2002–03 Taça de Portugal

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.^{[citation needed]} The final was played on 15 June 2003 at the Estádio Nacional.^[1]

CountryPortugal

Dates8 September 2002 – 15 June 2003

Teams226

ChampionsPorto (12th title)

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2002–03 Taça de Portugal
Tournament details
Country	Portugal
Dates	8 September 2002 – 15 June 2003
Teams	226
Final positions
Champions	Porto (12th title)
Runners-up	União de Leiria
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer	Paulo Vida (5 goals)
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Sporting CP were the previous holders, having defeated Leixões 1–0 in the previous season's final.^{[citation needed]} Defending champions Sporting CP were eliminated in the quarter-finals by second division Naval.^{[citation needed]} Porto defeated União de Leiria, 1–0 in the final to win their twelfth Taça de Portugal.^{[citation needed]} As a result of 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

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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)

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Fifth round

Ties were played between the 17 December and the 26 February.^[2]^{[citation needed]} 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.

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

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

18 December 2002	Chaves (II)	2–0	Nacional (I)	Estádio Municipal de Chaves, Chaves
	João Alves 79' Riça 89'	^{[citation needed]}		Referee: Paulo Pereira

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
		^{[citation needed]}		Referee: Hernâni Duarte
	Penalties
	Barbosa Nauzet		Piguita

18 December 2002	Naval (II)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Braga (I)	Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, Figueira da Foz
		^{[citation needed]}		Referee: José Godinho
	Penalties

18 December 2002	Paredes (III)	0–3	Vitória de Guimarães (I)	Estádio Municipal das Laranjeiras, Paredes
		^{[citation needed]}	Romeu 36' Fangueiro 54', 60'	Referee: Mário Mendes

18 December 2002	Rio Ave (II)	0–2	Freamunde (III)	Estádio dos Arcos, Vila do Conde
		^{[citation needed]}	Viegas 19' Denilson 41'	Referee: António Resende

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

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'	^{[citation needed]}	Alex 41'	Referee: António Taia

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'	^{[citation needed]}	Tagro 37'	Referee: Elmano Santos

15 January 2003	Paços de Ferreira (I)	1–0	Gondomar (III)	Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira
	Queirós 88'	^{[citation needed]}		Referee: Nuno Almeida

15 January 2003	Porto (I)	2–1	Gil Vicente (I)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	Clayton 6' Maniche 33'	^{[citation needed]}	Nunes 80'	Referee: Pedro Proença

12 February 2003	Felgueiras (II)	1–0	Moreirense (I)	Estádio Doutor Machado de Matos, Felgueiras
	Zézé 90'	^{[citation needed]}		Referee: Isidoro Rodrigues

26 February 2003	Vitória de Setúbal (I)	6–1	Joane (IV)	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
	Pascal (x2) Henrique Mário Carlos Alcântara Jorginho	^{[citation needed]}

Sixth round

Ties were played between the 22 January to the 5 March.^[3]^{[citation needed]}

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.

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'	^{[citation needed]}	Mendes 83' Brandão 85'	Referee: Mário Mendes

29 January 2003	Académica de Coimbra (I)	3–1	Chaves (II)	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra
	Fredy 16', 60' Dário 73'	^{[citation needed]}	Isidro 89'	Referee: Hélio Santos

29 January 2003	Estrela da Amadora (II)	0–1	Sporting CP (I)	Estádio José Gomes, Amadora
		^{[citation needed]}	Jardel 48'	Referee: Bruno Paixão

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.)	^{[citation needed]}	Baha 104' (pen.)	Referee: Carlos Xistra
	Penalties
	Álvaro

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

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'	^{[citation needed]}

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

Quarter-finals

All quarter-final ties were played on the 8–9 March.^[4]^{[citation needed]}

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.)	^{[citation needed]}		Referee: Augusto Duarte

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'	^{[citation needed]}	Marinescu 71'	Referee: Martins dos Santos

9 March 2003	Paços de Ferreira (I)	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal (I)	Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira
	Queirós 2' Baiano 43'	^{[citation needed]}	Hugo Henrique 30'	Referee: Paulo Pereira

9 March 2003	Sporting CP (I)	0–1	Naval (II)	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
		^{[citation needed]}	Costé 58'	Referee: António Costa

Semi-finals

Ties were played on the 13–14 April.^[5]^{[citation needed]}

13 April 2003	União de Leiria (I)	1–0	Paços de Ferreira (I)	Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande, Leiria
	Bilro 90'	^{[citation needed]}		Referee: Pedro Proença

14 April 2003	Porto (I)	2–0	Naval (II)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	Derlei 55' Deco 80'	^{[citation needed]}		Referee: Lucílio Batista

Final

15 June 2003

17:15 WEST

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Porto	1–0	União de Leiria
Derlei 64'	^{[citation needed]}

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Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Attendance: 38,000^{[citation needed]}

Referee: Pedro Henriques (Lisbon)^[6]

2002–03 Taça de Portugal

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Fifth round

Sixth round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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