1996–97 Taça de Portugal

Football tournament season

1996–97 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Dates	September 1996 – 10 June 1997
Final positions
Champions	Boavista (5th title)
Runner-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	João Pinto (6 goals)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Taça de Portugal was the 57th edition of the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 1996–97 Taça de Portugal began in September 1996.^[1] The final was played on 10 June 1997 at the Estádio Nacional.^[2]

Benfica were the previous holders, having defeated Sporting CP 3–1 in the previous season's final.^[3] Boavista defeated cup holders Benfica, 3–2 in the final to win their fifth Taça de Portugal.^[4] As a result of Boavista winning the domestic cup competition, the Axadrezados faced 1996–97 Primeira Divisão winners Porto in the 1997 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.^[5]^[6]

Sixth round

Ties were played between the 9 March and the 22 April.^[7]^[8] Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Maia qualified for the quarter-finals due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.

Benfica (I) v Desportivo das Aves (II)

9 March 1997	Benfica (I)	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Desportivo das Aves (II)	Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo, Barcelos
	João Pinto 87' Valdo 100' Panduru 108'	(Report)

Boavista (I) v Infesta (III)

9 March 1997	Boavista (I)	2 – 0	Infesta (III)	Estádio do Bessa, Porto
	Isaías 6' Nuno Gomes 42'	(Report)		Referee: Isidoro Rodrigues

Estrela da Amadora (I) v Dragões Sandinenses (IV)

9 March 1997	Estrela da Amadora (I)	1 – 2	Dragões Sandinenses (IV)	Estádio José Gomes, Amadora
		(Report)

Portimonense (III) v Estoril (II)

9 March 1997	Portimonense (III)	2 – 3	Estoril (II)	Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão
		(Report)

Salgueiros (I) v Porto (I)

9 March 1997	Salgueiros (I)	2 – 3	Porto (I)	Estádio José Vieira de Carvalho, Maia
	Fonseca 20' Severo 89'	(Report)	Mendes 33' Jardel 38' Zahovič 46'

Vitória de Setúbal (I) v Braga (I)

9 March 1997	Vitória de Setúbal (I)	1 – 2	Braga (I)	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
		(Report)

Académica de Coimbra (II) v Sporting CP (I)

22 April 1997	Académica de Coimbra (II)	0 – 1	Sporting CP (I)	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
		(Report)	Vidigal 1'

Quarter-finals

Ties were played between the 2 April and the 7 May.^[9]^[10]

Benfica (I) v Dragões Sandinenses (IV)

2 April 1997	Benfica (I)	5 – 1	Dragões Sandinenses (IV)	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
	João Pinto 12', 15', 89' Marinho 20' Valdir 82'	(Report)		Referee: António Costa

Braga (I) v Porto (I)

2 April 1997	Braga (I)	0 – 2	Porto (I)	Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga
		(Report)	Edmilson 70', 75'

Estoril (II) v Boavista (I)

2 April 1997	Estoril (II)	0 – 1	Boavista (I)	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril
		(Report)

Maia (III) v Sporting CP (I)

7 May 1997	Maia (III)	0 – 3	Sporting CP (I)	Estádio José Vieira de Carvalho, Maia
		(Report)	Yordanov 15' Hadji 30' Vidigal 84'

Semi-finals

Ties were played between the 30 April and 21 May.^[11]^[12]

Benfica (I) v Porto (I)

30 April 1997	Benfica (I)	2 – 0	Porto (I)	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
	Valdir 28' Edgar 32'	(Report)		Referee: Lucílio Batista

Boavista (I) v Sporting CP (I)

21 May 1997	Boavista (I)	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Sporting CP (I)	Estádio do Bessa, Porto
	Baptista 25' Hasselbaink 59' Litos 118'	(Report)	Yordanov 55' Hadji 67'	Referee: Augusto Duarte

Final

10 June 1997

17:00 WEST

Benfica	2 – 3	Boavista
Calado 35' El Hadrioui 61'	(Report)	Sánchez 8', 59' (pen.) Nuno Gomes 28'

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Referee: Paulo Paraty (Porto)

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 1996–97 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 1996–97 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '96 '97 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '96 '97 Latvia '96 '97 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '96 '97 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '96 '97 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Latvia '96 '97 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '96 '97 France Iceland '96 '97 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup