2025–26 Taça da Liga
| Allianz Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Dates | 28 October 2025 – 10 January 2026 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 18 (4.5 per match) |
| Attendance | 113,848 (28,462 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Geovany Quenda Salvador Blopa (2 each) |
The 2025–26 Taça da Liga is the nineteenth edition of the Taça da Liga (also known as Allianz Cup for sponsorship reasons), a football league cup competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional and contested exclusively by clubs competing in the two professional divisions of Portuguese football – the top-tier Primeira Liga and the second-tier Liga Portugal 2. It is the second season featuring only eight teams in the competition.[1]
Format
As in the season before, the top six teams from the Primeira Liga and the top two non-reserve teams from the Liga Portugal 2 were paired according to their league positions to play single-leg quarter-final matches:
- 1st place (Primeira Liga) vs. 2nd place (Liga Portugal 2)
- 2nd place (Primeira Liga) vs. 1st place (Liga Portugal 2)
- 3rd place (Primeira Liga) vs. 6th place (Primeira Liga)
- 4th place (Primeira Liga) vs. 5th place (Primeira Liga)
The winners qualify to the final-four tournament, which will be played at a neutral venue and comprises two single-leg semi-finals and a final. The final four is going to be played at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, in Leiria for the sixth season in a row.[2]
Qualified teams
| Team | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Sporting CP | Primeira Liga | 1st place |
| Benfica | Primeira Liga | 2nd place |
| Porto | Primeira Liga | 3rd place |
| Braga | Primeira Liga | 4th place |
| Santa Clara | Primeira Liga | 5th place |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Primeira Liga | 6th place |
| Tondela | Liga Portugal 2 | 1st place |
| Alverca | Liga Portugal 2 | 2nd place |
Quarter-finals
In this round, with the best placed teams playing at home.
| 28 October 2025 | Sporting CP | 5–1 | Alverca | Lisbon |
| 20:15 WET | Report |
|
Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 23,085 Referee: Hélder Carvalho |
| 29 October 2025 | Braga | 5–0 | Santa Clara | Braga |
| 19:15 WET | Report | Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 6,574 Referee: David Rafael Silva |
| 29 October 2025 | Benfica | 3–0 | Tondela | Lisbon |
| 20:45 WET | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,314 Referee: Carlos Macedo |
| 4 December 2025 | Porto | 1–3 | Vitória de Guimarães | Porto |
| 20:15 WET |
|
Report | Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 33,875 Referee: Hélder Carvalho |
Final-four
The final-four is going to be played from 6 to 10 January 2026 in Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, and comprises the semi-finals and final of the competition.
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 January 2026 – Leiria | ||||||
| Sporting | ||||||
| 10 January 2026 – Leiria | ||||||
| Vitória de Guimarães | ||||||
| 7 January 2026 – Leiria | ||||||
| Benfica | ||||||
| Braga | ||||||
Semi-finals
Final
References
- ^ "Os jogos dos quartos de final da Allianz CUP 2025-26". Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. 18 May 2025.
- ^ "Taça da Liga continua a ser em Leiria... para já". A Bola. 29 September 2025.