UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2021/22 SEASON

MATCH PRESS KITS

Estádio do SL Benfica - Lisbon
Wednesday 29 September 2021
21.00CET (20.00 local time)
SL Benfica Group E - Matchday 2 FC Barcelona
Last updated 29/09/2021 10:00CET

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS

Previous meetings 2
Match background 6
Squad list 9
Match officials 12
Fixtures and results 14
Match-by-match lineups 18
Competition facts 20
Team facts 22
Legend 24

1
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Previous meetings
Head to Head
UEFA Champions League
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
05/12/2012 GS FC Barcelona - SL Benfica 0-0 Barcelona
Alexis Sánchez 6,
02/10/2012 GS SL Benfica - FC Barcelona 0-2 Lisbon
Fàbregas 55

UEFA Champions League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
2-0 Ronaldinho 19, Eto'o
05/04/2006 QF FC Barcelona - SL Benfica Barcelona
agg: 2-0 89
28/03/2006 QF SL Benfica - FC Barcelona 0-0 Lisbon

European Champions Clubs' Cup

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
Stoichkov 12, Bakero
15/04/1992 R3 (GS) FC Barcelona - SL Benfica 2-1 Barcelona
23; Brito 27
11/12/1991 R3 (GS) SL Benfica - FC Barcelona 0-0 Lisbon

European Champions Clubs' Cup

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
Águas 31, Ramallets
31/05/1961 F SL Benfica - FC Barcelona 3-2 Berne 32 (og), Coluna 55;
Kocsis 21, Czibor 75

Home Away Final Total

Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA
SL Benfica 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 7 1 3 3 4 8
FC Barcelona 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 7 3 3 1 8 4
SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country
UEFA Champions League
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
SL Benfica - Club Atlético de Mitroglou 75; Saúl
08/12/2015 GS 1-2 Lisbon
Madrid Ñíguez 33, Vietto 55
Club Atlético de Madrid - SL Correa 23; Gaitán 36,
30/09/2015 GS 1-2 Madrid
Benfica Gonçalo Guedes 51

UEFA Europa League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
0-0
14/05/2014 F Sevilla FC - SL Benfica Turin
(aet, 4-2 pens)

UEFA Cup
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
1-0
12/03/2008 R16 Getafe CF - SL Benfica Getafe Albín 77
agg: 3-1

2
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

UEFA Cup
Mantorras 76; De la
06/03/2008 R16 SL Benfica - Getafe CF 1-2 Lisbon Red 25, Pablo
Hernández 67

UEFA Cup
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
0-0
12/04/2007 QF SL Benfica - RCD Espanyol Lisbon
agg: 2-3
Tamudo 15, Riera 33,
05/04/2007 QF RCD Espanyol - SL Benfica 3-2 Barcelona Pandiani 58; Nuno
Gomes 63, Simão 65

UEFA Champions League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
02/11/2005 GS SL Benfica - Villarreal CF 0-1 Lisbon Senna 81
Riquelme 72 (P);
18/10/2005 GS Villarreal CF - SL Benfica 1-1 Villarreal
Manuel Fernandes 77

UEFA Cup
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
1-1 Cáceres 80 (og);
09/12/1999 R3 SL Benfica - RC Celta de Vigo Lisbon
agg: 1-8 McCarthy 18
Karpin 20 (P), 54,
Makelele 31, Turdo
25/11/1999 R3 RC Celta de Vigo - SL Benfica 7-0 Vigo
40, 57, Juanfran 43,
Mostovoi 62

UEFA Cup
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
1-2 Poli Rincón 25; Carlos
29/09/1982 R1 Real Betis Balompié - SL Benfica Seville
agg: 2-4 Manuel 66, Nené 85
Nené 44, Vieira
15/09/1982 R1 SL Benfica - Real Betis Balompié 2-1 Lisbon
Padinha 73; Diarte 76

European Champions Clubs' Cup

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
2-1 Grosso 10, Gento 70;
17/03/1965 QF Real Madrid CF - SL Benfica Madrid
agg: 3-6 Eusébio 40
José Augusto 9,
Eusébio 12, 25,
24/02/1965 QF SL Benfica - Real Madrid CF 5-1 Lisbon Simões 75, Coluna
87; Amancio Amaro
58

European Champions Clubs' Cup

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
Águas 25, Cavém 33,
Coluna 50, Eusébio
02/05/1962 F SL Benfica - Real Madrid CF 5-3 Amsterdam
64 (P), 69; Puskás 18,
23, 39

3
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

European Champions Clubs' Cup

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
0-0
26/09/1957 PR SL Benfica - Sevilla FC Lisbon
agg: 1-3
Pahuet 46, Iborra 59,
19/09/1957 PR Sevilla FC - SL Benfica 3-1 Seville Pepillo 79; Palmeiro
48

FC Barcelona - Record versus clubs from opponents' country

UEFA Champions League
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube Alcácer 59, Mathieu
05/12/2017 GS 2-0 Barcelona
de Portugal 90+1 (og)
Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC
27/09/2017 GS 0-1 Lisbon Coates 49 (og)
Barcelona

UEFA Super Cup

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
Messi 39, Fàbregas
26/08/2011 F FC Barcelona - FC Porto 2-0 Monaco
88

UEFA Champions League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
Miguel Veloso 65,
Liedson 66; Henry 14,
Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC Piqué 17, Messi 49,
26/11/2008 GS 2-5 Lisbon
Barcelona Marco Caneira 67
(og), Bojan Krkić 73
(P)
Márquez 21, Eto'o 60
FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube
16/09/2008 GS 3-1 Barcelona (P), Xavi Hernández
de Portugal
87; Tonel 72

UEFA Champions League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
Abelardo 37, Rivaldo
07/03/2000 GS2 FC Porto - FC Barcelona 0-2 Porto
59
Rivaldo 16, 89, F. de
01/03/2000 GS2 FC Barcelona - FC Porto 4-2 Barcelona Boer 23, Kluivert 45;
Jardel 5, 79

UEFA Cup
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
Kodro 19, Óscar
0-4
31/10/1995 R2 Vitória SC - FC Barcelona Guimaraes García 61, Celades
agg: 0-7
66, Sergi Barjuán 76
Kodro 45, 66,
17/10/1995 R2 FC Barcelona - Vitória SC 3-0 Barcelona
Celades 76

4
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

UEFA Champions League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
Stoichkov 10, 35, R.
27/04/1994 SF FC Barcelona - FC Porto 3-0 Barcelona
Koeman 72

UEFA Cup
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
1-0
30/09/1987 R1 Os Belenenses - FC Barcelona Lisbon N'kiamba Esalo 7
agg: 1-2
Moratalla 90, Víctor
16/09/1987 R1 FC Barcelona - Os Belenenses 2-0 Barcelona
Muñoz 90+2

UEFA Cup
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC 2-1 Negrete Arias 41,
05/11/1986 R2 Lisbon
Barcelona agg: 2-2 ag Meade 61; Roberto 83
FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube
22/10/1986 R2 1-0 Barcelona Julio Alberto 72
de Portugal

European Champions Clubs' Cup

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
3-1 Juary 67, 71, 89;
06/11/1985 R2 FC Porto - FC Barcelona Porto
agg: 3-3 ag Archibald 78
Marcos Alonso 61,
23/10/1985 R2 FC Barcelona - FC Porto 2-0 Barcelona
Schuster 70

UEFA Cup
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
Rexach 33, Asensi
3-2 53, Clares 87;
29/09/1976 R1 FC Barcelona - Os Belenenses Barcelona
agg: 5-4 Vasques 43, Rocha
55
Perrulas Quearesma
15/09/1976 R1 Os Belenenses - FC Barcelona 2-2 Lisbon 30, Alfar Horta 56;
Heredia 15, 85

UEFA Cup
Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers
0-1
29/09/1972 R1 FC Barcelona - FC Porto Barcelona Miglieti 19
agg: 1-4
Flávio 48, Miglieti 51,
20/09/1972 R1 FC Porto - FC Barcelona 3-1 Porto
66; Barrios 33

Home Away Final Total

Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA
SL Benfica 11 2 5 4 11 2 2 7 3 2 1 0 25 6 8 11 28 38
FC Barcelona 13 11 1 1 12 5 3 4 2 1 0 1 27 17 4 6 50 23

5
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Match background
Benfica are aiming to beat Barcelona for the first time in 60 years as the teams meet in Lisbon in the second round of
Group E fixtures.
• While Benfica took a point back to Portugal from their opening game at Dynamo Kyiv thanks to a 0-0 draw,
Barcelona lost 3-0 against Bayern München at the Camp Nou, making it three successive home European defeats for
the first time in their history.
Previous meetings
• The teams last crossed paths in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League group stage, goals from Alexis Sánchez and
Cesc Fàbregas earning Barcelona a 2-0 win in Lisbon on Matchday 2. The Camp Nou return on Matchday 6 finished
goalless, with Barcelona first in the section and Benfica third.
• That was the first season in which the winners between Barcelona and Benfica did not go on to lift the European
Cup.
• In the clubs' first meeting, Bela Guttmann's Benfica beating Barça 3-2 in the 1961 final in Berne. Although Sándor
Kocsis (21) put the Blaugrana ahead, Benfica hit back through José Águas (31) an Antoni Ramallets own goal (32)
and Mário Coluna (55) before Zoltán Czibor's strike (75).
• Barcelona secured their place in the 1992 final with a 2-1 win against Sven-Göran Eriksson's Benfica in the
concluding round of matches in the inaugural group stage on 15 April 1992. Hristo Stoichkov (12) and José María
Bakero (23) scored for Johan Cruyff's side, with Brito (27) replying. The clubs had drawn 0-0 in Lisbon on 11
December 1991. Benfica finished third in the group while Barcelona went on to win their first European Cup at
Sampdoria's expense.
• Barcelona's second European Cup triumph followed a quarter-final defeat of a Benfica team led by current Barça
coach Ronald Koeman in 2005/06. Again the sides drew 0-0 in Lisbon, before Ronaldinho (19) and Samuel Eto'o (89)
earned Frank Rijkaard's men a semi-final berth.
Form guide
Benfica
• Third in the Portuguese Liga in 2020/21, nine points adrift of champions Sporting CP, the most recent of Benfica's 15
UEFA Champions League group stage campaigns came in 2019/20 – their tenth in succession.
• Two seasons ago Benfica bowed out after the group stage for the third year running, finishing third in their section
behind Leipzig and Lyon with seven points, ahead of Zenit on head-to-head record. They went on to lose 5-4 on
aggregate to Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Europa League round of 32.
• That was the tenth time Benfica had failed to reach the UEFA Champions League knockout phase in their 15
attempts.
• Benfica began their 2021/22 European campaign in the third qualifying round, where they won 2-0 both away and at
home against Spartak Moskva. They then edged out PSV Eindhoven in the play-offs (2-1 h, 0-0 a) in a repeat of the
1988 European Cup final.
• Benfica's 2020/21 UEFA Champions League campaign lasted a single match, a 2-1 defeat at PAOK in the third
qualifying round. They went on to finish second in their UEFA Europa League section behind Rangers before losing 4-
3 on aggregate to Arsenal in the round of 32, a 1-1 draw in Rome preceding a 3-2 loss in Piraeus with both games
played at neutral venues.
• The Portuguese side are unbeaten in eight European games in Lisbon (W6 D2), winning the last three; a 2-1 loss
against Leipzig on Matchday 1 of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League is their sole defeat in 14 European matches
at their own stadium (W9 D4).
• The Lisbon giants have reached seven European Cup finals, winning the trophy in 1961 and 1962 but losing on their
five subsequent appearances, most recently against AC Milan in 1990.
• Benfica last faced Spanish opponents in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage, when they won 2-1 at
Atlético de Madrid before a home defeat by the same scoreline. That win in Madrid is their only success in their last 17
matches (D7 L9) with Spanish sides, since a 2-1 victory at Real Betis on 29 September 1982.
• The Eagles have lost their last three games to Spanish visitors in Lisbon and are without a win in eight (D4 L4).
• Their two European Champion Clubs' Cup triumphs, in 1961 and 1962, both came against Spanish teams –
Barcelona and Real Madrid (5-3). More recently, Benfica lost 4-2 on penalties to Sevilla after a goalless draw in the
2013/14 UEFA Europa League final in Turin.

6
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Barcelona
• Barcelona were third in the 2020/21 Spanish Liga behind Atlético and Real Madrid, the first time they had finished
out of the top two since 2007/08, when they also came third.
• Last season Barcelona also failed to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since
2006/07, losing to Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 (1-4 h, 1-1 a). That ended their record run of 13 successive
last-eight appearances.
• The Catalan club had finished second in Group G behind Juventus, with both sides picking up 15 points; a 3-0
Matchday 6 win at the Camp Nou gave the Italian side the head-to-head advantage. It was the first time Barcelona
had not won their group since 2006/07, when they were also eliminated in the round of 16.
• The defeat by Juve was Barcelona's first loss in the UEFA Champions League group stage since a 3-1 reverse at
Manchester City on Matchday 4 in 2016/17; their record in the previous 25 group games was W19 D6.
• The Matchday 1 loss to Bayern was the first time Barcelona had suffered successive group defeats since September
2000.
• Barcelona had not lost their opening UEFA Champions League game since a 3-2 defeat at Newcastle on Matchday
1 in 1997/98. They finished bottom of their section that season with five points.
• The Catalan club last went four UEFA Champions League matches without a win in 2013 (D2 L2).
• Barça have won only nine of their last 21 away matches in European competition (D8 L4), although they are
unbeaten in their last eight (W5 D3).
• Barcelona won 1-0 away and 2-0 at home against Benfica's Lisbon rivals Sporting CP in the 2017/18 UEFA
Champions League group stage, their last games against a Portuguese club. Their record away to Portuguese sides
is W5 D3 L4.
• The Blaugrana are unbeaten in their last 16 matches against Portuguese opponents, home and away (W13 D3),
since a 1-0 loss at Belenenses in the 1987/88 UEFA Cup first round.
Links and trivia
• Koeman was in charge of Benfica in 2005/06, taking the club into the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in his
sole season in charge.
• Álex Grimaldo came through the Barça youth system before signing for Benfica in 2016. He had joined Barcelona in
2008 and scored six goals in 92 league appearances for the B team between 2011 and 2015; his debut on 4
September 2011 in a 4-0 win at Cartagena made him, at 15 years 349 days, the youngest player ever to appear in a
Segunda División game.
• Have also played in Spain:
Pizzi (Atlético de Madrid 2011–13, Deportivo La Coruña 2012/13 loan, Espanyol 2013/14 loan)
Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia 2014/15)
Darwin Núñez (Almería 2019/20)
Ferro (Valencia 2021 loan)
• Pizzi lost all three games against Barcelona with Deportivo and Espanyol, although he scored twice for the former in
a 5-4 home Liga defeat on 20 October 2012.
• Otamendi's record against Barcelona with Valencia, Porto and Manchester City was W1 L4.
• International team-mates:
Everton & Philippe Coutinho (Brazil)
• Jan Vertonghen was in the Tottenham team that drew 1-1 at Barcelona on Matchday 6 of the 2018/19 UEFA
Champions League.
• Valentino Lázaro's Inter were eliminated from the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League by a 2-1 home defeat against
Barcelona on Matchday 6.
Latest news
Benfica
• Summer transfers
In: Rodrigo Pinho (Marítimo), Gil Dias* (Monaco), João Mário (Inter), Soualiho Meïté (Torino), Roman Yaremchuk
(Gent), Nemanja Radonjić (Marseille, loan), Valentino Lázaro (Inter, loan)
*Not in UEFA Champions League squad
Out: Jardel (released), Pedrinho (Shakhtar Donetsk), Franco Cervi (Celta Vigo), Caio Lucas (Sharjah), Tiago Dantas
(Tondela, loan), Nuno Tavares (Arsenal), Nuno Santos (Paços Ferreira, loan), Filip Krovinović (Hajduk Split), Alfa

7
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Semedo (Vitória SC), Luca Waldschmidt (Wolfsburg), Florentino (Getafe, loan), Tomás Tavares (Basel, loan), Carlos
Vinícius (PSV, loan), Andreas Samaris (released), Chiquinho (Braga, loan)
• Benfica have won all seven league matches this season and are unbeaten in their 12 in all competitions in 2021/22
(W10 D2).
• Roman Yaremchuk scored twice in Saturday's 3-1 Portuguese Liga victory at Vitória SC, João Mário getting the third
with his first league goal for the club.
• The Eagles were 3-1 winners at home against Boavista on 20 September to open up a four-point gap at the top of
the Portuguese Liga that the weekend win maintained.
• Benfica's run of seven straight wins in their first seven league matches this season is the club's joint best start,
matching Sven-Goran Eriksson's team in 1982/83.
• Darwin Núñez scored twice against Boavista and is Benfica's joint top Liga scorer this season, Yaremchuk joining
him on four goals with his double on Saturday.
Barcelona
• Summer transfers
In: Sergio Agüero (Manchester City), Eric García (Manchester City), Emerson Royal (Real Betis), Memphis Depay
(Lyon), Luuk de Jong (Sevilla, loan)
Out: Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain), Juan Miranda (Real Betis), Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice), Konrad de la Fuente
(Marseille), Matheus Fernandes (released), Francisco Trincão (Wolves, loan), Junior Firpo (Leeds), Carles Aleñá
(Getafe), Monchu (Granada), Ilaix Moriba (Leipzig), Rey Manaj (Spezia, loan), Emerson Royal (Tottenham), Antoine
Griezmann (Atlético, loan), Miralem Pjanić (Beşiktaş, loan)
• Barcelona ended a run of three games without a win in all competitions (D2 L1) on Sunday, beating Levante 3-0 at
the Camp Nou. That was only their third victory in seven games in 2021/22 (D3 L1).
• Ronald Araújo's 90th-minute equaliser to rescue a 1-1 draw at home to Granada on 20 September was Barcelona's
only goal in three matches before the weekend.
• Three days later, Ronald Koeman's side were held 0-0 at Cádiz, playing the last 25 minutes with ten men after
Frenkie de Jong's dismissal.
• Memphis Depay (6 pen) and Luuk de Jong (14), with his first Barcelona goal, found the net early on against Levante.
It was the first time Barça had scored twice in the opening 15 minutes of any game under Koeman.
• Gavi made his full Barcelona debut at Cádiz. Aged 17 years 49 days, he was the second youngest player to start a
Liga game for the club in the 21st century, after Ansu Fati (16 years 318 days).
• Depay has scored eight goals in ten games for club and country this season, although Sunday was the first time he
had found the net since hitting a hat-trick in the Netherlands' 6-1 win at home to Turkey on 7 September.
• Martin Braithwaite suffered a knee injury in a 2-1 home win against Getafe on 29 August and has undergone an
operation that is expected to rule him out of the rest of the group stage.
• Jordi Alba and Pedri have both been sidelined with muscle injuries since Matchday 1.
• New signing Sergio Agüero has yet to feature this season due to a calf issue while Ousmane Dembélé has been
sidelined by a similar injury.
• Ansu came on as a late substitute on Sunday, his first appearance since 7 November 2020 due to a knee injury, and
scored Barcelona's third goal.
• Philippe Coutinho made his first appearance for Barcelona since 29 December 2020 on Matchday 1 having
recovered from a knee injury.

8
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Squad list
SL Benfica
Current season All-time
UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA
No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls
Goalkeepers
1 Mile Svilar SRB 27/08/1999 22 - - - - - - - 3 - 3 -
24 Samuel Soares POR 15/06/2002 19 - - - - - - - - - - -
45 Leobrian Kokubo JPN 23/01/2001 20 - - - - - - - - - - -
77 Helton Leite BRA 02/11/1990 30 - - - - - - - - - 4 -
99 Odisseas Vlachodimos GRE 26/04/1994 27 - 4 - 1 - 7 - 13 - 40 -
Defenders
2 Gilberto BRA 07/03/1993 28 - 3 1 1 - 4 1 1 - 10 1
3 Alejandro Grimaldo ESP 20/09/1995 26 - 4 - 1 - 6 1 21 2 43 3
4 Lucas Verissimo BRA 02/07/1995 26 - 4 - - - 6 2 - - 6 -
5 Jan Vertonghen BEL 24/04/1987 34 - 3 - 1 - 5 - 36 1 111 6
30 Nicolás Otamendi ARG 12/02/1988 33 - 4 - 1 - 5 - 57 1 83 2
34 André Almeida POR 10/09/1990 31 - 2 - - - 3 - 37 - 60 -
40 Pedro Ganchas POR 31/05/2000 21 - - - - - - - - - - -
70 Filipe Cruz POR 19/02/2002 19 - - - - - - - - - - -
72 Tomás Araújo POR 16/05/2002 19 - - - - - - - - - - -
89 Pedro Alvaro 02/03/2000 21 - - - - - - - - - - -
91 Morato BRA 30/06/2001 20 - 3 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 4 -
97 Ferro POR 26/03/1997 24 - - - - - - - 5 - 12 1
Midfielders
7 Everton BRA 22/03/1996 25 - 4 - 1 - 7 - 1 - 14 1
11 Soualiho Meïté FRA 17/03/1994 27 - 2 - - - 5 - 1 - 16 -
17 Diogo Gonçalves POR 06/02/1997 24 - 3 - - - 3 - 4 - 12 1
20 João Mário POR 19/01/1993 28 - 4 1 1 - 6 1 11 - 25 2
21 Pizzi POR 06/10/1989 31 - 3 - 1 - 6 - 38 3 63 14
22 Valentino Lazaro AUT 24/03/1996 25 - - - 1 - 3 - 10 - 33 2
28 Julian Weigl GER 08/09/1995 26 - 4 1 1 - 5 1 23 1 54 3
49 Adel Taarabt MAR 24/05/1989 32 - 4 - 1 - 3 - 7 - 23 -
55 Paulo Bernardo POR 24/01/2002 19 - - - - - - - - - - -
58 Ronaldo Camará POR 05/01/2003 18 - - - - - - - - - - -
68 Rafael Brito POR 19/01/2002 19 - - - - - - - - - - -
83 Gedson Fernandes POR 09/01/1999 22 - - - - - 3 - 10 1 20 2
Forwards
9 Darwin Nuñez URU 24/06/1999 22 - - - 1 - 5 4 1 - 9 5
14 Haris Seferović SUI 22/02/1992 29 - 1 - - - 1 - 21 4 41 6
15 Roman Yaremchuk UKR 27/11/1995 25 - 3 - 1 - 5 4 1 - 28 10
18 Rodrigo Pinho BRA 30/05/1991 30 - - - - - 3 1 - - 3 1
23 Nemanja Radonjić SRB 15/02/1996 25 - - - 1 - - - 3 - 26 6
27 Rafa Silva POR 17/05/1993 28 - 4 2 1 - 6 2 14 1 47 10
39 Henrique Araújo POR 19/01/2002 19 - - - - - - - - - - -

9
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

SL Benfica
Current season All-time
UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA
46 Gerson Sousa POR 10/05/2002 19 - - - - - - - - - - -
47 Tiago Gouveia POR 18/06/2001 20 - - - - - - - - - - -
85 Umaro Embaló POR 06/05/2001 20 - - - - - - - - - - -
88 Gonçalo Ramos POR 20/06/2001 20 - 4 - - - 4 - - - 6 -
Coach
- Jorge Jesus POR 24/07/1954 67 - 4 - 1 - - - 44 - 137 -

10
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

FC Barcelona
Current season All-time
UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA
No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls
Goalkeepers
1 Marc-André ter Stegen GER 30/04/1992 29 - - - 1 - 4 - 66 - 76 -
13 Neto BRA 19/07/1989 32 - - - - - 2 - 10 - 34 -
26 Iñaki Peña ESP 02/03/1999 22 - - - - - - - - - - -
36 Arnau Tenas ESP 30/05/2001 20 - - - - - - - - - - -
Defenders
2 Sergiño Dest USA 03/11/2000 20 - - - - - 6 - 12 1 17 1
3 Gerard Piqué ESP 02/02/1987 34 - - - 1 - 5 1 120 15 124 15
4 Ronald Araújo URU 07/03/1999 22 - - - 1 - 6 1 4 - 4 -
15 Clément Lenglet FRA 17/06/1995 26 - - - - - 3 - 39 2 41 2
18 Jordi Alba ESP 21/03/1989 32 - - - 1 - 3 - 78 3 93 4
20 Sergi Roberto ESP 07/02/1992 29 - - - 1 - 5 2 52 3 53 3
22 Oscar Mingueza ESP 13/05/1999 22 - - - 1 - 4 - 6 - 6 -
23 Samuel Umtiti FRA 14/11/1993 27 - - - - - - - 26 - 44 2
24 Eric García ESP 09/01/2001 20 - - - 1 - 4 - 6 - 6 -
31 Alejandro Balde ESP 18/10/2003 17 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 -
Midfielders
5 Sergio Busquets ESP 16/07/1988 33 - - - 1 - 6 - 120 4 123 4
6 Ricard Puig ESP 13/08/1999 22 - - - - - 3 - 4 - 4 -
14 Philippe Coutinho BRA 12/06/1992 29 - - - 1 - 3 - 45 12 69 16
16 Pedri ESP 25/11/2002 18 - - - 1 - 2 - 8 1 8 1
21 Frenkie de Jong NED 12/05/1997 24 - - - 1 - 5 - 28 - 40 -
28 Nico Gonzalez ESP 03/01/2002 19 - - - - - 4 - - - - -
30 Gavi ESP 05/08/2004 17 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 -
Forwards
7 Ousmane Dembélé FRA 15/05/1997 24 - - - - - - - 31 9 31 9
9 Memphis Depay NED 13/02/1994 27 - - - 1 - 6 3 23 8 65 23
10 Ansu Fati ESP 31/10/2002 18 - - - - - 1 1 8 2 8 2
11 Yusuf Demir AUT 02/06/2003 18 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 6 2
12 Martin Braithwaite DEN 05/06/1991 30 - - - - - 3 2 6 3 6 3
17 Luuk de Jong NED 27/08/1990 31 - - - 1 - 3 1 30 9 84 28
19 Sergio Agüero ARG 02/06/1988 33 - - - - - - - 78 41 108 63
Coach
- Ronald Koeman NED 21/03/1963 58 - - - 1 - - - 66 - 91 -

11
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Match officials
Referee Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant referees Alessandro Giallatini (ITA) , Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Video Assistant Referee Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee Chris Kavanagh (ENG)
Fourth official Daniele Doveri (ITA)
UEFA Delegate David McDowell (SVN)
UEFA Referee observer Mehmet Ilgaz (TUR)

Referee
UEFA
Champions
Name Date of birth UEFA matches
League
matches
Daniele Orsato 23/11/1975 43 90

Daniele Orsato
Referee since: 1992
First division: 2006
FIFA badge: 2010

Tournaments: UEFA EURO 2020, 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Finals
2020 UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries
involved in this match
Stage
Date Competition Home Away Result Venue
reached
18/09/2012 UCL GS GNK Dinamo Zagreb FC Porto 0-2 Zagreb
22/10/2013 UCL GS FK Austria Wien Club Atlético de Madrid 0-3 Vienna
27/11/2013 UCL GS RSC Anderlecht SL Benfica 2-3 Brussels
10/12/2014 UCL GS Athletic Club FC BATE Borisov 2-0 Bilbao
04/11/2015 UCL GS KAA Gent Valencia CF 1-0 Ghent
08/12/2015 UCL GS Real Madrid CF Malmö FF 8-0 Madrid
24/02/2016 UCL R16 PSV Eindhoven Club Atlético de Madrid 0-0 Eindhoven
19/10/2016 UCL GS FC Rostov Club Atlético de Madrid 0-1 Rostov-on-Don
23/11/2016 UCL GS Celtic FC FC Barcelona 0-2 Glasgow
14/03/2017 UCL R16 Leicester City FC Sevilla FC 2-0 Leicester
14/02/2018 UCL R16 FC Porto Liverpool FC 0-5 Porto
03/04/2018 UCL QF Sevilla FC FC Bayern München 1-2 Seville
06/11/2018 UCL GS Club Atlético de Madrid Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Madrid
27/11/2018 UCL GS FC Bayern München SL Benfica 5-1 Munich
02/10/2019 UCL GS Valencia CF AFC Ajax 0-3 Valencia
22/10/2019 UCL GS Galatasaray AŞ Real Madrid CF 0-1 Istanbul
26/02/2020 UCL R16 Real Madrid CF Manchester City FC 1-2 Madrid
17/03/2021 UCL R16 Chelsea FC Club Atlético de Madrid 2-0 London
05/05/2021 UCL SF Chelsea FC Real Madrid CF 2-0 London
12
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in
this match
Stage
Date Competition Home Away Result Venue
reached
11/08/2010 U21 QR Lithuania Portugal 0-1 Marijampole
18/08/2011 UEL PO Athletic Club Trabzonspor AŞ 0-0 Bilbao
18/09/2012 UCL GS GNK Dinamo Zagreb FC Porto 0-2 Zagreb
Club Atlético de
22/10/2013 UCL GS FK Austria Wien 0-3 Vienna
Madrid
27/11/2013 UCL GS RSC Anderlecht SL Benfica 2-3 Brussels
10/12/2014 UCL GS Athletic Club FC BATE Borisov 2-0 Bilbao
12/03/2015 UEL R16 Villarreal CF Sevilla FC 1-3 Villarreal
04/11/2015 UCL GS KAA Gent Valencia CF 1-0 Ghent
08/12/2015 UCL GS Real Madrid CF Malmö FF 8-0 Madrid
Club Atlético de
24/02/2016 UCL R16 PSV Eindhoven 0-0 Eindhoven
Madrid
17/03/2016 UEL R16 Valencia CF Athletic Club 2-1 Valencia
Club Atlético de
19/10/2016 UCL GS FC Rostov 0-1 Rostov-on-Don
Madrid
23/11/2016 UCL GS Celtic FC FC Barcelona 0-2 Glasgow
14/03/2017 UCL R16 Leicester City FC Sevilla FC 2-0 Leicester
14/02/2018 UCL R16 FC Porto Liverpool FC 0-5 Porto
03/04/2018 UCL QF Sevilla FC FC Bayern München 1-2 Seville
06/11/2018 UCL GS Club Atlético de Madrid Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Madrid
27/11/2018 UCL GS FC Bayern München SL Benfica 5-1 Munich
Frankfurt am
18/04/2019 UEL QF Eintracht Frankfurt SL Benfica 2-0
Main
02/10/2019 UCL GS Valencia CF AFC Ajax 0-3 Valencia
22/10/2019 UCL GS Galatasaray AŞ Real Madrid CF 0-1 Istanbul
26/02/2020 UCL R16 Real Madrid CF Manchester City FC 1-2 Madrid
Wolverhampton Wanderers
11/08/2020 UEL QF Sevilla FC 0-1 Duisburg
FC
03/09/2020 UNL GS-FT Germany Spain 1-1 Stuttgart
26/11/2020 UEL GS SC Braga Leicester City FC 3-3 Braga
Club Atlético de
17/03/2021 UCL R16 Chelsea FC 2-0 London
Madrid
05/05/2021 UCL SF Chelsea FC Real Madrid CF 2-0 London
19/06/2021 EURO GS-FT Spain Poland 1-1 Seville

13
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Fixtures and results

SL Benfica
Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers
04/08/2021 UCL FC Spartak Moskva (A) W 2-0 Rafa Silva 51, Gilberto 74
07/08/2021 League Moreirense FC (A) W 2-1 Verissimo 8, Waldschmidt 19
10/08/2021 UCL FC Spartak Moskva (H) W 2-0 João Mário 58, Gigot 90+2 (og)
14/08/2021 League FC Arouca (H) W 2-0 Waldschmidt 38, Yaremchuk 43
18/08/2021 UCL PSV Eindhoven (H) W 2-1 Rafa Silva 10, Weigl 42
21/08/2021 League Gil Vicente FC (A) W 2-0 Verissimo 84, Grimaldo 88
24/08/2021 UCL PSV Eindhoven (A) D 0-0
29/08/2021 League CD Tondela (H) W 2-1 Rafa Silva 71, Gilberto 88
Rodrigo Pinho 42, Nuñez 54, 62, Rafa
11/09/2021 League CD Santa Clara (A) W 5-0
Silva 58, Yaremchuk 68
14/09/2021 UCL FC Dynamo Kyiv (A) D 0-0
20/09/2021 League Boavista FC (H) W 3-1 Nuñez 14, 61, Weigl 34
25/09/2021 League Vitória SC (A) W 3-1 Yaremchuk 30, 41, João Mário 73
29/09/2021 UCL FC Barcelona (H)
03/10/2021 League Portimonense SC (H)
20/10/2021 UCL FC Bayern München (H)
24/10/2021 League Vizela (A)
30/10/2021 League Estoril Praia (A)
02/11/2021 UCL FC Bayern München (A)
07/11/2021 League SC Braga (H)
23/11/2021 UCL FC Barcelona (A)
27/11/2021 League Os Belenenses (A)
Sporting Clube de Portugal
03/12/2021 League
(H)
08/12/2021 UCL FC Dynamo Kyiv (H)
12/12/2021 League FC Famalicao (A)
19/12/2021 League CS Marítimo (H)
29/12/2021 League FC Porto (A)
08/01/2022 League FC Paços de Ferreira (H)
16/01/2022 League Moreirense FC (H)
23/01/2022 League FC Arouca (A)
30/01/2022 League Gil Vicente FC (H)
06/02/2022 League CD Tondela (A)
13/02/2022 League CD Santa Clara (H)
20/02/2022 League Boavista FC (A)
27/02/2022 League Vitória SC (H)
06/03/2022 League Portimonense SC (A)
13/03/2022 League Vizela (H)
20/03/2022 League Estoril Praia (H)
03/04/2022 League SC Braga (A)
10/04/2022 League Os Belenenses (H)
Sporting Clube de Portugal
16/04/2022 League
(A)

14
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

SL Benfica
24/04/2022 League FC Famalicao (H)
30/04/2022 League CS Marítimo (A)
08/05/2022 League FC Porto (H)
15/05/2022 League FC Paços de Ferreira (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts

1 SL Benfica 7 7 0 0 19 4 21
2 FC Porto 7 5 2 0 16 4 17
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 5 2 0 11 3 17
4 Estoril Praia 7 4 2 1 10 5 14
5 SC Braga 7 3 3 1 10 6 12
6 Portimonense SC 7 3 2 2 7 4 11
7 Boavista FC 7 2 3 2 9 9 9
8 FC Paços de Ferreira 7 2 3 2 7 9 9
9 Gil Vicente FC 7 2 2 3 8 8 8
10 Vitória SC 7 1 4 2 7 6 7
11 Vizela 7 1 4 2 6 12 7
12 CS Marítimo 7 1 3 3 6 9 6
13 CD Tondela 7 2 0 5 10 14 6
14 Moreirense FC 7 1 3 3 10 16 6
15 FC Arouca 7 1 2 4 7 14 5
16 CD Santa Clara 7 1 2 4 5 15 5
17 Os Belenenses 7 0 4 3 5 10 4
18 FC Famalicao 7 0 3 4 7 12 3

FC Barcelona
Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers
Piqué 19, Braithwaite 45+2, 59, Sergi
15/08/2021 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H) W 4-2
Roberto 90+1
21/08/2021 League Athletic Club (A) D 1-1 Depay 75
29/08/2021 League Getafe CF (H) W 2-1 Sergi Roberto 2, Depay 30
14/09/2021 UCL FC Bayern München (H) L 0-3
20/09/2021 League Granada CF (H) D 1-1 Ronald Araújo 90
23/09/2021 League Cádiz CF (A) D 0-0
26/09/2021 League Levante UD (H) W 3-0 Depay 7 (P), L. de Jong 14, Fati 90+1
29/09/2021 UCL SL Benfica (A)
02/10/2021 League Club Atlético de Madrid (A)
17/10/2021 League Valencia CF (H)
20/10/2021 UCL FC Dynamo Kyiv (H)
24/10/2021 League Real Madrid CF (H)
27/10/2021 League Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (A)
31/10/2021 League Deportivo Alavés (H)
02/11/2021 UCL FC Dynamo Kyiv (A)
07/11/2021 League RC Celta de Vigo (A)
21/11/2021 League RCD Espanyol (H)
23/11/2021 UCL SL Benfica (H)

15
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

FC Barcelona
28/11/2021 League Villarreal CF (A)
05/12/2021 League Real Betis Balompié (H)
08/12/2021 UCL FC Bayern München (A)
12/12/2021 League CA Osasuna (A)
19/12/2021 League Elche CF (H)
02/01/2022 League RCD Mallorca (A)
09/01/2022 League Granada CF (A)
19/01/2022 League Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (H)
23/01/2022 League Deportivo Alavés (A)
06/02/2022 League Club Atlético de Madrid (H)
13/02/2022 League RCD Espanyol (A)
20/02/2022 League Valencia CF (A)
27/02/2022 League Athletic Club (H)
06/03/2022 League Elche CF (A)
13/03/2022 League CA Osasuna (H)
20/03/2022 League Real Madrid CF (A)
03/04/2022 League Sevilla FC (H)
10/04/2022 League Levante UD (A)
17/04/2022 League Cádiz CF (H)
20/04/2022 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (A)
01/05/2022 League RCD Mallorca (H)
08/05/2022 League Real Betis Balompié (A)
11/05/2022 League RC Celta de Vigo (H)
15/05/2022 League Getafe CF (A)
22/05/2022 League Villarreal CF (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts

1 Real Madrid CF 7 5 2 0 21 8 17
2 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 7 5 1 1 10 6 16
3 Sevilla FC 6 4 2 0 10 2 14
4 Club Atlético de Madrid 7 4 2 1 9 6 14
5 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 7 4 1 2 13 7 13
6 FC Barcelona 6 3 3 0 11 5 12
7 Real Betis Balompié 7 3 3 1 11 7 12
8 Valencia CF 7 3 2 2 12 8 11
9 CA Osasuna 7 3 2 2 10 11 11
10 Athletic Club 7 2 4 1 6 4 10
11 Villarreal CF 6 1 5 0 6 3 8
12 RCD Mallorca 7 2 2 3 6 12 8
13 RC Celta de Vigo 7 2 1 4 7 10 7
14 RCD Espanyol 7 1 3 3 4 7 6
15 Cádiz CF 7 1 3 3 7 11 6
16 Elche CF 7 1 3 3 4 8 6
17 Levante UD 7 0 4 3 6 12 4
18 Granada CF 7 0 3 4 5 12 3

16
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts

19 Deportivo Alavés 6 1 0 5 2 11 3
20 Getafe CF 7 0 0 7 2 12 0

17
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Match-by-match lineups
SL Benfica
UEFA Champions League - Third qualifying round
(04/08/2021)
FC Spartak Moskva 0-2 SL Benfica
Goals: 0-1 Rafa Silva 51, 0-2 Gilberto 74
SL Benfica: Vlachodimos, Grimaldo (84 Gil Dias), Verissimo, Vertonghen, Seferović (37 Gonçalo Ramos), Diogo
Gonçalves (65 Gilberto), João Mário, Pizzi (65 Everton), Rafa Silva (83 Taarabt), Weigl, Otamendi
(10/08/2021)
SL Benfica 2-0 FC Spartak Moskva (agg: 4-0)
Goals: 1-0 João Mário 58, 2-0 Gigot 90+2 (og)
SL Benfica: Vlachodimos, Grimaldo, Verissimo, Vertonghen (46 Morato), Diogo Gonçalves (77 Gilberto), João Mário,
Pizzi (64 Everton), Rafa Silva (86 Taarabt), Weigl, Otamendi, Gonçalo Ramos (64 Yaremchuk)

Play-off
(18/08/2021)
SL Benfica 2-1 PSV Eindhoven
Goals: 1-0 Rafa Silva 10, 2-0 Weigl 42, 2-1 Gakpo 51
SL Benfica: Vlachodimos, Grimaldo, Verissimo, Yaremchuk (71 Gonçalo Ramos), Diogo Gonçalves (71 André
Almeida), João Mário (86 Taarabt), Pizzi (71 Meïté), Rafa Silva, Weigl (71 Everton), Otamendi, Morato
(24/08/2021)
PSV Eindhoven 0-0 SL Benfica (agg: 1-2)
SL Benfica: Vlachodimos, Gilberto (61 André Almeida), Grimaldo, Verissimo, Yaremchuk (61 Gonçalo Ramos), João
Mário (74 Everton), Rafa Silva (74 Meïté), Weigl, Otamendi, Taarabt (54 Vertonghen), Morato

Group stage
Group E
Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts
FC Bayern München 1 1 0 0 3 0 3
FC Dynamo Kyiv 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
SL Benfica 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
FC Barcelona 1 0 0 1 0 3 0

Matchday 1 (14/09/2021)
FC Dynamo Kyiv 0-0 SL Benfica
SL Benfica: Vlachodimos, Gilberto (59 Lazaro), Grimaldo, Vertonghen, Everton (59 Radonjić), Yaremchuk (59
Nuñez), João Mário (85 Taarabt), Rafa Silva (90 Pizzi), Weigl, Otamendi, Morato
Matchday 2 (29/09/2021)
SL Benfica-FC Barcelona
Matchday 3 (20/10/2021)
SL Benfica-FC Bayern München
Matchday 4 (02/11/2021)
FC Bayern München-SL Benfica
Matchday 5 (23/11/2021)
FC Barcelona-SL Benfica
Matchday 6 (08/12/2021)
SL Benfica-FC Dynamo Kyiv

FC Barcelona

18
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

UEFA Champions League - Group stage

Matchday 1 (14/09/2021)
FC Barcelona 0-3 FC Bayern München
Goals: 0-1 Müller 34, 0-2 Lewandowski 56, 0-3 Lewandowski 85
FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Piqué, Ronald Araújo, Sergio Busquets (59 Gavi), Depay, Pedri, L. de Jong (66
Coutinho), Jordi Alba (74 Balde), Sergi Roberto (59 Demir), F. de Jong, Eric García (66 Mingueza)
Matchday 2 (29/09/2021)
SL Benfica-FC Barcelona
Matchday 3 (20/10/2021)
FC Barcelona-FC Dynamo Kyiv
Matchday 4 (02/11/2021)
FC Dynamo Kyiv-FC Barcelona
Matchday 5 (23/11/2021)
FC Barcelona-SL Benfica
Matchday 6 (08/12/2021)
FC Bayern München-FC Barcelona

19
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Competition facts
UEFA Champions League: Did you know?
Overall records
• Chelsea in 2012/13 are the only defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA
Champions League began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between 1999/2000 and 2002/03 that
featured a second group stage). In 1992/93, Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and
lost 4-3 on aggregate in the second round to CSKA Moskva.
• In 2016/17 Real Madrid became the first team to successfully defend the UEFA Champions League trophy, with AC
Milan (1989, 1990) the previous club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (1994, 1995), Ajax (1995, 1996),
Juventus (1996, 1997) and Manchester United (2008, 2009) all returned to the UEFA Champions League final as
holders only to lose.
• Real Madrid then made it three wins in a row in 2017/18, becoming the fourth club to win three or more successive
titles in European Cup history, and the first to do it twice.
• Only two teams have ever won the UEFA Champions League on home soil: Borussia Dortmund (1997, final in
Munich) and Juventus (1996, final in Rome), while Manchester United lost the 2011 final in London and 12 months
later Bayern München were beaten in the showpiece in their own stadium, the Fußball Arena München.
• Bayern's victory against Paris Saint-Germain in the 2020 UEFA Champions League final was their 11th successive
win in the competition (18 September 2019 to 23 August 2020), setting a new record that they extended to 15 before
being held at Atlético de Madrid on Matchday 5 in 2020/21. Bayern themselves (2 April 2013 to 27 November 2013)
and Real Madrid (23 April 2014 to 18 February 2015) jointly held the previous best with ten, one more than
Barcelona's winning run between 18 September 2002 and 18 February 2003.
Group stage
• Barcelona have finished as group winners on 21 occasions, four more than Real Madrid and Bayern München and
six more than Manchester United. Barça also hold the record for the most unbeaten group stage campaigns with 13,
five more than Real Madrid.
• Seven teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (1992/93),
Paris Saint-Germain (1994/95), Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03, first group stage), Real Madrid
(2011/12 and 2014/15) and Bayern (2019/20).
• Twenty-one teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point,
most recently AEK Athens in 2018/19.
• In 2017/18, Paris Saint-Germain set a new group stage record by scoring 25 goals, one more than Bayern München
managed in 2019/20. Liverpool are next on the list having scored 23 in 2017/18 with Borussia Dortmund hitting 21 in
2016/17. Manchester United (1998/99), Barcelona (2011/12, 2016/17) and Real Madrid (2013/14) all managed 20.
• Only Deportivo La Coruña (2004/05), Maccabi Haifa (2009/10) and Dinamo Zagreb (2016/17) have failed to score in
a group stage.
• BATE Borisov conceded 24 goals in 2014/15, a new group stage record which was matched by Legia Warszawa in
2016/17. The previous mark, 22, was held by Dinamo Zagreb (2011/12) and Nordsjælland (2012/13).
• No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (1992/93),
Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/97 and 2004/05), Chelsea (2005/06), Liverpool (2005/06), Villarreal (2005/06),
Manchester United (2010/11), Monaco (2014/15), Paris Saint-Germain (2015/16), Barcelona (2017/18) and
Manchester City (2020/21) all let in just one.
• Matchday 6 of 2013/14 marked FCSB's 23rd successive game in the competition without a victory, surpassing the
previous record of 22 set by Spartak Moskva between December 2000 and November 2006.
• Marseille hold the record for successive defeats in the competition, group stage to final, having lost 13 in a row
between March 2012 and November 2020. The 2-0 loss at home to Porto on Matchday 4 of the 2020/21 competition
surpassed Anderlecht's previous competition record of 12 losses in a row between December 2003 and November
2005. Dinamo Zagreb are next with 11 consecutive losses on two occasions, from September 2011 to November
2012 and September 2015 to December 2016.
• The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is six points: Zenit in 2013/14 and Roma in 2015/16.
Since three points for a win was introduced in 1995/96, ten teams have made it through with seven points: Legia
Warszawa (1995/96), Dynamo Kyiv (1999/2000), Liverpool (2001/02, second group stage), Lokomotiv Moskva
(2002/03, first group stage) and eventual finalists Juventus (2002/03, second group stage), Rangers and Werder

20
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Bremen (2005/06), Galatasaray (2013/14), Basel (2014/15) and Atalanta (2019/20).

• Napoli failed to qualify from their group with 12 points in 2013/14, the highest total of any team not to reach the next
stage when the top two in each section progressed. Dynamo Kyiv (1999/2000, second group stage), Borussia
Dortmund (2002/03, second group stage), PSV Eindhoven (2003/04), Olympiacos and Dynamo Kyiv (both 2004/05),
Werder Bremen (2006/07), Manchester City (2011/12), Chelsea and Cluj (both 2012/13), Benfica (2013/14), Porto
(2015/16) and Ajax (2019/20) all missed out with ten points.
Goalscoring records
• Lionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a match in Barcelona's 7-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen
on 7 March 2012, a feat matched by Shakhtar Donetsk's Luiz Adriano at BATE Borisov on 21 October 2014. Fifteen
more players, also including Messi and Robert Lewandowski twice, have scored four times in a game, most recently
Sébastien Haller for Ajax at Sporting CP on Matchday 1 in 2021/22. That was the fifth quadruple in succession to be
scored away from home after Bayern's Serge Gnabry and Lewandowski (group stage v Tottenham and Crvena
zvezda respectively) and Josip Iličić (Atalanta v Valencia, round of 16 second leg) all achieved the feat in 2019/20 and
Olivier Giroud did likewise for Chelsea at Sevilla in the 2020/21 group stage.
• Cristiano Ronaldo set a new record for a UEFA Champions League group stage with 11 goals in 2015/16, Messi got
ten goals in 2016/17, a figure matched by Robert Lewandowski in 2019/20; Ronaldo (2013/14, 2017/18) and Luiz
Adriano (2014/15) scored nine while Zlatan Ibrahimović (2013/14), Ruud van Nistelrooy (2004/05), Filippo Inzaghi,
Hernán Crespo (both 2002/03), Lewandowski (2018/19) and Erling Braut Haaland (2019/20) all managed eight.
• Messi's hat-trick against PSV Eindhoven on Matchday 1 of the 2018/19 competition was his eighth in the
competition, a mark Ronaldo matched against Atlético de Madrid in that season's round of 16 second leg.
Oldest and youngest players
• Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League having featured
against Real Madrid on Matchday 6 in 2007/08 aged 43 years 252 days. Alessandro Costacurta is the oldest outfield
player; the Milan defender was 40 years and 211 days when he played against AEK Athens in 2006/07.
• Francesco Totti is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 38 years 59 days, in Roma's 1-1 draw at CSKA
Moskva on 25 November 2014. Ryan Giggs (37 years 290 days) was the previous record holder.
• Youssoufa Moukoko is the youngest player to have appeared, aged 16 years 18 days for Borussia Dortmund at
Zenit on 8 December 2020. He replaced Celestine Babayaro, who was 16 years 87 days when he started for
Anderlecht against Steaua Bucureşti on 23 November 1994; Babayaro was sent off in the 37th minute.
• Ansu Fati's winner for Barcelona at Inter on Matchday 6 in 2019/20 made him the youngest goalscorer in UEFA
Champions League history, at the age of 17 years 40 days. He eclipsed the previous record of Olympiacos's Peter
Ofori-Quaye (17 years 195 days) that had lasted since 1 October 1997.

21
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Team facts
SL Benfica
Formed: 1904
Nickname: As Águias (The Eagles)
UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
• European Cup (2): 1961, 1962, (1963), (1965), (1968), (1988), (1990)
• UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: (1983), (2013), (2014)
Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
League title: 37 (2019)
Portuguese Cup: 26 (2017)
Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)
2020/21: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round)
2019/20: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2018/19: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2017/18: group stage
2016/17: round of 16
2015/16: quarter-finals
2014/15: group stage
2013/14: UEFA Europa League runners-up (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2012/13: UEFA Europa League runners-up (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2011/12: quarter-finals
Records
UEFA club competition
• Biggest home win
10-0: Benfica v Stade Dudelange
05/10/65, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg
• Biggest away win
0-8: Stade Dudelange v Benfica
30/09/65, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg
• Heaviest home defeat
1-5: Benfica v Manchester United
09/03/66, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-finals second leg
• Heaviest away defeat
7-0: Celta Vigo v Benfica
25/11/99, UEFA Cup third round first leg
UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)
• Biggest home win
3-0 twice, most recently v Zenit
10/12/19, group stage
• Biggest away win
0-2 three times, most recently v Dynamo Kyiv
19/10/16, group stage
• Heaviest home defeat
0-2 four times, most recently v Bayern München
19/09/18, group stage
• Heaviest away defeat
5-0: Basel v Benfica
27/09/17, group stage

FC Barcelona
Formed: 1899
Nicknames: Barça, Azulgrana (Blue and Reds, Spanish), Blaugrana (Blue and Reds, Catalan)
UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
• European Cup/UEFA Champions League (5): (1961), (1986), 1992, (1994), 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015
22
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (4): (1969), 1979, 1982, 1989, (1991), 1997
• UEFA Super Cup (5): (1979), (1982), (1989), 1992, 1997, (2006), 2009, 2011, 2015
• European/South American Cup: (1992)
Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
League title: 26 (2019)
Spanish Cup: 31 (2021)
Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)
2020/21: round of 16
2019/20: quarter-finals
2018/19: semi-finals
2017/18: quarter-finals
2016/17: quarter-finals
2015/16: quarter-finals
2014/15: winners
2013/14: quarter-finals
2012/13: semi-finals
2011/12: semi-finals
Records
UEFA club competition
• Biggest home win
8-0 twice, most recently v Púchov
15/10/03, UEFA Cup first round second leg
• Biggest away win
0-7: Hapoel Beer-Sheva v Barcelona
12/09/95, UEFA Cup first round first leg
• Heaviest home defeat
0-4 twice, most recently v Dynamo Kyiv
05/11/97, UEFA Champions League group stage
Barcelona also lost 2-8 to Bayern in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in Lisbon, a match in which
they were the designated home team
• Heaviest away defeat
4-0 three times, most recently v Liverpool
07/05/19, UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg
Barcelona also lost 4-0 to AC Milan in the 1994 UEFA Champions League final, in which they were the designated
away team
UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)
• Biggest home win
7-0: Barcelona v Celtic
13/09/16, group stage
• Biggest away win
0-5 twice, most recently v BATE Borisov
28/09/11, group stage
• Heaviest home defeat
0-4: Barcelona v Dynamo Kyiv (see above)
Barcelona also lost 2-8 to Bayern in the 2019/20 quarter-finals (see above)
• Heaviest away defeat
4-0 three times, most recently v Liverpool (see above)
Barcelona also lost 4-0 to AC Milan in the 1994 final (see above)

23
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Legend
ALL-TIME STATISTICS
The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA
club competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League,
UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while
the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded.

Match officials

UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only.
Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official
statistics considered valid for communicating official records.

UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the
official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered
valid for communicating official records.

Competitions
Club competitions National team competitions
UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship
ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup
UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup
UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals
UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals
SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship
UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship
ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship
U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship
U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship
WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup
WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship
Competition stages Other abbreviations
F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties
GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal
3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty
R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate
R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances
SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition
R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn
R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth
1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time
round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against
2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a
PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin
Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won
PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked
Tournament tournament goal L: Lost
Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality
cards) N/A: Not applicable
f: Match forfeited
Statistics
-: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced
*: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted

24
SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Wednesday 29 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time)
Match press kit Estádio do SL Benfica, Lisbon

Squad list
D: Disciplinary
*: Misses next match if booked
S: Suspended
UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only
UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current
matchday
UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only
UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying
Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is
accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed
or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or
interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available
on UEFA.com.

25