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2025 Taça de Portugal final

2025 Taça de Portugal final
Estádio Nacional
Event2024–25 Taça de Portugal
Benfica Sporting CP
1 3
After extra time
Date25 May 2025
VenueEstádio Nacional, Oeiras
Man of the MatchConrad Harder[1]
Fair Player of the MatchFlorentino Luís[1]
RefereeLuís Godinho
Attendance37,393
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The 2025 Taça de Portugal final was the last match of the 2024–25 Taça de Portugal, which decided the winner of the 85th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier knockout cup competition in Portuguese football.[2] It was played on 25 May 2025 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, between Primeira Liga and Lisbon rivals Benfica and Sporting CP.

Sporting played their 31st final in the competition, having last appeared in the 2024 final when they lost to Porto. They had met earlier in the season in the 2025 Taça da Liga final, which Benfica won on penalties.

Sporting went on to successfully win the title and by defeating Benfica 3–1 after extra time.

Route to the final

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Benfica Round Sporting
Opponent Result 2024–25 Taça de Portugal Opponent Result
Pevidém 2–0 (A) Third round Portimonense 2–1 (A)
Estrela da Amadora 7–0 (H) Fourth round Amarante 6–0 (H)
Farense 3–1 (A) Fifth round Santa Clara 2–1 (H)
Braga 1–0 (H) Quarter-finals Gil Vicente 1–0 (A)
Tirsense 5–0 (A) Semi-finals Rio Ave 2–0 (H)
4–0 (H) 2–1 (A)

Note: H = home fixture, A = away fixture

Match

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Details

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Benfica1–3 (a.e.t.)Sporting CP
Kökçü 47' Report
Attendance: 37,393
Referee: Luís Godinho
Benfica
Sporting CP
GK 24 Portugal Samuel Soares Yellow card 114'
CB 30 Argentina Nicolás Otamendi (c)
CB 4 Portugal António Silva
CB 3 Spain Álvaro Carreras Yellow card 53'
RM 44 Portugal Tomás Araújo downward-facing red arrow 77'
CM 10 Turkey Orkun Kökçü Yellow card 65' downward-facing red arrow 69'
CM 61 Portugal Florentino Luís
LM 26 Sweden Samuel Dahl Yellow card 19' downward-facing red arrow 103'
AM 27 Portugal Bruma downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
AM 17 Turkey Kerem Aktürkoğlu downward-facing red arrow 70'
CF 14 Greece Vangelis Pavlidis downward-facing red arrow 77'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Ukraine Anatoliy Trubin
DF 81 Albania Adrian Bajrami
MF 8 Norway Fredrik Aursnes upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 18 Luxembourg Leandro Barreiro upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
MF 85 Portugal Renato Sanches upward-facing green arrow 69'
FW 9 Brazil Arthur Cabral
FW 11 Argentina Ángel Di María upward-facing green arrow 103'
FW 19 Italy Andrea Belotti upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 21 Norway Andreas Schjelderup upward-facing green arrow 70'
Manager:
Portugal Bruno Lage Yellow card 126'
GK 24 Portugal Rui Silva
CB 72 Portugal Eduardo Quaresma downward-facing red arrow 83'
CB 3 Netherlands Jerry St. Juste downward-facing red arrow 83'
CB 25 Portugal Gonçalo Inácio downward-facing red arrow 58'
RM 21 Mozambique Geny Catamo downward-facing red arrow 75'
CM 6 Belgium Zeno Debast downward-facing red arrow 58'
CM 42 Denmark Morten Hjulmand (c) Yellow card 90+2'
LM 20 Uruguay Maximiliano Araújo Yellow card 86' downward-facing red arrow 115'
AM 17 Portugal Francisco Trincão
AM 8 Portugal Pedro Gonçalves downward-facing red arrow 75'
CF 9 Sweden Viktor Gyökeres
Substitutes:
GK 1 Uruguay Franco Israel
DF 2 Brazil Matheus Reis upward-facing green arrow 83'
DF 22 Spain Iván Fresneda upward-facing green arrow 83'
DF 46 Cape Verde David Moreira upward-facing green arrow 115'
MF 5 Japan Hidemasa Morita upward-facing green arrow 58'
MF 73 Portugal Eduardo Felicíssimo
FW 19 Denmark Conrad Harder Yellow card 78' upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 30 Brazil Biel Teixeira
FW 57 Portugal Geovany Quenda Yellow card 101' upward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
Portugal Rui Borges

Man of the Match:
Conrad Harder (Sporting CP)[1]
Fair Player of the Match:
Florentino Luís (Benfica)[1]

Assistant referees:
Rui Teixeira
Pedro Mota
Fourth official:
Sandra Bastos
Video assistant referee:
Tiago Martins
Assistant video assistant referees:
Vasco Santos
Sérgio Jesus

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Nine named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Harder foi o "Homem do Jogo Generali Tranquilidade"". FPF (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Formato Taça Placard" [Taça de Portugal format] (PDF). Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese). 5 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.