Portuguese League Cup

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Portuguese League Cup
Portuguese League Cup 2008-09
Founded
2007
Nation
Portugal
Number of Teams
32
Main Competitions
Cup of Portugal Portuguese League Cup Portuguese Liga Portuguese SuperCup
Holders
Vitória F.C. (de Setúbal)

"Carlsberg Cup" redirects here. For the Hong Kong tournament, see Lunar New Year Cup.

The Taça da Liga (English: League Cup), officially known as the Carlsberg Cup^[1] is competition organized by the Portuguese League for Professional Football started in the 2007/08 football season.^[2] It was proposed by Sporting Clube de Portugal and Boavista F.C. in 2006 and unanimously approved by all clubs from the Portuguese professional leagues in a meeting in Porto on 28 November 2006. All teams of the two levels of professional football, Portuguese Liga and Liga de Honra, participate in this competition. The first winner and current holder is Vitória de Setúbal who defeated Sporting Clube de Portugal 3-2 on penalties.

1 Format
2 League Cup Finals
3 Participating Clubs
4 References

[edit] Format

The first round consist of single elimination rounds where the eight last seeded teams from last season "Liga de Honra" (the two promoted teams included) face the top eight(the two demoted teams included) Last seeded always plays at home. In the second round, the eight winning teams face the eight worst seeded Portuguese Liga teams of the previous year (except the two relegated teams) plus the two teams that had earned promotion to the Portuguese Liga, the teams that came from last round play at home. By the third round, the remaining clubs plus the first placed teams of the previous year face each other on single elimination round, the teams that came from last round play at home. Following that, a fourth round is played in two legs. The four remaining teams play each other in a single round-robin group stage. The top two teams face each other in the final.

[edit] League Cup Finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Date	Venue
2007/08	Vitória F.C. (de Setúbal)	0 - 0 (3-2 pso)	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2008 March 22	Estádio do Algarve, Faro

[edit] Participating Clubs

	Team	City	Years	First season	Last season	Cups Won
1	Vitória F.C. (de Setúbal)	Setúbal	1	2008	2008	1
2	A. Académica de Coimbra	Coimbra	1	2008	2008
2	Boavista F.C.	Porto	1	2008	2008
2	C.D. Aves	Vila das Aves	1	2008	2008
2	C.D. Fátima	Fátima	1	2008	2008
2	C.D. Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	1	2008	2008
2	C.D. Nacional	Funchal	1	2008	2008
2	C.D. Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	1	2008	2008
2	C.D. Trofense	Trofa	1	2008	2008
2	C.F. Os Belenenses	Lisbon	1	2008	2008
2	C.F. Estrela da Amadora	Amadora	1	2008	2008
2	C.S. Marítimo	Funchal	1	2008	2008
2	F.C. Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira	1	2008	2008
2	F.C. Penafiel	Penafiel	1	2008	2008
2	F.C. Porto	Porto	1	2008	2008
2	F.C. Vizela	Vizela	1	2008	2008
2	G.D. Estoril-Praia	Estoril	1	2008	2008
2	Gil Vicente F.C.	Barcelos	1	2008	2008
2	Gondomar S.C.	Gondomar	1	2008	2008
2	Leixões S.C.	Matosinhos	1	2008	2008
2	A. Naval 1º de Maio	Figueira da Foz	1	2008	2008
2	Portimonense S.C.	Portimão	1	2008	2008
2	Rio Ave F.C.	Vila do Conde	1	2008	2008
2	S.C. Beira Mar	Aveiro	1	2008	2008
2	S.C. Braga	Braga	1	2008	2008
2	S.C. Freamunde	Freamunde	1	2008	2008
2	S.C. Olhanense	Olhão	1	2008	2008
2	S.L. Benfica	Lisbon	1	2008	2008
2	Sporting C.P.	Lisbon	1	2008	2008
2	U.D. Leiria	Leiria	1	2008	2008
2	Varzim S.C.	Póvoa de Varzim	1	2008	2008
2	Vitória S.C. (de Guimarães)	Guimarães	1	2008	2008

[edit] References

^ Taça da Liga confirmada para a próxima época (Portuguese)
^ Taça da Liga em Agosto (Portuguese)

Football in Portugal

v • d • e

League competitions	FPF	Cup competitions
Portuguese Liga	Men's team	Cup of Portugal
Liga de Honra	Ladies' team	Portuguese League Cup
Second Division (4 groups)	U-21	Portuguese SuperCup
Third Division (7 groups)	LPFP
District Associations	List of clubs
League system	List of venues
	List of champions