Benfica and Chelsea Europa League final paths

14 May 2013 00:17

Benfica and Chelsea's paths to the 2012-13 Europa League final, which they will contest in Amsterdam on Wednesday:

BENFICA (POR)

Champions League

Group G (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points)

Europa League

Round of 32

Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 0 Benfica 1 (Cardozo 61)

Benfica 2 (John 60, Matic 77) Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Schuerrle 75)

Benfica win 3-1 on aggregate

Round of 16

Benfica 1 (Carrasso 21-og) Bordeaux (FRA) 0

Bordeaux 2 (Diabate 74, Jardel 90+1-og) Benfica 3 (Jardel 30, Cardozo 75, 90+2)

Benfica win 4-2 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

Benfica 3 (Rodrigo 25, Lima 65, Cardozo 71-pen) Newcastle United (ENG) 1 (Cisse 12)

Newcastle United 1 (Cisse 71) Benfica 1 (Salvio 90+2)

Benfica win 4-2 on aggregate

Semi-finals

Fenerbahce (TUR) 1 (Korkmaz 72) Benfica 0

Benfica 3 (Gaitan 9, Cardozo 35, 66) Fenerbahce 1 (Kuyt 23-pen)

CHELSEA (ENG)

Champions League

Group E (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points)

Europa League

Round of 32

Sparta Prague (CZE) 0 Chelsea 1 (Oscar 82)

Chelsea 1 (Hazard 90+2) Sparta Prague 1 (Lafata 17)

Chelsea win 2-1 on aggregate

Round of 16

Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 1 (Rusescu 34-pen) Chelsea 0

Chelsea 3 (Mata 34, Terry 58, Torres 71) Steaua Bucharest 1 (Chiriches 45+1)

Chelsea win 3-2 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

Chelsea 3 (Torres 16, 70, Moses 32) Rubin Kazan (RUS) 1 (Natkho 41-pen)

Rubin Kazan 3 (Marcano 51, Gokdeniz 65, Natkho 75-pen) Chelsea 2 (Torres 5, Moses 55)

Chelsea win 5-4 on aggregate

Semi-finals

Basel (SUI) 1 (Schar 87-pen) Chelsea 2 (Moses 12, David Luiz 90+4)

Chelsea 3 (Torres 50, Moses 52, David Luiz 59) Basel 1 (Salah 45+1)

Chelsea win 5-2 on aggregate

Final

At Amsterdam (Wednesday, 1845GMT)

Benfica v Chelsea

Source: AFP