2016 Taça da Liga final

Football match
2016 Taça da Liga final
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Event2015–16 Taça da Liga
Marítimo Benfica
2 6
Date20 May 2016
VenueEstádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
Man of the MatchNicolás Gaitán (Benfica)
RefereeFábio Veríssimo (Leiria)
Attendance28,878
WeatherDry
2015
2017

The 2016 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2015–16 Taça da Liga, the ninth season of the Taça da Liga.

Trophy holders Benfica beat Marítimo 6–2 (for the second consecutive final) to win a third consecutive and record seventh title in the competition, in a total of nine editions.

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Marítimo Round Benfica
Opponent Result Stadium First round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Second round Opponent Result Stadium
Académica 2–1 (H) Estádio dos Barreiros Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Third round Opponent Result Stadium
Feirense 4–2 (A) Estádio Marcolino de Castro Matchday 1 Nacional 1–0 (H) Estádio da Luz
Porto 3–1 (A) Estádio do Dragão Matchday 2 Oriental 1–0 (A) Campo Engenheiro Carlos Salema
Famalicão 0–0 (H) Estádio dos Barreiros Matchday 3 Moreirense 6–1 (A) Parque de Jogos Almeida Freitas
Group A winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Marítimo 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
Feirense 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
Famalicão 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3
Porto 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Final standings Group B winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Benfica 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9
Nacional 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
Moreirense 3 1 1 1 5 8 –3 4
Oriental 3 0 0 3 2 6 –4 0
Opponent Result Stadium Knockout phase Opponent Result Stadium
Portimonense 3–1 (H) Estádio dos Barreiros Semi-finals Braga 2–1 (H) Estádio da Luz

Match

Details

Marítimo2–6Benfica
João Diogo 45+1'
Fransérgio 83' (pen.)
Report Jonas 11'
Mitroglou 18', 38'
Gaitán 77'
Jardel 90+1'
Jiménez 90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,878
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)
Marítimo
Benfica
GK 80 Iran Alireza Haghighi
RB 21 Portugal Briguel (c) downward-facing red arrow 68'
CB 62 Brazil Maurício
CB 5 Brazil Dirceu downward-facing red arrow 73'
LB 91 Brazil Patrick
CM 23 France Damien Plessis
CM 35 Brazil Fransérgio
RW 2 Portugal João Diogo
AM 11 Brazil Éber Bessa
LW 12 Portugal Edgar Costa downward-facing red arrow 23'
CF 9 Brazil Dyego Sousa
Substitutes:
GK 78 France Romain Salin
DF 4 Brazil Deyvison
MF 7 Portugal Alex Soares upward-facing green arrow 68'
MF 10 Armenia Gevorg Ghazaryan upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 17 Curaçao Gevaro Nepomuceno
FW 60 Cameroon Donald Djoussé upward-facing green arrow 23'
FW 90 Senegal Baba Diawara
Manager:
Portugal Nelo Vingada
GK 1 Brazil Ederson
RB 34 Portugal André Almeida
CB 4 Brazil Luisão (c)
CB 33 Brazil Jardel
LB 3 Spain Álex Grimaldo
RM 21 Portugal Pizzi
CM 7 Greece Andreas Samaris
CM 85 Portugal Renato Sanches
LM 10 Argentina Nicolás Gaitán downward-facing red arrow 78'
CF 11 Greece Kostas Mitroglou downward-facing red arrow 67'
CF 17 Brazil Jonas downward-facing red arrow 87'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Portugal Paulo Lopes
DF 14 Sweden Victor Lindelöf
DF 19 Portugal Eliseu
MF 20 Portugal Gonçalo Guedes upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 30 Brazil Talisca upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 39 Morocco Mehdi Carcela
FW 9 Mexico Raúl Jiménez upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Portugal Rui Vitória

Man of the Match:
Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica)

Assistant referees:
Paulo Soares (Coimbra)
Nuno Vicente (Santarém)
Fourth official:
António Godinho (Setúbal)
Additional assistant referees:
Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)
Sérgio Piscarreta (Algarve)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

First half
Marítimo Benfica
Goals scored 1 3
Total shots 6 8
Shots on target 4 6
Ball possession 43% 57%
Corner kicks 3 0
Fouls committed 5 12
Offsides 4 1
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0


Second half
Marítimo Benfica
Goals scored 1 3
Total shots 9 5
Shots on target 6 5
Ball possession 42% 58%
Corner kicks 1 1
Fouls committed 5 5
Offsides 3 1
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0


Overall
Marítimo Benfica
Goals scored 2 6
Total shots 15 13
Shots on target 10 11
Ball possession 42% 58%
Corner kicks 4 1
Fouls committed 10 17
Offsides 7 2
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0

References

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