2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Event	Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (Portuguese Super Cup)
Porto Vitória de Guimarães
Date	10 August 2013
Venue	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

The 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira will be the 35th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The match will be contested between the 2012–13 Primeira Liga winners, Porto, and the 2012–13 Taça de Portugal winners, Vitória de Guimarães. It is scheduled to take place at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, in Aveiro, on 10 August 2013.

Background

Porto will be making their twenty-ninth appearance in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, their eighth consecutive presence since 2006. Porto go into the match as the record nineteen-time winners (1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012). Porto's last appearance was in 2012, when they defeated the 2011–12 Taça de Portugal holders Académica de Coimbra 1–0. Vitória de Guimarães will be making their third Supertaça appearance. Their previous presence in this competition was in the 2011 edition, when they also played (and lost 2–1) against Porto.

In Porto's and Vitória de Guimarães' entire history, the two teams have met on 153 different occasions. Porto have obtained 97 victories, while Vitória de Guimarães have won 22 times, with 34 encounters ending in a tie. Before the Supertaça, the last meeting between both sides was in the domestic league, on the 2 February 2013, with the Dragões defeating the Vimaranenses 4–0 at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques. A hat-trick from Colombian centre-forward Jackson Martínez and a header from Eliaquim Mangala provided Porto with the three points.

Pre-match

Entry

Porto qualified for the 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira by winning the 2012–13 Primeira Liga. The Primeira Liga title was primarily contested between Porto and Benfica. Three games from the end of the season, Benfica had a four point advantage over the Dragões. The next fixture saw Benfica drop two points at home to Estoril, whilst Porto picked up three points away to Nacional which would close the gap to two points and allow the title decision to be resolved in the O Clássico game at the Estádio do Dragão. In a must win game, Porto's Kelvin would score a dramatic injury time goal which would claim all three points and put Porto one point ahead of their rivals with one game to go. Kelvin's late winner would mark the first time Benfica would suffer a loss in the 2012–13 Primeira Liga campaign. Porto would win their final league game away to Paços de Ferreira, with goals from Lucho González and Jackson Martínez which would claim the league title for a third consecutive season, of which it was their 27th overall.

Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the Supertaça by winning the 2012–13 Taça de Portugal for the first time in the club's history. The Guimarães outfit progressed through six rounds to reach the final for a second time in three seasons. Their first cup tie saw them easily defeat lower league opposition Vilaverdense 6–1, with braces from El Arbi Soudani, Marcelo Toscano and Ricardo. The next two rounds saw Primeira Liga opposition and two consecutive penalty shoot outs for the Conquistadores. After two successful cup ties which were won on penalties, the quarter-finals saw rivals Braga stand in their way. Vitória de Guimarães would win the tie 2–1 after a third consecutive game which went to extra-time. Uruguayan midfielder Jean Barrientos would score both goals to allow his side to progress to the semi-finals. For the semi-finals which were contested over two legs, they were drawn against Belenenses, who at the time was the lowest ranked side in the competition. Vitória de Guimarães would win both ties (3–0 on aggregate) to progress to the final. In the cup final, Benfica were the opponents. The match was primarily dominated by the Encarnados from the get go, with Benfica scoring first with a first half Nicolás Gaitán goal. In the second half, the match looked destined to be won by Benfica but an offside refereeing mistake and a goalkeeping blunder by Benfica's Artur would see two goals in two minutes near the end of the game in which the underdogs would hold on for their first cup triumph after five previously failed attempts.

Ticketing

Tickets for the Supertaça went on sale on the 22 July. The FPF allocated tickets for both finalist clubs with prices for the game varying between €5 and €15.

Venue

The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) announced in June 2013, that the 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was to take place at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro in Aveiro. The Estádio Municipal de Aveiro hosted the Supertaça competition for a fifth consecutive year in a row after previously hosting the 2009, 2010, 2011 and the 2012 editions. All of these four finals all consisted of Porto winning the competition.

The Estádio Municipal de Aveiro is the home stadium of S.C. Beira-Mar. It holds a capacity for 30,127 spectators. The stadium was built in 2003 and replaced the Estádio Mário Duarte which was Beira-Mar's home stadium from 1930 until 2003. The stadium was used for two games at UEFA Euro 2004.

Broadcasting

RTP will broadcast the Supertaça on TV and Radio (RTP1 and Antena 1) for the third consecutive year. As it happen in previous years, HD broadcast will be available on 1080i resolution on RTP HD, which is available on most Pay-TV providers.

Match

Team selection

The Vimaranenses went into the Supertaça without newly acquired striker Moussa Maâzou. Vitória's Maâzou was missing due to holding talks with FIFA over disputes concerning unpaid wages by his former club Étoile du Sahel.

Details

10 August 2013

Porto	–	Vitória de Guimarães

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

See also

• 2012–13 Primeira Liga
• 2012–13 Taça de Portugal
• 2013 Taça de Portugal Final