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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Champions League group stage squads confirmed
The 32 UEFA Champions League clubs had until midnight CET on Friday to submit their squads for the group stage. UEFA has now confirmed the player lists, meaning you can start honing your Fantasy Football selections!PICK YOUR FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAM How does the player registration process work? Allow us to explain all.Click on any club to check out their full squad for the group stage.Group ABaselBenficaCSKA MoskvaManchester United
2019 U21 EURO qualifying: the road to Italy
Qualifying for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy and San Marino, which started in March and continued in June, resumes in earnest on Thursday. How qualifying works• Italy have a bye to the finals in summer 2019 but co-hosts San Marino must qualify.• Kosovo and Gibraltar are making debuts among a record 54 teams competing in qualifying.• The nine group winners qualify automatically for the finals.• The four runners-up with the best records against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their group go into the play-offs, where a pair of two-legged ties will decide the last two... UEFA.com - News
Europa League group stage sides’ weekend scores
La Real, Lokomotiv, Rijeka, Lugano and Östersund only group stage winners so far Nice beaten 3-0 by Amiens, their third defeat in four Ligue 1 games this season Sunday highlights include Liverpool v Arsenal, Belgrade derby, Monaco v Marseille UEFA Europa League group stage draw was made on Friday Results will be updated over the course of the weekend. All times CET Check how the Champions League teams have fared this weekend Group AReal Sociedad 3-0 ... UEFA.com - News
Group stage sides: weekend fixtures and results
All but one of the 32 group stage sides are in action (APOEL's season hasn't kicked off) Paulo Dybala hat-trick helps Juventus come from 2-0 down to beat Genoa 4-2 Lionel Messi misses a penalty but then scores twice for Barcelona against Alavés Robert Lewandowski nets twice for Bayern and now has six in four games this season Liverpool-Arsenal, Monaco-Marseille, Madrid-Valencia among the highlights Check out how the Europa League group stage teams are getting on this weekend. Gr... UEFA.com - News
Europa League group stage live draw: seeding pots
The UEFA Europa League group stage draw will be streamed live on UEFA.com from 13:00CET, with all 48 contenders now decided and the seeding pots confirmed. The UEFA.com DrawCentre will be live with the build-up from Monaco and across Europe from 11:30CET.Sixteen teams will begin their European season in this round, while ten clubs have transferred after losing UEFA Champions League play-offs. On Thursday, the UEFA Europa League play-off second legs took place, filling a further 22 spots. The 48 entrants are split into four seeding pots based on their club coefficients, with each of the 12 groups to contain one
Celtic equal record as Sevilla, Napoli close on group stage
There were wins for Celtic, Napoli, Sevilla, Olympicacos and potential UEFA Champions League group debutants Hapoel Beer-Sheva in Wednesday's play-off first legs.The second legs are next Tuesday while the following night CSKA Moskva, APOEL and Liverpool will all defend leads as do Qarabağ, who are hoping to become Azerbaijan's first UEFA Champions League group representatives. Wednesday's UEFA Champions League play-off first legs