2020–21 Taça da Liga

The 2020–21 Taça da Liga will be the fourteenth edition of the Taça da Liga (also known as Allianz Cup for sponsorship reasons), a football league cup competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional and contested exclusively by clubs competing in the two professional divisions of Portuguese football – the top-tier Primeira Liga and the second-tier LigaPro. Due to calendar limitations derived from the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, this season will follow a transitory format where only eight teams enter the competition.[1]

2019–20 Taça da Liga
Allianz Cup
CountryPortugal
Dates15 December 2020 – 23 January 2021
Teams8
2021–22 →

The competition is due to start with the quarter-final round between the 15th and 17th December 2020 and end with a final-four tournament, played at a neutral ground, from January 18th to the 23rd.[2]

Braga are the current holders, after beating Porto 1–0 in the 2020 final.

Format

The top six teams from Primeira Liga and top two non-reserve teams from LigaPro at the end of November will be paired according to their league positions to play a single-leg match, the winners qualifying to the final-four.[3]

The final four will be played at a designated neutral venue and will comprise single-leg semi-finals and final.

Quarter-finals

In this round, teams are paired according to their league position at the end of November, the best placed teams playing at home.

December 2020 Primeira Liga first-placed team–LigaPro second-placed team
December 2020 Primeira Liga second-placed team–LigaPro first-placed team
December 2020 Primeira Liga third-placed team–Primeira Liga sixth-placed team
December 2020 Primeira Liga fourth-placed team–Primeira Liga fifth-placed team
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References
  1. "De 34 para oito clubes: Taça da Liga vai ser reformulada". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  2. "Taça da Liga com apenas 8 clubes aprovada: saiba como vai funcionar". Sábado (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  3. "Taça da Liga com apenas oito participantes em 2020/21". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
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