1995–96 Taça de Portugal

Country

Portugal

Dates

September 1995 – 18 May 1996

Champions

Benfica (23rd title)

Runners-up

Sporting CP

Top goal scorer(s)

Marcelo
(5 goals)

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1996–97 →

Portuguese football 1995–96
Primeira Divisão (Tier 1)
Segunda Divisão de Honra (Tier 2)
Segunda Divisão (Tier 3)
Terceira Divisão (Tier 4)
Taça de Portugal (Cup)

The 1995–96 Taça de Portugal was the 57th edition of the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 1995–96 Taça de Portugal began in September 1995.^[1] The final was played on 18 May 1996 at the Estádio Nacional.

Sporting CP were the previous holders, having defeated Marítimo 2–0 in the previous season's final.^[2] Benfica defeated cup holders Sporting CP, 3–1 in the final to win their twenty third Taça de Portugal.^[3] As a result of Benfica winning the domestic cup competition, the Eagles faced 1995–96 Primeira Divisão winners Porto in the 1996 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.^[4]^[5]

Sixth round

Ties were played on the 31 January, whilst replays were played between the 7–14 February.^[6]^[7] Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Olhanense qualified for the quarter-finals due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.

31 January 1996	Farense (I)	1 – 1 (aet)	Benfica (I)	Estádio de São Luís, Faro
		(Report)	Marcelo 71'	Referee: Veiga Trigo

31 January 1996	Felgueiras (I)	1 – 2	Penafiel (II)	Estádio Doutor Machado de Matos, Felgueiras
		(Report)

31 January 1996	Marítimo (I)	2 – 0	Vila Real (III)	Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal
		(Report)

31 January 1996	Portimonense (III)	0 – 1	União de Leiria (I)	Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão
		(Report)

31 January 1996	Sporting CP (I)	4 – 1	Campomaiorense (I)	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Yordanov 1' Barbosa 37' Amuneke 43', 67'	(Report)	Silvério 72'

31 January 1996	Sporting de Lamego (III)	1 – 1 (aet)	Porto (I)	Estádio dos Remédios, Lamego
	Lapa 119'	(Report)	Domingos 108'

31 January 1996	Vitória de Guimarães (I)	1 – 0	Belenenses (I)	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
		(Report)

7 February 1996 Replay	Porto (I)	1 – 0	Sporting de Lamego (III)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	Drulović 88'	(Report)

14 February 1996 Replay	Benfica (I)	1 – 0	Farense (I)	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
	Airez 60', 68' Marcelo 81'	(Report)		Referee: José Leirós

Quarter-finals

Ties were played on the 25 February.^[8]^[9]

25 February 1996	Benfica (I)	1 – 0 (aet)	Vitória de Guimarães (I)	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
	Marcelo 98'	(Report)		Referee: Martins dos Santos

25 February 1996	Olhanense (III)	1 – 2	Sporting CP (I)	Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão
	Xabregas 18'	(Report)	Alves 10' Sá Pinto 90'

25 February 1996	Porto (I)	2 – 0	Penafiel (II)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	João Manuel Pinto 50', 76'	(Report)

25 February 1996	União de Leiria (I)	2 – 1	Marítimo (I)	Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande, Marinha Grande
		(Report)

Semi-finals

Ties were played between the 10–24 April.^[10]^[11]

10 April 1996	Benfica (I)	2 – 0 (aet)	União de Leiria (I)	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
	Marcelo 113', 119'	(Report)		Referee: Lucílio Batista

10 April 1996	Porto (I)	1 – 1 (aet)	Sporting CP (I)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	J. Costa 90'	(Report)	Barbosa 30'	Referee: António Rola

24 April 1996 Replay	Sporting CP (II)	1 – 0 (aet)	Porto (I)	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Martins 117'	(Report)		Referee: Bento Marques

Final

Main article: 1996 Taça de Portugal Final

Benfica v Sporting CP

18 May 1996
17:00 WEST

Benfica	3 – 1	Sporting CP
Airez 9' João Pinto 39', 67'	(Report)	Xavier 83' (pen.)

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
Referee: Vítor Pereira (Lisbon)

References

↑ "Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 1ª ELIMINATÓRIA" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 1ª Round] (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Sporting 2-0 Marítimo" (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Benfica 3-1 Sporting" (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "FC Porto 1-0 Benfica". ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Benfica 0-5 FC Porto". ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 1/8 final" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 1/8 final] (in Portuguese). ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 OITAVOS-DE-FINAL" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 Round of sixteen] (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 1/4 final" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 1/4 final] (in Portuguese). ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 QUARTOS-DE-FINAL" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 quarter-finals] (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 1/2 final" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 1/2 final] (in Portuguese). ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 MEIAS-FINAIS" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 semi-finals] (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.

Taça de Portugal

Campeonato de Portugal era, 1922–1938

Seasons	1922 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38

Finals	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938

Taça de Portugal era, 1938–present

Seasons	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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