1940–41 Taça de Portugal

Football tournament season

1940–41 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	Sporting Clube de Portugal
Runner-up	Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
← 1939–40 1941–42 →

The 1940–41 Taça de Portugal was the third season of the Taça de Portugal (English: Portuguese Cup), the premier Portuguese football knockout competition, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Benfica was the defending champion but lost in the semi-finals to Belenenses. The final was played on 22 June 1941 between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses.

Participating teams

Primeira Divisão

(8 Teams)

Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol
Futebol Clube Barreirense
Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Boavista Futebol Clube
Futebol Clube do Porto
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Clube de Futebol Os Unidos "de Lisboa"

Segunda Divisão

(6 Teams)

Leça Futebol Clube
Sporting Clube Olhanense
Operário Futebol Clube de Lisboa
Seixal Futebol Clube
Sporting Clube da Covilhã
Vitória Sport Clube "de Guimarães"

Madeira Championship

(1 Team)

Clube de Futebol União "da Madeira"

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
Académica de Coimbra (1D)	11–4	Leça (2D)	2–2	9–2
Belenenses (1D)	15–1	Boavista (1D)	7–1	8–0
Benfica (1D)	13–0	Sporting da Covilhã (2D)	5–0	8–0
Porto (1D)	8–3	Olhanense (2D)	3–1	5–2
Sporting CP (1D)	7–2	Seixal (2D)	3–1	4–1
Unidos de Lisboa (1D)	14–3	Operário de Lisboa (2D)	7–1	7–2
Vitória de Guimarães (2D)	6–1	Barreirense (1D)	0–0	6–1

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)	7–1	Académica de Coimbra (2D)	5–1	2–0
Porto (1D)	4–5	Benfica (1D)	4–3	0–2
Sporting CP (1D)	16–2	Vitória de Guimarães (2D)	12–0	4–2
Unidos de Lisboa (1D)	5–0	União da Madeira (MC)	3–0	2–0

Semifinals

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belenenses (1D)	2–2	Benfica (1D)	0–1	2–1
Sporting CP (1D)	11–2	Unidos de Lisboa (1D)	8–1	3–1

Semifinal play-off

Belenenses	3 – 2	Benfica

Final

22 June 1941

Sporting CP	4 – 1	Belenenses

Campo das Salésias, Lisbon

References

External links

Official webpage (in Portuguese)
1940–41 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 1940–41 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)

v t e 1940–41 in European football
« 1939–40 1941–42 »
Domestic leagues	Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Denmark Finland '40 '41 Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '40 '41 Italy Latvia Netherlands Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Soviet Union '40 '41 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '40 '41, Football Championship '40 '41)
Domestic cups	Bulgaria '40 '41 Cyprus France Germany '40 '41 Greece Hungary Italy Malta Northern Ireland Norway '40 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Spain '40 '41 Switzerland Sweden '41