2014–15 Taça da Liga
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 26 July 2014 – 29 May 2015 |
| Teams | 36 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Benfica (6th title) |
| Runners-up | Marítimo |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 83 |
| Goals scored | 200 (2.41 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Jonas (5 goals) |
The 2014–15 Taça da Liga is the eighth edition of the Taça da Liga, a Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP). It is contested by a total of 36 clubs competing in the top two professional tiers of Portuguese football – 18 teams from the 2014–15 Primeira Liga plus 18 non-reserve teams from the 2014–15 Segunda Liga.
The title holders Benfica beat Marítimo 2–1 in the final and lifted the trophy for a record sixth time.
The competition format for the 2014–15 edition consists of three rounds plus a knockout phase. In the first round, only teams competing in the 2014–15 Segunda Liga (excluding reserve teams from Primeira Liga clubs) take part. The eighteen teams are drawn into four groups (two with four teams and two with five), where each team plays against the others 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 five teams placed 11th–15th in the 2013–14 Primeira Liga and the three teams promoted to 2014–15 Primeira Liga. Two-legged ties are played between Primeira Liga and Segunda Liga teams, in a home-and-away system, and the winner advances to the third round. The third round features the eight winners of the previous round and the ten teams ranked 1st–10th in the 2013–14 Primeira Liga. Similarly to the first round, the eighteen teams are drawn into four groups (two with four teams and two with five) and play each other in a single round-robin format. The four third-round group winners qualify for the knockout phase, which consists of two semi-finals and one final, both decided in one-legged fixtures. The final is played at a neutral venue.
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