1939–40 Taça de Portugal

Football tournament season

1939–40 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	Benfica
Runner-up	Belenenses
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
← 1938–39 1940–41 →

The 1939–40 Taça de Portugal was the second season of the Taça de Portugal (English: Portuguese Cup), the premier Portuguese football knockout competition, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Académica de Coimbra was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Boavista. The final was played on 7 July 1940 between S.L. Benfica and Belenenses.

Participating teams

Primeira Divisão

(10 Teams)

Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol
Académico Futebol Clube "do Porto"
Futebol Clube Barreirense
Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Carcavelinhos Football Club
Leixões Sport Club
Futebol Clube do Porto
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Vitória Futebol Clube "de Setúbal"

Segunda Divisão

(4 Teams)

Casa Pia Atlético Clube
Boavista Futebol Clube
Sporting Clube Farense
Sporting Clube da Covilhã

Madeira Championship

(1 Team)

Clube Sport Marítimo

First round

In this round entered the teams from Primeira Divisão (1st level) and Segunda Divisão (2nd level).

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belenenses (1D)	13–0	Sporting da Covilhã (2D)	7–0	6–0
Benfica (1D)	11–1	Casa Pia (2D)	9–0	2–1
Boavista (2D)	6–5	Académica de Coimbra (1D)	1–5	5–0
Barreirense (1D)	4–1	Académico do Porto (1D)	1–0	3–1
Carcavelinhos (1D)	6–5	Vitória de Setúbal (1D)	1–5	5–0
Porto (1D)	22–4	Leixões (2D)	12–1	10–3
Sporting CP (1D)	15–0	Farense (2D)	6–0	9–0

Quarterfinals

In this round entered the winner from Madeira Championship and the winners of the previous round.

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belenenses (1D)	5–4	Sporting CP (2D)	4–1	1–3
Benfica (1D)	8–2	Carcavelinhos (1D)	6–1	2–1
Barreirense (1D)	8–2	Marítimo (MC)	3–2	5–0
Porto (1D)	13–0	Boavista (2D)	7–0	6–0

Semifinals

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belenenses (1D)	5–5	Porto (1D)	1–1	4–4
Benfica (1D)	7–3	Barreirense (1D)	5–2	2–1

Semifinal play-off

Belenenses	2–0	Porto

Final

7 July 1940

Benfica	3–1	Belenenses

Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon

References

External links

Official webpage (in Portuguese)
1939–40 Taça de Portugal at zerozero.pt (in Portuguese)

Taça de Portugal

Campeonato de Portugal era, 1922–1938
Seasons	1922 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38
Finals	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938

Taça de Portugal era, 1938–present
Seasons	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
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Winning managers

v t e 1939–40 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)

v t e 1939–40 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Austria Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Estonia Finland '39 '40 Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '39 '40 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Slovakia Soviet Union '39 '40 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '39 '40, Football Championship '40) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Bulgaria '39 '40 Cyprus Estonia France Germany '39 '40 Greece Hungary Italy Latvia '39 Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '39 '40 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Spain '39 '40 Switzerland
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '39 '40