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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 1-1) Stadio Toumba - Salonika Wednesday 29 August 2018 PAOK FC 21.00CET (22.00 local time) SL Benfica Play-off, Second leg Last updated 13/12/2018 17:59CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Match officials 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Team facts 15 Competition format 17 Legend 18 1 PAOK FC - SL Benfica Wednesday 29 August 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Toumba, Salonika Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pizzi 45+1 (P); Warda 21/08/2018 PO SL Benfica - PAOK FC 1-1 Lisbon 76 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Gaitán 70, Lima 78 27/02/2014 R32 SL Benfica - PAOK FC Lisbon agg: 4-0 (P), Marković 79 20/02/2014 R32 PAOK FC - SL Benfica 0-1 Salonika Lima 59 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Kandaurov 25; 04/11/1999 R2 SL Benfica - PAOK FC agg: 3-3 (aet, 4- Lisbon Marangos 28, 1 pens) Mahmoud 44 Frantzeskos 90; Nuno 21/10/1999 R2 PAOK FC - SL Benfica 1-2 Salonika Gomes 68, Ronaldo Guiaro 90 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA PAOK FC 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 4 8 SL Benfica 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 8 4 PAOK FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Salpingidis 14, Okkas 4-1 03/10/2002 R1 PAOK FC - Leixões SC Salonika 16, 80, Koutsopoulos agg: 5-3 57; Pedras 81 Brito 4, Detinho 52; 17/09/2002 R1 Leixões SC - PAOK FC 2-1 Matosinhos Kukiełka 25 SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/2013 GS Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica 1-0 Piraeus Manolas 13 Cardozo 83; 23/10/2013 GS SL Benfica - Olympiacos FC 1-1 Lisbon Domínguez 29 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Di María 45, 73; 17/12/2009 GS SL Benfica - AEK Athens FC 2-1 Lisbon Blanco 84 01/10/2009 GS AEK Athens FC - SL Benfica 1-0 Athens Majstorovic 43 2 PAOK FC - SL Benfica Wednesday 29 August 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Toumba, Salonika UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Galletti 1, Patsatzoglou 17, 27/11/2008 GS Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica 5-1 Piraeus Diogo 24, 53, Belluschi 44; David Luiz 33 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Filipović 17, 3-0 02/11/1983 R2 SL Benfica - Olympiacos FC Lisbon Diamantino 28, agg: 3-1 Manniche 76 19/10/1983 R2 Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica 1-0 Athens Anastopoulos 21 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Reinaldo 21, Jorge SL Benfica - Aris Thessaloniki 2-1 03/10/1979 R1 Lisbon Gomes 50; FC agg: 3-4 Semertzidis 80 Ballis 17, Pallas 21 Aris Thessaloniki FC - SL 19/09/1979 R1 3-1 Salonika (P), Zindros 58; Benfica Reinaldo 30 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 03/10/1973 R1 Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica Piraeus Nené 29 agg: 0-2 19/09/1973 R1 SL Benfica - Olympiacos FC 1-0 Lisbon Timula 53 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA PAOK FC 3 1 0 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 4 9 11 SL Benfica 8 5 2 1 8 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 16 8 2 6 20 18 3 PAOK FC - SL Benfica Wednesday 29 August 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Toumba, Salonika Match background PAOK are well placed to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time as they welcome Benfica for the play-off second leg with the tie finely poised at 1-1. • Amr Wada came off the bench to cancel out Pizzi's penalty opener for Benfica in the Lisbon first leg, giving PAOK an away goal that could prove invaluable. • All four of PAOK's previous UEFA Champions League campaigns have ended in the qualifying rounds. Benfica, meanwhile, have won both previous ties against their Greek opponents, and will be eager to return to the group stage having lost all six games in finishing bottom of their 2017/18 section. Previous meetings • Both the clubs' previous ties have come in the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, Benfica winning the first of them 4- 1 on penalties after a 3-3 aggregate draw – each side having won 2-1 away – in the 1999/2000 second round. • The teams met again in the 2013/14 round of 32, Benfica winning the first leg 1-0 in Greece and scoring three times in the final 20 minutes back in Lisbon to wrap up a 4-0 aggregate success. • Luisão and Eduardo Salvio appeared for Benfica in both legs of the latter tie, with Jardel and Ljubomir Fejsa featuring in the first game; Panagiotis Glykos and Stelios Kitsiou played in both games for PAOK. Form guide PAOK • Greek Super League runners-up for the second time in three years in 2017/18, PAOK's most recent UEFA Champions League campaign lasted only one tie – a 3-2 aggregate defeat by Ajax in the 2016/17 third qualifying round. • Last season, PAOK beat Olimpik Donetsk in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (3-1 aggregate) but were knocked out in the play-offs on away goals by Östersund of Sweden (3-1 home, 0-2 away). • PAOK have ousted Basel 5-1 on aggregate (2-1 home, 3-0 away) and Spartak Moskva 3-2 on aggregate (3-2 home, 0-0 away) to reach this stage. • The Greek side have won their last four home European matches – and five of the last six. • PAOK's only previous UEFA Champions League play-off was a 4-3 aggregate reverse against Schalke in 2013/14 (1-1 away, 2-3 home). Their UEFA Europa League play-off record is W5 L3. • The Salonika club have won only one of their three home games against Portuguese clubs; aside from those two Benfica defeats, they recorded a 4-1 victory against Leixões in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup first round second leg for a 5-3 aggregate success. • PAOK's record in UEFA penalty-shoot-outs is W0 L4: 1-4 v Benfica 1999/2000 UEFA Cup second round 3-4 v Sevilla, 1990/91 UEFA Cup first round 8-9 v Bayern München, 1983/84 UEFA Cup second round 4-5 v Eintracht Frankfurt, 1981/82 European Cup Winners' Cup first round Benfica • Portuguese Liga runners-up in 2017/18, Benfica are looking to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 14th time – and the ninth season in a row. • Benfica reached this season's play-offs with a 2-1 aggregate win against Fenerbahçe in the third qualifying round (1- 0 home, 1-1 away). The first leg ended a run of seven successive European defeats – the Eagles failing to score in the last five of those – although Benfica have won only two of their last 12 continental fixtures (D2 L8). • The draw at Fenerbahçe ended a four-game losing away run without scoring in Europe for Benfica, who have won only one of their last nine fixtures outside Portugal (D2 L6). • This is only Benfica's second UEFA Champions League play-off; they won the first, against Twente in 2011/12 (2-2 away, 3-1 home). • The 2014 first-leg win at PAOK ended a run of three successive Benfica defeats in Greece, where their record is W3 L5. • Benfica's record in UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W1 L4: 2-4 v Sevilla, 2013/14 UEFA Europa League final 4-1 v PAOK, 1999/2000 UEFA Cup second round 5-6 v PSV Eindhoven, 1987/88 European Champion Clubs' Cup final 4 PAOK FC - SL Benfica Wednesday 29 August 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Toumba, Salonika 1-4 v Torpedo Moskva, 1977/78 European Champion Clubs' Cup first round 3-5 v Vorwärts Berlin, 1970/71 European Cup Winners' Cup second round Links and trivia • Benfica midfielder Andreas Samaris has 32 caps for Greece. • PAOK defender Fernando Varela was born in Portugal, but is a Cape Verde international. • Have played in Greece: Odisseas Vlachodimos (Panathinaikos 2016–18) Ljubomir Fejsa (Olympiacos 2011–13) Andreas Samaris (Panachaiki 2006–10, Panionios 2010–13, Olympiacos 2013/14) • Vlachodimos and Giannis Mystakidis were Panathinaikos team-mates in 2017/18. • Have played in Portugal: Fernando Varela (Rio Maior 2006/07 loan, Estoril Praia 2007–09, Trofense 2009–11, Feirense 2011/12) Vieirinha (Porto 2003–05 & 2006/07, Marco 2005/06 loan, Leixões 2007/08 loan) Dimitris Pelkas (Vitória FC, 2014/15 loan) • International team-mates: Vieirinha & André Almeida, Pizzi, Rafa Silva (Portugal) Panagiotis Glykos, Stelios Kitsiou, Dimitris Pelkas & Andreas Samaris (Greece) Aleksandar Prijović & Andrija Živković (Serbia) 5 PAOK FC - SL Benfica Wednesday 29 August 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Toumba, Salonika Squad list PAOK FC Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No.

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