The 2011–12 Taça da Liga was the fifth edition of the Portuguese Taça da Liga. The first matches were played on 31 July 2011. The final was played on 14 April 2012, with Benfica defeating Gil Vicente 2–1 to win their fourth consecutive Taça da Liga.

2011–12 Taça da Liga
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates31 July 2011 – 14 April 2012
Teams32
Final positions
ChampionsBenfica (4th title)
Runners-upGil Vicente
Tournament statistics
Matches played67
Goals scored160 (2.39 per match)
Top scorer(s) (4 goals each)

Format

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This seasons' format consists of 3 rounds, plus knockout stages. In the first round, only second division teams play. All 16 teams are allocated into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays 3 matches and top two of each group advances. In the second round, teams that qualified from previous round are joined by the two Liga Sagres promoted teams and also the 6 worst in the top league in the previous season. There will be two-legged fixtures in which the winners will advance. The third round is where the remaining top 8 teams from previous season first division enter the competition. Again, as in the first round, the 16 teams are divided into 4 groups and each team will play 3 matches. However this time, only group winners advance. Both semi-finals and finals are one-legged fixtures.

Participating clubs

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First round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEL PEN TRO LEI
1 Belenenses 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Advance to second round 3–1 5–3
2 Penafiel 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 0–0
3 Trofense 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2 1–1 1–1
4 Leixões 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCA NAV SCO ARO
1 Santa Clara 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Advance to second round 1–0 1–1
2 Naval 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 2–1 2–0
3 Sporting da Covilhã 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 0–1
4 Arouca 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1 0–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOR PRM FRM ATL
1 Moreirense 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Advance to second round 2–1
2 Portimonense 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 2–3 1–1
3 Freamunde 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 1–1 2–3
4 Atlético CP 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1 0–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST UDM AVE OLI
1 Estoril 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 Advance to second round 2–0 1–0
2 União da Madeira 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 3–2
3 Desportivo das Aves 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4 0–0
4 Oliveirense 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 2–1 0–1
Source: [citation needed]

Second round

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The 2011–12 Taça da Liga Second Round matches were played on 8, 9, 26 and 27 October 2011 for the first legs whilst the second legs took place on 9, 12 and 13 November 2011. The winners over the two legs progressed to the third round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
União da Madeira 2–5 Marítimo 2–3 0–2
Penafiel 2–1 Académica 1–1 1–0
Santa Clara 3–2 União de Leiria 3–1 0–1
Naval 3–4 Vitória de Setúbal 1–2 2–2
Moreirense 4–3 Beira-Mar 2–2 2–1
Portimonense 2–2 (5–4 p) Feirense 1–0 1–2
Estoril 4–3 Olhanense 4–3 0–0
Belenenses 2–3 Gil Vicente 2–1 0–2

First leg

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União da Madeira2–3Marítimo
Marreco   28', 61' Report
Attendance: 1,112
Referee: Rui Costa

Penafiel1–1Académica
Elízio   17' Report Adrien   90'
Attendance: 973
Referee: Carlos Xistra

Santa Clara3–1União de Leiria
Report Élvis   64'
Attendance: 489
Referee: Vasco Santos



Portimonense1–0Feirense
Felipe   71' Report
Attendance: 438
Referee: Marco Ferreira

Estoril4–3Olhanense
Report
Attendance: 251
Referee: Bruno Esteves

Belenenses2–1Gil Vicente
Report Guilherme   16'

Second leg

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Vitória de Setúbal2–2Naval
Report
Attendance: 577
Referee: João Capela

Vitória de Setúbal won 4-3 on aggregate.


Feirense2–1Portimonense
Report Pessoa   33'
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 68
Referee: Hugo Miguel

Feirense 2-2 Portimonense on aggregate. Portimonense won 5-4 on penalties.


Olhanense0–0Estoril
Report
Attendance: 440
Referee: João Ferreira

Estoril won 4-3 on aggregate.


Beira-Mar1–2Moreirense
Douglas   49' Report
Attendance: 683
Referee: Vasco Santos

Moreirense won 4-3 on aggregate.


Marítimo2–0União da Madeira
Report
Attendance: 1,832
Referee: Bruno Esteves

Marítimo won 5-2 on aggregate.


Gil Vicente2–0Belenenses
Report
Attendance: 3,964
Referee: Rui Costa

Gil Vicenre won 3-2 on aggregate.


União de Leiria1–0Santa Clara
Moraes   53' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 473
Referee: Cosme Cunha Machado

Santa Clara won 3-2 on aggregate.


Académica0–1Penafiel
Report Manoel   46'
Attendance: 524
Referee: Paulo Baptista

Penafiel won 2-1 on aggregate.

Third round

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The 2011–12 Taça da Liga Third Round group stage matches are to be played in January and February 2012. The eight winners of the two legged Second Round matches progressed to this round and are joined by the teams who finished in the top eight of the 2010–11 Primeira Liga. The sixteen teams will be seeded depending on their league position from the previous season. The sixteen teams involved in this round would be split into four groups from group A to D. The first round matches of the group stage took place on 21 December 2011 and 2–3 January 2012, the second-round games took place on 18 January and the third round matches took place on 2–3 February 2012.[1] The winners of each group would progress to the semi-final stage to be played on the 21 March 2012.

Participating teams

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Names in bold are the colloquial names of the clubs. Estoril, Gil Vicente, Marítimo, Moreirense, Penafiel, Portimonense, Santa Clara, Vitória de Setúbal all progressed from the second round to this phase. Benfica, Nacional, Paços de Ferreira, Porto, Rio Ave, Sporting CP, Braga and Vitória de Guimarães started their campaign at this stage.

Draw

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The draw for the third round took place on 23 November 2012 at 12:00 at the LPFP headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal.[2] The teams involved in this round were seeded according to their league position from either the 2010–11 Primeira Liga or the 2010–11 Liga de Honra depending in which division they played in last season.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Groups

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gil Vicente 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to knockout phase
2 Moreirense 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 Sporting CP 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4 Rio Ave 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
Gil Vicente2–1Moreirense
Luís Carlos   48', 77' Report Pintassilgo   54'
Attendance: 1,383
Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Rio Ave1–1Sporting CP
Tomás   16' Report Onyewu   87'
Attendance: 3,188
Referee: Cosme Machado

Rio Ave1–1Gil Vicente
Tomás   60' (pen.) Report Yero   70'

Sporting CP1–1Moreirense
Capel   28' Report Ghilas   34'
Attendance: 17,440
Referee: Marco Ferreira

Sporting CP0–1Gil Vicente
Report Cláudio   54' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,801
Referee: Bruno Esteves

Moreirense1–0Rio Ave
Pinto   79' Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Benfica 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance to knockout phase
2 Marítimo 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3 Santa Clara 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
4 Vitória de Guimarães 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Marítimo2–0Santa Clara
Diawara   5', 28' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 1,242
Referee: Jorge Ferreira

Vitória de Guimarães1–4Benfica
João Paulo   48' Report
Attendance: 7,237
Referee: Bruno Paixão

Vitória de Guimarães0–2Marítimo
Report

Benfica2–0Santa Clara
Report
Attendance: 14,453
Referee: Rui Silva

Santa Clara1–0Vitória de Guimarães
Moreira   62' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 809
Referee: Cosme Machado

Benfica3–0Marítimo
Report
Attendance: 19,594
Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Braga 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Advance to knockout phase
2 Nacional 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 Penafiel 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4 Portimonense 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
Portimonense0–1Penafiel
Report Coronas   52'
Attendance: 633
Referee: João Capela

Nacional1–2Braga
Candeias   65' Report
Attendance: 825
Referee: Hugo Miguel

Nacional0–0Portimonense
Report
Attendance: 225
Referee: Jorge Tavares

Braga2 – 0Penafiel
Report
Attendance: 3,624
Referee: Nuno Almeida

Braga1–0Portimonense
Viana   90+3' Report
Attendance: 4,468
Referee: Carlos Xistra

Penafiel1–2Nacional
Oliveira   36' Report

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Porto 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Advance to knockout phase
2 Paços de Ferreira 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3 Vitória de Setúbal 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4 Estoril 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Paços de Ferreira1–2Porto
William   16' Report
Attendance: 3,096
Referee: Rui Costa

Vitória de Setúbal3–1Estoril
Report Adilson   57'
Attendance: 966
Referee: Manuel Mota

Paços de Ferreira1–0Vitória de Setúbal
Manuel José   8' Report
Attendance: 444
Referee: Paulo Baptista

Porto1–0Estoril
Varela   65' Report
Attendance: 15,819
Referee: André Gralha

Porto2–0Vitória de Setúbal
Report
Attendance: 27,303
Referee: Vasco Santos

Estoril0–1Paços de Ferreira
Report Josué   50' (pen.)
Attendance: 444
Referee: Jorge Tavares

Knockout phase

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Semifinals Final
      
Gil Vicente 2(4)
Braga 2(2)
Gil Vicente 1
Benfica 2
Benfica 3
Porto 2

Semi-finals

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Benfica3–2Porto
Report
Attendance: 28,553
Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Gil Vicente2–2Braga
Report
Penalties
4–2
Attendance: 11,138
Referee: Hugo Miguel

Final

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Benfica2 − 1Gil Vicente
Report Zé Luís   78'

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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As of the 14 April 2012 23:19 (UTC)

Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1   Miguel Rosa Belenenses 4
  Baba Diawara Marítimo 4
  Rodrigo Benfica 4
4   Wágner Moreirense 3
  Ricardo Pessoa Portimonense 3
  Pintassilgo Moreirense 3
  Luís Carlos Gil Vicente 3
  Hugo Viana Braga 3
  Óscar Cardozo Benfica 3

References

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  1. ^ "BWIN CUP - 2011/2012 - 3.ª FASE" [2011-12 - Bwin Cup - Third Round] (in Portuguese). 27 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Sorteio da terceira fase da bwin cup" [Draw for the third round of the Bwin Cup] (in Portuguese). 22 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Sorteio da 3.ª fase" [Third Round Draw] (in Portuguese). 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Melhor marcador - bwin cup 2011-2012" [Top Goalscorer - bwin cup 2011-2012] (in Portuguese). 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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