The 2004 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 26th edition of the
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese football match played since 1979 between the winners of the Portuguese League (Primeira Liga) and Portuguese ...
, the annual
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football
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season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top
league
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and
cup
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competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The match was contested between the
2003–04 Primeira Liga winners,
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...
and the 2003–04 Taça de Portugal winners,
Benfica.
The match took place at
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. This stadium belongs to the Municipality of Coimbra and is mainly used by the Académica de Coimbra's football team.
The stadium was rebuilt, expanded, and modernized to host some UEF ...
in
Coimbra
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The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Bra ...
on 20 August 2004. Porto were making their 21st Supertaça appearance, of which it had previously won 13 and lost 7. Benfica were making their 13th Supertaça appearance, having previously won 3 and lost 9 times.
In Portugal, the final was televised live on
RTP1
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. Porto defeated Benfica 1–0 with a goal in the 55th minute from the newly acquired
Ricardo Quaresma
Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo (; born 26 September 1983) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger.
He began his career at Sporting CP and went on to play for Barcelona, Inter Milan, Porto (twice), Chelsea, Beşiktaş ...
. Porto collected a second consecutive Supertaça, raising the club's tally to a record 14 trophies in the competition (53.8% of wins).
Background
Benfica were appearing in their 13th Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. Benfica went into the match as three-time winners of the trophy (1980, 1985, 1989). Of their 12 Supertaça appearances, Benfica had lost on 9 occasions (1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996). Porto were appearing in their 21st Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. Porto went into the match as 13-time winners (1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003). Of their 20 appearances, Porto had lost on 7 occasions (1979, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000).
In Benfica's and Porto's entire history, both sides had met on 202 occasions prior to this encounter. They had met in the Supertaça on nine occasions, with Porto winning eight SuperCup encounters and Benfica winning once. The last meeting between these two sides in this competition was the 1996 edition of the Supertaça, where Porto defeated Benfica 6–0 on aggregate. The last meeting between these sides in domestic league action saw a draw between both sides at the
Estádio da Luz
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. The last meeting between these two sides in the domestic cup competition saw Benfica defeat Porto 2–1 in the final of the Taça de Portugal thanks to an extra time goal from
Simão.
Pre-match
Entry
Porto qualified for their second consecutive Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira by winning the
2003–04 Primeira Liga. Along the season, Porto remained in top spot and managed important victories against its rivals to clinch the Primeira Liga title. Porto dominated the whole season managing twenty-three victories from their first twenty-eight league games. Some notable wins during the season saw Porto defeat rivals
Sporting CP
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, 4–1 on matchweek 3, as well as Benfica on matchday 5, 2–0.
Benfica qualified for the Supertaça by winning the
2003–04 Taça de Portugal
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. Benfica defeated
Estrela da Amadora
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It's the successor of Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, founded in 1932 and extinct in ...
3–1,
Académica de Coimbra 1–0,
Nacional
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2–1 and
Belenenses 3–1 en route to the final. In the final of the Taça de Portugal, Benfica faced Porto at the
Estádio Nacional
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. Benfica defeated Porto 2–1. After
Derlei
Vanderlei Fernandes Silva (born 14 July 1975), known as Derlei, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.
He spent most of his 16-year professional career in Portugal (one full decade), having represented all three most impor ...
and
Takis Fyssas
Takis Fyssas ( el, Τάκης Φύσσας, born 12 June 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a left back. He works as the sporting director of the Greece national team. He was previously the technical director of the ...
had scored for either side, the game ended one all after ninety minutes. In
extra-time
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, Simão scored in the 104th minute to clinch Benfica's 24th cup triumph.
Officials
The match officials for the game were confirmed on the 18 August 2004 by the
Portuguese Football Federation
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. Carlos Xistra of
Castelo Branco was named as
referee
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.
This was Xistra's first
Supertaça match that he had officiated. He had primarily been used as a referee since the
2000–01 season where he regularly officiated Primeira Liga games. For the Supertaça, Xistra was assisted by José Ramalho of
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...
and Luís Tavares of
Portalegre, while the fourth official was Paulo Baptista of Portalegre.
Ticketing
The
Portuguese Football Federation
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distributed 30,000 tickets for the Supertaça. Tickets went on sale on 18 August. Benfica and Porto received 10,500 tickets each to distribute to their supporters. The remaining tickets were allocated to the
Coimbra Football Association
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, the
Lisbon Football Association
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and the
Porto Football Association
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.
The price of the tickets varied between €20 and €40.
Venue
Initially, the
Portuguese Football Federation
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announced that the
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in
Leiria
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would play host to the Supertaça.
In August 2004, the venue was changed to the
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. This stadium belongs to the Municipality of Coimbra and is mainly used by the Académica de Coimbra's football team.
The stadium was rebuilt, expanded, and modernized to host some UEF ...
in
Coimbra
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The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Bra ...
.
The host venue of the Supertaça was changed due to the
Leiria Football Association
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expressing their desire to host a
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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game between
Portugal
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and
Estonia
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which would take place a few weeks after the SuperCup game.
This would be the first time that the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra would host a major final of a competition.
The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra is the home stadium of
Académica de Coimbra. It holds a seating capacity for 30,210 spectators. Between 2001 and 2003, the stadium underwent renovation as it was selected by the Portuguese Football Federation to be one of the host venues for
UEFA Euro 2004
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. The stadium played host to two group stage matches at the tournament between
England
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and
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, and
France
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and Switzerland.
Match
Team selection
Benfica went into the 2004 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira with some key players missing due to injury as well as some being a doubt for the game. Benfica's
Takis Fyssas
Takis Fyssas ( el, Τάκης Φύσσας, born 12 June 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a left back. He works as the sporting director of the Greece national team. He was previously the technical director of the ...
was a doubt for the match due to sustaining an injury in pre-season training.
Benfica were without
winger Carlitos
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* Carlitos (footballer, born 1976), full name Carlos Do ...
; he sustained an injury in pre-season training in which he suffered
tendinitis
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in his right knee. Carlitos would remain out of action for one month.
Giovanni Trapattoni
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's squad selection saw him include Fyssas, who had just recovered from an injury. Trapattoni left out goalkeeper
José Moreira
José Filipe da Silva Moreira (born 20 March 1982) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He spent most of his career with Benfica, appearing in 148 competitive matches and making his debut at only 19. H ...
who had arrived a few days prior to the Supertaça due to representing Portugal at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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. Trapattoni would include seven newly acquired players in his squad;
Eurípedes Amoreirinha,
Azar Karadas
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He had three spells with Brann, where he began and ended his ...
,
Everson,
Manuel dos Santos,
Paulo Almeida
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A defensive midfielder known for his leadership, he was the captain of the Santos team, dubbed ''Menino ...
,
Quim and
Yannick Quesnel
Yannick Daniel Quesnel (born 24 October 1973) is a French retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Most of his professional career was spent in Portugal, notably playing in two Primeira Liga seasons with Alverca. He also represented Benfi ...
. Of these seven new players to arrive at Benfica, Quim, Dos Santos and Almeida would start the game. Karadas and Everson would later be used in the game as substitutes.
Porto went into the 2004 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira with several players who were doubtful due to injury as well as players missing due to other commitments. Porto were without striker
Derlei
Vanderlei Fernandes Silva (born 14 July 1975), known as Derlei, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.
He spent most of his 16-year professional career in Portugal (one full decade), having represented all three most impor ...
, who suffered an injury in the weeks building up to the Supertaça. Derlei contracted a partial rupture of an internal ligament in his right knee and would be out of action for two weeks. Porto's
Costinha
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Best known for his tackling and positioning, as well as ...
and
Hélder Postiga
Hélder Manuel Marques Postiga (; born 2 August 1982) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
After beginning at Porto, where he won eight items of silverware along the way, he amassed Primeira Liga totals o ...
were injury doubts but fully recuperated for the match.
José Bosingwa
José Bosingwa da Silva (born 24 August 1982) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a right-back.
An attacking fullback, his pace and ability to get up and down the flanks created problems for the opposition. He spent most of his prof ...
and
Ricardo Costa were also doubts for the game after they had represented the
Portuguese Olympic team at the 2004 Summer Olympics a few days prior to the match. Porto's
Jorge Costa
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Nicknamed ''Bicho'' (animal) and ''Tanque'' (tank) by his colleagues and fans for ...
,
Pepe
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*
People
Mononyms
* Pepe (footballer, born 1935), real name José Macia, Brazilian footballer
*Pepe (footballer, born 1983), real name Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira ...
and
Maniche
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He played top flight football in Portugal, Russia, England, Spain, Italy and Ge ...
were ineligible for the match as they were serving suspensions.
Víctor Fernández
Víctor Fernández Braulio (born 28 November 1960) is a Spanish football manager.
He had three spells with his hometown team Zaragoza, winning the Copa del Rey in 1994 and the Cup Winners' Cup a year later. He also led Tenerife, Celta, Be ...
's squad selection for the match saw him leave out
Bruno Moraes. Fernández would include Bosingwa and Ricardo Costa in the squad despite only returning from representing Portugal in the Olympics. Fernández's squad selection for the Supertaça saw him include seven newly acquired players:
Adriano Rossato
Adriano Fabiano Rossato (born 27 August 1977 in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a left back, and is a manager.
Football career
During his Brazilian career, free kick specialist Rossato represented Bot ...
,
Diego
Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''.
Et ...
,
Giourkas Seitaridis
Georgios "Giourkas" Seitaridis ( ; born 4 June 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right-back and occasionally as a centre-back. He has last played in 2013 for Greek Superleague side Panathinaikos, having played pr ...
,
Hélder Postiga
Hélder Manuel Marques Postiga (; born 2 August 1982) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
After beginning at Porto, where he won eight items of silverware along the way, he amassed Primeira Liga totals o ...
,
Hugo Leal,
Miguel Areias
Miguel Alexandre Areias Lopes (born 2 June 1977), known as Areias, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a left-back.
Club career
After establishing himself as a professional player with S.C. Beira-Mar, Porto-born Ar ...
and
Ricardo Quaresma
Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo (; born 26 September 1983) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger.
He began his career at Sporting CP and went on to play for Barcelona, Inter Milan, Porto (twice), Chelsea, Beşiktaş ...
. Of those seven, Fernández would select Diego, Seitaridis, Leal and Quaresma to start the game.
César Peixoto and Postiga would later be used in the game as substitutes.
Summary
Benfica took control early in the game, creating several chances in the first ten minutes of the game. The first few chances created by Benfica at the beginning of the game were mainly through interplay between Simão and
Zlatko Zahovič
Zlatko Zahovič (; born 1 February 1971) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
After making a name for himself in Europe in Portugal, most notably with Porto and Benfica where he amassed Primeira L ...
. On 21 minutes, Porto's influential midfield talisman Diego sustained an injury which required him to be replaced by César Peixoto. The introduction of Peixoto saw Porto possess more of an attacking threat going forward. This led to Porto's first chance of the game on 29 minutes where Peixoto tested Benfica's Quim from distance. The most clear cut chance of the first half fell to Benfica's Zahovič on 30 minutes. Zahovič combined with Manuel dos Santos, who crossed the ball into the 18-yard box and found an unmarked Zahovič, who could not capitalize after his shot was blocked by a Porto defender for a corner. Benfica, for the remainder of the half, would apply pressure on Porto's defense but was unable to get a breakthrough and score the opening goal of the game.
Benfica began the second half dominating possession just like the first half. On 55 minutes, Benfica lost possession of the ball in the middle of the pitch. Carlos Alberto picked up the ball and threaded the ball to an unmarked Ricardo Quaresma on the left wing who beat Benfica defender Argel and then fired the ball past Quim to give Porto the lead. Despite Porto's lead, Benfica began to create more chances and squandered several chances from set pieces from Luisão and Tomo Šokota. As the game drew to a close, Porto began to get more men behind the ball to protect their lead. Their strategy would pay off as Porto would hold out for the win and consequently capture their 14th Supertaça.
Details
See also
*
2003–04 Primeira Liga
*
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese football match played since 1979 between the winners of the Portuguese League (Primeira Liga) and Portuguese ...
References
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