2012–13 Taça da Liga

2012–13 Taça da Liga
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	28 July 2012 – 14 April 2013
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Braga (1st title)
Runners-up	Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played	67
Goals scored	147 (2.19 per match)
Attendance	133,547 (1,993 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rabiola Rafael Porcellis Fabrício Josué (5 goals each)

The 2012–13 Taça da Liga was the sixth edition of the Taça da Liga, the Portuguese football league cup competition. It was organized by the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP) and contested between the 32 clubs competing in the 2012–13 Primeira Liga and 2012–13 Segunda Liga, the top two tiers of Portuguese football. The first matches were played on 28 July 2012, and the final was played on Estádio Cidade de Coimbra in Coimbra, on 13 April 2013.

Braga eliminated the holders and four-time winners Benfica in a penalty shootout in the semi-finals. In the final, they defeated the 2011–12 Primeira Liga champions Porto 1–0 to win their first title in the competition.^[1]

Format

The competition format for the 2012–13 edition consists of three rounds plus a knockout phase. In the first round, only teams competing in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga (excluding reserve teams from Primeira Liga clubs) take part. The sixteen teams are drawn into four groups of four teams, where each team plays against the other three in a single round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round. In the second round, the eight teams that qualified from the previous round are joined by the six Primeira Liga teams placed 9th to 14th in the previous season and the two teams promoted to 2012–13 Primeira Liga. Two-legged home-and-away fixtures are played between Segunda Liga teams qualifying from the first round and Primeira Liga teams entering this round, and the winner advances to the third round.

The third round features the eight winners of the previous round the remaining eight Primeira Liga teams, ranked 1st to 8th in the previous season. Similarly to the first round, the sixteen teams are drawn into four groups of four teams, according to a seeding based on their classification in the previous season. Each team plays against the other three in a single round-robin format, and only the group winners advance to the knockout phase. The knockout phase consists of semi-finals and one final, both decided in one-legged fixtures. The final match is played at a neutral venue.

Round	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First round (16 teams)	16 teams competing in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga
Second round (16 teams)	6 teams ranked 9th–14th in the 2011–12 Primeira Liga 2 teams promoted to the 2012–13 Primeira Liga	4 group winners from the first round 4 group runners-up from the first round
Third round (16 teams)	8 teams ranked 1st–8th in the 2011–12 Primeira Liga	8 winners from the second round
Knockout phase (4 teams)		4 group winners from the third round

Teams

The 32 teams competing in the two professional tiers of Portuguese football for the 2012–13 season are eligible to participate in this competition. For Primeira Liga teams, the final league position in the previous season determines if they enter in the second or third round of the Taça da Liga.

Third round (Primeira Liga)
Porto (1st)	Braga (3rd)	Marítimo (5th)	Nacional (7th)
Benfica (2nd)	Sporting CP (4th)	Vitória de Guimarães (6th)	Olhanense (8th)
Second round (Primeira Liga)
Gil Vicente (9th)	Vitória de Setúbal (11th)	Académica (13th)	Estoril (P1)
Paços de Ferreira (10th)	Beira-Mar (12th)	Rio Ave (14th)	Moreirense (P1)
First round (Segunda Liga)
Desportivo das Aves (3rd)	Trofense (7th)	Leixões (11th)	Sporting da Covilhã (15th)
Naval (4th)	Penafiel (8th)	Santa Clara (12th)	Portimonense (16th)
Belenenses (5th)	Atlético CP (9th)	Arouca (13th)	Feirense (R1)
Oliveirense (6th)	União da Madeira (10th)	Freamunde (14th)	Tondela (P2)

Key

Nth: League position in the 2011–12 season
P1: Promoted to the Primeira Liga
P2: Promoted to the Segunda Liga
R1: Relegated to the Segunda Liga

Notes

Sporting da Covilhã finished 15th in the 2011–12 Segunda Liga, in position to be relegated to the Second Division for the 2012–13 season. However, as União de Leiria – which were relegated from the Primeira Liga, together with Feirense – were unable to fulfill the LPFP requirements mandatory for entry in professional competitions, they were further relegated to the Second Division and Covilhã was invited to take União de Leiria's place.
Portimonense finished 16th (last) in the 2011–12 Segunda Liga, in position to be relegated to the Second Division for the 2012–13 season. However, as 2011–12 Second Division champions Varzim were unable to fulfill the LPFP requirements mandatory for entry in professional competitions, they were not promoted to the Segunda Liga, together with Tondela, and so Portimonense were invited to take Varzim's place.

Schedule

All draws were held at the LPFP headquarters in Porto, except the draw for the first round, which was done at the Palácio do Freixo in Porto, during the draw ceremony for the LPFP competitions.^[2]

Round		Draw date	First leg	Second leg	Teams	Fixtures
First round^[3]	Matchday 1	5 July 2012	29 July 2012		32 → 24	24
	Matchday 2		1 August 2012
	Matchday 3		5 August 2012
Second round^[4]		29 August 2012	26 September 2012	31 October 2012	24 → 16	16
Third round^[5]	Matchday 1	5 November 2012	19 December 2012		16 → 4	24
	Matchday 2		30 December 2012 / 2 January 2013
	Matchday 3		9 January 2013
Knockout phase	Semi-finals		27 February 2013		4 → 2	3
Knockout phase	Final		14 April 2013 (Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra)		2 → 1	3

First round

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the second round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
União da Madeira	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Freamunde	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Belenenses	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Oliveirense	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

	BEL	FRM	OLI	UDM
Belenenses	–	1–0	1–1	–
Freamunde	–	–	–	1–1
Oliveirense	–	1–2	–	–
União da Madeira	1–0	–	2–1	–

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Naval	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Sporting da Covilhã	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Arouca	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Atlético CP	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3

	ARO	ATL	NAV	SCO
Arouca	–	2–1	0–0	–
Atlético CP	–	–	–	1–0
Naval	–	3–1	–	1–1
Sporting Covilhã	4–2	–	–	–

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Feirense	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Leixões	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Portimonense	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Penafiel	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

	FEI	LEI	PEN	PRM
Feirense	–	–	2–1	2–1
Leixões	0–0	–	1–1	–
Penafiel	–	–	–	1–1
Portimonense	–	1–1	–	–

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santa Clara	3	3	0	9	1	+8	9
Desportivo das Aves	3	2	1	9	4	+5	6
Tondela	3	1	2	1	4	−3	3
Trofense	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

	AVE	STC	TON	TRO
Aves	–	–	3–0	5–1
Santa Clara	3–1	–	–	5–0
Tondela	–	0–1	–	–
Trofense	–	–	0–1	–

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leixões	1–2	Vitória de Setúbal	0–1	1–1
Sporting da Covilhã	2–2 (2–3 p)	Académica	2–0	0–2
Naval	3–2	Gil Vicente	1–1	2–1
União da Madeira	1–2	Estoril	0–1	1–1
Santa Clara	1–3	Beira-Mar	0–1	1–2
Freamunde	2–3	Rio Ave	2–3	0–0
Feirense	1–1 (2–4 p)	Moreirense	1–0	0–1
Desportivo das Aves	0–2	Paços de Ferreira	0–1	0–1

Third round

Main article: 2012–13 Taça da Liga (Third Round)

The draw for the third round took place on 5 November 2012 at the LPFP headquarters in Porto. The third round group phase matches took place between December 2012 and January 2013.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advanced to the knockout phase

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Vitória de Setúbal	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Nacional	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Estoril	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

	EST	NAC	POR	SET
Estoril	–		2–2	0–0
Nacional	1–0	–	0–2
Porto			–	1–0
Vitória de Setúbal		3–1		–

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Braga	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Vitória de Guimarães	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Beira-Mar	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
Naval	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

	BEM	BRA	NAV	GUI
Beira-Mar	–			2–2
Braga	3–0	–
Naval	0–0	1–2	–
V. de Guimarães		0–0	2–0	–

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rio Ave	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Paços de Ferreira	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Sporting CP	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
Marítimo	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

	MAR	PAÇ	RAV	SCP
Marítimo	–		0–1	2–2
Paços de Ferreira	2–0	–
Rio Ave		2–3	–	3–0
Sporting CP		1–0		–

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Benfica	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
Moreirense	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Académica	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
Olhanense	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

	ACA	BEN	MOR	OLH
Académica	–			0–0
Benfica	3–2	–
Moreirense	2–2	1–1	–
Olhanense		1–2	0–0	–

Knockout phase

Semi-finals		Final

27 February – Estádio AXA
Braga (p)	0 (3)
Benfica	0 (2)

		13 April – Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
		Braga	1
		Porto	0



3 April – Estádio do Dragão
Porto	4
Rio Ave	0

Semi-finals

Braga v Benfica

27 February 2013
19:45

Braga	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Benfica
	Report
	Penalties
Alan Custódio João Pedro Amorim	3–2	Rodrigo Luisão Pérez Roderick Gaitán

Estádio AXA, Braga
Attendance: 10,141
Referee: Marco Ferreira

Porto v Rio Ave

3 April 2013
16:45

Porto	4–0	Rio Ave
J. Rodríguez 57' (pen.) Fernando 72' Defour 83' Mangala 90+3'	Report

Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 12,509
Referee: Hugo Miguel

Final

Main article: 2013 Taça da Liga Final

Braga v Porto

13 April 2013
19:45

Braga	1–0	Porto
Alan 45+2' (pen)	Report

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
Attendance: 18,519
Referee: João Capela

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Games
1	Rabiola	Desportivo das Aves	5	4
2	Fabrício	Sporting Covilhã	5	5
	Josué	Paços de Ferreira	5	5
	Rafael Porcellis	Santa Clara	5	5
5	Lima	Benfica	3	3
6	Nabil Ghilas	Moreirense	3	5
6	Albert Meyong	Vitória de Setúbal	3	5
8	Brito	Gil Vicente	2	2
8	João Tomás	Rio Ave	2	2
10	Claudemir	Nacional	2	3
	Ricardo Pereira	Vitória de Guimarães	2	3
	Edinho	Académica	2	3
	Hélder Ferreira	Penafiel	2	3
	Joeano	Arouca	2	3
	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	Sporting CP	2	3
	Rúben Fernandes	Portimonense	2	3
	Rui Varela	Atlético CP	2	3
	Steven Vitória	Estoril	2	3
19	Rúben Ribeiro	Beira-Mar	2	4
19	João Moutinho	Porto	2	4

References

↑ "Braga vence Taça da Liga" [Braga wins League Cup]. LPFP. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
↑ "Taça da Liga – Sorteio 2012–2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). LPFP. November 2012 – February 2013. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
↑ "Grelha Taça da Liga 2012–2013 – Fase 1" (PDF) (in Portuguese). LPFP. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
↑ "Grelha Sorteio 2ª Fase Taça da Liga 2012–2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). LPFP. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
↑ "Grelha Taça da Liga 2012–2013 – Fase 3" (PDF) (in Portuguese). LPFP. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
↑ "Sorteio da 3ª Fase da Taça da Liga" [Draw for the third round of the League Cup]. LPFP (in Portuguese). 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
↑ "Taça da Liga: F.C. Porto-Benfica só é possível na final" [League Cup F.C. Porto-Benfica only possible in the final]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
↑ "Taça da Liga: Benfica no grupo D, FC Porto no A, Sporting no C" [League Cup: Benfica in group D, FC Porto in A, Sporting in C]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.

External links

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Official regulation (Portuguese)
Official statistics (Portuguese)

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