → 4 €12,000
Semi-finals 10–11 February 2021 (1st leg)
3–4 March 2021 (2nd leg)
4 4 → 2 €17,500
Final 23 May 2021 1 2 → 1 €300,000 (losing finalist)
€700,000 (winner)[5]

First round

A total of 131 teams representing the Campeonato de Portugal and the District Championships were involved in the first round draw, which was held on 10 September 2020.[6] Twenty-one teams received a bye to the second round and the remaining teams were split into eight series according to geographical proximity. These teams were then paired inside their series, with the first team drawn playing at home.

Byes

The following twenty-one teams received a bye to the second round:

Matches

Second round

A total of 92 teams were involved in the second round draw, which was held on 10 September 2020.[7] The 16 teams from the Liga Portugal 2 joined the 55 winners from first round and the 21 teams that received a bye to the second round. All Liga Portugal 2 teams played this round as visitors.

Number of teams per tier entering this round
Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Campeonato de Portugal (3) District Championships (4) Total
18 / 18
16 / 16
61 / 88
15 / 43
110 / 165

Third round

A total of 64 teams were involved in the third round draw, which was held on 22 October 2020. The 18 teams from the Primeira Liga joined the 46 winners from second round. All Primeira Liga teams played this round as visitors.

Number of teams per tier entering this round
Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Campeonato de Portugal (3) District Championships (4) Total
18 / 18
14 / 16
29 / 88
3 / 43
64 / 165

Fourth round

A total of 32 teams were involved in the fourth round draw, which was held on 25 November 2020.

Number of teams per tier entering this round
Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Campeonato de Portugal (3) District Championships (4) Total
16 / 18
6 / 16
10 / 88
0 / 43
32 / 165

Fifth round

A total of 16 teams were involved in the fifth round draw, which was held on 16 December.

Number of teams per tier entering this round
Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Campeonato de Portugal (3) District Championships (4) Total
11 / 18
2 / 16
3 / 88
0 / 43
16 / 165

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final pairings were decided during the draw of the fifth round, on 16 December 2020.

Number of teams per tier entering this round
Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Campeonato de Portugal (3) District Championships (4) Total
7 / 18
1 / 16
0 / 88
0 / 43
8 / 165

Semi-finals

Number of teams per tier entering this round
Primeira Liga LigaPro Campeonato de Portugal District FAs Total
3 / 18
1 / 16
0 / 68
0 / 42
4 / 144

Times are WET (UTC±0).

10 February 2021 (2021-02)
20:15
Braga (1) 1–1 (1) Porto
https://resultados.fpf.pt/Match/GetMatchInformation?matchId=1611639
Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luís Godinho

3 March 2021 (2021-03)
21:00
Porto (1) 2–3 (1) Braga
https://resultados.fpf.pt/Match/GetMatchInformation?matchId=1611641
Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 0
Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Braga won 4–3 on aggregate.


11 February 2021 (2021-02)
20:15
Estoril (2) 1–3 (1) Benfica
https://resultados.fpf.pt/Match/GetMatchInformation?matchId=1611640
Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 0
Referee: António Nobre

4 March 2021 (2021-03)
21:00
Benfica (1) 2–0 (2) Estoril
https://resultados.fpf.pt/Match/GetMatchInformation?matchId=1611642
Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 0
Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

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2021 Taça de Portugal Final

Bracket

 
Fifth round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
                                           
 
13 January 2021
 
 
Braga 5
 
29 January 2021
 
Torreense 0
 
Braga 2
 
12 January 2021
 
Santa Clara 1
 
Moreirense 1
 
10 February/3 March 2021
 
Santa Clara 2
 
Braga 1 3 4
 
14 January 2021
 
Porto 1 2 3
 
Gil Vicente (a.e.t.) 3
 
29 January 2021
 
Académico de Viseu 2
 
Gil Vicente 0
 
12 January 2021
 
Porto 2
 
Nacional 2
 
23 May 2021
 
Porto (a.e.t.) 4
 
Braga 2
 
11 January 2021
 
Benfica 0
 
Marítimo 2
 
27 January 2021
 
Sporting CP 0
 
Marítimo 1
 
12 January 2021
 
Estoril (a.e.t.) 3
 
Rio Ave 1
 
11 February/4 March 2021
 
Estoril 2
 
Estoril 1 0 1
 
12 January 2021
 
Benfica 3 2 5
 
Estrela da Amadora 0
 
28 January 2021
 
Benfica 4
 
Benfica 3
 
14 January 2021
 
Belenenses SAD 0
 
Fafe 2
 
 
Belenenses SAD (a.e.t.) 3
 

Notes

  1. Reserve teams are not allowed to compete in cups. For this reason, Benfica B and Porto B, who play in LigaPro, Belenenses SAD B, Braga B, Marítimo B, Rio Ave B, Sporting CP B and Vitória de Guimarães B , who play in Campeonato de Portugal, did not compete in this tournament.
  2. These values don't include television transmission fee.

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External links

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