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Celtic Glasgow 3-0 Benfica - November 12, 1969 / Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1969/1970

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Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1969/1970 - Round of 16

Celtic Park - Glasgow - Scotland

November 12, 1969

74 894

3 - 0

Benfica

Portugal

Tommy Gemmell

Willie Wallace

38'

Harry Hood

69'

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2' - Goal Tommy Gemmell2

38' - Goal Willie Wallace38

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46' - Substitution José Diamantino Costais substituted by Jose Augusto photo Artur Jorge

46' - Substitution Eusebiois substituted by Artur Jorge

69' - Goal Harry Hood69

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Celtic Glasgow

3 - 0

Benfica

Celtic Glasgow Benfica

Team line-ups

Celtic Glasgow

Fallon

John Fallon

Scotland

B.date16/08/1940

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

McNeill

Billy McNeill

Scotland

B.date02/03/1940

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Craig

Jim Craig

Scotland

B.date30/04/1943

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Gemmell2

Tommy Gemmell

Scotland

B.date16/10/1943

Age26 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Murdoch

Bobby Murdoch

Scotland

B.date17/08/1944

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Clark

John Clark

Scotland

B.date13/03/1941

Age28 years

positionCentre Midfield

Auld

Bertie Auld

Scotland

B.date23/03/1938

Age31 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Hood69

Harry Hood

Scotland

B.date03/10/1944

Age25 years

positionForward

Wallace38

Willie Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/06/1940

Age29 years

positionStriker

Johnstone

Jimmy Johnstone

Scotland

B.date30/09/1944

Age25 years

H1m57

positionRight Winger

Hughes

John Hughes

Scotland

B.date03/04/1943

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Fallon		29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy McNeill		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Craig		26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Gemmell	2	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Murdoch		25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Clark		28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bertie Auld		31	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Hood	69	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Wallace	38	29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Johnstone		25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hughes		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Benfica

José Henrique

Portugal

B.date18/05/1943

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Humberto Fernandes

Portugal

B.date05/10/1938

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Coelho

Humberto Coelho

Portugal

B.date20/04/1950

Age19 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Malta da Silva

Portugal

B.date19/02/1943

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Zeca

José Fernandez Zeca

Portugal

B.date11/08/1943

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Diamantino Costa46

José Diamantino Costa

Portugal

B.date29/05/1948

Age21 years

positionLeft Midfielder

António Simões

Portugal

B.date14/12/1943

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Jaime Graça

Portugal

B.date10/01/1942

Age27 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

Coluna

Mario Coluna

Portugal

B.date06/08/1935

Age34 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Eusebio46

Eusebio

Portugal

B.date25/01/1942

Age27 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Torres

José Torres

Portugal

B.date08/09/1938

Age31 years

H1m91

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	José Henrique		26	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Humberto Fernandes		31	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Humberto Coelho		19	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malta da Silva		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	José Fernandez Zeca		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	José Diamantino Costa	46	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	António Simões		25	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jaime Graça		27	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mario Coluna		34	323	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eusebio	46	27	278	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	José Torres		31	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

135

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jose Augusto	46	32	333	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Artur Jorge	46	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Humberto Fernandes

Toni

OUT

Jaime Graça

Adolfo Calisto

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jock Stein

236

Success rate in this team:

72 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

62 %

Stein vs Benfica

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 12, 1969

Stein vs Glória

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 12, 1969

Manager

Age

Match num

Otto Glória

156

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Glória vs Celtic Glasgow

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 12, 1969

Glória vs Stein

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 12, 1969

Referee

Concetto Lo Bello

3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Celtic Glasgow4 matches	General total	Benfica3 matches	0 victory	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Celtic Glasgow2 matches	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 24, 1971					Latest figure on November 12, 1969

Videos

July 26, 2012

Comments

Key figures

Benfica keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 12/02/1969). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/02/1956 (10 matches)

Benfica keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home in Champions League running (since 12/02/1969). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 10/11/1965-30/11/1967 time period (4 matches).

Celtic Glasgow keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Champions League running (since 02/10/1968). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCeltic Glasgow 2-1 Aberdeen24/09/1969

VCeltic Glasgow 2-1 Clyde27/09/1969

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 FC Basel01/10/1969

VCeltic Glasgow 7-1 Raith Rovers04/10/1969

DCeltic Glasgow 3-3 Ayr United08/10/1969

LCeltic Glasgow 0-2 Heart of Midlothian08/11/1969

Overall

VAirdrieonians 1878 0-2 Celtic Glasgow11/10/1969

VCeltic Glasgow 2-1 Ayr United13/10/1969

VSt. Johnstone 0-1 Celtic Glasgow25/10/1969

VAberdeen 2-3 Celtic Glasgow29/10/1969

VAyr United 2-4 Celtic Glasgow01/11/1969

LCeltic Glasgow 0-2 Heart of Midlothian08/11/1969

Current form

Away

VAcadémica 1-2 Benfica22/06/1969

LLeixões 2-0 Benfica06/09/1969

VOs Belenenses 0-1 Benfica20/09/1969

VKB Copenhague 2-3 Benfica01/10/1969

VFabril do Barreiro 0-2 Benfica19/10/1969

LSporting CP 1-0 Benfica09/11/1969

Overall

VOs Belenenses 0-1 Benfica20/09/1969

VBenfica 3-0 Académica28/09/1969

VKB Copenhague 2-3 Benfica01/10/1969

VFabril do Barreiro 0-2 Benfica19/10/1969

VBenfica 8-0 Boavista25/10/1969

LSporting CP 1-0 Benfica09/11/1969

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	6
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	6	10
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-2 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tommy Gemmell	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Eusebio
Tommy Gemmell	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	José Diamantino Costa
Tommy Gemmell	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Eusebio