2017–18 Taça da Liga
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The 2017–18 Taça da Liga was the eleventh edition of the Taça da Liga (also known as Taça CTT for sponsorship reasons), a football cup competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) and contested exclusively by clubs competing in the top two professional tiers of Portuguese football. It began on 23 July 2017 and concluded on 27 January 2018 with the final at Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga.
Taça CTT | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | Portugal |
Dates | 23 July 2017 – 27 January 2018 |
Teams | 33 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Sporting CP (1st title) |
Runner-up | Vitória de Setúbal |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 43 |
Goals scored | 112 (2.6 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Gonçalo Paciência (5 goals) |
All statistics correct as of 27 January 2018. | |
A total of 33 teams entered this tournament, including 18 teams from the 2017–18 Primeira Liga and 15 non-reserve teams from the 2017–18 LigaPro. The competition format suffered changes for a third consecutive season to accommodate a reduction in the number of participating teams, particularly from the LigaPro.
Moreirense were the title holders, beating 2012–13 winners Braga 1–0 in the previous final to win their first-ever title in a national competition, but were eliminated in the third round. In a repeat of the competition's first final held 10 years previously, Sporting defeated Vitória de Setúbal 5–4 on penalties (1–1 after ninety minutes) in the final to win the title for the first time in the club's history.