2011–12 Taça da Liga

The 2011–12 Taça da Liga was the fifth edition of the Portuguese Taça da Liga. The first matches were played on 31 July 2011. The final was played on 14 April 2012, with Benfica defeating Gil Vicente 2–1 to win their fourth consecutive Taça da Liga.

2011–12 Taça da Liga
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates31 July 2011 – 14 April 2012
Teams32
Final positions
ChampionsBenfica (4th title)
Runners-upGil Vicente
Tournament statistics
Matches played67
Goals scored160 (2.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)
(4 goals each)

Format

This seasons' format consists of 3 rounds, plus knockout stages. In the first round, only second division teams play. All 16 teams are allocated into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays 3 matches and top two of each group advances. In the second round, teams that qualified from previous round are joined by the two Liga Sagres promoted teams and also the 6 worst in the top league in the previous season. There will be two-legged fixtures in which the winners will advance. The third round is where the remaining top 8 teams from previous season first division enter the competition. Again, as in the first round, the 16 teams are divided into 4 groups and each team will play 3 matches. However this time, only group winners advance. Both semi-finals and finals are one-legged fixtures.

Participating clubs

First round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEL PEN TRO LEI
1 Belenenses 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Advance to second round 3–1 5–3
2 Penafiel 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 0–0
3 Trofense 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2 1–1 1–1
4 Leixões 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 2 1–1
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCA NAV SCO ARO
1 Santa Clara 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Advance to second round 1–0 1–1
2 Naval 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 2–1 2–0
3 Sporting da Covilhã 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 0–1
4 Arouca 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1 0–1
Source:

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOR PRM FRM ATL
1 Moreirense 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Advance to second round 2–1
2 Portimonense 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 2–3 1–1
3 Freamunde 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 1–1 2–3
4 Atlético CP 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1 0–1
Source:

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST UDM AVE OLI
1 Estoril 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 Advance to second round 2–0 1–0
2 União da Madeira 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 3–2
3 Desportivo das Aves 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4 0–0
4 Oliveirense 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 2–1 0–1
Source:

Second round

The 2011–12 Taça da Liga Second Round matches were played on 8, 9, 26 and 27 October 2011 for the first legs whilst the second legs took place on 9, 12 and 13 November 2011. The winners over the two legs progressed to the third round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
União da Madeira 2–5 Marítimo 2–3 0–2
Penafiel 2–1 Académica 1–1 1–0
Santa Clara 3–2 União de Leiria 3–1 0–1
Naval 3–4 Vitória de Setúbal 1–2 2–2
Moreirense 4–3 Beira-Mar 2–2 2–1
Portimonense 2–2 (5–4 p) Feirense 1–0 1–2
Estoril 4–3 Olhanense 4–3 0–0
Belenenses 2–3 Gil Vicente 2–1 0–2

First leg
União da Madeira2–3Marítimo
Marreco 28', 61' Report
Attendance: 1,112
Referee: Rui Costa
Penafiel1–1Académica
Elízio 17' Report Adrien 90'
Attendance: 973
Referee: Carlos Xistra
Santa Clara3–1União de Leiria
 Report Élvis 64'
Attendance: 489
Referee: Vasco Santos
Portimonense1–0Feirense
Felipe 71' Report
Attendance: 438
Referee: Marco Ferreira
Estoril4–3Olhanense
 Report
Attendance: 251
Referee: Bruno Esteves

Second leg
Vitória de Setúbal2–2Naval
 Report
Attendance: 577
Referee: João Capela

Vitória de Setúbal won 4-3 on aggregate.

Feirense2–1Portimonense
 Report Pessoa 33'
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 68
Referee: Hugo Miguel

Feirense 2-2 Portimonense on aggregate. Portimonense won 5-4 on penalties.

Olhanense0–0Estoril
Report
Attendance: 440
Referee: João Ferreira

Estoril won 4-3 on aggregate.

Beira-Mar1–2Moreirense
Douglas 49' Report
Attendance: 683
Referee: Vasco Santos

Moreirense won 4-3 on aggregate.

Marítimo2–0União da Madeira
 Report
Attendance: 1,832
Referee: Bruno Esteves

Marítimo won 5-2 on aggregate.

Gil Vicente2–0Belenenses
 Report
Attendance: 3,964
Referee: Rui Costa

Gil Vicenre won 3-2 on aggregate.

União de Leiria1–0Santa Clara
Moraes 53' (pen.) Report
Municipal da Marinha Grande, Marinha Grande, Portugal
Attendance: 473
Referee: Cosme Cunha Machado

Santa Clara won 3-2 on aggregate.

Académica0–1Penafiel
Report Manoel 46'
Attendance: 524
Referee: Paulo Baptista

Penafiel won 2-1 on aggregate.

Third round

The 2011–12 Taça da Liga Third Round group stage matches are to be played in January and February 2012. The eight winners of the two legged Second Round matches progressed to this round and are joined by the teams who finished in the top eight of the 2010–11 Primeira Liga. The sixteen teams will be seeded depending on their league position from the previous season. The sixteen teams involved in this round would be split into four groups from group A to D. The first round matches of the group stage took place on 21 December 2011 and 2–3 January 2012, the second-round games took place on 18 January and the third round matches took place on 2–3 February 2012.[1] The winners of each group would progress to the semi-final stage to be played on the 21 March 2012.

Participating teams

Names in bold are the colloquial names of the clubs. Estoril, Gil Vicente, Marítimo, Moreirense, Penafiel, Portimonense, Santa Clara, Vitória de Setúbal all progressed from the second round to this phase. Benfica, Nacional, Paços de Ferreira, Porto, Rio Ave, Sporting CP, Braga and Vitória de Guimarães started their campaign at this stage.

Draw

The draw for the third round took place on 23 November 2012 at 12:00 at the LPFP headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal.[2] The teams involved in this round were seeded according to their league position from either the 2010–11 Primeira Liga or the 2010–11 Liga de Honra depending in which division they played in last season.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gil Vicente 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to knockout phase
2 Moreirense 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 Sporting CP 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4 Rio Ave 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source:
Gil Vicente2–1Moreirense
Luís Carlos 48', 77' Report Pintassilgo 54'
Attendance: 1,383
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
Rio Ave1–1Sporting CP
Tomás 16' Report Onyewu 87'
Attendance: 3,188
Referee: Cosme Machado
Rio Ave1–1Gil Vicente
Tomás 60' (pen.) Report Yero 70'
Attendance: 947
Referee: Duarte Gomes
Sporting CP1–1Moreirense
Capel 28' Report Ghilas 34'
Attendance: 17,440
Referee: Marco Ferreira
Sporting CP0–1Gil Vicente
Report Cláudio 54' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,801
Referee: Bruno Esteves
Moreirense1–0Rio Ave
Pinto 79' Report
Attendance: 372
Referee: Hugo Pacheco

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Benfica 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance to knockout phase
2 Marítimo 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3 Santa Clara 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
4 Vitória de Guimarães 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source:
Marítimo2–0Santa Clara
Diawara 5', 28' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 1,242
Referee: Jorge Ferreira
Vitória de Guimarães1–4Benfica
João Paulo 48' Report
Attendance: 7,237
Referee: Bruno Paixão
Benfica2–0Santa Clara
 Report
Attendance: 14,453
Referee: Rui Silva
Santa Clara1–0Vitória de Guimarães
Moreira 62' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 809
Referee: Cosme Machado
Benfica3–0Marítimo
 Report
Attendance: 19,594
Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Braga 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Advance to knockout phase
2 Nacional 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 Penafiel 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4 Portimonense 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source:
Portimonense0–1Penafiel
Report Coronas 52'
Attendance: 633
Referee: João Capela
Nacional1–2Braga
Candeias 65' Report
Attendance: 825
Referee: Hugo Miguel
Nacional0–0Portimonense
Report
Attendance: 225
Referee: Jorge Tavares
Braga2 – 0Penafiel
 Report
Attendance: 3,624
Referee: Nuno Almeida
Braga1–0Portimonense
Viana 90+3' Report
Attendance: 4,468
Referee: Carlos Xistra
Penafiel1–2Nacional
Oliveira 36' Report
Attendance: 410
Referee: Duarte Gomes

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Porto 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Advance to knockout phase
2 Paços de Ferreira 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3 Vitória de Setúbal 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4 Estoril 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source:
Paços de Ferreira1–2Porto
William 16' Report
Attendance: 3,096
Referee: Rui Costa
Vitória de Setúbal3–1Estoril
 Report Adilson 57'
Attendance: 966
Referee: Manuel Mota
Paços de Ferreira1–0Vitória de Setúbal
Manuel José 8' Report
Attendance: 444
Referee: Paulo Baptista
Porto1–0Estoril
Varela 65' Report
Attendance: 15,819
Referee: André Gralha
Porto2–0Vitória de Setúbal
 Report
Attendance: 27,303
Referee: Vasco Santos
Estoril0–1Paços de Ferreira
Report Josué 50' (pen.)
Attendance: 444
Referee: Jorge Tavares

Knockout phase
Semifinals Final
      
Gil Vicente 2(4)
Braga 2(2)
Gil Vicente 1
Benfica 2
Benfica 3
Porto 2

Semi-finals
Benfica3–2Porto
 Report
Attendance: 28,553
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
Gil Vicente2–2Braga
 Report
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 11,138
Referee: Hugo Miguel

Final
Main article: 2012 Taça da Liga Final
Benfica2 − 1Gil Vicente
 Report Zé Luís 78'
Attendance: 23,452
Referee: Jorge Sousa

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of the 14 April 2012 23:19 (UTC)

Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Portugal Miguel Rosa Belenenses 4
Senegal Baba Diawara Marítimo 4
Spain Rodrigo Benfica 4
4 Brazil Wágner Moreirense 3
Portugal Ricardo Pessoa Portimonense 3
Portugal Pintassilgo Moreirense 3
Brazil Luís Carlos Gil Vicente 3
Portugal Hugo Viana Braga 3
Paraguay Óscar Cardozo Benfica 3

References
  1. "BWIN CUP - 2011/2012 - 3.ª FASE" [2011-12 - Bwin Cup - Third Round] (in Portuguese). 27 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  2. "Sorteio da terceira fase da bwin cup" [Draw for the third round of the Bwin Cup] (in Portuguese). 22 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  3. "Sorteio da 3.ª fase" [Third Round Draw] (in Portuguese). 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  4. "Melhor marcador - bwin cup 2011-2012" [Top Goalscorer - bwin cup 2011-2012] (in Portuguese). 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.