Benfica Football Youth National Teams March

From the Portuguese Under-21s to the Belgian Under-17s, and including the Cape Verde senior national team, there are 32 players from Benfica's youth teams who will be representing their nations in March.

Of these 32 athletes, 24 will represent Portugal: Rafael Rodrigues and Pedro Santos in U-21s; Hugo Félix, Nuno Félix, Diogo Prioste and José Melro in the U-20s; João Rego, Rafael Luís, Gustavo Varela and Ivan Lima in the U-19s; Francisco Neto, Guilherme Peixoto, Gonçalo Oliveira, Gonçalo Moreira, Guilherme Gaspar, João Fonseca, Martim Ferreira, Olívio Tomé, Tiago Freitas and Tiago Parente in the U-18s, level in which Benfica is the most represented club (10 players); Duarte Soares, Rui Silva, Diogo Ferreira and Francisco Silva in the U-17s.

Portuguese internationals
National Team	Players	Matches
U-21	Rafael Rodrigues and Pedro Santos	Portugal-Faroe Islands (21/03) Portugal-Croatia (26/03)
U-20	Hugo Félix, Nuno Félix, Diogo Prioste and José Melro	Portugal - Czechia (21/03) Portugal-Denmark (26/03)
U-19	João Rego, Rafael Luís, Gustavo Varela and Ivan Lima	Portugal-Greece (20/03) Portugal-Serbia (23/03) Denmark-Portugal (26/03)
U-18	Francisco Neto Guilherme Peixoto, Gonçalo Oliveira, Gonçalo Moreira, Guilherme Gaspar, João Fonseca, Martim Ferreira, Olívio Tomé, Tiago Freitas and Tiago Parente	Portugal-Georgia (22/03) Portugal-Morocco (24/03) Portugal-Denmark (26/03)
U-17	Duarte Soares, Diogo Ferreira, Francisco Silva and Rui Silva	Portugal-Rep. of Ireland (20/03) Portugal-Croatia (23/03) Portugal-Germany (26/03)

Across borders, Benfica will be represented by Gil Benchimol in Cape Verde's senior national team; Paul Okon in Australia's U23s; Adrian Bajrami, Zan Jevsenak and Karel Mustmaa in Albania, Slovenia and Estonia's U21s; Luka Velickovic in Serbia's U19s and Arnas Voitinovicius in Lithuania's U19s; and Michée Ndembi in Belgium's U17s.

Foreign internationals
National Team	Players	Matches
Cabo Verde	Gilson Benchimol	Cape Verde-Guiana (21/03) Cape Verde-Equatorial Guinea (25/03)
Australia Sub-23	Paul Okon	Australia-Iraq (20/03) Australia-Opponent to be determined (23/03) Australia-Opponent to be determined (26/03)
Albania U-21	Adrian Bajrami	Albania-Finland (22/03) Albania-Switzerland (26/03)
Eslovénia U-21	Zan Jevsenak	Slovenia-Bosnia-Herzegovina (22/03)
Estonia U-21	Karel Mustmaa	Estonia-AC Horsens (21/03) Estonia-Nordic United (24/03)
Lithuania U-19	Arnas Voitinovicius	Netherlands-Lithuania (20/03) Belgium-Lithuania (23/03) Lithuania-France (26/03)
Serbia U-19	Luka Velickovic	Serbia-Denmark (20/03) Portugal-Serbia (23/03) Greece-Serbia (26/03)
Belgium U-17	Michée Ndembi	Finland-Belgium (20/03) Belgium-Italy (23/03) Belgium-Netherlands (26/03)