2012–13 Taça da Liga (Third Round)
The 2012–13 Taça da Liga third round matches were played between December 2012 and January 2013. The eight winners of the second round matches progressed to this round and were joined by the teams that finished in the top half of the 2012–13 Primeira Liga. The 16 teams were seeded according to their league position in the previous season and drawn into four groups, where they played each other in a round-robin format. The matchdays took place on 18–19 December, 29–30 December 2012 and 2 January 2013, and 9 January 2013.[1][2] The winners of each group progressed to the semi-finals to be played on 27 February 2013.
Participating teams
Names in bold are the colloquial names of the clubs. Académica de Coimbra, Beira-Mar, Estoril, Moreirense, Naval, Paços de Ferreira, Rio Ave and Vitória de Setúbal all progressed from the second round to this phase. Benfica, Porto, Marítimo, Nacional, Olhanense, Sporting CP, Braga and Vitória de Guimarães started their campaign at this stage.
Draw
The draw for the third round took place on 5 November at the LPFP headquarters in Porto.[3][4] The teams involved in this round were seeded according to their league position from either the 2011–12 Primeira Liga (PL) or the 2011–12 Liga de Honra (LH).[5]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Groups
Key to colours in group tables |
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Group winners advance to the knockout phase |
Group A
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30 December 2012 15:00 |
Vitória de Setúbal | 3–1 | Nacional |
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Jorginho 39' Bruno Amaro 44' Meyong 67' |
Report | Claudemir 9' |
Group B
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30 December 2012 16:00 |
Beira-Mar | 2–2 | Vitória de Guimarães |
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Ribeiro 54', 79' | Report | Ricardito 11' Matias 66' |
Group C
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18 December 2012 18:15 |
Marítimo | 2–2 | Sporting CP |
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Héldon 40' Miranda 65' |
Report | Van Wolfswinkel 29' Xandão 87' |
19 December 2012 20:00 |
Rio Ave | 2–3 | Paços de Ferreira |
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Nivaldo 70' Braga 90+3' |
Report | Angulo 18' Josué 30', 39' |
Group D
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19 December 2012 16:00 |
Moreirense | 2–2 | Académica |
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Ghilas 85', 90+4' | Report | Halliche 12' Eduardo 52' |
Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, Moreira de Cónegos Attendance: 438 Referee: Bruno Paixão |
30 December 2012 16:00 |
Moreirense | 1–1 | Benfica |
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Ghilas 41' | Report | Cardozo 90+2' (pen.) |
Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, Moreira de Cónegos Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Cosme Machado |
9 January 2013 19:45 |
Benfica | 3–2 | Académica |
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Lima 39', 65' Alan Kardec 61' |
Report | Makelele 44' Saleiro 49' |
References
- ↑ "Taça da Liga 2012–2013" (PDF). LPFP (in Portuguese). 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ↑ "Sorteio complicado para o Sporting" [Tough draw for Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ↑ "Taça da Liga: sorteio da 3ª fase marcado para segunda-feira" [League cup: draw for the third round on monday]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 1 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ↑ "Taça da Liga: sorteio hoje às 12 horas" [League cup: draw is today at 12:00]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ↑ "Sorteio da 3.ª fase: Benfica e FC Porto só poderão encontrar-se na final" [Draw for the third phase: Benfica and FC Porto can only meet in the final]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.