The 1940 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the

1939–40 Taça de Portugal The 1939–40 Taça de Portugal was the second season of the Taça de Portugal (English: ''Portuguese Cup''), the premier Portuguese football knockout competition, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Académica de Coimbra was th ...

, the 2nd season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese

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cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 7 July 1940 at the

Estádio do Lumiar Estádio do Lumiar was a multi-use stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. It was initially used as the stadium of Sporting Clube de Portugal matches. It was replaced by the Estádio José Alvalade in 1956. The capacity of the stadium was 35,000 spectato ...

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, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides:

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and Benfica. Benfica defeated Belenenses 3–1 to claim their first Taça de Portugal.

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