1981 Taça de Portugal final
# 1981 Taça de Portugal final

The 1981 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 1980–81 Taça de Portugal, the 41st season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 6 June 1981 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Benfica and Porto. Benfica defeated Porto 3–1 to claim the Taça de Portugal for a seventeenth time.

In Portugal, the final was televised live on RTP. As a result of the Águias claiming both the league and cup double in the same season, cup runners-up Porto faced their cup final opponents in the 1981 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

## Match

### Details

| Benfica | Porto |
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Manuel Bento :

| DF | | João Laranjeira |
| - | - | - |
| DF | | Frederico Rosa |
| DF | 2 | António Veloso |
| DF | | Minervino Pietra |
| MF | | Shéu |
| MF | | Carlos Manuel | 84' |
| MF | | João Alves | 86' |
| MF | | Fernando Chalana |
| FW | | César |
| FW | 7 | Nené (c) |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | | António Bastos Lopes | 86' |
| FW | | Francisco Vital | 84' |
| Manager: |||
| Lajos Baróti ||||

Tibi :

| DF | | António Lima Pereira | 79' |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | | Gabriel Mendes |
| DF | | Carlos Simões (c) |
| DF | 4 | Fernando Freitas |
| MF | | Jaime Pacheco |
| MF | | Rodolfo Reis |
| MF | | Adelino Teixeira | 65' |
| MF | | Jaime Magalhães |
| MF | | José Alberto Costa |
| FW | | Mickey Walsh |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | | Romeu Silva | 79' |
| MF | | António Sousa | 65' |
| Manager: |||
| Hermann Stessl ||||

* 1980–81 Taça de Portugal Winners
* Benfica 17th Title

| Man of the match Nené (Benfica) Match officials Assistant referees: Fourth official: | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Maximum of two substitutions |
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