Play-offs
1st leg
Benfica
Benfica
3 - 1
View 2nd leg
Aarhus
Aarhus
Thu 20 Aug 19:00 Venue Estádio da Luz
Referee Marco Guida
UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa League
Play-offs
Kairat Almaty 0–3 Anderlecht
FT
Jagiellonia 4–0 FC Iberia 1999
FT
Mjallby AIF 0–1 Red Bull Salzburg
FT
Lech Poznan 7–0 FC Thun
FT
Beşiktaş 3–0 Kauno Žalgiris
FT
Universitatea Craiova 1–1 Ararat-Armenia
FT
Trabzonspor 0–1 Ferencvarosi TC
FT
Egnatia Rrogozhinë 0–0 Lillestrom
FT
FK Crvena Zvezda 3–0 Plzen
FT
St. Truiden 1–0 Omonia Nicosia
FT
OFI 3–0 CSKA Sofia
FT
Benfica 3–1 Aarhus
FT
FC Iberia 1999 1–2 Jagiellonia
FT
Ararat-Armenia 1–0 Universitatea Craiova
FT
Lillestrom 2–1 Egnatia Rrogozhinë
FT
Plzen 5–1 FK Crvena Zvezda
FT
Red Bull Salzburg 3–0 Mjallby AIF
FT
Omonia Nicosia 4–2 St. Truiden
FT
Kauno Žalgiris 1–0 Beşiktaş
FT
Aarhus 1–3 Benfica
FT
CSKA Sofia 0–2 OFI
FT
FC Thun 2–2 Lech Poznan
FT
Anderlecht 3–0 Kairat Almaty
FT
Ferencvarosi TC 4–0 Trabzonspor
FT
71%
Possession
29%
0
Total Shots
0
13
Shots On Target
1
0
Shots inside box
0
0
Shots outside box
0
8
Shots off goal
1
11
Corners
1
10
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2'
Goal
Rafa Silva
Normal Goal
9'
Yellow Card
Leandro Barreiro
Yellow Card
24'
Yellow Card
Tomás Araújo
Yellow Card
31'
Goal
L. Barreiro
Normal Goal
36'
Goal
S. Jorgensen
Normal Goal
45'
Goal
V. Pavlidis
Penalty
45+1'
VAR
Vangelis Pavlidis
Penalty confirmed
57'
Sub
C. Rosler
Substitution 1
57'
Sub
S. Jorgensen
Substitution 2
66'
Sub
L. Barreiro
Substitution 1
72'
Sub
V. Pavlidis
Substitution 2
72'
Sub
G. Prestianni
Substitution 3
73'
Sub
M. Knudsen
Substitution 3
73'
Sub
F. Emmery
Substitution 4
81'
Sub
J. Bogere
Substitution 5
83'
Yellow Card
Stefen Tchamche
Yellow Card
84'
Sub
G. Sudakov
Substitution 4
84'
Sub
Rafa Silva
Substitution 5
27 Aug
2026
18:00
Aarhus
1-3
Benfica
20 Aug
2026
19:00
Benfica
3-1
Aarhus
Standings
# Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts Form
1
Anderlecht
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2
Ararat-Armenia
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3
AZ Alkmaar
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4
Benfica
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5
Beşiktaş
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6
Bournemouth
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7
Celje
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8
Celta Vigo
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9
Celtic
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10
Crystal Palace
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11
Ferencvarosi TC
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12
Dinamo Zagreb
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13
Hapoel Beer Sheva
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14
1899 Hoffenheim
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15
Jagiellonia
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16
Juventus
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17
Lech Poznan
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18
Bayer Leverkusen
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19
Levski Sofia
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20
Lillestrom
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21
Lyon
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22
Marseille
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23
AC Milan
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24
NEC Nijmegen
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25
OFI
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26
Olympiakos Piraeus
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27
Omonia Nicosia
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28
Real Sociedad
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29
Rennes
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30
Red Bull Salzburg
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31
Sparta Praha
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32
Sturm Graz
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33
Sunderland
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34
Torreense
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35
Union St. Gilloise
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36
Plzen
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
UEFA Europa League (Play Offs: 1/8-finals)
UEFA Europa League (Play Offs: 1/16-finals)
GK
21GK
M. Hedenstad
DEF
19DF
E. Kahl
44DF
M. Camara
25DF
C. Rosler
MID
39FW
F. Emmery
4MF
M. Knudsen
10
K. Arnstad
8MF
S. Jorgensen
26MF
J. Andersen
FWD
28FW
J. Bogere
31FW
T. Bech
Aarhus
3-5-2
Mgr: Jakob Poulsen
Benfica
4-1-3-2
Mgr: Marco Silva
GK
24GK
S. Soares
DEF
26DF
S. Dahl
44DF
T. Araujo
2DF
C. Lenglet
6DF
A. Bah
MID
18MF
L. Barreiro
ATT
10MF
G. Sudakov
5MF
E. Barrenechea
25MF
G. Prestianni
FWD
27MF
Rafa Silva
14FW
V. Pavlidis

BenficaSubs

1
A. Trubin
GK
58
D. Banjaqui
DEF
62
J. Neto
DEF
33
Gabriel Indio
?
8
F. Aursnes ↑ 84'
MID
16
Manu Silva
MID
20
R. Rios ↑ 66'
MID
13
J. Kaminski ↑ 84'
MID
22
J. Duran ↑ 72'
FWD
72
Anisio
FWD
11
D. Lukebakio
MID
21
A. Schjelderup ↑ 72'
MID

AarhusSubs

1
J. Hansen
GK
42
M. van der Raad
GK
45
C. Storch
DEF
14
T. Molgaard
DEF
33
L. Callo
DEF
16
J. Jonsson ↑ 73'
MID
11
G. Links ↑ 73'
MID
29
R. Carstensen ↑ 57'
MID
23
M. Anderson ↑ 81'
MID
7
M. Solbakken
MID
13
J. Serra
FWD
27
S. Tchamche ↑ 57' Yellow
FWD