1968–69 Taça de Portugal

The 1968–69 Taça de Portugal was the 29th edition of the Taça de Portugal, a Portuguese football knockout tournament organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). It began in September 1968. The final was played on 22 June 1969 at the Estádio Nacional.[1]

1968–69 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country Portugal
DatesSeptember 1968 – 22 June 1969
Teams95
Final positions
ChampionsBenfica (13th title)
Runner-upAcadémica de Coimbra
Tournament statistics
Matches played138
Goals scored428 (3.1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Eusébio
(18 goals)

Porto were the previous holders, having defeated Vitória de Setúbal 2–1 in the previous season's final.[2] Defending champions Porto were unable to regain the Taça de Portugal as they were defeated in the fourth round by eventual winners Benfica,[3] who went on to defeat Académica de Coimbra in the final and claim their thirteenth Taça de Portugal.[4][5]

First round

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Teams from the Segunda Divisão (II) and the Terceira Divisão (III) entered at this stage. Due to the expansion of third-tier teams being able to participate in the competition, two legged first round cup ties were scrapped. First round ties which ended in a draw, were replayed at a later date.[6][7]

Replays

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Second round

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Replays

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Home team Score Away team
União de Lamas (III) 4 – 0 Fafe (III)

Third round

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Due to a lack of teams involved in the fourth round, the organizing body of the competition, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), decided to have an additional round where the teams who lost their second round ties would be given a second opportunity to progress to the next round of the competition.[10][11]

Replays

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Fourth round

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Ties were played on 9 February. Teams from the Primeira Liga (I) entered at this stage.[12][13]

Replays

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Home team Score Away team
Vitória de Guimarães (I) 4 – 0 Peniche (II)

Fifth round

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Ties were played on 9 March. Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Sporting CP qualified for the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.[14][15]

Sixth round

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Ties were played between the 10–17 May. Club sides Atlético Luanda, Ferroviário Lourenço Marques, Lusitânia, União da Madeira and União de Bissau were invited to participate in the competition.[16][17]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Académica de Coimbra (I) 5 – 1 Ferroviário Lourenço Marques (N/A) 4 – 1 1 – 0
Atlético Luanda (N/A) 2 – 7 Benfica (I) 0 – 4 2 – 3
Fabril Barreiro (I) 10 – 0 União da Madeira (N/A) 7 – 0 3 – 0
Leixões (I) 1 – 2 Barreirense (II) 1 – 0 0 – 2
Lusitânia (N/A) 0 – 9 Belenenses (I) 0 – 5 0 – 4
Sporting CP (I) 17 – 1 União de Bissau (N/A) 5 – 1 12 – 0
Tirsense (II) 1 – 2 União de Tomar (I) 1 – 2 0 – 0
Varzim (I) 4 – 6 Vitória de Guimarães (I) 2 – 3 2 – 3

Quarter-finals

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Ties were played between the 25 May and the 1 June.[18][19]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Belenenses (I) 2 – 3 Benfica (I) 0 – 1 2 – 2
Fabril Barreiro (I) 3 – 2 Barreirense (II) 3 – 0 0 – 2
Sporting CP (I) 3 – 0 União de Tomar (I) 2 – 0 1 – 0
Vitória de Guimarães (I) 2 – 6 Académica de Coimbra (I) 2 – 1 0 – 5

Semi-finals

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Ties were played between the 8–15 June.[20][21]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica (I) 7 – 3 Fabril Barreiro (I) 5 – 1 2 – 2
Sporting CP (I) 1 – 3 Académica de Coimbra (I) 1 – 2 0 – 1

Final

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Académica de Coimbra1 – 2 (a.e.t.)Benfica
António   1' (Report) Simões   85'
Eusébio   109'
Referee: Ismael Baltazar (Setúbal)

References

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