The 2015 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal, the 75th season of the Taça de Portugal. It was played on 31 May 2015 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras between Sporting CP and Braga. Sporting CP won 3–1 on penalties following a 2–2 draw after extra-time to claim their 16th title in the competition and their first official trophy since the 2008 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. This was also the first time the Campeonato de Portugal/Taça de Portugal final was decided by a penalty shootout.
As the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal winners, Sporting CP earned the right to play in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage. However, since they qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League play-off round through their league placing, their cup winners place in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage is transferred to the highest-placed team in the league qualified for the UEFA Europa League (Braga), with the highest-placed team in the league that has not qualified to the European competitions (Belenenses) receiving a place in the third qualifying round.
Also, as cup winners, Sporting CP played against Benfica, the league winners, in the 2015 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, winning 1–0.
Match Details
GK 1 Rui Patrício (c) RB 41 Cédric CB 5 Ewerton CB 26 Paulo Oliveira LB 4 Jefferson DM 14 William Carvalho CM 23 Adrien Silva CM 17 João Mário RW 18 André Carrillo CF 9 Islam Slimani LW 77 NaniSubstitutes: GK 22 Marcelo Boeck DF 55 Tobias Figueiredo MF 24 Oriol Rosell FW 36 Carlos Mané DF 13 Miguel Lopes MF 8 André Martins FW 10 Fredy Montero Manager: Marco Silva GK 1 Stanislav Kritsyuk RB 15 Baiano CB 6 André Pinto CB 33 Aderlan Santos LB 16 Djavan DM 8 Luíz Carlos CM 63 Mauro CM 14 Rúben Micael RW 90 Felipe Pardo CF 17 Eder (c) LW 18 Rafa SilvaSubstitutes: GK 92 Matheus DF 2 Vincent Sasso MF 25 Pedro Tiba FW 7 Salvador Agra FW 23 Pedro Santos FW 30 Alan FW 20 Zé LuísManager: Sérgio Conceição
Man of the match Islam Slimani (Sporting CP)
Match officials Assistant referees: Tiago Trigo (Lisbon) Sérgio Serrão (Madeira) Fourth official: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions
Statistics
+First half Sporting CP BragaGoals scored 0 2Total shots 9 3Shots on target 3 3Ball possession 60% 40%Corner kicks 7 1Fouls committed 4 15Offsides 0 0Yellow cards 0 2Red cards 1 0
+Second half Sporting CP BragaGoals scored 2 0Total shots 10 5Shots on target 6 5Ball possession 46% 54%Corner kicks 4 7Fouls committed 7 8Offsides 0 2Yellow cards 0 4Red cards 0 0
+Extra time Sporting CP BragaGoals scored 0 0Total shots 1 5Shots on target 0 1Ball possession 45% 55%Corner kicks 1 1Fouls committed 3 5Offsides 0 0Yellow cards 0 1Red cards 0 1
+Overall Sporting CP BragaGoals scored 2 2Total shots 20 13Shots on target 9 7Ball possession 51% 49%Corner kicks 12 9Fouls committed 14 28Offsides 0 2Yellow cards 0 7Red cards 1 1
Broadcasting The final was broadcast in Portugal on television by RTP (on RTP1), who holds the rights for several Portuguese Football Federation properties (which includes the Taça de Portugal final, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and the Portugal national football team exhibition matches), and by SportTV (on SportTV 1) who holds the rights to broadcast the whole Taça de Portugal. RTP produced the broadcast, following FIFA guidelines for World Cup broadcasting. RTP also broadcast the match worldwide, on RTP Internacional.
See also 2014–15 Sporting CP season 2015 Taça da Liga final
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