2020–21 S.L. Benfica season
The 2020–21 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season is the club's 117th season in existence and its 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Benfica currently play in this season's editions of the Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal after losing the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and being eliminated from the Taça da Liga. On the European stage, Benfica compete in the UEFA Europa League following their elimination in the Champions League third qualifying round. The season started in September 2020 and will conclude in May 2021.
2020–21 season | ||||
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President | Luís Filipe Vieira | |||
Head coach | Jorge Jesus | |||
Stadium | Estádio da Luz | |||
Primeira Liga | 4th | |||
Taça de Portugal | Semi-finals | |||
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | Runners-up | |||
Taça da Liga | Semi-finals | |||
UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | |||
UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Haris Seferović (6) All: Pizzi (8) | |||
Biggest win | 5–1 vs Famalicão (18 September 2020) | |||
Biggest defeat | 0–3 vs Boavista (2 November 2020) | |||
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All statistics correct as of 1 February 2021. |
Players
First-team squad
- As of 31 January 2021[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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38 | MF | Pedrinho | Corinthians | €18,000,000 | 3 August 2020 | [2] [3] |
2 | DF | Gilberto | Fluminense | €3,000,000 | 8 August 2020 | [4] |
77 | GK | Helton Leite | Boavista | Undisclosed | [5] | |
5 | DF | Jan Vertonghen | Tottenham Hotspur | Free | 14 August 2020 | [6] |
7 | FW | Everton | Grêmio | €20,000,000 | [7] | |
10 | MF | Luca Waldschmidt | SC Freiburg | €15,000,000 | [8] | |
9 | FW | Darwin Núñez | Almería | €24,000,000 | 4 September 2020 | [9] |
30 | DF | Nicolás Otamendi | Manchester City | €15,000,000 | 29 September 2020 | [10][11] |
Disclosed total | ||||||
€95,000,000 |
Out
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source(s) |
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— | GK | Bruno Varela | Vitória de Guimarães | Free | 19 August 2020 | [12] |
— | FW | Yony González | LA Galaxy | Loan | [13] | |
— | DF | Tyronne Ebuehi | Twente | 21 August 2020 | [14] | |
— | GK | Ivan Zlobin | Famalicão | Undisclosed | 22 August 2020 | [15] |
— | MF | Andrija Živković | PAOK | Released | 26 August 2020 | [16] |
— | FW | Jhonder Cádiz | Nashville SC | Loan (€500,000) | 9 September 2020 | [17][18] |
— | DF | Pedro Pereira | Crotone | Loan | 21 September 2020 | [19] |
— | MF | David Tavares | Moreirense | Loan | 22 September 2020 | [20] |
— | MF | Ljubomir Fejsa | Al-Ahli | Released | 24 September 2020 | [21] |
— | MF | Florentino | Monaco | Loan | 25 September 2020 | [22] |
6 | DF | Rúben Dias | Manchester City | €68,000,000 | 30 September 2020 | [10] |
— | DF | Cristian Lema | Damac FC | €2,000,000 | 2 October 2020 | [23][24] |
95 | FW | Carlos Vinícius | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan (€3,000,000) | 2 October 2020 | [25][26] |
84 | DF | Tomás Tavares | Alavés | Loan | 3 October 2020 | [27] |
97 | DF | Ferro | Valencia | Loan | 31 January 2021 | |
Disclosed total | ||||||
€73,500,000 |
Pre-season friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
30 August 2020 Friendly | Benfica | 2–1 | Bournemouth | Lisbon, Portugal |
19:00 WEST | Report |
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Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: António Nobre (Leiria) |
Competitions
Overview
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Primeira Liga | 18 September 2020 | 19 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 58.82 | |
Taça de Portugal | 21 November 2020 | Third round | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 100.00 | ||
Taça da Liga | 16 December 2020 | 20 January 2021 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | 23 December 2020 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 | |
Champions League | 15 September 2020 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 | |
Europa League | 22 October 2020 | Group stage | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 50.00 | ||
Total | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 54.84 |
Last updated: 5 February 2021
Primeira Liga
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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2 | Porto | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 40 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
3 | Braga | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 37 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
4 | Benfica | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 34 | Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round |
5 | Paços de Ferreira | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 34 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 30 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 |
Last updated: 5 February 2021.
Source: Liga Portugal
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
18 September 2020 1 | Famalicão | 1–5 | Benfica | Vila Nova de Famalicão |
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho |
26 September 2020 2 | Benfica | 2–0 | Moreirense | Lisbon |
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Nuno Almeida |
4 October 2020 3 | Benfica | 3–2 | Farense | Lisbon |
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Tiago Martins |
18 October 2020 4 | Rio Ave | 0–3 | Benfica | Vila do Conde |
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0 Referee: João Pinheiro |
26 October 2020 5 | Benfica | 2–0 | Belenenses SAD | Lisbon |
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Rui Costa |
2 November 2020 6 | Boavista | 3–0 | Benfica | Porto |
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report |
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Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 0 Referee: Hugo Miguel |
8 November 2020 7 | Benfica | 2–3 | Braga | Lisbon |
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias |
30 November 2020 8 | Marítimo | 1–2 | Benfica | Funchal |
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00) |
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Report | Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Mota |
6 December 2020 9 | Benfica | 2–1 | Paços de Ferreira | Lisbon |
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00) |
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Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Rui Costa |
20 December 2020 10 | Gil Vicente | 0–2 | Benfica | Barcelos |
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 0 Referee: Nuno Almeida |
29 December 2020 11 | Benfica | 2–1 | Portimonense | Lisbon |
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00) |
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Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Tiago Martins |
4 January 2021 12 | Santa Clara | 1–1 | Benfica | Ponta Delgada |
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0 Referee: Hélder Malheiro |
8 January 2021 13 | Benfica | 2–0 | Tondela | Lisbon |
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00) |
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Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Oliveira |
15 January 2021 14 | Porto | 1–1 | Benfica | Porto |
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report |
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Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho |
25 January 2021 15 | Benfica | 1–1 | Nacional | Lisbon |
17:00 WET (UTC±0) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Rui Costa |
1 February 2021 16 | Sporting CP | 1–0 | Benfica | Lisbon |
21:30 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias |
5 February 2021 17 | Benfica | 0–0 | Vitória de Guimarães | Lisbon |
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00) |
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Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Nuno Almeida |
8 February 2021 18 | Benfica | v | Famalicão | Lisbon |
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00) | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 |
Taça de Portugal
21 November 2020 Third round | Paredes | 0–1 | Benfica | Paredes |
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00) |
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Report | Stadium: Estádio da Cidade Desportiva de Paredes Referee: Vitor Ferreira |
13 December 2020 Fourth round | Benfica | 5–0 | Vilafranquense | Lisbon |
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Andre Narciso |
12 January 2021 Fifth round | Estrela da Amadora | 0–4 | Benfica | Amadora |
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Referee: Joao Bento |
28 January 2021 Quarter-finals | Benfica | 3–0 | Belenenses SAD | Lisbon |
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report |
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Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: João Pinheiro |
11 February 2021 Semi-finals First leg | Estoril | v | Benfica | Estoril |
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00) | Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota |
2–4 March 2021 Semi-finals Second leg | Benfica | v | Estoril | Lisbon |
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00) | Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
Taça da Liga
16 December 2020 Quarter-finals | Benfica | 1–1 (4–1 p) | Vitória de Guimarães | Lisbon |
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo | ||
Penalties | ||||
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying phase
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 31 August 2020, 12:00 CEST.[28]
15 September 2020 Third qualifying round | PAOK | 2–1 | Benfica | Thessaloniki, Greece |
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report | Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) |
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[29]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAN | BEN | STL | LCH | |
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1 | Rangers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
2 | Benfica | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 12 | 3–3 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | Lech Poznań | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | — |
22 October 2020 1 | Lech Poznań | 2–4 | Benfica | Poznań, Poland |
18:55 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro) |
29 October 2020 2 | Benfica | 3–0 | Standard Liège | Lisbon, Portugal |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 4,750 Referee: François Letexier (France) |
5 November 2020 3 | Benfica | 3–3 | Rangers | Lisbon, Portugal |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) |
26 November 2020 4 | Rangers | 2–2 | Benfica | Glasgow, Scotland |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania) |
3 December 2020 5 | Benfica | 4–0 | Lech Poznań | Lisbon, Portugal |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) |
Knockout phase
Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.[30]
18 February 2021 First leg | Benfica | v | Arsenal | Lisbon, Portugal |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
25 February 2021 Second leg | Arsenal | v | Benfica | London, England |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Emirates Stadium |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
- As of 5 February 2021
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Supertaça | Champions League | Europa League | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||||
1 | GK | Mile Svilar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
77 | GK | Helton Leite | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
99 | GK | Odisseas Vlachodimos | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Defenders | |||||||||||||||||
2 | DF | Gilberto | 22 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Álex Grimaldo | 22 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Jan Vertonghen | 25 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
30 | DF | Nicolás Otamendi | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
33 | DF | Jardel | 15 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | |
34 | DF | André Almeida | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
71 | DF | Nuno Tavares | 18 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
82 | DF | João Ferreira | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
91 | DF | Morato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Midfielders | |||||||||||||||||
7 | MF | Everton | 26 | 4 | 14+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
8 | MF | Gabriel | 18 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Franco Cervi | 11 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Diogo Gonçalves | 11 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |
21 | MF | Pizzi | 28 | 11 | 13+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 6 | |
22 | MF | Andreas Samaris | 9 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | MF | Julian Weigl | 26 | 1 | 10+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | |
38 | MF | Pedrinho | 18 | 1 | 1+7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | |
49 | MF | Adel Taarabt | 23 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
Forwards | |||||||||||||||||
9 | FW | Darwin Núñez | 27 | 9 | 15+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 5 | |
10 | FW | Luca Waldschmidt | 25 | 8 | 9+5 | 6 | 1+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | |
14 | FW | Haris Seferović | 26 | 10 | 7+7 | 7 | 2+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Chiquinho | 14 | 3 | 1+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
27 | FW | Rafa Silva | 28 | 6 | 14+1 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | |
78 | FW | Tiago Araújo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
80 | FW | Daniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
88 | FW | Gonçalo Ramos | 10 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
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6 | DF | Rúben Dias | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | DF | Jean-Clair Todibo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | FW | Dyego Sousa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | FW | Facundo Ferreyra | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
73 | FW | Jota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
84 | DF | Tomás Tavares | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
95 | FW | Carlos Vinícius | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
97 | DF | Ferro | 7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
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