On October 19 FC Dynamo Kyiv will Host SL Benfica at the NSC Olimpiyskyi within the Champions League group stage matchday 3.
The game will start at 21:45.
We present both sides.
FC DYNAMO KYIV
Qualified for Champions League as champions of Ukraine
Current domestic league position – 2nd
Five last games
September 18. UPL. Dynamo – Zoria – 0:1
September 24. UPL. Olimpik – Dynamo – 0:4
September 28. CL. Besiktas – Dynamo – 1:1
October 2. UPL. Dynamo – Zirka – 2:0
October 15. UPL. Chornomorets – Dynamo – 1:1
Games in all competitions: 14 matches, 7 wins, 4 draws, 3 defeats, goals – 23:12
Head coach: Serhiy Rebrov
First team regulars: Mykola Moroziuk, Denys Harmash, Junior Moraes (10 appearances)
Best striker: Junior Moraes (6 goals)
Champions League appearances:
2 – Antunes, Vida, Harmash, Hladkyi, Korzun, Moraes, Rybalka, Khacheridi, Tsyhankov, Yarmolenko
1 – Buialskyi, Gonzalez, Husiev, Makarenko, Moroziuk, Sydorchuk, Rudko, Shovkovskyi
Goals in Champions League:
1 – Harmash, Tsyhankov
SL BENFICA
Qualified for Champions League as champions of Portugal
Current domestic league position – 1st
Five last games
September 19. Primeira. Benfica – Braga – 3:1
September 24. Primeira. Chaves – Benfica – 0:2
September 28. CL. Napoli – Benfica – 4:2
October 2. Primeira. Benfica – Feirense – 4:0
October 14. Portuguese Cup. Sociedade União 1º de Dezembro – Benfica – 1:2
Games in all competitions: 10 matches, 7 wins, 2draws, 1 defeat, goals – 22:10
Head coach: Rui Vitoria
First team regulars: Alex Grimaldo, Goncalo Guedes, Fejsa, Nelson Semedo, Pizzi, Salvio (7 appearances)
Best domestic league striker: Mitroglou (3 goals)
Champions League appearances:
2 – Grimaldo, Guedes, Lisandro Lopez, Lindelöf, Horta, Pizzi, Salvio, Semedo, Fejsa
1 – Andre Almeida, Jose Gomes, Carrillo, Mitroglou, Celis, Cervi, Samaris, Ederson, Julio Cesar
Goals in Champions League:
1 – Guedes, Salvio, Cervi
FACE TO FACE ON EUROPEAN ARENA
Dynamo and Benfica faced each other once – in 1991/1992 Champions Cup group stage
1991/1992 Champions Cup. Group stage
27.11.1991. Dynamo – Benfica – 1:0
Kyiv. Republican Stadium. 41,500 spectators
Goal: Salenko (31)
01.04.1992. Benfica – Dynamo – 5:0
Lisbon. Estadio da Luz. 15,000 spectators
Goals: Brito (25, 63), Isaias (71), Yuran (83, 88).
