The 2021 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2020–21 Taça da Liga, the fourteenth season of the

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 ...

. It was played on 23 January 2021 at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa. The competition was contested exclusively by clubs competing in the two professional divisions of

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– the top-tier

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and the second-tier

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were the holders and two-time winners, they played the decisive match for the 4th time and second consecutive season, having beaten

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1–0 in the previous season's final. Meanwhile,

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,

played their fifth final in the competition, having last appeared in the 2019 final when they defeated Porto on penalties for their second title. Sporting CP won the final 1–0 over Braga for their third title, as result, became the second team (after Benfica) in the competition's history to win three Taças da Liga.

Background

Due to calendar limitations derived from the

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, this season followed a transitory format where only eight teams enter the competition. The final was also held behind closed doors due to the effects of the pandemic in Portugal. The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in

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was chosen as the competition's final-four venue until 2023.

Route to the final

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''

Match

Summary

Details

Notes

References

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