2012–13 Taça da Liga

The 2012–13 Taça da Liga was the sixth edition of the Taça da Liga, the Portuguese football league cup competition. It was organized by the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP) and contested between the 32 clubs competing in the 2012–13 Primeira Liga and 2012–13 Segunda Liga, the top two tiers of Portuguese football. The first matches were played on 28 July 2012, and the final was played on Estádio Cidade de Coimbra in Coimbra, on 13 April 2013.

2012–13 Taça da Liga
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates28 July 2012 – 14 April 2013
Teams32
Final positions
ChampionsBraga (1st title)
Runners-upPorto
Tournament statistics
Matches played67
Goals scored147 (2.19 per match)
Attendance133,547 (1,993 per match)
Top scorer(s)
(5 goals each)

Braga eliminated the holders and four-time winners Benfica in a penalty shootout in the semi-finals. In the final, they defeated Porto 1–0 to win their first title in the competition.[1]

Format

The competition format for the 2012–13 edition consists of three rounds plus a knockout phase. In the first round, only teams competing in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga (excluding reserve teams from Primeira Liga clubs) take part. The sixteen teams are drawn into four groups of four teams, where each team plays against the other three in a single round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round. In the second round, the eight teams that qualified from the previous round are joined by the six Primeira Liga teams placed 9th to 14th in the previous season and the two teams promoted to 2012–13 Primeira Liga. Two-legged home-and-away fixtures are played between Segunda Liga teams qualifying from the first round and Primeira Liga teams entering this round, and the winner advances to the third round.

The third round features the eight winners of the previous round the remaining eight Primeira Liga teams, ranked 1st to 8th in the previous season. Similarly to the first round, the sixteen teams are drawn into four groups of four teams, according to a seeding based on their classification in the previous season. Each team plays against the other three in a single round-robin format, and only the group winners advance to the knockout phase. The knockout phase consists of semi-finals and one final, both decided in one-legged fixtures. The final match is played at a neutral venue.

Round Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First round
(16 teams)
Second round
(16 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the first round
  • 4 group runners-up from the first round
Third round
(16 teams)
  • 8 winners from the second round
Knockout phase
(4 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the third round

Teams

The 32 teams competing in the two professional tiers of Portuguese football for the 2012–13 season are eligible to participate in this competition. For Primeira Liga teams, the final league position in the previous season determines if they enter in the second or third round of the Taça da Liga.

Third round (Primeira Liga)
Porto (1st)Braga (3rd)Marítimo (5th)Nacional (7th)
Benfica (2nd)Sporting CP (4th)Vitória de Guimarães (6th)Olhanense (8th)
Second round (Primeira Liga)
Gil Vicente (9th)Vitória de Setúbal (11th)Académica (13th)Estoril (P1)
Paços de Ferreira (10th)Beira-Mar (12th)Rio Ave (14th)Moreirense (P1)
First round (Segunda Liga)
Desportivo das Aves (3rd)Trofense (7th)Leixões (11th)Sporting da Covilhã (15th)
Naval (4th)Penafiel (8th)Santa Clara (12th)Portimonense (16th)
Belenenses (5th)Atlético CP (9th)Arouca (13th)Feirense (R1)
Oliveirense (6th)União da Madeira (10th)Freamunde (14th)Tondela (P2)
Key
  • Nth: League position in the 2011–12 season
  • P1: Promoted to the Primeira Liga
  • P2: Promoted to the Segunda Liga
  • R1: Relegated to the Segunda Liga
Notes
  • Sporting da Covilhã finished 15th in the 2011–12 Segunda Liga, in position to be relegated to the Second Division for the 2012–13 season. However, as União de Leiria – which were relegated from the Primeira Liga, together with Feirense – were unable to fulfill the LPFP requirements mandatory for entry in professional competitions, they were further relegated to the Second Division and Covilhã was invited to take União de Leiria's place.
  • Portimonense finished 16th (last) in the 2011–12 Segunda Liga, in position to be relegated to the Second Division for the 2012–13 season. However, as 2011–12 Second Division champions Varzim were unable to fulfill the LPFP requirements mandatory for entry in professional competitions, they were not promoted to the Segunda Liga, together with Tondela, and so Portimonense were invited to take Varzim's place.

Schedule

All draws were held at the LPFP headquarters in Porto, except the draw for the first round, which was done at the Palácio do Freixo in Porto, during the draw ceremony for the LPFP competitions.[2]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg Teams Fixtures
First round[3] Matchday 1 5 July 2012 29 July 2012 32 → 24 24
Matchday 2 1 August 2012
Matchday 3 5 August 2012
Second round[4] 29 August 2012 26 September 2012 31 October 2012 24 → 16 16
Third round[5] Matchday 1 5 November 2012 19 December 2012 16 → 4 24
Matchday 2 30 December 2012 / 2 January 2013
Matchday 3 9 January 2013
Knockout phase Semi-finals 27 February 2013 4 → 2 3
Final 14 April 2013 (Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra) 2 → 1

First round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UDM FRM BEL OLI
1 União da Madeira 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to second round 1–0 2–1
2 Freamunde 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 1–1
3 Belenenses 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 1–0 1–1
4 Oliveirense 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1 1–2
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAV SCO ARO ATL
1 Naval 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Advance to second round 1–1 3–1
2 Sporting da Covilhã 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 4–2
3 Arouca 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4 0–0 2–1
4 Atlético CP 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3 1–0
Source:

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEI LEI PRM PEN
1 Feirense 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to second round 2–1 2–1
2 Leixões 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 0–0 1–1
3 Portimonense 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2 1–1
4 Penafiel 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2 1–1
Source:

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STC AVE TON TRO
1 Santa Clara 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance to second round 3–1 5–0
2 Desportivo das Aves 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6 3–0 5–1
3 Tondela 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3 0–1
4 Trofense 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0 0–1
Source:

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Leixões 1–2 Vitória de Setúbal 0–1 1–1
Sporting da Covilhã 2–2 (2–3 p) Académica 2–0 0–2
Naval 3–2 Gil Vicente 1–1 2–1
União da Madeira 1–2 Estoril 0–1 1–1
Santa Clara 1–3 Beira-Mar 0–1 1–2
Freamunde 2–3 Rio Ave 2–3 0–0
Feirense 1–1 (2–4 p) Moreirense 1–0 0–1
Desportivo das Aves 0–2 Paços de Ferreira 0–1 0–1

Third round

The draw for the third round took place on 5 November 2012 at the LPFP headquarters in Porto. The third round group phase matches took place between December 2012 and January 2013.[6][7][8]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Porto 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout phase
2 Vitória de Setúbal 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3 Nacional 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4 Estoril 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source:
Nacional0–2Porto
Report González  32'
Otamendi  50'
Attendance: 1,437
Referee: Bruno Esteves
Estoril0–0Vitória de Setúbal
Report
Attendance: 517
Referee: Hugo Miguel
Vitória de Setúbal3–1Nacional
Jorginho  39'
Bruno Amaro  44'
Meyong  67'		 Report Claudemir  9'
Attendance: 1,371
Referee: Jorge Sousa
Estoril2–2Porto
Vitória  15', 61' (pen.) Report Martínez  31'
Moutinho  88'
Attendance: 3,257
Referee: Jorge Ferreira
Porto1–0Vitória de Setúbal
Moutinho  44' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 12,808
Referee: João Capela
Nacional1–0Estoril
Claudemir  54' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 346
Referee: Hugo Pacheco

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Braga 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout phase
2 Vitória de Guimarães 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 Beira-Mar 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
4 Naval 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source:
Vitória de Guimarães0–0Braga
Report
Attendance: 4,693
Referee: Duarte Gomes
Beira-Mar2–2Vitória de Guimarães
Ribeiro  54', 79' Report Pereira  11'
Matias  66'
Attendance: 2,233
Referee: Carlos Xistra
Braga3–0Beira-Mar
Carlão  37'
Amorim  41'
Viana  88'		 Report
Attendance: 4,728
Referee: Bruno Paixão

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rio Ave 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout phase
2 Paços de Ferreira 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3 Sporting CP 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4 Marítimo 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source:
Marítimo2–2Sporting CP
Héldon  40'
Miranda  65'		 Report Van Wolfswinkel  29'
Xandão  87'
Estádio dos Barreiros, Madeira
Attendance: 3,977
Rio Ave2–3Paços de Ferreira
Nivaldo  70'
Braga  90+3'		 Report Angulo  18'
Josué  30', 39'
Estádio do Rio Ave FC, Vila do Conde
Attendance: 453
Rio Ave3–0Sporting CP
Obadeyi  55'
Tarantini  65'
Hassan  90+1'		 Report
Estádio do Rio Ave FC, Vila do Conde
Attendance: 1,732
Referee: Rui Costa
Paços de Ferreira2–0Marítimo
Josué  44', 90' Report
Attendance: 906
Referee: João Capela
Sporting CP1–0Paços de Ferreira
Van Wolfswinkel  87' Report
Attendance: 6,157
Referee: Paulo Baptista
Marítimo0–1Rio Ave
Report Bebé  74'
Estádio dos Barreiros, Madeira
Attendance: 820
Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Benfica 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Advance to knockout phase
2 Moreirense 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
3 Académica 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4 Olhanense 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source:
Olhanense1–2Benfica
Brandão  48' Report Rodrigo  69'
Lima  87'
Attendance: 3,213
Referee: Paulo Baptista
Moreirense1–1Benfica
Ghilas  41' Report Cardozo  90+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Cosme Machado
Académica0–0Olhanense
Report
Attendance: 920
Referee: João Ferreira
Benfica3–2Académica
Lima  39', 65'
Alan Kardec  61'		 Report Makelele  44'
Saleiro  49'
Attendance: 13,872
Referee: Manuel Mota
Olhanense0–0Moreirense
Report
Attendance: 455
Referee: Duarte Gomes

Knockout phase
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 February – Estádio AXA
 
 
Braga (p)0 (3)
 
13 April – Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
 
Benfica0 (2)
 
Braga1
 
3 April – Estádio do Dragão
 
Porto0
 
Porto4
 
 
Rio Ave0
 

Semi-finals
Braga0–0Benfica
Report
Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 10,141
Referee: Marco Ferreira
Porto4–0Rio Ave
 Report
Attendance: 12,509
Referee: Hugo Miguel

Final
Main article: 2013 Taça da Liga Final
Braga1–0Porto
Alan  45+2' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 18,519
Referee: João Capela

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals Games
1 Rabiola Desportivo das Aves 5 4
2 Fabrício Sporting da Covilhã 5 5
Josué Paços de Ferreira 5 5
Rafael Porcellis Santa Clara 5 5
5 Lima Benfica 3 3
6 Nabil Ghilas Moreirense 3 5
Albert Meyong Vitória de Setúbal 3 5
8 Brito Gil Vicente 2 2
João Tomás Rio Ave 2 2
10 Claudemir Nacional 2 3
Ricardo Pereira Vitória de Guimarães 2 3
Edinho Académica 2 3
Hélder Ferreira Penafiel 2 3
Joeano Arouca 2 3
Ricky van Wolfswinkel Sporting CP 2 3
Rúben Fernandes Portimonense 2 3
Rui Varela Atlético CP 2 3
Steven Vitória Estoril 2 3
19 Rúben Ribeiro Beira-Mar 2 4
João Moutinho Porto 2 4

References
  1. "Braga vence Taça da Liga" [Braga wins League Cup]. LPFP. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. "Taça da Liga – Sorteio 2012–2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). LPFP. November 2013 – February 2013. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. "Grelha Taça da Liga 2012–2013 – Fase 1" (PDF) (in Portuguese). LPFP. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. "Grelha Sorteio 2ª Fase Taça da Liga 2012–2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). LPFP. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  5. "Grelha Taça da Liga 2012–2013 – Fase 3" (PDF) (in Portuguese). LPFP. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  6. "Sorteio da 3ª Fase da Taça da Liga" [Draw for the third round of the League Cup]. LPFP (in Portuguese). 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  7. "Taça da Liga: F.C. Porto-Benfica só é possível na final" [League Cup F.C. Porto-Benfica only possible in the final]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
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