2008 Taça de Portugal Final
# 2008 Taça de Portugal Final

The 2008 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2007–08 Taça de Portugal, the 68th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 18 May 2008 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Porto and Sporting CP. Sporting CP defeated Porto 2–0, thanks to two extra-time goals from Brazilian striker Rodrigo Tiuí which would give Sporting CP their fifteenth Taça de Portugal.

In Portugal, the final was televised live in HD on SIC and Sport TV. As Sporting CP claimed their fifteenth Taça de Portugal, they qualified for the 2008 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, where they took on the winners of the 2007–08 Primeira Liga, Porto at the Estádio Algarve.

## Match

### Details

| Porto | Sporting CP |
| - | - |

Nuno :

| RB | 13 | Jorge Fucile |
| - | - | - |
| CB | 2 | Bruno Alves |
| CB | 3 | Pedro Emanuel (c) |
| LB | 14 | João Paulo | 71' | |
| DM | 6 | Paulo Assunção | 36' | 112' |
| CM | 8 | Lucho González | 113' | |
| CM | 16 | Raul Meireles | 96' | 104' |
| RW | 11 | Mariano González | | 79' |
| LW | 7 | Ricardo Quaresma |
| CF | 9 | Lisandro López |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 24 | Hugo Ventura |
| DF | 4 | Milan Stepanov |
| DF | 15 | Lino | | 79' |
| MF | 17 | Tarik Sektioui | | 112' |
| MF | 18 | Mario Bolatti |
| MF | 25 | Przemysław Kaźmierczak | | 104' |
| FW | 19 | Ernesto Farías |
| Manager: |||
| Jesualdo Ferreira ||||

Rui Patrício :

| RB | 78 | Abel | 54' | 90' |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| CB | 13 | Tonel |
| CB | 4 | Ânderson Polga |
| LB | 18 | Leandro Grimi |
| DM | 24 | Miguel Veloso |
| CM | 28 | João Moutinho (c) |
| CM | 7 | Marat Izmailov | | 76' |
| AM | 30 | Leandro Romagnoli |
| CF | 11 | Derlei | 101' | 113' |
| CF | 20 | Yannick Djaló |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 16 | Tiago |
| DF | 26 | Gladstone | | 113' |
| MF | 8 | Ronny |
| MF | 10 | Simon Vukčević |
| MF | 21 | Pontus Farnerud |
| MF | 25 | Bruno Pereirinha | | 76' |
| FW | 22 | Rodrigo Tiuí | | 90' |
| Manager: |||
| Paulo Bento ||||

* 2007–08 Taça de Portugal Winners
* Sporting CP 15th Title

| Match officials Assistant referees: Valter Oliveira (Leiria) Luís Salgado (Setúbal) Fourth official: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon) | Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions |
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