# 2016 Taça da Liga final

The 2016 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2015–16 Taça da Liga, the ninth season of the Taça da Liga.
Trophy holders Benfica beat Marítimo 6–2 (for the second consecutive final) to win a third consecutive and record seventh title in the competition, in a total of nine editions.

## Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Marítimo | Marítimo | Marítimo | Round | Benfica | Benfica | Benfica |
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | First round | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | First round | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | Second round | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| Académica | 2–1 (H) | Estádio dos Barreiros | Second round | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | Third round | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| Feirense | 4–2 (A) | Estádio Marcolino de Castro | Matchday 1 | Nacional | 1–0 (H) | Estádio da Luz |
| Porto | 3–1 (A) | Estádio do Dragão | Matchday 2 | Oriental | 1–0 (A) | Campo Engenheiro Carlos Salema |
| Famalicão | 0–0 (H) | Estádio dos Barreiros | Matchday 3 | Moreirense | 6–1 (A) | Parque de Jogos Almeida Freitas |
| Group A winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Marítimo 321073+47 Feirense 320154+16 Famalicão 31111103 Porto 300316−50 | Group A winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Marítimo 321073+47 Feirense 320154+16 Famalicão 31111103 Porto 300316−50 | Group A winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Marítimo 321073+47 Feirense 320154+16 Famalicão 31111103 Porto 300316−50 | Final standings | Group B winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Benfica 330081+79 Nacional 31111104 Moreirense 311158–34 Oriental 300326–40 | Group B winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Benfica 330081+79 Nacional 31111104 Moreirense 311158–34 Oriental 300326–40 | Group B winners Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Benfica 330081+79 Nacional 31111104 Moreirense 311158–34 Oriental 300326–40 |
| Opponent | Result | Stadium | Knockout phase | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| Portimonense | 3–1 (H) | Estádio dos Barreiros | Semi-finals | Braga | 2–1 (H) | Estádio da Luz |

## Match
### Details

| Marítimo | Benfica |
Alireza Haghighi :
| RB | 21 | Briguel (c) | 68' |
| CB | 62 | Maurício |
| CB | 5 | Dirceu | 73' |
| LB | 91 | Patrick |
| CM | 23 | Damien Plessis |
| CM | 35 | Fransérgio |
| RW | 2 | João Diogo |
| AM | 11 | Éber Bessa |
| LW | 12 | Edgar Costa | 23' |
| CF | 9 | Dyego Sousa |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 78 | Romain Salin |
| DF | 4 | Deyvison |
| MF | 7 | Alex Soares | 68' |
| MF | 10 | Gevorg Ghazaryan | 73' |
| MF | 17 | Gevaro Nepomuceno |
| FW | 60 | Donald Djoussé | 23' |
| FW | 90 | Baba Diawara |
| Manager: |||
| Nelo Vingada ||||
Ederson :
| RB | 34 | André Almeida |
| CB | 4 | Luisão (c) |
| CB | 33 | Jardel |
| LB | 3 | Álex Grimaldo |
| RM | 21 | Pizzi |
| CM | 7 | Andreas Samaris |
| CM | 85 | Renato Sanches |
| LM | 10 | Nicolás Gaitán | 78' |
| CF | 11 | Kostas Mitroglou | 67' |
| CF | 17 | Jonas | 87' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 13 | Paulo Lopes |
| DF | 14 | Victor Lindelöf |
| DF | 19 | Eliseu |
| MF | 20 | Gonçalo Guedes | 78' |
| MF | 30 | Talisca | 67' |
| MF | 39 | Mehdi Carcela |
| FW | 9 | Raúl Jiménez | 87' |
| Manager: |||
| Rui Vitória ||||
| Man of the Match: Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica) Assistant referees: Paulo Soares (Coimbra) Nuno Vicente (Santarém) Fourth official: António Godinho (Setúbal) Additional assistant referees: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco) Sérgio Piscarreta (Algarve) | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. |