1963–64 Taça de Portugal

Football tournament season

1963–64 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Dates	22 September 1963 to 5 July 1964
Defending champions	Sporting
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (12th title)
Runner-up	Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played	86
Goals scored	346 (4.02 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Eusébio (14 goals)
← 1962–63 1964–65 →

The 1963–64 Taça de Portugal was the 24th edition of the Taça de Portugal, a Portuguese football knockout tournament organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 1963–64 Taça de Portugal began on 22 September 1963. The final was played on 5 July 1964 at the Estádio Nacional, where Benfica beat FC Porto 6–2 to win their 12th title.^[1]

Sporting CP were the previous holders, having defeated Vitória de Guimarães 4–0 in the previous season's final.^[2] Defending champions Sporting CP were eliminated in the third round by Vitória de Setúbal.^[3]^[4]^[5] Benfica defeated Porto, 6–2 in the final to win their twelfth Taça de Portugal.^[6]

First round

Teams from the Primeira Liga (I) and the Portuguese Second Division (II) entered at this stage. Each side would contest a second round place by playing two matches: one home and one away match. In case the aggregate score after the two games was level, the cup tie would be replayed.^[7]^[8]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Académica de Coimbra (I)	6 – 1	Leça (II)	6 – 1	0 – 0
Alhandra (II)	4 – 9	Sporting CP (I)	3 – 5	1 – 4
Barreirense (I)	2 – 4	Atlético CP (II)	1 – 1	1 – 1	0 – 2
Beira-Mar (II)	5 – 2	Sanjoanense (II)	3 – 0	2 – 2
Belenenses (I)	5 – 3	Peniche (II)	3 – 2	2 – 1
Boavista (II)	8 – 4	Desportivo de Beja (II)	4 – 2	4 – 2
Famalicão (II)	5 – 4	Sacavenense (II)	2 – 1	3 – 3
Leões Santarém (II)	1 – 10	Porto (I)	0 – 7	1 – 3
Lusitano FCV (II)	2 – 9	Braga (II)	2 – 5	0 – 4
Luso (II)	1 – 12	Benfica (I)	0 – 6	1 – 6
Marinhense (II)	2 – 1	Sporting de Espinho (II)	0 – 0	2 – 1
Montijo (II)	6 – 4	Torreense (II)	4 – 2	2 – 2
Olhanense (I)	1 – 2	Fabril Barreiro (I)	0 – 0	1 – 2
Oliveirense (II)	1 – 5	Farense (II)	1 – 1	0 – 4
Oriental (II)	0 – 8	Lusitano de Évora (I)	0 – 2	0 – 6
Portimonense (II)	0 – 8	Leixões (I)	0 – 2	0 – 6
Salgueiros (II)	3 – 2	Feirense (II)	2 – 0	1 – 2
Sporting da Covilhã (II)	4 – 5	Vitória de Setúbal (I)	2 – 3	2 – 2
Varzim (I)	6 – 4	Cova da Piedade (II)	2 – 1	1 – 2	3 – 1
Vianense (II)	5 – 1	Lusitano VRSA (II)	5 – 0	0 – 1
Vitória de Guimarães (I)	10 – 0	Seixal (I)	6 – 0	4 – 0

Second round

Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Sporting CP qualified for the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.^[9]^[10]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético CP (II)	1 – 10	Lusitano de Évora (I)	1 – 4	0 – 6
Beira-Mar (II)	0 – 4	Belenenses (I)	0 – 1	0 – 3
Fabril Barreiro (I)	6 – 4	Braga (II)	6 – 1	0 – 3
Leixões (I)	3 – 6	Porto (I)	3 – 2	0 – 4
Montijo (II)	2 – 1	Famalicão (II)	1 – 1	1 – 0
Salgueiros (II)	5 – 2	Farense (II)	4 – 1	1 – 1
Varzim (I)	1 – 0	Académica de Coimbra (I)	1 – 0	0 – 0
Vianense (II)	1 – 17	Benfica (I)	1 – 8	0 – 9
Vitória de Guimarães (I)	6 – 2	Marinhense (II)	5 – 0	1 – 2
Vitória de Setúbal (I)	5 – 3	Boavista (II)	3 – 1	2 – 2

Third round

Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Lusitano de Évora qualified for the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.^[11]^[12]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Fabril Barreiro (I)	6 – 4	Varzim (I)	5 – 2	1 – 2
Montijo (II)	1 – 10	Belenenses (I)	1 – 3	0 – 7
Porto (I)	5 – 2	Vitória de Guimarães (I)	3 – 1	2 – 1
Salgueiros (II)	2 – 4	Benfica (I)	1 – 1	1 – 3
Vitória de Setúbal (I)	3 – 2	Sporting CP (I)	2 – 2	0 – 0	1 – 0

Quarter-finals

Due to the odd number of teams who progressed to the quarter final stage of the competition, Mozambican side Ferroviário de Maputo and Lusitânia were invited to participate in the competition.^[13]^[14]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferroviário de Maputo (N/A)	3 – 5	Lusitânia (N/A)	1 – 3	2 – 2
Lusitano de Évora (I)	2 – 11	Benfica (I)	1 – 8	1 – 3
Vitória de Setúbal (I)	1 – 4	Belenenses (I)	1 – 2	0 – 2
Porto (I)	9 – 3	Fabril Barreiro (I)	6 – 1	3 – 2

Semi-finals

Lusitânia forfeited their semi-final tie against Porto, which led to the Dragões progressing to the final.^[15]^[16]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benfica (I)	6 – 1	Belenenses (I)	3 – 1	3 – 0
Porto (I)	WO	Lusitânia (N/A)

Final

5 July 1964 (1964-07-05)

Benfica	6–2	Porto
José Augusto 10', 12' Eusébio 30' (pen.) Simões 48' Serafim 71' Torres 82'	Report	Pinto 17' Baptista 70'

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Referee: Rosa Nunes (Algarve)

References

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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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