PlayersMost appearances38 Eduardo Salvio (Atlético Madrid, Benfica)33= Óscar Cardozo (Benfica, Trabzonspor, Olympiacos) 33= Kevin Gameiro (Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Valencia)31 Daniel Carriço (Sporting CP, Sevilla)30= Luisão (Benfica)30= Vitolo (Sevilla, Atlético Madrid)27= Adil Rami (LOSC Lille, Valencia, Sevilla, Marseille)27= Vicente Iborra (Levante, Sevilla, Villarreal)26UEFA.com - News
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Barcelona set up Sevilla final
Barcelona win at Valencia to reach Spanish Cup final Coutinho gets first Barça goal, Rakitić wraps it up Valverde's side will play Sevilla, who won Wednesday semi Knockout success for Porto and Tottenham Bayern, Beşiktaş and Paris in Tuesday cup ties SQUAD CHANGES CONFIRMED TUESDAYPaderborn 0-6 Bayern München (German Cup quarter-final)Gençlerbirliği 0-1 Beşiktaş (agg: 1-4, ... UEFA.com - News
Chelsea and Barcelona renew rivalry
One of European football's most enduring recent rivalries will be rekindled after almost six years as Chelsea FC welcome FC Barcelona for the first leg of their round of 16 tie.• The teams have met 12 times, all in the UEFA Champions League – and all since 2000. Furthermore, five of those contests have been knockout ties, and all have proved compelling. • This is their third round of 16 tie, with Barcelona bidding to reach the quarter-finals for a record-extending 11th year in a row. Chelsea, meanwhile, have progressed beyond the round of 16 only once in the last
UEFA Champions League round of 16 classics
The 2017/18 UEFA Champions League is the 15th edition since the knockout round of 16 replaced the second group stage. UEFA.com picks out a classic tie from each of the past 14 seasons – all headline scores are aggregate.2003/04: Manchester United 2-3 PortoAn occasion etched in the memory, this was just the start for eventual champions Porto. Two Benni McCarthy goals helped earn a 2-1 first-leg win in the first European match at their new Estádio do Dragão, though it was the Old Trafford return that catapulted José Mourinho into global football consciousness. His team were heading out on away goals until Costinha's 90th-m... UEFA.com - News
Rijeka v Milan background
The die is already cast for Rijeka and AC Milan as they complete their Group D programme.• The Croatian side, with just four points to their name, can no longer qualify for the knockout phase whereas their Italian visitors, now under new coach Gennaro Gattuso, have already secured their progress as group winners. Previous meetings• Matchday two brought the two teams together for the first time in UEFA competition and it proved to be a dramatic affair. Milan seized a 3-2 victory with an added-time winner from Patrick Cutrone after Rijeka had seemingly earned an unlikely point with two late goals, the
What history tells us about your team’s knockout chances
Benfica, Anderlecht, Atlético Madrid, Qarabağ, Olympiacos, Maribor, Feyenoord, Monaco, APOEL and Borussia Dortmund would all have wanted a win by the halfway mark of this UEFA Champions League group stage – even so, do not write off their last-16 chances just yet.No team with nine points from three matches have been eliminated under the current format introduced in 2003/04. And in all 37 teams have had zero points at the halfway mark: none advanced. But (and there is always a but) the season before that, Newcastle United went through after three initial losses. How many have gone through or out on each points
Napoli v Nice: play-off facts and stats
Having accounted for AFC Ajax, OGC Nice will head for SSC Napoli full of confidence as they aim to take the final qualification step in their first UEFA Champions League campaign.Previous meetings• The clubs met in pre-season friendlies in 2015 and 2016, with Nice winning 3-2 at home and Napoli prevailing 3-0 at the Stadio San Paolo 12 months later. • Napoli's record in eight matches against French teams in UEFA competition is: W4 D2 L2.• The Italian side's knockout record in UEFA competition against Ligue 1 clubs is W1 L2, with all three ties coming in the UEFA Cup; they