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Benfica 0-0 FC Barcelona - March 28, 2006 / Champions League 2005/2006

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Champions League 2005/2006 - Quarter-finals

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

March 28, 2006

65 000

0 - 0

FC Barcelona

Spain

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46' - Substitution Laurent Robertis substituted by Fabrizio Miccoli46

68' - Substitution Geovanniis substituted by Georgios Karagounis68

76' - Substitution Henrik Larssonis substituted by Ludovic Giuly

77' - Substitution Decois substituted by Gabri

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

0 - 0

FC Barcelona

Benfica FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Simão

Simão

Portugal

B.date30/10/1979

Age26 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

34Robert46

Laurent Robert

France

B.date21/05/1975

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Geovanni68

Geovanni

Brazil

B.date11/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m71

positionForward

14Fernandes

Manuel Fernandes

Portugal

B.date05/02/1986

Age20 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

6Petit

Armando Petit

Portugal

B.date25/09/1976

Age29 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

16Beto

Beto

Brazil

B.date20/11/1976

Age29 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

33Rocha

Ricardo Rocha

Portugal

B.date03/10/1978

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

4Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age25 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

3Anderson

Cleber Anderson

Brazil

B.date27/04/1980

Age25 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

5Léo

Léo

Brazil

B.date06/07/1975

Age30 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

31Moretto

Marcelo Moretto

Brazil

B.date10/05/1978

Age27 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Marcelo Moretto		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Cleber Anderson		25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Ricardo Rocha		27	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		25	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Léo		30	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Armando Petit		29	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Manuel Fernandes		20	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Beto		29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	F	Laurent Robert	46	30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Simão		26	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Geovanni	68	26	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho

Brazil

B.date21/03/1980

Age26 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

9Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o

Cameroon

B.date10/03/1981

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

7Larsson76

Henrik Larsson

Sweden

B.date20/09/1971

Age34 years

H1m78

positionStriker

20Deco77

Deco

Portugal

B.date27/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

17van Bommel

Mark van Bommel

Netherlands

B.date22/04/1977

Age28 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

24Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age21 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

12van Bronckhorst

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Netherlands

B.date05/02/1975

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

23Oleguer

Oleguer

Spain

B.date02/02/1980

Age26 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

3Motta

Thiago Motta

Italy

B.date28/08/1982

Age23 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

2Belletti

Juliano Belletti

Brazil

B.date20/06/1976

Age29 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

1Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age24 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Víctor Valdés		24	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Oleguer		26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Juliano Belletti		29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Giovanni van Bronckhorst		31	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Mark van Bommel		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Thiago Motta		23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Deco	77	28	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Andrés Iniesta		21	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ronaldinho		26	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Henrik Larsson	76	34	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Samuel Eto'o		25	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
10	M		Georgios Karagounis	68	29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F		Fabrizio Miccoli	46	26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
18	D		Gabri	77	27	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M		Ludovic Giuly	76	29	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Geovanni

Nuno Gomes

OUT

Beto

Gustavo Manduca

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Sylvinho

OUT

Andrés Iniesta

Gabri

OUT

Ronaldinho

Ludovic Giuly

OUT

Deco

Rodri

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Koeman

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Koeman vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 28, 2006

Koeman vs Rijkaard

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 28, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank Rijkaard

144

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Rijkaard vs Benfica

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 28, 2006

Rijkaard vs Koeman

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 28, 2006

Referee

Steve Bennett

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	General total	FC Barcelona2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	FC Barcelona2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 28, 2006					Latest figure on March 28, 2006

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Key figures

End of streak for Benfica after 3 consecutive wins in Champions League (since 07/12/2005). It was the best streak for the club since 13/09/1989-21/03/1990 (6 matches).

Benfica keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss in Champions League running (since 22/11/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/09/1994-07/12/1994 time period (6 matches).

FC Barcelona keeps its 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Champions League running (since 14/09/2005). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 24/09/2002-09/04/2003 time period (12 matches).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 4-0 Penafiel12/02/2006

VBenfica 1-0 Liverpool21/02/2006

VBenfica 1-0 FC Porto26/02/2006

DBenfica 0-0 Naval 1 de Maio12/03/2006

LBenfica 0-1 Vitória Guimarães15/03/2006

VBenfica 1-0 Braga25/03/2006

Overall

VEstrela da Amadora 1-2 Benfica04/03/2006

VLiverpool 0-2 Benfica08/03/2006

DBenfica 0-0 Naval 1 de Maio12/03/2006

LBenfica 0-1 Vitória Guimarães15/03/2006

VRio Ave 0-1 Benfica19/03/2006

VBenfica 1-0 Braga25/03/2006

Current form

Away

LValencia CF 1-0 FC Barcelona12/02/2006

VChelsea 1-2 FC Barcelona22/02/2006

VReal Zaragoza 0-2 FC Barcelona25/02/2006

LOsasuna 2-1 FC Barcelona12/03/2006

VReal Sociedad 0-2 FC Barcelona18/03/2006

DMálaga 0-0 FC Barcelona25/03/2006

Overall

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Deportivo La Coruña04/03/2006

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Chelsea07/03/2006

LOsasuna 2-1 FC Barcelona12/03/2006

VReal Sociedad 0-2 FC Barcelona18/03/2006

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Getafe21/03/2006

DMálaga 0-0 FC Barcelona25/03/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	5
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
4	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.38
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.25

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

12	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Fabrizio Miccoli	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Ronaldinho
Fabrizio Miccoli	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ronaldinho
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Ronaldinho
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Ronaldinho
Nelson	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Andrés Iniesta
Nelson	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Santi Ezquerro
Simão	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	6 goals, 1 assist during the last 8 matches	Ronaldinho

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	May 31, 1961
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	April 15, 1992
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 15, 1992 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1991/1992

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Benfica

December 11, 1991 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1991/1992

Benfica

0 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

May 31, 1961 - (C1) Ligue des Champions 1960/1961

Benfica

3 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

César Brito	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Mario Coluna	1 goal	1961 - 1961
José Aguas	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Sandor Kocsis	1 goal	1961 - 1961
José María Bakero	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Zoltan Czibor	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Hristo Stoichkov	1 goal	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Rui Costa	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Isaías	2 matches	1991 - 1992
César Brito	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Neno	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Rui Bento	2 matches	1991 - 1992
António Veloso	2 matches	1991 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Andoni Zubizarreta	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Ricardo Serna	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Josep Guardiola	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Michael Laudrup	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Eusebio	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Nando	2 matches	1991 - 1992