2020 Taça da Liga final

2020 Taça da Liga final
Event	2019–20 Taça da Liga
Date	25 January 2020
Venue	Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
Man of the Match	Ricardo Horta
Referee	Luís Godinho
Attendance	23,794
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The 2020 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2019–20 Taça da Liga, the thirteenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 25 January 2020 at Estádio Municipal de Braga.

The competition involved the 34 clubs playing in the top two tiers of the Portuguese football league system – 18 from Primeira Liga and 16 from LigaPro – during the 2019–20 season. Reserve sides of Primeira Liga teams that played in the 2018–19 LigaPro were excluded from the competition.

Braga and Porto faced off for the second time in a rematch of the 2013 final.^[1] In the final, Braga defeated Porto 1–0 to earn its second title in their third final. Braga became the third team (after Benfica and Sporting CP) in the competition's history to win multiple Taças da Liga.^[2] Porto lost their fourth consecutive league cup final, after appearances in the 2010, 2013, and 2019 finals.

Background

For the third consecutive season, this competition featured a final four format with both the semi-finals and the final being played over a space of a few days in the same venue. The Estádio Municipal de Braga hosted all matches.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Braga

Round

Porto

Opponent

Result

Stadium

First round

Opponent

Result

Stadium

Bye

Opponent

Result

Stadium

Second round

Opponent

Result

Stadium

Bye

Opponent

Result

Stadium

Third round

Opponent

Result

Stadium

Penafiel

3–1 (A)

Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril

Matchday 1

Santa Clara

1–0 (H)

Estádio do Dragão

Marítimo

2–1 (H)

Estádio Municipal de Braga

Matchday 2

Casa Pia

3–0 (A)

Estádio Pina Manique

Paços de Ferreira

4–1 (A)

Estádio Capital do Móvel

Matchday 3

Chaves

4–2 (A)

Estádio Municipal de Chaves

Group A winners

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Braga	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Paços de Ferreira	3	1	1	1	4	6	-2	4
Marítimo	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Penafiel	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Final standings

Group D winners

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	3	3	0	8	2	+6	9
Chaves	3	2	1	4	4	0	6
Casa Pia	3	1	2	2	5	–3	3
Santa Clara	3	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Opponent

Result

Stadium

Knockout phase

Opponent

Result

Stadium

Sporting CP

2–1 (N)

Estádio Municipal de Braga

Semi-finals

Vitória de Guimarães

2–1 (N)

Estádio Municipal de Braga

Match

Summary

Details

25 January 2020

19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)

Braga	1–0	Porto
R. Horta 90+5'	Report

Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

Attendance: 23,794

Referee: Luís Godinho

Braga

Porto

GK	1	Matheus
RB	47	Ricardo Esgaio
CB	3	Vítor Tormena	56'
CB	34	Raul Silva	67'
CB	36	Bruno Viana	81'
LM	5	Nuno Sequeira
CM	60	João Palhinha	64'	90'
CM	27	Fransérgio (c)
RW	21	Ricardo Horta
LW	90	Galeno	50'
CF	20	Paulinho
Substitutes:
GK	12	Tiago Sá
DF	11	Diogo Viana
DF	13	Wallace	56'
MF	17	João Novais	90'
FW	77	Francisco Trincão	50'
FW	18	Rui Fonte
FW	7	Wilson Eduardo
Manager:
Rúben Amorim



GK	31	Diogo Costa
RB	17	Jesús Corona	73'
CB	19	Chancel Mbemba
CB	5	Iván Marcano
LB	13	Alex Telles
CM	25	Otávio	30'
CM	22	Danilo Pereira (c)	74'
CM	27	Sérgio Oliveira	19'	72'
RW	11	Moussa Marega	78'
CF	29	Francisco Soares
LW	7	Luis Díaz
Substitutes:
GK	32	Agustín Marchesín
DF	18	Wilson Manafá	78'
DF	4	Diogo Leite
MF	8	Romário Baró	72'	80'
MF	16	Mateus Uribe	74'	90+3'
MF	77	Vitinha
FW	9	Vincent Aboubakar
Manager:
Sérgio Conceição

Man of the match

Ricardo Horta

Assistant referees:
Rui Teixeira
Valter Rufo
Fourth official:
Cláudio Pereira
Video assistant referee:
Tiago Martins
Assistant video assistant referee:
Artur Soares Dias

Match rules

90 minutes.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

References

^ Kundert, Tom (13 April 2013). "Braga win Taça da Liga". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^ Cole, Richard (25 January 2020). "Late Ricardo Horta strike wins the Taça da Liga for Braga". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "Regulamento das competições organizadas pela Liga Portugal" [Regulations of the competitions organized by Liga Portugal] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
^ "Allianz CUP sagrará Campeão de Inverno em 2019" [Allianz CUP will honor the Winter Champion in 2019] (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
^ "Sorteio com os 'grandes' a 3 de setembro" [Draw with the 'biggest' on 3rd September]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[1] Kundert, Tom (13 April 2013). "Braga win Taça da Liga". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

[LC-2] Cole, Richard (25 January 2020). "Late Ricardo Horta strike wins the Taça da Liga for Braga". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

[regulations-3] "Regulamento das competições organizadas pela Liga Portugal" [Regulations of the competitions organized by Liga Portugal] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

[finalfour-4] "Allianz CUP sagrará Campeão de Inverno em 2019" [Allianz CUP will honor the Winter Champion in 2019] (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

[groupdraw-5] "Sorteio com os 'grandes' a 3 de setembro" [Draw with the 'biggest' on 3rd September]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

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