The 2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 43rd 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 was played between the champions of the

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, and winners of the

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, on 31 July 2021. Sporting CP won the match 2–1 to secure their ninth Supertaça title overall and the first since

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Venue

The

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announced on 27 July 2021 that the

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would host this season's Supertaça with 33 percent of its capacity filled by supporters of both clubs. This was the eleventh time the Supertaça was played at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, having hosted all Supertaça matches but two since 2009, both of them played at

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, in 2015 and 2019.

Background

The match marked the return of spectators to Portuguese football for the first time after a year and a half of absence, and was noted by the two captains of Sporting CP and Braga,

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and

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, respectively, by a message that saluted the supporters before the kick-off of the game.

Match

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