1996 Taça de Portugal final

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|date= 18 May 1996

|time= 17:00 WEST

|team1= Benfica

|score= 3–1

|report= [http://www.zerozero.pt/jogo.php?id=314711 (Report)]

|team2= Sporting CP

|goals1=Airez {{goal|9}}
João Pinto {{goal|39||67}}

|goals2=Xavier {{goal|83|pen.}}

|stadium= Estádio Nacional, Oeiras

|attendance=

|referee=Vítor Pereira (Lisbon)

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

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GK	1	{{flagicon|POR}} Costinha
RB	2	{{flagicon|POR}} Fernando Nélson
CB	3	{{flagicon|MAR}} Noureddine Naybet
CB	5	{{flagicon|BRA}} Marco Aurélio
LB	17	{{flagicon|ANG}} Luís Miguel
DM	8	{{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Martins		{{suboff|65}}
CM	13	{{flagicon|POR}} Luís Vidigal
RM	25	{{flagicon|POR}} Emílio Peixe (c)	{{yel|21}}	{{suboff|34}}
AM	21	{{flagicon|POR}} Afonso Martins
LM	9	{{flagicon|BUL}} Ivaylo Yordanov		{{suboff|45}}
CF	7	{{flagicon|POR}} Ricardo Sá Pinto
colspan=3|Substitutes:
MF	10	{{flagicon|POR}} Carlos Xavier		{{subon|65}}
MF	22	{{flagicon|POR}} José Dominguez		{{subon|45}}
FW	19	{{flagicon|POR}} Paulo Alves		{{subon|34}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|POR}} Octávio Machado

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1995–96 Taça de Portugal Winners
Benfica 23rd Title

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style="width:50%; vertical-align:top"| ;Match officials Assistant referees: Fourth official: | style="width:50%; vertical-align:top"| ;Match rules 90 minutes. Maximum of three substitutions

During this derby match, Rui Mendes (a supporter of Sporting) died on site{{Citation |title=Tristeza no final da Taça de Portugal 1995/96 | date=27 May 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI9Dyl12cTw |access-date=2023-11-08 |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Roseiro |first=Bruno |title=Claques. Como nasceram, de que forma evoluíram, no que se tornaram (com polémicas e violência pelo meio) |url=https://observador.pt/especiais/claques-como-nasceram-de-que-forma-evoluiram-no-que-se-tornaram-com-polemicas-e-violencia-pelo-meio/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}} Despite the incident in the stands, the match continued.

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.{{Cite web |title=Família de adepto morto com very-light pede justiça |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/familia-de-adepto-morto-com-very-light-pede-justica |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.cmjornal.pt |language=pt-PT}} Inácio was sentenced to four years in prison in 1998. After escaping from prison in 2000, he was captured in 2011.{{Cite web |last=SAPO |title=Há 25 anos, o caso do very light manchava para sempre o futebol português |url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/ha-25-anos-o-caso-do-very-light-manchava-para-sempre-o-futebol-portugues |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=SAPO Desporto |language=pt}} 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.{{Cite web |title="Very light não foi acidente" |url=https://www.record.pt/especial/detalhe/very-light-nao-foi-acidente-936085 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.record.pt |language=pt-PT}} The Portuguese Football Federation was ordered to pay 235,000 euros, instead of the €150,000 initially planned to the relatives of Mendes.{{Cite web |title=«Caso very light»: agravada a indemnização a pagar pela FPF |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/17-02-2004/caso-very-light-agravada-a-indemnizacao-a-pagar-pela-fpf |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Maisfutebol |language=pt}}

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{{Taça de Portugal seasons}}

{{1995–96 in Portuguese football}}

{{S.L. Benfica matches}}

{{Sporting CP matches}}

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