1995–96 Taça de Portugal

Football tournament season

1995–96 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Dates	September 1995 – 18 May 1996
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (23rd title)
Runner-up	Sporting CP
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Marcelo (5 goals)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Taça de Portugal was the 57th edition of the Taça de Portugal, a Portuguese football knockout tournament organized by the Portuguese Football Federation. It began in September 1995 and concluded with the final at the Estádio Nacional on 18 May 1996.

Sporting CP were the previous holders, having defeated Marítimo 2–0 in the previous season's final. Benfica defeated Sporting 3–1 in the final to win their 23rd Taça de Portugal. As a result of them winning the domestic cup competition, Benfica faced 1995–96 Primeira Divisão winners Porto in the 1996 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

Sixth round

Ties were played on the 31 January, whilst replays were played between the 7–14 February. Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Olhanense qualified for the quarter-finals due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.

Farense (I) v Benfica (I)

31 January 1996	Farense (I)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Benfica (I)	Estádio de São Luís, Faro
		(Report)	Marcelo 71'	Referee: Veiga Trigo

Felgueiras (I) v Penafiel (II)

31 January 1996	Felgueiras (I)	1–2	Penafiel (II)	Estádio Doutor Machado de Matos, Felgueiras
		(Report)

Marítimo (I) v Vila Real (III)

31 January 1996	Marítimo (I)	2–0	Vila Real (III)	Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal
		(Report)

Portimonense (III) v União de Leiria (I)

31 January 1996	Portimonense (III)	0–1	União de Leiria (I)	Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão
		(Report)

Sporting CP (I) v Campomaiorense (I)

31 January 1996	Sporting CP (I)	4–1	Campomaiorense (I)	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Yordanov 1' Barbosa 37' Amuneke 43', 67'	(Report)	Silvério 72'

Sporting de Lamego (III) v Porto (I)

31 January 1996	Sporting de Lamego (III)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Porto (I)	Estádio dos Remédios, Lamego
	Lapa 119'	(Report)	Domingos 108'

Vitória de Guimarães (I) v Belenenses (I)

31 January 1996	Vitória de Guimarães (I)	1–0	Belenenses (I)	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
	Ricardo Lopes 66'	(Report)

Porto (I) v Sporting de Lamego (III)

7 February 1996 Replay	Porto (I)	1–0	Sporting de Lamego (III)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	Drulović 88'	(Report)

Benfica (I) v Farense (I)

14 February 1996 Replay	Benfica (I)	1–0	Farense (I)	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
	Airez 60', 68' Marcelo 81'	(Report)		Referee: José Leirós

Quarter-finals

Ties were played on the 25 February.

Benfica (I) v Vitória de Guimarães (I)

25 February 1996	Benfica (I)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Vitória de Guimarães (I)	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
	Marcelo 98'	(Report)		Referee: Martins dos Santos

Olhanense (III) v Sporting CP (I)

25 February 1996	Olhanense (III)	1–2	Sporting CP (I)	Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão
	Xabregas 18'	(Report)	Alves 10' Sá Pinto 90'

Porto (I) v Penafiel (II)

25 February 1996	Porto (I)	2–0	Penafiel (II)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	João Manuel Pinto 50', 76'	(Report)

União de Leiria (I) v Marítimo (I)

25 February 1996	União de Leiria (I)	2–1	Marítimo (I)	Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande, Marinha Grande
		(Report)

Semi-finals

Ties were played between the 10–24 April.

Benfica (I) v União de Leiria (I)

10 April 1996	Benfica (I)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	União de Leiria (I)	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
	Marcelo 113', 119'	(Report)	Crespo 61' 81' Hugo 66' 84'	Referee: Lucílio Batista

Porto (I) v Sporting CP (I)

10 April 1996	Porto (I)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sporting CP (I)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	J. Costa 90'	(Report)	Barbosa 30'	Referee: António Rola

Sporting CP (I) v Porto (I)

24 April 1996 Replay	Sporting CP (I)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Porto (I)	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Martins 117'	(Report)		Referee: Bento Marques

Final

Main article: 1996 Taça de Portugal Final 18 May 199617:00 WEST

Benfica	3–1	Sporting CP
Airez 9' João Pinto 39', 67'	(Report)	Xavier 83' (pen.)

Estádio Nacional, OeirasReferee: Vítor Pereira (Lisbon)

References

"Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 1ª ELIMINATÓRIA" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 1ª Round] (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
"Sporting 2-0 Marítimo" (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
"Benfica 3-1 Sporting" (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
"FC Porto 1-0 Benfica". ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
"Benfica 0-5 FC Porto". ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
"Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 1/8 final" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 1/8 final] (in Portuguese). ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
"Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 OITAVOS-DE-FINAL" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 Round of sixteen] (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
"Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 1/4 final" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 1/4 final] (in Portuguese). ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
"Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 QUARTOS-DE-FINAL" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 quarter-finals] (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
"Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 1/2 final" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 1/2 final] (in Portuguese). ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
"Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 MEIAS-FINAIS" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 semi-finals] (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.

Taça de Portugal

Campeonato de Portugal era, 1922–1938
Seasons	1922 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38
Finals	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938

Taça de Portugal era, 1938–present
Seasons	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Winning managers

v t e 1995–96 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão de Honra Segunda Divisão B Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 1995–96 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '95 '96 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '95 '96 Latvia '95 '96 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '95 '96 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '95 '96 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Latvia '95 '96 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '95 '96 France Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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