1938–39 Taça de Portugal

Football tournament season

1938–39 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	Académica de Coimbra
Runner-up	Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
1939–40 →

The 1938–39 Taça de Portugal was the first season of the Taça de Portugal (English: Portuguese Cup), the premier Portuguese football knockout competition, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The final was played on 26 June 1939 between Académica de Coimbra and Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

The Taça de Portugal replaced the previous knockout competition, the Campeonato de Portugal (Championship of Portugal), which defined the Portuguese champion.

Participating teams

Primeira Divisão

(8 Teams)

Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol
Académico Futebol Clube "do Porto"
Futebol Clube Barreirense
Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Casa Pia Atlético Clube
Futebol Clube do Porto
Sporting Clube de Portugal

Segunda Divisão

(6 Teams)

Carcavelinhos Football Club
Sporting Clube Farense
Luso Sport Clube "Beja"
Sporting Clube da Covilhã
Sport Clube Vila Real
Vitória Sport Clube "de Guimarães"

Madeira Championship

(1 Team)

Clube Desportivo Nacional "da Madeira"

Bracket

First round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

1	AA Coimbra	5	3	8

16	Sporting Covilhã	1	2	3
					AA Coimbra	5	2	7

					Académico FC	3	1	4
8	Académico FC	2	5	7

9	Casa Pia AC	3	0	3
									AA Coimbra	0	5	5

									Sporting CP	2	2	4
5	Sporting CP	7	2	9

12	SC Farense	0	1	1
					Sporting CP	3	1	4

					CF Belenenses	1	1	2
4	CF Belenenses	3	9	12

13	SC Vila Real	3	0	3
													AA Coimbra	4

													S.L. Benfica	3
6	S.L. Benfica	5	3	8

11	Luso SC (Beja)	1	0	1
					S.L. Benfica	9	4	13

					Nacional	0	0	0
3	CD Nacional	-	-	-

14	bye	-	-	-
									S.L. Benfica	1	6	7

									FC Porto	6	0	6
7	FC Porto	11	2	13

10	Vitória SC	2	3	5
					FC Porto	3	4	7

					Carcavelinhos FC	1	4	5
2	Carcavelinhos FC	2	2	4

15	FC Barreirense	1	2	3

First round

In this round entered the teams from Primeira Divisão (1st level) and Segunda Divisão (2nd level).

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Académica de Coimbra (1D)	8–3	Sporting da Covilhã (2D)	5–1	3–2
Académico do Porto (1D)	7–3	Casa Pia (1D)	2–3	5–0
Belenenses (1D)	12–3	Vila Real (2D)	3–3	9–0
Benfica (1D)	8–1	Luso Beja (2D)	5–1	3–0
Carcavelinhos (2D)	4–3	Barreirense (1D)	2–1	2–2
Porto (1D)	13–4	Vitória de Guimarães (2D)	11–1	2–3
Sporting CP (1D)	9–1	Farense (2D)	7–0	2–1

Quarterfinals

In this round entered the winner from Madeira Championship and the winners of the previous round.

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Académica de Coimbra (1D)	7–4	Académico do Porto (1D)	5–3	2–1
Nacional da Madeira (MC)	0–13	Benfica (1D)	0–9	0–4
Porto (1D)	7–5	Carcavelinhos (2D)	3–1	4–4
Sporting CP (1D)	4–2	Belenenses (2D)	3–1	1–1

Semifinals

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP (1D)	4–5	Académica de Coimbra (1D)	2–0	2–5
Porto (1D)	6–7	Benfica (1D)	6–1	0–6

Final

26 June 1939

Académica de Coimbra	4 – 3	Benfica

Campo das Salésias, Lisbon

References

External links

Official webpage (in Portuguese)
1938–39 Taça de Portugal at zerozero.pt (in Portuguese)

Taça de Portugal

Campeonato de Portugal era, 1922–1938
Seasons	1922 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38
Finals	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938

Taça de Portugal era, 1938–present
Seasons	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
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Winning managers

v t e 1938–39 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)

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Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria '38 '39 Cyprus England Estonia '38 '39 France Germany '38 '39 Greece Italy Latvia '38 '39 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '38 '39 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Spain '39 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '38 '39