The 2011–12 Taça da Liga was the fifth edition of the Portuguese

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 ...

. The first matches were played on 31 July 2011. The final was played on 14 April 2012, with Benfica defeating Gil Vicente 2–1 to win their fourth consecutive Taça da Liga.

Format

This seasons' format consists of 3 rounds, plus knockout stages. In the first round, only

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teams play. All 16 teams are allocated into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays 3 matches and top two of each group advances. In the second round, teams that qualified from previous round are joined by the two

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promoted teams and also the 6 worst in the top league in the previous season. There will be two-legged fixtures in which the winners will advance. The third round is where the remaining top 8 teams from previous season first division enter the competition. Again, as in the first round, the 16 teams are divided into 4 groups and each team will play 3 matches. However this time, only group winners advance. Both semi-finals and finals are one-legged fixtures.

Participating clubs

* Clubs starting from the first round: Arouca,

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, Covilhã, Desportivo das Aves, Estoril,

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, Penafiel, Portimonense, Santa Clara,

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* Clubs starting from the second round: Académica,

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, Gil Vicente, Marítimo,

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* Clubs starting from the third round: Benfica, Braga,

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, Sporting CP, Vitória de Guimarães

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

The 2011–12 Taça da Liga Second Round matches were played on 8, 9, 26 and 27 October 2011 for the first legs whilst the second legs took place on 9, 12 and 13 November 2011. The winners over the two legs progressed to the third round.

First leg

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Second leg

''Vitória de Setúbal won 4-3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Feirense 2-2 Portimonense on aggregate. Portimonense won 5-4 on penalties.'' ---- ''Estoril won 4-3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Moreirense won 4-3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Marítimo won 5-2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Gil Vicenre won 3-2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Santa Clara won 3-2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Penafiel won 2-1 on aggregate.''

Third round

The 2011–12 Taça da Liga Third Round group stage matches are to be played in January and February 2012. The eight winners of the two legged Second Round matches progressed to this round and are joined by the teams who finished in the top eight of the 2010–11 Primeira Liga. The sixteen teams will be seeded depending on their league position from the previous season. The sixteen teams involved in this round would be split into four groups from group A to D. The first round matches of the group stage took place on 21 December 2011 and 2–3 January 2012, the second-round games took place on 18 January and the third round matches took place on 2–3 February 2012. The winners of each group would progress to the semi-final stage to be played on the 21 March 2012.

Participating teams

Names in bold are the colloquial names of the clubs. Estoril, Gil Vicente, Marítimo,

, Penafiel, Portimonense, Santa Clara,

all progressed from the

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to this phase. Benfica,

, Sporting CP, Braga and Vitória de Guimarães started their campaign at this stage. * Sport Lisboa e Benfica * Grupo Desportivo Estoril-Praia * Gil Vicente Futebol Clube * Club Sport Marítimo * Moreirense Futebol Clube * Clube Desportivo Nacional "da Madeira" * Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira * Futebol Clube de Penafiel * Portimonense Sporting Clube * Futebol Clube do Porto * Rio Ave Futebol Clube * Clube Desportivo Santa Clara * Sporting Clube de Portugal * Sporting Clube de Braga * Vitória Sport Clube "de Guimarães" * Vitória Futebol Clube "de Setúbal"

Draw

The draw for the third round took place on 23 November 2012 at 12:00 at the

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headquarters in

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. The teams involved in this round were seeded according to their league position from either the

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or the

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depending in which division they played in last season.

Groups

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout phase

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

''As of the 14 April 2012 23:19 (UTC)''

References

External links

Official webpage

Official regulation

Official statistics
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