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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi - Istanbul Wednesday 21 October 2015 Galatasaray AŞ 20.45CET (21.45 local time) SL Benfica Group C - Matchday 3 Last updated 02/08/2016 00:02CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Group Standings 16 Team facts 18 Legend 20 1 Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica Wednesday 21 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Emre Aşık 51, Ümit 06/11/2008 GS SL Benfica - Galatasaray AŞ 0-2 Lisbon Karan 69 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Galatasaray AŞ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 SL Benfica 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Galatasaray AŞ - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mossoró 32; Burak 05/12/2012 GS SC Braga - Galatasaray AŞ 1-2 Braga Yılmaz 58, Aydın Yılmaz 78 Rúben Micael 27, 02/10/2012 GS Galatasaray AŞ - SC Braga 0-2 Istanbul Alan 90+4 SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-1 Gaitán 9, Cardozo 35, 02/05/2013 SF SL Benfica - Fenerbahçe SK Lisbon agg: 3-2 66; Kuyt 23 (P) 25/04/2013 SF Fenerbahçe SK - SL Benfica 1-0 Istanbul Egemen Korkmaz 72 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Paulo Henrique 32; 03/08/2011 QR3 Trabzonspor AŞ - SL Benfica Istanbul agg: 1-3 Nolito 19 27/07/2011 QR3 SL Benfica - Trabzonspor AŞ 2-0 Lisbon Nolito 71, Gaitán 88 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Chalana 22, Jesus 4-0 03/09/1980 PR SL Benfica - Altay GK Lisbon Coelho 44, Nené 57, agg: 4-0 Martins De Oliveira 61 20/08/1980 PR Altay GK - SL Benfica 0-0 Izmir European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 01/10/1975 R1 Fenerbahçe SK - SL Benfica Izmir Verel 75 agg: 1-7 Shéu 22, Nené 33, 17/09/1975 R1 SL Benfica - Fenerbahçe SK 7-0 Lisbon 43, 72, Rui Jordão 60, 75, 84 2 Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica Wednesday 21 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Galatasaray AŞ 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 3 SL Benfica 5 4 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 4 2 3 17 6 3 Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica Wednesday 21 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Match background SL Benfica have begun strongly in Group C with maximum points from their two games and Galatasaray AŞ, who have gained just one point so far, need to keep in touch on matchday three. Previous meetings • The teams met in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage when Emre Aşık and Ümit Karan struck in Galatasaray's 2-0 away victory. Luisão played in that contest. • The lineups at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica on 6 November 2008 were: Benfica: Quim, Maxi Pereira, Luisão, Sidnei, Jorge Ribeiro, Di María, Katsouranis, Yebda (Carlos Martins 64), Reyes (Aimar 57), Nuno Gomes (Óscar Cardozo 60), Suazo. Galatasaray: De Sanctis, Sabri Sarıoğlu, Servet Çetin, Emre Aşık, Hakan Balta, Lincoln, Fernando Meira, Ayhan Akman, Arda Turan (Volkan Yaman 90+3), Baroš (Mehmet Güven 81), Ümit Karan (Yıldız 84). Match background Galatasaray • Cimbom's only other encounter with Portuguese opposition came in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League group stage. They lost 2-0 at home to SC Braga, winning 2-1 in the reverse fixture when Burak Yılmaz was on the scoresheet. • The Turkish double winners, who are in their 14th group stage campaign and their fourth in succession, started this season with a 2-0 home defeat by Club Atlético de Madrid and then drew 2-2 at FC Astana. • At home in last season's group stage Galatasaray drew 1-1 with RSC Anderlecht, followed by a 4-0 defeat against Borussia Dortmund. They also lost 4-1 at home to Arsenal FC to finish bottom of Group D. • They have not won in Europe in ten matches, although they have lost only six of their last 22 European home matches. • Cimbom's best performance came in 1988/89 when they reached the European Champion Clubs' Cup semi-finals. Benfica • Competing in their 11th UEFA Champions League group stage, Benfica began with a 2-0 home victory over Astana and then beat Atlético 2-1 away. • In 2012/13 they edged out Fenerbahçe (0-1 away, 3-1 home) in the UEFA Europa League semi-finals but then lost 2-1 to Chelsea FC in the final. • Benfica's record in nine games against Turkish clubs is W4 D2 L3 (W0 D2 L2 in Turkey). • The Portuguese champions lost two of their away games in last term's group stage and drew the other 0-0 at AS Monaco FC. They finished fourth in Group C with five points. • Those two defeats are the only reverses in Benfica's last nine European away fixtures. • In only one of their last seven UEFA Champions League campaigns (2011/12) have the Eagles qualified for the knockout rounds. That year, eventual champions Chelsea beat them 3-1 overall in the quarter-finals. Coach and player links • Turkey were 3-1 winners in a Lisbon friendly on 2 June 2012, their first victory against Portugal in 57 years. Four Galatasaray players – Selçuk İnan, Hamit Altıntop, Burak and Umut Bulut – were involved, Umut scoring twice. • Lukas Podolski scored past Júlio César in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League group stage as FC Bayern München won 2-0 at FC Internazionale Milano. • Have played together: Fernando Muslera and Eliseu (SS Lazio, 2009/10) Wesley Sneijder and Júlio César (Inter, 2009–12) Lionel Carole and André Almeida (SL Benfica B, 2012/13) Carole and Jardel (SL Benfica, 2010/11 – SL Benfica B, 2012/13) Carole and Luisão (SL Benfica, 2010/11) Match facts Galatasaray • Burak came off the bench and scored a penalty three minutes later in Saturday's 4-1 win against Gençlerbirliği SK, his first appearance since sustaining a hamstring injury against Trabzonspor AŞ on 19 September. • Deputising for the injured Burak, Umut rounded off the scoring in Galatasaray's 2-0 win at İstanbul Başakşehir on 3 4 Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica Wednesday 21 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul October. • Aurélien Chedjou (out since 29 August, thigh) made his comeback in that match. • Sabri Sarıoğlu scored the only goal as Galatasaray defeated Greek Super League strugglers Panthrakikos FC in a friendly on 10 October. Emre Çolak missed a penalty. • Hakan Balta (summer 2018) and Sneijder (2017) signed two-year contract extensions earlier this month. • Hamit has resumed light training, having undergone a left knee operation in early August. • Podolski suffered an ankle injury while on international duty with Germany but started on Saturday. • Selçuk converted a penalty against the Czech Republic (2-0) on 10 October and then scored an 89th-minute free- kick at home to Iceland three days later that qualified Turkey for UEFA EURO 2016 as the best third-placed team. Benfica • Jardel and Andreas Samaris are a booking away from a ban. • Benfica's Liga match away to CF União da Madeira on 4 October was postponed because of fog. • Nélson Semedo fractured his right knee during his Portugal debut on 11 October – a 2-1 UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying victory against Serbia – but completed the 90 minutes. Benfica have not announced how long he will be sidelined for. • Gonçalo Guedes, 18, scored one and set up two in Portugal's 4-0 win away to Greece in 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying on 13 October. • Injured on the final day of the 2014/15 campaign, Eduardo Salvio underwent right knee surgery on 9 September. 5 Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica Wednesday 21 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Squad list Galatasaray AŞ 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 Fernando Muslera URU 16/06/1986 29 - - - 2 - 8 - 23 - 27 - 67 Eray İşcan TUR 19/07/1991 24 - - - - - - - 2 - 2 - 99 Cenk Gönen TUR 21/02/1988 27 - - - - - - - - - 16 - Defenders 21 Aurélien Chedjou CMR 20/06/1985 30 - - - - - 5 1 22 2 43 5 22 Hakan Balta TUR 23/03/1983 32 - - - 2 - 8 - 8 1 33 2 23 Lionel Carole FRA 12/04/1991 24 - - - 2 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 26 Semih Kaya TUR 24/02/1991 24 - - - 2 - 4 1 24 - 24 - 28 Koray Günter GER 16/08/1994 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 38 Tarık Çamdal TUR 24/03/1991 24 - - - - - - - 5 - 5 - 55 Sabri Sarıoğlu TUR 26/07/1984 31 - - - 2 - 7 - 17 - 50 4 64 Jason Denayer BEL 28/06/1995 20 - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - 9 - Midfielders 4 Hamit Altıntop TUR 08/12/1982 32 - - - - - - - 41 2 77 9 5 Bilal Kisa TUR 22/06/1983 32 - - - 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 6 Jem Paul Karacan TUR 21/02/1989 26 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 7 Yasin Öztekin TUR 19/03/1987 28 - - - 2 - 7 1 5 - 8 - 8 Selçuk İnan TUR 10/02/1985 30 - - - 2 - 6 1 24 - 28 - 10 Wesley Sneijder NED 09/06/1984 31 - - - 2 - 8 2 72 12 90 17 14 José Rodríguez ESP 16/12/1994 20 - - - 1 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 29 Olcan Adın TUR 30/09/1985 30 - - - - - 3 - 1 - 24 7 52 Emre Çolak TUR 20/05/1991 24 - - - 1 - 4 - 9 - 10 - Forwards 9 Umut Bulut TUR 15/03/1983 32 - - - 2 - 8 2 25 4 34 7 11 Lukas Podolski GER 04/06/1985 30 - - - 2 - 8 4 25 11 39 16 17 Burak Yılmaz TUR 15/07/1985 30 - - - 1 - 6 3 30 10 47 11 18 Sinan Gümüs TUR 15/01/1994 21 - - - 2 - 4 - 2 - 2 - Coach - Hamza Hamzaoğlu TUR 01/07/1970 45 - - - 2 - - - 3 - 3 - 6 Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica Wednesday 21 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul SL Benfica Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No.