2012–13 Taça da Liga
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 28 July 2012 – 14 April 2013 |
| Teams | 32 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Braga (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Porto |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 67 |
| Goals scored | 147 (2.19 per match) |
| Attendance | 133,547 (1,993 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Rabiola Rafael Porcellis Fabrício Josué (5 goals each) |
The 2012–13 Taça da Liga was the sixth edition of the Taça da Liga, the Portuguese football league cup competition. It was organized by the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP) and contested between the 32 clubs competing in the 2012–13 Primeira Liga and 2012–13 Segunda Liga, the top two tiers of Portuguese football. The first matches were played on 28 July 2012, and the final was played on Estádio Cidade de Coimbra in Coimbra, on 13 April 2013.
Braga eliminated the holders and four-time winners Benfica in a penalty shootout in the semi-finals. In the final, they defeated the 2011–12 Primeira Liga champions Porto 1–0 to win their first title in the competition.
The competition format for the 2012–13 edition consists of three rounds plus a knockout phase. In the first round, only teams competing in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga (excluding reserve teams from Primeira Liga clubs) take part. The sixteen teams are drawn into four groups of four teams, where each team plays against the other three in a single round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round. In the second round, the eight teams that qualified from the previous round are joined by the six Primeira Liga teams placed 9th to 14th in the previous season and the two teams promoted to 2012–13 Primeira Liga. Two-legged home-and-away fixtures are played between Segunda Liga teams qualifying from the first round and Primeira Liga teams entering this round, and the winner advances to the third round.
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