The 2025 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2024–25 Taça da Liga, the eighteenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 11 January 2025 at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa.
The competition was contested exclusively by clubs competing in the two professional divisions of Portuguese football – the top-tier Primeira Liga and the second-tier Liga Portugal 2. This season featured only eight teams in the competition.
Benfica and Sporting CP faced off for the third time in a rematch of the 2022 final. In the final, Benfica won the final 7–6 after a penalty shoot-out, to earn their eighth title, and their first title since 2016.
Background The competition format was changed 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 two finals, the second final in 2009 with Benfica winning on penalty kicks and the 2022 final, where Sporting won 2–1.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
BenficaRoundSporting CPOpponentResultStadiumKnockout phaseOpponentResultStadiumSanta Clara3–0 (H)Estádio da LuzQuarter-finalsNacional3–1 (H)Estádio José AlvaladeBraga3–0 (N)Estádio Dr. Magalhães PessoaSemi-finalsPorto1–0 (N)Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Match
Summary
Details
GK 1 Franco IsraelRB 72 Eduardo Quaresma CB 26 Ousmane Diomande CB 3 Jerry St. JusteLB 57 Geovany QuendaRM 21 Geny Catamo CM 52 João Simões CM 42 Morten Hjulmand (c)LM 20 Maximiliano Araújo CF 17 Francisco TrincãoCF 9 Viktor GyökeresSubstitutes:GK 13 Vladan KovačevićDF 6 Zeno Debast DF 22 Iván Fresneda DF 25 Gonçalo InácioDF 47 Ricardo EsgaioMF 50 Alexandre BritoMF 96 Samuel JustoFW 19 Conrad Harder FW 90 Afonso MoreiraManager: Rui Borges GK 1 Anatoliy Trubin RB 44 Tomás Araújo CB 30 Nicolás Otamendi (c)CB 4 António SilvaLB 3 Álvaro Carreras CM 10 Orkun Kökçü CM 61 Florentino Luís RW 11 Ángel Di MaríaAM 8 Fredrik Aursnes LW 21 Andreas Schjelderup CF 14 Vangelis Pavlidis Substitutes:GK 24 Samuel SoaresDF 5 Adrian Bajrami DF 6 Alexander Bah MF 18 Leandro Barreiro MF 64 João RegoMF 85 Renato Sanches FW 7 Zeki Amdouni FW 9 Arthur CabralFW 17 Kerem Aktürkoğlu Manager: Bruno Lage
Man of the Match: Florentino Luís (Benfica)
Assistant referees: Bruno Jesus Pedro Ribeiro Fourth official: João Gonçalves Video assistant referee: Luís Godinho Assistant video assistant referee: Luís Ferreira Nuno MansoMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
See also Derby de Lisboa 2024–25 S.L. Benfica season 2024–25 Sporting CP season 2025 Taça de Portugal final
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