# 2020 Taça da Liga Final

The 2020 Taça da Liga Final was the final match of the 2019–20 Taça da Liga, the thirteenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 25 January 2020 at Estádio Municipal de Braga.
The competition involved the 34 clubs playing in the top two tiers of the Portuguese football league system – 18 from Primeira Liga and 16 from LigaPro – during the 2019–20 season. Reserve sides of Primeira Liga teams that played in the 2018–19 LigaPro were excluded from the competition.
Braga and Porto faced off for the second time in a rematch of the 2013 final. In the final, Braga defeated Porto 1–0 to earn its second title in their third final. Porto lost their fourth consecutive league cup final, after appearances in the 2010, 2013, and 2019 finals. Braga became the third team (after Benfica and Sporting CP) in the competition's history to win multiple Taças da Liga.

## Background

For the third consecutive season, this competition featured a final four format with both the semi-finals and the final being played over a space of a few days in the same venue. The Estádio Municipal de Braga hosted all matches.

## Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Braga | Braga | Braga | Round | Porto | Porto | Porto |
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | First round | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | First round | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | Second round | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Second round | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | Third round | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| Penafiel | 3–1 (A) | Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril | Matchday 1 | Santa Clara | 1–0 (H) | Estádio do Dragão |
| Marítimo | 2–1 (H) | Estádio Municipal de Braga | Matchday 2 | Casa Pia | 3–0 (A) | Estádio Pina Manique |
| Paços de Ferreira | 4–1 (A) | Estádio Capital do Móvel | Matchday 3 | Chaves | 4–2 (A) | Estádio Municipal de Chaves |
| Group A winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Braga 330082+69 Paços de Ferreira 311146-24 Marítimo 302123−12 Penafiel 301225−31 | Group A winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Braga 330082+69 Paços de Ferreira 311146-24 Marítimo 302123−12 Penafiel 301225−31 | Group A winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Braga 330082+69 Paços de Ferreira 311146-24 Marítimo 302123−12 Penafiel 301225−31 | Final standings | Group D winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Porto 330082+69 Chaves 32014406 Casa Pia 310225–33 Santa Clara 300314−30 | Group D winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Porto 330082+69 Chaves 32014406 Casa Pia 310225–33 Santa Clara 300314−30 | Group D winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Porto 330082+69 Chaves 32014406 Casa Pia 310225–33 Santa Clara 300314−30 |
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | Knockout phase | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| Sporting CP | 2–1 (N) | Estádio Municipal de Braga | Semi-finals | Vitória de Guimarães | 2–1 (N) | Estádio Municipal de Braga |

## Match
### Details

| Braga | Porto |
| GK | 1 | Matheus |
| RB | 47 | Ricardo Esgaio |
| CB | 3 | Vítor Tormena | 56' |
| CB | 34 | Raul Silva | 67' |
| CB | 36 | Bruno Viana | 81' |
| LM | 5 | Nuno Sequeira |
| CM | 60 | João Palhinha | 64' | 90' |
| CM | 27 | Fransérgio (c) |
| RW | 21 | Ricardo Horta |
| LW | 90 | Galeno | 50' |
| CF | 20 | Paulinho |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 12 | Tiago Sá |
| DF | 11 | Diogo Viana |
| DF | 13 | Wallace | 56' |
| MF | 17 | João Novais | 90' |
| FW | 77 | Francisco Trincão | 50' |
| FW | 18 | Rui Fonte |
| FW | 7 | Wilson Eduardo |
| Manager: |||
| Rúben Amorim |||
| GK | 31 | Diogo Costa |
| RB | 17 | Jesús Corona | 73' |
| CB | 19 | Chancel Mbemba |
| CB | 5 | Iván Marcano |
| LB | 13 | Alex Telles |
| CM | 25 | Otávio | 30' |
| CM | 22 | Danilo Pereira (c) | 74' |
| CM | 27 | Sérgio Oliveira | 19' | 72' |
| RW | 11 | Moussa Marega | 78' |
| CF | 29 | Francisco Soares |
| LW | 7 | Luis Díaz |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 32 | Agustín Marchesín |
| DF | 18 | Wilson Manafá | 78' |
| DF | 4 | Diogo Leite |
| MF | 8 | Romário Baró | 72' | 80' |
| MF | 16 | Mateus Uribe | 74' | 90+3' |
| MF | 77 | Vitinha |
| FW | 9 | Vincent Aboubakar |
| Manager: ||
| Sérgio Conceição ||
| Man of the match Ricardo Horta Assistant referees: Rui Teixeira Valter Rufo Fourth official: Cláudio Pereira Video assistant referee: Tiago Martins Assistant video assistant referee: Artur Soares Dias | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |