UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Lisbon Tuesday 16 September 2014 SL Benfica 20.45CET (19.45 local time) FC Zenit Group C - Matchday 1 Last updated 16/09/2014 20:09CET
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1 SL Benfica - FC Zenit Tuesday 16 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 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 Artur BRA 25/01/1981 33 ------23 - 54 - 12 Bruno Varela POR 04/11/1994 19 ------13 Paulo Lopes POR 29/06/1978 36 ------20 Júlio César BRA 03/09/1979 35 ------52 - 55 - 87 Miguel Santos POR 21/10/1994 19 ------Defenders 2 Lisandro López ARG 01/09/1989 25 ------4 Luisão BRA 13/02/1981 33 ------42 4 108 10 14 Maxi Pereira URU 08/06/1984 30 ------30 3 69 6 19 Eliseu POR 01/10/1983 30 ------7 4 17 5 28 Sílvio POR 28/09/1987 26 ------2 - 15 - 33 Jardel BRA 29/03/1986 28 ------8 - 19 2 34 André Almeida POR 10/09/1990 24 ------8 - 21 - 37 César BRA 28/12/1992 21 ------60 Rebocho POR 23/01/1995 19 ------63 João Nunes POR 19/11/1995 18 ------65 Fábio Cardoso POR 19/04/1994 20 ------75 Alex Alfaiate POR 17/08/1995 19 ------92 Victor Lindelöf SWE 17/07/1994 20 ------Midfielders 7 Andreas Samaris GRE 13/06/1989 25 ------6 - 6 - 10 Nicolás Gaitán ARG 23/02/1988 26 ------24 1 50 5 18 Eduardo Salvio ARG 13/07/1990 24 ------10 - 54 10 23 Loris Benito SUI 07/01/1992 22 ------2 - 24 Bryan Cristante ITA 03/03/1995 19 ------1 - 1 - 35 Enzo Pérez ARG 22/02/1986 28 ------11 - 26 - 67 Hélder Costa POR 12/01/1994 20 ------70 Rochinha POR 03/05/1995 19 ------77 Rúben Pinto POR 24/04/1992 22 ------97 João Teixeira POR 06/02/1994 20 ------Forwards 9 Derley BRA 29/12/1987 26 ------11 Lima BRA 11/05/1983 31 ------16 3 55 16 15 Ola John NED 19/05/1992 22 ------6 1 31 3 16 Nélson Oliveira POR 08/08/1991 23 ------2 1 2 1 21 Pizzi POR 06/10/1989 24 ------3 - 30 Talisca BRA 01/02/1994 20 ------32 Tiago POR 12/07/1990 24 ------1 1 6 1 78 Gonçalo Guedes POR 29/11/1996 17 ------
2 SL Benfica - FC Zenit Tuesday 16 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon
SL Benfica Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA Coach - Jorge Jesus POR 24/07/1954 60 ------27 - 89 -
3 SL Benfica - FC Zenit Tuesday 16 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon
FC Zenit 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 Yuri Lodygin RUS 26/05/1990 24 - 4 - - - - - 7 - 15 - 16 Vyacheslav Malafeev RUS 04/03/1979 35 ------20 - 71 - 51 Maksim Rudakov RUS 22/01/1996 18 ------61 Anton Tsvetkov RUS 15/01/1994 20 ------71 Egor Baburin RUS 09/08/1993 21 ------80 Mikhail Mzhelski RUS 29/03/1995 19 ------83 Igor Obukhov RUS 29/05/1996 18 ------95 Aleksandr Vasyutin RUS 04/03/1995 19 ------Defenders 2 Aleksandr Anyukov RUS 28/09/1982 31 - 2 - - - - - 22 - 76 1 4 Domenico Criscito ITA 30/12/1986 27 - 4 - - - - - 17 - 28 1 6 Nicolas Lombaerts BEL 20/03/1985 29 - 3 - - - - - 24 1 62 2 13 Luís Neto POR 26/05/1988 26 - 1 - - - - - 4 - 11 - 19 Igor Smolnikov RUS 08/08/1988 26 - 4 - - - - - 7 - 13 - 24 Ezequiel Garay ARG 10/10/1986 27 - 4 - - - - - 23 1 51 3 33 Milan Rodić SRB 02/04/1991 23 ------5 - 52 Andrei Ivanov RUS 02/09/1994 20 ------56 Kirill Kostin RUS 25/03/1994 20 ------57 Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov RUS 18/07/1996 18 ------1 - 58 Ilya Zuev RUS 25/01/1994 20 ------62 Stepan Rebenko RUS 01/05/1995 19 ------72 Stepan Zhalobkov RUS 02/04/1994 20 ------75 Artem Simonyan RUS 20/02/1995 19 ------96 Ilya Kubyshkin RUS 12/01/1996 18 ------Midfielders 5 Aleksandr Ryazantsev RUS 05/09/1986 28 - 2 - - - - - 11 1 43 6 8 Pavel Mogilevets RUS 25/01/1993 21 ------2 - 17 Oleg Shatov RUS 29/07/1990 24 - 4 1 - - - - 7 1 25 4 20 Viktor Fayzulin RUS 22/04/1986 28 S 4 - - - - - 21 2 51 4 21 Javi García ESP 08/02/1987 27 ------28 2 53 3 28 Axel Witsel BEL 12/01/1989 25 - 2 - - - - - 28 - 62 9 35 Danny POR 07/08/1983 31 - 4 1 - - - - 20 5 54 12 44 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk UKR 30/03/1979 35 - 4 - - - - - 50 2 122 6 60 Evgeni Serenkov RUS 24/08/1994 20 ------65 Danila Yaschuk RUS 13/03/1995 19 ------68 Vyacheslav Zinkov RUS 26/05/1993 21 ------73 Pavel Osipov RUS 28/01/1996 18 ------94 Aleksei Evseev RUS 30/03/1994 20 ------97 Dmitri Hodakovski RUS 14/01/1995 19 ------99 Ivan Solovyev RUS 29/03/1993 21 - 2 ------2 - Forwards
4 SL Benfica - FC Zenit Tuesday 16 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon
FC Zenit Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA 7 Hulk BRA 25/07/1986 28 - 4 2 - - - - 37 12 66 24 10 Andrey Arshavin RUS 29/05/1981 33 - 1 - - - - - 31 4 82 23 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov RUS 27/11/1982 31 - 2 1 - - - - 19 3 72 28 23 José Rondón VEN 16/09/1989 25 - 4 2 - - - - 2 1 26 14 43 Pavel Nazimov RUS 04/02/1996 18 ------48 Aleksei Gasilin RUS 01/03/1996 18 ------70 Dmitri Bogaev RUS 24/01/1994 20 ------Coach - André Villas-Boas POR 17/10/1977 36 - 4 - - - - - 7 - 48 -
5 SL Benfica - FC Zenit Tuesday 16 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Legend
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Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted
6 SL Benfica - FC Zenit Tuesday 16 September 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.
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