1981 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
# 1981 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

The 1981 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 3rd 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 1981 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was contested over two legs, and opposed Benfica and Porto of the Primeira Liga. Benfica qualified for the SuperCup by winning both the 1980–81 Primeira Divisão and the 1980–81 Taça de Portugal, whilst Porto qualified for the Supertaça as the cup runner-up.

The first leg which took place at the Estádio da Luz, saw a comfortable Benfica 2–0 win. The second leg which took place at the Estádio das Antas saw Porto defeat Benfica 4–1 (4–3 on aggregate), which granted the Dragões their first Supertaça.

## First leg

### Details

| Benfica | Porto |
| - | - |

Manuel Bento :

| DF | António Veloso |
| - | - |
| DF | Álvaro Magalhães |
| DF | Alberto Bastos Lopes | |
| DF | Humberto Coelho | |
| MF | Shéu |
| MF | João Alves | 78' |
| MF | José Luís |
| MF | Fernando Chalana |
| FW | Reinaldo Gomes |
| FW | Nené (c) | 38' |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | César | 38' |
| MF | Jorge Gomes | 78' |
| Manager: |||
| Lajos Baróti ||||

João Fonseca :

| DF | Gabriel Mendes |
| - | - |
| DF | Carlos Simões (c) |
| DF | Fernando Freitas | |
| MF | António Sousa | 46' |
| MF | Adelino Teixeira | 70' |
| MF | Romeu Silva | |
| FW | Albertino Pereira |
| FW | Mickey Walsh |
| FW | Jacques Pereira |
| FW | José Alberto Costa |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | António Lima Pereira | 46' |
| DF | João Pinto | 70' |
| Manager: |||
| Hermann Stessl ||||
| Match officials Assistant referees: Fourth official: | Match rules 90 minutes. Maximum of two substitutions |

## Second leg

### Details

| Porto | Benfica |
| - | - |

João Fonseca :

| DF | Gabriel Mendes |
| - | - |
| DF | Carlos Simões (c) |
| DF | António Lima Pereira |
| DF | Fernando Freitas | 76' | |
| MF | Jaime Pacheco | | 46' |
| MF | Romeu Silva |
| MF | Jaime Magalhães | | 87' |
| FW | Jacques Pereira |
| FW | Mickey Walsh |
| FW | José Alberto Costa | 48' | |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | João Pinto | 46' | 46' |
| FW | Júlio Carlos | | 87' |
| Manager: |||
| Hermann Stessl ||||

Manuel Bento :

| DF | António Bastos Lopes | 48' |
| - | - | - |
| DF | António Veloso |
| DF | Álvaro Magalhães |
| DF | Alberto Bastos Lopes | 63' |
| MF | Shéu |
| MF | José Luís |
| MF | João Alves |
| MF | Fernando Chalana |
| FW | Nené (c) |
| FW | Jorge Gomes |
| Substitutes: |||
| Manager: |||
| Lajos Baróti ||||
| Match officials Assistant referees: Fourth official: | Match rules 90 minutes. Maximum of two substitutions |

* 1981 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Winners
* Porto 1st Title
