2016 Taça da Liga final

The 2016 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2015–16 Taça da Liga, the ninth season of the Taça da Liga.

2016 Taça da Liga final

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Event	2015–16 Taça da Liga
Marítimo Benfica 2 6
Date	20 May 2016
Venue	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
Man of the Match	Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica)
Referee	Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)
Attendance	28,878
Weather	Dry

Trophy holders Benfica beat Marítimo 6–2 (for the second consecutive final) to win a third consecutive and record seventh title in the competition, in a total of nine editions.

Route to the final

Further information: 2015–16 Taça da Liga

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

Marítimo			Round	Benfica
Opponent	Result	Stadium	First round	Opponent	Result	Stadium
Bye				Bye
Opponent	Result	Stadium	Second round	Opponent	Result	Stadium
Académica	2–1 (H)	Estádio dos Barreiros		Bye
Opponent	Result	Stadium	Third round	Opponent	Result	Stadium
Feirense	4–2 (A)	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	Matchday 1	Nacional	1–0 (H)	Estádio da Luz
Porto	3–1 (A)	Estádio do Dragão	Matchday 2	Oriental	1–0 (A)	Campo Engenheiro Carlos Salema
Famalicão	0–0 (H)	Estádio dos Barreiros	Matchday 3	Moreirense	6–1 (A)	Parque de Jogos Almeida Freitas
Group A winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Marítimo 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Feirense 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 Famalicão 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 Porto 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0			Final standings	Group B winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Benfica 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Nacional 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 Moreirense 3 1 1 1 5 8 –3 4 Oriental 3 0 0 3 2 6 –4 0
Opponent	Result	Stadium	Knockout phase	Opponent	Result	Stadium
Portimonense	3–1 (H)	Estádio dos Barreiros	Semi-finals	Braga	2–1 (H)	Estádio da Luz

Match

Details

20 May 2016

19:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)

Marítimo	2–6	Benfica
João Diogo 45+1' Fransérgio 83' (pen.)	Report	Jonas 11' Mitroglou 18', 38' Gaitán 77' Jardel 90+1' Jiménez 90+3' (pen.)

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Attendance: 28,878

Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Marítimo

Benfica

GK 80 Alireza Haghighi RB 21 Briguel (c)  68' CB 62 Maurício CB 5 Dirceu  73' LB 91 Patrick CM 23 Damien Plessis CM 35 Fransérgio RW 2 João Diogo AM 11 Éber Bessa LW 12 Edgar Costa  23' CF 9 Dyego Sousa Substitutes: GK 78 Romain Salin DF 4 Deyvison MF 7 Alex Soares  68' MF 10 Gevorg Ghazaryan  73' MF 17 Gevaro Nepomuceno FW 60 Donald Djoussé  23' FW 90 Baba Diawara Manager: Nelo Vingada

GK 1 Ederson RB 34 André Almeida CB 4 Luisão (c) CB 33 Jardel LB 3 Álex Grimaldo RM 21 Pizzi CM 7 Andreas Samaris CM 85 Renato Sanches LM 10 Nicolás Gaitán  78' CF 11 Kostas Mitroglou  67' CF 17 Jonas  87' Substitutes: GK 13 Paulo Lopes DF 14 Victor Lindelöf DF 19 Eliseu MF 20 Gonçalo Guedes  78' MF 30 Talisca  67' MF 39 Mehdi Carcela FW 9 Raúl Jiménez  87' Manager: Rui Vitória

Man of the Match: Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica) Assistant referees: Paulo Soares (Coimbra) Nuno Vicente (Santarém) Fourth official: António Godinho (Setúbal) Additional assistant referees: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco) Sérgio Piscarreta (Algarve)

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

First half

	Marítimo	Benfica
Goals scored	1	3
Total shots	6	8
Shots on target	4	6
Ball possession	43%	57%
Corner kicks	3	0
Fouls committed	5	12
Offsides	4	1
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0

Second half

	Marítimo	Benfica
Goals scored	1	3
Total shots	9	5
Shots on target	6	5
Ball possession	42%	58%
Corner kicks	1	1
Fouls committed	5	5
Offsides	3	1
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0

Overall

	Marítimo	Benfica
Goals scored	2	6
Total shots	15	13
Shots on target	10	11
Ball possession	42%	58%
Corner kicks	4	1
Fouls committed	10	17
Offsides	7	2
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0