2016 Taça da Liga final

2016 Taça da Liga final
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Event2015–16 Taça da Liga
Date20 May 2016
VenueEstádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
Man of the MatchNicolás Gaitán (Benfica)
RefereeFábio Veríssimo (Leiria)
Attendance28,878
WeatherDry

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.

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

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

Marítimo2–6Benfica
João Diogo 45+1'
Fransérgio 83' (pen.)
Report Jonas 11'
Mitroglou 18', 38'
Gaitán 77'
Jardel 90+1'
Jiménez 90+3' (pen.)
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

See also

References