Taça de Portugal 1940/41

Taça de Portugal 1940/41
Cup winners	Sporting Clube de Portugal (1st title)
final	June 22, 1941
Final stadium	Campo das Salésias
Teams	15th
Games	28
Gates	155  (ø 5.54 per game)
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The Taça de Portugal 1940/41 was the third edition of the Portuguese soccer cup competition . The competition was hosted by the Portuguese Football Association . The final took place on June 22, 1941 in Campo das Salésias . The Cup winner was the Sporting Clube de Portugal .

1 round

In this round all teams of the Primeira and Segunda Divisão , the two highest Portuguese leagues, started.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Académica de Coimbra	11: 4	Leça FC	2: 2	9: 2
Belenenses Lisbon	15: 1	Boavista Porto	7: 1	8-0
Benfica Lisbon	13: 0	SC Covilhã	5-0	8-0
FC Porto	8: 3	SC Olhanense	3: 1	5: 2
Sporting Lisbon	7: 2	FC Seixal	3: 1	4: 1
CF Unidos	14: 3	Operário de Lisboa	7: 1	7: 2
Vitória Guimarães	6: 1	FC Barreirense	0-0	6: 1

Quarter finals

In this round União Madeira also entered the competition as the winner of the Madeira Championship .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Belenenses Lisbon	7: 1	Académica de Coimbra	5: 1	2-0
FC Porto	4: 5	Benfica Lisbon	4: 3	0: 2
Sporting Lisbon	16: 2	Vitória Guimarães	12: 0	4: 2
CF Unidos	5-0	União Madeira	3-0	2-0

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Belenenses Lisbon	2: 2	Benfica Lisbon	0: 1	2: 1
Sporting Lisbon	11: 2	CF Unidos	8: 1	3: 1

Due to a tie, a playoff had to be played.

	Result
Belenenses Lisbon	3: 2	Benfica Lisbon

final

pairing	Sporting Lisbon - Belenenses Lisbon
Result	4: 1
date	June 22, 1941
Stadion	Lisbon , Campo das Salésias
Gates

credentials

• Results at www.fpf.pt , accessed on May 2, 2013 (Portuguese)
• Results on fussballzz.de , accessed on May 2, 2013