1982–83 Taça de Portugal

Football tournament season

The 1982–83 Taça de Portugal was the 43rd edition of the Taça de Portugal, a Portuguese football knockout tournament organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 1982–83 Taça de Portugal began in September 1982.^[1] The final was played on 21 August 1983 at the Estádio Nacional.^[2]

Sporting CP were the previous holders, having defeated Braga 4–0 in the previous season's final.^[3] Cup holders Sporting CP were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Benfica.^[4] Benfica defeated Porto, 1–0 in the final to win their eighteenth Taça de Portugal.^[5] As a result of Benfica winning both league and cup in the same season, cup runners-up Porto would face the cup holders in the 1983 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.^[6][7]

Fifth round

Ties were played on the 20 February.^[8][9]

Académica de Coimbra (II) v Esperança de Lagos (III)

Farense (II) v Sporting CP (I)

Leixões (II) v Benfica (I)

Naval (III) v Braga (I)

Portimonense (I) v Gil Vicente (II)

Porto (I) v Sporting de Espinho (I)

Silves (III) v Boavista (I)

Valdevez (II) v Cinfães (IV)

Quarter-finals

Ties were played on the 2 April.^[10][11]

Académica de Coimbra (II) v Valdevez (II)

Benfica (I) v Sporting CP (I)

Portimonense (I) v Boavista (I)

Porto (I) v Braga (I)

Semi-finals

Ties were played on the 8 May.^[12][13]

Benfica (I) v Portimonense (I)

Porto (I) v Académica de Coimbra (II)

Final

21 August 1983

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Referee: Mário Luís (Santarém)

References

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