1962–63 Taça de Portugal

1962–63 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Dates	23 September 1962 – 30 June 1963
Final positions
Champions	Sporting CP (6th title)
Runner-up	Vitória de Guimarães
Tournament statistics
Matches played	91
Goals scored	379 (4.16 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Mascarenhas; (17 goals)
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Taça de Portugal was the 23rd edition of the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 1962–63 Taça de Portugal began on 23 September 1962. The final was played on 30 June 1963 at the Estádio Nacional.^[1]

Benfica were the previous holders, having defeated Vitória de Setúbal 3–0 in the previous season's final.^[2] Defending champions Benfica were eliminated in the semi-finals by Sporting CP.^[3]^[4] Sporting CP defeated Vitória de Guimarães, 4–0 in the final to win their sixth Taça de Portugal.^[5]

First round

Teams from the Primeira Liga (I) and the Portuguese Second Division (II) entered at this stage.^[6]^[7]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Académica de Coimbra (I)	12 – 2	Académico de Viseu (II)	10 – 1	2 – 1
Alhandra (II)	8 – 5	Sporting CP (II)	0 – 4	4 – 0	4 – 1
Atlético CP (I)	3 – 2	Barreirense (I)	2 – 0	1 – 2	{{{8}}}
Beira-Mar (II)	5 – 2	Farense (II)	4 – 2	1 – 0
Belenenses (I)	10 – 2	Montijo (II)	4 – 2	6 – 0
Benfica Castelo Branco (II)	4 – 3	Sanjoanense (II)	2 – 1	2 – 2
Cova da Piedade (II)	4 – 3	Torreense (II)	3 – 2	1 – 1
Fabril Barreiro (I)	5 – 2	Olhanense (II)	1 – 1	4 – 1
Feirense (I)	4 – 3	Boavista (II)	0 – 1	2 – 1	2 – 1
Leixões (I)	6 – 3	Braga (II)	5 – 2	1 – 1
Lusitano de Évora (I)	11 – 1	Portalegrense (II)	10 – 0	1 – 1
Luso (II)	0 – 19	Benfica (I)	0 – 7	0 – 12
Marinhense (II)	5 – 2	Silves (II)	4 – 1	1 – 1
Olhanense (I)	6 – 1	Peniche (II)	3 – 0	3 – 1
Portimonense (II)	7 – 1	Leça (II)	7 – 0	0 – 1
Sacavenense (II)	6 – 5	Vianense (II)	1 – 1	1 – 1	4 – 3
Seixal (II)	8 – 3	Lusitano VRSA (II)	4 – 2	4 – 1
Sporting CP (I)	8 – 1	Oliveirense (II)	4 – 1	4 – 0
Varzim (II)	12 – 2	Oriental (II)	4 – 2	8 – 0
Vitória de Guimarães (I)	5 – 1	Sporting da Covilhã (II)	3 – 1	2 – 0
Vitória de Setúbal (I)	4 – 7	Porto (I)	0 – 2	3 – 1	1 – 4

Second round

Vitória de Guimarães took a bye to the next round.^[8]^[9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Alhandra (II)	4 – 3	Benfica Castelo Branco (II)	3 – 1	1 – 2
Atlético CP (II)	4 – 2	Portimonense (II)	0 – 2	4 – 0
Belenenses (I)	4 – 1	Olhanense (I)	0 – 0	4 – 1
Feirense (I)	0 – 15	Porto (I)	0 – 6	0 – 9
Leixões (I)	8 – 2	Fabril Barreiro (I)	3 – 1	5 – 1
Lusitano de Évora (I)	2 – 5	Benfica (I)	1 – 3	1 – 2
Marinhense (II)	4 – 3	Varzim (II)	2 – 1	2 – 2
Sacavenense (II)	4 – 7	Académica de Coimbra (I)	0 – 1	3 – 2	1 – 4
Seixal (II)	4 – 1	Beira-Mar (II)	5 – 0	1 – 2
Sporting CP (I)	11 – 1	Cova da Piedade (II)	3 – 1	2 – 2

Third round

Ties were played between the 19–26 May. Benfica took a bye to the next round.^[10]^[11]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belenenses (I)	7 – 1	Seixal (II)	2 – 1	5 – 0
Marinhense (II)	8 – 4	Alhandra (II)	3 – 0	5 – 4
Porto (I)	3 – 0	Leixões (I)	1 – 0	2 – 0
Sporting CP (I)	12 – 0	Atlético CP (II)	10 – 0	2 – 0
Vitória de Guimarães (I)	4 – 3	Académica de Coimbra (I)	1 – 2	3 – 1

Quarter-finals

Ties were played between the 2–9 June. Mozambican side Sporting de Lourenço Marques and União da Madeira were invited to participate in the competition.^[12]^[13]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marinhense (II)	1 – 8	Benfica (I)	1 – 3	0 – 5
Porto (I)	1 – 4	Belenenses (I)	1 – 1	0 – 3
Sporting de Lourenço Marques (N/A)	3 – 7	Sporting CP (I)	1 – 3	2 – 4
Vitória de Guimarães (I)	6 – 2	União da Madeira (N/A)	1 – 2	5 – 0

Semi-finals

Ties were played between the 16–23 June.^[14]^[15]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Vitória de Guimarães (I)	6 – 4	Belenenses (I)	0 – 2	3 – 1	3 – 1
Sporting CP (I)	2 – 1	Benfica (I)	0 – 1	2 – 0

Final

30 June 1963

Sporting CP	4 – 0	Vitória de Guimarães
Figueiredo 25', 70' Lúcio 73' Mascarenhas 87'	(Report)

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Referee: Francisco Guerra (Porto)

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