Benfica Football Youth National Teams

The talent of Benfica Campus is once again making its mark on the international scene. During the FIFA dates in September, 35 players from Sport Lisboa Benfica youth teams will wear the colors of 12 national teams, from 8 different countries.

The call-ups span all categories of the Portuguese national teams: Gonçalo Moreira, Olívio Tomé and Tiago Parente (U20); Duarte Soares, Francisco Silva and Rui Silva (U19); Anísio Cabral, Daniel Banjaqui, Gil Neves, José Neto, Mauro Furtado, Miguel Figueiredo, Rafael Quintas, Ricardo Neto, Stevan Manuel and Tomás Soares (U18); Afonso Ferreirinha, Andreson Semedo, Miguel Galinho, Ruben Correia, Simão Constantino, Tiago Rodrigues and Tomás Ferreira (U17); and still Tomás Pedrosa, Benjamim Semedo, Afonso Baldé, João Silva and Martim Gomes (U16).

Portuguese
National Team	Players	Matches
U20	Gonçalo Moreira, Olívio Tomé and Tiago Parente	Portugal-Czechia (4/09, at 6:30 pm) Poland-Portugal (9/09, at 1:30 pm)
U19	Duarte Soares, Francisco Silva and Rui Silva	Portugal-Hungary (4/09, at 4:30 pm) Montenegro-Portugal (6/09, at 5 pm) Serbia-Portugal (9/09, at 5 pm)
U18	Anísio Cabral, Daniel Banjaqui, Gil Neves, José Neto, Mauro Furtado, Miguel Figueiredo, Rafael Quintas, Ricardo Neto, Stevan Manuel and Tomás Soares	Portugal-Japan (3/09, at 3 pm) Portugal-France (5/09, at 7 pm) Portugal-Saudi Arabia (7/09, at 3 pm)
U17	Afonso Ferreirinha, Andreson Semedo, Miguel Galinho, Ruben Correia, Simão Constantino, Tiago Rodrigues and Tomás Ferreira	Portugal-Italy (4/09, at 11 am) Portugal-Scotland (6/09, at 11 am) Portugal-Serbia (9/09, at 11 am)
U16	Tomás Pedrosa, Benjamim Semedo, Afonso Baldé, João Silva and Martim Gomes	Romania-Portugal (3/09, at 4 pm) Portugal-Turkey (5/09, at 11 am) Denmark-Portugal (7/09, at noon)

The presence of Benfica players also extends to other international teams: Tomás Cruz (Luxembourg national team); Arnas Voitinovicius (Lithuania U21); Peter Edokpolor (Nigeria U20); Michée Ndembi (Belgium U19); Dinis Telehovschi (Moldova U19); Nazif Inoussa (Sweden U17); and Jaden Umeh (Republic of Ireland U17).

Foreigners
National Team	Players	Matches
Luxembourg	Tomás Cruz	Luxembourg-Northern Ireland (4/09, at 7:45 pm) Luxembourg-Slovakia (7/09, at 7:45 pm)
Lithuania U21	Arnas Voitinovicius	Lithuania-Ukraine (5/09, at 5 pm) Lithuania-Hungary (9/09, at 5 pm)
Nigeria U20	Peter Edokpolor	Norway-Nigeria (29/09, at 9 pm) Nigeria-Saudi Arabia (3/10, at midnight) Nigeria-Colombia (6/10, at midnight)
Belgium U19	Michée Ndembi	Belgium-Austria (3/09, at 4:30 pm) Belgium-Andorra (6/09, at 4:30 pm) Belgium-Wales (10/09, at 11 am)
Moldova U19	Dinis Telehovschi	Albania-Moldova (4/09, at 5 pm) Moldova-Kosovo (6/09, at 10:30 am)
Sweden U19	Nazif Inoussa	Croatia-Sweden (4/09, at 5 pm) Sweden-Switzerland (6/09, at 5 pm) Austria-Sweden (9/09, at noon)
Republic of Ireland U17	Jaden Umeh	Czechia-Rep. Ireland (3/09, at 4 pm) Rep. Ireland-Switzerland (5/09, at 4 pm) Turkey-Rep. Ireland (7/09, at 10 am)