# 2022 Taça da Liga final

The 2022 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2021–22 Taça da Liga, the fifteenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 29 January 2022 at Estádio Municipal de Leiria.
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 Liga Portugal 2 – during the 2021–22 season. Reserve sides of Primeira Liga teams that played in the 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 were excluded from the competition. The competition format suffered changes for a to accommodate a reduction in the number of participating teams, particularly from the Liga Portugal 2.
Benfica and Sporting CP faced off for the second time in a rematch of the 2009 final. In the final, Sporting defeated Benfica 2–1 to earn its fourth title in their sixth final, with Benfica losing their first final. Sporting became the second team (after Benfica) in the competition's history to win the competition four times.

## Background

The competition format suffered changes this season featuring the return of the 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 Dr. Magalhães Pessoa hosted all matches. The two teams had played in the second final in 2009 with Benfica winning on penalty kicks.

## Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Benfica | Benfica | Benfica | Round | Sporting CP | Sporting CP | Sporting CP |
| 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 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 3–3 (A) | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | Matchday 1 | Famalicão | 2–1 (H) | Estádio José Alvalade |
| Sporting da Covilhã | 3–0 (H) | Estádio da Luz | Matchday 2 | Penafiel | 1–0 (A) | Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril |
| Group B winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Benfica 221163+34 Vitória de Guimarães 221153+24 Sporting da Covilhã 300205−50 | Group B winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Benfica 221163+34 Vitória de Guimarães 221153+24 Sporting da Covilhã 300205−50 | Group B winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Benfica 221163+34 Vitória de Guimarães 221153+24 Sporting da Covilhã 300205−50 | Final standings | Group A winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Sporting CP 220031+26 Famalicão 210162+43 Penafiel 200206–60 | Group A winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Sporting CP 220031+26 Famalicão 210162+43 Penafiel 200206–60 | Group A winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Sporting CP 220031+26 Famalicão 210162+43 Penafiel 200206–60 |
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | Knockout phase | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| Boavista | 1–1 (3–2p) (N) | Estádio Municipal de Leiria | Semi-finals | Santa Clara | 2–1 (N) | Estádio Municipal de Leiria |

## Match
### Details

| Benfica | Sporting |
Odysseas Vlachodimos :
| RB | 22 | Valentino Lazaro |
| CB | 5 | Jan Vertonghen (c) | 53' |
| CB | 91 | Morato | 83' |
| LB | 3 | Álex Grimaldo |
| CM | 28 | Julian Weigl |
| CM | 11 | Soualiho Meïté | 83' |
| CM | 20 | João Mário | 90+2' |
| RW | 17 | Diogo Gonçalves | 74' |
| CF | 15 | Roman Yaremchuk | 61' |
| LW | 7 | Everton | 58' | 83' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 77 | Helton Leite |
| DF | 34 | André Almeida |
| DF | 97 | Ferro |
| MF | 55 | Paulo Bernardo |
| MF | 21 | Pizzi | 83' |
| MF | 49 | Adel Taarabt | 83' |
| FW | 29 | Henrique Araújo | 83' |
| FW | 88 | Gonçalo Ramos | 61' |
| FW | 31 | Gil Dias | 74' |
| Manager: |||
| Jorge Jesus |||
Antonio Adán :
| CB | 13 | Luís Neto (c) | 31' | 66' |
| CB | 52 | Gonçalo Inácio |
| CB | 3 | Zouhair Feddal |
| RM | 47 | Ricardo Esgaio | 77' |
| CM | 6 | João Palhinha |
| CM | 8 | Matheus Nunes | 59' | 85' |
| LM | 2 | Matheus Reis |
| RW | 28 | Pedro Gonçalves |
| CF | 21 | Paulinho | 53' | 88' |
| LW | 17 | Pablo Sarabia | 88' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 31 | João Virgínia |
| DF | 24 | Pedro Porro | 66' |
| MF | 15 | Manuel Ugarte | 85' |
| MF | 68 | Daniel Bragança |
| FW | 11 | Nuno Santos | 88' |
| FW | 7 | Bruno Tabata |
| FW | 10 | Jovane Cabral | |
| FW | 57 | Geny Catamo |
| FW | 19 | Tiago Tomás | 88' |
| Manager: |||
| Ruben Amorim ||||
| Assistant referees: Jorge Fernandes Luciano Maia Fourth official: Manuel Oliveira Video assistant referee: Artur Soares Dias Assistant video assistant referee: Rui Costa | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |