The 2007–08 Taça da Liga was the first edition of the

Taça da Liga The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual club football competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two tiers of Portuguese football – the ...

, also known as

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Cup for sponsorship reasons. For the first round (4 and 5 August), only teams competing in the

Liga de Honra The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier ...

participated. In the second round (12 August),

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

teams entered. The competition was won by

Vitória de Setúbal Vitoria or Vitória may refer to: People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Sofia Vitória (bor ...

, who defeated

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

3–2 in the

penalty shootout The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

after a goalless draw at the

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, Faro.

First round

Drawing

Teams had been distributed by two pots, being based on the position of the previous championship. * Pot A (away): **

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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.

Games

(LH) - Liga de Honra

Games results in detail

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Second round

Drawing

Teams were divided for two pots, one with the lower ranked

Portuguese Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the 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

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, and the 1st and 2nd placed teams of the 2006–07 Liga de Honra (

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and

Vitória de Guimarães Vitoria or Vitória may refer to: People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Sofia Vitória (bor ...

); (LH) – Liga de Honra (PL) – Primeira League

Games

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

Games results in detail

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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

Games

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

Games results in details

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Fourth round

The winning teams of the

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will be in only one pot and will play in two legs. LH – Liga de Honra PL – Primeira Liga

Games

(LH) – Liga de Honra
(PL) – Primeira League

First leg

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Second leg

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Fifth round

The four winners from the

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will play in a group stage with a

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format. The teams that finish first and second in the group will advance to play each other in the final.

Games results in detail

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Final

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External links

Official website - Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional
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