2025–26 Taça de Portugal

2025–26 Taça de Portugal
Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade
Tournament details
CountryPortugal
Dates30 August 2025 – 24 May 2026
Teams149
Defending championsSporting CP

The 2025–26 Taça de Portugal (also known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade for sponsorship reasons) is the 86th edition of the Taça de Portugal, the premier knockout competition in Portuguese football. The winners will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League league stage should they have not qualified via the league.

A total of 149 teams have entered the cup. All teams from the top four tiers of the Portuguese football league system are competing in this edition – excluding reserve or B teams, which are not eligible – together with representatives of the fifth-tier district leagues and cups. The competition began on 30 August 2025 with the first-round matches involving teams from the third, fourth and fifth tiers, and will conclude on 24 May 2026 with the final at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras. Primeira Liga side Sporting CP are the defending champions.

Format

Round Clubs
remaining 		Clubs
involved 		Winners from
previous round 		New entries
this round 		Leagues entering at this round (tier)
First round 149 116 none 116 Liga 3 (3rd): 18 teams
Campeonato de Portugal (4th): 54 teams
District Football Associations (5th): 44 teams
Second round 108 92 39+38 15 Liga Portugal 2 (2nd): 15 teams
Third round 64 64 46 18 Primeira Liga (1st): 18 teams
Fourth round 32 32 32 none none
Fifth round 16 16 16 none none
Quarter-finals 8 8 8 none none
Semi-finals 4 4 4 none none
Final 2 2 2 none none

Teams

A total of 149 teams competed in the 2025–26 edition, comprising 18 teams from the Primeira Liga (tier 1), 15 teams from the Liga Portugal 2 (tier 2), 18 teams from the Liga 3 (tier 3), 54 teams from the Campeonato de Portugal (tier 4) and 44 teams from the District championships and cups (tier 5).[1]

Campeonato de Portugal

District Championships

First round

Second round

Third round

Number of teams per tier entering this round
Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Liga 3 (3) Campeonato de Portugal (4) District Championships (5) Total
18 / 18
11 / 15
10 / 18
17 / 54
8 / 44
64 / 149
Team 1  Score  Team 2
17 October 2025
Chaves (2) 0–2 Benfica (1)
18 October 2025
São João de Ver (3) 0–3 Famalicão (1)
Espinho (5) 0–0 (2–4 p) Santa Clara (1)
Fornos de Algodres (5) 0–7 AFS (1)
União de Leiria (2) 2–2 (4–2 p) Alverca (1)
Torreense (2) 1–1 (5–4 p) Oliveirense (2)
Rebordosa (5) 1–3 Nacional (1)
Alpendorada (4) 3–1 Estrela da Amadora (1)
Sp. Covilhã (3) 1–0 União Nogueirense (5)
Bragança (4) 0–1 Braga (1)
Portimonense (2) 1–2 Arouca (1)
Celoricense (4) 0–4 FC Porto (1)
Académico Viseu (2) 2–1 Gil Vicente (1)
Marco 09 (3) 0–7 Farense (2)
Paços de Ferreira (2) 2–3 (a.e.t.) Sporting CP (1)
19 October 2025
Fafe (3) 1–0 Moreirense (1)
Lusitânia Lourosa (2) 2–0 Resende (4)
1º Dezembro (3) 1–1 (5–4 p) Benfica Castelo Branco (4)
União de Lamas (4) 0–1 Vitória de Guimarães (1)
Atlético CP (3) 2–0 Felgueiras (2)
Vila Real (4) 1–5 Tondela (1)
Silves (5) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Louletano (4)
Comércio e Indústria (4) 3–0 Vianense (4)
Ançã (5) 0–7 Casa Pia (1)
Lusitano Évora (3) 4–1 Olivais e Moscavide (5)
Anadia (4) 0–0 (6–7 p) Marinhense (4)
Caldas (3) 1–0 Mirandela (4)
Sintrense (4) 3–2 Rio Ave (1)
Mortágua (4) 2–0 Portimonense II (4)
Amarante (3) 1–2 (a.e.t.) Leixões (2)
Vila Meã (4) 1–0 Vila Caiz (5)
Belenenses (3) 1–2 Estoril (1)

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was made on the 19 October 2025 on the Federação Portuguesa de Futebol official YouTube channel. The winners proceed to Fifth round.[2] The matches are being played between 21 and 23 November 2025.[3]

Number of teams per tier entering this round
Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Liga 3 (3) Campeonato de Portugal (4) District Championships (5) Total
13 / 18
6 / 15
6 / 18
6 / 54
1 / 44
32 / 149
Team 1  Score  Team 2
21 November 2025
Atlético CP (3) 0–2 Benfica (1)
22 November 2025
AFS (1) 0–0 (7–6 p) Académico Viseu (2)
Alpendorada (4) 0–3 Casa Pia (1)
Vitória de Guimarães (1) 4–0 Mortágua (4)
Sp. Covilhã (3) 0–2 Lusitano Évora (3)
1º Dezembro (3) 1–3 União de Leiria (2)
Estoril (1) 1–2 Famalicão (1)
Sporting CP (1) 3–0 Marinhense (4)
FC Porto (1) 3–0 Sintrense (4)
23 November 2025
Lusitânia Lourosa (2) 0–1 Torreense (2)
Vila Meã (4) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Leixões (2)
Fafe (3) 2–1 Arouca (1)
Farense (2) 5–1 Silves (5)
Santa Clara (1) 3–0 Comércio e Indústria (4)
Tondela (1) 0–0 (5–6 p) Caldas (3)
Braga (1) 4–2 Nacional (1)

Fifth round

Number of teams per tier entering this round
Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Liga 3 (3) Campeonato de Portugal (4) District Championships (5) Total
7 / 18
3 / 15
3 / 18
1 / 54
0 / 44
14 / 149
Team 1  Score  Team 2
17 December 2025
Vitória de Guimarães (1) 0–1 AFS (1)
Vila Meã (4) 0–1 União de Leiria (2)
Farense (2) 0–2 Benfica (1)
Casa Pia (1) 1–2 Torreense (2)
18 December 2025
Santa Clara (1) 2–3 (a.e.t.) Sporting CP (1)
FC Porto (1) 4–1 Famalicão (1)
23 December 2025
Caldas (3) – Braga (1)
27 December 2025
Lusitano Évora (3) – Fafe (3)

Quarter-finals

Number of teams per tier entering this round
Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Liga 3 (3) Campeonato de Portugal (4) District Championships (5) Total
4 / 18
2 / 15
1 / 18
0 / 54
0 / 44
8 / 149

Semi-finals

Number of teams per tier entering this round
Primeira Liga (1) Liga Portugal 2 (2) Liga 3 (3) Campeonato de Portugal (4) District Championships (5) Total
0 / 18
0 / 15
0 / 18
0 / 54
0 / 44
4 / 149

Final

Bracket

References

  1. ^ "Comunicado Oficial TAÇA DE PORTUGAL GENERALI TRANQUILIDADE 2025/2026 Formato". fpf.pt (in Portuguese). FPF. 6 August 2025.
  2. ^ "4.ª eliminatória definida". fpf.pt (in Portuguese). FPF. 19 October 2025.
  3. ^ "As emoções da Taça estão de volta". fpf.pt (in Portuguese). FPF. 21 November 2025.
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