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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio San Paolo - Naples Wednesday 28 September 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) SSC Napoli Group B - Matchday 2 SL Benfica UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 6 Squad list 8 Head coach 11 Match officials 12 Fixtures and results 14 Match-by-match lineups 17 Competition facts 18 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 SSC Napoli - SL Benfica Wednesday 28 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Reyes 57, Nuno 02/10/2008 R1 SL Benfica - SSC Napoli Lisbon agg: 4-3 Gomes 84 Vitale 18, Denis 19, 18/09/2008 R1 SSC Napoli - SL Benfica 3-2 Naples Maggio 54; Suazo 16, Luisão 59 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SSC Napoli 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 SL Benfica 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pandev 21, Zapata 2-2 20/03/2014 R16 SSC Napoli - FC Porto Naples 90+2; Ghilas 69, agg: 2-3 Quaresma 76 13/03/2014 R16 FC Porto - SSC Napoli 1-0 Porto Martínez 57 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Agostini 20, 35; 01/11/1994 R2 SSC Napoli - Boavista FC Naples agg: 3-2 Luciano 77 Sánchez 26; Carbone 18/10/1994 R2 Boavista FC - SSC Napoli 1-1 Porto 58 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 SSC Napoli - Sporting Clube de 27/09/1989 R1 agg: 0-0 (aet, 4- Naples Portugal 3pens) Sporting Clube de Portugal - SSC 14/09/1989 R1 0-0 Lisbon Napoli UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 06/11/1974 R2 FC Porto - SSC Napoli Porto Clerici 77 agg: 0-2 23/10/1974 R2 SSC Napoli - FC Porto 1-0 Naples Orlandini 51 SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 2 SSC Napoli - SL Benfica Wednesday 28 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 01/05/2014 SF Juventus - SL Benfica Turin agg: 1-2 Garay 2, Lima 84; 24/04/2014 SF SL Benfica - Juventus 2-1 Lisbon Tévez 73 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Maxi Pereira 20; Pirlo 28/11/2007 GS SL Benfica - AC Milan 1-1 Lisbon 15 Pirlo 9, F. Inzaghi 24; 18/09/2007 GS AC Milan - SL Benfica 2-1 Milan Nuno Gomes 90+2 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Martins 45+1, 70, FC Internazionale Milano - SL 4-3 Recoba 60, Vieri 64; 25/03/2004 R4 Milan Benfica agg: 4-3 Nuno Gomes 36, 67, Tiago 77 SL Benfica - FC Internazionale 11/03/2004 R4 0-0 Lisbon Milano UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 27/08/2003 QR3 SL Benfica - SS Lazio Porto César 28 agg: 1-4 Corradi 16, Fiore 54, 13/08/2003 QR3 SS Lazio - SL Benfica 3-1 Rome Mihajlović 80; Simão 65 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 20/03/1997 QF ACF Fiorentina - SL Benfica Florence Edgar 22 agg: 2-1 Baiano 45, Batistuta 06/03/1997 QF SL Benfica - ACF Fiorentina 0-2 Lisbon 90 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 15/03/1995 QF SL Benfica - AC Milan Lisbon agg: 0-2 01/03/1995 QF AC Milan - SL Benfica 2-0 Milan Simone 63, 75 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 13/04/1994 SF Parma FC - SL Benfica Parma Sensini 74 agg: 2-2 ag Isaías 11, Rui Costa 29/03/1994 SF SL Benfica - Parma FC 2-1 Lisbon 60; Zola 13 3 SSC Napoli - SL Benfica Wednesday 28 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Kohler 2, D. Baggio 17/03/1993 QF Juventus - SL Benfica Turin agg: 4-2 43, Ravanelli 67 Vítor Paneira 11, 80; 04/03/1993 QF SL Benfica - Juventus 2-1 Lisbon Vialli 59 (P) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 03/10/1990 R1 SL Benfica - AS Roma Lisbon Giannini 28 agg: 0-2 19/09/1990 R1 AS Roma - SL Benfica 1-0 Rome Carnevale 1 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/05/1990 F AC Milan - SL Benfica 1-0 Vienna Rijkaard 67 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 06/11/1985 R2 UC Sampdoria - SL Benfica Genoa Lorenzo 62 agg: 1-2 Diamantino 48, Rui 23/10/1985 R2 SL Benfica - UC Sampdoria 2-0 Lisbon Águas 88 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 16/03/1983 QF SL Benfica - AS Roma Lisbon Filipović 20; Falcão 85 agg: 3-2 Di Bartolomei 67; 02/03/1983 QF AS Roma - SL Benfica 1-2 Rome Filipović 40, 62 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 15/05/1968 SF Juventus - SL Benfica Turin Eusébio 68 agg: 0-3 09/05/1968 SF SL Benfica - Juventus 2-0 Lisbon Torres 63, Eusébio 69 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Internazionale Milano - SL 27/05/1965 F 1-0 Milan Jair 43 Benfica European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Altafini 58, 69; 22/05/1963 F AC Milan - SL Benfica 2-1 London Eusébio 19 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SSC Napoli 5 3 2 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 4 4 2 10 9 4 SSC Napoli - SL Benfica Wednesday 28 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SL Benfica 13 6 4 3 13 3 1 9 3 0 0 3 29 9 5 15 26 34 5 SSC Napoli - SL Benfica Wednesday 28 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Match background SSC Napoli established an early advantage in Group B with a matchday one win – and will be hoping to reinforce their position in a home game against SL Benfica. Previous meetings • Benfica prevailed when the sides met in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup first round, a 2-0 home victory enough to send Quique Sánchez Flores's men through after Edoardo Reja's Napoli had won 3-2 in Italy. • The line-ups at Stadio San Paolo on 18 September 2008 were: Napoli: Navarro, Maggio, Santacroce, P Cannavaro, Contini, Blasi (Pazienza 46), Gargano, Hamšík (Piá 75), Vitale, Denis (Zalayeta 75), Lavezzi. Benfica: Quim, Luisão, Léo, Sidnei, Pereira, Yebda, Di María (Gomes 63), Martins (Katsouranis 55) Urreta (Balboa 46), Reyes, Suazo. • Christian Maggio scored Napoli's third and, although Luisão quickly replied, the hosts held on for a 3-2 triumph. Match background Napoli • Arkadiusz Milik's aerial threat was to the fore on matchday one, his two first-half headers helping Napoli come from behind to beat ten-man FC Dynamo Kyiv 2-1 in Ukraine. • Napoli drew 2-2 at home to FC Porto in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League round of 16, Duván Zapata's added-time goal preserving the Italian side's unbeaten home record against Portuguese visitors. However it was not enough to keep alive their hopes in the competition after a 1-0 away defeat. • The Neapolitans' ten games against Portuguese teams have ended W4 D4 L2 (W3 D2 L0 at home). • That 2013/14 campaign was also Napoli's most recent full tilt at UEFA Champions League glory. Then, they won all three home matches – against Borussia Dortmund, Olympique de Marseille and Arsenal FC. Yet they somehow failed to qualify for the knockout rounds despite collecting 12 points, more than any other side that has missed the qualification cut. • In 2011/12, Napoli's first UEFA Champions League foray, they proceeded to the round of 16 where they bowed out to Chelsea FC, a 3-1 home win overturned by a 4-1 extra-time loss in London. Benfica • The Eagles had one of their own players to blame for their inability to take all three points on matchday one. Talisca, loaned to Beşiktaş JK last month, struck a sensational last-gasp free-kick to earn the Turkish visitors a 1-1 draw in Lisbon. • A 0-0 draw at Juventus on their last trip to Italy helped the Portuguese team reach the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League final following their 2-1 first-leg victory in Lisbon. However, they lost the final, which was also at the Juventus Stadium, 4-2 on penalties to Sevilla FC after a 0-0 draw. • Benfica have played 29 games against Italian clubs with the record W9 D5 L15 (W3 D1 L10 in Italy, including the 1965 European Cup final, which they lost to FC Internazionale Milano in Milan).