UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

SL Benfica Celtic FC Group G - Matchday 5 Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Tuesday 20 November 2012 20.45CET (19.45 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 4 Match facts...... 5 Squad list...... 6 Head coach...... 8 Match officials...... 9 Fixtures and results...... 10 Match-by-match lineups...... 12 Group Standings...... 14 Competition facts...... 16 Team facts...... 17 Legend...... 19 SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Previous meetings

Head to Head

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/09/12 GS Celtic FC - SL Benfica 0-0

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/11/07 GS Celtic FC - SL Benfica 1-0 Glasgow McGeady 45 24/10/07 GS SL Benfica - Celtic FC 1-0 Lisbon Óscar Cardozo 87

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/11/06 GS SL Benfica - Celtic FC 3-0 Lisbon G. Caldwell 10(og), Nuno Gomes 22, Karyaka 76 17/10/06 GS Celtic FC - SL Benfica 3-0 Glasgow Miller 56, 66, Pearson 90

European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/69 R2 SL Benfica - Celtic FC 3-0 Lisbon Eusébio 35, Graça 40, Vieira Costa 90 agg: 3-3 t 12/11/69 R2 Celtic FC - SL Benfica 3-0 Glasgow Gemmell 2, Wallace 14, Hood 70

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 3 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 3 7 7 Celtic FC 4 3 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 3 7 7

SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/10/60 PR SL Benfica - Heart of Midlothian FC 3-0 Lisbon Águas 7, 60, José Augusto 49 agg: 5-1 29/09/60 PR Heart of Midlothian FC - SL Benfica 1-2 Edinburgh Young 80; Águas 36, José Augusto 74

Celtic FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/08/10 QR3 Celtic FC - SC Braga 2-1 Glasgow Hooper 52, Juárez 79; Paulo César 20 agg: 2-4 28/07/10 QR3 SC Braga - Celtic FC 3-0 Braga Alan 26(p), Elderson 76, Matheus 88 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/05/03 F Celtic FC - FC Porto 2-3 Seville Larsson 47, 57; Derlei 45+1, 115 ET, (aet) Alenichev 54 24/04/03 SF Boavista FC - Celtic FC 0-1 Porto Larsson 79 agg: 1-2 10/04/03 SF Celtic FC - Boavista FC 1-1 Glasgow Larsson 49; Valgaeren 48(og) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 17/10/01 GS FC Porto - Celtic FC 3-0 Porto Clayton 1, 61, Silva 45+1 25/09/01 GS Celtic FC - FC Porto 1-0 Glasgow Larsson 36

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 2 Previous meetings SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/98 R1 Celtic FC - Vitória SC 2-1 Glasgow Stubbs 37, Larsson 89; Söderström 87 agg: 4-2 15/09/98 R1 Vitória SC - Celtic FC 1-2 Guimaraes Silva Junior 86; Larsson 1, Donnelly 70 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/93 R2 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Celtic FC 2-0 Lisbon Cadete 19, 62 agg: 2-1 20/10/93 R2 Celtic FC - Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-0 Glasgow Creaney 9 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/83 R2 Celtic FC - Sporting Clube de Portugal 5-0 Glasgow Burns 17, McAdam 43, McClair 44, agg: 5-2 MacLeod 57, McGarvey 59 19/10/83 R2 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Celtic FC 2-0 Lisbon Rui Jordão 29, 65 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/75 R2 Celtic FC - Boavista FC 3-1 Glasgow Dalglish 1, Edvaldsson 21, Deans 85; agg: 3-1 Chagas 39 22/10/75 R2 Boavista FC - Celtic FC 0-0 Porto

Record versus clubs from opponents' country

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SL Benfica 4 4 0 0 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 9 5 1 3 12 8 Celtic FC 11 9 2 0 10 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 22 11 3 8 27 25

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 3 Previous meetings SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Match background

Celtic FC can clinch their place in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase for the third time when they return to Lisbon, the city that hosted their 1967 European Champion Clubs' Cup final triumph. • Second in Group G, Celtic have lost on their three previous visits to SL Benfica but will travel with real optimism after beating FC Barcelona in their last fixture and, with a three-point lead over their hosts, will secure their progress with a victory. A score draw will also suffice if FC Spartak Moskva do not beat Barcelona in the corresponding fixture. • Benfica clinched their first win of the group stage against Spartak last time out and will overtake Celtic if they win, having held them 0-0 in Glasgow on matchday one. Past meetings • The clubs first met in 1969/70 when a coin toss decided their European Cup second round tie. , Willie Wallace and Harry Hood gave Celtic a 3-0 first-leg win but Benfica responded with an identical victory in Lisbon thanks to Eusébio, Jaime Graça and Diamantino. Celtic went on to the final where they lost 2-1 to . • The clubs have also posted identical home results in their UEFA Champions League meetings. In the 2006/07 group stage Celtic won 3-0 through efforts from (2) and Stephen Pearson, while Benfica reversed the score in Lisbon with Gary Caldwell's own goal and strikes from Nuno Gomes and Andrei Karyaka. • In 2007/08, Óscar Cardozo's 87th-minute strike earned Benfica a 1-0 home victory before Aiden McGeady, now playing for Group G rivals Spartak, did the same for Celtic. The lineups in Lisbon on 24 October 2007 were: Benfica: Quim, Pereira, Luisão, Katsouranis, Léo, Nuno Assis (Di María 62), Binya, Rui Costa, Rodríguez (Luís Felipe 84), Bergessio (Adu 62), Cardozo. Celtic: Boruc, Naylor, Caldwell, Kennedy, McManus, Hartley, Jarošík, Brown, Donati (Sno 63), McGeady, Killen (McDonald 74). • Celtic's two previous passages to the UEFA Champions League last 16 came in those seasons where they shared a group with Benfica. Match background • After qualifying successes at HJK Helsinki and Helsingborgs IF, Celtic posted their first victory in 21 away fixtures in the UEFA Champions League proper at Spartak and lost only to an added-time goal at Barcelona. • Celtic's overall away record against Portuguese sides is W2 D1 L7. Their last victory in Portugal was a 1-0 success at Boavista FC in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup semi-final, the scorer, although they lost the subsequent final to another Portuguese club, FC Porto. • Celtic lost 3-0 at SC Braga in Neil Lennon's first European tie as manager, a 2010/11 UEFA Champions League qualifier. • In their only other tie with Scottish opposition, Benfica beat Heart of Midlothian FC 3-0 in Lisbon in the 1960/61 European Cup preliminary round, the opening step towards their first continental crown. • Celtic beat FC Internazionale Milano 2-1 at Lisbon's Estádio Nacional in 1967 to become Britain's first European Cup winners. Team ties • Lennon played in both Celtic's matches against Benfica in 2006/07 – lining up against Luisão – and was in the team that beat Boavista in 2002/03. With Northern Ireland he faced former Portugal midfielder, and current Benfica director, Rui Costa in a 0-0 home qualifier for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. • Benfica assistant coach Minervino Pietra faced Scotland twice with Portugal, a 1-0 home win in 1980 UEFA European Championship qualifying and a 0-0 away draw in 1982 World Cup qualifying. Shéu, another Benfica director, played in both matches along with a 4-1 loss in Glasgow in the earlier campaign. • Lima was in the Braga side that eliminated Celtic in 2010/11 with Artur on the bench. • Eduardo Salvio played for Club Atlético de Madrid in their 1-0 win at Celtic in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage. • Miku has faced Argentina's Ezequiel Garay and Uruguay's Maxi Pereira with Venezuela and was on the bench for September's World Cup qualifying win at Cardozo's Paraguay. Miku was at Valencia CF at the same time as Pablo Aimar but never featured alongside him in the first team.

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 4 Match background SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Match facts

Benfica UEFA Champions League statistics • Luisão is available for the first time this group stage. He was banned until 14 November following an incident involving the referee in an August friendly against Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895. • Nemanja Matić returns after serving a one-game ban on matchday four; Bruno César will incur a suspension with his next booking. • This is Benfica's third successive group stage campaign, equalling a club record set between 2005 and 2007. • Artur, Ezequiel Garay, Jardel, Eduardo Salvio and Melgarejo have played every minute of Benfica's group campaign. International duty • Salvio played the first half of Argentina's 0-0 friendly draw in Saudi Arabia last Wednesday, with Melgarejo making his debut for Paraguay that same evening as they defeated Guatemala 3-1. • Rodrigo opened the scoring for Spain Under-21s in their 3-1 friendly victory against Italy on 13 November, a day before Luís Martins captained Portugal U21s to a 3-2 triumph over Scotland. Miscellaneous • Jorge Jesus' team beat Moreirense FC – Sporting Clube de Portugal's conquerors the previous round – 2-0 in the last 32 of the Portuguese Cup on Friday in a game held up for 25 minutes late on after a floodlight failure. Matić struck his first goal since January as Luisão made his first appearance since 2 September after his ban. • Pablo Aimar (thigh, out since 2 October), Maxi Pereira (thigh, 7 November), Carlos Martins (thigh, 3 November) and Salvio (foot, 14 November) were ruled out on Friday while Enzo Peréz and Garay were rested due to knocks. • Benfica have kept five successive clean sheets and are unbreached in 497 minutes, since Jardel's own goal against FC Spartak Moskva on 23 October. • Luisinho and André Gomes marked their Liga debuts for Benfica with a goal apiece as the Eagles prevailed 3-0 at Gil Vicente FC on 27 October. The former was the first Portuguese player to score in the league for the Lisbon side since Nuno Gomes in a 5-1 win against FC Paços de Ferreira on 21 March 2011. Celtic UEFA Champions League statistics • The 3-2 win at FC Spartak Moskva on matchday two was Celtic's first in 21 attempts away from home in the UEFA Champions League. They had lost 19 of the previous 20. • Fraser Forster has played all 720 minutes of Celtic's campaign, qualifying included. Kelvin Wilson has featured for all 360 minutes in the group stage. • Ten of the side that started on matchday one were making group stage debuts, with Scott Brown the exception. • Victor Wanyama's next yellow card will incur a ban. International duty • Mikael Lustig featured for 73 minutes as Sweden inaugurated the Friends Arena in Solna on 14 November with a 4-2 friendly success against England, for whom Fraser Forster was an unused substitute. On the same night, Giorgos Samaras captained Greece to a 1-0 defeat of the Republic of Ireland. Miscellaneous • Making his fourth appearance, Lassad Nouioui scored his first goal for Celtic in a 2-0 win at Aberdeen FC on Saturday. Charlie Mulgrew was also on target against his former club on what was his 100th game for Celtic. • Tony Watt, having scored in each of Celtic's previous three games, agreed a new four-year deal on 15 November. • Emilio Izaguirre has not played since injuring his hamstring in the 2-2 draw at Dundee United FC on 4 November. • Neil Lennon's team will play Saint Mirren FC in the semi-finals at Hampden Park on 27 January. • Eight points from their opening five fixtures represented Celtic's worst start to a league season since 1998/99.

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 5 Match facts SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Squad list

SL Benfica

Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Artur BRA 25/01/81 31 - - - 4 - 9 - 15 - 32 - 13 Paulo Lopes POR 29/06/78 34 ------52 Bruno Varela POR 04/11/94 18 ------98 José Costa POR 09/04/94 18 ------Defenders 4 Luisão BRA 13/02/81 31 - - - - - 3 - 34 3 84 7 5 Luisinho POR 05/05/85 27 - - - - - 2 1 - - - - 14 Maxi Pereira URU 08/06/84 28 - - - 3 - 8 1 24 3 52 6 24 Ezequiel Garay ARG 10/10/86 26 - - - 4 - 9 - 15 - 23 - 27 Miguel Vítor POR 30/06/89 23 - - - - - 1 - 5 - 11 - 33 Jardel BRA 29/03/86 26 - - - 4 - 6 - 7 - 12 1 34 André Almeida POR 10/09/90 22 - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 36 Luís Martins POR 10/06/92 20 ------1 - 1 - 50 João Cancelo POR 27/05/94 18 ------65 Fábio Cardoso POR 19/04/94 18 ------72 João Nunes POR 19/11/95 16 ------76 Bruno Gaspar POR 21/04/93 19 ------Midfielders 8 Bruno César BRA 03/11/88 24 * - - 4 - 6 - 14 2 16 2 9 Nolito ESP 15/10/86 26 - - - 2 - 6 1 10 - 14 3 10 Pablo Aimar ARG 03/11/79 33 - - - 2 - 4 - 37 5 79 10 17 Carlos Martins POR 29/04/82 30 - - - 1 - 5 - 10 - 39 - 20 Nicolás Gaitán ARG 23/02/88 24 - - - 3 - 4 - 18 - 30 2 21 Nemanja Matić SRB 01/08/88 24 - - - 3 - 7 - 10 - 13 - 35 Enzo Peréz ARG 22/02/86 26 - - - 4 - 8 1 4 - 5 - 55 Daniel Martins POR 23/06/93 19 ------67 Hélder Costa POR 12/01/94 18 ------77 Miguel Rosa POR 13/01/89 23 ------89 André Gomes POR 30/07/93 19 - - - 1 - 2 1 1 - 1 - 90 Ivan Cavaleiro POR 18/10/93 19 ------95 Raphael Guzzo POR 06/01/95 17 ------97 João Teixeira POR 06/02/94 18 ------Forwards 7 Óscar Cardozo PAR 20/05/83 29 - - - 3 2 7 6 22 10 54 26 11 Lima BRA 11/08/83 29 - 2 - 3 1 6 6 9 2 33 10 15 Ola John NED 19/05/92 20 - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - 19 1 18 Eduardo Salvio ARG 13/07/90 22 - - - 4 - 8 2 9 - 39 8 19 Rodrigo ESP 06/03/91 21 - - - 3 - 7 4 12 1 12 1 25 Melgarejo PAR 10/08/90 22 - - - 4 - 7 - 4 - 4 - 60 Cafú POR 26/02/93 19 ------74 Sancidino Silva POR 05/03/94 18 ------Coach - Jorge Jesus POR 24/07/54 58 - - - 4 - - - 19 - 63 -

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 6 Squad list SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon

Celtic FC

Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Fraser Forster ENG 17/03/88 24 - 4 - 4 - 13 - 4 - 15 - 24 Łukasz Załuska POL 16/06/82 30 ------7 - Defenders 2 Adam Matthews WAL 13/01/92 20 - 4 - 2 - 10 - 2 - 11 - 3 Emilio Izaguirre HON 10/05/86 26 - 4 - 3 - 11 - 3 - 7 - 4 Efe Ambrose NGA 18/10/88 24 - - - 3 - 8 1 3 - 3 - 6 Kelvin Wilson ENG 03/09/85 27 - 2 - 4 - 13 - 4 - 8 - 21 Charlie Mulgrew SCO 06/03/86 26 - 4 1 4 - 11 2 4 - 19 3 23 Mikael Lustig SWE 13/12/86 25 - 2 - 4 - 8 1 4 - 35 3 25 Thomas Rogne NOR 29/06/90 22 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 7 - 43 Joe Chalmers SCO 03/01/94 18 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 44 Marcus Fraser SCO 23/06/94 18 ------1 - Midfielders 8 Scott Brown SCO 25/06/85 27 - 4 - 3 - 5 - 16 - 41 1 15 SCO 30/08/83 29 - 4 1 4 - 11 3 4 - 12 1 16 Joe Ledley WAL 23/01/87 25 - 3 1 3 - 8 - 3 - 16 2 20 Paddy McCourt NIR 16/12/83 28 - 2 - - - 5 - - - 13 - 31 John Herron SCO 01/02/94 18 ------33 Beram Kayal ISR 02/05/88 24 - 2 - 2 - 7 - 6 - 25 - 46 Dylan McGeouch SCO 15/01/93 19 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 56 Filip Twardzik CZE 10/02/93 19 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 67 Victor Wanyama KEN 25/06/91 21 * 3 1 4 1 12 4 4 1 12 2 Forwards 7 Miku VEN 19/08/85 27 - - - 2 - 7 1 2 - 2 - 9 Giorgos Samaras GRE 21/02/85 27 - 4 2 3 2 6 1 9 2 48 11 10 Anthony Stokes IRL 25/07/88 24 - 1 - - - 1 - - - 8 2 11 Lassad Nouioui TUN 08/03/86 26 - - - - - 4 1 - - - - 32 Tony Watt SCO 29/12/93 18 - 2 - 1 1 10 5 1 1 3 1 37 Bahrudin Atajic SWE 16/11/93 19 ------49 James Forrest SCO 07/07/91 21 - 4 - 3 - 7 - 3 - 18 - 88 ENG 26/01/88 24 - 4 2 3 1 9 3 3 1 14 6 Coach - Neil Lennon NIR 25/06/71 41 - 4 - 4 - - - 4 - 20 -

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 7 Squad list SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Head coach

SL Benfica: Jorge Jesus Date of birth: 24 July 1954 Nationality: Portuguese Playing Career: Sporting Clube de Portugal, GD Peniche, SC Olhanense, CF Os Belenenses, GD Riopele, Juventude SC, UD Leiria, Vitória FC, SC Farense, CF Estrela da Amadora, Benfica e Castelo Branco, SR Almancilense Coaching career: Amora FC, FC Felgueiras, CF Estrela da Amadora (twice), Vitória FC, Vitória SC, Moreirense FC, UD Leiria, CF Os Belenenses, SC Braga, SL Benfica • A midfielder at Sporting, Jesus enjoyed a long if low-key career with a number of smaller Portuguese sides before moving into coaching with fourth division Amora after hanging up his boots in 1989, leading them to a title. • More success followed at Felgueiras, whom he led from the third division to the Liga in successive seasons, though they were relegated in their third campaign under his command in 1995/96. • Further Liga experience came at hometown side Estrela da Amadora, Setúbal and Guimarães, though he endured another relegation with Moreirense in 2004/05. • Made a splash with Belenenses in 2006/07, leading them to fifth place in the Liga and the Portuguese Cup final, where despite a 1-0 defeat by Sporting they earned a place in the UEFA Cup the following season. • Even better followed at Braga in 2008/09 as he guided them to UEFA Intertoto Cup success and subsequently the UEFA Cup round of 16. A fifth-place Liga finish prompted Benfica to lure him back to Lisbon in 2009 and Jesus rewarded their faith with the league title and League Cup in his debut campaign, retaining the League Cup the following season.

Celtic FC: Neil Lennon Date of birth: 25 June 1971 Nationality: Northern Irish Playing career: Manchester City FC, Crewe Alexandra FC, Leicester City FC, Celtic FC, Nottingham Forest FC, Wycombe Wanderers FC Coaching career: Celtic FC • A hard-working midfielder, Lennon made his name at Crewe, featuring in almost 150 games before joining Leicester in 1996. Won two English League Cups in four and a half years under Martin O'Neill, whom he joined at Celtic in December 2000. • Six and a half years as a player at yielded a domestic treble in 2000/01 and league and cup doubles in 2003/04 and 2006/07, plus two more league titles and further triumphs in both the and League Cup. • Capped 40 times by Northern Ireland, Lennon hung up his boots after short spells at Forest and Wycombe, whom he left to take up the position of first-team coach at Celtic under Gordon Strachan in April 2008. • Appointed following Tony Mowbray's dismissal in March 2010, Lennon won every league game remaining that season though Celtic were beaten by second-tier Ross County FC in the Scottish Cup semi-finals. • Given the job full time that June, Lennon missed out on the league title by a single point in his first full season but claimed the Scottish Cup. Led Celtic to a first championship in four years in 2011/12, when he was named manager of the year, and started the following campaign by securing UEFA Champions League group-stage football at Celtic Park for the first time since 2008.

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 8 Head coach SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Match officials

Referee Viktor Kassai (HUN) Assistant referees György Ring (HUN), Robert Kispal (HUN) Additional assistant referees Tamás Bognar (HUN), Mihaly Fabian (HUN) Fourth official Gabor Erös (HUN) UEFA Delegate Cornel Cristian Bivolaru (ROU) UEFA Referee observer Jørn West Larsen (DEN) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Champions UEFA matches League matches Viktor Kassai 10/09/1975 21 81 • Viktor Kassai works as a travel agent in his native Hungary and his progress to UEFA's list of Elite referees has ensured plenty of opportunities to broaden his horizons still further. • Born on 10 September 1975, Kassai has taken charge of more than 100 matches in the Hungarian top flight, getting his first taste of international action in the 2001 UEFA Regions' Cup. • Kassai, whose principle interests are sports and film, officiated two UEFA Cup matches in 2003/04 and the following season brought his first UEFA Champions League engagement, the second qualifying round first leg between HNK Hajduk Split and Shelbourne FC. Went on to officiate FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Under-21 Championship games the same season. • In July 2005 Kassai refereed three games at the European U19 Championship in Northern Ireland and has remained a regular in international fixtures ever since, also working at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. • Worked as a fourth official at UEFA EURO 2008, where he was given three matches, and was a referee at the football tournament at the Olympic Games in Beijing later that summer, taking charge of the final as Argentina defeated Nigeria. Oversaw four games at the 2010 World Cup, including the Germany-Spain semi-final, and seven matches in the UEFA Champions League the following season, concluding with the Wembley final between FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 02/08/06 UCL QR2 NK Široki Brijeg Heart of Midlothian FC 0-0 Siroki Brijeg 14/08/07 UCL 3QR SL Benfica FC København 2-1 Lisbon 30/09/08 UCL GS Villarreal CF Celtic FC 1-0 Villarreal 18/08/09 UCL PO Sporting Clube de Portugal ACF Fiorentina 2-2 Lisbon 23/11/10 UCL GS SC Braga Arsenal FC 2-0 Braga 18/10/11 UCL GS FC Basel 1893 SL Benfica 0-2 Basel Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 15/10/03 UCUP R1 Molde FK UD Leiria 3-1 Molde 12/03/08 UCUP R16 Getafe CF SL Benfica 1-0 Getafe 14/04/11 UCUP QF FC Spartak Moskva FC Porto 2-5 Moscow 12/10/12 WC QR Russia Portugal 1-0 Moscow

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 9 Match officials SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Fixtures and results

SL Benfica

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 18/08/12 League SC Braga (H) D 2-2 Salvio 49, Óscar Cardozo 73 (p) 26/08/12 League Vitória FC (A) W 5-0 Rodrigo 13, 81, Salvio 30, Peréz 45+1, Nolito 67 02/09/12 League CD Nacional (H) W 3-0 Óscar Cardozo 51, 89, Rodrigo 56 19/09/12 UCL Celtic FC (A) D 0-0 23/09/12 League A. Académica de Coimbra (A) D 2-2 Óscar Cardozo 51 (p), Lima 86 28/09/12 League FC Paços de Ferreira (A) W 2-1 Lima 18, 71 02/10/12 UCL FC Barcelona (H) L 0-2 06/10/12 League SC Beira-Mar (H) W 2-1 Maxi Pereira 58, Rodrigo 60 18/10/12 Cup SC Freamunde (A) W 4-0 Lima 16, Óscar Cardozo 45, Salvio 62, André Gomes 74 23/10/12 UCL FC Spartak Moskva (A) L 1-2 Lima 33 27/10/12 League Gil Vicente FC (A) W 3-0 Lima 2, Luisinho 27, André Gomes 45+2 03/11/12 League Vitória SC (H) W 3-0 Óscar Cardozo 37, 48 (p), Lima 67 07/11/12 UCL FC Spartak Moskva (H) W 2-0 Óscar Cardozo 55, 69 11/11/12 League Rio Ave FC (A) W 1-0 Lima 45+2 16/11/12 Cup Moreirense FC (A) W 2-0 Matić 59, Óscar Cardozo 90+4 20/11/12 UCL Celtic FC (H) 24/11/12 League SC Olhanense (H) 05/12/12 UCL FC Barcelona (A) 10/12/12 League Sporting Clube de Portugal (A) 16/12/12 League CS Marítimo (H) 06/01/13 League GD Estoril-Praia (A) 13/01/13 League FC Porto (H) 20/01/13 League Moreirense FC (A) 27/01/13 League SC Braga (A) 03/02/13 League Vitória FC (H) 10/02/13 League CD Nacional (A) 17/02/13 League A. Académica de Coimbra (H) 24/02/13 League FC Paços de Ferreira (H) 03/03/13 League SC Beira-Mar (A) 10/03/13 League Gil Vicente FC (H) 17/03/13 League Vitória SC (A) 30/03/13 League Rio Ave FC (H) 07/04/13 League SC Olhanense (A) 21/04/13 League Sporting Clube de Portugal (H) 28/04/13 League CS Marítimo (A)

Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Porto 9 7 2 0 24 6 23 2 SL Benfica 9 7 2 0 23 6 23 3 SC Braga 9 5 2 2 20 12 17 4 FC Paços de Ferreira 9 3 5 1 11 7 14 5 Rio Ave FC 9 4 2 3 10 10 14 6 GD Estoril-Praia 9 3 3 3 15 13 12 7 Vitória FC 9 2 5 2 8 12 11 8 Vitória SC 9 3 2 4 8 16 11 9 SC Olhanense 9 2 4 3 13 14 10 10 Sporting Clube de Portugal 9 2 4 3 7 9 10 11 Gil Vicente FC 9 2 3 4 7 12 9 12 CS Marítimo 9 2 3 4 5 14 9 13 A. Académica de Coimbra 9 1 5 3 10 12 8 14 CD Nacional 9 2 2 5 14 20 8 15 Moreirense FC 9 1 3 5 10 14 6 16 SC Beira-Mar 9 1 3 5 11 19 6

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 10 Fixtures and results SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon

Celtic FC

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 01/08/12 UCL HJK Helsinki (H) W 2-1 Hooper 54, Mulgrew 61 04/08/12 League Aberdeen FC (H) W 1-0 Commons 79 08/08/12 UCL HJK Helsinki (A) W 2-0 Ledley 67, Samaras 86 18/08/12 League Ross County (A) D 1-1 Commons 90+3 21/08/12 UCL Helsingborgs IF (A) W 2-0 Commons 2, Samaras 75 25/08/12 League Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (A) W 4-2 Wanyama 4, Watt 25, 64, Mulgrew 48 29/08/12 UCL Helsingborgs IF (H) W 2-0 Hooper 30, Wanyama 88 01/09/12 League Hibernian FC (H) D 2-2 Lustig 10, McPake 69 (og) 15/09/12 League Saint Johnstone FC (A) L 1-2 Commons 4 19/09/12 UCL SL Benfica (H) D 0-0 22/09/12 League Dundee FC (H) W 2-0 Hooper 43, Wanyama 49 29/09/12 League Motherwell FC (A) W 2-0 Hooper 32, Cummins 35 (og) 02/10/12 UCL FC Spartak Moskva (A) W 3-2 Hooper 12, D. Kombarov 71 (og), Samaras 90 07/10/12 League Heart of Midlothian FC (H) W 1-0 Samaras 34 20/10/12 League Saint Mirren FC (A) W 5-0 Hooper 15, Ambrose 18, Wanyama 32, 38, Watt 86 23/10/12 UCL FC Barcelona (A) L 1-2 Samaras 18 27/10/12 League Kilmarnock FC (H) L 0-2 04/11/12 League Dundee United FC (A) D 2-2 Miku 69, Watt 80 07/11/12 UCL FC Barcelona (H) W 2-1 Wanyama 21, Watt 83 11/11/12 League Saint Johnstone FC (H) D 1-1 Watt 51 17/11/12 League Aberdeen FC (A) W 2-0 Nouioui 73, Mulgrew 77 20/11/12 UCL SL Benfica (A) 24/11/12 League Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (H) 28/11/12 League Heart of Midlothian FC (A) 01/12/12 Cup Arbroath FC (H) 05/12/12 UCL FC Spartak Moskva (H) 08/12/12 League Kilmarnock FC (A) 12/12/12 League Dundee United FC (H) 15/12/12 League Saint Mirren FC (H) 22/12/12 League Ross County (H) 26/12/12 League Dundee FC (A) 29/12/12 League Hibernian FC (A) 02/01/13 League Motherwell FC (H) 19/01/13 League Heart of Midlothian FC (H) 30/01/13 League Kilmarnock FC (H) 09/02/13 League Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (A) 16/02/13 League Dundee United FC (H) 23/02/13 League Dundee FC (H) 27/02/13 League Motherwell FC (A) 09/03/13 League Ross County (A) 16/03/13 League Aberdeen FC (H)

Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Celtic FC 13 7 4 2 24 12 25 2 Hibernian FC 14 7 3 4 26 20 24 3 Aberdeen FC 14 5 6 3 19 14 21 4 Motherwell FC 14 5 5 4 22 19 20 5 Saint Johnstone FC 14 5 5 4 17 18 20 6 Kilmarnock FC 14 5 4 5 23 18 19 7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC 14 4 7 3 27 26 19 8 Heart of Midlothian FC 14 4 5 5 14 14 17 9 Dundee United FC 13 4 5 4 16 18 17 10 Ross County 14 3 7 4 16 20 16 11 Saint Mirren FC 14 3 3 8 17 27 12 12 Dundee FC 14 3 2 9 9 24 11

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 11 Fixtures and results SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Match-by-match lineups

Celtic FC Third qualifying round (01/08/12) Celtic 2-1 HJK Goals: 0-1 Schüller 48, 1-1 Hooper 54, 2-1 Mulgrew 61 Celtic FC: Forster, Matthews, Izaguirre, Brown, Samaras (Lustig 87), Commons (Stokes 65), Ledley, Mulgrew, Forrest, Wanyama, Hooper (McCourt 87) (08/08/12) HJK 0-2 Celtic (agg: 1-4) Goals: 0-1 Ledley 67, 0-2 Samaras 86 Celtic FC: Forster, Matthews, Izaguirre, Brown, Samaras (Murphy 88), Commons (Forrest 75), Ledley, Mulgrew, Rogne, Wanyama, Hooper (Kayal 75)

Play-offs (21/08/12) Helsingborg 0-2 Celtic Goals: 0-1 Commons 2, 0-2 Samaras 75 Celtic FC: Forster, Matthews, Izaguirre, Brown, Samaras, Commons (Watt 90), Ledley (Wilson 66), Mulgrew, Rogne, Kayal (Forrest 46), Hooper (29/08/12) Celtic 2-0 Helsingborg (agg: 4-0) Goals: 1-0 Hooper 30, 2-0 Wanyama 88 Celtic FC: Forster, Matthews (Lustig 76), Izaguirre, Wilson, Brown, Samaras (Watt 70), Commons, Mulgrew, Forrest, Wanyama, Hooper (McCourt 90+1)

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 12 Match-by-match lineups SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon

Group G Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Barcelona 4 3 0 1 8 5 9 Celtic FC 4 2 1 1 6 5 7 SL Benfica 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 FC Spartak Moskva 4 1 0 3 6 9 3

Matchday 1 (19/09/12) Celtic 0-0 Benfica Celtic FC: Forster, Matthews, Izaguirre (Hooper 66), Wilson, Miku, Brown, Commons, Mulgrew, Lustig (Rogne 63), Forrest, Wanyama SL Benfica: Artur, Aimar (Óscar Cardozo 63), Salvio, Rodrigo (Bruno César 70), Gaitán (Nolito 83), Matić, Garay, Melgarejo, Jardel, André Almeida, Peréz

Matchday 2 (02/10/12) Spartak Moskva 2-3 Celtic Goals: 0-1 Hooper 12, 1-1 Emenike 41, 2-1 Emenike 48, 2-2 D. Kombarov 71(o.g.), 2-3 Samaras 90 Celtic FC: Forster, Izaguirre, Ambrose, Wilson, Brown, Samaras, Commons, Mulgrew (Ledley 80), Lustig, Wanyama (Forrest 70), Hooper Benfica 0-2 Barcelona Goals: 0-1 Alexis Sánchez 6, 0-2 Fàbregas 55 SL Benfica: Artur, Bruno César (Carlos Martins 46), Lima, Maxi Pereira, Salvio, Gaitán (Nolito 75), Matić, Garay, Melgarejo, Jardel, Peréz (Aimar 60)

Matchday 3 (23/10/12) Spartak Moskva 2-1 Benfica Goals: 1-0 Rafael Carioca 3, 1-1 Lima 33, 2-1 Jardel 43(o.g.) SL Benfica: Artur, Bruno César (Gaitán 65), Lima, Maxi Pereira, Salvio, Rodrigo (Óscar Cardozo 65), Matić (John 89), Garay, Melgarejo, Jardel, Peréz Barcelona 2-1 Celtic Goals: 0-1 Samaras 18, 1-1 Iniesta 45, 2-1 Jordi Alba 90+4 Celtic FC: Forster, Izaguirre, Ambrose, Wilson, Brown (Commons 63), Samaras (Forrest 43), Ledley, Mulgrew (Kayal 76), Lustig, Wanyama, Hooper

Matchday 4 (07/11/12) Benfica 2-0 Spartak Moskva Goals: 1-0 Óscar Cardozo 55, 2-0 Óscar Cardozo 69 SL Benfica: Artur, Lima (Bruno César 74), Maxi Pereira (André Gomes 82), John, Salvio, Rodrigo (Óscar Cardozo 46), Garay, Melgarejo, Jardel, André Almeida, Peréz Celtic 2-1 Barcelona Goals: 1-0 Wanyama 21, 2-0 Watt 83, 2-1 Messi 90+1 Celtic FC: Forster, Matthews, Ambrose, Wilson, Miku, Samaras (Kayal 79), Commons, Ledley, Mulgrew, Lustig (Watt 72), Wanyama

Matchday 5 (20/11/12) Benfica v Celtic

Matchday 6 (05/12/12) Barcelona v Benfica Celtic v Spartak Moskva

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 13 Match-by-match lineups SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Group Standings

Group A Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Porto 4 3 1 0 6 2 10 Paris Saint-Germain FC 4 3 0 1 10 2 9 FC Dynamo Kyiv 4 1 1 2 5 7 4 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 4 0 0 4 0 10 0

21/11/12 FC Porto GNK Dinamo Zagreb Porto 21/11/12 FC Dynamo Kyiv Paris Saint-Germain FC Kyiv

Group B Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Schalke 04 4 2 2 0 8 5 8 Arsenal FC 4 2 1 1 7 6 7 Olympiacos FC 4 2 0 2 7 7 6 Montpellier Hérault SC 4 0 1 3 5 9 1

21/11/12 Arsenal FC Montpellier Hérault SC London 21/11/12 FC Schalke 04 Olympiacos FC Gelsenkirchen

Group C Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Málaga CF 4 3 1 0 8 1 10 AC Milan 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 RSC Anderlecht 4 1 1 2 1 4 4 FC Zenit St Petersburg 4 1 0 3 3 7 3

21/11/12 FC Zenit St Petersburg Málaga CF St Petersburg 21/11/12 RSC Anderlecht AC Milan Brussels

Group D Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Borussia Dortmund 4 2 2 0 6 4 8 Real Madrid CF 4 2 1 1 10 7 7 AFC Ajax 4 1 1 2 6 8 4 Manchester City FC 4 0 2 2 6 9 2

21/11/12 AFC Ajax Borussia Dortmund Amsterdam 21/11/12 Manchester City FC Real Madrid CF Manchester

Group E Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4 2 1 1 7 5 7 Chelsea FC 4 2 1 1 10 6 7 Juventus 4 1 3 0 8 4 6 FC Nordsjælland 4 0 1 3 1 11 1

20/11/12 FC Nordsjælland FC Shakhtar Donetsk Copenhagen 20/11/12 Juventus Chelsea FC Turin

Group F Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Bayern München 4 3 0 1 10 5 9 Valencia CF 4 3 0 1 10 4 9 FC BATE Borisov 4 2 0 2 8 9 6 LOSC Lille 4 0 0 4 2 12 0

20/11/12 FC BATE Borisov LOSC Lille Minsk 20/11/12 Valencia CF FC Bayern München Valencia

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 14 Group Standings SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon

Group G Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Barcelona 4 3 0 1 8 5 9 Celtic FC 4 2 1 1 6 5 7 SL Benfica 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 FC Spartak Moskva 4 1 0 3 6 9 3

20/11/12 FC Spartak Moskva FC Barcelona Moscow 20/11/12 SL Benfica Celtic FC Lisbon

Group H Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Manchester United FC 4 4 0 0 9 4 12 Galatasaray AŞ 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 CFR 1907 Cluj 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 SC Braga 4 1 0 3 5 8 3

20/11/12 Galatasaray AŞ Manchester United FC Istanbul 20/11/12 CFR 1907 Cluj SC Braga Cluj-Napoca

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 15 Group Standings SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Competition facts

UEFA Champions League: Did you know? • Holders Chelsea FC are hoping to avoid becoming the first 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, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and lost 4-3 on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. • No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions League trophy with AC Milan (1989, 1990) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (1994, 1995), AFC Ajax (1995, 1996), Juventus (1996, 1997) and Manchester United FC (2008, 2009) have all returned to the UEFA Champions League final as holders only to lose. • S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League having featured against Real Madrid CF on matchday six in 2007/08 aged 43 years and 252 days. Alessandro Costacurta is the oldest outfield player; the Milan defender was 40 years and 211 days when he played against AEK Athens FC in 2006/07. • Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 37 years and 289 days, in Manchester United's 1-1 draw at SL Benfica on 14 September 2011. • Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared; he was 16 years and 87 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on 23 November 1994. He was sent off in the 37th minute. • Peter Ofori-Quaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions League, aged 17 years and 195 days. He found the net in Olympiacos FC's 5-1 defeat at Rosenborg BK on 1 October 1997. • Lionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a match in Barcelona's 7-1 win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 7 March 2012. Eight players, including Messi, have scored four times in a game, most recently FC Bayern München's Mario Gomez on matchday eight last season. • Before this season Barcelona had finished as group winners on 13 occasions, one more than Manchester United and Real Madrid. • Barcelona hold the record for successive wins in the UEFA Champions League proper with nine, between 18 September 2002 and 18 February 2003. RSC Anderlecht's 12 straight defeats (10 December 2003 to 23 November 2005) is also a competition record. • Five teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain FC (1994/95), FC Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03, first group stage) and Real Madrid (2011/12). • Fifteen teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point, including Villarreal CF, FC Oţelul Galaţi and GNK Dinamo Zagreb in 2011/12. • Barcelona scored 20 goals in the 2011/12 group stage, equalling Manchester United's competition record from 1998/99. Barcelona scored 19 times in the 1999/2000 first group stage, a tally matched by Real Madrid last season. • Only RC Deportivo La Coruña (2004/05) and Maccabi Haifa FC (2009/10) have failed to score in a group stage. • Dinamo Zagreb conceded 22 goals in the 2011/12 group stage, a new record. The previous highest total was 19, shared by MŠK Žilina (2010/11), Debreceni VSC (2009/10), FC Dynamo Kyiv (2007/08) and Ferencvárosi TC (1995/96). • 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 FC (2005/06), Villarreal (2005/06) and Manchester United (2010/11) all let in just one. • Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the 2006/07 campaign, Spartak Moskva went 22 games without a victory in the competition. • The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it since three points for a win was introduced in 1995/96 were Legia Warszawa that same season before Dynamo Kyiv managed it in 1999/2000 and Liverpool in 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in 2002/03, as did Rangers FC and SV Werder Bremen in 2005/06. • 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 were beaten in the showpiece in their own stadium, the Fußball Arena München.

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 16 Competition facts SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e 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: (1983) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 32 (2010) Portuguese Cup: 24 (2004) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: quarter-finals 2010/11: UEFA Europa League semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals 2008/09: UEFA Cup group stage 2007/08: UEFA Cup round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2006/07: UEFA Cup quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2005/06: quarter-finals 2004/05: UEFA Cup round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2003/04: UEFA Cup fourth round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 10-0: Benfica v CS Stade Dudelange 05/10/65, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg • Biggest away win 0-8: CS Stade Dudelange v Benfica 30/09/65, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Benfica v Manchester United FC 09/03/66, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-finals second leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: RC Celta de 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: Benfica v Celtic FC 01/11/06, group stage • Biggest away win 0-2 twice, most recently v FC Basel 1893 18/10/11, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Benfica v FC Barcelona 02/10/12, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 3-0 twice, most recently v Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 24/11/10, group stage

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 17 Team facts SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon

Celtic FC Formed: 1888 Nickname: The Hoops, The Bhoys UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (1): 1967, (1970) • UEFA Cup: (2003) • European/South American Cup: (1967) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 43 (2012) Scottish Cup: 35 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: UEFA Europa League group stage 2010/11: UEFA Europa League play-offs (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League group stage (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: group stage 2007/08: first knockout round 2006/07: first knockout round 2005/06: second qualifying round 2004/05: group stage 2003/04: UEFA Cup quarter-finals (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2002/03: UEFA Cup runners-up (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Celtic v KPV Kokkola 16/09/70, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-7: Waterford United FC v Celtic 21/10/70, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Celtic v Paris Saint-Germain FC 02/11/95, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: FC Artmedia Petržalka v Celtic 27/07/05, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 3-0: Celtic FC v SL Benfica 17/10/2006, group stage • Biggest away win 2-3: FC Spartak Moskva v Celtic 02/10/12, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Celtic v FC Barcelona 14/09/2004, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 3-0 on four occasions, most recently v Manchester United FC 21/10/2008, group stage

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 18 Team facts SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e 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 the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1960-1999), the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (1973-to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (1960-2004). Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. 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 National team competitions Club competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship UCL: UEFA Champions League WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals UEL: UEFA Europa League U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UCUP: UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Championship SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other abbreviations F: Final 3QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg GA: Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin ELITE: Elite round (Rep) : Replay gg: Match decided by golden goal W: Won 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final L: Lost Y: Booked Tournament Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) GS-FT: Group stage – final Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation N/A: Not applicable tournament play-off :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (+) : Denotes player introduced (*) : Denotes player sent off (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match 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 www.uefa.com.

Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 19 Legend