2023 Taça da Liga final

2023 Taça da Liga final
Event	2022–23 Taça da Liga
Date	28 January 2023
Venue	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
Referee	João Pinheiro
Attendance	19,263
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The 2023 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2022–23 Taça da Liga, the sixteenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 28 January 2023 at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa.

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 2022–23 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 in which all teams entered the competition in a single group stage, with matches beginning on 17 November 2022 and played during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Sporting CP were the holders and four-time winners, after defeating Benfica 2–1 in the 2022 final.^[1] They reached their third consecutive final but were defeated 2–0 by Porto, who secured their first title in the competition after losing four previous finals in 2010, 2013, 2019 and 2020.^[2]^[3]

Background

The competition format suffered changes this season, due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place during the same time as the tournament, a new format was adopted in which all teams entered the competition in a single group stage, with matches beginning on 17 November 2022. The eight group winners advanced to a knockout phase comprising quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final, which was played at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria on 28 January 2023.

Route to the final

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

Porto

Round

Sporting CP

Opponent

Result

Stadium

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Stadium

Mafra

2–2 (H)

Estádio do Dragão

Matchday 1

Farense

6–0 (H)

Estádio José Alvalade

Chaves

2–0 (A)

Estádio Municipal de Chaves

Matchday 2

2–0 (A)

4–0 (H)

Matchday 3

5–0 (H)

Estádio José Alvalade

Group A winners

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Mafra	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Vizela	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	2
Chaves	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Final standings

Group B winners

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sporting CP	3	3	0	13	0	+13	9
Rio Ave	2	2	1	3	3	+0	6
Farense	3	1	2	3	8	–5	3
Marítimo	3	0	3	0	8	–8	0

Opponent

Result

Stadium

Knockout phase

Opponent

Result

Stadium

Gil Vicente

2–0 (H)

Estádio do Dragão

Quarter-finals

Braga

5–0 (H)

Estádio José Alvalade

Académico de Viseu

3–0 (N)

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

Semi-finals

Arouca

2–1 (N)

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

Match

Summary

Details

28 January 2023

19:45

Sporting CP	0–2	Porto
	Report	Eustáquio 10' Marcano 86'

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria

Attendance: 19,263

Referee: João Pinheiro

Sporting

Porto



GK	1	Antonio Adán
CB	4	Sebastián Coates (c)	80'
CB	52	Gonçalo Inácio	90+6'
CB	2	Matheus Reis
RM	24	Pedro Porro
CM	5	Hidemasa Morita	84'
CM	15	Manuel Ugarte	31'	84'
LM	11	Nuno Santos	56'
RW	28	Pedro Gonçalves	67'
CF	21	Paulinho	63'	72'
LW	17	Marcus Edwards	80'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Franco Israel
DF	47	Ricardo Esgaio
DF	3	St. Juste	80'
MF	32	Mateo Tanlongo	84'
FW	17	Francisco Trincão	80'
FW	79	Youssef Chermiti
FW	18	Abdul Fatawu Issahaku	56'
FW	33	Arthur Gomes	84'
FW	77	Jovane Cabral
Manager:
Rúben Amorim




GK	14	Cláudio Ramos
RB	23	João Mário
CB	5	Iván Marcano
CB	3	Pepe (c)	63'	90+4'
LB	22	Wendell	67'	78'
RW	25	Otávio
MF	8	Mateus Uribe
MF	46	Stephen Eustáquio	88'
RW	11	Pepê	88'
CF	9	Mehdi Taremi	90+4'
LW	13	Galeno
Substitutes:
GK	99	Diogo Costa
DF	17	Rodrigo Conceição
DF	2	Fábio Cardoso	90+4'
DF	12	Zaidu Sanusi	78'
MF	87	Bernardo Folha	88'
FW	70	Gonçalo Borges	88'	90+6'
FW	19	Danny Namaso	90+4'
FW	29	Toni Martínez
FW	7	Gabriel Veron
Manager:
Sérgio Conceição