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FC Nürnberg 2-2 Benfica - February 21, 2008 / (C3) UEFA Cup 2007/2008

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(C3) UEFA Cup 2007/2008 - Round of 32

easyCredit-Stadion - Nuremberg - Germany

February 21, 2008

FC Nürnberg

Germany

2 - 2

Benfica

Portugal

Angelos Charisteas

59'

Ivan Saenko

66'

90'

Óscar Cardozo

90+2'

Ángel Di María

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59' - Goal Angelos Charisteas59

66' - Goal Ivan Saenko66

70' - Substitution Edcarlosis substituted by Óscar Cardozo photo Laszlo Sepsi

70' - Substitution Maxi Pereirais substituted by Laszlo Sepsi

81' - Substitution Nuno Assisis substituted by Ángel Di María

87' - Substitution Jaouhar Mnariis substituted by Jacques Abardonado87

90' - Goal Óscar Cardozo

92' - Goal Ángel Di María

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Nürnberg

2 - 2

Benfica

FC Nürnberg Benfica

Team line-ups

FC Nürnberg

Blazek

Jaromir Blazek

Czech Republic

B.date29/12/1972

Age35 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

Wolf

Andreas Wolf

Germany

B.date12/06/1982

Age25 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Gláuber

Brazil

B.date05/08/1983

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Pínola

Javier Pínola

Argentina

B.date24/02/1983

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Reinhardt

Dominik Reinhardt

Germany

B.date19/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Mnari87

Jaouhar Mnari

Tunisia

B.date08/11/1976

Age31 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

Engelhardt

Marco Engelhardt

Germany

B.date02/12/1980

Age27 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Galasek

Tomas Galasek

Czech Republic

B.date15/01/1973

Age35 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

Saenko66

Ivan Saenko

Russia

B.date17/10/1983

Age24 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Koller

Jan Koller

Czech Republic

B.date30/03/1973

Age34 years

H2m102

positionStriker

Charisteas59

Angelos Charisteas

Greece

B.date09/02/1980

Age28 years

H1m90

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jaromir Blazek		35	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andreas Wolf		25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gláuber		24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Javier Pínola		24	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dominik Reinhardt		23	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jaouhar Mnari	87	31	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marco Engelhardt		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tomas Galasek		35	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ivan Saenko	66	24	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jan Koller		34	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Angelos Charisteas	59	28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Benfica

12 Quim

Quim

Portugal

B.date13/11/1975

Age32 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

3 Edcarlos70

Edcarlos

Brazil

B.date10/05/1985

Age22 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

4 Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

14 Pereira70

Maxi Pereira

Uruguay

B.date08/06/1984

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

5 Léo

Léo

Brazil

B.date06/07/1975

Age32 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

2 Filipe

Luis Filipe

Portugal

B.date14/06/1979

Age28 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

8 Katsouranis

Costas Katsouranis

Greece

B.date21/06/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

6 Petit

Armando Petit

Portugal

B.date25/09/1976

Age31 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

25 Assis81

Nuno Assis

Portugal

B.date25/11/1977

Age30 years

H1m68

positionPlaymaker

10 Rui Costa

Rui Costa

Portugal

B.date29/03/1972

Age35 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

38 Makukula

Makukula

Portugal

B.date04/03/1981

Age26 years

H1m92

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Quim		32	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Edcarlos	70	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		27	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Maxi Pereira	70	23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Léo		32	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Luis Filipe		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Costas Katsouranis		28	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Armando Petit		31	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Nuno Assis	81	30	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Rui Costa		35	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	F	Makukula		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Jacques Abardonado	87	29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
33	D	Laszlo Sepsi	70	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Ángel Di María	9281	20	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Óscar Cardozo	9070	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marco Engelhardt

Peer Kluge

OUT

Angelos Charisteas

Nicky Adler

OUT

Tomas Galasek

Jan Kristiansen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Edcarlos

Gilles Binya

OUT

Rui Costa

Cristian Rodríguez

OUT

Armando Petit

Óscar Cardozo

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Thomas von Heesen

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

von Heesen vs Benfica

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 2008

von Heesen vs Camacho

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

José Antonio Camacho

105

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Camacho vs FC Nürnberg

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 2008

Camacho vs von Heesen

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 2008

Referee

Ivan Bebek

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	FC Nürnberg1 match	General total	Benfica3 matches	1 victory	2 draws	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	FC Nürnberg1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 21, 2008					Latest figure on April 11, 2013

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Key figures

FC Nürnberg keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded at home in Europa League running (since 08/11/2007). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Benfica has ended with the score 2-2 away from home in Europa League, It was on the 31/10/1995 (vs )

It's the first time Ivan Saenko scores 1 goal vs Benfica in his professional career

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LFC Nürnberg 0-1 Stuttgart03/11/2007

LFC Nürnberg 0-2 Everton08/11/2007

VFC Nürnberg 2-0 Borussia Dortmund25/11/2007

VFC Nürnberg 2-1 AZ Alkmaar05/12/2007

VFC Nürnberg 2-1 Hertha Berlin09/12/2007

DFC Nürnberg 1-1 Hansa Rostock09/02/2008

Overall

LSchalke 04 2-1 FC Nürnberg15/12/2007

VLarissa 1-3 FC Nürnberg20/12/2007

LKarlsruhe 2-0 FC Nürnberg02/02/2008

DFC Nürnberg 1-1 Hansa Rostock09/02/2008

LBenfica 1-0 FC Nürnberg14/02/2008

LWerder Bremen 2-0 FC Nürnberg16/02/2008

Current form

Away

VAcadémica 1-3 Benfica24/11/2007

VShakhtar Donetsk 1-2 Benfica04/12/2007

LOs Belenenses 1-0 Benfica15/12/2007

DVitória Setúbal 1-1 Benfica05/01/2008

VVitória Guimarães 1-3 Benfica26/01/2008

VNaval 1 de Maio 0-2 Benfica17/02/2008

Overall

VBenfica 1-0 Feirense19/01/2008

VVitória Guimarães 1-3 Benfica26/01/2008

DBenfica 0-0 Nacional Madeira02/02/2008

VBenfica 4-1 Paços de Ferreira10/02/2008

VBenfica 1-0 FC Nürnberg14/02/2008

VNaval 1 de Maio 0-2 Benfica17/02/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	3	10

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	3	9
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	3	3
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

222	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	22
13	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

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

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Marek Mintal	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Makukula
Marek Mintal	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Marek Mintal	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Makukula

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

7 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

8 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	February 01, 1962
Home	3 - 1	February 01, 1962

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	February 22, 1962
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 14, 2008 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 2007/2008

Benfica

1 - 0

FC Nürnberg logo FC Nürnberg

February 22, 1962 - (C1) Ligue des Champions 1961/1962

Benfica

6 - 0

FC Nürnberg logo FC Nürnberg

February 01, 1962 - (C1) Ligue des Champions 1961/1962

FC Nürnberg

3 - 1

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Benfica

	Gustav Flachenecker	2 goals	1962 - 1962
	Heinz Strehl	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/02/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Nürnberg

Eusebio	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Jose Augusto	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Domiciano Cavem	1 goal	1962 - 1962
José Aguas	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Mario Coluna	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Makukula	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/02/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Helmut Hilpert	2 matches	1962 - 1962
Tasso Wild	2 matches	1962 - 1962
Josef Zenger	2 matches	1962 - 1962
Heinrich Müller	2 matches	1962 - 1962
Gustav Flachenecker	2 matches	1962 - 1962
Ferdinand Wenauer	2 matches	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/02/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Nürnberg

Jose Augusto	2 matches	1962 - 1962
Mario Coluna	2 matches	1962 - 1962
Fernando Cruz	2 matches	1962 - 1962
Luis Germano	2 matches	1962 - 1962
José Aguas	2 matches	1962 - 1962
António Simões	2 matches	1962 - 1962