CL: "Qarabag" faces "Benfica" away;

The Champions League group stage kicks off today. According to Sport24.az, after 8 years, the Azerbaijani representative will also compete in this round of the prestigious tournament. 

Like in 2017, "Qarabag", among the giants of Europe, will be a guest of "Benfica" in Lisbon today.

The starting whistle of the match will sound at 23:00 Baku time. 

It should be noted that "Qarabag" will play 8 matches in the main stage of the Champions League, 4 of which will be at home and 4 away. The "Horsemen" will face "Athletic" (Spain), "Napoli" (Italy) and "Liverpool" (England) away. They will face "Copenhagen" (Denmark), "Chelsea" (England), "Ajax" (Netherlands) and "Eintracht" (Germany) in Baku. 

Champions League

League stage, 1st round

23:00. "Benfica" (Portugal) - "Qarabag" (Azerbaijan)

Referees: Erik Lambrechts, Jo De Weirdt and Kevin Monteny (Belgium) 

Lisbon. "Estadio da Luz"

"Benfica": 1. Anatoliy Trubin, 26. Samuel Dal, 4. Antonio Silva, 30. Nicolas Otamendi (c), 17. Amar Dedić, 20. Richard Rios, 5. Enzo Barrenechea, 10. Georgiy Sudakov, 21. Andreas Schjelderup, 8. Fredrik Aursnes, 14. Vangelis Pavlidis

Head coach: Bruno Lage

"Qarabag": 99. Matej Kovar, 44. Elvin Jafarquliyev, 13. Bahlul Mustafazade, 81. Kevin Medina, 2. Matheus Silva, 35. Pedro Bicallo, 8. Marko Jankovic, Kady Borges, 10. Abdullah Zubir (c), 15. Leandro Andrade, 17. Camilo Duran

Head coach: Gurban Gurbanov