2008 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
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The <entity_0> was the 30th edition of the <entity_1>, the annual <entity_5> <entity_6> 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). <entity_0> was constested by <entity_7> and <entity_4>. <entity_7> went into the match as the <entity_1> 14-time winners. <entity_4> went into the match as the <entity_1> six-time winners. The final took place at <entity_2> in Faro on <entity_3>. <entity_7> entered the match as the 2007–08 Primeira Liga winners while Sporting entered the match as the winners of the 2007–08 Taça de <entity_5> after defeating <entity_7> at the Estádio Nacional in <entity_3>. This was third time that the <entity_2> hosted a major final, four months prior to the Supertaça it hosted the <entity_3> Taça da Liga Final between Sporting and Vitória de Setúbal. <entity_7> qualified for their third consecutive <entity_1> by clinching the Primeira Liga title with five games to spare. <entity_7>'s strong start to the season with important victories over rivals Benfica and <entity_4> provided distance from their main title rivals. However, a drop in form in early <entity_3> which resulted in two loses in three games meant that <entity_7>'s main title challengers were able to capitalize on <entity_7>'s mistakes. <entity_4> qualified by winning the <entity_3> Taça de <entity_5> Final, beating <entity_7> <entity_9>–0 in the final. Sporting beat Louletano 4–0, Lagoa 4–0, Marítimo <entity_9>–<entity_8>, Estrela da Amadora <entity_8>–0 and Benfica 5–3. The <entity_3> victory was Sporting's fifteen Taça de <entity_5> triumph and consequently gained a berth in the <entity_0>. Xistra had previously officiated the 2004 <entity_1> between Benfica and <entity_7> at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra. <entity_7> were appearing in their 24th <entity_1> in which it was their third consecutive Supertaça appearance since 2006. The last meeting between these two sides in this competition was the 2007 Supertaça competition where Sporting defeated <entity_7>, <entity_8>–0 thanks to a goal from Marat Izmailov. The last meeting between these sides prior to this match was the <entity_3> Taça de <entity_5> Final, where Sporting defeated <entity_7>, <entity_9>–0.
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