The 2022–23 Taça de Portugal (also known as Taça de Portugal Placard for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd edition of the Taça de Portugal, the premier knockout competition in Portuguese football. A total of 152 clubs competed in this edition, including all teams from the top four tiers of the Portuguese football league system – excluding reserve or B teams, which were not eligible – and representatives of the fifth-tier District leagues and cups.
The competition began on 9 September 2022 with the first-round matches involving teams from the third, fourth and fifth tiers, and concluded on 4 June 2023 with the final at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras. Primeira Liga side Porto were the defending champions after defeating Tondela 3–1 in the 2022 final, and successfully defended their title after a 2–0 win over Braga in the 2023 final.
As Porto secured qualification to the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League by league ranking, the cup winner's place in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League was thus transferred to the league's fourth-placed team, Sporting CP. Consequently, the league's fifth- and sixth-placed teams, Arouca and Vitória de Guimarães, qualified instead for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League third and second qualifying rounds, respectively. As winners, Porto will also play in the 2023 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against the 2022–23 Primeira Liga winners, Benfica.
Format Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round New entriesthis round Leagues entering at this round (tier) First round 152 118 none 118 Liga 3 (3rd): 21 teamsCampeonato de Portugal (4th): 54 teamsDistrict Football Associations (5th): 43 teams Second round 110 92 16 Liga Portugal 2 (2nd): 16 teams Third round 64 64 46 18 Primeira Liga (1st): 18 teams Fourth round 32 32 32 none none Fifth round 16 16 16 none none Quarter-finals 8 8 8 none none Semi-finals 4 4 4 none none Final 2 2 2 none none
Teams A total of 152 teams competed in the 2022–23 edition, comprising 18 teams from the Primeira Liga (tier 1), 16 teams from the Liga Portugal 2 (tier 2), 21 teams from the Liga 3 (tier 3), 54 teams from the Campeonato de Portugal (tier 4) and 43 teams from the District championships and cups (tier 5).
Primeira Liga
Arouca Benfica Boavista Braga Casa Pia Chaves Estoril Famalicão Gil Vicente
Marítimo Paços de Ferreira Porto Portimonense Rio Ave Santa Clara Sporting CP Vitória de Guimarães Vizela
Liga Portugal 2
Académico de Viseu B-SAD Estrela da Amadora Farense Feirense Leixões Mafra Moreirense
Nacional Oliveirense Penafiel Sp. Covilhã Tondela Torreense Trofense Vilafranquense
Liga 3
Série A Anadia Canelas 2010 Fafe Felgueiras Länk Vilaverdense Montalegre Paredes Sanjoanense São João de Ver Varzim
Série B Académica Alverca Amora Belenenses Caldas Fontinhas Moncarapachense Oliveira do Hospital Real SC União de Leiria Vitória de Setúbal
Campeonato de Portugal
Série A Amarante Bragança Brito Dumiense Maria da Fonte Merelinense Monção Pevidém São Martinho Tirsense Vianense Vila Meã
Série B Alpendorada Beira-Mar Camacha Castro Daire Gondomar Guarda Desportiva Leça Lusitânia Lourosa Machico Rebordosa Resende Salgueiros Valadares Gaia
Série C 1º Dezembro Alcains Arronches Benfica Castelo Branco Coruchense Loures Marinhense Mortágua Pêro Pinheiro Rio Maior Sertanense Sintrense União da Serra União de Santarém
Série D Angrense Atlético Esperança de Lagos Fabril do Barreiro Ferreiras Imortal Juventude Évora Lusitano Évora Olhanense Oriental Dragon Praiense Rabo de Peixe Serpa Vasco da Gama Vidigueira
District Championships
Algarve FA Culatrense Silves Angra do Heroísmo FA Lajense Lusitânia Aveiro FA Águeda Paivense Beja FA Castrense Moura Braga FA Joane Santa Eulália Bragança FA Rebordelo Vinhais
Castelo Branco FA Águias do Moradal Pedrógão de São Pedro Coimbra FA Os Marialvas Vigor da Mocidade Évora FA Atlético Reguengos Monte do Trigo Guarda FA Mêda Vila Cortez Horta FA Madalena Leiria FA Pombal Portomosense
Lisbon FA Olivais e Moscavide Oriental Madeira FA 1º de Maio Ribeira Brava Ponta Delgada FA São Roque Vasco da Gama Ponta Delgada Portalegre FA Mosteirense Os Gavionenses Porto FA Freamunde Vila Caíz
Santarém FA Fazendense União Tomar Setúbal FA Comércio e Indústria Olímpico Montijo Viana do Castelo FA Atlético dos Arcos Courense Vila Real FA Mondinense Régua Viseu FA Lusitano Vildemoinhos Recreativa de Lamelas
Schedule All draws were held at the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) headquarters in Oeiras. Match kick-off times were in WET (UTC±0) from the third round to the semi-finals, and in WEST (UTC+1) during the rest of the competition.
Round Draw date Date(s) Fixtures Teams Prize money First round 11 August 2022 9–11 September 2022 42 152 → 110 €3,000 Second round 13 September 2022 1–2 October 2022 46 110 → 64 €4,000 Third round 4 October 2022 14–16 October 2022 32 64 → 32 €5,000 Fourth round 18 October 2022 8–10 November 2022 16 32 → 16 €6,000 Fifth round 14 November 2022 10–12 January 2023 8 16 → 8 €9,000 Quarter-finals 8–9 February 2023 4 8 → 4 €12,000 Semi-finals 12 and 26 April 2023 (1st leg)25 April and 4 May 2023 (2nd leg) 4 4 → 2 €17,500 Final 4 June 2023 1 2 → 1 €150,000 (losing finalist)€300,000 (winner)
First round A total of 118 teams representing the Liga 3, Campeonato de Portugal and the District Championships were involved in the first round draw, which was held on 11 August 2022. Thirty-four teams received a bye to the second round and the remaining teams were split into eight series according to geographical proximity. These teams were then paired inside their serie, with the first team drawn playing at home.
Byes The following thirty-four teams received a bye to the second round:
Real SC (3) Paivense (5) Angrense (4) Olivais e Moscavide (5) Silves (5) São Martinho (4) Castro Daire (4) Vila Caíz (5) Loures (4)
Olímpico Montijo (5) Recreativa de Lamelas (5) Machico (4) Académica (3) Belenenses (3) Atlético (4) Caldas (3) Vasco da Gama Vidigueira (4) Coruchense (4)
Moura (5) Courense (5) Monte do Trigo (5) Vitória de Setúbal (3) Águeda (5) Vigor da Mocidade (5) Imortal (4) Vasco da Gama Ponta Delgada (5)
Anadia (3) Pevidém (4) Amora (3) (4) Fabril do Barreiro (4) Guarda Desportiva (4) 1º de Maio (5) Rabo de Peixe (4)
Matches
Second round A total of 92 teams were involved in the second round draw, which was held on 13 September 2022. The 16 teams from the Liga Portugal 2 joined the 42 winners from first round and the 34 teams that received a bye to the second round. All Liga Portugal 2 teams played this round as visitors. + Number of teams per tier entering this round Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Liga 3 (3) Campeonato de Portugal (4) District Championships (5) Total
Third round A total of 64 teams were involved in the third round draw, which was held on 4 October 2022. The 18 teams from the Primeira Liga joined the 46 winners from second round. All Primeira Liga teams played this round as visitors.
+ Number of teams per tier entering this round Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Liga 3 (3) Campeonato de Portugal (4) District Championships (5) Total
Fourth round A total of 32 teams were involved in the fourth round draw, which was held on 18 October 2022.
+ Number of teams per tier entering this round Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Liga 3 (3) Campeonato de Portugal (4) District Championships (5) Total
Fifth round A total of 16 teams were involved in the fifth round draw, which was held on 14 November 2022. Campeonato de Portugal's Rabo de Peixe and Beira-Mar were the lowest ranked teams in the draw.
+ Number of teams per tier entering this round Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Liga 3 (3) Campeonato de Portugal (4) District Championships (5) Total
Quarter-finals + Number of teams per tier entering this round Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Liga 3 (3) Campeonato de Portugal (4) District Championships (5) Total
Semi-finals + Number of teams per tier entering this round Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Liga 3 (3) Campeonato de Portugal (4) District Championships (5) Total
Braga won 7–2 on aggregate.
Porto won 5–3 on aggregate.
Final
Bracket
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Tamble MonteiroSão João de Ver6 Toni MartínezPorto Jhonder CádizFamalicão4 Marcelo SantiagoBeira-Mar5 João VictorDumiense Diogo LamasPêro Pinheiro José VarelaVitória de Setúbal8 Tiago LopesB-SAD4
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