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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Lisbon Tuesday 21 August 2018 SL Benfica 21.00CET (20.00 local time) PAOK FC Play-off, First leg Last updated 13/12/2018 17:55CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Team facts 14 Competition format 16 Legend 17 1 SL Benfica - PAOK FC Tuesday 21 August 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Previous meetings Head to Head 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 SL Benfica 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 7 3 PAOK FC 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3 7 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 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 2 SL Benfica - PAOK FC Tuesday 21 August 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon 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 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 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SL Benfica 7 5 1 1 8 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 15 8 1 6 19 17 PAOK FC 3 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 4 8 10 3 SL Benfica - PAOK FC Tuesday 21 August 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Match background Benfica will be looking to capitalise on home advantage against PAOK as the sides meet in Lisbon with a UEFA Champions League group stage place on the line. • The Portuguese side 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. For their part, PAOK are looking to reach the group stage for the first time, all four of their previous UEFA Champions League campaigns having ended in the qualifying rounds. Previous meetings • Both the clubs' ties to date 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 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). • 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 1999 second-leg defeat by PAOK is Benfica's only loss at home to Greek visitors; they have won five of their seven fixtures in Lisbon. 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 defeat at Östersund is PAOK's only reverse in their last six European away fixtures (W2 D3); the Greek side have lost only two of 11 away games in continental competition (W5 D4). • 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 lost on two of their three trips to Portugal, the exception that ultimately futile second-leg win at Benfica in 1999. 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) 4 SL Benfica - PAOK FC Tuesday 21 August 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon • International team-mates: André Almeida, Pizzi, Rafa Silva & Vieirinha (Portugal) Andreas Samaris & Panagiotis Glykos, Stelios Kitsiou, Dimitris Pelkas (Greece) Andrija Živković & Aleksandar Prijović (Serbia) 5 SL Benfica - PAOK FC Tuesday 21 August 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e 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 BEL 27/08/1999 18 - - - - - - - 3 - 3 - 12 Bruno Varela POR 04/11/1994 23 - - - - - - - 2 - 2 - 58 Daniel Azevedo POR 12/02/1998 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 72 Ivan Zlobin RUS 07/03/1997 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 99 Odisseas Vlachodimos GER 26/04/1994 24 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 6 - Defenders 2 German Conti ARG 06/06/1994 24 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Alex Grimaldo ESP 20/09/1995 22 - 2 - - - 2 - 8 - 10 - 4 Luisão BRA 13/02/1981 37 - - - - - - - 61 5 127 11 6 Rúben Dias POR 14/05/1997 21 - 2 - - - 2 - 2 - 4 - 15 Yuri Ribeiro POR 24/01/1997 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Cristian Lema ARG 24/03/1990 28 - - - - - - - - - - - 33 Jardel BRA 29/03/1986 32 - 2 - - - 2 - 25 - 38 2 34 André Almeida POR 10/09/1990 27 - 2 - - - 2 - 30 - 45 - 60 Pedro Amaral POR 25/08/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 65 Luis Pinheiro POR 08/01/2000 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 75 Branimir Kalaica CRO 01/06/1998 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 97 Francisco Ferreira POR 26/03/1997 21 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 5 Ljubomir Fejsa SRB 14/08/1988 30 - 2 - - - 2 - 26 1 49 1 16 Alfa Semedo POR 30/08/1997 20 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 17 Andrija Živković SRB 11/07/1996 22 - 1 - - - 2 - 6 - 29 5 21 Pizzi POR 06/10/1989 28 - 2 - - - 2 4 25 - 30 - 22 Andreas Samaris GRE 13/06/1989 29 - - - - - - - 25 - 25 - 27 Rafa Silva POR 17/05/1993 25 - - - - - 1 - 4 - 16 3 55 Keaton Parks USA 06/08/1997 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 61 Florentino POR 19/08/1999 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 79 João Félix POR 10/11/1999 18 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 83 Gedson Fernandes POR 09/01/1999 19 - 2 1 - - 2 - - - 2 1 Forwards 10 Jonas BRA 01/04/1984 34 - - - - - - - 30 10 46 12 11 Franco Cervi ARG 26/05/1994 24 - 2 1 - - 2 - 10 2 12 3 14 Haris Seferović SUI 22/02/1992 26 - - - - - - - 10 1 12 2 18 Eduardo Salvio ARG 13/07/1990 28 - 2 - - - 2 - 31 4 77 14 19 Facundo Ferreyra ARG 14/03/1991 27 - 2 - - - 2 1 14 3 31 8 30 Nicolas Castillo CHI 14/02/1993 25 - 2 - - - - - - - 8 2 70 José Gomes POR 08/04/1999 19 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 73 João Filipe POR 30/03/1999 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 77 Nuno Santos POR 02/03/1999 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 SL Benfica - PAOK FC Tuesday 21 August 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon SL Benfica Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA Coach - Rui Vitória POR 16/04/1970 48 - 2 - - - - - 23 - 31 - 7 SL Benfica - PAOK FC Tuesday 21 August 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon PAOK FC Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No.