After the defeat in Lisbon from Benfica (0:3), Dynamo Kyiv completed their performance in the Champions League and from September will become a participant in the group stage of the Europa League. We offer interesting facts and figures of the return match with the Lisbon Eagles.
— The 26th European match between Dynamo and Portuguese clubs: +7=6-13, goals 23-36, including the 8th against Benfica: +1=1-6, goals 1-15.
- The goalless European Cup series between Dynamo and Benfica has lasted 599 (!) minutes since November 27, 1991.
— Vitaliy Buyalsky from Dynamo plays the 70th match in European cups and becomes the 10th player who has played at least 70 matches in the entire history of the Kyiv club in European cups (since 1965). This list of guardsmen is headed by Alexander Shovkovsky - 143 games.
— Georgiy Bushchan plays his 110th match for Dynamo: 31st in European Cups, 71 in Championships, 7 in the Cup and 1 in the Super Cup.
- Ilya Zabarny plays his 65th match for Dynamo: 25th in European Cups, 36th in the Championships, 3rd in the Cup and 1st in the Super Cup.
- 19-year-old Alexander Yatsyk makes his debut in the main team of Dynamo.
- Serhiy Sidorchuk plays his 40th match as Dynamo captain in European competitions. Only Oleksandr Shovkovskiy has more "captain" international games - 61.
Anniversary European Cup matches of Sergei Sidorchuk as Dynamo captain
Date Tournament Stage Opponent Score (field)
1st 09/14/2017 Europa League GT Skenderbeu Albania 3:1 (h)
10th 12/13/2018 Europa League GT Jablonec Czech Republic 0:1 (h)
20th 09/23/2020 Champions League PO Gent Belgium 2:1 (a)
30th 09/14/2021 Champions League GT Benfica Portugal 0:0 (h)
40th 08/23/2022 Champions League PO Benfica Portugal 0:3 (a)
— For the 14th time, Dynamo have lost in a European Cup match with a score of 0:3, including the 11th time on the opponents' fields.
- Dinamo's 25th European Cup match under Mircea Lucescu: +8=4-13, goals 19-37.
- For the 5th time, referee Clement Turpin (France) played a European Cup game with the participation of Dynamo and again only away: a victory and 4 defeats.