1993–94 Taça de Portugal

Football tournament season

1993–94 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Dates	September 1993 – 10 June 1994
Final positions
Champions	Porto (8th title)
Runner-up	Sporting CP
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Krasimir Balakov (6 goals)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 Taça de Portugal was the 55th edition of the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 1993–94 Taça de Portugal began in September 1993.^[1] The final was played on 5 June 1994 at the Estádio Nacional.

Benfica were the previous holders, having defeated Boavista 5–2 in the previous season's final.^[2] Cup holders Benfica were eliminated in the sixth round by Belenenses.^[3] Porto defeated Sporting CP, 2–1 in a final that went to a replay as the inaugural match ended goalless. Porto's cup triumph would claim them an eighth Taça de Portugal.^[4]^[5] As a result of Porto winning the domestic cup competition, the Portistas faced 1993–94 Primeira Divisão winners Benfica in the 1994 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Sixth round

Ties were played on the 30 January.^[9]^[10] Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Desportivo das Aves qualified for the quarter-finals due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.

Belenenses (I) v Benfica (I)

30 January 1994	Belenenses (I)	2 – 1	Benfica (I)	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
		(Report)	Pinto 6'	Referee: Vítor Pereira

Chaves (II) v Lusitânia Lourosa (III)

30 January 1994	Chaves (II)	0 – 1	Lusitânia Lourosa (III)	Estádio Municipal de Chaves, Chaves
		(Report)

Famalicão (II) v Estrela da Amadora (I)

30 January 1994	Famalicão (II)	1 – 3	Estrela da Amadora (I)	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho, Vila Nova de Famalicão
		(Report)

Rio Ave (II) v Sporting de Espinho (II)

30 January 1994	Rio Ave (II)	2 – 1	Sporting de Espinho (II)	Estádio do Rio Ave FC, Vila do Conde
		(Report)

Salgueiros (I) v Porto (I)

30 January 1994	Salgueiros (I)	0 – 2	Porto (I)	Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro, Paranhos
		(Report)	Maciel 18' (o.g.) Kostadinov 34'

Tirsense (II) v Trofense (IV)

30 January 1994	Tirsense (II)	0 – 2	Trofense (IV)	Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo, Santo Tirso
		(Report)

Vitória de Setúbal (I) v Sporting CP (I)

30 January 1994	Vitória de Setúbal (I)	0 – 0	Sporting CP (I)	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
		(Report)

Sporting CP (I) v Vitória de Setúbal (I)

9 February 1994 Replay	Sporting CP (I)	2 – 1	Vitória de Setúbal (I)	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Balakov 21' Cadete 39'	(Report)	Sessay 77'

Quarter-finals

Ties were played on the 15 February.^[11]^[12]

Lusitânia Lourosa (III) v Belenenses (I)

15 February 1994	Lusitânia Lourosa (III)	2 – 0	Belenenses (I)	Estádio do Lusitânia FC Lourosa, Lourosa
		(Report)

Rio Ave (II) v Estrela da Amadora (I)

15 February 1994	Rio Ave (II)	0 – 3	Estrela da Amadora (I)	Estádio do Rio Ave FC, Vila do Conde
		(Report)

Porto (I) v Desportivo das Aves (II)

15 February 1994	Porto (I)	6 – 0	Desportivo das Aves (II)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	Timofte 27' Costa 32' Domingos 71', 81' Rui Filipe 78', 87'	(Report)		Referee: Pinto Correia

Sporting CP (I) v Trofense (IV)

15 February 1994	Sporting CP (I)	3 – 1	Trofense (IV)	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Capucho 29' Yordanov 52' Porfírio 88'	(Report)	Jó 13'	Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

Semi-finals

Ties were played on 2 April.^[13]^[14]

Estrela da Amadora (I) v Porto (I)

2 April 1994	Estrela da Amadora (I)	1 – 2	Porto (I)	Estádio José Gomes, Amadora
	Fernando 90' (pen.)	(Report)	Timofte 27' Drulović 65' (pen.)	Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

Sporting CP (I) v Lusitânia Lourosa (III)

2 April 1994	Sporting CP (I)	6 – 0	Lusitânia Lourosa (III)	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Balakov 33', 39', 65', 72' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Juskowiak 84'	(Report)

Final

5 June 1994

17:00 CEST

Porto	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Sporting CP
	(Report)

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Referee: Fortunato Azevedo (Braga)

Replay

10 June 1994

17:00 CEST

Porto	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Sporting CP
Rui Jorge 35' Aloísio 91'	(Report)	Vujačić 55'

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Referee: José Pratas (Évora)

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
Finals	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Winning managers

v t e 1993–94 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão de Honra Segunda Divisão B Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 1993–94 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic cups	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '93 '94 Finland '93 '94 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '93 '94 Israel Italy Latvia '93 '94 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '93 '94 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (preliminary round, first round, second round, group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup