Taça de Portugal is a men’s cup competition in Portugal, established in 1938. On this page, visitors can follow fixtures, live scores and results, alongside competition standings and player and team statistics. The database provides recorded season coverage from 2016 to 2025, supporting straightforward comparisons across the available competition history.
Upcoming matches, Taça de Portugal
Round of 128
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- Round of 128
Real
Academica
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- Round of 128
Imortal Albufeira
Tondela
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- Round of 128
Naval 1893
No H2HFelgueiras 1932
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- Round of 128
Castro Daire
Portimonense
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- Round of 128
Vitória de Sernache
No H2HVarzim
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- Round of 128
Atlético CP
Lagoa
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- Round of 128
Recreativa de Lamelas
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- Round of 128
Oliveirense
Penafiel
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- Round of 128
Mafra
Tirsense
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- Round of 128
O Elvas
No H2HUnião de Leiria
Latest played matches, Taça de Portugal
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Taça de Portugal Standings
Taça de Portugal Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Taça de Portugal teams participation since 2016
History
| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| Benfica | 10 |
| FC Porto | 10 |
| Feirense | 10 |
| Maritimo | 10 |
| Moreirense | 10 |
| Portimonense | 10 |
| SC Braga | 10 |
| Tondela | 10 |
| Chaves | 10 |
| Guimaraes | 10 |
| Nacional | 10 |
| Rio Ave | 10 |
| Santa Clara | 10 |
| Sporting CP | 10 |
| Estoril | 10 |
| Farense | 10 |
| Oliveirense | 10 |
| Pacos Ferreira | 10 |
| Penafiel | 10 |
| SC Covilha | 10 |
| Varzim | 10 |
| Academico Viseu | 10 |
| Academica | 10 |
| Arouca | 10 |
| Famalicao | 10 |
| Leixoes | 10 |
| Mafra | 10 |
| GIL Vicente | 10 |
| Fafe | 10 |
| Vizela | 10 |
| União de Leiria | 10 |
| Casa Pia | 10 |
| Amarante | 10 |
| Amora | 10 |
| Anadia | 10 |
| Benfica Castelo Branco | 10 |
| Caldas | 10 |
| Felgueiras 1932 | 10 |
| Lusitânia | 10 |
| Rabo Peixe | 10 |
| Sanjoanense | 10 |
| Sintrense | 10 |
| Torreense | 10 |
| Trofense | 10 |
| Boavista | 9 |
Taça de Portugal top scorer teams
Taça de Portugal About
Taça de Portugal is Portugal’s premier knockout cup competition for men’s club football, organised by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and contested every season since 1938. Known in English as the Portuguese Cup, it is the country’s most important cup honour, sitting behind only the league title in domestic prestige. It is also the great leveller of Portuguese football: the one stage where a small amateur side can meet, and occasionally eliminate, the traditional powerhouses of Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP.
A national cup with a levelling role
The Taça de Portugal was created in 1938 to replace the Campeonato de Portugal, giving the FPF a truly national knockout tournament open to clubs from every level of the pyramid. Its founding purpose was deliberately inclusive: professional, semi-professional and amateur clubs all enter, and the draw can pair a district-level team with a Primeira Liga giant. This giant-killing potential is central to the cup’s identity. It is also the second-most prestigious trophy in Portuguese football, behind only the league title.
Entry is open to clubs from the top four divisions — Primeira Liga, Segunda Liga, Liga 3 and Campeonato de Portugal — as well as winners and runners-up from district cups and championships. Around 150 to 160 clubs take part in a typical edition. Reserve or "B" teams of professional clubs are not allowed, preserving the cup’s character as a competition for first teams.
How qualification and rounds work
The tournament is structured as a progressive knockout across approximately eight rounds. Lower-league and district clubs enter in the first round, Segunda Liga teams are added in the second round, and Primeira Liga clubs join in the third round. That staggered entry protects smaller clubs from an early meeting with elite opposition and gives the early stages a distinctly local flavour.
In early-round draws, regional seeding is often used to limit travel for amateur sides. From the third round onward, top-flight clubs are frequently drawn away, meaning a lower-league club can host a Benfica or Porto and enjoy the resulting gate receipts. The competition remains a single-elimination contest for most of its length, but the semi-finals are the exception: they are played over two legs, home and away, with the aggregate score deciding who reaches the final.
The final itself is traditionally staged at the Estádio Nacional in Jamor, near Lisbon, a neutral venue that gives the showpiece a fixed and familiar home at the end of the season.
Match rules and decisive ties
All matches are played according to the standard laws of football, with knockout-appropriate tiebreakers. If a tie is level after 90 minutes, two 15-minute halves of extra time are played. If the score is still level, a penalty shootout follows. Because the competition is purely elimination-based, no points are awarded; each round is concluded on the day except for the two-legged semi-finals.
These rules apply across all rounds, from the early regional pairings to the final. The winner of the final lifts the trophy outright; there are no replays and no second chances for the defeated side.
Stakes, calendar and historical weight
The reward for winning the Taça de Portugal extends well beyond domestic honour. The champions qualify directly for the UEFA Europa League league stage, giving Portuguese clubs an additional route into European competition. They also earn a place in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the traditional season-opening match against the Primeira Liga champions. When the cup winner has already qualified for Europe through its league position, the Europa League berth is passed to the next-best-placed eligible team in the league.
The competition follows the European football calendar. It begins in late August or early September with the preliminary and first rounds, runs through the winter, resumes with the quarter-finals and semi-finals between January and April, and concludes in late May with the final. That timing makes the cup final frequently the last major domestic match of the Portuguese season.
Benfica hold the record for the most Taça de Portugal titles, a reflection of their long dominance in Portuguese football. The cup’s broader achievement, though, is its durability: since 1938 it has remained a genuine national competition, giving every qualified club, however small, the possibility of a famous knockout night. For many supporters outside the elite, a run in the Taça de Portugal is the most memorable part of any season.