1938–39 Taça de Portugal

The 1938–39 Taça de Portugal was the first season of the Taça de Portugal (English: Portuguese Cup), the premier Portuguese football knockout competition, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The final was played on 26 June 1939 between Académica de Coimbra and Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

1938–39 Taça de Portugal

Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	Académica de Coimbra
Runner-up	Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27

The Taça de Portugal replaced the previous knockout competition, the Campeonato de Portugal (Championship of Portugal), which defined the Portuguese champion.

Participating teams

Primeira Divisão

(8 Teams)

• Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol
• Académico Futebol Clube "do Porto"
• Futebol Clube Barreirense
• Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses
• Sport Lisboa e Benfica
• Casa Pia Atlético Clube
• Futebol Clube do Porto
• Sporting Clube de Portugal

Segunda Divisão

(6 Teams)

• Carcavelinhos Football Club
• Sporting Clube Farense
• Luso Sport Clube "Beja"
• Sporting Clube da Covilhã
• Sport Clube Vila Real
• Vitória Sport Clube "de Guimarães"

Madeira Championship

(1 Team)

• Clube Desportivo Nacional "da Madeira"

Bracket

	First round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	AA Coimbra	5	3	8
	16	Sporting Covilhã	1	2	3
								AA Coimbra		5	2	7
								Académico FC		3	1	4
	8	Académico FC	2	5	7
	9	Casa Pia AC	3	0	3
															AA Coimbra		0	5	5
															Sporting CP		2	2	4
	5	Sporting CP	7	2	9
	12	SC Farense	0	1	1
								Sporting CP		3	1	4
								CF Belenenses		1	1	2
	4	CF Belenenses	3	9	12
	13	SC Vila Real	3	0	3
																						AA Coimbra		4
																						S.L. Benfica		3
	6	S.L. Benfica	5	3	8
	11	Luso SC (Beja)	1	0	1
								S.L. Benfica		9	4	13
								Nacional		0	0	0
	3	CD Nacional	-	-	-
	14	bye	-	-	-
															S.L. Benfica		1	6	7
															FC Porto		6	0	6
	7	FC Porto	11	2	13
	10	Vitória SC	2	3	5
								FC Porto		3	4	7
								Carcavelinhos FC		1	4	5
	2	Carcavelinhos FC	2	2	4
	15	FC Barreirense	1	2	3

First round

In this round entered the teams from Primeira Divisão (1st level) and Segunda Divisão (2nd level).

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Académica de Coimbra (1D)	8–3	Sporting da Covilhã (2D)	5–1	3–2
Académico do Porto (1D)	7–3	Casa Pia (1D)	2–3	5–0
Belenenses (1D)	12–3	Vila Real (2D)	3–3	9–0
Benfica (1D)	8–1	Luso Beja (2D)	5–1	3–0
Carcavelinhos (2D)	4–3	Barreirense (1D)	2–1	2–2
Porto (1D)	13–4	Vitória de Guimarães (2D)	11–1	2–3
Sporting CP (1D)	9–1	Farense (2D)	7–0	2–1

Quarterfinals

In this round entered the winner from Madeira Championship and the winners of the previous round.

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Académica de Coimbra (1D)	7–4	Académico do Porto (1D)	5–3	2–1
Nacional da Madeira (MC)	0–13	Benfica (1D)	0–9	0–4
Porto (1D)	7–5	Carcavelinhos (2D)	3–1	4–4
Sporting CP (1D)	4–2	Belenenses (2D)	3–1	1–1

Semifinals

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP (1D)	4–5	Académica de Coimbra (1D)	2–0	2–5
Porto (1D)	6–7	Benfica (1D)	6–1	0–6

Final

Main article: 1939 Taça de Portugal Final

26 June 1939

Académica de Coimbra	4 – 3	Benfica

Campo das Salésias, Lisbon

External links

• Official webpage (in Portuguese)
• 1938–39 Taça de Portugal at zerozero.pt (in Portuguese)