2022 Taça da Liga final

2022 Taça da Liga final
Event2021–22 Taça da Liga
Sporting CP Benfica
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Date29 January 2022
VenueEstádio Municipal de Leiria, Leiria
RefereeManuel Mota
Attendance20,622
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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.[1][2] In the final, Sporting defeated Benfica 2–1 to earn its fourth title in their sixth fina, with Benfica losing their first final. Sporting became the second team (after Benfica) in the competition's history to win the competition four times.[3]

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.[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 2021–22 Taça da Liga

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Benfica Round Sporting CP
Opponent Result Stadium First round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Second round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Third round Opponent Result Stadium
Vitória de Guimarães 3–3 (A) Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Matchday 1 Famalicão 2–1 (H) Estádio José Alvalade
Sporting da Covilhã 3–0 (H) Estádio da Luz Matchday 2 Penafiel 1–0 (A) Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril
Group B winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Benfica 2 2 1 1 6 3 +3 4
Vitória de Guimarães 2 2 1 1 5 3 +2 4
Sporting da Covilhã 3 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
Final standings Group A winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
Famalicão 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3
Penafiel 2 0 0 2 0 6 –6 0
Opponent Result Stadium Knockout phase Opponent Result Stadium
Boavista 1–1 (3–2p) (N) Estádio Municipal de Leiria Semi-finals Santa Clara 2–1 (N) Estádio Municipal de Leiria

Match

Summary

Details

Benfica1–2Sporting CP
  • Everton 23'
 Report
Attendance: 20,622
Referee: Manuel Mota
Benfica
Sporting
GK 99 Greece Odysseas Vlachodimos
RB 22 Austria Valentino Lazaro
CB 5 Belgium Jan Vertonghen (c) Yellow card 53'
CB 91 Brazil Morato downward-facing red arrow 83'
LB 3 Spain Álex Grimaldo
CM 28 Germany Julian Weigl
CM 11 France Soualiho Meïté downward-facing red arrow 83'
CM 20 Portugal João Mário Yellow card 90+2'
RW 17 Portugal Diogo Gonçalves downward-facing red arrow 74'
CF 15 Ukraine Roman Yaremchuk downward-facing red arrow 61'
LW 7 Brazil Everton Yellow card 58' downward-facing red arrow 83'
Substitutes:
GK 77 Brazil Helton Leite
DF 34 Portugal André Almeida
DF 97 Portugal Ferro
MF 55 Portugal Paulo Bernardo
MF 21 Portugal Pizzi upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF 49 Morocco Adel Taarabt upward-facing green arrow 83'
FW 29 Portugal Henrique Araújo upward-facing green arrow 83'
FW 88 Portugal Gonçalo Ramos upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 31 Portugal Gil Dias upward-facing green arrow 74'
Manager:
Portugal Jorge Jesus
GK 1 Spain Antonio Adán
CB 13 Portugal Luís Neto (c) Yellow card 31' downward-facing red arrow 66'
CB 52 Portugal Gonçalo Inácio
LB 3 Morocco Zouhair Feddal
RM 47 Portugal Ricardo Esgaio Yellow card 77'
CM 6 Portugal João Palhinha
CM 8 Portugal Matheus Nunes Yellow card 59' downward-facing red arrow 85'
LM 2 Brazil Matheus Reis
RW 28 Portugal Pedro Gonçalves
CF 21 Portugal Paulinho Yellow card 53' downward-facing red arrow 88'
LW 17 Spain Pablo Sarabia downward-facing red arrow 88'
Substitutes:
GK 31 Portugal João Virgínia
DF 24 Spain Pedro Porro upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 15 Uruguay Manuel Ugarte upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 68 Portugal Daniel Bragança
FW 11 Portugal Nuno Santos upward-facing green arrow 88'
FW 7 Brazil Bruno Tabata
FW 10 Cape Verde Jovane Cabral
FW 57 Mozambique Geny Catamo
FW 19 Portugal Tiago Tomás upward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
Portugal Rúben Amorim

Assistant referees:
Jorge Fernandes
Luciano Maia
Fourth official:
Manuel Oliveira
Video assistant referee:
Artur Soares Dias
Assistant video assistant referee:
Rui Costa

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

  1. ^ "Quim the hero of Benfica triumph". UEFA. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Quique Flores: "Jesus trabalhou muito para que os títulos voltassem"" [Quique Flores: "Jesus worked hard to make titles come back"] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  3. ^ Ribeiro, Patrick (29 January 2022). "Sporting defend their Taça da Liga title in second-half turnaround versus Benfica". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Regulamento das competições organizadas pela Liga Portugal" [Regulations of the competitions organized by Liga Portugal] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.