2011–12 Taça da Liga

The 2011–12 Taça da Liga was the fifth edition of the Portuguese Taça da Liga. The first matches were played on 31 July 2011. The final was played on 14 April 2012, with Benfica defeating Gil Vicente 2–1 to win their fourth consecutive Taça da Liga.

2011–12 Taça da Liga
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	31 July 2011 – 14 April 2012
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (4th title)
Runners-up	Gil Vicente
Tournament statistics
Matches played	67
Goals scored	160 (2.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miguel Rosa Baba Diawara Rodrigo (4 goals each)
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Format

This seasons' format consists of 3 rounds, plus knockout stages. In the first round, only second division teams play. All 16 teams are allocated into 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each team plays 3 matches and top two of each group advances. In the second round, teams that qualified from previous round are joined by the two Liga Sagres promoted teams and also the 6 worst in the top league in the previous season. There will be two-legged fixtures in which the winners will advance. The third round is where the remaining top 8 teams from previous season first division enter the competition. Again, as in the first round, the 16 teams are divided into 4 groups and each team will play 3 matches. However this time, only group winners advance. Both semi-finals and finals are one-legged fixtures.

Participating clubs

Clubs starting from the first round: Arouca, Atlético CP, Belenenses, Covilhã, Desportivo das Aves, Estoril, Freamunde, Leixões, Moreirense, Naval, Oliveirense, Penafiel, Portimonense, Santa Clara, Trofense, União da Madeira
Clubs starting from the second round: Académica, Beira-Mar, Feirense, Gil Vicente, Marítimo, Olhanense, União de Leiria, Vitória de Setúbal
Clubs starting from the third round: Benfica, Braga, Nacional, Paços de Ferreira, Porto, Rio Ave, Sporting CP, Vitória de Guimarães

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BEL	PEN	TRO	LEI
1	Belenenses	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Advance to second round			3–1	5–3
2	Penafiel	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	Advance to second round	0–0
3	Trofense	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2			1–1		1–1
4	Leixões	3	0	2	1	5	7	−2	2			1–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SCA	NAV	SCO	ARO
1	Santa Clara	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to second round		1–0		1–1
2	Naval	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to second round			2–1	2–0
3	Sporting da Covilhã	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3		0–1
4	Arouca	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1				0–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MOR	PRM	FRM	ATL
1	Moreirense	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advance to second round				2–1
2	Portimonense	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	Advance to second round	2–3			1–1
3	Freamunde	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4		1–1	2–3
4	Atlético CP	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1				0–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EST	UDM	AVE	OLI
1	Estoril	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to second round			2–0	1–0
2	União da Madeira	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to second round	3–2
3	Desportivo das Aves	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4			0–0
4	Oliveirense	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3			2–1	0–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Second round

The 2011–12 Taça da Liga Second Round matches were played on 8, 9, 26 and 27 October 2011 for the first legs whilst the second legs took place on 9, 12 and 13 November 2011. The winners over the two legs progressed to the third round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
União da Madeira	2–5	Marítimo	2–3	0–2
Penafiel	2–1	Académica	1–1	1–0
Santa Clara	3–2	União de Leiria	3–1	0–1
Naval	3–4	Vitória de Setúbal	1–2	2–2
Moreirense	4–3	Beira-Mar	2–2	2–1
Portimonense	2–2 (5–4 p)	Feirense	1–0	1–2
Estoril	4–3	Olhanense	4–3	0–0
Belenenses	2–3	Gil Vicente	2–1	0–2

First leg

8 October 2011