Player ratings Benfica 0-2 Inter

 0-1 51' Nicolò Barella h. (Alessandro Bastoni), 0-2 82' Romelu Lukaku PK. Att: 62.594.

Benfica: Odisseas Vlachodimos 6,40 - Gilberto 5,40, António Silva 5,80, Álex Grimaldo 5,70, Morato 6,10, João Mário 5,70, Chiquinho 5,50, Florentino 5,60 (64' David Neres 5,80), Rafa Silva 5,90, Fredrik Aursnes 5,70, Gonçalo Ramos 5,00. - coach: Roger Schmidt 5,10. = average: 5,72 [disappointing]

Inter: André Onana 6,80 - Matteo Darmian 6,50, Francesco Acerbi 6,70, Alessandro Bastoni 7,30 (90'+1 Stefan de Vrij), Denzel Dumfries 6,40 (86' Danilo D'Ambrosio), Federico Dimarco 5,90 (63' Robin Gosens 5,80), Henrikh Mkhitaryan 6,50, Nicolò Barella 7,50, Marcelo Brozović 6,40, Lautaro Martínez 5,20 (63' Joaquín Correa 6,20), Edin Džeko 5,40 (63' Romelu Lukaku 6,80). - coach: Simone Inzaghi 7,50. = average: 6,39 [good]

Player ratings Ajax 0-1 Benfica

 0-1 77' Darwin Núñez h.  (Álex Grimaldo). Att: 52.000.

Ajax: André Onana 4,90 - Noussair Mazraoui 6,40, Jurriën Timber 5,80 (90' Mohammed Kudus), Lisandro Martínez 6,20, Daley Blind 6,20, Ryan Gravenberch 6,30, Edson Álvarez 6,10 (82'  Brian Brobbey), Steven Berghuis 5,80 (82' Davy Klaassen), Antony 6,10, Sébastien Haller 5,50, Dušan Tadić 5,80. - coach: Erik ten Hag 5,50. = average: 5,92 [vulnerable]

Benfica: Odisseas Vlachodimos 6,20 - Gilberto 6,10 (90' Valentino Lazaro), Nicolás Otamendi 6,70, Jan Vertonghen 6,80, Álex Grimaldo 6,50, Rafa Silva 5,70, Julian Weigl 6,20, Adel Taarabt 5,10 (46' Soualiho Meïté 6,40), Éverton 5,50 (72' Roman Yaremchuk 6,00), Gonçalo Ramos 5,90 (90' Paulo Bernardo), Darwin Núñez 6,90 (81' Diogo Gonçalves). - coach: Nélson Veríssimo 6,80. = average: 6,15 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Benfica 2-2 Ajax

 

0-1 18' Dušan Tadić r.  (Noussair Mazraoui), 1-1 26' og Sébastien Haller, 1-2 29' Sébastien Haller l., 2-2 72' Roman Yaremchuk h. Att: 54.760.

Benfica: Odisseas Vlachodimos 5,90 - Gilberto 5,40 (90' Diogo Gonçalves), Nicolás Otamendi 5,50, Jan Vertonghen 5,50, Álex Grimaldo 5,40, Rafa Silva 7,20, Julian Weigl 5,80, Adel Taarabt 6,20 (85' Paulo Bernardo), Éverton 5,10 (62' Roman Yaremchuk 7,00), Darwin Núñez 6,40 (90' Valentino Lazaro), Gonçalo Ramos 6,10. - coach: Nélson Veríssimo 6,00. = average: 5,96 [acceptable]

Ajax: Remko Pasveer 6,00 - Noussair Mazraoui 7,10 (90' Devyne Rensch), Jurriën Timber 6,10, Edson Álvarez 5,80, Daley Blind 5,20 (73' Nico Tagliafico 5,80), Ryan Gravenberch 5,80 (73' Davy Klaassen 6,00), Lisandro Martínez 6,20, Antony 6,50, Steven Berghuis 6,10, Sébastien Haller 6,80, Dušan Tadić 6,60. - coach: Erik ten Hag 6,20. = average: 6,15 [solid]

Player ratings Dortmund 4-0 Benfica.

1-0 4' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang h. (Christian Pulisic), 2-0 59' Christian Pulisic r. (Łukasz Piszczek), 3-0 61' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang r. (Marcel Schmelzer), 4-0 85' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang r. (Erik Durm). Att: 65.849.

Dortmund: Roman Bürki 6,10 - Łukasz Piszczek 6,40, Sokratis Papastathopoulos 6,40 (88' Matthias Ginter), Bartra 6,40, Erik Durm 6,20, Julian Weigl 6,20, Gonzalo Castro 6,20, Marcel Schmelzer 6,40, Christian Pulisic 7,20, Ousmane Dembélé 6,70 (81' Shinji Kagawa), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 7,60 (86' André Schürrle). - coach: Thomas Tuchel 6,50. = average: 6,53 [very good]

Benfica: Ederson 6,00 - Nélson Semedo 5,60, Luisão 5,50, Victor Lindelöf 5,10, Eliseu 5,70, Andreas Samaris 5,30 (74' Andrija Živković), Franco Cervi 5,60 (82' Raúl Jiménez), Eduardo Salvio 5,60 (64' Jonas 5,50), André Almeida 5,50, Pizzi 6,00, Kostas Mitroglou 5,40. - coach: Rui Vitória 5,50. = average: 5,57 [failing]

Player ratings Benfica 1-0 Dortmund.

1-0 48' Kostas Mitroglou l. (Luisão). Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a PK (58'). Att: 55.124.

Benfica: Ederson 8,00 - Nélson Semedo 6,30, Luisão 6,50, Victor Lindelöf 6,20, Eliseu 5,70, Eduardo Salvio 6,30, Ljubomir Fejsa 5,20, Pizzi 5,90, André Carrillo 5,40 (46' Filipe Augusto 6,30), Rafa Silva 5,50 (67' Franco Cervi 5,80), Kostas Mitroglou 6,70 (75' Raúl Jiménez 6,00). - coach: Rui Vitória 6,50. = average: 6,13 [satisfactory]

Dortmund: Roman Bürki 5,90 - Sokratis Papastathopoulos 5,70, Bartra 6,50, Marcel Schmelzer 6,10, Łukasz Piszczek 6,30, Julian Weigl 6,30, Raphaël Guerreiro 6,30 (82' Christian Pulisic), Erik Durm 5,40, Ousmane Dembélé 5,70, Marco Reus 5,50 (82' Gonzalo Castro), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 4,00 (62' André Schürrle 5,70). - coach: Thomas Tuchel 5,80. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]

Player ratings Bayern 1-0 Benfica.

1-0 2' Arturo Vidal h. (Juan Bernat). Att: 70.000.

Bayern: Manuel Neuer 6,20 - Juan Bernat 6,20, Philipp Lahm 6,20, David Alaba 6,00, Thiago 6,20, Franck Ribéry 6,40, Douglas Costa 6,10 (70' Kingsley Coman 5,80), Arturo Vidal 7,10, Joshua Kimmich 5,90 (60' Javi Martínez 6,40), Robert Lewandowski 5,20, Thomas Müller 5,20 (85' Mario Götze). - coach: Pep Guardiola 6,00. = average: 6,07 [satisfactory]

Benfica: Ederson 7,00 - Victor Lindelöf 6,50, Eliseu 5,90, Jardel 6,90, André Almeida 5,80, Ljubomir Fejsa 6,20, Nicolás Gaitán 6,10, Renato Sanches 6,50, Kostas Mitroglou 5,50 (70' Raúl Jiménez), Jonas 6,00 (83' Eduardo Salvio), Pizzi 5,50 (90' Andreas Samaris). - coach: Rui Vitória 6,50. = average: 6,17 [solid]

Average ratings Benfica in the Europa League.

In semifinals vs Juventus and final vs Sevilla.

6,80 Garay
6,63 Luisão
6,45 Oblak
6,35 Markovic
6,20 Lima
6,17 Maxi Pereira
6,13 Siquieira
6,15 Sulejmani
6,10 Amorim, Gaitán
6,07 André Almeida
5,90 André Gomes
5,70 Rodrigo
5,50 Enzo Pérez
5,40 Cardozo

Last season (CL+EL):

6,36 Cardozo
6,10 André Gomes
6,09 Artur
6,08 Ola John
6,03 Garay
6,02 Salvio
6,00 Matic, Bruno César, André Almeida
5,97 Lima, Gaitán
5,93 Maxi Pereira
5,92 Luisão
5,91 Melgarejo
5,87 Aimar
5,80 Enzo Pérez
5,75 Jardel
5,47 Rodrigo

Player ratings Sevilla 0, Benfica 0 (4-2 pen.) [EL final]

Penalties: Lima goal, Bacca goal - Cardozo saved, Mbia goal - Rodrigo saved, Coke goal - Luisão goal, Gameiro goal. Att: 33.120 (Juventus Stadium, Turin).
Sevilla: Beto 7,60 - Federico Fazio 6,50, Daniel Carriço 6,30, Alberto Moreno 5,50, Nicolás Pareja 6,90, Coke 6,30, Ivan Rakitić 6,60, Reyes 6,00 (78' Marko Marin - 104' Kevin Gameiro 6,20), Stéphane Mbia 6,40, Carlos Bacca 5,60, Vitolo 6,10 (110' Diogo Figueiras). - coach: Unai Emery 6,60. = average: 6,33 [good]
Benfica: Jan Oblak 6,10 - Luisão 6,60, Maxi Pereira 6,20, Ezequiel Garay 6,60, Ruben Amorim 5,80, Siqueira 5,90 (99' Óscar Cardozo 5,10), Nicolás Gaitán 5,80 (119' Ivan Cavaleiro), André Gomes 5,90, Miralem Sulejmani 6,40 (25' André Almeida 5,90), Lima 5,90, Rodrigo 5,10. - coach: Jorge Jesus 5,50. = average: 5,95 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Juventus 0, Benfica 0 [EL]

Ref: Mark Clattenburg 5,50. Sent off: 67' Enzo Pérez. Att: 40.775.
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,10 - Giorgio Chiellini 5,80, Martín Cáceres 6,10, Leonardo Bonucci 5,80 (73' Sebastian Giovinco 5,50), Stephan Lichtsteiner 5,40, Paul Pogba 6,70, Andrea Pirlo 5,80, Kwadwo Asamoah 5,90, Arturo Vidal 5,70 (78' Claudio Marchisio), Carlos Tévez 5,70, Llorente 5,20 (78' Pablo Osvaldo). - coach: Antonio Conte 5,80. = average: 5,81 [mediocre]
Benfica: Jan Oblak 6,80 - Luisão 7,20, Maxi Pereira 6,20, Ezequiel Garay 6,90, Ruben Amorim 6,40, Siqueira 6,10, Nicolás Gaitán 6,40 (76' Eduardo Salvio), Enzo Pérez 5,10, Lazar Marković 6,00 (86' Miralem Sulejmani), Lima 5,80, Rodrigo 5,70 (69' André Almeida 6,40). - coach: Jorge Jesus 6,80. = average: 6,25 [solid]

Player ratings Benfica 2, Juventus 1 [EL]

1-0 2' Ezequiel Garay h. (Miralem Sulejmani), 1-1 73' Carlos Tévez r. (Kwadwo Asamoah), 2-1 84' Lima r. (Ivan Cavaleiro). Att: 55.779.
Benfica: Artur Moraes 6,50 - Luisão 6,10, Maxi Pereira 6,10, Ezequiel Garay 6,90, Siqueira 6,40, André Gomes 5,90 (82' Ivan Cavaleiro 6,50), Enzo Pérez 5,90, Lazar Marković 6,70, Óscar Cardozo 5,30 (62' Lima 6,90), Miralem Sulejmani 5,90 (60' André Almeida 5,90), Rodrigo 6,30. - coach: Jorge Jesus 6,50. = average: 6,25 [solid]
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 5,80 - Giorgio Chiellini 5,70, Martín Cáceres 6,00, Leonardo Bonucci 4,70, Stephan Lichtsteiner 5,80, Paul Pogba 6,50, Claudio Marchisio 5,50, Andrea Pirlo 5,50, Kwadwo Asamoah 5,80, Mirko Vučinić 4,90 (65' Sebastian Giovinco 5,90), Carlos Tévez 6,80 (82' Pablo Osvaldo). - coach: Antonio Conte 5,80. = average: 5,74 [disappointing]

Average ratings Benfica in CL & EL 2012/13.

6,36 Ó. Cardozo
6,10 André Gomes
6,09 Artur
6,08 Ola John
6,03 Garay
6,02 Salvio
6,00 Matic, Bruno César, André Almeida
5,97 Lima, Gaitán
5,93 Maxi Pereira
5,92 Luisão
5,91 Melgarejo
5,87 Aimar
5,80 Enzo Pérez
5,75 Jardel
5,47 Rodrigo

Player ratings Benfica 1, Chelsea 2 [Europa League final]

0-1 60' Fernando Torres, 1-1 68' Cardozo penalty, 1-2 93' Ivanovic. Att: 46.163 (Amsterdam Arena).
Benfica: Artur 6,00 - André Almeida 5,80, Luisão 5,50, Garay 6,20 (77' Jardel 5,60), Melgarejo 6,20 (66' Ola John 5,60) - Enzo Pérez 6,40, Matic 6,70, Gaitán 6,30 - Salvio 5,90, Rodrigo 4,80 (66' Lima 5,70), Ó. Cardozo 6,80.- coach: Jorge Jesus 6,60. = average: 5,96 [acceptable]
Chelsea: Cech 6,70 - Azpilicueta 5,20, Cahill 6,80, Ivanovic 7,30, Ashley Cole 5,60 - Ramires 6,10, David Luíz 5,90, Lampard 6,80 - Mata 6,30, Oscar 5,40 - Fernando Torres 6,90. - coach: Benítez 7,10. = average: 6,27 [good]

Memory Lane: topscorers in Portuguese 'Clássicos' 1950-2013.

Matches Benfica-FC Porto in the league.

1950-59
15: José Águas (Benfica)
9: Monteiro da Costa (FC Porto)
6: Teixeira & Hernâni (FC Porto)
4: Vital (FC Porto)
2: Pascoal & Rosa (Benfica), José Maria & Jaburú (FC Porto)

1960-69
11: Eusébio (Benfica)
5: Augusto (Benfica)
4: José Águas (Benfica), Veríssimo (FC Porto)
3: Torres (Benfica)
2: A. Mendes, Simões & Santana (Benfica), Noé, Jaime, Naftal, António & Valdir (FC Porto)

1970-79
6: Lemos (FC Porto)
5: Eusébio (Benfica)
4: Abel (FC Porto)
2: Simões, Artur Jorge, Graça, Vítor Baptista, Nené, Martins, Toni, Jordão, Chalana & Pietra (Benfica), Flávio, Cubillas, Ademir & Júlio (FC Porto)

1980-89
6: Gomes (FC Porto)
5: Nené (Benfica)
4: Rui Águas (Benfica)
2: Walsh, Juary & Pacheco (FC Porto)

1990-99
6: Jardel (FC Porto)
3: João Pinto (Benfica), Domingos (FC Porto)
2: Rui Águas & Yuran (Benfica), Kostadinov, Timofte, Jorge Costa & Atur (FC Porto)

2000-09
3: Nuno Gomes (Benfica), Deco (FC Porto)
2: Van Hooijdonck & Simão (Benfica), Aleinichev, Capucho, McCarthy, Lisandro López, Quaresma & Lucho González (FC Porto)

2010-13
4: Hulk (FC Porto)
2: Cardozo & Gaitán (Benfica), Falcao (FC Porto)

Benfica coaches per winning percentage.

Min. 100 matches.

78,3% Jimmy Hagan (1970-74)
71,3% János Biri (1939-47)
70,4% Béla Guttman (1959-62, 65-66)
70,1% Jorge Jesus (2009-)
69,3% John Mortimore (1976-79)
67,9% Sven-Göran Eriksson (1982-84, 89-92)
67,0% Ted Smith (1948-52)
65,0% Cosme Damião (1908-26)
64,8% Otto Glória (1954-59, 68-70)
64,2% Lipót Hertzka (1935-39)
63,4% Toni (1987-89, 92-94)

Player ratings Benfica 3, Fenerbahçe 1.

1-0 9' Gaitán, 1-1 23' Kuyt penalty, 2-1 35' Ó. Cardozo, 3-1 66' Ó. Cardozo. Att: 55.462.
Benfica: Artur 6,30 - Maxi Pereira 6,00, Luisão 6,20, Garay 5,50, André Almeida 6,00 - Enzo Pérez 5,90, Matic 6,50, Gaitán 6,40 (93' Roderick) - Lima 5,90, Ó. Cardozo 7,20 (87' Urretavizcaya), Salvio 6,10. - coach: Jorge Jesus. = average: 6,18 [solid]
Fenerbahçe: Volkan Demirel 6,00 - Gökhan Gönül 6,20 (61' Bekir Irtegün), Yobo 5,60 (75' Stoch), Egemen Korkmaz 6,10, Ziegler 5,30 - Selçuk Şahin 5,40 (44' Mehmet Topuz 5,60), Caner Erkin 5,30 - Cristian 5,80 - Kuyt 6,00, Uçan 5,20 - Sow 5,20. - coach: Kocaman. = average: 5,64 [failing]

Player ratings Fenerbahçe 1, Benfica 0.

1-0 72' Egemen Korkmaz. Att: 50.530.
Fenerbahçe: Volkan Demirel 6,20 - Gökhan Gönül 6,50, Yobo 6,20, Egemen Korkmaz 6,40, Ziegler 5,50 - Raul Meireles 6,00 (64' Uçan), Topal 5,70 - Kuyt 5,90, Cristian 5,70 (86' Selçuk Şahin), Sow 6,20 (86' Krasic) - Webo 6,00.  - coach: Kocaman. = average: 6,03 [acceptable]
Benfica: Artur Moraes 6,50 - Maxi Pereira 6,00, Jardel 5,50, Garay 6,30, Melgarejo 5,80 - André Gomes 6,00 (81' Carlos Martins), Aimar 5,50 (46' Gaitán 5,60), Matic 5,80 - John 5,30 (64' Rodrigo 5,00), Ó. Cardozo 5,80, Salvio 6,20. - coach: Jorge Jesus. = average: 5,79 [mediocre]

Benfica: average ratings Champions League 2012/13.

6,50 John
6,18 Cardozo
6,07 André Almeida
6,05 Garay, Aimar
6,04 Lima
6,00 Artur, Luisão, Bruno César, Salvio
5,90 Maxi Pereira
5,88 Melgarejo
5,85 Jardel
5,83 Gaitán
5,80 Matic
5,75 Rodrigo
5,66 Enzo Pérez

Average ratings Barcelona 0, Benfica 0.

Att: 50.659.
Barcelona: Pinto 7,00 - Montoya 6,00, Puyol 6,40, Adriano 6,30 (66' Piqué 6,20), Planas 5,30, Song 5,50, Thiago 5,90, Sergi Roberto 5,50, Rafinha 5,40 (58' Messi 6,20) - Tello 5,40 (78' Deulofeu), Villa 5,20. - coach: Vilanova. = average: 5,87 [vulnerable]
Benfica: Artur 6,40 - Maxi Pereira 5,80, Luisão 5,60, Garay 6,50, Melgarejo 6,20 - Matic 6,00, Andrés Gomes 6,20, Nolito 5,90 (63' Bruno César 5,70), John 5,90, Rodrigo 5,70 (74' André Almeida) - Lima 5,90 (74' Óscar Cardozo). - coach: Jorge Jesús. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]

Player ratings Benfica 0, Barcelona 2.

0-1 6' Alexis Sánchez, 0-2 55' Cesc Fàbregas. Att: 63.847.
Benfica: Artur 6,00 - Maxi Pereira 5,80, Jardel 5,60, Garay 5,40, Melgarejo 5,40 - Matic 5,70, Enzo Pérez 5,20 (59' Pablo Aimar 5,70), Nico Gaitán 6,00 (74' Nolito), Salvio 5,90, Bruno César 6,50 (46' Carlos Martins 5,70) - Lima 6,00. - coach: Jorge Jesús. = average: 5,76 [disappointing]
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,50 - Dani Alves 6,00, Puyol 6,30 (77' Alex Song), Mascherano 6,00, Jordi Alba 6,20 - Sergio Busquets 6,30, Xavi 6,50, Cesc Fàbregas 7,00 (71' Iniesta) - Pedro 6,00 (81' Villa), Alexis Sánchez 7,00, Messi 6,90. - coach: Vilanova. = average: 6,43 [strong]

As: El crack: Fàbregas, El dandy: Messi, El duro: Busquets, ¡Vaya día!: Puyol (injured).