1996 Taça de Portugal final

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]

1996 Taça de Portugal final
Event1995–96 Taça de Portugal
Benfica Sporting CP
3 1
Date18 May 1996
VenueEstádio Nacional, Oeiras
RefereeVítor Pereira (Lisbon)[1]

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]

Match

Details
Benfica3–1Sporting CP
Airez 9'
João Pinto 39', 67'		 (Report) Xavier 83' (pen.)
Referee: Vítor Pereira (Lisbon)[1]
Benfica
Sporting CP
GK1 Michel Preud'homme
RB22 Daniel Kenedy 85'
CB4 Hélder
CB3 Ricardo Gomes 83'  83'
LB13 Dimas
DM6 Paulo Bento
CM7 José Calado
CM19 Bruno Caires 89'
RM10 Valdo
LM8 João Pinto (c)
CF18 Mauro Airez 28' 83'
Substitutes:
DF5 Emerson Thome 83'
MF20 Ilian Iliev 85'
FW25 Marcelo 89'
Manager:
Mário Wilson
GK1 Costinha
RB2 Fernando Nélson
CB3 Noureddine Naybet
CB5 Marco Aurélio
LB17 Luís Miguel
DM8 Pedro Martins 65'
CM13 Luís Vidigal
RM25 Emílio Peixe (c) 21' 34'
AM21 Afonso Martins
LM9 Ivaylo Yordanov 45'
CF7 Ricardo Sá Pinto
Substitutes:
MF10 Carlos Xavier 65'
MF22 José Dominguez 45'
FW19 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
  1. "Benfica 3-1 Sporting". ZeroZero. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  2. "Taça de Portugal 1995/1996 - Final" [Cup of Portugal 1995/1996 - Final]. ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  3. "FC Porto 1-0 Benfica". ZeroZero. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  4. "Benfica 0-5 FC Porto". ZeroZero. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  5. Tristeza no final da Taça de Portugal 1995/96, retrieved 2023-11-08
  6. 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.
  7. "Família de adepto morto com very-light pede justiça". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  8. SAPO. "Há 25 anos, o caso do very light manchava para sempre o futebol português". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  9. "«Very light não foi acidente»". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  10. "«Caso very light»: agravada a indemnização a pagar pela FPF". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
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