1981 Taça de Portugal final

The 1981 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 1980–81 Taça de Portugal, the 41st season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 6 June 1981 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Benfica and Porto. Benfica defeated Porto 3–1 to claim the Taça de Portugal for a seventeenth time.^[2]

1981 Taça de Portugal final

Event	1980–81 Taça de Portugal
Benfica Porto 3 1
Date	6 June 1981
Venue	Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
Man of the Match	Nené (Benfica)
Referee	Raúl Nazaré (Setúbal)[1]
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In Portugal, the final was televised live on RTP. As a result of the Águias claiming both the league and cup double in the same season, cup runners-up Porto faced their cup final opponents in the 1981 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.^[3][4]

Match

Details

Benfica	3–1	Porto
Nené 31', 55', 85'	(Report)	Veloso 9' (o.g.)

6 June 1981

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Referee: Alder Dante (Santarém)^[1]

Benfica

Porto

GK 1 Manuel Bento DF João Laranjeira DF Frederico Rosa DF 2 António Veloso DF Minervino Pietra MF Shéu MF Carlos Manuel  84' MF João Alves  86' MF Fernando Chalana FW César FW 7 Nené (c) Substitutes: DF António Bastos Lopes  86' FW Francisco Vital  84' Manager: Lajos Baróti

GK 1 Tibi DF António Lima Pereira  79' DF Gabriel Mendes DF Carlos Simões (c) DF 4 Fernando Freitas MF Jaime Pacheco MF Rodolfo Reis MF Adelino Teixeira  65' MF Jaime Magalhães MF José Alberto Costa FW Mickey Walsh Substitutes: MF Romeu Silva  79' MF António Sousa  65' Manager: Hermann Stessl

1980–81 Taça de Portugal Winners
Benfica 17th Title

Man of the match Nené (Benfica) Match officials Assistant referees: Fourth official:

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Maximum of two substitutions