UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT SL Benfica FC Barcelona Group G - Matchday 2 Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Tuesday 2 October 2012 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................5 Match facts........................................................................................................................6 Squad list...........................................................................................................................8 Head coach.....................................................................................................................10 Match officials..................................................................................................................11 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................12 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................14 Group Standings.............................................................................................................15 Competition facts.............................................................................................................17 Team facts.......................................................................................................................18 Legend............................................................................................................................20 SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Tuesday 2 October 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 05/04/06 QF FC Barcelona - SL Benfica 2-0 Barcelona Ronaldinho 19, Eto'o 89 agg: 2-0 28/03/06 QF SL Benfica - FC Barcelona 0-0 Lisbon European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/04/92 R3 (GS) FC Barcelona - SL Benfica 2-1 Barcelona Stoichkov 12, Bakero 23; Brito 27 11/12/91 R3 (GS) SL Benfica - FC Barcelona 0-0 Lisbon European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 31/05/61 F SL Benfica - FC Barcelona 3-2 Berne Águas 31, Ramallets 32(og), Coluna 55; Kocsis 21, Czibor 75 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 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 4 6 FC Barcelona 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 2 1 6 4 SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/03/08 R16 Getafe CF - SL Benfica 1-0 Getafe Albín 77 agg: 3-1 06/03/08 R16 SL Benfica - Getafe CF 1-2 Lisbon Mantorras 76; De la Red 25, Pablo Hernández 67 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/04/07 QF SL Benfica - RCD Espanyol 0-0 Lisbon agg: 2-3 05/04/07 QF RCD Espanyol - SL Benfica 3-2 Barcelona Tamudo 15, Riera 33, Pandiani 58; Nuno Gomes 63, Simão 65 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/05 GS SL Benfica - Villarreal CF 0-1 Lisbon Senna 81 18/10/05 GS Villarreal CF - SL Benfica 1-1 Villarreal Riquelme 72(p); Manuel Fernandes 77 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/12/99 R3 SL Benfica - RC Celta de Vigo 1-1 Lisbon Cáceres 80(og); McCarthy 18 agg: 1-8 25/11/99 R3 RC Celta de Vigo - SL Benfica 7-0 Vigo Karpin 20, 54, Makelele 31, Turdo 40, 48, Juanfran 43, Mostovoi 62 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/82 R1 Real Betis Balompié - SL Benfica 1-2 Seville Rincón Povedano 25; Carlos Manuel agg: 2-4 66, Nené 85 15/09/82 R1 SL Benfica - Real Betis Balompié 2-1 Lisbon Nené 44, Vieira Padinha 73; Biosca 76 Last updated 01/10/12 23:33:32CET 2 Previous meetings SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Tuesday 2 October 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 17/03/65 QF Real Madrid CF - SL Benfica 2-1 Madrid Grosso 10, Gento 70; Eusébio 40 agg: 3-6 24/02/65 QF SL Benfica - Real Madrid CF 5-1 Lisbon José Augusto 9, Eusébio 12, 25, Simões 75, Coluna 87; Amancio Amaro 58 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/05/62 F SL Benfica - Real Madrid CF 5-3 Amsterdam Águas 25, Cavém 33, Coluna 50, Eusébio 64(p), 69; Puskás 18, 23, 39 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/09/57 PR SL Benfica - Sevilla FC 0-0 Lisbon agg: 1-3 19/09/57 PR Sevilla FC - SL Benfica 3-1 Seville Pahuet 46, Iborra 59, Pepillo 79; Palmeiro 48 FC Barcelona - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/08/11 F FC Barcelona - FC Porto 2-0 Monaco Messi 39, Fàbregas 88 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/08 GS Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC Barcelona 2-5 Lisbon Miguel Veloso 65, Liedson 66; Henry 14, Piqué 17, Messi 49, Marco Caneira 67(og), Bojan Krkić 73(p) 16/09/08 GS FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube de Portugal 3-1 Barcelona Márquez 21, Eto'o 60(p), Xavi Hernández 87; Tonel 72 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/03/00 2ndGS FC Porto - FC Barcelona 0-2 Porto Abelardo 37, Rivaldo 59 01/03/00 2ndGS FC Barcelona - FC Porto 4-2 Barcelona Rivaldo 16, 89, F. de Boer 23, Kluivert 45; Jardel 5, 79 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 31/10/95 R2 Vitória SC - FC Barcelona 0-4 Guimaraes Kodro 19, Oscar García 61, Celades 66, agg: 0-7 Sergi Barjuán 76 17/10/95 R2 FC Barcelona - Vitória SC 3-0 Barcelona Kodro 45, 66, Celades 76 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/04/94 SF FC Barcelona - FC Porto 3-0 Barcelona Stoichkov 10, 35, Koeman 72 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/87 R1 CF Os Belenenses - FC Barcelona 1-0 Lisbon N'kiamba Esalo 7 agg: 1-2 16/09/87 R1 FC Barcelona - CF Os Belenenses 2-0 Barcelona Moratalla 90, Víctor Muñoz 90+2 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/86 R2 Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC Barcelona 2-1 Lisbon Negrete Arias 41, Meade 61; Roberto agg: 2-2 ag 83 22/10/86 R2 FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-0 Barcelona Julio Alberto 72 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/11/85 R2 FC Porto - FC Barcelona 3-1 Porto Juary 67, 71, 89; Archibald 78 agg: 3-3 ag 23/10/85 R2 FC Barcelona - FC Porto 2-0 Barcelona Marcos Alonso 61, Schuster 70 Last updated 01/10/12 23:33:32CET 3 Previous meetings SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Tuesday 2 October 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 29/09/76 R1 FC Barcelona - CF Os Belenenses 3-2 Barcelona Rexach 33, Asensi 53, Clares 87; agg: 5-4 Vasques 43, Rocha 55 15/09/76 R1 CF Os Belenenses - FC Barcelona 2-2 Lisbon Perrulas Quearesma 30, Alfar Horta 56; Heredia 15, 85 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/72 R1 FC Barcelona - FC Porto 0-1 Barcelona Miglieti 19 agg: 1-4 20/09/72 R1 FC Porto - FC Barcelona 3-1 Porto Flávio 48, Miglieti 51, 66; Barrios 33 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 9 2 5 2 9 1 1 7 2 2 0 0 20 5 6 9 25 33 FC Barcelona 11 10 0 1 10 3 3 4 2 1 0 1 23 14 3 6 45 23 Last updated 01/10/12 23:33:32CET 4 Previous meetings SL Benfica - FC Barcelona Tuesday 2 October 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Match background SL Benfica will seek a first victory against Spanish opposition in 30 years when they host Group G rivals FC Barcelona, who have a superb recent away UEFA Champions League record. The Spanish side had to work hard for a 3-2 home win against FC Spartak Moskva on matchday one, when Benfica drew 0-0 at Celtic FC. Past meetings • Whenever these two clubs have met the winners have gone on to lift the European Cup, starting with Bela Guttmann's Benfica in the 1961 final in Berne. Although Sándor Kocsis (21) put the Blaugrana ahead, Benfica hit back through José Águas (31), an Antoni Ramallets own goal (32) and Mário Coluna (55) proving enough despite Zoltán Czibor's strike (75). • Barcelona secured their place in the 1992 final with a 2-1 win against Sven-Göran Eriksson's Benfica in the concluding round of matches in the fledgling group stage on 14 April 1992. Hristo Stoichkov (12) and José María Bakero (23) scored for Johan Cruyff's side, with Brito (27) replying. The clubs had drawn 0-0 in Lisbon on 11 December 1991. Benfica finished third in the group while Barcelona went on to win their first European Cup at UC Sampdoria's expense. • Barcelona's second European Cup triumph followed a quarter-final defeat of a Benfica team coached by Ronald Koeman in 2005/06. Again the sides drew 0-0 in Lisbon before Ronaldinho (19) and Samuel Eto'o (89) earned Frank Rijkaard's men a semi-final berth. • The teams for that Lisbon encounter on 28 March 2006 were: Benfica: Moretto, Ricardo Rocha, Luisão, Anderson, Léo, Beto, Manuel Fernandes, Petit, Simão, Geovanni (Karagounis 68), Robert (Miccoli 46). Barcelona: Valdés, Belletti, Motta, Oleguer, Van Bronckhorst, Van Bommel, Deco (Gabri 76), Iniesta, Larsson (Giuly 76), Eto'o, Ronaldinho. • Carles Puyol, suspended for the Lisbon meeting, played in the second leg. Match background • Benfica have won none of their last 12 encounters with Spanish clubs, including home and away losses to Getafe CF when they last faced Liga opposition in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup round of 16.