UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Lisbon Tuesday 13 September 2016 SL Benfica 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Beşiktaş JK Group B - Matchday 1 Last updated 04/09/2017 19:03CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 15 Competition facts 16 Team facts 17 Legend 19 1 SL Benfica - Beşiktaş JK Tuesday 13 September 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Jonas 52, Luisão 67; 03/11/2015 GS SL Benfica - Galatasaray AŞ 2-1 Lisbon Podolski 58 Selçuk İnan 19 (P), 21/10/2015 GS Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica 2-1 Istanbul Podolski 33; Gaitán 2 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 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Emre Aşık 51, Ümit 06/11/2008 GS SL Benfica - Galatasaray AŞ 0-2 Lisbon Karan 69 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 César 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 Beşiktaş JK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 2 SL Benfica - Beşiktaş JK Tuesday 13 September 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Slimani 67, Ruiz 72, Sporting Clube de Portugal - 10/12/2015 GS 3-1 Lisbon Gutiérrez 78; Gomez Beşiktaş JK 58 Beşiktaş JK - Sporting Clube de Gökhan Töre 61; Ruiz 01/10/2015 GS 1-1 Istanbul Portugal 16 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 23/02/2012 R32 Beşiktaş JK - SC Braga Istanbul Lima 25 agg: 2-1 14/02/2012 R32 SC Braga - Beşiktaş JK 0-2 Braga Sivok 37, Simão 58 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Falcao 36 (P); Nihat 04/11/2010 GS FC Porto - Beşiktaş JK 1-1 Porto Kahveci 62 Bobô 90+2; Falcao 21/10/2010 GS Beşiktaş JK - FC Porto 1-3 Istanbul 26, Hulk 59, 78 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lucho González 44, 11/12/2007 GS FC Porto - Beşiktaş JK 2-0 Porto Quaresma 62 03/10/2007 GS Beşiktaş JK - FC Porto 0-1 Istanbul Quaresma 90+2 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Saganowski 11; 14/12/2005 GS Vitória SC - Beşiktaş JK 1-3 Guimaraes İbrahim Toraman 7, 60, Youla 17 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SL Benfica 6 5 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 11 5 2 4 20 9 Beşiktaş JK 4 0 1 3 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 9 2 2 5 9 13 3 SL Benfica - Beşiktaş JK Tuesday 13 September 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Match background Beşiktaş JK return to the UEFA Champions League after a six-season absence with a trip to Portugal to take on SL Benfica. • It is the first time the sides have faced each other on the European stage. Match background Benfica • They also met Turkish opposition in last season's group stage, losing 2-1 at Galatasaray AŞ and winning by the same score at home. • The Portugese side won three of their five home games in last season's competition, losing 2-1 against Club Atlético de Madrid on matchday six. They were knocked out by FC Bayern München in the quarter-finals ( 0-1 away, 2-2 home). • Benfica were 3-1 aggregate winners (2-0 home, 1-1 away) against a Trabzonspor AŞ side coached by Şenol Güneş, now in charge of Beşiktaş, in the 2011/12 third qualifying round. • Galatasaray's 2-0 win in Lisbon in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage was Benfica's only blemish in an otherwise faultless home record against Turkish opponents. They have won all other such fixtures, including a 3-1 victory against Fenerbahçe SK in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League semi-finals to progress to the final where they lost 2-1 to Chelsea FC. • The Portuguese side's overall record against Turkish clubs is W5 D2 L4; at home it is W5 D0 L1. Beşiktaş • Back in the UEFA Champons League for the first time since 2009/10, the Turkish Super Lig champions are hoping to negotiate the group stage hurdle for the first time at the sixth attempt. • They have lost all their previous matchday one fixtures in the UEFA Champions League. Seven years ago they were beaten 1-0 by Manchester United FC at home in their first game but won by the same scoreline at Old Trafford. The Turkish team nevertheless finished bottom of Group B with four points, losing all their home games. • Beşiktaş met Portuguese opponents last season in the UEFA Europa League group stage. They drew 1-1 with Sporting Clube de Portugal at home on matchday two before losing 3-1 in Lisbon. • They have won twice in Portugal: 2-0 at SC Braga in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League round of 32 and 3-1 against Vitória SC in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage. Their record in nine games against Portuguese clubs is W2 D2 L5 (W2 D1 L2 away). Coach and player links • Ricardo Quaresma started his career with Sporting, scoring eight goals in 59 Portuguese Liga appearances before leaving for FC Barcelona in 2003. He was at FC Porto from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2013 to 2015, when he signed for Beşiktaş. • While at Club Atlético de Madrid, Eduardo Salvio scored three goals over two legs against Beşiktaş in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League round of 16. • Talisca is on loan at Beşiktaş from Benfica until the end of the season having scored 12 goals in his 53 league games over two seasons with the Portuguese club. • Vincent Aboubakar played for Porto between 2014 and 2016 and scored the decisive goal in their win at Benfica last season past Júlio César. He also scored Cameroon's goal in a 5-1 defeat by Portugal in a friendly international on 5 March 2014. • Atiba Hutchinson scored for FC København in a 2-1 defeat by Benfica in the 2007/08 season UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg. • Players who played together: Júlio Cesar & Quaresma (FC Internazionale Milano, 2008–10) Jonas & Marcelo (Santos FC, 2007) Kostas Mitroglou & Olcay Şahan (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach II, 2006/07) Mitroglou & Kerim Frei (Fulham FC, 2013/14) • International team-mates: Ljubomir Fejsa & Tošić (Serbia) Júlio Cesar, Luisão, Jonas & Adriano (Brazil) Eliseu, Pizzi, Rafa & Quaresma (Portugal) 4 SL Benfica - Beşiktaş JK Tuesday 13 September 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Match facts Benfica • Rui Vitória serves a touchline ban on matchday one. • Brazilian striker Jonas, Benfica's top scorer last season, has not played since August because of a right foot injury. • Ljubomir Fejsa pulled out of international duty with an adductor problem but played in Friday's 2-1 win at Arouca; Raúl Jiménez picked up a knee injury playing for Mexico against El Salvador. • The Eagles' run of 13 successive league wins, dating back to February, ended with a 1-1 draw at home to Vitória FC on 21 August. • Benfica started the season with a 3-0 win against SC Braga to win their sixth Portuguese Super Cup. • Rui Vitória's side have won their last 14 away games in the league and are one away from the record set under English manager Jimmy Hagan 43 years ago. Benfica have not dropped a point on their travels in the Portuguese Liga in 2016. • Kostas Mitroglou scored the equaliser as Greece beat the Netherlands 2-1 in a friendly on 1 September. He contributed a goal and two assists five days later in a 4-1 win away to Gibraltar in the European Qualifiers. • Several Benfica players were on international duty during the recent break: Eliseu, Rafa Silva (both Portugal), Andreas Samaris, Mitroglou (both Greece), Victor Lindelöf (Sweden), Jiménez (Mexico), Guillermo Celis (Colombia), Alex Grimaldo (Spain U21s), Andrija Živković (Serbia U21s), André Horta, Ricardo Horta and Gonçalo Guedes (all Portugal U21s). Beşiktaş • Cenk Tosun has scored four goals in his last three games for Beşiktaş.