2022 Taça da Liga final

2022 Taça da Liga final
Event2021–22 Taça da Liga
Sporting CP Benfica
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Date29 January 2022
VenueEstádio Municipal de Leiria, Leiria
RefereeManuel Mota
Attendance20,622

The 2022 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2021–22 Taça da Liga, the fifteenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 29 January 2022 at Estádio Municipal de Leiria.

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 Liga Portugal 2 – during the 2021–22 season. Reserve sides of Primeira Liga teams that played in the 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 were excluded from the competition. The competition format suffered changes for a to accommodate a reduction in the number of participating teams, particularly from the Liga Portugal 2.

Benfica and Sporting CP faced off for the second time in a rematch of the 2009 final.[1][2] In the final, Sporting defeated Benfica 2–1 to earn its fourth title in their sixth final, with Benfica losing their first final. Sporting became the second team (after Benfica) in the competition's history to win the competition four times.[3]

Background

The competition format suffered changes this season featuring the return of the 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 Dr. Magalhães Pessoa hosted all matches. The two teams had played in the second final in 2009 with Benfica winning on penalty kicks.[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 2021–22 Taça da Liga

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

Benfica Round Sporting CP
Opponent Result Stadium First round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Second round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Third round Opponent Result Stadium
Vitória de Guimarães 3–3 (A) Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Matchday 1 Famalicão 2–1 (H) Estádio José Alvalade
Sporting da Covilhã 3–0 (H) Estádio da Luz Matchday 2 Penafiel 1–0 (A) Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril
Group B winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Benfica 2 2 1 1 6 3 +3 4
Vitória de Guimarães 2 2 1 1 5 3 +2 4
Sporting da Covilhã 3 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
Final standings Group A winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
Famalicão 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3
Penafiel 2 0 0 2 0 6 –6 0
Opponent Result Stadium Knockout phase Opponent Result Stadium
Boavista 1–1 (3–2p) (N) Estádio Municipal de Leiria Semi-finals Santa Clara 2–1 (N) Estádio Municipal de Leiria

Match

Summary

Details

Benfica1–2Sporting CP
  • Everton 23'
 Report
Attendance: 20,622
Referee: Manuel Mota
Benfica
Sporting
GK 99 Odysseas Vlachodimos
RB 22 Valentino Lazaro
CB 5 Jan Vertonghen (c)  53'
CB 91 Morato  83'
LB 3 Álex Grimaldo
CM 28 Julian Weigl
CM 11 Soualiho Meïté  83'
CM 20 João Mário  90+2'
RW 17 Diogo Gonçalves  74'
CF 15 Roman Yaremchuk  61'
LW 7 Everton  58'  83'
Substitutes:
GK 77 Helton Leite
DF 34 André Almeida
DF 97 Ferro
MF 55 Paulo Bernardo
MF 21 Pizzi  83'
MF 49 Adel Taarabt  83'
FW 29 Henrique Araújo  83'
FW 88 Gonçalo Ramos  61'
FW 31 Gil Dias  74'
Manager:
Jorge Jesus
GK 1 Antonio Adán
CB 13 Luís Neto (c)  31'  66'
CB 52 Gonçalo Inácio
CB 3 Zouhair Feddal
RM 47 Ricardo Esgaio  77'
CM 6 João Palhinha
CM 8 Matheus Nunes  59'  85'
LM 2 Matheus Reis
RW 28 Pedro Gonçalves
CF 21 Paulinho  53'  88'
LW 17 Pablo Sarabia  88'
Substitutes:
GK 31 João Virgínia
DF 24 Pedro Porro  66'
MF 15 Manuel Ugarte  85'
MF 68 Daniel Bragança
FW 11 Nuno Santos  88'
FW 7 Bruno Tabata
FW 10 Jovane Cabral
FW 57 Geny Catamo
FW 19 Tiago Tomás  88'
Manager:
Ruben Amorim

Assistant referees:
Jorge Fernandes
Luciano Maia
Fourth official:
Manuel Oliveira
Video assistant referee:
Artur Soares Dias
Assistant video assistant referee:
Rui Costa

Match rules

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Quim the hero of Benfica triumph". UEFA. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Quique Flores: "Jesus trabalhou muito para que os títulos voltassem"" [Quique Flores: "Jesus worked hard to make titles come back"] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  3. ^ Ribeiro, Patrick (29 January 2022). "Sporting defend their Taça da Liga title in second-half turnaround versus Benfica". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
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