The Candido de Oliveira Super Cup between champions Sporting and Porto, winners of the Portuguese Cup, will be played on August 3, again in Aveiro, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) announced today.
Starting at 20:15, the Municipal Stadium of Aveiro will again be the arena for the discussion of the first trophy of the season, for the fifth time in a row.
Sporting are seeking their 10th trophy in their 12th match, while Porto will try to win their 24th trophy in their 34th match.
This is the first time the Lions and Dragons will meet in Aveiro as they have not met in a Super Cup since 2008: it will be the 250th clash in Portuguese football’s history between two of its greatest players. symbols.
In the previous four matches between them, Sporting had always been superior: in the third game in the 1994/95 and 1999/2000 seasons and in one match in the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons in Leiria and Algarve respectively.
Porto have won the most trophies (23), followed by Sporting and Benfica (both with nine), Boavista have three and Vitoria de Guimarães one.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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