Taça da Liga

Portuguese League Cup
Portuguese League Cup 2008-09
Founded
2007
Nation
Portugal
Number of Teams
32
Main Competitions
Cup of Portugal Portuguese League Cup Portuguese Liga Portuguese SuperCup
Holders
Vitória F.C. (de Setúbal)
TV Partners
SportTV and SIC

"Carlsberg Cup" redirects here. For the Hong Kong tournament, see Lunar New Year Cup.

The Taça da Liga (English: League Cup), officially known as the Carlsberg Cup is competition organized by the Portuguese League for Professional Football started in the 2007/08 football season. It was proposed by Sporting Clube de Portugal and Boavista F.C. in 2006 and unanimously approved by all clubs from the Portuguese professional leagues in a meeting in Porto on 28 November, 2006. All teams of the two levels of professional football, Portuguese Liga and Liga de Honra, participate in this competition. The first winner and current holder is Vitória de Setúbal who defeated Sporting Clube de Portugal 3-2 on penalties.

Format

After the first edition, a change in the format was approved by the Portuguese League for Professional Football. The Cup will begin with a two-legged round between teams of Liga Vitalis (Liga de Honra – 2nd level). Winners will join the 7th-14th classified clubs from last season's BWINLiga (Portuguese Liga, 1st level) plus the 2 promoted to the BWINLiga last season. There will be 6 groups of 3 teams each, and every team will play 2 games, one home and the other away. The winner of the groups will join the top-6 teams of the previous season BWINLiga and there will be 3 groups of 4 teams, each team playing 3 games. The winners of the groups and the best second placed will meet in the semi-finals, in a single-leg game, the winners advancing to the final.

League Cup Finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Date	Venue
2007/08	Vitória F.C. (de Setúbal)	0 - 0 (3-2 pso)	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2008 March 22	Estádio do Algarve, Faro

Performance By Club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years and Runner-Up Years
Vitória F.C. (de Setúbal)	1	0	2008
Sporting Clube de Portugal	0	1	2008

Participating Clubs

	Team	City	Years	First season	Last season	Cups Won
1	Vitória de Setúbal	Setúbal	2	2008	2009	1
2	Académica de Coimbra	Coimbra	2	2008	2009
2	Beira-Mar	Aveiro	2	2008	2009
2	Belenenses	Lisbon	2	2008	2009
2	Benfica	Lisbon	2	2008	2009
2	Desportivo das Aves	Vila das Aves	2	2008	2009
2	Estoril	Estoril	2	2008	2009
2	Estrela da Amadora	Amadora	2	2008	2009
2	Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	2	2008	2009
2	Freamunde	Freamunde	2	2008	2009
2	Gil Vicente	Barcelos	2	2008	2009
2	Gondomar	Gondomar	2	2008	2009
2	Leiria	Leiria	2	2008	2009
2	Leixões	Matosinhos	2	2008	2009
2	Marítimo	Funchal	2	2008	2009
2	Nacional da Madeira	Funchal	2	2008	2009
2	Naval 1º de Maio	Figueira da Foz	2	2008	2009
2	Olhanense	Olhão	2	2008	2009
2	Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira	2	2008	2009
2	Portimonense	Portimão	2	2008	2009
2	Porto	Porto	2	2008	2009
2	Rio Ave	Vila do Conde	2	2008	2009
2	Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	2	2008	2009
2	Sporting CP	Lisbon	2	2008	2009
2	Sporting de Braga	Braga	2	2008	2009
2	Trofense	Trofa	2	2008	2009
2	Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	2	2008	2009
2	Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	2	2008	2009
2	Vizela	Vizela	2	2008	2009
30	Boavista	Porto	1	2008	2008
30	Fátima	Fátima	1	2008	2008
30	Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	1	2009	2009
30	Penafiel	Penafiel	1	2008	2008
30	Sporting da Covilhã	Covilhã	1	2009	2009