SL Benfica will look to extend their unbeaten record against Swiss clubs as they travel to FC Basel 1893 on matchday two.• With both sides losing their opening fixtures, each will be eager to pick up three points to kick-start their fledgling Group A campaigns. Previous meetings• The teams were also paired in the 2011/12 group stage. Benfica had the upper hand, collecting four points from their two fixtures.• Goals in each half from Bruno César (20) and Óscar Cardozo (75) gave the Portuguese side three points in Basel on matchday three. They ended with ten men after Emerson's 86th-minute dismissal
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Benfica triumph in Youth League skills challenge
Runners-up on the field in the 2016/17 UEFA Youth League, Benfica have registered a victory off it by winning the competition's skills challenge – an initiative that helped raise €21,000 for the UEFA Foundation for Children.Clubs in last season's edition of the Under-19 tournament were once again given the chance to submit a video of their UEFA Youth League squads showing off their tricks and – like in 2015/16 when Barcelona came out on top – the clips proved a huge hit on UEFA.com, our YouTube channel UEFA.tv and social media.Benfica's keepy-uppy display in the grounds of their training facility, which you can watch in the video player above, was selected by the ... UEFA.com - News
Benfica make it four in a row in Portugal
How they won itLast summer there were doubts about how Benfica would cope after losing midfielders Nicolás Gaitán to Atlético Madrid and Renato Sanches to Bayern, but reassurance came quickly – Jonas, Pizzi and new boy Franco Cervi scoring in a 3-0 Portuguese Super Cup win against Braga. Rui Vitória's men didn't quite hit the same heights as 2015/16, but took top spot in the fifth round of games and never looked back. Midfielder Pizzi, 27, was the star man, playing all 33 Liga matches so far, scoring ten goals in the process. Key number: 18This title triumph was Benfica captain Luisão's 18th honou... UEFA.com - News
Youth League final preview: Benfica v Salzburg
Benfica, runners-up in 2014, play Salzburg in the fourth UEFA Youth League finalBoth sides are aiming to join Barcelona and Chelsea on the competition's list of winnersBenfica overcame Midtjylland and PSV Eindhoven on penalties en route to NyonUnbeaten Salzburg have defeated Manchester City, Paris, Atlético and BarcelonaSalzburg left-back Gideon Mensah is available after being suspended for the semi-finalsWhere to watchFans can find their local UEFA Youth League broadcast partner(s) here.João Tralhão, Benfic... UEFA.com - News
2014 semi-final: Real Madrid 0-4 Benfica
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Celta Vigo humble Real Madrid as Benfica stroll on
WEDNESDAY ©Getty ImagesReal Madrid 1-2 Celta Vigo (Marcelo 69; Aspas 64, Jonny 70)Madrid will have to overturn a deficit in Vigo next Wednesday if they are to make it through this Copa del Rey quarter-final as they suffered their second straight defeat three days after Sevilla ended their 40-game unbeaten run. Marco Asensio went off injured early in the second half and the goals soon followed. Iago As... UEFA.com - News
Arsenal rally from 3-0 down, wins for Atlético and Benfica
TUESDAY Bournemouth 3-3 Arsenal (Daniels 16, Wilson 20pen, Fraser 58; Sánchez 70, Pérez 75, Giroud 90+2)Minus Mesut Özil, who did not travel due to illness, Arsenal mounted a fightback from 3-0 down inside the last 20 minutes. Olivier Giroud salvaged the Gunners, playing against ten men after the dismissal of Simon Francis (83), an unlikely point when he twisted his body to head in the equaliser from Granit Xhaka's cross.Las Palmas 0-2 Atlético Madrid (Koke 24, Griezmann 51)Koke's right-footed strike was added to early in