FC Porto - SCU Torreense live - Football

FC Porto and SCU Torreense meet on 1 August 2026 at 20:15 (BST) at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira 2026. Porto, the 31-time Primeira Liga champions and 24-time holders of the Supertaça, take on Torreense - the first second-division club in Portuguese football history to win the Taça de Portugal. Seventy years earlier, in 1956, Porto beat Torreense 2-0 in the Taça de Portugal final; now the clubs reunite with history looming large over both of them.

Match Info: FC Porto vs SCU Torreense

The opening official fixture of the 2026-27 season takes place on Saturday, 1 August 2026, at 20:15 BST at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra in Coimbra. The ground hosts the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira for the fifth time, as confirmed by the Portuguese Football Federation.

Where to Watch FC Porto vs SCU Torreense?

Viewers in Portugal can watch the match live on RTP 1, the public broadcaster reaching millions of homes nationwide. Those preferring to stream can head to RTP Play for the online feed, while Sport TV1 and its accompanying digital platform Sport TV Multiscreen also carry live coverage.

For the global Portuguese diaspora, RTP Internacional broadcasts the match worldwide - a single channel ensuring fans across every continent can follow the action.

Supporters in the UK and beyond are encouraged to check rights-holding platforms for their region, as the match may be available through further licensed partners.

Match between FC Porto and SCU Torreense - Preview

The 2026 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira pits a league giant against a cup giant-killer: Porto, champions of Portugal for the 31st time under head coach Francesco Farioli, face Torreense, the sensational Taça de Portugal winners who became the first second-division side to lift that trophy in the competition's 86-year history.

For Porto, this is a chance to claim a 25th Supertaça - a figure no rival club has come close to matching. The Dragons already hold more of these trophies than every other winning club combined. The match carries a weight of history beyond statistics: on 27 May 1956, Porto beat Torreense 2-0 in the Taça de Portugal final to claim their first ever cup title. Exactly 70 years on, Torreense return as conquerors of Sporting CP, having won 2-1 after extra time in one of the most remarkable finals in Portuguese football memory.

The tie draws a fairy-tale arc: a second-division side, founded in 1917 in Torres Vedras with a stadium capacity of just over 2,000, stepping onto a neutral ground in Coimbra to face the most decorated club in Portugal's top flight. Ticket demand was substantial - Porto opened sales via their members' platform with priority given to those who attended the most home matches during the season.

Head-to-Head: FC Porto vs SCU Torreense

Direct meetings between Porto and Torreense at the top level are rare, a consequence of the clubs spending the vast majority of their histories in different divisions. The one confirmed senior meeting between them carries enormous symbolic weight: the 1956 Taça de Portugal final, which Porto won 2-0 thanks to two goals from Hernâni, giving the club from the north their maiden cup title.

Known confirmed senior meetings between the two sides:

• 27 May 1956 - Taça de Portugal, Final - FC Porto 2-0 SCU Torreense

FC Porto - Recent Form

Porto closed the 2025-26 Primeira Liga campaign as champions, but their final stretch of five matches produced a mixed picture: 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1 defeat across all competitions.

The title was wrapped up with a 1-0 home win over Santa Clara on 16 May, maintaining the clinical efficiency that characterised their season under Farioli. Before that, Porto had taken maximum points away at Estrela (winning 2-1 on 26 April) and beaten Alverca 1-0 at home on 2 May. The low point of the run was a 3-1 league defeat away to AVS on 10 May - one of the few times this season that Porto's defence was truly undone. Their cup semi-final against Sporting CP on 22 April ended goalless, ending their involvement in the Taça de Portugal at the last-four stage.

Over the summer, the club has been fine-tuning its preparation: a 2-1 win at Birmingham City was followed by a 1-0 friendly loss to Gil Vicente on 23 July. With the season opener now approaching, Farioli's squad is expected to be at full competitive sharpness for Coimbra.

SCU Torreense - Recent Form

Torreense arrive at the Supertaça on the back of the greatest result in their 109-year history - the 2026 Taça de Portugal, won against a Sporting CP side ranked among the pre-match favourites.

The defining moment came on 24 May at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras. Kévin Zohi put Torreense ahead in the 4th minute, Sporting equalised through Luís Suárez on 54 minutes, and then, deep into extra time, Stopira converted from the penalty spot in the 113th minute to send the club from Torres Vedras into legend. Before the final, their league form had been modest: a 0-0 draw at home to Casa Pia on 21 May and a 2-0 defeat away to the same opponents on 29 May showed that the squad's focus was understandably elsewhere. In pre-season, a 5-0 thrashing of Académica de Coimbra on 15 July was followed by a 1-1 draw with Benfica B on 18 July. Under Luís Tralhão, the squad appears motivated to prove that their cup triumph was no accident.

Facts and Statistics

The clash between FC Porto and SCU Torreense in the 2026 Supertaça is one of the most structurally asymmetric meetings in the history of the competition - in terms of divisional status, recent pedigree, and trophy cabinet. Yet the cup has a habit of levelling the playing field, as Torreense proved just weeks ago against Sporting.

• FC Porto have won 24 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira titles - more than every other winning club in the competition's history combined.
• SCU Torreense are the first club from the second tier of Portuguese football ever to win the Taça de Portugal.
• The only previously confirmed senior meeting between the clubs was the 1956 Taça de Portugal final, which Porto won 2-0 with both goals scored by Hernâni.
• Porto secured their 31st Primeira Liga title in 2025-26 under head coach Francesco Farioli, ending a three-year wait since their previous league triumph in 2021-22.
• Torreense defeated Sporting CP 2-1 after extra time in the 2026 Taça de Portugal final, with Stopira's penalty in the 113th minute completing a historic upset.