2015–16 Taça de Portugal
| Taça de Portugal Placard | |||
| Country |
 Portugal
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| Dates | 5 September 2015 – 22 May 2016 | ||
| Teams | 155 | ||
| Champions | Braga (2nd title) | ||
| Runners-up | Porto | ||
| Matches played | 170 | ||
| Goals scored | 545 (3.21 per match) | ||
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The 2015–16 Taça de Portugal was the 76th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier knockout competition in Portuguese football. As of this season, it became also known as Taça de Portugal Placard due to sponsorship by sports betting game Placard.
The competition was contested by a total of 155 clubs – an increase of 20 clubs compared to the previous edition –, including teams from the top-three tiers of the Portuguese football league system and representatives of the fourth-tier District leagues and cups. It began with the first-round matches on 5 September 2015 and concluded on 22 May 2016, with the final at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras.
Making their second final appearance in two seasons, Braga beat Porto 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out (following a 2–2 draw at the end of extra time) and won the competition for the second time, 50 years after their first triumph in the 1965–66 edition. The title holders were Sporting CP, but they were eliminated in the fifth round by Braga, in a replay of the previous final.
As in the previous season, the competition format was organised in a knockout system consisting of seven rounds before the final match. For this season, the number of participating clubs increased from 135 to 155, to accommodate twice the number of teams from the District levels. The concept of repechage was introduced, meaning that teams eliminated in one round could still compete in later rounds, to provide an even number of teams necessary to avoid byes.
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