2015 Taça de Portugal final

The 2015 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal, the 75th season of the Taça de Portugal. It was played on 31 May 2015 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras between Sporting CP and Braga. Sporting CP won 3–1 on penalties following a 2–2 draw after extra-time[2] to claim their 16th title in the competition and their first official trophy since the 2008 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. This was also the first time the Campeonato de Portugal/Taça de Portugal final was decided by a penalty shootout.

2015 Taça de Portugal final
Event2014–15 Taça de Portugal
After extra-time
Sporting CP won 3–1 on penalties
Date31 May 2015
VenueEstádio Nacional, Oeiras
Man of the MatchIslam Slimani (Sporting CP)[1]
Fair Player of the MatchRafa Silva (Braga)[1]
RefereeMarco Ferreira
Attendance35,890
2014
2016

As the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal winners, Sporting CP earned the right to play in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage. However, since they qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League play-off round through their league placing, their cup winners place in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage is transferred to the highest-placed team in the league qualified for the UEFA Europa League (Braga), with the highest-placed team in the league that has not qualified to the European competitions (Belenenses) receiving a place in the third qualifying round.[3]

Also, as cup winners, Sporting CP played against Benfica, the league winners, in the 2015 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, winning 1–0.

Match

Details

Sporting CP2–2 (a.e.t.)Braga
Slimani 84'
Montero 90+3'
ReportEder 16' (pen.)
R. Silva 25'
Penalties
A. Silva
Nani
Slimani
3–1 Alan
Pinto
Eder
Agra
Attendance: 35,890
Referee: Marco Ferreira (Madeira)[4]
Sporting
Braga
GK1 Rui Patrício (c)
RB41 Cédric  14'
CB5 Ewerton
CB26 Paulo Oliveira
LB4 Jefferson
DM14 William Carvalho
CM23 Adrien Silva
CM17 João Mário  21'
RW18 André Carrillo  54'
CF9 Islam Slimani
LW77 Nani
Substitutes:
GK22 Marcelo Boeck
DF55 Tobias Figueiredo
MF24 Oriol Rosell
FW36 Carlos Mané  54'
DF13 Miguel Lopes  21'  74'
MF8 André Martins
FW10 Fredy Montero  74'
Manager:
Marco Silva
GK1 Stanislav Kritsyuk  72'
RB15 Baiano  23'
CB6 André Pinto
CB33 Aderlan Santos
LB16 Djavan  82'
DM8 Luíz Carlos  48'
CM63 Mauro  38'   115'
CM14 Rúben Micael  61'
RW90 Felipe Pardo  75'
CF17 Eder (c)  54'
LW18 Rafa Silva
Substitutes:
GK92 Matheus
DF2 Vincent Sasso  86'  82'
MF25 Pedro Tiba
FW7 Salvador Agra  75'
FW23 Pedro Santos
FW30 Alan  61'
FW20 Zé Luís
Manager:
Sérgio Conceição
Man of the match
Match officials
Match rules
  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

Statistics


Second half
Sporting CPBraga
Goals scored20
Total shots105
Shots on target65
Ball possession46%54%
Corner kicks47
Fouls committed78
Offsides02
Yellow cards04
Red cards00


Extra time
Sporting CPBraga
Goals scored00
Total shots15
Shots on target01
Ball possession45%55%
Corner kicks11
Fouls committed35
Offsides00
Yellow cards01
Red cards01


Overall
Sporting CPBraga
Goals scored22
Total shots2013
Shots on target97
Ball possession51%49%
Corner kicks129
Fouls committed1428
Offsides02
Yellow cards07
Red cards11

Broadcasting

The final was broadcast in Portugal on television by RTP (on RTP1), who holds the rights for several Portuguese Football Federation properties (which includes the Taça de Portugal final, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and the Portugal national football team exhibition matches), and by SportTV (on SportTV 1) who holds the rights to broadcast the whole Taça de Portugal. RTP produced the broadcast, following FIFA guidelines for World Cup broadcasting. RTP also broadcast the match worldwide, on RTP Internacional.[6]

References