2017 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

The 2017 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 39th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. It took place on 5 August 2017 and featured the winners of the 2016–17 Primeira Liga and 2016–17 Taça de Portugal, Benfica, and the runners-up of the Taça de Portugal, Vitória de Guimarães. Benfica won their second consecutive Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira for the first time and seventh overall.

2017 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Event	Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (Portuguese Super Cup)
Benfica Vitória de Guimarães 3 1
Date	5 August 2017
Venue	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
Man of the Match	Pizzi (Benfica)[1]
Referee	Artur Soares Dias (Porto)
Attendance	29,660[2]
← 2016 2018 →

Venue

The Aveiro Municipal Stadium was announced as the venue on 6 June 2017, following the decision of the Portuguese Football Federation Directive Board.^[3] That same day, the Board announced that the stadium would also be the venue of the following year's Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.^[4] This was the eight time Aveiro Municipal Stadium hosted the Supertaça (it had been the venue in the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016 editions).

Background

Benfica made their 19th Supertaça appearance. Their last appearance had been in 2016, when they defeated Braga 3–0 at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro. Benfica had won six Supertaças, in 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2014 and 2016.^[5]

Vitória de Guimarães played in the fixture for the fourth time. Their last presence had been in 2013 when they lost 3–0 to Porto. Vitória de Guimarães had won one edition against Porto in 1988, 2–0 on aggregate, and had also been runners-up in 2011.^[5]

Pre-match

Entry

Benfica qualified for their fourth consecutive Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira by winning the league title. On the penultimate matchday, Benfica won 5–0 against Vitória de Guimarães at the Estádio da Luz to clinch the Primeira Liga for the 36th time and fourth consecutive time for the first time in their history.

Vitória de Guimarães qualified by reaching the cup final, losing to league champions Benfica 2–1.

Broadcasting

The final was broadcast by RTP.

Officials

Ticketing

Venue

Match

Details

Benfica	3–1	Vitória de Guimarães
Jonas 6' Seferovic 11' Jiménez 83'	Report	Raphinha 43'

5 August 2017

20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

Attendance: 29,660^[2]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Benfica

Vitória de Guimarães

GK 30 Bruno Varela RB 34 André Almeida CB 4 Luisão (c) CB 33 Jardel LB 3 Álex Grimaldo  75' DM 5 Ljubomir Fejsa CM 21 Pizzi RW 18 Eduardo Salvio  65' ST 10 Jonas  81' ST 14 Haris Seferovic  58' LW 22 Franco Cervi Substitutes: GK 13 Paulo Lopes DF 2 Lisandro López DF 19 Eliseu  75' MF 6 Filipe Augusto  65' FW 9 Raúl Jiménez  81' MF 27 Rafa Silva FW 84 Diogo Gonçalves Manager: Rui Vitória

GK 56 Miguel Silva RB 20 João Aurélio  80' CB 3 Josué Sá (c)  88' CB 4 Marcos Valente LB 23 João Vigário DM 93 Guillermo Celis DM 8 Bongani Zungu RW 22 Hélder Ferreira  72' ST 99 Rafael Martins  90+2' LW 11 Raphinha CM 16 Paolo Hurtado  80' Substitutes: GK 1 Douglas DF 17 Falaye Sacko DF 6 Moreno MF 5 Rafael Miranda MF 45 Xande Silva  80' FW 71 Fábio Sturgeon  72' FW 26 Óscar Estupiñán  80' Manager: Pedro Martins

Man of the Match: Pizzi (Benfica)[1] Assistant referees:[6] Rui Tavares Rui Teixeira Fourth official: Manuel Oliveira Video assistant referees:[7] Jorge Sousa Hugo Miguel

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

^[6]

First half Benfica Vitória de Guimarães Goals scored 2 1 Total shots Shots on target Ball possession Corner kicks Fouls committed Offsides Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 0

Second half Benfica Vitória de Guimarães Goals scored 1 0 Total shots Shots on target Ball possession Corner kicks Fouls committed Offsides Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall Benfica Vitória de Guimarães Goals scored 3 1 Total shots 17 8 Shots on target 9 5 Ball possession 47% 53% Corner kicks 2 2 Fouls committed 27 18 Offsides 2 3 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0

References

1. "Pizzi, o Homem do Jogo Sagres" [Pizzi, Sagres' Man of the Match]. FPF (in Portuguese). 5 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
2. "Benfica vs Vitória de Guimarães". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). No. 29, 660. 6 August 2017. p. 4.
3. "Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira em Aveiro a 5 de agosto" [Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira in Aveiro in August 5]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 6 June 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
4. "Supertaça em Aveiro" [Supertaça in Aveiro]. FPF (in Portuguese). 6 June 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
5. "Portugal - List of Super Cup winners". RSSSF. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
6. Match Center - Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira 2017 FPF (in Portuguese)
7. Artur Soares Dias será o árbitro em Aveiro A Bola (in Portuguese)