2015–16 Taça da Liga
| Taça CTT | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 1 August 2015 – 20 May 2016 |
| Teams | 37 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Benfica (7th title) |
| Runners-up | Marítimo |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 127 (2.65 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Raúl Jiménez Talisca (4 goals each) |
The 2015–16 Taça da Liga was the ninth edition of the Taça da Liga, a football cup competition organized by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) and contested exclusively by clubs competing in the top two professional tiers of Portuguese football. As of the 2015–16 season, the competition is sponsored by CTT and known as Taça CTT.
A total of 37 teams contested this tournament, including 18 teams from the 2015–16 Primeira Liga and 19 non-reserve teams from the 2015–16 LigaPro. The competition format suffered changes relative to the previous season, with the first round (round-robin group stage) and second round (two-legged ties) being converted into single-legged knockout rounds.
Trophy holders Benfica beat previous runners-up Marítimo in the final to extend their record in the competition to seven wins.
The competition format for the 2015–16 season consisted of three rounds followed by a knockout phase (semi-finals and final), but presents changes relative to the previous season. Nineteen teams competing in the 2015–16 LigaPro (reserve teams from Primeira Liga clubs are excluded) took part in the first round; one-legged ties were played between eighteen teams, with the nineteenth team receiving a bye to the next round.
In the second round, the ten teams advancing from the previous round (nine winners plus the team with a bye) were joined by the twelve teams placed 5th–16th in the 2014–15 Primeira Liga and by the two teams promoted to 2015–16 Primeira Liga. Again, one-legged ties were played between the twenty-four teams, with the winners advancing to the third round.
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