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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Lisbon Tuesday 12 September 2017 SL Benfica 20.45CET (19.45 local time) PFC CSKA Moskva Group A - Matchday 1 Last updated 31/05/2018 02:07CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Squad list 7 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 15 Competition facts 17 Team facts 18 Legend 20 1 SL Benfica - PFC CSKA Moskva Tuesday 12 September 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Karadas 63; 24/02/2005 R3 SL Benfica - PFC CSKA Moskva Lisbon agg: 1-3 Ignashevich 49 V. Berezutski 12, 17/02/2005 R3 PFC CSKA Moskva - SL Benfica 2-0 Krasnodar Vágner Love 60 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SL Benfica 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 PFC CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Hulk 69; Gaitán 85, 09/03/2016 R16 FC Zenit - SL Benfica St Petersburg agg: 1-3 Talisca 90+6 16/02/2016 R16 SL Benfica - FC Zenit 1-0 Lisbon Jonas 90+1 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/2014 GS FC Zenit - SL Benfica 1-0 St Petersburg Danny 79 16/09/2014 GS SL Benfica - FC Zenit 0-2 Lisbon Hulk 5, Witsel 22 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/2012 GS SL Benfica - FC Spartak Moskva 2-0 Lisbon Cardozo 55, 69 Rafael Carioca 3, 23/10/2012 GS FC Spartak Moskva - SL Benfica 2-1 Moscow Jardel 43 (og); Lima 33 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Maxi Pereira 45+1, 06/03/2012 R16 SL Benfica - FC Zenit Lisbon agg: 4-3 Nélson Oliveira 90+3 Shirokov 27, 88, Semak 71; Maxi 15/02/2012 R16 FC Zenit - SL Benfica 3-2 St Petersburg Pereira 20, Cardozo 87 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Solomatin 9, Haras FC Lokomotiv Moskva - SL 2-3 58; Panduru 47, 31/10/1996 R2 Moscow Benfica agg: 2-4 Donizete 62, João Pinto 87 2 SL Benfica - PFC CSKA Moskva Tuesday 12 September 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SL Benfica - FC Lokomotiv 17/10/1996 R2 1-0 Lisbon João Pinto 9 Moskva UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Isaías 53, Rui Costa 08/12/1992 R3 SL Benfica - FC Dinamo Moskva Lisbon agg: 4-2 59 Kalitvintsev 73, 25/11/1992 R3 FC Dinamo Moskva - SL Benfica 2-2 Moscow Derkach 84; Isaías 36, 54 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 28/09/1977 R1 FC Torpedo Moskva - SL Benfica agg: 0-0 (aet, 1- Moscow 4pens) 14/09/1977 R1 SL Benfica - FC Torpedo Moskva 0-0 Lisbon PFC CSKA Moskva - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers PFC CSKA Moskva - Sporting 3-1 Doumbia 49, 72, 26/08/2015 PO Khimki Clube de Portugal agg: 4-3 Musa 85; Gutiérrez 36 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Gutiérrez 12, Slimani 18/08/2015 PO 2-1 Lisbon PFC CSKA Moskva 82; Doumbia 40 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Hulk 1, Guarín 24; Z. 17/03/2011 R16 FC Porto - PFC CSKA Moskva Porto agg: 3-1 Tošić 29 10/03/2011 R16 PFC CSKA Moskva - FC Porto 0-1 Moscow Guarín 70 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Quaresma 2, Lucho 21/11/2006 GS PFC CSKA Moskva - FC Porto 0-2 Moscow González 61 13/09/2006 GS FC Porto - PFC CSKA Moskva 0-0 Porto UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rogério 29; A. Sporting Clube de Portugal - PFC 18/05/2005 F 1-3 Lisbon Berezutski 56, Zhirkov CSKA Moskva 65, Vágner Love 75 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/11/2004 GS PFC CSKA Moskva - FC Porto 0-1 Moscow McCarthy 28 14/09/2004 GS FC Porto - PFC CSKA Moskva 0-0 Porto 3 SL Benfica - PFC CSKA Moskva Tuesday 12 September 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SL Benfica 8 5 2 1 8 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 16 7 4 5 19 16 PFC CSKA Moskva 5 2 0 3 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 11 3 3 5 11 11 4 SL Benfica - PFC CSKA Moskva Tuesday 12 September 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Match background • #EQUALGAME This week, football fans watching UEFA Champions League matches in stadiums, online and on TV will witness the premiere of the new UEFA RESPECT TV ads, called #EqualGame. The adverts feature Ada Hegerberg, Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, Cristiano Ronaldo and amateur players and will run throughout the season to promote inclusion, diversity and accessibility in European Football with the motto "Everyone has the right to enjoy football, no matter who you are, where you're from, or how you play." More information on the campaign and on the advertisements can be found in the accompanying media release and on the campaign website: www.equalgame.com. SL Benfica kick off their latest UEFA Champions League campaign at home against PFC CSKA Moskva, who have become group stage regulars in recent years. • The Portuguese side are aiming to reach the knockout stage for the third campaign in a row. CSKA have not survived the initial group stage since 2011/12, although this is their fifth successive season in the competition. Previous meetings • The teams were paired together in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup round of 32, CSKA winning 3-1 on aggregate and going on to lift the trophy with victory against Sporting Clube de Portugal in the Lisbon final. • CSKA were 2-0 first-leg victors in a game played in Krasnodar, thanks to goals from Vasili Berezutski (12) and Vágner Love (60). Sergei Ignashevich put CSKA in complete command with a 49th-minute goal in Lisbon, although substitute Azar Karadas ensured Benfica avoided defeat on the night. • The line-ups at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica on 24 February 2005 were: Benfica: Quim, Luisão, Petit, Geovanni (Miguel 64), Alcides, Fyssas, Nuno Assis (Karadas 54), Manuel Fernandes, João Pereira, Simão, Nuno Gomes (Mantorras 61). CSKA: Akinfeev, Ignashveich, A Berezutski, V Berezutski, Zhirkov, Rahimić, Odiah (Shershun 72), Aldonin, D Carvalho (Gusev 90+1), Krasić, Vágner Love (Olić 84). • That remains Benfica's only two-legged defeat against Russian opposition in UEFA competition – they have won all five of the other ties, most recently against FC Zenit two years ago. Match background Benfica • Portuguese double winners in 2016/17, Benfica are in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 13th time – and the eighth season running. • The Lisbon club got to the quarter-finals in 2015/16 and again progressed from the group stage last year, losing 4-1 on aggregate to Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16. • Benfica's 1-0 win against Dortmund in the round of 16 first leg is their only victory in their last four European matches, home and away. • On home soil in the 2016/17 group stage, Benfica drew 1-1 with Beşiktaş JK and beat FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-0. They also went down 2-1 to SSC Napoli but have lost just two of their last 11 European home games. • The Portuguese side's last taste of Russian opposition came in the 2015/16 round of 16, when they overcame Zenit 1-0 home and 2-1 away. • Benfica have lost only once at home to Russian teams (W5 D2), suffering a 2-0 reverse against Zenit on matchday one of the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League. CSKA Moskva • The Moscow club are in the group stage for the 11th time, and the fifth season in a row. • CSKA have come bottom of their group in their last four UEFA Champions League campaigns. In 2016/17, having qualified automatically for the group phase, they finished behind AS Monaco FC, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Tottenham Hotspur FC in their section. • CSKA have, however, won all four of their European fixtures this term without conceding a goal, beating AEK Athens FC 3-0 on aggregate in the third qualifying round (2-0 away, 1-0 home) and BSC Young Boys by the same scoreline in the play-offs (1-0 away, 2-0 home). • The 2-0 success at AEK ended CSKA's run of ten European matches without a win (D4 L6). They had also lost six of their previous seven European away games, drawing the other. • The Moscow club's last away win in the UEFA Champions League group stage was a 2-1 triumph at Manchester 5 SL Benfica - PFC CSKA Moskva Tuesday 12 September 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon City FC on 5 November 2014.