The 2007–08 Taça da Liga was the first edition of the
Taça da Liga
The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual football club competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the Primeira Liga and LigaPro, the top two tier ...
, also known as
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Cup for sponsorship reasons.
For the first round (4 and 5 August), only teams competing in the
Liga de Honra
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participated. In the second round (12 August),
Primeira Liga
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teams entered.
The competition was won by
Vitória de Setúbal
Vitoria or Vitória may refer to :
People
* Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian
* Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer
* Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer
* Steven Vitória (b ...
, who defeated
Sporting CP
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3–2 in the
penalty shootout
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after a goalless draw at the
Estádio Algarve
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,
Faro.
First round
Drawing
Teams had been distributed by two pots, being based on the position of the previous championship.
* Pot A (away):
**
Beira-Mar
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and
Desportivo das Aves, who were relegated from the top division;
** 3rd to 8th position of the
2006–07 Liga de Honra
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.
* Pot B (home):
** 9th to 14th position of the
2006–07 Liga de Honra
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Promoted and relegated teams
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;
**
Fátima and
Freamunde
Freamunde is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Paços de Ferreira. The population in 2011 was 7,789,[Portuguese Liga
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teams and the other with the first round winners, who played at home.
* Pot C (home):
** winners teams of first round;
* Pot D (visitors):
** 9th to 14th placed teams of the
2006–07 Primeira Liga
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, and the 1st and 2nd placed teams of the
2006–07 Liga de Honra
The 2006–07 Liga de Honra season was the 17th season of the competition and the 73rd season of recognised second-tier football in Portugal.
Promoted and relegated teams
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(
Leixões
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Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city i ...
and
Vitória de Guimarães
Vitoria or Vitória may refer to :
People
* Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian
* Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer
* Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer
* Steven Vitória ...
) ;
(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League
Games
(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League
Games results in detail
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Third round
Drawing
Teams were divided in two pots, one with the higher ranked Portuguese Liga teams and the other with the second round winners, who played at home.
*Pot E (home):
**winners teams of Second round;
*Pot F (visitors):
**1st to 8th placed teams of the 2006–07 Primeira Liga
Games
(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League
Games results in details
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Fourth round
The winning teams of the
third round
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* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
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* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
* Hig ...
will be in only one pot and will play in two legs.
LH – Liga de Honra
PL – Primeira Liga
Games
(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League
First leg
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Second leg
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Fifth round
The four winners from the
fourth round
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will play in a group stage with a
single round-robin format. The teams that finish first and second in the group will advance to play each other in the final.
Games results in detail
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Final
Coin toss determined Vitória to be the first on the penalty shootout series.
Except for Jorginho's shot at his right post (inner side), all other shots were saved by the goalkeepers.
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External links
Official website - Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional
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2007-08
2007–08 European domestic association football cups
Taca da Liga