2005 Taça de Portugal Final
| Event | 2004–05 Taça de Portugal | ||||||
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| Date | 29 May 2005 | ||||||
| Venue | Estádio Nacional, Oeiras | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Sandro (Vitória de Setúbal) | ||||||
| Referee | Paulo Costa (Porto) | ||||||
| Attendance | 38,000 | ||||||
The 2005 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2004–05 Taça de Portugal, the 65th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 26 May 2013 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed Benfica and Vitória de Setúbal. Vitória defeated Benfica 2–1 and secured their third title in the competition after winning the competition in the 1964–65 and 1966–67 seasons.
As a result of winning the Taça de Portugal, Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup first round. Vitória de Setúbal would also qualify for the 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira where they met their cup final opponents.
Benfica were appearing in their thirty third Taça de Portugal final. Benfica went into the match as the twenty four times winners (1940, 1943, 1944, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1996, 2004). Of their thirty three Taça de Portugal final appearances they had lost eight times (1939, 1958, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1989, 1997). Benfica's last Taça de Portugal final appearance was in 2004 against Porto, where the Encarnados defeated the Dragões 2–1. Vitória de Setúbal were appearing in their ninth Taça de Portugal final. They had previously won two (1965, 1967) and lost six (1943, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1973). Vitória de Setúbal's last Taça de Portugal final appearance was in 1973 against Sporting CP, where the Leões defeated the Sadinos 3–2.
In Benfica's and Vitória de Setúbal's entire history, the two teams had met on 147 different occasions prior to this encounter. Benfica had accumulated 98 victories whilst Vitória de Setúbal had accumulated twenty eight victories. Of those 147 encounters, twenty four of those games had ended in a tie. The last meeting between these two sides in this competition was a fifth round tie in the 1998–99 season, where Vitória de Setúbal defeated Benfica at the Estádio do Bonfim 2–0. The last meeting between these two sides, prior to this encounter was a domestic league match, which took place on the 19 of March. Benfica defeated their opponents 2–0, with goals from Geovanni and Manuel Fernandes.
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