2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
# 2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

The 2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 38th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. It took place on 7 August 2016, and it featured the champions of the 2015–16 Primeira Liga, Benfica, and the winners of the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal, Braga.

## Background

Benfica made their 18th Supertaça appearance. Their last appearance had been in 2015, where they lost 1–0 to Sporting CP at the Estádio Algarve. Benfica had won five Supertaças, in 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005 and 2014.

Braga played in the fixture for the third time. Their last presence had been in 1998 where they lost 2–1 on aggregate against Porto. Braga had not won any edition, being runners-up in 1982 and 1998.

## Pre-match

### Entry

Benfica qualified for their third consecutive Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira by winning the league title. On the last matchday, Benfica won 4–1 against Nacional at Estádio da Luz to clinch the Primeira Liga for the 35th time.

Braga qualified by winning the cup final, beating Porto 4–2 on penalties, after a 2–2 draw. This was Braga's second Taça de Portugal triumph.

### Broadcasting

The final was broadcast by TVI.

## Match

### Details

| Benfica | Braga |
| - | - |

Júlio César :

| RB | 50 | Nélson Semedo | 31' |
| - | - | - | - |
| CB | 4 | Luisão (c) |
| CB | 14 | Victor Lindelöf |
| LB | 3 | Álex Grimaldo | 53' |
| CM | 5 | Ljubomir Fejsa |
| CM | 8 | André Horta |
| RW | 21 | Pizzi |
| LW | 22 | Franco Cervi | | 86' |
| CF | 11 | Kostas Mitroglou | | 68' |
| CF | 10 | Jonas | | 78' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 13 | Paulo Lopes |
| DF | 2 | Lisandro López |
| MF | 7 | Andreas Samaris | | 78' |
| MF | 15 | André Carrillo |
| MF | 18 | Eduardo Salvio | | 86' |
| FW | 9 | Raúl Jiménez | | 68' |
| FW | 20 | Gonçalo Guedes |
| Manager: |||
| Rui Vitória ||||

José Marafona :

| RB | 15 | Baiano |
| - | - | - |
| CB | 5 | Willy Boly | 72' |
| CB | 6 | André Pinto (c) |
| LB | 87 | Marcelo Goiano | 6' |
| CM | 35 | Nikola Vukčević |
| CM | 63 | Mauro |
| CM | 25 | Pedro Tiba | | 65' |
| RW | 23 | Pedro Santos | | 88' |
| LW | 18 | Rafa Silva |
| CF | 19 | Nikola Stojiljković | | 68' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 92 | Matheus |
| DF | 3 | Lazar Rosić |
| DF | 16 | Djavan | | 88' |
| MF | 7 | Wilson Eduardo | | 65' |
| MF | 8 | Marko Bakić |
| FW | 9 | Ahmed Hassan | | 68' |
| FW | 30 | Alan |
| Manager: |||
| José Peseiro ||||
| Man of the Match: Franco Cervi (Benfica) Assistant referees: Álvaro Mesquita (Vila Real) Pedro Mota (Lisbon) Fourth official: Pedro Ribeiro (Aveiro) Additional assistant referees: Tiago Martins (Lisbon) Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria) | 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. |
