The 2014 Taça da Liga Final was the final match of the
2013–14 Taça da Liga
The 2013–14 Taça da Liga was the seventh edition of the Taça da Liga, a Portuguese football knockout competition organized by the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP). It was contested by the 33 clubs competing in the 2013–14 Pr ...
, the seventh season 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 ...
.
Benfica defeated
Rio Ave
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2–0 to win a record fifth title in the competition.
Route to the final
''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''
Rio Ave
As a
Primeira Liga
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team, Rio Ave entered the
2013–14 Taça da Liga
The 2013–14 Taça da Liga was the seventh edition of the Taça da Liga, a Portuguese football knockout competition organized by the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP). It was contested by the 33 clubs competing in the 2013–14 Pr ...
in the
third round
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. The third round consisted of three group stage matches with the group winner progressing to the semi-finals. Rio Ave were drawn in
group A
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, alongside Primeira Liga sides
Paços de Ferreira
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Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...
,
Vitória de Setúbal
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and
Segunda Liga's
Sporting da Covilhã
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. The ''Vilacondenses'' opening match was a home tie against fellow first division side Paços de Ferreira. Rio Ave defeated their opponents comfortably with goals in either half from Egyptian striker
Ahmed Hassan and winger
Ukra
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. Rio Ave's second group stage match saw the visit of Vitória de Setúbal to the
Estádio dos Arcos
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Since November 2020 it's only able to hold ...
. After trailing to a first half goal from Setúbal's
Nélson Pedroso
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Club career
Pedroso was born in Guimarães. He started playing at the professional level at the age of 23, appe ...
, Rio Ave's manager
Nuno Espírito Santo
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brought on three attacking minded players in the second half in order to salvage a point for the home side. Nuno's substitutions paid off, as six minutes from the end
Joeano
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Club career
Born in Fortaleza, Ceará, Joeano moved to Portugal, where he would remain for the majority ...
's free kick curled into the top corner and beat Vitória's
Paweł Kieszek
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After starting out at Polonia Warsaw he went on to spend most of his professional career in Portugal, signing in 2007 with Bra ...
to postpone the decision of who would progress to the semi-finals for the last group stage match. For their final group stage match, Rio Ave played away to Sporting da Covilhã. In a must win match, Rio Ave defeated the Segunda Liga side 3–1 thanks to goals from
Bruno Braga
Bruno Manuel Araújo Braga (born 17 June 1983) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.C. Salgueiros as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Massarelos, Porto District, Braga began his career with hometown's S.C. Salgueiros, being ...
,
Pedro Santos and Ukra to qualify for a second consecutive League Cup semi-final.
In the semi-finals, Rio Ave played host to group C winners
Braga
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. In an evenly contested match, Rio Ave took the lead on 40 minutes through Ahmed Hassan, who converted from the penalty spot. The penalty came about after a long ball found an on-rushing Bruno Braga who was fouled by Braga's
Aderlan Santos. As Aderlan Santos was the last man of Braga's defense, match official
Olegário Benquerença had no other option but to send off the Brazilian and reduce Braga to ten men. Replays showed that Santos did not make any contact with Braga, and that the foul occurred outside the penalty area. On the verge of half time, Braga equalized through
Custódio, after
Raul Rusescu
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Club career CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea
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's free kick was saved by Rio Ave's Ederson and Custódio was quickest to react to level the encounter at 1–1. Rio Ave would regain the lead on 69 minutes. A right wing cross from Ukra saw Braga fail to clear the ball on two occasions, which found Bruno Braga on the edge of the box and saw the midfielder strike a volley into
Eduardo
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's right hand top corner to make it 2–1 to the home side. Despite Braga's late pressure, Rio Ave would hold on to reach the final of the Taça da Liga for the first time in their history.
Pre-match
Venue
On 20 January, the
Portuguese League for Professional Football
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(LPFP), announced that three venues — the
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
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The stadium was rebuilt, expanded, and modernized to host some UEF ...
in
Coimbra
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The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Bra ...
, the
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in
Leiria
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and the
Estádio Municipal de Braga
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in
Braga
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— made applications to the LPFP to show their intention of hosting the final of the Taça da Liga. On 24 February, the LPFP announced that the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria would host the final for the first time.
The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa was the home stadium of
União de Leiria
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between 2003 and 2011 and occasionally hosts
Portugal national team matches. It has a seating capacity for 23,888 spectators.
Between 2002 and 2003, the stadium underwent renovation works as it was selected by the
Portuguese Football Federation
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as one of the host venues for the
UEFA Euro 2004
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. The stadium played host to two group stage matches, when both
France
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and
Switzerland
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played against
Croatia
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