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2008–09 Taça da Liga

Field	Value
tourney_name	Taça da Liga
year	2008–09
country	Portugal
dates	2 August 2008 – 21 March 2009
num_teams	32
champion_other	Benfica
count	1
second_other	Sporting CP
matches	53
goals	124
top_scorer	Liédson (4)
prevseason	2007–08
nextseason	2009–10

The 2008–09 Taça da Liga was the second edition of the Taça da Liga, also known as Carlsberg Cup due to sponsorship reasons. The first matches were played on 2 August 2008 and the final was held on 21 March 2009 at the Estádio Algarve in Faro. Present for the second time in the final of this competition, Sporting CP were once again defeated 3–2 on penalties, this time by rivals Benfica.

Format

After the first season, a change in the format was approved by the Portuguese League for Professional Football. The Cup began with a two-legged round between teams from Liga de Honra (2nd level). Winners were joined by the clubs classified 7th–14th from last season's Primeira Liga (1st level) plus two promoted to this season's Liga. There were six groups of three clubs each, and every team played two matches (once home and once away). Winners of the groups joined the top-six teams from the last season's Primeira Liga and there were three groups of four teams, each club playing three matches. Winners of the groups and the best second-placed club competed in the one-legged semi-finals, with the winners advancing to the final.

Participating clubs

This is a list of clubs participating in the 2008–09 Portuguese League Cup:

Clubs starting from the first round: Boavista (excluded), União de Leiria, Vizela, Gil Vicente, Olhanense, Beira-Mar, Estoril, Desportivo das Aves, Varzim, Santa Clara, Portimonense, Gondomar, Freamunde, Feirense, UD Oliveirense, Sporting da Covilhã
Clubs starting from the second round: Braga, Belenenses, Nacional, Naval, Académica, Estrela da Amadora, Leixões, Paços de Ferreira, Trofense, Rio Ave
Clubs starting from the third round: Porto, Sporting CP, Vitória de Guimarães, Benfica, Marítimo, Vitória de Setúbal

First round

The matches were played on August 2 (first legs) and August 9 and 10, 2008 (second legs).

Second round

The matches were played from August 16 to November 5, 2008.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Third round

The matches were played from December 14, 2008 to January 18, 2009.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held as one-legged matches with the two teams that had the highest number of points in the third round being given the home ground advantage. The draw was held at the LPFP headquarters on 20 January 2009, 12:30 UTC. The matches were played on 4 February 2009.

Aimar

Derlei

Final

Main article: 2009 Taça da Liga Final

Rochemback Moutinho Derlei Postiga Cardozo Katsouranis David Luiz Martins

References

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[http://www.lpfp.pt/noticias/Pages/Apuradosparaasmeias-finais.aspx Apurados para as meias-finais] {{in lang. pt

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