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2009 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

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Date
  
9 August 2009

Referee
  
Jorge Sousa

Man of the Match
  
Ernesto Farías (Porto)

Attendance
  
15,722

Event
  
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (Portuguese Super Cup)

Venue
  
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

The 2009 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 31st edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The match was contested by the 2008–09 Primeira Liga winners, Porto and the 2008–09 Taça de Portugal runners-up, Paços de Ferreira as Porto also won the Taça de Portugal in the same season.

The final took place at Estádio Municipal de Aveiro in Aveiro on the 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 Ernesto Farías and Bruno Alves. With this win, Porto raised their SuperCup tally to 16 trophies in the competition.

References

2009 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Wikipedia