UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT SL Benfica Celtic FC Group G - Matchday 5 Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Tuesday 20 November 2012 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Match facts........................................................................................................................5 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Head coach.......................................................................................................................8 Match officials....................................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................12 Group Standings.............................................................................................................14 Competition facts.............................................................................................................16 Team facts.......................................................................................................................17 Legend............................................................................................................................19 SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/09/12 GS Celtic FC - SL Benfica 0-0 Glasgow UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/11/07 GS Celtic FC - SL Benfica 1-0 Glasgow McGeady 45 24/10/07 GS SL Benfica - Celtic FC 1-0 Lisbon Óscar Cardozo 87 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/11/06 GS SL Benfica - Celtic FC 3-0 Lisbon G. Caldwell 10(og), Nuno Gomes 22, Karyaka 76 17/10/06 GS Celtic FC - SL Benfica 3-0 Glasgow Miller 56, 66, Pearson 90 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/69 R2 SL Benfica - Celtic FC 3-0 Lisbon Eusébio 35, Graça 40, Vieira Costa 90 agg: 3-3 t 12/11/69 R2 Celtic FC - SL Benfica 3-0 Glasgow Gemmell 2, Wallace 14, Hood 70 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SL Benfica 3 3 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 3 7 7 Celtic FC 4 3 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 3 7 7 SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/10/60 PR SL Benfica - Heart of Midlothian FC 3-0 Lisbon Águas 7, 60, José Augusto 49 agg: 5-1 29/09/60 PR Heart of Midlothian FC - SL Benfica 1-2 Edinburgh Young 80; Águas 36, José Augusto 74 Celtic FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/08/10 QR3 Celtic FC - SC Braga 2-1 Glasgow Hooper 52, Juárez 79; Paulo César 20 agg: 2-4 28/07/10 QR3 SC Braga - Celtic FC 3-0 Braga Alan 26(p), Elderson 76, Matheus 88 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/05/03 F Celtic FC - FC Porto 2-3 Seville Larsson 47, 57; Derlei 45+1, 115 ET, (aet) Alenichev 54 24/04/03 SF Boavista FC - Celtic FC 0-1 Porto Larsson 79 agg: 1-2 10/04/03 SF Celtic FC - Boavista FC 1-1 Glasgow Larsson 49; Valgaeren 48(og) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 17/10/01 GS FC Porto - Celtic FC 3-0 Porto Clayton 1, 61, Silva 45+1 25/09/01 GS Celtic FC - FC Porto 1-0 Glasgow Larsson 36 Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 2 Previous meetings SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/98 R1 Celtic FC - Vitória SC 2-1 Glasgow Stubbs 37, Larsson 89; Söderström 87 agg: 4-2 15/09/98 R1 Vitória SC - Celtic FC 1-2 Guimaraes Silva Junior 86; Larsson 1, Donnelly 70 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/93 R2 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Celtic FC 2-0 Lisbon Cadete 19, 62 agg: 2-1 20/10/93 R2 Celtic FC - Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-0 Glasgow Creaney 9 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/83 R2 Celtic FC - Sporting Clube de Portugal 5-0 Glasgow Burns 17, McAdam 43, McClair 44, agg: 5-2 MacLeod 57, McGarvey 59 19/10/83 R2 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Celtic FC 2-0 Lisbon Rui Jordão 29, 65 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/75 R2 Celtic FC - Boavista FC 3-1 Glasgow Dalglish 1, Edvaldsson 21, Deans 85; agg: 3-1 Chagas 39 22/10/75 R2 Boavista FC - Celtic FC 0-0 Porto Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SL Benfica 4 4 0 0 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 9 5 1 3 12 8 Celtic FC 11 9 2 0 10 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 22 11 3 8 27 25 Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 3 Previous meetings SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Match background Celtic FC can clinch their place in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase for the third time when they return to Lisbon, the city that hosted their 1967 European Champion Clubs' Cup final triumph. • Second in Group G, Celtic have lost on their three previous visits to SL Benfica but will travel with real optimism after beating FC Barcelona in their last fixture and, with a three-point lead over their hosts, will secure their progress with a victory. A score draw will also suffice if FC Spartak Moskva do not beat Barcelona in the corresponding fixture. • Benfica clinched their first win of the group stage against Spartak last time out and will overtake Celtic if they win, having held them 0-0 in Glasgow on matchday one. Past meetings • The clubs first met in 1969/70 when a coin toss decided their European Cup second round tie. Tommy Gemmell, Willie Wallace and Harry Hood gave Celtic a 3-0 first-leg win but Benfica responded with an identical victory in Lisbon thanks to Eusébio, Jaime Graça and Diamantino. Celtic went on to the final where they lost 2-1 to Feyenoord. • The clubs have also posted identical home results in their UEFA Champions League meetings. In the 2006/07 group stage Celtic won 3-0 through efforts from Kenny Miller (2) and Stephen Pearson, while Benfica reversed the score in Lisbon with Gary Caldwell's own goal and strikes from Nuno Gomes and Andrei Karyaka. • In 2007/08, Óscar Cardozo's 87th-minute strike earned Benfica a 1-0 home victory before Aiden McGeady, now playing for Group G rivals Spartak, did the same for Celtic. The lineups in Lisbon on 24 October 2007 were: Benfica: Quim, Pereira, Luisão, Katsouranis, Léo, Nuno Assis (Di María 62), Binya, Rui Costa, Rodríguez (Luís Felipe 84), Bergessio (Adu 62), Cardozo. Celtic: Boruc, Naylor, Caldwell, Kennedy, McManus, Hartley, Jarošík, Brown, Donati (Sno 63), McGeady, Killen (McDonald 74). • Celtic's two previous passages to the UEFA Champions League last 16 came in those seasons where they shared a group with Benfica. Match background • After qualifying successes at HJK Helsinki and Helsingborgs IF, Celtic posted their first victory in 21 away fixtures in the UEFA Champions League proper at Spartak and lost only to an added-time goal at Barcelona. • Celtic's overall away record against Portuguese sides is W2 D1 L7. Their last victory in Portugal was a 1-0 success at Boavista FC in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup semi-final, Henrik Larsson the scorer, although they lost the subsequent final to another Portuguese club, FC Porto. • Celtic lost 3-0 at SC Braga in Neil Lennon's first European tie as manager, a 2010/11 UEFA Champions League qualifier. • In their only other tie with Scottish opposition, Benfica beat Heart of Midlothian FC 3-0 in Lisbon in the 1960/61 European Cup preliminary round, the opening step towards their first continental crown. • Celtic beat FC Internazionale Milano 2-1 at Lisbon's Estádio Nacional in 1967 to become Britain's first European Cup winners. Team ties • Lennon played in both Celtic's matches against Benfica in 2006/07 – lining up against Luisão – and was in the team that beat Boavista in 2002/03. With Northern Ireland he faced former Portugal midfielder, and current Benfica director, Rui Costa in a 0-0 home qualifier for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. • Benfica assistant coach Minervino Pietra faced Scotland twice with Portugal, a 1-0 home win in 1980 UEFA European Championship qualifying and a 0-0 away draw in 1982 World Cup qualifying. Shéu, another Benfica director, played in both matches along with a 4-1 loss in Glasgow in the earlier campaign. • Lima was in the Braga side that eliminated Celtic in 2010/11 with Artur on the bench. • Eduardo Salvio played for Club Atlético de Madrid in their 1-0 win at Celtic in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage. • Miku has faced Argentina's Ezequiel Garay and Uruguay's Maxi Pereira with Venezuela and was on the bench for September's World Cup qualifying win at Cardozo's Paraguay. Miku was at Valencia CF at the same time as Pablo Aimar but never featured alongside him in the first team. Last updated 18/11/12 22:20:32CET 4 Match background SL Benfica - Celtic FC Tuesday 20 November 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Match facts Benfica UEFA Champions League statistics • Luisão is available for the first time this group stage.