Scorers: Shakhtar Donetsk: Cristiano Lucarelli 30

Benfica: Oscar Cardozo 6, 22

Halftime: 1-2

Oscar Cardozo scored twice to help Benfica earn a UEFA Cup place after a 2-1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in Champions League Group D on Tuesday.

Shakhtar had hoped to reach the knockout stages for the first time but needed a victory, coupled with a Celtic defeat at already-qualified AC Milan, to go through.

The Scottish champions lost 1-0 in Italy but Shakhtar could not take advantage by overcoming a determined Benfica team and it was Celtic who claimed a place in the last 16.

"We expected it to be a hard clash and that's why we're really happy with qualifying for the UEFA Cup," Benfica coach Jose Antonio Camacho told reporters.

Teams:

Shakhtar Donetsk: 30-Andriy Pyatov; 33-Darijo Srna, 5-Olexandr Kucher, 27-Dmytro Chygrynskiy, 26-Razvan Rat; 11-Ilsinho (22-Willian 67), 18-Mariusz Lewandowski (3-Tomas Hubschman, 57), 7-Fernandinho, 8-Jadson; 25-Brandao, 99-Cristiano Lucarelli (21-Olexandr Gladkiy 74)

Benfica: 12-Quim; 22-Nelson, 4-Luisao, 23-David Luiz, 5-Leo; 8-Konstantinos Katsouranis, 6-Armando Petit, 14-Maxi Pereira (2-Luis Filipe 83), 10-Rui Costa, 20-Angel Di Maria (25-Nuno Assis 67), 7-Oscar Cardozo (21-Nuno Gomes 90)