# 1938–39 Taça de Portugal

The 1938–39 Taça de Portugal was the first season of the Taça de Portugal (English: Portuguese Cup), the premier Portuguese football knockout competition, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The final was played on 26 June 1939 between Académica de Coimbra and Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
The Taça de Portugal replaced the previous knockout competition, the Campeonato de Portugal (Championship of Portugal), which defined the Portuguese champion.

## Participating teams
### Primeira Divisão

(8 Teams)
* Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol
* Académico Futebol Clube "do Porto"
* Futebol Clube Barreirense
* Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses
* Sport Lisboa e Benfica
* Casa Pia Atlético Clube
* Futebol Clube do Porto
* Sporting Clube de Portugal

### Segunda Divisão

(6 Teams)
* Carcavelinhos Football Club
* Sporting Clube Farense
* Luso Sport Clube "Beja"
* Sporting Clube da Covilhã
* Sport Clube Vila Real
* Vitória Sport Clube "de Guimarães"

### Madeira Championship

(1 Team)
* Clube Desportivo Nacional "da Madeira"

### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final | |
| 1 | AA Coimbra | 5 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Sporting Covilhã | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Sporting Covilhã | 1 | 2 | 3 | AA Coimbra | AA Coimbra | 5 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Académico FC | Académico FC | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Académico FC | 2 | 5 | 7 | Académico FC | Académico FC | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Casa Pia AC | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Casa Pia AC | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | AA Coimbra | AA Coimbra | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Sporting CP | Sporting CP | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 7 | 2 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | Sporting CP | Sporting CP | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| 12 | SC Farense | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | SC Farense | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sporting CP | Sporting CP | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | CF Belenenses | CF Belenenses | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | CF Belenenses | 3 | 9 | 12 | CF Belenenses | CF Belenenses | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | SC Vila Real | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | SC Vila Real | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | AA Coimbra | AA Coimbra | 4 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S.L. Benfica | S.L. Benfica | 3 | |
| 6 | S.L. Benfica | 5 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S.L. Benfica | S.L. Benfica | 3 |
| 11 | Luso SC (Beja) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Luso SC (Beja) | 1 | 0 | 1 | S.L. Benfica | S.L. Benfica | 9 | 4 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Nacional | Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | CD Nacional | - | - | - | Nacional | Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | bye | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | bye | - | - | - | | | | | | S.L. Benfica | S.L. Benfica | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | FC Porto | FC Porto | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | FC Porto | 11 | 2 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | FC Porto | FC Porto | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | |
| 10 | Vitória SC | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Vitória SC | 2 | 3 | 5 | FC Porto | FC Porto | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Carcavelinhos FC | Carcavelinhos FC | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Carcavelinhos FC | 2 | 2 | 4 | Carcavelinhos FC | Carcavelinhos FC | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | FC Barreirense | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## First round

In this round entered the teams from Primeira Divisão (1st level) and Segunda Divisão (2nd level).

### Results

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Académica de Coimbra (1D) | 8–3 | Sporting da Covilhã (2D) | 5–1 | 3–2 |
| Académico do Porto (1D) | 7–3 | Casa Pia (1D) | 2–3 | 5–0 |
| Belenenses (1D) | 12–3 | Vila Real (2D) | 3–3 | 9–0 |
| Benfica (1D) | 8–1 | Luso Beja (2D) | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| Carcavelinhos (2D) | 4–3 | Barreirense (1D) | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Porto (1D) | 13–4 | Vitória de Guimarães (2D) | 11–1 | 2–3 |
| Sporting CP (1D) | 9–1 | Farense (2D) | 7–0 | 2–1 |

## Quarterfinals

In this round entered the winner from Madeira Championship and the winners of the previous round.

### Results

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Académica de Coimbra (1D) | 7–4 | Académico do Porto (1D) | 5–3 | 2–1 |
| Nacional da Madeira (MC) | 0–13 | Benfica (1D) | 0–9 | 0–4 |
| Porto (1D) | 7–5 | Carcavelinhos (2D) | 3–1 | 4–4 |
| Sporting CP (1D) | 4–2 | Belenenses (2D) | 3–1 | 1–1 |

## Semifinals
### Results

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sporting CP (1D) | 4–5 | Académica de Coimbra (1D) | 2–0 | 2–5 |
| Porto (1D) | 6–7 | Benfica (1D) | 6–1 | 0–6 |