2001–02 Taça De Portugal
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

The 2001–02
Taça de Portugal The Taça de 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 Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
was the 62nd edition of the Portuguese
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
knockout tournament, organized by the
Portuguese Football Federation The Portuguese Football Federation ( , FPF) is the governing body of Association football, football in Portugal. The federation was formed in 1914 as Portuguese Football Union (, UPF) by the three existing regional associations of Lisbon Footbal ...
(FPF). The 2001–02 Taça de Portugal began on 2 September 2001. The final was played on 12 May 2002 at the
Estádio Nacional The Estádio Nacional ', also known as Jamor National Sports Centre (), is a football stadium. It is located in the civil parish of Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo, in the municipality of Oeiras, in the southwestern part of Lisb ...
.
Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...
were the previous holders, having defeated Marítimo 2–0 in the previous season's final. Defending champions Porto were eliminated in the quarter-finals by
Braga Braga (; ) is a cities of Portugal, city and a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality, capital of the northwestern Portugal, Portuguese Braga (district), district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality ...
.
Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,
defeated
Leixões The Port of Leixões (, ) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known simply as ''Leixões'', is Matosinh ...
, 1–0 in the final to win their thirteenth Taça de Portugal. As a result of Sporting CP winning both the league and cup in the same season, cup finalists Leixões would play the ''Leões'' in the 2002 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.


First round

For the first round draw, teams were drawn against each other in accordance to their geographical location. The draw was split up into four sections: teams from the north, the center, the south and the
Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atl ...
region. All first round cup ties were played on the 2 September. Ties which ended in a draw were replayed on the 12 September. Due to the odd number of teams at this stage of the competition, Guadalupe progressed to the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition. The first round of the cup saw teams from the
Terceira Divisão : The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa (in English: ''Portuguese Third Division'') was a football league in Portugal, situated at the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. The Third Division was initially the third level of the Por ...
(IV) start the competition alongside some teams who registered to participate in the cup from the Portuguese District Leagues (V).


North Zone


Central Zone


Replays


South Zone


Replays


Azores Zone


Second round

For the second round draw, teams were drawn against each other in accordance to their geographical location. The draw was split up into three sections: teams from the north, the center and the south. The draw for the second round was made on the 18 September, with the ties being played between the 6–7 October. Ties which ended in a draw were replayed on the 17 October.
Caçadores das Taipas The Caçadores (hunters) were the elite light infantry troops of the Portuguese Army, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Units of ''Caçadores'' – with features somewhat different from the original ones – continued to exist in the P ...
' tie against
Marco Marco may refer to: People Given name * Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor Surname * Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin * Jindřich Marco (1921–2000), Czechoslovak photographer and numismat ...
was played at a later date due to a scheduling conflict. Due to the odd number of teams at this stage of the competition,
Imortal ''Imortal'' () is a Philippine television drama horror-fantasy series broadcast by ABS-CBN. The series is sequel to '' Lobo''. Directed by Chito S. Roño, Jerry Lopez-Sineneng, Trina N. Dayrit and Richard V. Somes, it stars John Lloyd Cruz and ...
progressed to the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition. The second round saw teams from the
Portuguese Second Division Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...
(III) enter the competition.


North Zone


Replays


Central Zone


Replays


South Zone


Third round

The draw for the third round was made on the 16 October, with the ties being played between the 31 October and the 11 November. Ties which ended in a draw were replayed on the 7–11 November. The third round saw teams from the
Liga de Honra The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier ...
(II) enter the competition.


Fourth round

Ties were played on the 16–18 November. Ties which ended in a draw were replayed between the 28 November and the 5 December. Due to the odd number of teams at this stage of the competition,
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 * Sofia Vitória (bor ...
progressed to the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition. The fourth round saw teams from the
Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...
(I) enter the competition.


Fifth round

Ties were played on the 5–12 December. Ties which ended in a draw were replayed on the 18–19 December.


Sixth round

Ties were played between the 28–29 December to the 9 January. Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition,
Leixões The Port of Leixões (, ) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known simply as ''Leixões'', is Matosinh ...
qualified for the quarter-finals due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.


Quarter-finals

All quarter-final ties were played on the 16–30 January.


Semi-finals

Ties were played on the 6–21 February.


Final


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2001-02 Taca de Portugal Taça de Portugal seasons Taca De Portugal, 2001-02 2001–02 European domestic association football cups