The 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 35th 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).
A fifth-minute goal from newly acquired winger Licá, a headed goal from Colombian centre forward Jackson Martínez on 17 minutes and a volleyed strike before the end of the first half by Argentine midfielder Lucho González saw Porto defeat the opposition comfortably and thus raise the club's tally to 20 trophies in this competition (57.1% of wins).
[14] Before the Supertaça, the last meeting between both sides was in the domestic league on 2 February 2013, with the Dragões defeating the Vimaranenses 4–0 at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques.
A hat-trick from Colombian centre-forward Jackson Martínez and a header from Eliaquim Mangala provided Porto with the three points.
Kelvin's late winner would mark the first time Benfica would suffer a loss in the 2012–13 Primeira Liga campaign.
Their first cup tie saw them easily defeat lower league opposition Vilaverdense 6–1, with braces from Hillal Soudani, Marcelo Toscano and Ricardo Pereira.
The match was primarily dominated by the Encarnados from the start, with Benfica scoring first with a first-half Nicolás Gaitán goal.
In the second half, the match looked destined to be won by Benfica but a quick attack play and a goalkeeping blunder by Benfica's Artur would see two goals in two minutes near the end of the game in which the underdogs would hold on for their first cup triumph after five previously failed attempts.
Vitória's Maâzou was missing due to holding talks with FIFA over disputes concerning unpaid wages by his former club Étoile du Sahel.