The 2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 43rd edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. It was played between the champions of the 2020–21 Primeira Liga, Sporting CP, and winners of the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal, Braga, on 31 July 2021. Sporting CP won the match 2–1 to secure their ninth Supertaça title overall and the first since 2015.

Venue

The Portuguese Football Federation announced on 27 July 2021 that the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 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 Estádio Algarve, 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, Sebastián Coates and Ricardo Horta, respectively, by a message that saluted the supporters before the kick-off of the game.

Match Details

GK 1 Antonio Adán RB 25 Gonçalo Inácio CB 4 Sebastián Coates (c) LB 3 Zouhair Feddal RM 47 Ricardo Esgaio CM 6 João Palhinha CM 8 Matheus Nunes LM 5 Nuno Mendes RF 28 Pedro Gonçalves CF 21 Paulinho LF 10 Jovane Cabral Substitutes: GK 81 Luís Maximiano DF 2 Matheus Reis DF 13 Luís Neto DF 16 Rúben Vinagre FW 7 Bruno Tabata FW 11 Nuno Santos FW 19 Tiago Tomás Manager: Ruben Amorim GK 1 Matheus RB 15 Paulo Oliveira CB 34 Raul Silva LB 5 Nuno Sequeira RM 70 Fabiano Silva CM 8 Ali Musrati CM 10 André Horta LM 90 Galeno RF 21 Ricardo Horta (c) CF 9 Abel Ruiz LF 27 Fransérgio Substitutes: GK 12 Tiago Sá DF 3 Vítor Tormena DF 13 Tiago Esgaio MF 7 João Novais MF 78 Roger Fernandes FW 19 Mario Gonzalez FW 99 Vítor Oliveira Manager: Carlos Carvalhal Man of the Match: Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP)

Assistant referees: Tiago Costa Nuno Eiras Fourth official: Gustavo Correia Video assistant referee: André Narciso Assistant video assistant referees: Ricardo Santos Vasco SantosMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to five may be used during regular time.

Notes

See also 2021–22 Primeira Liga 2021–22 Taça de Portugal 2021–22 Taça da Liga 2021–22 S.C. Braga season 2021–22 Sporting CP season

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