1996 Taça de Portugal final

Event

1995–96 Taça de Portugal

Benfica	Sporting CP

3	1

Date

18 May 1996

Venue

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Referee

Vítor Pereira (Lisbon)^[1]

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The 1996 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 1995–96 Taça de Portugal, the 56th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 18 May 1996 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides Benfica and Sporting CP. Benfica defeated Sporting CP 3–1 to claim the Taça de Portugal for a twenty third time in their history.^[2]

In Portugal, the final was televised live on RTP. As a result of winning the Taça de Portugal, Benfica qualified for the 1996 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, where they faced 1995–96 Primeira Divisão winners Porto.^[3]^[4]

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Match

Details

18 May 1996

17:00 WEST

Benfica	3–1	Sporting CP
Airez 9' João Pinto 39', 67'	(Report)	Xavier 83' (pen.)

Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

Referee: Vítor Pereira (Lisbon)^[1]

Benfica

Sporting CP



GK	1	Michel Preud'homme
RB	22	Daniel Kenedy		85'
CB	4	Hélder
CB	3	Ricardo Gomes	83' 83'
LB	13	Dimas
DM	6	Paulo Bento
CM	7	José Calado
CM	19	Bruno Caires		89'
RM	10	Valdo
LM	8	João Pinto (c)
CF	18	Mauro Airez	28'	83'
Substitutes:
DF	5	Emerson Thome		83'
MF	20	Ilian Iliev		85'
FW	25	Marcelo		89'
Manager:
Mário Wilson



GK	1	Costinha
RB	2	Fernando Nélson
CB	3	Noureddine Naybet
CB	5	Marco Aurélio
LB	17	Luís Miguel
DM	8	Pedro Martins		65'
CM	13	Luís Vidigal
RM	25	Emílio Peixe (c)	21'	34'
AM	21	Afonso Martins
LM	9	Ivaylo Yordanov		45'
CF	7	Ricardo Sá Pinto
Substitutes:
MF	10	Carlos Xavier		65'
MF	22	José Dominguez		45'
FW	19	Paulo Alves		34'
Manager:
Octávio Machado

1995–96 Taça de Portugal Winners
Benfica 23rd Title

Match officials

Assistant referees:
Fourth official:

Match rules

90 minutes.
Maximum of three substitutions

The very light incident

During this derby match, Rui Mendes (a supporter of Sporting) died on site^[5] after he was hit inside the stadium by a very light thrown by Hugo Inácio (a member of the No Name Boys). The death happened just after the first goal of the match, when Benfica's Mauro Airez scored 9 minutes into the game, during the subsequent celebrations of Benfica fans in the stadium.^[6] Despite the incident in the stands, the match continued.^[5]

Following the death, Sporting paid for Mendes' funeral, and the Portuguese Football Federation, showing solidarity with Mendes' family, gave them a subsidy of around 1,650 escudos, 10 per cent of the gross revenue from the match between the Portugal and the Ukraine national football teams, which took place on 5 October 1996.

Mendes was 36 years old and father of two children.^[7] Inácio was sentenced to four years in prison in 1998. After escaping from prison in 2000, he was captured in 2011.^[8] According to witnesses, including a former member of No Name Boys, the fatal injuries resulted from a deliberate action to cause bodily harm to members of Juventude Leonina (supporters of Sporting), who were at the opposite end of the stadium.^[9] The Portuguese Football Federation was ordered to pay 235,000 euros, instead of the €150,000 initially planned to the relatives of Mendes.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Benfica 3-1 Sporting". ZeroZero. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
^ "Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 - Final" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 - Final]. ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
^ "FC Porto 1-0 Benfica". ZeroZero. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
^ "Benfica 0-5 FC Porto". ZeroZero. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b Tristeza no final da Taça de Portugal 1995/96, retrieved 2023-11-08
^ Roseiro, Bruno. "Claques. Como nasceram, de que forma evoluíram, no que se tornaram (com polémicas e violência pelo meio)". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
^ "Família de adepto morto com very-light pede justiça". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
^ SAPO. "Há 25 anos, o caso do very light manchava para sempre o futebol português". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
^ "«Very light não foi acidente»". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
^ "«Caso very light»: agravada a indemnização a pagar pela FPF". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-06.

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
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 1995–96 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão de Honra Segunda Divisão B Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e S.L. Benfica matches
Taça de Portugal finals	1930 1931 1935 1938 1939 1940 1943 1944 1949 1951 1952 1953 1955 1957 1958 1959 1962 1964 1965 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1975 1980 1981 1983 1985 1986 1987 1989 1993 1996 1997 2004 2005 2013 2014 2017 2020 2021
Taça da Liga finals	2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2022
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989 1991 1993 1994 1996 2004 2005 2010 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020 2023
European Cup finals	1961 1962 1963 1965 1968 1988 1990
UEFA Europa League finals	1983 2013 2014
Intercontinental Cup	1961 1962
Latin Cup finals	1950 1957

v t e Sporting CP matches
Taça de Portugal finals	1922 1923 1925 1928 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1941 1945 1946 1948 1952 1954 1955 1960 1963 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1978 1979 1982 1987 1994 1995 1996 2000 2002 2007 2008 2012 2015 2018 2019
Taça da Liga finals	2008 2009 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	1980 1982 1987 1995 2000 2002 2007 2008 2015 2019 2021
European Cup Winners' Cup final	1964
UEFA Cup final	2005

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