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Celtic Glasgow 3-0 Benfica - October 17, 2006 / Champions League 2006/2007

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Champions League 2006/2007 - Group F

Celtic Park - Glasgow - Scotland

October 17, 2006

58 313

3 - 0

Benfica

Portugal

(right foot) Kenny Miller

56'

(right foot) Kenny Miller

66'

(left foot) Stephen Pearson

90'

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56' - Goal Kenny Miller56

66' - Goal Kenny Miller66

72' - Substitution Costas Katsouranisis substituted by Nelson

78' - Substitution Nuno Gomesis substituted by Francisco Fonseca

84' - Substitution Maciej Zurawskiis substituted by Jiri Jarosik84

88' - Substitution Evander Snois substituted by Stephen Pearson88

90' - Goal Stephen Pearson90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Celtic Glasgow

3 - 0

Benfica

Celtic Glasgow Benfica

Team line-ups

Celtic Glasgow

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Zurawski84

Maciej Zurawski

Poland

B.date12/09/1976

Age30 years

H1m82

positionVersatile Forward

Miller6656

Kenny Miller

Scotland

B.date23/12/1979

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Maloney

Shaun Maloney

Scotland

B.date24/01/1983

Age23 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

Nakamura

Shunsuke Nakamura

Japan

B.date24/06/1978

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Sno88

Evander Sno

Netherlands

B.date09/04/1987

Age19 years

H1m89

positionRight central midfielder

Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age35 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Naylor

Lee Naylor

England

B.date19/03/1980

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

McManus

Stephen McManus

Scotland

B.date10/09/1982

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Caldwell

Gary Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/04/1982

Age24 years

H1m80

positionSweeper

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age34 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Boruc

Artur Boruc

Poland

B.date20/02/1980

Age26 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Artur Boruc		26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Caldwell		24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen McManus		24	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Naylor		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		34	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Evander Sno	88	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Lennon		35	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shunsuke Nakamura		28	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Maciej Zurawski	84	30	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Miller	6656	26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Maloney		23	125	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

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21Gomes78

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

B.date05/07/1976

Age30 years

H1m81

positionStriker

30Miccoli

Fabrizio Miccoli

Italy

B.date27/06/1979

Age27 years

H1m68

positionStriker

20Simão

Simão

Portugal

B.date30/10/1979

Age26 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

25Assis

Nuno Assis

Portugal

B.date25/11/1977

Age28 years

H1m68

positionPlaymaker

8Katsouranis72

Costas Katsouranis

Greece

B.date21/06/1979

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

6Petit

Armando Petit

Portugal

B.date25/09/1976

Age30 years

H1m72

positionRight central midfielder

5Léo

Léo

Brazil

B.date06/07/1975

Age31 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

33Rocha

Ricardo Rocha

Portugal

B.date03/10/1978

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

4Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age25 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

13Alcides

Alcides

Brazil

B.date13/03/1985

Age21 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

12Quim

Quim

Portugal

B.date13/11/1975

Age30 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Quim		30	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		25	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Ricardo Rocha		28	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Alcides		21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Léo		31	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Costas Katsouranis	72	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Armando Petit		30	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Simão		26	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Nuno Assis		28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	78	30	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Fabrizio Miccoli		27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Jiri Jarosik	84	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Stephen Pearson	9088	24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
22	D		Nelson	72	23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M		Francisco Fonseca	78	27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Maciej Zurawski

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

OUT

Kenny Miller

Jiri Jarosik

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alcides

Nelson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

75 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Strachan vs Benfica

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 17, 2006

Strachan vs Santos

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 17, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Fernando Santos

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Santos vs Celtic Glasgow

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 17, 2006

Santos vs Strachan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 17, 2006

Referee

Eric Braamhaar

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Celtic Glasgow2 matches	General total	Benfica4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Celtic Glasgow1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 30, 2011					Latest figure on February 17, 2011

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Key figures

The last time Benfica has conceded at least 3 goals in Champions League, It was on the 24/08/2004 (vs )

Celtic Glasgow keeps its 16 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 03/05/2006). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/12/2005-16/04/2006 time period (21 matches).

End of streak for Benfica after 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 13/09/2006). It was the best streak for the club since 21/02/2006-01/04/2006 (10 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 St. Mirren12/08/2006

VCeltic Glasgow 2-1 Hibernian26/08/2006

VCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Dunfermline Athletic16/09/2006

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 St. Mirren19/09/2006

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Glasgow Rangers23/09/2006

VCeltic Glasgow 1-0 FC Copenhagen26/09/2006

Overall

VCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Dunfermline Athletic16/09/2006

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 St. Mirren19/09/2006

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Glasgow Rangers23/09/2006

VCeltic Glasgow 1-0 FC Copenhagen26/09/2006

VFalkirk 0-1 Celtic Glasgow01/10/2006

VDundee United 1-4 Celtic Glasgow14/10/2006

Current form

Away

LPaços de Ferreira 3-1 Benfica07/05/2006

DAustria Vienna 1-1 Benfica08/08/2006

LBoavista 3-0 Benfica09/09/2006

DFC Copenhagen 0-0 Benfica13/09/2006

DPaços de Ferreira 1-1 Benfica22/09/2006

VLeiria 0-4 Benfica14/10/2006

Overall

DFC Copenhagen 0-0 Benfica13/09/2006

VBenfica 1-0 Nacional Madeira17/09/2006

DPaços de Ferreira 1-1 Benfica22/09/2006

LBenfica 0-1 Manchester United26/09/2006

VBenfica 4-1 Aves01/10/2006

VLeiria 0-4 Benfica14/10/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	6
Unbeaten streak	18	6
Drawless streak	8	9
Scoring streak	8	15
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	4	0

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	25
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

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

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	6
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Shunsuke Nakamura	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Nuno Gomes
Kenny Miller	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Nuno Gomes
Kenny Miller	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Kenny Miller	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kenny Miller	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Nuno Gomes

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 12, 1969
Home	3 - 0	November 12, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 26, 1969
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

November 26, 1969 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1969/1970

Benfica

3 - 0

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

November 12, 1969 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1969/1970

Celtic Glasgow

3 - 0

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Willie Wallace	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Tommy Gemmell	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Harry Hood	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Celtic Glasgow

Jaime Graça	1 goal	1969 - 1969
José Diamantino Costa	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Eusebio	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Harry Hood	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Billy McNeill	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Jim Craig	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Bobby Murdoch	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Bertie Auld	2 matches	1969 - 1969
John Hughes	2 matches	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Celtic Glasgow

Malta da Silva	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Jaime Graça	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Mario Coluna	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Eusebio	2 matches	1969 - 1969
Artur Jorge	2 matches	1969 - 1969
José Henrique	2 matches	1969 - 1969