The 1996 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the
1995–96 Taça de Portugal
The 1995–96 Taça de Portugal was the 57th edition of the Portuguese Association football, football knockout tournament organized by the Portuguese Football Federation. The 1995–96 Taça de Portugal began in September 1995 and concluded with th ...
, the 56th season of the
Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese
football
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cup competition organized by the
Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 18 May 1996 at the
Estádio Nacional in
Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides
Benfica and
Sporting CP. Benfica defeated Sporting CP 3–1 to claim the Taça de Portugal for a twenty third time in their history.
In
Portugal
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, the final was televised live on
RTP. As a result of winning the Taça de Portugal, Benfica qualified for 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 ...
, where they 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
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.
Match
Details
See also
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Derby de Lisboa
References
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1996
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1995–96 in Portuguese football
S.L. Benfica matches
Sporting CP matches