The 2014 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 36th 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 ...

. It featured the winners of the

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and

2013–14 Taça de Portugal The 2013–14 Taça de Portugal was the 74th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football knockout cup competition organised by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). It was contested by 156 teams from the top four tiers of ...

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, and the runners-up of the Taça de Portugal, Rio Ave F.C. The two clubs also met in the

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, also won by Benfica. Benfica featured in their 16th Super Cup and Rio Ave played in the fixture for the first time. The game finished goalless after extra time, and Benfica won 3–2 on penalties for their fifth Supertaça victory, achieving a Portuguese record of all four domestic titles won in a year.

Background

Benfica's last appearance was in

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, where the Portuguese champions lost to

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holders

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2–0, also at the

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. In 15 Supertaça appearances prior to 2014, Benfica won 4, in

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and

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. Rio Ave made their first Supertaça appearance. In Benfica's and Rio Ave's entire history, the two teams had met on 47 different occasions. Benfica had obtained 35 victories, while Rio Ave had won 3 times, with 9 encounters ending in a draw. Before the Supertaça, the last meeting between both sides was in the domestic cup final, on 18 May 2014, with Benfica defeating Rio Ave 1–0 at the Estádio do Jamor. A first-half strike from Argentine winger Nicolás Gaitán granted Benfica a 25th cup trophy which would cap off a treble-winning season for the club.

Match

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Broadcasting

Once again, RTP broadcast the Supertaça on television and radio (

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and Antena 1, respectively), doing it for the fourth consecutive year. As in previous years, an HD broadcast was available on

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resolution on RTP HD, which was available on most pay-TV providers.

References

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Background

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