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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS NSC Olimpiyskyi - Kyiv Tuesday 14 September 2021 21.00CET (22.00 local time) FC Dynamo Kyiv Group E - Matchday 1 SL Benfica Last updated 21/09/2021 20:35CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Squad list 8 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 15 Competition facts 17 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 FC Dynamo Kyiv - SL Benfica Tuesday 14 September 2021 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit NSC Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/11/2016 GS SL Benfica - FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 Lisbon Salvio 45+2 (P) 19/10/2016 GS FC Dynamo Kyiv - SL Benfica 0-2 Kyiv Salvio 9 (P), Cervi 55 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Brito 25, 62, Isaías 01/04/1992 R3 (GS) SL Benfica - FC Dynamo Kyiv 5-0 Lisbon 70, Yuran 82, 86 27/11/1991 R3 (GS) FC Dynamo Kyiv - SL Benfica 1-0 Kyiv Salenko 31 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Dynamo Kyiv 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 1 8 SL Benfica 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 8 1 FC Dynamo Kyiv - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Garmash 33, 3-1 24/08/2017 PO FC Dynamo Kyiv - CS Marítimo Kyiv Morozyuk 35, agg: 3-1 González 61; Sen 68 17/08/2017 PO CS Marítimo - FC Dynamo Kyiv 0-0 Funchal UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Yarmolenko 35 (P), 24/11/2015 GS FC Porto - FC Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 Porto González 64 Gusev 20, Buyalskiy 16/09/2015 GS FC Dynamo Kyiv - FC Porto 2-2 Kyiv 89; Aboubakar 23, 81 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lens 53, Miguel 27/11/2014 GS FC Dynamo Kyiv - Rio Ave FC 2-0 Kyiv Veloso 78 Yarmolenko 20, 18/09/2014 GS Rio Ave FC - FC Dynamo Kyiv 0-3 Vila do Conde Belhanda 25, Kravets 70 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/11/2012 GS FC Dynamo Kyiv - FC Porto 0-0 Kyiv Varela 15, Martínez 24/10/2012 GS FC Porto - FC Dynamo Kyiv 3-2 Porto 36, 78; Gusev 21, Ideye 72 2 FC Dynamo Kyiv - SL Benfica Tuesday 14 September 2021 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit NSC Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 14/04/2011 QF SC Braga - FC Dynamo Kyiv Braga agg: 1-1 ag Yarmolenko 6; Gusev 07/04/2011 QF FC Dynamo Kyiv - SC Braga 1-1 Kyiv 13 (og) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Milevskiy 21; Rolando 05/11/2008 GS FC Dynamo Kyiv - FC Porto 1-2 Kyiv 69, Lucho González 90+2 21/10/2008 GS FC Porto - FC Dynamo Kyiv 0-1 Porto Aliyev 27 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Polga 35 (P), João Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC 12/12/2007 GS 3-0 Lisbon Moutinho 67, Liedson Dynamo Kyiv 88 FC Dynamo Kyiv - Sporting Vaschuk 28; Tonel 02/10/2007 GS 1-2 Kyiv Clube de Portugal 14, Polga 38 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/10/2001 GS1 FC Dynamo Kyiv - Boavista FC 1-0 Kyiv Melashchenko 49 Sánchez 4, Silva 11, 19/09/2001 GS1 Boavista FC - FC Dynamo Kyiv 3-1 Porto Duda 30; Ghioane 5 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Mykhailychenko 11; 22/04/1987 SF FC Dynamo Kyiv - FC Porto Kyiv agg: 2-4 Santos 3, Gomes 10 Futre 49, Andre 57 08/04/1987 SF FC Porto - FC Dynamo Kyiv 2-1 Porto (P); Yakovenko 73 SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pizzi 9, Rúben Dias 36, Rafa Silva 47; SL Benfica - FC Shakhtar 3-3 27/02/2020 R32 Lisbon Rúben Dias 12 (og), Donetsk agg: 4-5 Stepanenko 49, Alan Patrick 71 Alan Patrick 56, FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SL 20/02/2020 R32 2-1 Kharkiv Kovalenko 72; Pizzi Benfica 67 (P) UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Sachko 48, Yesin 74; 27/08/2009 PO FC Vorskla Poltava - SL Benfica Poltava agg: 2-5 Saviola 59 3 FC Dynamo Kyiv - SL Benfica Tuesday 14 September 2021 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit NSC Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv UEFA Europa League Di María 31, Cardozo 20/08/2009 PO SL Benfica - FC Vorskla Poltava 4-0 Lisbon 55 (P), Saviola 57, Weldon 77 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/12/2008 GS SL Benfica - FC Metalist Kharkiv 0-1 Lisbon Rykun 84 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SL Lucarelli 30 (P); 04/12/2007 GS 1-2 Donetsk Benfica Cardozo 6, 22 SL Benfica - FC Shakhtar 03/10/2007 GS 0-1 Lisbon Jádson 42 Donetsk European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 Lima 55, 60, Ricardo 21/03/1990 QF FC Dnipro - SL Benfica Dnipropetrovsk agg: 0-4 86 07/03/1990 QF SL Benfica - FC Dnipro 1-0 Lisbon Magnusson 8 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Dynamo Kyiv 11 4 3 4 11 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 22 7 5 10 23 29 SL Benfica 7 4 1 2 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 13 7 1 5 23 11 4 FC Dynamo Kyiv - SL Benfica Tuesday 14 September 2021 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit NSC Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv Match background Drawn in the same UEFA Champions League section for the second time, Dynamo Kyiv and Benfica will be looking to hit the ground running in Group E. • With Bayern München and Barcelona also in the section, Dynamo and Benfica will be keen to make a positive start at the NSC Olimpiyskyi in Kyiv, especially given their recent UEFA Champions League struggles. Benfica's last three group campaigns all ended at this stage while Dynamo have progressed to the knockout stage only once this century. Previous meetings • The teams were paired in the 2016/17 group stage, Benfica winning 2-0 in Kyiv on Matchday 3 thanks to goals from Eduardo Salvio (9pen) and Franco Cervi (55) before Salvio (45+2) scored the only goal in Lisbon, again from the spot. Those six points helped the Eagles finish second to Napoli in Group B on eight points, with Dynamo eliminated in fourth place on five. • The sides also met in the 1991/92 European Cup group stage when Dynamo won 1-0 at home, Oleh Salenko getting the only goal for Anatoliy Puzach's team. Sven-Göran Eriksson's Benfica emphatically turned the tables in the return, Brito and Sergei Yuran both scoring twice in a 5-0 win. Form guide Dynamo • This is Dynamo's 18th UEFA Champions League group appearance, a Ukrainian record, and a second in succession. • Last season was the first time Dynamo had featured in the group stage since 2016/17, the Kyiv club finishing behind Juventus and Barcelona in Group G; all four of their points came against Ferencváros, a 1-0 win against the Hungarian club on Matchday 6 securing third place. • Dynamo beat Club Brugge, who had also moved over from the UEFA Champions League, in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 (1-1 h, 1-0 a) but then lost to eventual winners Villarreal in the round of 16 (0-2 h, 0-2 a). • Mircea Lucescu guided Dynamo to their first league title since 2016 in 2020/21, a domestic cup triumph giving the club a first Ukrainian double since 2014/15 and a ninth overall. • This is the first time Dynamo have qualified automatically for the UEFA Champions League group stage since 2016/17. • Dynamo have played 22 games against Portuguese sides with the record W7 D5 L10 (W4 D3 L4 in Ukraine). Their most recent contests came in the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League play-offs, a 3-1 aggregate win against Marítimo (0-0 a, 3-1 h). 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.