2016 Taça de Portugal Final
# 2016 Taça de Portugal Final

The 2016 Taça de Portugal Final was the last match of the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal, which decided the winner of the 76th season of the Taça de Portugal. It was played on 22 May 2016 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, between Porto and Braga.

Braga beat Porto 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out, after a 2–2 draw persisted through extra time, and won their second title in the competition, 50 years after their maiden triumph in the 1965–66 season.

As the winners, Braga earned the right to play the 2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against 2015–16 Primeira Liga winners Benfica, and also qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage. However, as their league placing (fourth) also secured entry to this competition via the third qualifying round, this berth was transferred to the sixth-placed team (Rio Ave).

## Route to the final

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

| Porto | Porto | Porto | Porto | Round | Braga | Braga | Braga | Braga |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Round | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Varzim | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | Third round | Académico de Viseu | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (A) |
| Angrense | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | Fourth round | Farense | 1–0 (a.e.t.) (A) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) (A) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) (A) |
| Feirense | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) | Fifth round | Sporting CP | 4–3 (a.e.t.) (H) | 4–3 (a.e.t.) (H) | 4–3 (a.e.t.) (H) |
| Boavista | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) | Quarter-finals | Arouca | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Gil Vicente | 5–0 | 3–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Rio Ave | 1–0 | 1–0 (H) | 0–0 (A) |

## Match

### Details

| Porto | Braga |
| - | - |

Helton (c) :

| RB | 2 | Maxi Pereira |
| - | - | - |
| CB | 63 | Chidozie Awaziem | | 46' |
| CB | 5 | Iván Marcano |
| LB | 21 | Miguel Layún |
| CM | 22 | Danilo Pereira |
| CM | 13 | Sérgio Oliveira | | 74' |
| RW | 7 | Silvestre Varela | | 79' |
| AM | 16 | Héctor Herrera |
| LW | 8 | Yacine Brahimi |
| CF | 19 | André Silva | 87' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 12 | Iker Casillas |
| DF | 3 | Bruno Martins Indi |
| MF | 6 | Rúben Neves | | 46' |
| MF | 15 | Evandro |
| MF | 20 | André André | | 74' |
| FW | 9 | Vincent Aboubakar | | 79' |
| FW | 17 | Jesús Corona |
| Manager: |||
| José Peseiro ||||

102' :

| RB | 15 | Baiano |
| - | - | - |
| CB | 24 | Ricardo Ferreira | | 77' |
| CB | 6 | André Pinto (c) | 87' |
| LB | 87 | Marcelo Goiano |
| RM | 27 | Josué | | 84' |
| CM | 8 | Luíz Carlos |
| CM | 63 | Mauro | 114' |
| LM | 18 | Rafa Silva |
| CF | 20 | Ahmed Hassan |
| CF | 17 | Rui Fonte | | 60' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 92 | Matheus |
| DF | 5 | Willy Boly | | 77' |
| DF | 16 | Djavan |
| MF | 35 | Nikola Vukčević |
| FW | 19 | Nikola Stojiljković | | 60' |
| FW | 23 | Pedro Santos | | 84' |
| FW | 30 | Alan |
| Manager: |||
| Paulo Fonseca ||||
| Man of the Match: André Silva (Porto) Assistant referees: Rui Tavares (Porto) João Silva (Porto) Fourth official: Bruno Rodrigues (Porto) Additional assistant referees: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon) Tiago Martins (Lisbon) Reserve assistant referee: Alfredo Braga (Braga) | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. |

## Broadcasting

The final was broadcast in Portugal on television by TVI and by SportTV (on SportTV 1), which holds the broadcasting rights for the whole competition.

