The 1995–96 Taça de Portugal was the 57th edition of the Portuguese
football
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knockout tournament organized by the
Portuguese Football Federation. The 1995–96
Taça de Portugal began in September 1995 and concluded with the
final at the
Estádio Nacional on 18 May 1996.
Sporting CP were the previous holders, having defeated
Marítimo 2–0 in the
previous season's final.
Benfica defeated Sporting 3–1 in the final to win their 23rd Taça de Portugal. As a result of them winning the domestic cup competition, Benfica faced
1995–96 Primeira Divisão
The 1995–96 Primeira Divisão was the 62nd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1995 with a match between União de Leiria and Marítimo, and ended on 12 May 1996. Starting from this season, Portugal implemente ...
winners
Porto in the
1996 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The 1996 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 18th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup ru ...
.
Sixth round
Ties were played on the 31 January, whilst replays were played between the 7–14 February. Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition,
Olhanense
Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve.
Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...
qualified for the quarter-finals due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.
Quarter-finals
Ties were played on the 25 February.
Semi-finals
Ties were played between the 10–24 April.
Final
References
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Taça de Portugal seasons
Taca De Portugal, 1995-96
1995–96 domestic association football cups