The 2022 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2021–22 Taça da Liga, the fifteenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 29 January 2022 at Estádio Municipal de Leiria.
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 2021–22 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 for a to accommodate a reduction in the number of participating teams, particularly from the Liga Portugal 2.
Benfica and Sporting CP faced off for the second time in a rematch of the 2009 final. In the final, Sporting defeated Benfica 2–1 to earn its fourth title in their sixth final, with Benfica losing their first final. Sporting became the second team (after Benfica) in the competition's history to win the competition four times.
Background The competition format suffered changes this season featuring the return of the final four format with both the semi-finals and the final being played over a space of a few days in the same venue. The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa hosted all matches. The two teams had played in the second final in 2009 with Benfica winning on penalty kicks.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
BenficaRoundSporting CPOpponentResultStadiumFirst roundOpponentResultStadiumByeByeOpponentResultStadiumSecond roundOpponentResultStadiumByeByeOpponentResultStadiumThird roundOpponentResultStadiumVitória de Guimarães3–3 (A)Estádio D. Afonso HenriquesMatchday 1Famalicão2–1 (H)Estádio José AlvaladeSporting da Covilhã3–0 (H)Estádio da LuzMatchday 2Penafiel1–0 (A)Estádio Municipal 25 de AbrilGroup B winners TeamBenfica221163+34Vitória de Guimarães221153+24Sporting da Covilhã300205−50Final standingsGroup A winners TeamSporting CP220031+26Famalicão210162+43Penafiel200206–60OpponentResultStadiumKnockout phaseOpponentResultStadiumBoavista1–1 (3–2p) (N)Estádio Municipal de LeiriaSemi-finalsSanta Clara2–1 (N)Estádio Municipal de Leiria
Match
Summary
Details
GK 99 Odysseas Vlachodimos RB 22 Valentino Lazaro CB 5 Jan Vertonghen (c) CB 91 Morato LB 3 Álex Grimaldo CM 28 Julian WeiglCM 11 Soualiho Meïté CM 20 João Mário RW 17 Diogo Gonçalves CF 15 Roman Yaremchuk LW 7 Everton Substitutes:GK 77 Helton LeiteDF 34 André AlmeidaDF 97 FerroMF 55 Paulo Bernardo MF 21 Pizzi MF 49 Adel Taarabt FW 29 Henrique Araújo FW 88 Gonçalo Ramos FW 31 Gil Dias Manager: Nélson Veríssimo GK 1 Antonio Adán CB 13 Luís Neto (c) CB 52 Gonçalo Inácio CB 3 Zouhair Feddal RM 47 Ricardo Esgaio CM 6 João Palhinha CM 8 Matheus Nunes LM 2 Matheus Reis RW 28 Pedro Gonçalves CF 21 Paulinho LW 17 Pablo Sarabia Substitutes: GK 31 João Virgínia DF 24 Pedro Porro MF 15 Manuel Ugarte MF 68 Daniel Bragança FW 11 Nuno Santos FW 7 Bruno Tabata FW 10 Jovane Cabral FW 57 Geny Catamo FW 19 Tiago Tomás Manager: Ruben Amorim
Assistant referees: Jorge Fernandes Luciano Maia Fourth official: Manuel Oliveira Video assistant referee: Artur Soares Dias Assistant video assistant referee: Rui CostaMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
See also Derby de Lisboa 2021–22 S.L. Benfica season 2021–22 Sporting CP season 2022 Taça de Portugal final
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