Benfica 3-0 Celtic: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 1 November 2006

Result

Benfica 3-0 Celtic

Champions League · Wednesday 1 November 2006, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Benfica 3-0 Celtic: match report

Benfica beat Celtic 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 1 November 2006. The half-time score was 2-0.

Benfica's goals came from an own goal by Gary Caldwell (10'), Nuno Gomes (22') and Andrei Karyaka (76'). Celtic did not score.

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 36th on 5 points from 5 and Celtic 26th on 6 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Celtic.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-L-D-W-D and Celtic's W-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · E. SnoCeltic
  • 10'Own goal · Gary CaldwellBenfica · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Nuno GomesBenfica · 2-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Ricardo RochaBenfica
  • 54'Yellow card · LéoBenfica
  • 55'Yellow card · Shaun MaloneyCeltic
  • 76'Goal · Andrei KaryakaBenfica · 3-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Stephen PearsonCeltic

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Benfica 0, draws 0, Celtic 1.

Team news

Benfica expected line-up

Marcelo Moretto, Luisão, Léo, Alcides, Anderson Beraldo, Beto, Simão, Manuel Fernandes, Laurent Robert, Nuno Gomes, Diego Gómez

Celtic line-up

Paul Telfer, Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Stephen Pearson, Evander Sno, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Kenny Miller, Neil Lennon, Shunsuke Nakamura, Shaun Maloney