2004 UEFA Super Cup

The 2004 UEFA Super Cup was the 29th UEFA Super Cup, an annual association football match contested by the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions. The match was played at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 27 August 2004 and contested by Porto of Portugal and Valencia of Spain.

2004 UEFA Super Cup

Match programme cover
Event	UEFA Super Cup
Porto Valencia 1 2
Date	27 August 2004
Venue	Stade Louis II, Monaco
Man of the Match	Rubén Baraja (Valencia)[1]
Referee	Terje Hauge (Norway)[2]
Attendance	17,292[3]

Porto qualified as winners of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, having defeated French team AS Monaco 3–0 in the final, and were appearing in the Super Cup for the third time, following victory in 1987 and defeat in 2003. Meanwhile, Valencia were appearing as winners of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, following victory over another French team, Marseille. It was their second Super Cup, having won in their only previous appearance in 1980.

Watched by a crowd of 17,292, a goal from Rubén Baraja gave Valencia the lead after half and hour, before Marco Di Vaio doubled their lead midway through the second half. Ricardo Quaresma scored for Porto in the 78th minute, but they were unable to find an equaliser and Valencia won the match 2–1 to win their second Super Cup.

Match

Background

The Stade Louis II was the venue for the UEFA Super Cup from 1998 to 2012.

Porto qualified for the Super Cup as the reigning UEFA Champions League winners. They had won the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League beating AS Monaco 3–0 to win the competition for the second time.[4] It would be Porto's third appearance in the competition was contesting the Super Cup for the third time. They won the competition in 1987 beating Ajax, while they lost in 2003, to Milan.[5]

Valencia had qualified for the competition as a result of winning the 2003–04 UEFA Cup. They had beaten Marseille 2–0 in the final.[6] Valencia's only previous appearance in 1980 resulted in victory, beating Nottingham Forest.[7] Porto and Valencia had previously met each other in two European competition matches. In the second round of the 1989–90 UEFA Cup, Porto eliminated the Spanish team with a 5–4 aggregate score, as result of a 3–1 home win and a 2–3 away loss.[8]

Soon after their European victories, Porto manager José Mourinho and Valencia manager Rafael Benítez parted with their clubs—Mourinho was hired by Chelsea, while Benitez took Liverpool's helm[9]—and were therefore not able to lead their teams into the 2004 UEFA Super Cup. To replace them, Porto had hired Victor Fernández, and Valencia brought back Claudio Ranieri for a second spell.[9] Besides the manager position, both clubs also went through significant squad changes. Porto sold Portuguese international playmaker Deco to Barcelona, and Portuguese defenders Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira accompanied Mourinho to Chelsea.[10] Relevant signings included Portuguese internationals Ricardo Quaresma, Hélder Postiga and Raul Meireles; Greek international and newly crowned UEFA Euro 2004 champion Giourkas Seitaridis; and Brazilian international and 2004 Copa América winner Diego.[10] Ranieri brought to Valencia three Italian internationals: former Juventus striker Marco Di Vaio, and Lazio players Bernardo Corradi and Stefano Fiore.[11]

Coming into the match after their previous week loss at the Supercopa de España, Valencia captain David Albelda admitted the team was "not at 100 per cent" and was still "hurt by the defeat", but this setback should help them "go into the match fully concentrated and go all out to win".[12] On the other hand, Porto were coming from another Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira victory. The team's midfielder and captain Costinha assured that Valencia would be "an even tougher match" as it is "a very experienced team with good players". Remembering the Super Cup defeat against Milan in the previous year, Costinha showed no doubts: "... this time things are going to be different. I'm confident we can win".[13] Nonetheless, Porto had two key players ruled out due to injuries. Brazilian striker Derlei suffered a right knee ligament lesion during a friendly match on 15 August with city rivals Boavista,[14] whereas Diego suffered a thigh injury during the Portuguese Super Cup match.[15]

Details

27 August 2004

20:45 CEST

Porto	1–2	Valencia
Quaresma  78'	Report	Baraja  32' Di Vaio  67'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 17,292[3]

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)[2]

Porto

Valencia

GK 99 Vítor Baía RB 22 Giourkas Seitaridis CB 2 Jorge Costa (c)  52' CB 7 Pepe LB 8 Nuno Valente CM 4 Hugo Leal  61' CM 6 Costinha CM 18 Maniche RF 41 Hélder Postiga CF 77 Benni McCarthy  42'  72' LF 19 Carlos Alberto Substitutes: GK 13 Nuno DF 3 Pedro Emanuel DF 5 Ricardo Costa MF 10 Ricardo Quaresma  72'  61' MF 12 César Peixoto  72' MF 33 Raul Meireles FW 29 Hugo Almeida Manager: Víctor Fernández

GK 1 Santiago Cañizares RB 23 Curro Torres CB 5 Carlos Marchena CB 17 David Navarro  16' LB 15 Amedeo Carboni  90+2' RM 19 Francisco Rufete CM 6 David Albelda (c)  40' CM 8 Rubén Baraja LM 14 Vicente CF 11 Marco Di Vaio  77' CF 9 Bernardo Corradi  87' Substitutes: GK 13 Andrés Palop DF 12 Marco Caneira MF 7 Stefano Fiore MF 16 Mohamed Sissoko MF 21 Pablo Aimar  87' FW 18 Xisco FW 20 Mista  77' Manager: Claudio Ranieri

Man of the Match: Rubén Baraja (Valencia)[1] Assistant referees: Steinar Holvik (Norway)[2] Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway)[2] Fourth official: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)[2]

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used

See also

• 2003–04 UEFA Champions League
• 2003–04 UEFA Cup
• FC Porto in international football competitions
• Valencia CF in European football

References

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12. Harte, Simon (26 August 2004). "Captain Albelda's call to arms". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
13. Tavares, Nuno (26 August 2004). "Costinha shows desire". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
14. "Derlei doubtful for Porto". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
15. "Diego to miss Monaco showpiece". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2011.