Benfica signed up reinforcements Souffian El Karouani, João Palhinha and Claudio Echeverri on the list for the main phase of the Europa League, the deadline for which ended on Wednesday and UEFA announced this Thursday. In an unsurprising list, the three most recent signings, who arrived after eagles having overtaken the Danish side of Aarhus, in the play-off to access the main phase, are the main highlight among Marco Silva's squad. Conversely, Colombian midfielder Richard Ríos, loaned to Saudi side Al-Ittihad, and winger João Rego, loaned to Casa Pia and who was on list B, intended for youth players, are not included in the list sent to UEFA. Still part of the club's staff, although he was removed by Marco Silva at the start of the pre-season, Portuguese international winger Bruma is the biggest absence, still looking for a place in the 'final stretch' of the market. Irish international winger Jaden Umeh, who started work in the main squad, is also not registered, after suffering an injury in a pre-season duel with Brazilians from Flamengo, which will keep him out for a few months. The Reds had to overcome three qualifying rounds to reach the league stage of the second main continental club competition, defeating Swiss side St. Gallen, Scottish side Hearts and Aarhus at an early stage of the season. The remaining reinforcements were there, such as Clément Lenglet, Alessandro Circati, Gabriel Índio, Jakub Kaminski and Jhon Durán, who are once again among the choices of coach Marco Silva, who is also in his debut season at the club. Outside the main list, but among the athletes on list B, comes the Argentinean Gianluca Prestianni, who meets the requirements to be in this group, which includes Daniel Banjaqui, José Neto, Miguel Figueiredo, Gonçalo Moreira or Anísio Cabral. Also registered in the competition is North American central defender Joshua Wynder, despite having been loaned today until the end of the season to the New England Revolution, after the registration deadline at 10:59 pm on Wednesday. The Reds play at home with AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands), Celtic (Scotland), Lech Poznan (Poland) and OFI Crete (Greece) and away with AC Milan (Italy), Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic), Omonia (Cyprus) and NEC Nijmegen (Netherlands). The league phase of the Europa League takes place on September 16th and 17th (first round), October 15th (second), October 22nd (third), November 5th (fourth), November 26th (fifth), December 10th (sixth), January 21, 2027 (seventh) and January 28th (eighth). The top eight classified go directly to the round of 16, the teams that finish between ninth and 24th place compete in the play-off to access the round of 16 while the teams that finish between 25th and 36th are eliminated. List of players registered by Benfica in the Europa League: Goalkeeper: Anatoliy Trubin, Samuel Soares, Diogo Ferreira (list B), Arnas Voitinovicius (list B) and Leonardo Lopes (list B). Defenses: Clément Lenglet, Alessandro Circati, Alexander Bah, Samuel Dahl, Gabriel Índio, Souffian El Karouani, Tomás Araújo, João Fonseca (list B), Daniel Banjaqui (list B), José Neto (list B), Joshua Wynder (list B) and Rui Silva (list B). Midfielders: Enzo Barrenechea, Fredrik Aursnes, Georgiy Sudakov, Manu Silva, Leandro Barreiro, João Palhinha, Miguel Figueiredo (list B), Gonçalo Moreira (list B), Martim Ferreira (list B) and Tiago Freitas (list B). Forwards: Dodi Lukébakio, Jakub Kaminski, Vangelis Pavlidis, Andreas Schjelderup, Jhon Durán, Rafa Silva, Claudio Echeverri, Gianluca Prestianni (list B), Anísio Cabral (list B), Olívio Tomé (list B), Francisco Silva (list B) and Eduardo Fernandes (list B). Post navigation Celta Vigo remains without a win (0-0) Farense asks to postpone game with Chaves due to viral outbreak in the squad