The 2008 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2007–08 Taça de Portugal, the 68th 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 seaso ...

, the premier Portuguese

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cup competition organized by the

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(FPF). The match was played on 18 May 2008 at the

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in Oeiras, and opposed two

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sides:

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and

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. Sporting CP defeated Porto 2–0, thanks to two extra-time goals from Brazilian striker

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which would give Sporting CP their fifteenth Taça de Portugal. In

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, the final was televised live in HD on

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and Sport TV. As Sporting CP claimed their fifteenth Taça de Portugal, they qualified for the

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, where they took on the winners of the

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at the

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