# 2025 Taça da Liga final

The 2025 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2024–25 Taça da Liga, the eightteenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 11 January 2025 at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa.
The competition was 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. This season featured only eight teams in the competition.
Benfica and Sporting CP faced off for the third time in a rematch of the 2022 final. In the final, Benfica won the final 7–6 after a penalty shootout, to earn their eighth title, and their first title since 2016.

## 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 two finals, the second final in 2009 with Benfica winning on penalty kicks and the 2022 final, where Sporting won 2–1.

## 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 | Knockout phase | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| Santa Clara | 3–0 (H) | Estádio da Luz | Quarter-finals | Nacional | 3–1 (H) | Estádio José Alvalade |
| Braga | 3–0 (N) | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa | Semi-finals | Porto | 1–0 (N) | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa |

## Match
### Details

| Sporting | Benfica |
Franco Israel :
| RB | 72 | Eduardo Quaresma | 67' |
| CB | 26 | Ousmane Diomande |
| CB | 3 | St. Juste |
| LB | 20 | Maxi Araújo | 46' |
| RM | 21 | Geny Catamo | 81' |
| CM | 42 | Morten Hjulmand (c) |
| CM | 52 | João Simões | 81' |
| LM | 57 | Geovany Quenda |
| CF | 17 | Francisco Trincão |
| CF | 9 | Viktor Gyökeres |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 13 | Vladan Kovačević |
| DF | 22 | Iván Fresneda | 67' |
| DF | 47 | Ricardo Esgaio | |
| DF | 6 | Zeno Debast | 81' |
| DF | 25 | Gonçalo Inácio | |
| MF | 50 | Alexandre Brito | |
| MF | 96 | Samuel Justo |
| FW | 90 | Afonso Moreira | |
| FW | 19 | Conrad Harder | 81' |
| Manager: |||
| Rui Borges ||||
Anatoliy Trubin :
| RB | 44 | Tomás Araújo | 72' |
| CB | 4 | António Silva |
| CB | 30 | Nicolás Otamendi (c) |
| LB | 3 | Álvaro Carreras | 58' |
| CM | 10 | Orkun Kökçü | 83' |
| CM | 61 | Florentino Luís |
| AM | 8 | Fredrik Aursnes | 72' |
| LW | 21 | Andreas Schjelderup | 46' |
| CF | 14 | Vangelis Pavlidis | 80' |
| RW | 11 | Ángel Di María |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 24 | Samuel Soares |
| RB | 6 | Alexander Bah | 72' |
| DF | 5 | Adrian Bajrami |
| MF | 64 | João Rego |
| MF | 18 | Leandro Barreiro | 72' |
| MF | 85 | Renato Sanches | 80' |
| FW | 9 | Arthur Cabral |
| FW | 17 | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | 46' |
| FW | 7 | Zeki Amdouni | 80' |
| Manager: |||
| Bruno Lage |||
| Man of the match Florentino Luís (Benfica) Assistant referees: Bruno Jesus Pedro Ribeiro Fourth official: João Gonçalves Video assistant referee: Luís Godinho Assistant video assistant referee: Luís Ferreira Nuno Manso | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |