1944–45 Taça de Portugal

Football tournament season

1944–45 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Sporting Clube de Portugal
Runner-up	Sporting Clube Olhanense
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
← 1943–44 1945–46 →

The 1944–45 Taça de Portugal was the seventh season of the Taça de Portugal (English: Portuguese Cup), the premier Portuguese football knockout competition, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Benfica was the defending champion but lost in the semi-finals to Sporting Clube de Portugal. The final was played on 1 July 1945 between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Sporting Clube Olhanense.

Participating teams

Primeira Divisão

(10 Teams)

Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol
Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia
Sporting Clube Olhanense
Futebol Clube do Porto
Sport Comércio e Salgueiros
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Vitória Sport Clube "de Guimarães"
Vitória Futebol Clube "de Setúbal"

Segunda Divisão

(6 Teams)

Atlético Clube de Portugal
Boavista Futebol Clube
Grupo Desportivo da CUF "Lisboa"
Luso Sport Clube "Beja"
Sport Lisboa e Elvas
União Desportiva Oliveirense

First round

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético CP (2D)	7–4	SL Elvas (2D)	2–3	5–1
Belenenses (1D)	1–1	Estoril Praia (1D)	1–0	0–1
Benfica (1D)	11–5	Salgueiros (1D)	2–4	9–1
Boavista (1D)	5–3	Académica de Coimbra (1D)	2–2	3–1
Oliveirense (2D)	6–3	Lujo Beja (2D)	4–0	2–3
Olhanense (1D)	7–2	CUF Lisboa (2D)	3–2	4–0
Sporting CP (1D)	4–1	Porto (1D)	0–0	4–1
Vitória de Setúbal (1D)	8–2	Vitória de Guimarães (1D)	1–0	7–2

First round play-off

Belenenses	2 – 1	Estoril Praia

Quarterfinals

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benfica (1D)	11–6	Belenenses (1D)	7–1	4–5
Olhanense (1D)	7–1	Atlético CP (2D)	5–0	2–1
Sporting CP (1D)	12–2	Oliveirense (2D)	8–1	4–1
Vitória de Setúbal (1D)	4–2	Boavista (1D)	3–0	1–2

Semifinals

Results

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olhanense (1D)	3–2	Vitória de Setúbal (1D)	0–2	3–0
Sporting CP (1D)	4–4	Benfica (1D)	1–2	3–2

Semifinal play-off

Sporting CP	1 – 0	Benfica

Final

1 July 1945

Sporting CP	1 – 0	Olhanense

Campo das Salésias, Lisbon

References

External links

Official webpage (in Portuguese)
1944–45 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 1944–45 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)

v t e 1944–45 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Bulgaria '44 '45 Croatia Cyprus Denmark Faroe Islands Finland '44 '45 Germany Greece Hungary '44 '45 Iceland '44 '45 Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Portugal Republic of Ireland Slovakia Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '44 '45, Football Championship '44 '45)
Domestic cups	Cyprus France Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '45 Portugal Republic of Ireland Soviet Union '44 '45 Spain Sweden '44 '45 Switzerland
Super cups	Turkey '44 '45