The 2004 UEFA Super Cup was the 29th UEFA Super Cup, an annual association football match contested by the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions. The match was played at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 27 August 2004 and contested by Porto of Portugal and Valencia of Spain. Porto qualified as winners of the

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, having defeated French team AS Monaco 3–0 in the final, and were appearing in the Super Cup for the third time, following victory in

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and defeat in

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. Meanwhile, Valencia were appearing as winners of the

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, following victory over another French team, Marseille. It was their second Super Cup, having won in their only previous appearance in

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. Watched by a crowd of 17,292, a goal from Rubén Baraja gave Valencia the lead after half an hour, before Marco Di Vaio doubled their lead midway through the second half. Ricardo Quaresma scored for Porto in the 78th minute, but they were unable to find an equaliser and Valencia won the match 2–1 to win their second Super Cup.

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Porto qualified for the Super Cup as the reigning UEFA Champions League winners. They had won the

beating AS Monaco 3–0 to win the competition for the second time. It would be Porto's third appearance in the competition was contesting the Super Cup for the third time. They won the competition in

beating Ajax, while they lost in

, to Milan. Valencia had qualified for the competition as a result of winning the

. They had beaten Marseille 2–0 in the final. Valencia's only previous appearance in

resulted in victory, beating Nottingham Forest. Porto and Valencia had previously met each other in two European competition matches. In the second round of the

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, Porto eliminated the Spanish team with a 5–4 aggregate score, as result of a 3–1 home win and a 2–3 away loss. Soon after their European victories, Porto manager

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and Valencia manager Rafael Benítez parted with their clubs—Mourinho was hired by Chelsea, while Benitez took Liverpool's helm—and were therefore not able to lead their teams into the 2004 UEFA Super Cup. To replace them, Porto had hired

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, and Valencia brought back Claudio Ranieri for a second spell. Besides the manager position, both clubs also went through significant squad changes. Porto sold Portuguese international playmaker Deco to Barcelona, and Portuguese defenders Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira accompanied Mourinho to Chelsea. Relevant signings included Portuguese internationals Ricardo Quaresma, Hélder Postiga and Raul Meireles; Greek international and newly crowned UEFA Euro 2004 champion Giourkas Seitaridis; and Brazilian international and

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winner Diego. Ranieri brought to Valencia three Italian internationals: former

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striker Marco Di Vaio, and Lazio players Bernardo Corradi and Stefano Fiore. Coming into the match after their previous week loss at the

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, Valencia captain David Albelda admitted the team was "not at 100 per cent" and was still "hurt by the defeat", but this setback should help them "go into the match fully concentrated and go all out to win". On the other hand, Porto were coming from another Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira victory. The team's midfielder and captain Costinha assured that Valencia would be "an even tougher match" as it is "a very experienced team with good players". Remembering the Super Cup defeat against Milan in the previous year, Costinha showed no doubts: "... this time things are going to be different. I'm confident we can win". Nonetheless, Porto had two key players ruled out due to injuries. Brazilian striker Derlei suffered a right knee ligament lesion during a friendly match on 15 August with city rivals Boavista, whereas Diego suffered a thigh injury during the Portuguese Super Cup match.

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