2016–17 Taça da Liga
| Taça CTT | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 30 July 2016 – 29 January 2017 |
| Teams | 35 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Moreirense (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Braga |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 46 |
| Goals scored | 103 (2.24 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Welthon (4 goals) |
The 2016–17 Taça da Liga was the tenth 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. The competition is sponsored by CTT and known as Taça CTT since the previous season.
A total of 35 teams contested this tournament, including 18 teams from the 2016–17 Primeira Liga and 17 non-reserve teams from the 2016–17 LigaPro. The competition format suffered changes for the second consecutive year, with the number of teams being reduced and the semi-finals being played on the same week of the final, in late January.
Benfica were the three-time defending holders, but failed to defend their title, losing to Moreirense in the semi-finals. This result marked Benfica's first defeat in the competition since 31 October 2007 and put an end to a 42-game unbeaten run. Moreirense beat Braga 1–0 to win their first national cup in their first appearance in a national cup final.
On 19 June 2015, the LPFP announced that the number of teams in the 2016–17 LigaPro season would be reduced to 22, thus reducing the number of teams that would play in the Taça da Liga from 37 to 35.
On 28 June 2016, the LPFP approved some changes in relation to the semi-finals matches. Both the semi-finals and final match will be played in the same week, and on the same stadium.
Seventeen teams competing in the 2016–17 LigaPro (reserve teams from Primeira Liga clubs are excluded) took part in the first round; one-legged ties were played between sixteen teams, with the seventeenth team receiving a bye to the next round.
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