The 2009 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 31st 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 association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...

, the annual Portuguese

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season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top

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competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The match was contested by the

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winners,

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and the

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runners-up,

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, as Porto also won the Taça de Portugal in the same season. The final took place at the

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in Aveiro on 9 August 2009. Porto participated in their 25th Supertaça final, their fourth consecutive final since 2006. Porto went into the match as the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira 15-time winners. Paços de Ferreira qualified for the competition for the first time in their history. Porto defeated Paços de Ferreira 2–0 with goals from

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and

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. With this win, Porto raised their Supertaça tally to 16.

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