2020–21 Taça da Liga

Taça da Liga 2020–21
Region	Portugal
Dates	15 December 2020 – 23 January 2021
Number of teams	8
Champions	Sporting CP
Runner-up	Braga
Total matches played	7
Total goals scored	18
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The 2020–21 Taça da Liga was the fourteenth edition of the Taça da Liga (also known as Allianz Cup for sponsorship reasons), a football league cup competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional and contested exclusively by clubs competing in the two professional divisions of Portuguese football – the top-tier Primeira Liga and the second-tier Liga Portugal 2. Due to calendar limitations derived from the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, this season will follow a transitory format where only eight teams enter the competition.

The competition started with a quarter-final round played from 15 to 17 December 2020, and concluded with a final-four tournament, played at a neutral ground from 18 to 23 January 2021 with the final between Braga and Sporting CP. The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria was chosen as the competition's final-four venue until 2023.

Braga were the holders and two-time winners, after beating Porto 1–0 in the 2020 final. Sporting CP won the final 1–0 over Braga for their third title.

Format

The top six teams from the Primeira Liga and the top two non-reserve teams from the Liga Portugal 2 at the end of November (matchday 8 for Primeira Liga and matchday 10 for Liga Portugal 2) will be paired according to their league positions to play single-leg quarter-final matches:

• 1st place (Primeira Liga) vs. 2nd place (Liga Portugal 2)
• 2nd place (Primeira Liga) vs. 1st place (Liga Portugal 2)
• 3rd place (Primeira Liga) vs. 6th place (Primeira Liga)
• 4th place (Primeira Liga) vs. 5th place (Primeira Liga)

The winners qualify to the final-four tournament, which was played at a neutral venue and comprised two single-leg semi-finals and a final. The final four was scheduled to be played at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, in Leiria, until 2023.

Qualified teams

Team	Tier	Rank (end of November 2020)
Sporting CP	Primeira Liga	1st place
Braga	Primeira Liga	2nd place
Benfica	Primeira Liga	3rd place
Porto	Primeira Liga	4th place
Paços de Ferreira	Primeira Liga	5th place
Vitória de Guimarães	Primeira Liga	6th place
Estoril	Liga Portugal 2	1st place
Mafra	Liga Portugal 2	2nd place

Quarter-finals

In this round, teams were paired according to their league position at the end of November, with the best placed teams playing at home.

15 December 2020	Sporting CP	2–0	Mafra	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Šporar  64' Tabata  71'	Report		Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Tiago Martins

16 December 2020	Porto	2–1	Paços de Ferreira	Porto
18:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Sarr  73' Díaz  80'	Report	Castanheira  82'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 0 Referee: António Nobre

16 December 2020	Benfica	1–1 (4–1 pen)	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi  83' (pen.)	Report	Estupiñán  16'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
		Penalties
	Everton Pizzi Gabriel Seferović		Almeida Pepelu Poha

17 December 2020	Braga	3–1	Estoril	Braga
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Paulinho  14', 59', 78'	Report	Franco  64'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho

Final-four

The final-four was played from 16 to 23 January 2021 in Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, and comprised the semi-finals and final of the competition. The draw for this stage, where the semi-finals' pairings were made and the administrative home team was decided for both semi-finals and final, was made through videoconference on 21 December 2020, by Helton.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 January – Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
	Sporting CP	2
	Porto	1
					23 January – Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
					Sporting CP	1
					Braga	0
	20 January – Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
	Braga	2
	Benfica	1

Semi-finals

19 January 2021 19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Sporting CP	2–1	Porto	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 0 Referee: João Pinheiro
	Cabral  86', 90+4'	Report	Marega  79'

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20 January 2021 19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Braga	2–1	Benfica	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
	Ruiz  28' Tormena  59'	Report	Pizzi  45' (pen.)

Final

Main article: 2021 Taça da Liga Final

23 January 2021 19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Sporting CP	1–0	Braga	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 0 Referee: Tiago Martins
	Porro  41'	Report

External links

• Liga Portugal official website

Template:Taça da Liga seasons

2020–21 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues
Primeira Liga (level 1) · Liga Portugal 2 (level 2) · Campeonato de Portugal (level 3)
Domestic cups
Taça de Portugal (Final) · Taça da Liga (Final) · Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
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