2009–10 Taça da Liga

2009–10 Taça da Liga
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	1 August 2009 – 21 March 2010
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (2nd title)
Runners-up	Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	104 (1.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlão (3)
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The 2009–10 Taça da Liga was the third edition of the Taça da Liga, also known as Carlsberg Cup for sponsorship reasons. The first matches were played on 1 August 2009. The final was played on 21 March 2009, with Benfica beating Porto 3–0 to win their second Taça da Liga.^[1] The final was played at the Estádio Algarve, Faro.

FormatEdit

The Cup begins with a two-legged round between teams from Liga de Honra (second level). Winners join the clubs classified 7th–14th from last season's Portuguese Liga (first level) plus two promoted to this season's Liga. There are six groups of three teams each, and every team play two games (once home and once away). Winners of the groups join the top six teams from the last season's Portuguese Liga and there will be three groups of four teams, each team playing three games. Winners of the groups and the best second-placed team compete in the one-legged semifinals, with the winners advancing to the final.

Participating clubsEdit

This is a list of clubs participating in the 2009–10 Portuguese League Cup:

Clubs starting from the First Round: Gil Vicente, Beira-Mar, Estoril, Desportivo das Aves, Varzim, Santa Clara, Portimonense, Freamunde, Feirense, Oliveirense, Covilhã, Trofense, Fátima, Chaves, Carregado, Penafiel
Clubs starting from the Second Round: Belenenses, Naval, Académica de Coimbra, Paços de Ferreira, Rio Ave, União de Leiria, Olhanense, Vitória de Guimarães, Vitória de Setúbal, Marítimo
Clubs starting from the Third Round: Porto, Sporting CP, Benfica, Nacional, Leixões, Braga

Boavista was first included in the draw, but the club was excluded from professional competitions on July 13, 2009 due to financial debts. Boavista was scheduled to play against Sporting da Covilhã. On the following day, Penafiel and Carregado were invited to the professional leagues and, after both accepting, they officially joined the league on July 28.

First roundEdit

The matches will be played on August 1 and 2 (first legs) and August 8 and 9, 2009 (second legs).

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Carregado	1–2	Covilhã	0–1	1–1
Desportivo das Aves	1–2	Estoril	1–1	0–1
Beira-Mar	5–4	Freamunde	5–1	0–3
Oliveirense	0–1	Gil Vicente	0–1	0–0
Fátima	2–1	Varzim	2–0	0–1
Chaves	3–3p	Santa Clara	1–0	(2)2–3(4)
Portimonense	1–1p	Feirense	1–1	(6)0–0(5)
Penafiel	2–2p	Trofense	2–0	(2)0–2(3)

Second roundEdit

Group AEdit

Team	Pld	D	Pts	ACA	POR	BEI
Académica de Coimbra^[a]	2	2	2			0–0
Portimonense (II)	2	2	2	0–0
Beira-Mar (II)	2	2	2		0–0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ The rules state that the team with the lowest age average of players used in the second round advances to the third round.^[2]

Group BEdit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	VTG	COV	VTS
Vitória de Guimarães	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6		2–0
Sporting da Covilhã (II)	2	1	1	2	2	0	3			2–0
Vitória de Setúbal	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0	1–2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group CEdit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	TRO	FAT	MAR
Trofense (II)	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4		3–1
Fátima (II)	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3			2–1
Marítimo	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1	1–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group DEdit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	EST	PFE	OLH
Estoril (II)	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4			2–0
Paços de Ferreira	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	0–0
Olhanense	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0		0–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group EEdit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	RIO	GVI	BEL
Rio Ave	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4			1–0
Gil Vicente (II)	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0–0
Belenenses	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1		1–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group FEdit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	LEI	NAV	SCL
Leiria	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4		1–1
Naval	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2			1–1
Santa Clara (II)	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1	1–2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Third roundEdit

Group AEdit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
Académica de Coimbra	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Leixões	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
Estoril	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Académica qualified as best runner-up of all groups.

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5 January 2010