The 1980 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1979–80 Taça de Portugal, the 40th season of the

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 sea ...

, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the

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(FPF). The match was played on 7 June 1980 at the

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in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Benfica and

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. Benfica defeated Porto 1–0 to claim the Taça de Portugal for a sixteenth time. In

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, the final was televised live on RTP. As a result of Benfica winning the Taça de Portugal, the ''Águias'' qualified for the 1980 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira where they took on

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winners

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