2023 Taça de Portugal final

2023 Taça de Portugal final
Estádio Nacional
Event2022–23 Taça de Portugal
Braga Porto
0 2
Date4 June 2023
VenueEstádio Nacional, Oeiras
Man of the MatchOtávio[1]
Fair Player of the MatchRicardo Horta[1]
RefereeJoão Pinheiro
Attendance35,000
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The 2023 Taça de Portugal Final was the last match of the 2022–23 Taça de Portugal, which decided the winner of the 83rd season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier knockout cup competition in Portuguese football.[2] It was played on 4 June 2023 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, between Primeira Liga sides Braga and Porto.

Braga played their eight final in the competition, having last appeared in the 2021 final when they defeated Benfica 2–0 for their third title. Porto played the decisive match for the 33rd time and second consecutive season, having beaten Tondela in the previous season's final to lift the trophy for the 18th time. Braga and Porto have previously played each other in the Taça de Portugal final on three occasions, with Porto winning in 1977 and 1998, and Braga winning their most recent meeting in 2016.

Route to the final

Braga Round Porto
Opponent Result 2022–23 Taça de Portugal Opponent Result
Felgueiras 1932 2–1 (A) Third round Anadia 6–0 (A)
Moreirense 2–1 (H) Fourth round Mafra 3–0 (A)
Vitória de Guimarães 3–2 (H) Fifth round Arouca 4–0 (H)
Benfica 1–1 (H) (5–4 pen.) Quarter-finals Académico de Viseu 1–0 (A)
Nacional 5–0 (A) Semi-finals Famalicão 2–1 (A)
2–2 (H) 3–2 (H) (a.e.t.)

Note: H = home fixture, A = away fixture

Match

Details

Braga0–2Porto
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Braga
Porto
GK 1 Brazil Matheus
RB 2 Spain Víctor Gómez Yellow card 66' downward-facing red arrow 70'
CB 3 Brazil Vítor Tormena downward-facing red arrow 75'
CB 34 France Sikou Niakaté Red card 79'
LB 26 Colombia Cristian Borja Yellow card 35' downward-facing red arrow 58'
RW 21 Portugal Iuri Medeiros downward-facing red arrow 58'
CM 8 Libya Ali Musrati
CM 10 Portugal André Horta Yellow card 29' downward-facing red arrow 58'
LW 27 Portugal Bruma Yellow card 85'
CF 9 Spain Abel Ruiz
CF 21 Portugal Ricardo Horta (c)
Substitutes:
GK 12 Portugal Tiago Sá
DF 17 Sweden Joe Mendes upward-facing green arrow 58'
DF 5 Turkey Serdar Saatçı
DF 15 Portugal Paulo Oliveira
MF 19 Serbia Uroš Račić upward-facing green arrow 58'
MF 22 Portugal Pizzi upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 88 Portugal André Castro
FW 23 France Simon Banza upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 14 Spain Álvaro Djaló upward-facing green arrow 58'
Manager:
Portugal Artur Jorge
GK 14 Portugal Cláudio Ramos
RB 11 Brazil Pepê Yellow card 85'
CB 5 Spain Iván Marcano
CB 3 Portugal Pepe (c)
LB 22 Brazil Wendell Red card 62'
RW 25 Portugal Otávio Yellow card 25' downward-facing red arrow 90+3'
MF 8 Colombia Mateus Uribe Yellow card 72'
MF 46 Canada Stephen Eustáquio downward-facing red arrow 90+3'
LW 13 Brazil Galeno Yellow card 60' downward-facing red arrow 90+3'
RF 9 Iran Mehdi Taremi Yellow card 76'
CF 30 Brazil Evanilson downward-facing red arrow 44'
Substitutes:
GK 99 Portugal Diogo Costa
DF 17 Portugal Rodrigo Conceição Yellow card 66'
DF 2 Portugal Fábio Cardoso
LB 12 Nigeria Zaidu Sanusi upward-facing green arrow 67'
CM 16 Serbia Marko Grujić upward-facing green arrow 90+3'
FW 20 Portugal André Franco upward-facing green arrow 90+3'
FW 19 England Danny Namaso
FW 29 Spain Toni Martínez upward-facing green arrow 44' downward-facing red arrow 67'
FW 7 Brazil Gabriel Veron upward-facing green arrow 90+3'
Manager:
Portugal Sérgio Conceição

Man of the Match:
Otávio[1]
Fair Player of the Match:
Ricardo Horta[1]

Assistant referees:
Bruno Jesus
Luciano Maia
Fourth official:
Manuel Oliveira
Video assistant referee:
Nuno Almeida
Assistant video assistant referees:
Hélder Malheiro
André Campos

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

Notes

  1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Otávio distinguido no Jamor". FPF (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Formato Taça Placard" [Taça de Portugal format] (PDF). Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese). 5 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.