# 2007–08 Taça da Liga

The 2007–08 Taça da Liga was the first edition of the Taça da Liga, also known as Carlsberg Cup for sponsorship reasons.
For the first round (4 and 5 August), only teams competing in the Liga de Honra participated. In the second round (12 August), Primeira Liga teams entered.
The competition was won by Vitória de Setúbal, who defeated Sporting CP 3–2 in the penalty shootout after a goalless draw at the Estádio Algarve, Faro.

## First round
### Drawing

Teams had been distributed by two pots, being based on the position of the previous championship.
* Pot A (away):
** Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves, who were relegated from the top division;
** 3rd to 8th position of the 2006–07 Liga de Honra.
* Pot B (home):
** 9th to 14th position of the 2006–07 Liga de Honra;
** Fátima and Freamunde, who were promoted from II Divisão.
| Pot A | Pot B |
| Beira-Mar | Olhanense |
| Desportivo das Aves | Estoril |
| Rio Ave | Trofense |
| Santa Clara | Gil Vicente |
| Gondomar | Vizela |
| Feirense | Portimonense |
| Varzim | Fátima |
| Penafiel | Freamunde |

### Games

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| (LH) Trofense | 2–1 | Feirense (LH) |
| (LH) Vizela | 1–3 | Varzim (LH) |
| (LH) Freamunde | 0–0 (2–4 p) | Beira-Mar (LH) |
| (LH) Estoril | 2–1 | Desportivo das Aves (LH) |
| (LH) Fátima | 2–0 | Santa Clara (LH) |
| (LH) Portimonense | 1–0 | Rio Ave (LH) |
| (LH) Olhanense | 0–1 | Gondomar (LH) |
| (LH) Gil Vicente | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Penafiel (LH) |
(LH) - Liga de Honra

### Games results in detail
## Second round
### Drawing

Teams were divided for two pots, one with the lower ranked Portuguese Liga teams and the other with the first round winners, who played at home.
* Pot C (home):
** winners teams of first round;
* Pot D (visitors):
** 9th to 14th placed teams of the 2006–07 Primeira Liga, and the 1st and 2nd placed teams of the 2006–07 Liga de Honra (Leixões and Vitória de Guimarães) ;
| Pot C | Pot D |
| Trofense | Estrela da Amadora |
| Varzim | Boavista |
| Beira-Mar | Marítimo |
| Estoril | Naval |
| Fátima | Académica |
| Portimonense | Vitória de Setúbal |
| Gondomar | Leixões |
| Penafiel | Vitória de Guimarães |
(LH) – Liga de Honra (PL) – Primeira League

### Games

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| (LH) Estoril | 0–1 | Estrela da Amadora (PL) |
| (LH) Penafiel | 0–0 (5–4 p) | Marítimo (PL) |
| (LH) Fátima | 1–0 | Académica (PL) |
| (LH) Portimonense | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Naval (PL) |
| (LH) Varzim | 0–4 | Leixões (PL) |
| (LH) Gondomar | 0–3 | Vitória de Setúbal (PL) |
| (LH) Trofense | 0–1 | Vitória de Guimarães (PL) |
| (LH) Beira-Mar | 1–0 | Boavista (PL) |
(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

### Games results in detail
## Third round
### Drawing

Teams were divided in two pots, one with the higher ranked Portuguese Liga teams and the other with the second round winners, who played at home.
* Pot E (home):
** winners teams of Second round;
* Pot F (visitors):
** 1st to 8th placed teams of the 2006–07 Primeira Liga
| Pot E | Pot F |
| Estrela da Amadora | Nacional |
| Penafiel | União de Leiria |
| Fátima | Paços de Ferreira |
| Portimonense | Belenenses |
| Leixões | Braga |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Benfica |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Sporting CP |
| Beira-Mar | Porto |

### Games

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| (PL) Leixões | 0–2 | União de Leiria (PL) |
| (LH) Penafiel | 1–0 | Nacional (PL) |
| (LH) Portimonense | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Belenenses (PL) |
| (LH) Beira-Mar | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Paços de Ferreira (PL) |
| (PL) Vitória de Setúbal | 2–0 | Braga (PL) |
| (LH) Fátima | 0–0 (4–2 p) | Porto (PL) |
| (PL) Estrela da Amadora | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Benfica (PL) |
| (PL) Vitória de Guimarães | 0–0 (6–7 p) | Sporting CP (PL) |
(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

### Games results in details
## Fourth round

The winning teams of the third round will be in only one pot and will play in two legs.
| Clube | League |
| Sporting CP | PL |
| Benfica | PL |
| União de Leiria | PL |
| Vitória de Setúbal | PL |
| Beira-Mar | LH |
| Penafiel | LH |
| Portimonense | LH |
| Fátima | LH |
LH – Liga de Honra PL – Primeira Liga

### Games

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| (PL) Sporting CP | 4–4 (a) | Fátima (LH) | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| (PL) Benfica | 2–3 | Vitória de Setúbal (PL) | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| (LH) Portimonense | 2–3 | Beira-Mar (LH) | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| (LH) Penafiel | 3–2 | União de Leiria (PL) | 3–1 | 0–1 |
(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

#### Second leg
## Fifth round

The four winners from the fourth round will play in a group stage with a single round-robin format. The teams that finish first and second in the group will advance to play each other in the final.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vitória de Setúbal (PL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Sporting CP (PL) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Advance to final |
| 3 | Penafiel (LH) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Beira-Mar (LH) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 | |

### Games results in detail
## Final

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