The 2020 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 2019–20 Taça de Portugal, which decided the winner of the 80th season of the

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. It was played at the

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (') is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. This stadium belongs to the Municipality of Coimbra and is mainly used by the Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F., Académica de Coimbra's soccer, football team. The s ...

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, between Benfica and

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. It was the 37th final for Benfica in the competition's history after they won the 2017 final, while Porto returned a year later to dispute its 31st final of the Portuguese Cup, after they lost the 2019 final to

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,

. The defending champions were Sporting CP, however, they were knocked out in the

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by third-tier side Alverca. The final was originally scheduled to take place on 24 May 2020 at the

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venue in Oeiras. However, on 12 March, the

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(FPF) announced that it would be postponed due to the

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, following the recommendations of the government. On 28 April, the Portuguese Prime Minister

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reunited with the presidents of the " Big Three" clubs in Portugal (Benfica, Sporting CP, and Porto), the president of the Portuguese Football Federation, and the president of the

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, to discuss the conditions of the return of football competitions in Portugal. Two days later, with the consent of the Ministry of Health, Costa approved the return of the final, with the match being played behind closed doors. On 2 July, it was announced that the final would be played on 1 August at the

, behind closed doors. The match marked the fifth time the final was played outside of the Estadio Nacional which traditionally held the occasion every year since the 1983 final was played at Porto's former ground, the

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. The match also became the fourth final played at Coimbra after the city had hosted it last time 83 years ago at the Campo do Arnado.

Route to the final

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Route to the final

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