Taça da Liga

The Taça da Liga format has suffered changes throughout the competition's history in order to increase the number of matches and also revenue for both clubs and LPFP. Starting in the 2021–22 season, the format is the following:

• First round – One-legged ties between all Segunda Liga teams (except reserve or B teams), the ten Primeira Liga teams ranked 7th–16th in the previous season, and the two teams promoted from the Segunda Liga, with the winner advancing to the next round.
• Second round – One-legged ties between the first-round winners and the two Primeira Liga teams ranked 5th and 6th in the previous season. The winners advance to the next round.
• Third round – Four groups of three teams played in a single round-robin format, each containing two second-round winners and one of the four top-placed Primeira Liga season teams of the previous season. The group winners advance to the next round.
• Knockout phase – Semi-finals and final played as one-legged fixtures played in a neutral ground.

For 2022–23, due to fixture congestion surrounding the 2022 FIFA World Cup, all Segunda Liga and Primeira Liga teams (except reserve or B teams) were placed into 8 groups (6 groups of 4 teams and 2 groups of 5 teams), with the group winners advancing to the knockout phase, consisting of quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. All knockout stage games are one-legged fixtures, with the semi-finals and finals still played in a neutral ground. All group stage games and the quarter-finals were played during the international break surrounding the World Cup.

Since its inception (except in the period between 2011–15) the Taça da Liga has had the following naming sponsors meaning it has been known by different names:

As of 30 January 2020[4]

• Most tournament wins (team): 7 wins, Benfica
• Most final appearances (team): 8, Benfica
• Most tournament wins (individual): 7, Luisão for Benfica; Rúben Amorim for Benfica (5) as a player, and for Braga (1) and Sporting CP (2) as a manager
• Most final appearances: (individual): 6, Luisão for Benfica (2009–11, 2014–16)
• Most matches (team): 62, Benfica
• Most matches (individual): 43, Jardel
• Most game wins (team): 40, Benfica
• Most goals (team): 123, Benfica
• Highest goalscorer (career): 12 goals, Tozé Marreco & Paulinho[5]
• Highest goalscorer (season): 5 goals, by Matheus for Vitória de Setúbal (2007–08), Hugo Vieira for Gil Vicente (2010–11) and Jonas for Benfica (2014–15)
• Most goals scored in a match (individual): 4 goals, by Rabiola for Desportivo das Aves vs Trofense, 29 July 2012
• Biggest win: Sporting CP 6–0 União da Madeira, third round, 20 December 2017
• Biggest win in a final: Marítimo 2–6 Benfica, 20 May 2016
• Highest scoring game: 8 goals, Belenenses 5–3 Leixões, first round, 7 August 2011 and Marítimo 2–6 Benfica, final, 20 May 2016
• Most penalties in a deciding penalty shoot-out: 20 – Vitória de Guimarães 6–7 Sporting CP (27 September 2007)
• Youngest goalscorer in the final: Bruno Pereirinha, 20 years and 19 days, for Sporting CP vs Benfica, 2009
• Youngest player in the final: Nuno Mendes, 18 years, 7 months and 5 days for Sporting CP vs Braga, 2021
• Youngest captain in the final: João Moutinho, 21 years, 6 months and 14 days for Sporting CP vs Vitória de Setúbal, 2008

• Taça de Portugal
• Taça Ribeiro dos Reis (unofficial predecessor organized by the Portuguese Football Federation)
• Taça Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (another predecessor organized by the Portuguese Football Federation)
• List of association football competitions in Portugal
• List of Taça da Liga winning managers

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taça da Liga.

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Portugal – List of League Cup Finals, RSSSF.com