S.L. Benfica Sporting. Followed in Europe, Africa and the Americas, any match between both teams is known as "dérbi de Lisboa" ("Lisbon derby"), "dérbi eterno" ("eternal derby"), "dérbi da Segunda Circular", "dérbi dos dérbis" ("derby of the derbies") – the most important football derby in Portugal. The rivalry between Benfica and FC Porto, which started with a friendly match on 28 April 1912, comes about as Lisbon and Porto are the largest Portuguese cities, respectively. Benfica and Porto are currently the two most decorated clubs in Portuguese football, with the former historically being the most decorated team overall. Any match between the
FC Porto a conflict between the technical staff and president Américo de Sá, which ended with the resignation of Pedroto and his replacement by Hermann Stessl. In December 1981, Porto overcame Benfica to win the inaugural staging of the Portuguese Super Cup, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. Pedroto returned in April 1982 by the hand of the club's newly elected president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, who had resigned as director of football, two years before, in solidarity with the coach. The previous month, Porto fell again in the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals against one of the eventual finalists, but needed only