2009–10 Taça da Liga

2009–10 Taça da Liga

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	1 August 2009 – 21 March 2010
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (2nd title)
Runners-up	Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	104 (1.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlão (3)

The 2009–10 Taça da Liga was the third edition of the Taça da Liga, also known as Carlsberg Cup due to sponsorship reasons. The first matches were played on 1 August 2009. The final was scheduled on 21 March 2009 where Benfica beat Porto 3–0, winning their second Taça da Liga. The final was played at the Estádio Algarve, Faro.

Format

The Cup begins with a two-legged round between teams from Liga de Honra (second level). Winners join the clubs classified 7th–14th from last season's Portuguese Liga (first level) plus two promoted to this season's Liga. There are six groups of three teams each, and every team play two games (once home and once away). Winners of the groups join the top six teams from the last season's Portuguese Liga and there will be three groups of four teams, each team playing three games. Winners of the groups and the best second-placed team compete in the one-legged semifinals, with the winners advancing to the final.

Participating clubs

This is a list of clubs participating in the 2009–10 Portuguese League Cup:

• Clubs starting from the First Round: Gil Vicente, Beira-Mar, Estoril Praia, Desportivo das Aves, Varzim, Santa Clara, Portimonense, Freamunde, Feirense, Oliveirense, Covilhã, Trofense, Fátima, Chaves, Carregado, Penafiel
• Clubs starting from the Second Round: Belenenses, Naval, Académica, Paços de Ferreira, Rio Ave, União de Leiria, Olhanense, Vitória de Guimarães, Vitória de Setúbal, Marítimo
• Clubs starting from the Third Round: Porto, Sporting CP, Benfica, Nacional, Leixões, Braga

Boavista was first included in the draw, but the club was excluded from professional competitions on July 13, 2009 due to financial debts. Boavista was scheduled to play against Sporting da Covilhã. On the following day, Penafiel and Carregado were invited to the professional leagues and, after both accepting, they officially joined the league on July 28.

First round

The matches will be played on August 1 and 2 (first legs) and August 8 and 9, 2009 (second legs).

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Carregado	1–2	Covilhã	0–1	1–1
Desportivo das Aves	1–2	Estoril Praia	1–1	0–1
Beira-Mar	5–4	Freamunde	5–1	0–3
Oliveirense	0–1	Gil Vicente	0–1	0–0
Fátima	2–1	Varzim	2–0	0–1
Chaves	3–3p	Santa Clara	1–0	(2)2–3(4)
Portimonense	1–1p	Feirense	1–1	(6)0–0(5)
Penafiel	2–2p	Trofense	2–0	(2)0–2(3)

Second round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Académica[1][2] 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Portimonense (II) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Beira-Mar (II) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2

Académica Beira-Mar Portimonense Académica – 0–0 – Beira-Mar – – 0–0 Portimonense 0–0 – –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Vitória de Guimarães 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Sporting da Covilhã (II) 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 Vitória de Setúbal 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0

Sporting da Covilhã Vitória de Guimarães Vitória de Setúbal Sporting da Covilhã – – 2–0 Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 – – Vitória de Setúbal – 1–2 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Trofense (II) 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Fátima (II) 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3 Marítimo 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1

Fátima Marítimo Trofense Fátima – 2–1 – Marítimo – – 1–1 Trofense 3–1 – –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Estoril Praia (II) 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 Paços de Ferreira 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Olhanense 2 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0

Estoril Praia Olhanense P. Ferreira Estoril Praia – 2–0 – Olhanense – – 0–1 Paços de Ferreira 0–0 – –

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Rio Ave 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Gil Vicente (II) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 Belenenses 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1

Belenenses Gil Vicente Rio Ave Belenenses – 1–1 – Gil Vicente – – 0–0 Rio Ave 1–0 – –

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Leiria 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Naval 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 Santa Clara (II) 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1

Leiria Naval Santa Clara Leiria – 1–1 – Naval – – 1–1 Santa Clara 1–2 – –

Third round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
Académica	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Leixões	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
Estoril Praia	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Académica qualified as best runner-up of all groups.

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sporting CP	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	9
Trofense	3	1	1	1	2	2	+0	4
Braga	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
União de Leiria	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Benfica	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Rio Ave	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Nacional	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Vitória de Guimarães	3	0	1	3	2	4	−2	1

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Knock-out Stage

	Semifinals					Final
	Sporting CP		1
	Benfica		4
						Benfica		3
						Porto		0
	Porto		1
	Académica de Coimbra		0

Semi-finals

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Final

S.L. Benfica

F.C. Porto

Benfica: GK 12 Quim RB 14 Maxi Pereira  39' CB 4 Luisão (c) CB 23 David Luiz LB 18 Fábio Coentrão  86' DM 2 Airton LM 5 Rúben Amorim AM 17 Carlos Martins  67' RM 20 Ángel Di María CF 10 Pablo Aimar  45'  62' CF 31 Alan Kardec  77' Substitutes: GK 1 José Moreira DF 27 Sidnei MF 6 Javi García MF 8 Ramires  89'  67' FW 21 Nuno Gomes FW 30 Javier Saviola  62' FW 7 Óscar Cardozo  77' Manager: Jorge Jesus

Porto: GK 33 Nuno RB 22 Miguel Lopes  11'  45' CB 14 Rolando CB 2 Bruno Alves (c)  45' LB 15 Álvaro Pereira DM 25 Fernando CM 28 Rúben Micael  45' CM 3 Raul Meireles RW 7 Fernando Belluschi  37'  71' LW 10 Cristian Rodríguez CF 9 Radamel Falcao Substitutes: GK 24 Beto DF 13 Jorge Fucile  52'  46' DF 16 Maicon MF 6 Fredy Guarín MF 20 Tomás Costa MF 8 Diego Valeri  46' FW 29 Orlando Sá  71' Manager: Jesualdo Ferreira

2009–10 Taça da Liga Winners
S.L. Benfica 2nd Title

References

External links

• Official site
• Official regulation (in Portuguese)
• Official Statistics (in Portuguese)