Portuguese football in 2006-07 UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Porto

Group G

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Arsenal	11	6	3	2	1	7	3	4
2. Porto	11	6	3	2	1	9	4	5
3. CSKA Moscow	8	6	2	2	2	4	5	-1
4. Hamburg	3	6	1	0	5	7	15	-8

All times CET

Porto v CSKA Moscow

13 September 2006 20:45

Porto	0–0	CSKA Moscow
	Report

Estádio do Dragão, Porto Referee: Øvrebø (NOR)

Arsenal v Porto

September 26, 2006 20:45

Arsenal	2–0	Porto
Henry  38' Hleb  48'	Report

Emirates Stadium, London Referee: Farina (ITA)

Porto v Hamburg

October 17, 2006 20:45

Porto	4–1	Hamburg
Lisandro  14'  81' Lucho  48' (pen.) Postiga  69'	Report	89' Trochowski

Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Hamer (LUX)

Hamburg v Porto

November 1, 2006 20:45

Hamburg	1–3	Porto
van der Vaart  62'	Report	44' Lucho  61' Lisandro  87' Moraes

AOL Arena, Hamburg Referee: Duhamel (FRA)

CSKA Moscow v Porto

November 21, 2006 18:30

CSKA Moscow	0–2	Porto
	Report	2' Quaresma  61' Lucho

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow Referee: Vassaras (GRE)

Porto v Arsenal

December 6, 2006 20:45

Porto	0–0	Arsenal
	Report

Estádio do Dragão, Porto Referee: Merk (GER)

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	2-3	Chelsea	1-1	1-2

Porto v Chelsea

February 21, 2007 20:45

Porto	1–1	Chelsea
Meireles  12'	(Report)	16' Shevchenko

Estádio do Dragão, Porto Referee: Busacca (SUI)

Chelsea v Porto

March 6, 2007 20:45

Chelsea	2–1	Porto
Robben  48' Ballack  78'	(Report)	15' Quaresma

Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 39,041 Referee: Rosetti (ITA)

Sporting CP

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Bayern Munich	12	6	3	3	0	10	3	+7
2. Internazionale	10	6	3	1	2	5	5	0
3. Spartak Moscow	5	6	1	2	3	7	11	-4
4. Sporting CP	5	6	1	2	3	3	6	-3

All times CET

Sporting CP v Internazionale

September 12, 2006 20:45

Sporting CP	1-0	Internazionale
Caneira  64'	Report

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 30,222 Referee: Hamer (LUX)

Spartak Moscow v Sporting CP

September 27, 2006 20:45

Spartak Moscow	1–1	Sporting CP
Boyarintsev  5'	Report	59' Nani

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Referee: Hansson (SWE)

Sporting CP v Bayern Munich

October 18, 2006 20:45

Sporting CP	0–1	Bayern Munich
	Report	19' Schweinsteiger

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Referee: Hauge (NOR)

Bayern Munich v Sporting CP

October 31, 2006 20:45

Bayern Munich	0–0	Sporting CP
	Report

Allianz Arena, Munich Referee: Busacca (SUI)

Internazionale v Sporting CP

November 22, 2006 20:45

Internazionale	1–0	Sporting CP
Crespo  36'	Report

San Siro, Milan Referee: De Bleeckere (BEL)

Sporting CP v Spartak Moscow

December 5, 2006 20:45

Sporting CP	1–3	Spartak Moscow
Bueno  31'	Report	7' Pavlyuchenko  16' Kalynychenko  89' Boyarinstev

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Referee: Vollquartz (DEN)

Benfica

3rd Qualifying Round

Benfica played the 3rd qualifying round on 8 August (first leg) and 22 August (second leg), 2006, against Austria Wien and qualified to the group stage of the Champions League.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Austria Wien	1-4	Benfica	1-1	0-3

Group Stage

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Manchester United	12	6	4	0	2	10	5	+5
2. Celtic	9	6	3	0	3	8	9	-1
3. Benfica	7	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1
4. Copenhagen	7	6	2	1	3	5	8	-3

All times CET

Copenhagen v Benfica

September 13, 2006 20:45

Copenhagen	0–0	Benfica
	Report

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 40,085 Referee: Baskakov (RUS)

Benfica v Manchester United

September 26, 2006 20:45

Benfica	0–1	Manchester United
	Report	60' Saha

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Referee: De Bleeckere (BEL)

Celtic v Benfica

October 17, 2006 20:45

Celtic	3–0	Benfica
Miller  56', 66' Pearson  90'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 58,313 Referee: Braamhaar (NED)

Benfica v Celtic

November 1, 2006 20:45

Benfica	3–0	Celtic
Caldwell  10' (o.g.) Nuno Gomes  22' Karyaka  76'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Referee: Vassaras (GRE)

Benfica v Copenhagen

November 21, 2006 20:45

Benfica	3–1	Copenhagen
Léo  14' Miccoli  16', 37'	Report	89' Allbäck

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Manchester United v Benfica

December 6, 2006 20:45

Manchester United	3–1	Benfica
Vidić  45+1' Giggs  61' Saha  75'	Report	27' Nélson

Old Trafford, Manchester

UEFA Cup

Portuguese teams entered the UEFA Cup in the 1st round, immediately after the two qualifying rounds. This year's teams in the UEFA Cup were Sporting de Braga, Nacional, and Vitória de Setúbal. Benfica eventually entered into the Round of 32 after achieving a 3rd-placed finish in its UEFA Champions League group.

First Round

The 1st leg was played on 14 September 2006. The 2nd leg was played on 28 September 2006.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting de Braga	3-2	Chievo	2-0	1-2(aet)
Vitória de Setúbal	0-3	Heerenveen	0-3	0-0
Rapid Bucureşti	3-1	Nacional	1-0	2-1(aet)

Group Stage

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. AZ	10	4	3	1	0	12	5	7
2. Sevilla	7	4	2	1	1	7	2	5
3. Braga	6	4	2	0	2	6	5	1
4. Slovan Liberec	5	4	1	2	1	6	7	-1
5. Grasshopper	0	4	0	0	4	3	15	-12

Round of 32

The first leg was held on 14th or 15 February 2007, while the second leg was held on 22 February 2007.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Braga	2 – 0	Parma1	1 – 0	1 – 0
Benfica2	3 – 1	Dinamo Bucureşti	1 – 0	2 – 1

¹ On 7 February, the Italian Government ruled that Parma and Livorno's home fields did not meet requirements following riots held after an Italian Serie A match in Sicily. Livorno played its home leg behind closed doors on 14 February. Parma played its home leg behind closed doors on 22 February. ² Transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage as third-place finishers in their groups.

Round of 16

The first leg will be held on 8 March 2007, while the second leg will be held on 14 or 15 March 2007.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Braga	4 – 6	Tottenham Hotspur	2-3	2-3
Paris Saint-Germain	3 – 4	Benfica	2-1	1-3