The 2013–14 Taça de Portugal was the 74th season of the
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 ...
, the premier Portuguese
football
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knockout
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cup competition organised by the
Portuguese Football Federation
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(FPF). It was contested by 156 teams from the top four tiers of Portuguese football. The competition began with the first-round matches in September 2013 and concluded with the final 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 ...
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 ...
side Vitória de Guimarães who entered the 2013–14 competition in the third round, together with the Primeira Liga teams, advancing as far as the next round, where they lost 2–0 to
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 ...
.
In the final, Benfica defeated Rio Ave 1–0, courtesy of a first-half goal by Nicolás Gaitán, and won the competition for a record 25th time. In doing so, they also established a new Portuguese record of doubles (10) and became the first club to win the domestic treble of
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 ...
, Taça de Portugal and
Taça da Liga
The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual club football competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two tiers of Portuguese football – the ...
.
As the winners of the Taça de Portugal, Benfica earned the right to play in the
2014–15 UEFA Europa League
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The 2015 UEFA Eur ...
group stage
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
. However, since they had already qualified for the
2014–15 UEFA Champions League
The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League was the 60th season of Europe's premier club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 23rd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions Lea ...
as the
2013–14 Primeira Liga
The 2013–14 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 18 August 2013 and concluded on 11 May ...
winners, Rio Ave took their place as the cup runners-up. As they did not win the Taça de Portugal, Rio Ave had to enter the competition in the
third qualifying round
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
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.
In addition, Benfica qualified for the 2014 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, where they faced again Rio Ave, as a result of having won both league and cup titles.
Format
As in the previous season, the competition format was organized in a knockout system consisting of seven rounds preceding the final match. The 79 teams competing in the newly formed
Campeonato Nacional de Seniores
The Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese for "Championship of Portugal") is the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. Together with the third-tier Liga 3, it is organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).
The Campeona ...
(third tier), the 26 best relegated teams from the 2012–13 Third Division (extinct fourth tier) and the 18 champions of the
District
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cups will enter the first round, with 35 of those teams receiving a bye. In the second round, Segunda Liga teams will join the first-round winners and the remaining teams that received a bye in the previous round. The second-round winners will advance to the third round, where they will meet the top tier
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 ...
teams for the first time.
Unlike the previous rounds, which are contested as one-legged fixtures, the semi-finals were played over two legs in a home-and-away basis. The final will be played at a neutral venue, 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 ...
Lisbon
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.
First round
A total of 123 teams from the Campeonato Nacional (CN) and District Leagues (D) entered this round. The draw was held on 29 July 2013 and determined the 88 teams contesting this round and the remaining 35 teams receiving a bye. Matches were played on 1 September 2013.
;Teams receiving a first-round bye:
*
Alba
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Cinfães
Cinfães () is a village and a municipality in the northern district of Viseu, Portugal. The village proper has about 3,300 inhabitants. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 20,427,Cova da Piedade (CN)
* Desportivo de Ronfe (D)
* Eirense (D)
* Esperança de Lagos (CN)
*
Fafe
Fafe (), officially the City of Fafe (), is a city and municipality in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. The population in 2021 was 48,502, in an area of approximately . The city itself had a population of 15,703 in 2011. The present ma ...
Loures
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Mirandela
Mirandela (), officially the City of Mirandela (), is a city and a municipality in northeastern Portugal. The city itself is contained by the Mirandela parish, which had a population of 11,397. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 21,38 ...
Pedras Rubras
Pedras Rubras (Portuguese for ''Reddish stones'') is a Portugal, Portuguese locality and suburb in the Moreira (Maia), Moreira parish, in the Maia Municipality of the Grande Porto Subregion, Greater Porto subregion. The Porto Airport (OPO) (Sá Car ...
Oliveira do Bairro
Oliveira do Bairro () is a town and a municipality in the district of Aveiro in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,729, in an area of 335.27 km2. It had 16,994 eligible voters in 2006. The town itself had a population of 3,077 in 2001.
...
Santiago
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(D) 0 – 1
Estarreja
Estarreja (, ) is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 26,997, in an area of 108.17 km2. It had 22,746 eligible voters in 2006. The only city in the municipality is Estarreja, which is in the urban parish of Beduido. The ci ...
Castro Daire
Castro Daire () is a List of Portuguese municipalities, municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,339, in an area of 379.04 km2.
The present mayor is Paulo Almeida , elected by a coalition CDS-PP, PSD. The muni ...
Torres Novas
Torres Novas () is a Portugal, Portuguese Concelho, municipality in the district of Santarém (district), Santarém, in the Médio Tejo Subregion, Médio Tejo of the Oeste e Vale do Tejo region. The population of the municipality was approximately ...
AD Nogueirense
Associação Desportiva Nogueirense is a Portuguese sports club from Nogueira do Cravo, Oliveira do Hospital
Oliveira do Hospital () is a municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal. The population in ...
Vila Flor
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Vizela
Vizela () is a municipality in the Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 23,736, in an area of 24.70 km².
The present mayor is Vitor Hugo Salgado, elected as an independent. The municipal holiday is March 19.
History
In Au ...
Lusitânia Lourosa Viriato may refer to:
* Lusitânia, Portuguese name of Lusitania, an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal and part of western Spain lie.
* Lusitânia, proper name of star HD 45652
HD 45652 is a star with an exoplan ...
(CN)
*
AD Oliveirense
Associação Desportiva Oliveirense is a Portuguese sports club from Santa Maria de Oliveira, Vila Nova de Famalicão.
The men's football team played several years on the third tier, and was supposed to contest the 2020–21 Campeonato de Por ...
Ansião
Ansião () is a municipality in Leiria District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 13,128,Amarante (CN) 1 – 3 Freamunde (CN)
* Aljustrelense (D) 2 – 2 (3–0 p)
Casa Pia
The Casa Pia is a Portuguese institution founded by Maria I, known as ''A Pia'' ("Mary the Pious"), and organized by Police Intendant Pina Manique in 1780, following the social disarray of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. For almost three centurie ...
São João de Ver
São João de Ver is a Portugal, Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira Municipality, Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 10,579, in an area of 15.37 km2.
Landmarks
*Casa da Torre or Quinta da Tor ...
Perafita
Perafita () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Lluçanès in Catalonia, Spain.
In 2015, the municipality voted to join a proposed new comarca of Lluçanès, but the plan was put on hold due to insufficient support. Formerly part of Osona, i ...
Naval
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Lousada
Lousada () is a town and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,387, in an area of 96.08 km².
It includes the site of Ancient Magnetum (Portuguese Magneto), in the civil parish Meinedo, which ...
Oriental
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In English, it is largely a meto ...
Oliveira do Hospital
Oliveira do Hospital () is a municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,855, in an area of 234.52 km².
History
Inhabited by ancient civilizations, Oliveira do Hospita ...
Manteigas
Manteigas () is a town and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,430, in an area of .
The municipality is located in Guarda District; in Centro Region and Beira Interior Norte Subregion. It is located in the Serra da Estrela Mou ...
(CN)
Second round
Seventeen teams from the Segunda Liga (II) joined the 44 first-round winners and the 35 teams given a bye into the second round. The draw was made on 9 September 2013 and matches were played on 21 and 22 September.
;Fixtures:
*
Fafe
Fafe (), officially the City of Fafe (), is a city and municipality in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. The population in 2021 was 48,502, in an area of approximately . The city itself had a population of 15,703 in 2011. The present ma ...
(CN) 2 – 1
Perafita
Perafita () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Lluçanès in Catalonia, Spain.
In 2015, the municipality voted to join a proposed new comarca of Lluçanès, but the plan was put on hold due to insufficient support. Formerly part of Osona, i ...
Lusitânia Lourosa Viriato may refer to:
* Lusitânia, Portuguese name of Lusitania, an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal and part of western Spain lie.
* Lusitânia, proper name of star HD 45652
HD 45652 is a star with an exoplan ...
União da Madeira União is the Portuguese word for Union. It may refer to:
*the Brazilian federal government
*União do Vegetal, a church known for its usage of Hoasca as tea
* Brazilian frigate ''União'' (F45), a general-purpose ''Niterói'' class frigate launc ...
São João de Ver
São João de Ver is a Portugal, Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira Municipality, Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 10,579, in an area of 15.37 km2.
Landmarks
*Casa da Torre or Quinta da Tor ...
AD Nogueirense
Associação Desportiva Nogueirense is a Portuguese sports club from Nogueira do Cravo, Oliveira do Hospital
Oliveira do Hospital () is a municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal. The population in ...
(CN)
*
Beira-Mar
Sport Clube Beira-Mar (), commonly known as Beira-Mar, is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its Association football, football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth natio ...
Pedras Rubras
Pedras Rubras (Portuguese for ''Reddish stones'') is a Portugal, Portuguese locality and suburb in the Moreira (Maia), Moreira parish, in the Maia Municipality of the Grande Porto Subregion, Greater Porto subregion. The Porto Airport (OPO) (Sá Car ...
Estarreja
Estarreja (, ) is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 26,997, in an area of 108.17 km2. It had 22,746 eligible voters in 2006. The only city in the municipality is Estarreja, which is in the urban parish of Beduido. The ci ...
(CN) 1 – 5
Cinfães
Cinfães () is a village and a municipality in the northern district of Viseu, Portugal. The village proper has about 3,300 inhabitants. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 20,427,Pinhalnovense (CN) 0 – 1 Santa Clara (II)
* Santa Maria (CN) 4 – 1 Cesarense (CN)
* Atlético CP (II) 0 – 0 (1–0 p)
Mirandela
Mirandela (), officially the City of Mirandela (), is a city and a municipality in northeastern Portugal. The city itself is contained by the Mirandela parish, which had a population of 11,397. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 21,38 ...
(CN)
*
Alba
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Loures
Loures () is a city and a municipality in Portugal which is part of the Lisbon District, District and Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Metropolitan area of Lisbon. It is the fifth most populous municipality in the country, with a total population of 201, ...
Tondela
Tondela () is a concelho, municipality in the Centro, Portugal, central Portugal, Portuguese subregion of Dão-Lafões. The population in 2011 was 28,946, in an area of 371.22 km2.
History
Local writer and intellectual Amadeu Ferraz de Carv ...
(II) 5 – 1
Torres Novas
Torres Novas () is a Portugal, Portuguese Concelho, municipality in the district of Santarém (district), Santarém, in the Médio Tejo Subregion, Médio Tejo of the Oeste e Vale do Tejo region. The population of the municipality was approximately ...
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 ...
AD Oliveirense
Associação Desportiva Oliveirense is a Portuguese sports club from Santa Maria de Oliveira, Vila Nova de Famalicão.
The men's football team played several years on the third tier, and was supposed to contest the 2020–21 Campeonato de Por ...
(CN) 1 – 0
Vizela
Vizela () is a municipality in the Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 23,736, in an area of 24.70 km².
The present mayor is Vitor Hugo Salgado, elected as an independent. The municipal holiday is March 19.
History
In Au ...
Oriental
The Orient is a term referring to the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of the term ''Occident'', which refers to the Western world.
In English, it is largely a meto ...
Primeira Liga
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(I) joined the 48-second-round winners in the third round. The draw was held on 30 September 2013 and matches were played on 19 and 20 October 2013.
;Fixtures:
Fourth round
The draw for the fourth round took place on 24 October 2013 and matches were played on 16, 17 and 24 November and 4 December 2013.
;Fixtures:
Fifth round
The draw for the fifth round took place on 22 November 2013 and matches were played on 4 and 5 January 2014.
;Fixtures:
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 9 January 2014, and matches were played on 5 and 6 February 2014.
;Fixtures:
Semi-finals
The semi-final pairings were determined on 9 January 2014, following the draw for the quarter-finals. This round was played over two legs, with the first leg played on 26 March and the second leg played on 16 April 2014.