UEFA Champions League Scores & Fixtures
Tuesday 16th September
UEFA Champions League Table
- Benfica, Position 9, Points 0
- Qarabağ, Position 30, Points 0
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Ajax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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9 Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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10 Bodø / Glimt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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13 Club Brugge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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15 København | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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16 Galatasaray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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19 Kairat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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26 Olympiakos Piraeus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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28 PSV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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29 Pafos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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30 Qarabağ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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32 Slavia Prague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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33 Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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35 Union Saint-Gilloise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Key
- Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : 8th Finals
- Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 : Play-off
Season so far
UEFA Champions League
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Match Facts
Benfica’s hosting of Qarabag will be the first game between a Portuguese and Azerbaijani side in European Cup/UEFA Champions League history.
Qarabag are making their 12th appearance in the group stage/league phase of a major European competition (UEFA Champions League/UEFA Europa League/UEFA Conference League), nine more than all other Azerbaijani sides combined.
Benfica have won their opening game in two of the previous three UEFA Champions League campaigns (L1), after only doing so once in the previous seven between 2014-15 and 2021-22 (W1 D2 L4).
In their prior UEFA Champions League campaign in 2017-18, Qarabag failed to win any of their six matches (D2 L4), scoring just two goals in a group with Atlético de Madrid, Chelsea and Roma.
Qarabag’s only previous tournament opener in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League was a 6-0 defeat to Chelsea in 2017-18, with five different Blues players scoring against them in that match (plus a Maksim Medvedev own goal).
Vangelis Pavlidis scored seven goals in the UEFA Champions League for Benfica last season; the most in the competition for the Águias since Sergei Yuran also netted seven in 1991/92. Indeed, the last players to score more in a single season in the UEFA Champions League/European Cup for the club were Eusébio and José Torres, who both notched nine goals each in 1964/65.
Across his career with Qarabag, Abdellah Zoubir has made 51 appearances in total across major European competitions (excl. qualifiers) - the second-most of any player for the club, after only Qara Qarayev (54).
37-year-old defender Nicolás Otamendi won 68% of his duels in the UEFA Champions League in 2024-25 (92/136); the best success rate of any player to contest 100+ duels in the previous edition.
No Azerbaijani player has scored or assisted for Qarabag in the UEFA Champions League to date, with their four combined goal involvements in the competition coming from a Spaniard (Míchel), Brazilian (Pedro Henrique), South African (Dino Ndovlu) and a Haitian (Donald Guerrier).
Benfica defender Amar Dedic completed 78% of his attempted dribbles in the UEFA Champions League last season (18/23); the highest success rate of any player (min. 20 dribbles).