Taça de Honra
# Taça de Honra

Taça de Honra (Honour Cup) is a Portuguese friendly football tournament played between teams of the Lisbon Football Association (AFL). It is the third oldest competition in Portugal after the championships of Lisbon and Porto. The format has varied, and before the 1959–60 season, the trophy was mostly given to the winner of the Lisbon championship. Afterwards, it was played as a four-team elimination tournament during pre-season, between the best-placed Lisbon teams in championships disputed in the previous season. After 20 years of inactivity, the competition returned for two years: 2014 and 2015.

## History

During the 1920–21 and 1946–47 seasons, the Lisbon Football Association indexed the conquest of the Lisbon regional championship to the conquest of the Honour Cup. It was decided a club that had won the regional championship would receive an Honour Cup, even if the Cup had not been played. In 1920–21, Casa Pia got a place in the winners list (even though they did not compete) because they won the regional championship. In 1921–22, S.L. Benfica won the cup, but it was Sporting CP that got a place in the winners list by winning the regional championship.

## Winners

A list of all the Honour Cup finals is shown below with the final results, without the indexation of the regional championship.

| Edition | Season | Stadium | Winners | Runners-up | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st | 1914–15 | Sete Rios | Sporting CP | SL Benfica | 3–1 |
| 2nd | 1915–16 | Stadium | Sporting CP | SL Benfica | 1–0 |
| 3rd | 1916–17 | Sete Rios | Sporting CP | SL Benfica | 4–1 |
| 4th | 1917–18 | Stadium | Império Lisboa Clube | Sporting CP | 4–3 |
| 5th | 1919–20 | Campo Grande | SL Benfica | CIF | 5–0 |
| 6th | 1921–22 | Campo Grande | SL Benfica | Vitória de Setúbal | 3–1 |
| 7th | 1947–48 | | Sporting CP | | Tournament with 6 clubs in 10 games (two rounds) with SCP winning it with 25 Points (6V-3D-1L) |
| 8th | 1959–60 | E. Nacional | CF Os Belenenses | Sporting CP | 1–0 |
| 9th | 1960–61 | E. Nacional | CF Os Belenenses | Atlético CP | 2–0 |
| 10th | 1961–62 | E. Nacional | Sporting CP | SL Benfica | 3–0 |
| 11th | 1962–63 | Restelo | SL Benfica | Atlético CP | 3–1 |
| 12th | 1963–64 | Restelo | Sporting CP | SL Benfica | 3–0 |
| 13th | 1964–65 | Restelo | SL Benfica | CF Os Belenenses | 7–1 |
| 14th | 1965–66 | Restelo | Sporting CP | SL Benfica | 2–1 |
| 15th | 1966–67 | Restelo | SL Benfica | Sporting CP | 2–0 |
| 16th | 1967–68 | José Alvalade | SL Benfica | Atlético CP | 6–0 |
| 17th | 1968–69 | Restelo | SL Benfica | Sporting CP | 3–0 |
| 18th | 1969–70 | Restelo | CF Os Belenenses | SL Benfica | 1–1 (Defeat by corner kicks) |
| 19th | 1970–71 | José Alvalade | Sporting CP | CF Os Belenenses | 1–0 |
| 20th | 1971–72 | Restelo | SL Benfica | CF Os Belenenses | 4–1 |
| 21st | 1972–73 | Restelo | SL Benfica | Atlético CP | 1–1 (4–2 in penalties) |
| 22nd | 1973–74 | | SL Benfica | | Tournament with 3 games (one round) with SLB winning it with 6 points (3V) |
| 23rd | 1974–75 | Restelo | SL Benfica | Sporting CP | 1–0 |
| 24th | 1975–76 | | CF Os Belenenses | | Tournament of 4 games with CFB winning it with 7 points (3V-1D) |
| 25th | 1977–78 | Restelo | SL Benfica | Sporting CP | 0–0 (7–6 in penalties) |
| 26th | 1978–79 | Restelo | SL Benfica | Sporting CP | 2–1 |
| 27th | 1979–80 | José Alvalade | SL Benfica | CF Os Belenenses | 3–2 |
| 28th | 1981–82 | Restelo | SL Benfica | GD Estoril Praia | 1–0 |
| 29th | 1983–84 | Restelo | SL Benfica | CF Os Belenenses | 1–0 |
| 30th | 1984–85 | Restelo | Sporting CP | SL Benfica | 2–1 |
| 31st | 1985–86 | Restelo | SL Benfica | CF Os Belenenses | 1–0 |
| 32nd | 1987–88 | Luz | SL Benfica | Oriental | 2–0 |
| 33rd | 1989–90 | Restelo | CF Os Belenenses | Sporting CP | 2–1 |
| 34th | 1990–91 | Luz | Sporting CP | SL Benfica | 1–0 |
| 35th | 1991–92 | José Alvalade | Sporting CP | SL Benfica | 1–0 |
| 36th | 1993–94 | Restelo | CF Os Belenenses | CF Estrela Amadora | 2–1 (after extra-time) |
| 37th | 2013–14 | Amoreira | Sporting CP | GD Estoril Praia | 3–3 (7–6 in penalties) |
| 38th | 2014–15 | Restelo | Sporting CP | SL Benfica | 1–0 |

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## Performance by club

| Club | Titles | 2nd |
| - | - | - |
| SL Benfica | 18 | 11 |
| Sporting CP | 13 | 8 |
| CF Os Belenenses | 6 | 6 |
| Império Lisboa Clube | 1 | 0 |
| Atlético CP | 0 | 4 |
| GD Estoril Praia | 0 | 2 |
| CF Estrela Amadora | 0 | 1 |
| Oriental | 0 | 1 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 0 | 1 |
| CIF | 0 | 1 |
| No final | - | 3 |

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