2002–03 Taça de Portugal

Football tournament season

2002–03 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Dates	8 September 2002 – 15 June 2003
Teams	226
Final positions
Champions	Porto (12th title)
Runner-up	União de Leiria
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Paulo Vida (5 goals)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Taça de Portugal was the 63rd edition of the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 2002–03 Taça de Portugal began on 8 September 2002.^[1] The final was played on 15 June 2003 at the Estádio Nacional.^[2]

Sporting CP were the previous holders, having defeated Leixões 1–0 in the previous season's final.^[3] Defending champions Sporting CP were eliminated in the fifth round by second division Naval.^[4] Porto defeated União de Leiria, 1–0 in the final to win their twelfth Taça de Portugal.^[5] As a result of the Dragões winning both the league and cup in the same season, União de Leiria would play in the 2003 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against their cup final opponents.^[6]

Fourth round

All fourth round cup ties were between the 23 November and the 29 January. The fourth round saw teams from the Primeira Liga (I) enter the competition.

Home team	Score	Away team
Santa Clara (I)	4 – 0	Boavista (I)
Nacional (I)	1 – 1 (aet, p. 5 – 4)	Marítimo (I)
Pedras Rubras (III)	0 – 3	Gil Vicente (I)
Lusitânia	0 – 1	Vitória de Setúbal (I)
Benfica (I)	0 – 1	Gondomar (III)
Porto (I)	2 – 0	Trofense (IV)
Sporting CP (I)	4 – 1	Estarreja (IV)
Vitória de Guimarães (I)	4 – 0	Alverca (II)
Maia (II)	1 – 1 (aet, p. 3 – 4)	Braga (I)
Varzim (I)	4 – 1	Farense (II)
Olivais e Moscavide (III)	2 – 3	Académica de Coimbra (I)
União de Leiria (I)	3 – 1	Oriental (III)
Lourinhanense (IV)	0 – 2	Belenenses (I)
Moreirense (I)	2 – 1	Beneditense (IV)
Chaves (II)	2 – 1	Beira-Mar (I)

Home team	Score	Away team
Paços de Ferreira (I)	1 – 0	Ribeirão (IV)
Marco (II)	2 – 1	União da Madeira (II)
Ovarense (II)	0 – 2	Naval (II)
Penafiel (II)	1 – 2	Louletano (III)
Rio Ave (II)	2 – 0	Fátima (III)
Praiense (IV)	0 – 2	Sporting da Covilhã (II)
Sporting de Espinho (III)	3 – 0	Vilafranquense (III)
Freamunde (III)	3 – 1 (aet)	Estoril (III)
Sporting de Pombal (III)	3 – 3 (aet, p. 4–5)	União Micaelense (III)
Oliveira do Hospital (III)	2 – 1	Sintrense (IV)
Paredes (III)	3 – 2	Loures (IV)
Barreirense (III)	1 – 2 (aet)	Estrela da Amadora (II)
Odivelas (III)	1 – 2 (aet)	Felgueiras (II)
Joane (IV)	1 – 0	Leça (II)

Fifth round

Ties were played between the 17 December and the 26 February.^[7]^[8] Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Estrela da Amadora qualified for the sixth round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.

Belenenses (I) v Varzim (I)

17 December 2002	Belenenses (I)	3–4	Varzim (I)	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
	Verona 5' Carvalho 82' (o.g.) Tuck 90' (pen.)	Report	Wilson 8' (o.g.) Vida 24', 50', 56'	Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Académica de Coimbra (I) v União Micaelense (III)

18 December 2002	Académica de Coimbra (I)	4–1	União Micaelense (III)	Estádio Municipal de Tábua, Tábua
	Marinescu 25', 77' Tonel 56' Adriano 89'	Report	Carlitos 86' (pen.)	Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Chaves (II) v Nacional (I)

18 December 2002	Chaves (II)	2–0	Nacional (I)	Estádio Municipal de Chaves, Chaves
	João Alves 79' Riça 89'	Report		Referee: Paulo Pereira

Marco (II) v Sporting da Covilhã (II)

18 December 2002	Marco (II)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Sporting da Covilhã (II)	Estádio Municipal Marco de Canaveses, Marco de Canaveses
		Report		Referee: Hernâni Duarte
	Penalties
	Barbosa Nauzet		Piguita

Naval (II) v Braga (I)

18 December 2002	Naval (II)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Braga (I)	Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, Figueira da Foz
		Report		Referee: José Godinho
	Penalties

Paredes (III) v Vitória de Guimarães (I)

18 December 2002	Paredes (III)	0–3	Vitória de Guimarães (I)	Estádio Municipal das Laranjeiras, Paredes
		Report	Romeu 36' Fangueiro 54', 60'	Referee: Mário Mendes

Rio Ave (II) v Freamunde (III)

18 December 2002	Rio Ave (II)	0–2	Freamunde (III)	Estádio dos Arcos, Vila do Conde
		Report	Viegas 19' Denilson 41'	Referee: António Resende

Santa Clara (I) v Sporting de Espinho (III)

18 December 2002	Santa Clara (I)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Sporting de Espinho (III)	Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada
		Report		Referee: João Ferreira
	Penalties
	João Pedro Gábor		Álvaro Simões

Sporting CP (I) v Oliveira do Hospital (III)

18 December 2002	Sporting CP (I)	8–1	Oliveira do Hospital (III)	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	R. Fernandes 1', 84' Kutuzov 12', 69', 88' Ronaldo 13' Barbosa 59', 90'	Report	Alex 41'	Referee: António Taia

União de Leiria (I) v Louletano (III)

18 December 2002	União de Leiria (I)	4–1	Louletano (III)	Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande, Marinha Grande
	Bilro 41' Aguiar 50' João Paulo 68' Silas 90'	Report	Tagro 37'	Referee: Elmano Santos

Paços de Ferreira (I) v Gondomar (III)

15 January 2003	Paços de Ferreira (I)	1–0	Gondomar (III)	Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira
	Queirós 88'	Report		Referee: Nuno Almeida

Porto (I) v Gil Vicente (I)

15 January 2003	Porto (I)	2–1	Gil Vicente (I)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	Clayton 6' Maniche 33'	Report	Nunes 80'	Referee: Pedro Proença

Felgueiras (II) v Moreirense (I)

12 February 2003	Felgueiras (II)	1–0	Moreirense (I)	Estádio Doutor Machado de Matos, Felgueiras
	Zézé 90'	Report		Referee: Isidoro Rodrigues

Vitória de Setúbal (I) v Joane (IV)

26 February 2003	Vitória de Setúbal (I)	6–1	Joane (IV)	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
	Pascal (x2) Henrique Mário Carlos Alcântara Jorginho	Report

Sixth round

Ties were played between the 22 January to the 5 March.^[9]^[10] Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Paços de Ferreira qualified for the quarter-finals due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.

União de Leiria (I) v Freamunde (III)

22 January 2003	União de Leiria (I)	5–2	Freamunde (III)	Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande, Leiria
	Douala 14' Mixirica 54', 84' Kibwey 65' Maciel 89'	Report	Mendes 83' Brandão 85'	Referee: Mário Mendes

Académica de Coimbra (I) v Chaves (II)

29 January 2003	Académica de Coimbra (I)	3–1	Chaves (II)	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
	Fredy 16', 60' Dário 73'	Report	Isidro 89'	Referee: Hélio Santos

Estrela da Amadora (II) v Sporting CP (I)

29 January 2003	Estrela da Amadora (II)	0–1	Sporting CP (I)	Estádio José Gomes, Amadora
		Report	Jardel 48'	Referee: Bruno Paixão

Sporting de Espinho (III) v Naval (II)

29 January 2003	Sporting de Espinho (III)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Naval (II)	Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas, Espinho
	Artur Jorge 119' (pen.)	Report	Baha 104' (pen.)	Referee: Carlos Xistra
	Penalties
	Álvaro

Vitória de Guimarães (I) v Porto (I)

29 January 2003	Vitória de Guimarães (I)	1–2	Porto (I)	Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos, Felgueiras
	Romeu 13'	Report	J. Costa 67' Derlei 73'	Referee: Pedro Henriques

Varzim (I) v Felgueiras (II)

26 February 2003	Varzim (I)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Felgueiras (II)	Estádio do Varzim Sport Club, Póvoa de Varzim
	João Paulo 91' Vida 98'	Report

Vitória de Setúbal (I) v Sporting da Covilhã (II)

5 March 2003	Vitória de Setúbal (I)	3–0	Sporting da Covilhã (II)	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
	Hugo Henrique 15', 37' Rui Miguel 79'	Report		Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Quarter-finals

All quarter-final ties were played on the 8–9 March.^[11]^[12]

Porto (I) v Varzim (I)

8 March 2003	Porto (I)	7–0	Varzim (I)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	M. Ferreira 20', 30', 74' Jankauskas 23' Peixoto 67' Clayton 81' Nuno 90' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Augusto Duarte

União de Leiria (I) v Académica de Coimbra (I)

8 March 2003	União de Leiria (I)	3–1	Académica de Coimbra (I)	Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande, Leiria
	H. Almeida 45' Paulo Gomes 76' Bilro 90'	Report	Marinescu 71'	Referee: Martins dos Santos

Paços de Ferreira (I) v Vitória de Setúbal (I)

9 March 2003	Paços de Ferreira (I)	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal (I)	Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira
	Queirós 2' Baiano 43'	Report	Hugo Henrique 30'	Referee: Paulo Pereira

Sporting CP (I) v Naval (II)

9 March 2003	Sporting CP (I)	0–1	Naval (II)	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
		Report	Costé 58'	Referee: António Costa

Semi-finals

Ties were played on the 13–14 April.^[13]^[14]

União de Leiria (I) v Paços de Ferreira (I)

13 April 2003	União de Leiria (I)	1–0	Paços de Ferreira (I)	Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande, Leiria
	Bilro 90'	Report		Referee: Pedro Proença

Porto (I) v Naval (II)

14 April 2003	Porto (I)	2–0	Naval (II)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	Derlei 55' Deco 80'	Report		Referee: Lucílio Batista

Final

15 June 2003

16:00

Porto (I)	1–0	União de Leiria (I)
Derlei 64'	Report

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Pedro Henriques

References

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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
Finals	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Winning managers

v t e 2002–03 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Liga Segunda Liga Segunda Divisão B Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Liga	Académica de Coimbra Beira-Mar Belenenses Benfica Boavista Braga Gil Vicente Marítimo Moreirense Nacional Paços de Ferreira Porto Santa Clara Sporting CP União de Leiria Varzim Vitória de Guimarães Vitória de Setúbal
Summer transfers Winter transfers

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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup