Writing, 26 Sep 2026 (Lusa) – The Municipal Stadium Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, in Leiria, will again host the ‘final four’ of the League Cup this season, confirmed today to Lusa source of the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP).
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26/09/2026
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Adespite the serious damage that the enclosure suffered following the passage of the depression Kristin at the end of January, precisely a few weeks after the completion of the last 'final four' of the League Cup, the Municipal of Leiria will return to be the stage of the decisions of the competition for the seventh year followed.
Since 2021, the semi-finals and finals of the competition are concentrated in the city of Leiriense, and the holder of the trophy is Vitória de Guimarães, who beat the rival Sporting Braga by 2-1 earlier this year.
According to LFPF source to Lusa, the next edition of the ‘final four’ will feature “many news”, with a presentation scheduled for Wednesday.
The League Cup brings together the top six of the I Liga 2025/26 (FC Porto, Sporting, Benfica, Sporting de Braga, Famalicão and Gil Vicente) and the first two of the II Liga (Marítimo e Academico de Viseu), starting with the final quarter matches, which are already defined.
Sporting-Marítimo will be the first, on 27 October, following the Porto-Academic FC of Viseu, on 28th, Benfica-Gil Vicente and Sporting Braga-Famalicão, both on 29th.
Winners qualify for half-finals.