2021–22 Taça de Portugal
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The 2021–22 Taça de Portugal (also known as Taça de Portugal Placard for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd edition of the Taça de Portugal, the premier knockout competition in Portuguese football. A total of 154 clubs competed in this edition, including all teams from the top four tiers of the Portuguese football league system – excluding reserve or B teams, which are not eligible – and representatives of the fifth-tier District leagues and cups.[2]
Taça de Portugal Placard | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | Portugal |
Dates | 9 September 2021 – 22 May 2022 |
Teams | 154 |
Defending champions | Braga |
Final positions | |
Champions | Porto (18th title) |
Runner-up | Tondela |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 155 |
Goals scored | 501 (3.23 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Evanilson (7 goals) |
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The competition began on 9 September 2021 with the first-round matches involving teams from the third, fourth and fifth tiers, and concluded on 22 May 2022 with the final at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras between top-tier sides Porto and Tondela.[3] Primeira Liga side and defending champions Braga were eliminated by Vizela in the fifth round. Porto beat Tondela 3–1 in the final to win their eighteenth title.
The winners qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage and played the 2022 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against the 2021–22 Primeira Liga winners. As Porto secured qualification to the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League by league ranking, the cup winner's place in the Europa League was thus transferred to the league's fourth-placed team, Braga. Consequently, the league's fifth- and sixth-placed teams, Gil Vicente and Vitória de Guimarães, qualified instead for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League third and second qualifying rounds, respectively. As Porto also won the league title, they played the 2022 Supertaça match against the cup runners-up, Tondela.