2012–13 Taça de Portugal

2012–13 Taça de Portugal

Country	Portugal
Teams	165
Champions	Vitória de Guimarães (1st title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Matches played	163
Goals scored	484 (2.97 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Óscar Cardozo Ricardo (6 goals each)
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The 2012–13 Taça de Portugal was the 73rd season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football knockout cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). It was contested by a total of 162 teams competing in the top four tiers of Portuguese football. The competition began with the first round matches in August 2012 and concluded with the final on 26 May 2013, at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras.^[1]

Vitória de Guimarães were the winners, following their 2–1 defeat of Benfica. They secured their first title in the competition after five previous failed attempts and became the twelfth team to win the Taça de Portugal – the first first-time winners since Beira-Mar in 1999. With this victory, Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Académica de Coimbra were the defending champions, after defeating Sporting CP 1–0 in the previous season's final, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Benfica.

Format

As in the previous season, the competition format was organized in a knockout system consisting of seven rounds, which preceded the final match. Teams competing in the Second and Third Division, respectively the third and fourth tiers of Portuguese football, entered the competition in the first round. In the second round, Segunda Liga teams were joined by the first round winners and the remaining Second and/or Third Division teams that received a bye in the previous round. The second round winners advanced to the third round, where they met the top tier Primeira Liga teams for the first time. Unlike the previous rounds, which were contested in one-legged fixtures, the semi-finals were played over two legs in a home-and-away basis. The final was played at a neutral venue, the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras.

Round	Teams remaining	Teams involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering this round
First Round	162	100	none	100	Portuguese Second Division Portuguese Third Division
Second Round	112	96	50	46	Segunda Liga
Third Round	64	64	48	16	Primeira Liga
Fourth Round	32	32	32	none	none
Fifth Round	16	16	16	none	none
Quarterfinals	8	8	8	none	none
Semifinals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Teams

A total of 162 teams from the top four tiers of the national football system from were considered eligible by FPF to participate in the competition:

Primeira Liga (16 teams)
Académica de Coimbra Beira-Mar Benfica Gil Vicente Estoril-Praia Marítimo Moreirense Nacional Olhanense Paços de Ferreira Porto Rio Ave Sporting Braga Vitória de Guimarães Vitória de Setúbal
Segunda Liga (16 teams)
Arouca Atlético Belenenses Desportivo das Aves Feirense Freamunde Leixões Naval Oliveirense Penafiel Portimonense Santa Clara Sporting da Covilhã Tondela Trofense União da Madeira
Second Division (48 teams)
North (16 teams) Amarante Boavista Chaves Fafe Famalicão Gondomar Infesta Joane Limianos Mirandela Padroense Ribeirão Tirsense Varzim Vilaverdense Vizela Centre (16 teams) Académico de Viseu Anadia Benfica Castelo Branco Bustelo Cesarense Cinfães Coimbrões Lusitânia Nogueirense Operário Pampilhosa São João de Ver Sousense Sporting de Espinho Tocha Tourizense South (16 teams) 1º de Dezembro Carregado Casa Pia Farense Fátima Futebol Benfica Louletano Mafra Oeiras Oriental Pinhalnovense Quarteirense Ribeira Brava Sertanense Torreense União de Leiria
Third Division (82 teams)
Series A (12 teams) Bragança Caçadores das Taipas Desportivo de Ronfe Esposende Monção Maria da Fonte Santa Maria Marinhas Melgacense Merelinense Ponte da Barca Vianense Series B (12 teams) Aliados de Lordelo Felgueiras 1932 Leça Lousada Oliveirense Paredes Pedras Rubras Rebordosa Santa Eulália Serzedelo Vila Meã Vila Real Series C (12 teams) Aguiar da Beira Alba Avanca Estarreja Grijó Oliveira do Bairro Oliveira de Frades Parada Penalva do Castelo Salgueiros 08 Sampedrense União de Lamas Series D (12 teams) Alcanenense Alcobaça Beneditense Caldas Marinhense Mortágua Oliveira do Hospital Penelense Sourense Sporting de Pombal Torres Novas Vitória de Sernache Series E (12 teams) Amora Barreirense Cartaxo Eléctrico Fabril Barreiro Lourinhanense Peniche Pêro Pinheiro Real Sacavenense Sintrense União de Tires Series F (12 teams) Aljustrelense Atlético de Reguengos Castrense Esperança de Lagos Lagoa Juventude de Évora Lusitano VRSA Monte do Trigo União de Montemor Moura Sesimbra Vasco da Gama Azores Series (10 teams) Angrense Barreiro Flamengos Marítimo da Graciosa Praiense Prainha Rabo de Peixe Santiago Sporting Ideal Vitória do Pico

Schedule

All draws were held at the FPF headquarters in Lisbon.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Round	Draw date	Main date	Fixtures	Teams	Prize money[8]
First Round	2 August 2012	26 August 2012	50	162 → 112	€2,000
Second Round	31 August 2012	16 September 2012	48	112 → 64	€3,000
Third Round	25 September 2012	21 October 2012	32	64 → 32	€4,000
Fourth Round	29 October 2012	18 November 2012	16	32 → 16	€5,000
Fifth Round	20 November 2012	2 December 2012	8	16 → 8	€7,500
Quarterfinals	18 December 2012	16–17 January 2013	4	8 → 4	€10,000
Semifinals		30 January 2013 (first leg) 17 April 2013 (second leg)	4	4 → 2	€15,000
Final		26 May 2013	1	2 → 1	€150,000 (runner-up) €300,000 (winner)

First round

Teams from the Second Division (II) and Third Division (III) entered in this initial round. The draw was made on 2 August 2012 and determined the 100 teams contesting this round and the remaining 30 teams with a bye into the second round. Matches were played mainly on 26 August, with a few taking place the day before and later on 9 September 2012.

The following 30 teams were given a bye into the second round:

Number of teams per league in competition before this round

Primeira Liga	Segunda Liga	Second Division	Third Division	Total
16 / 16	16 / 16	48 / 48	82 / 82	162 / 162

Lourinhanense, Melgacense, Santa Maria and Limianos were the only Third Division teams to eliminate opponents from the upper Second Division tier.

Second round

The 50 winners from the first round joined the 30 teams awarded with a second round bye and the 16 teams competing in the Segunda Liga (SL), the second tier league. The draw took place on 31 August 2012 and matches were played mainly on 16 September 2012, with a few games taking place the day before.

Number of teams per league in competition before this round

Primeira Liga	Segunda Liga	Second Division	Third Division	Total
16 / 16	16 / 16	38 / 48	42 / 82	112 / 162

Third Division teams Aliados de Lordelo, Caldas, Lourinhanense, Oliveira do Hospital and Santa Eulália were the only teams to eliminate opponents from better ranked leagues. Lourinhanense defeated a Second Division team for the second consecutive time.

Third round

The 16 teams competing in the top tier Primeira Liga enter the tournament at this stage, where they are joined by the 48 winners of the previous round. The draw for this round took place on 25 September 2012,^[10] and matches were played mostly during the weekend of 20–21 October 2012.^[11] The matches involving Benfica and Braga were played respectively on the 18 and 19 October, due to broadcasting purposes, whereas the match between Caldas and Coimbrões was postponed to 2 December 2012, due to logistical difficulties by the latter club.^[12]

Number of teams per league in competition before this round

Primeira Liga	Segunda Liga	Second Division	Third Division	Total
16 / 16	14 / 16	19 / 48	15 / 82	64 / 162

Estoril and Sporting CP were the only Primeira Liga teams to fall in this round, both against teams from the same league. For the third and second consecutive round, respectively, Lourinhanense (III) and Oliveira do Hospital (III) reassured their maintenance in the competition at the expense of opponents from a higher league. Similar achievements were made by Pampilhosa (II), Pedras Rubras (III) and Penalva do Castelo (III).

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round took place on 29 October 2012, and matches were played mostly on 18 November 2012, with a few being held earlier on 16 and 17 November.^[13] The match between Desportivo das Aves and Coimbrões was played later, on 12 December,^[14] because of the delays resulting from the FPF evaluation of irregularities that occurred in the second round fixture between Operário (II) and Caldas (III).

Number of teams per league in competition before this round

Primeira Liga	Segunda Liga	Second Division	Third Division	Total
14 / 16	6 / 16	6 / 48	6 / 82	32 / 162

In this round, three teams eliminated opponents from upper tier leagues: Arouca (SL), Tourizense (II), which advanced to fifth round as the last remaining Second Division team in competition; and giant-killers Lourinhanense (III), who have consecutively beaten teams from stronger leagues since the first round.

Fifth round

The draw for the fifth round took place on the 20 November 2012, and matches were to be played between 30 November and 2 December 2012.^[15] The match opposing Benfica (PL) and Desportivo das Aves (SL) was due to be played on 1 December but was rescheduled to 2 January 2013.^[16][17]

Number of teams per league in competition before this round

Primeira Liga	Segunda Liga	Second Division	Third Division	Total
9 / 16	4 / 16	1 / 48	2 / 82	16 / 162

Primeira Liga champions Porto were beaten by league opponents Braga, becoming the second "Big Three" club to be knocked out, after Sporting in the third round. None of the last remaining teams from the Second and Third Division survived this round: Tourizense (II) was defeated by title-holders Académica, while Fabril Barreiro (III) lost to Belenenses (SL) and underdogs Lourinhanense (III) were finally halted at home by Paços de Ferreira (PL).

Quarterfinals

The draw for the quarterfinals – which also determined the pairings for the semifinals – took place on 18 December 2012,^[18] and the matches were played on 16–17 January 2013.^[19]

Number of teams per league in competition before this round

Primeira Liga	Segunda Liga	Second Division	Third Division	Total
6 / 16	2 / 16	0 / 48	0 / 82	8 / 162

Belenenses defeated Arouca in the match between the last surviving Segunda Liga teams, whereas Benfica ended the reign of defending champions Académica, with a crushing 4–0 away win.

Semifinals

The semifinal pairings were previously determined during the draw for the quarterfinals, held on 18 December 2012. This round is contested over two legs, with the first leg taking place on 30 January 2013 and the second leg on 17 April 2013.

Number of teams per league in competition before this round

Primeira Liga	Segunda Liga	Second Division	Third Division	Total
3 / 16	1 / 16	0 / 48	0 / 82	4 / 162

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Games
1	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica	6	6
	Ricardo	Vitória de Guimarães	6	6
3	Lima	Benfica	5	7
4	Rambé	Belenenses	4	2
5	Beré	Vilaverdense	4	3
	Pedro Tiba	Tirsense	4	3
7	Paulo Clemente	Arouca	4	5
	Pedro Fonseca	Lourinhanense	4	5

Last update: 26 May 2013^[20]

Notes

References

External links

• Official webpage (Portuguese)