1996 Taça de Portugal Final

1996 Taça de Portugal Final
Event 1995–96 Taça de Portugal
Date 18 May 1996
Venue Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
Referee Vítor Pereira (Lisbon)[1]

The 1996 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1995–96 Taça de Portugal, the 56th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 18 May 1996 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides Benfica and Sporting CP. Benfica defeated Sporting CP 3–1 to claim the Taça de Portugal for a twenty third time in their history.[2]

In Portugal, the final was televised live on RTP. As a result of Benfica winning the Taça de Portugal, the Águias qualified for the 1996 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira where they took on 1995–96 Primeira Divisão winners Porto.[3][4]

Match

Details

18 May 1996
17:00 WEST
Benfica 3 1 Sporting CP
Airez  9'
João Pinto  39', 67'
(Report) Xavier  83' (pen.)
Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
Referee: Vítor Pereira (Lisbon)[1]
Benfica
Sporting CP
GK1 Belgium Michel Preud'homme
RB22 Portugal Daniel Kenedy  85'
CB4 Portugal Hélder
CB3 Brazil Ricardo Gomes Yellow cardRed card 83', 83'
LB13 Portugal Dimas
DM6 Portugal Paulo Bento
CM7 Portugal José Calado
CM19 Portugal Bruno Caires  89'
RM10 Brazil Valdo
LM8 Portugal João Pinto (c)
CF18 Argentina Mauro Airez  28'  83'
Substitutes:
DF5 Brazil Emerson Thome  83'
MF20 Bulgaria Ilian Iliev  85'
FW25 Brazil Marcelo  89'
Manager:
Portugal Mário Wilson
GK1 Portugal Costinha
RB2 Portugal Fernando Nélson
CB3 Morocco Noureddine Naybet
CB5 Brazil Marco Aurélio
LB17 Angola Luís Miguel
DM8 Portugal Pedro Martins  65'
CM13 Portugal Luís Vidigal
RM25 Portugal Emílio Peixe (c)  21'  34'
AM21 Portugal Afonso Martins
LM9 Bulgaria Ivaylo Yordanov  45'
CF7 Portugal Ricardo Sá Pinto
Substitutes:
MF10 Portugal Carlos Xavier  65'
MF22 Portugal José Dominguez  45'
FW19 Portugal Paulo Alves  34'
Manager:
Portugal Octávio Machado
1995–96 Taça de Portugal Winners
Benfica
23rd Title
Match officials
  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official:
Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions

References

  1. 1 2 "Benfica 3-1 Sporting". ZeroZero. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  2. "Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 - Final" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 - Final]. ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  3. "FC Porto 1-0 Benfica". ZeroZero. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  4. "Benfica 0-5 FC Porto". ZeroZero. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
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