UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010/11 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / SEASON Group E Matchday Wednesday December.CET (. local time) FC Basel Contents Previous meetings... Match background... Match facts... Squad list... Head coach... Match officials... Fixtures and results... Matchbymatch lineups... Competition facts... Team facts... Legend... This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions League match. For more detailed factual information, and indepth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at:

2 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League // GS Match FC Basel Basel A. Frei ; Schweinsteiger (p), FC Basel Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA Record versus clubs from opponents' country European Champion Clubs' Cup //7 //7 R R Match Neuchâtel Xamax FC Neuchâtel Xamax FC agg: Munich Neuchâtel Pflügler 7, Wegmann Lüthi, Sutter ; Matthäus 7 FC Basel Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup //7 GS Match UEFA Champions League // // UEFA Cup // QR QR GS UEFA Intertoto Cup /7/ /7/ R R UEFA Intertoto Cup /7/ UEFA Cup 7//7 //7 GSFT R R Hamburger SV FC Basel Match SV Werder Bremen FC Basel FC Basel SV Werder Bremen Match FC Schalke FC Basel Match FC Basel Hamburger SV Hamburger SV FC Basel Match FC Basel Karlsruher SC Match VfB Stuttgart FC Basel FC Basel VfB Stuttgart Record versus clubs from opponents' country agg: agg: ag agg: 7 Hamburg Bremen Basel Gelsenkirchen Basel Lubeck Basel Stuttgart Basel Olić 7; Ergić Klasnić, 7, Borowski (p) D. Degen, Rossi ; Klose 7 Kobiashvili ; Delgado Koumantarakis, 7; Fischer 7, Groth, Yeboah 7 Koumantarakis Zuffi (p), Rey ; Fink, Nowotny, Schmitt 7 Kelsch,,, Müller ; Schönenberger Stohler, Tanner 7; Hoeness, Ohlicher, 7 FC Basel Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA Last updated // ::7CET Previous meetings

3 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Match background FC Basel visit Group E winners hoping to turn their slim prospects of UEFA Champions League progress into an unlikely looking success story. The Swiss titleholders enter their final group fixture three points behind secondplaced AS Roma. To overtake the Italian team, they not only need to beat a Bayern side who have won their last six European home games, but also require Roma to lose at CFR 7 Cluj. Bayern won with a late Bastian Schweinsteiger goal when the clubs met in Switzerland on Matchday and visiting coach Thorsten Fink will know the size of Basel's task better than anyone having spent six seasons in Bayern's firstteam squad as a player. If Basel fail to pull off their mission improbable they can take consolation from having already guaranteed third place, and UEFA Europa League entry, after beating CFR last time out. Previous meetings Although the teams had not met in UEFA competition before September, Bayern did face a Basel XI in the / InterCities Fairs Cup first round. Bayern won in Switzerland and advanced after the second leg was not played. Bayern prevailed at Basel in a friendly in January this year, Hamit Altıntop and Miroslav Klose () overturning Marco Streller's firsthalf strike. Match background Bayern are seeking a seventh straight UEFA Champions League home victory against opponents who have three wins from four away games in this season's competition, qualifying included. Basel have won once in four attempts on German soil, at Hamburger SV in the UEFA Intertoto Cup third round, George Koumantarakis scoring. A secondleg home reverse left them eliminated, however. Their last visit to Germany was a draw at Hamburg in the 7/ UEFA Cup group stage, Ivica Olić scoring for the hosts. Bayern's only previous encounter with Swiss opposition in UEFA competition was against Neuchâtel Xamax FC in the 7/ European Champion Clubs' Cup second round. They lost the first leg Lothar Matthäus scoring an away goal and in the return needed late efforts from Hans Pflügler (7) and Jürgen Wegmann () to progress. Team ties Basel coach Fink won three Bundesliga titles with Bayern between 7 and. He was an thminute substitute in the UEFA Champions League final loss to Manchester United FC but was not in the party for the final victory against Valencia CF. Bayern coach Louis van Gaal has faced another Swiss outfit, GrasshopperClub, six times. As AFC Ajax coach he met them in the / and /7 UEFA Champions League group stages, recording a home win and away draw first time round, then a home defeat and away win. While at AZ Alkmaar, Van Gaal faced Grasshoppers in the / and /7 UEFA Cup group stages a home win and a away success respectively. Klose scored SV Werder Bremen's goal in a loss in Basel in the / UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and also played in Bremen's home victory in the return. Alexander Frei played for Borussia Dortmund between and, appearing in their German Cup final defeat by Bayern in. Çağdaş Atan spent / with FC Energie Cottbus. Mario Gomez scored Germany's second goal in a friendly win against Switzerland in February 7. Philipp Lahm and Schweinsteiger also played while Streller got Switzerland's goal. Gomez struck twice more with Klose also on target when a Germany side also including Lahm and Schweinsteiger beat Switzerland in another friendly in March. Frei and Benjamin Huggel were on the losing home side. Gomez, Schweinsteiger and substitute Toni Kroos appeared in Germany's goalless draw with a Sweden side including Behrang Safari in a Gothenburg friendly on November. The previous month Safari had featured in the Swedes' UEFA EURO qualifying loss to Mark van Bommel's Netherlands. Scott Chipperfield was in the Australia team beaten by Germany at the FIFA World Cup. Klose and Thomas Müller were among Germany's scorers. Last updated // ::7CET Match background

4 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Match facts Bayern UEFA milestones Bayern have conceded goals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. UEFA Champions League statistics Bastian Schweinsteiger served a onegame suspension on Matchday. Danijel Pranjić and Toni Kroos are a booking away from a ban. Latest domestic information Saturday December: FC Schalke (Jurado, Höwedes 7) Butt; Lahm, Tymoshchuk, Breno, Contento; Van Bommel (Pranjić 7), Kroos, Müller, Schweinsteiger (Van Buyten ), Ribéry; Gomez Nine games unbeaten before Matchday, Bayern suffered their second defeat in three games in Gelsenkirchen. Anatoliy Tymoshchuk scored twice as Bayern beat Eintracht Frankfurt on 7 November their sixth successive home win in all competitions. Mario Gomez has scored goals in his last appearances for Bayern, including hattricks against Hannover and CFR 7 Cluj. Holders Bayern will visit VfB Stuttgart in the German Cup round of on December. Bayern accrued eight points from their first seven games their worst ever start to a Bundesliga campaign. Louis van Gaal's side drew with SV Werder Bremen on September and against. FC Köln a week later the first time the German champions have recorded backtoback goalless draws at home in the Bundesliga. Injury news Mark van Bommel (knee), a secondhalf substitute against Eintracht, started a game for the first time since October on Saturday. Miroslav Klose is back in training after a hamstring problem that has kept him out since October. Holger Badstuber was also due to resume training following a groin injury but suffered a setback and is expected to be out until the new year. Ivica Olić was ruled out for six months after knee surgery on November. Arjen Robben (torn left thigh muscle) and thirdchoice goalkeeper Rouven Sattelmaier (bicep) are expected to be out until the new year. Miscellaneous Tymoshchuk made his th international appearance in Ukraine's defeat by Brazil on October. Bayern will have a winter training camp in Doha, Qatar from January. Basel UEFA milestones Basel have conceded goals in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final. They have scored 7 European Champion Clubs' Cup goals. UEFA Champions League statistics Alexander Frei has been caught offside times, the joint highest total in the competition along with Kenny Miller. Marco Streller and Valentin Stocker served onegame bans on Matchday. Latest domestic information Saturday December: FC Basel BSC Young Boys (Frei 77, Shaqiri ; Doubai ) Costanzo; Inkoom, Abraham, Ferati, Safari; Shaqiri (Tembo ), Cabral, Yapi (Xhaka ), Stocker; Frei (Almerares 7), Streller Thorsten Fink made four changes to the team which beat Neuchâtel Xamax FC on November, Samuel Inkoom, David Abraham, Gilles Yapi and Marco Streller replacing Reto Zanni, Çağdaş Atan, Benjamin Huggel and Fwayo Tembo. Last updated // ::7CET Match facts

5 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Frei scored his first topflight goals since midseptember, having found the net eight times in the first eight league matches of the campaign. Basel have lost just one of their last league games. Basel are a point better off than they were at this stage last term, when they had also won nine of their league fixtures en route to the title. Holders Basel will face second tier FC BielBienne in the Swiss Cup quarterfinals on March. Injury news Streller made a surprise return against Young Boys having been out since November with torn ankle ligaments. Huggel missed the Young Boys win because of back problems and is set to be out until the new year. Scott Chipperfield (back, out since November) and Genséric Kusunga (knee, October) have both been sidelined. Jacques Zoua, out of action since tearing a thigh muscle on September while on duty with Cameroon, returned against Servette FC in the Swiss Cup on November but has since suffered a recurrence. Last updated // ::7CET Match facts

6 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Squad list No. Player Goalkeepers Jörg Butt Rouven Sattelmaier Thomas Kraft Defenders Breno Edson Braafheid Daniel Van Buyten Martín Demichelis Philipp Lahm Diego Contento Holger Badstuber Maximilian Haas Midfielders 7 Franck Ribéry Hamit Altıntop Arjen Robben Andreas Ottl Mark van Bommel Danijel Pranjić 7 David Alaba Christoph Knasmüllner Bastian Schweinsteiger Nicolas Jüllich Toni Kroos Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Forwards Ivica Olić Miroslav Klose Thomas Müller Mario Gomez Coach Louis van Gaal Nat. BRA NED BEL ARG FRA TUR NED NED CRO AUT AUT UKR CRO NED DoB //7 7//7 /7/ // // 7//7 // // // // 7// 7// // // // //77 // // // // 7// // //7 //7 //7 // /7/ // Age D * * QUAL Gls Current season UCL Gls League Gls 7 Alltime UCL UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::7CET Squad list

7 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) FC Basel No. Player Goalkeepers Franco Costanzo Yann Sommer Massimo Colomba Defenders Çağdaş Atan Taulant Xhaka David Abraham Behrang Safari Genséric Kusunga Samuel Inkoom Beg Ferati Reto Zanni Midfielders Benjamin Huggel Gilles Yapi Scott Chipperfield Valentin Stocker Xherdan Shaqiri Cabral Daniel Unal Granit Xhaka Forwards 7 Pascal Schürpf Marco Streller Alexander Frei Federico Almerares Fwayo Tembo Jacques Zoua Matthias Baron Coach Thorsten Fink Nat. ARG TUR ARG SWE GHA CIV AUS ARG ZAM CMR DoB // // //77 // // /7/ // // // // // 7/7/77 // //7 // // // // 7// /7/ // /7/7 // // // // //7 Age D QUAL Gls Current season UCL Gls League Gls 7 Alltime UCL UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::7CET 7 Squad list

8 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Head coach : Louis van Gaal of birth: August Nationality: Dutch Playing career: AFC Ajax, R. Antwerp FC, Stormvogels Telstar, Sparta Rotterdam, AZ Alkmaar Coaching career: AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona (twice), Netherlands, AZ Alkmaar, Having never made it beyond the reserve team at his first club, Ajax, Van Gaal spent most of his playing career as a Sparta midfielder, retiring in 7 after a season with AZ, where he started his coaching career as an assistant. Took on a similar coaching role at hometown club Ajax, under Leo Beenhakker, from to before moving up to the top job on his mentor's departure. Had six glorious years at Ajax, winning three Eredivisie titles, a Dutch Cup, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League; defended that title in all the way to a penalty shootout defeat by Juventus in the final. Was awarded an Order of the OranjeNassau in 7 and made a knight. Moved to Spain the same year for a threeseason stint at Barcelona, winning two Liga titles and a Copa del Rey. Became Netherlands coach in in an unsuccessful bid to qualify the Oranje for the FIFA World Cup. Returned briefly to Barça before a spell out of coaching. Took over at Alkmaar in, steering them to their first Eredivisie title since in April. Appointed coach of Bayern a month later, as a replacement for caretaker Jupp Heynckes, and became the first Dutch coach to win the Bundesliga in his first season, also adding the German Cup and reaching the UEFA Champions League final. FC Basel : Thorsten Fink of birth: October 7 Nationality: German Playing career: SV Roland Marten, BV Borussia Dortmund, SG Wattenscheid, Karlsruher SC, Coaching career: FC Salzburg (reserves, assistant), FC Ingolstadt, FC Basel Success came relatively late to Fink, who arrived at Bayern in 7 aged. A neversaydie attitude and a toughtackling approach, usually on the right of midfield, endeared him to the Munich public, as did his role in the club's triumphs which included four Bundesliga titles, three German Cups and the UEFA Champions League. Spent the last three seasons of his playing career in Bayern's reserves, also assisting the team's coach Hermann Gerland before a knee injury prompted Fink's retirement in. Had already gained his Pro licence the previous December and in summer joined Salzburg as reserveteam coach. Won promotion in his first season, making a step up himself to work as assistant to head coach Giovanni Trapattoni. Accepted an offer from German thirddivision club Ingolstadt in January, leading them to promotion to the. Bundesliga at the end of that season. The next season proved more challenging, and Fink was dismissed on April with the team in danger of relegation. Unexpectedly appointed by Basel that June, Fink made a slow start as Christian Gross' successor but recovered to lead his charges to the domestic double and subsequently into the UEFA Champions League group stage for the third time. Last updated // ::7CET Head coach

9 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referee Additional assistant referee Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Martin Hansson (SWE) Stefan Wittberg (SWE), Fredrik Nilsson (SWE) Martin Ingvarsson (SWE) Magnus Ahlsèn (SWE) Stefan Johannesson (SWE) Lucien Kayser (LUX) Luciano Luci (ITA) Referee Name Martin Hansson of birth //7 UEFA Champions League matches UEFA matches As fireman, Martin Hansson is a composed presence even in the most testing fixture and took charge of the Netherlands' defeat of Ukraine in the UEFA European Under Championship final. The appointment capped a memorable campaign for the imposing Swede who eight months earlier had made his UEFA Champions League groupstage bow as Juventus defeated SK Rapid Wien. Based in Holmsjo, Hansson took up refereeing aged as there was a shortage of officials at his club, and his status as a rising star was cemented when he earned his FIFA badge in before his th birthday. He first tasted international tournament football at the UEFA European Under Championship. Hansson also oversaw Italy's first competitive match as world champions when they started UEFA EURO qualifying with a home draw against Lithuania. A family man with two sons who takes a keen interest in his children's football team and fishing, Hansson has continued to be a regular presence in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, also taking charge of the FIFA Confederations Cup final and acting as fourth official at six matches at the FIFA World Cup finals. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match //7 // // Competition UCL UCL UCL GS KO PO Home VfB Stuttgart FC Sheriff Away FC Barcelona Sporting Clube de Portugal FC Basel Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match // /7/ // // // // // // //7 // // // // Competition U UIC UCUP UCUP U UFRIE UCUP UCUP EURO UCUP WC UCUP UCUP GS R R R PO R R GS QR R QR GS QF Home Germany FC St Gallen GrasshopperClub FK Teplice Czech Republic Norway FC Thun Bayer Leverkusen Republic of Ireland SV Werder Bremen Israel Olympiacos FC Udinese Calcio Away Belgium Willem II PAOK FC. FC Kaiserslautern Switzerland Switzerland Hamburger SV Tottenham Hotspur FC Germany Rangers FC Switzerland Hertha BSC Berlin SV Werder Bremen 7 Stuttgart Munich Tiraspol Durham St Gallen Zurich Teplice Ostrava Hamar Berne Leverkusen Dublin Bremen Ramat Gan Piraeus Udine Last updated // ::7CET Match officials

10 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results Competition Opponent // Cup Germania Windeck (A) W // League VfL Wolfsburg (H) W 7// League. FC Kaiserslautern (A) L // League SV Werder Bremen (H) D // UCL AS Roma (H) W // League. FC Köln (H) D // League TSG Hoffenheim (A) W // League. FSV Mainz (H) L // UCL FC Basel (A) W // League Borussia Dortmund (A) L // League Hannover (H) W // UCL CFR 7 Cluj (H) W // League Hamburger SV (A) D // Cup SV Werder Bremen (H) W // League SC Freiburg (H) W // UCL CFR 7 Cluj (A) W // League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) D // League. FC Nürnberg (H) W // League Bayer Leverkusen (A) D // UCL AS Roma (A) L 7// League Eintracht Frankfurt (H) W // League FC Schalke (A) L // UCL FC Basel (H) // League FC St Pauli (H) // League VfB Stuttgart (A) // Cup VfB Stuttgart (A) // League VfL Wolfsburg (A) // League. FC Kaiserslautern (H) // League SV Werder Bremen (A) // League. FC Köln (A) // League TSG Hoffenheim (H) // League. FSV Mainz (A) // League Borussia Dortmund (H) // League Hannover (A) // League Hamburger SV (H) // League SC Freiburg (A) // League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) // League. FC Nürnberg (A) // League Bayer Leverkusen (H) // League Eintracht Frankfurt (A) // League FC Schalke (H) 7// League FC St Pauli (A) Klose, Ribéry, Kroos, Gomez Müller, Schweinsteiger + Müller 7, Klose Müller, Van Buyten + Svensson (og) Schweinsteiger (p), Gomez, 77, Cadú (og), Panin 7 (og), Gomez 77 Schweinsteiger, 7 Demichelis, Gomez, Tymoshchuk 7, Kroos Gomez,, 7, Müller Gomez, Schweinsteiger, Lahm Gomez, 7, Lahm 7 (p) Gomez Gomez, Tymoshchuk,, Müller, Gomez Last updated // ::7CET Fixtures and results

11 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Pos. 7 Clubs Borussia Dortmund. FSV Mainz Bayer Leverkusen Hannover SC Freiburg TSG Hoffenheim Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburger SV SV Werder Bremen. FC Nürnberg. FC Kaiserslautern VfL Wolfsburg FC St Pauli FC Schalke VfB Stuttgart. FC Köln VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach W 7 D L GF 7 GA Pts Last updated // ::7CET Fixtures and results

12 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) FC Basel Competition Opponent /7/ League FC Zürich (H) W /7/ League FC Sion (A) W /7/ UCL Debreceni VSC (A) W // League FC St Gallen (H) W // UCL Debreceni VSC (H) W 7// League AC Bellinzona (A) L // League FC Luzern (H) L // UCL FC Sheriff (H) W // League FC Thun (A) D // UCL FC Sheriff (A) W // League Neuchâtel Xamax FC (H) W // League BSC Young Boys (A) D // UCL CFR 7 Cluj (A) L // Cup FC Mendrisio Stabio (A) W // League GrasshopperClub (H) D // League FC Zürich (A) W // UCL (H) L // League FC Sion (H) D // Cup FC YverdonSports (A) W // UCL AS Roma (A) W // League FC St Gallen (A) W // League AC Bellinzona (H) W // UCL AS Roma (H) L 7// League FC Luzern (A) D // League FC Thun (H) L // Cup Servette FC (A) D (p) // UCL CFR 7 Cluj (H) W // League Neuchâtel Xamax FC (A) W // League BSC Young Boys (H) W // UCL (A) // League GrasshopperClub (A) // Cup FC BielBienne (A) A. Frei,, Zoua A. Frei, Abraham + Stocker, G. Xhaka + A. Frei, Yapi 7, Almerares Çağdaş Atan, Chipperfield, Shaqiri Tembo Stocker Schürpf Streller 7, A. Frei, 7 Streller, A. Frei,, (p) A. Frei, Chipperfield 7 Stocker + Almerares,, Schürpf, 7, Tembo Abraham, Streller Inkoom, Streller, 7, Stocker A. Frei Stocker 7 Almerares 7, Tembo 77 A. Frei, Inkoom, Cabral + Streller, 7, 7 Chipperfield,, Almerares A. Frei, Shaqiri Almerares + Chipperfield Chipperfield (p) Almerares Almerares, Stocker 7 A. Frei, 77, Shaqiri Pos. 7 Clubs FC Luzern FC Basel FC Zürich FC Sion BSC Young Boys FC Thun Neuchâtel Xamax FC AC Bellinzona FC St Gallen GrasshopperClub W D L 7 GF 7 GA Pts Last updated // ::7CET Fixtures and results

13 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Matchbymatch lineups FC Basel Third qualifying round (/7/) Debrecen Basel Goals: Stocker, G. Xhaka + FC Basel : Costanzo, Çağdaş Atan, Huggel, A. Frei, Stocker (G. Xhaka ), Shaqiri (Tembo ), Abraham, Safari, Inkoom, Cabral, Zoua (Almerares 7) (//) Basel Debrecen (agg: ) Goals: Çağdaş Atan, Chipperfield, Shaqiri, Coulibaly 7 FC Basel : Costanzo, Çağdaş Atan, Huggel (G. Xhaka 7), Yapi (Cabral 77), Chipperfield (Almerares 7), Shaqiri, Abraham, Safari, Inkoom, Tembo, Zoua Playoffs (//) Basel Sheriff Goals: Stocker FC Basel : Costanzo, Çağdaş Atan, Huggel, Yapi, A. Frei (Chipperfield ), Stocker, Shaqiri (Tembo 7), Abraham, Safari, Inkoom, Zoua (Almerares ) (//) Sheriff Basel (agg: ) Goals: Streller 7, A. Frei, A. Frei 7 FC Basel : Costanzo, Çağdaş Atan, Huggel, Streller (Chipperfield 7), Yapi (Ferati 7), A. Frei, Stocker (Shaqiri ), Abraham, Safari, Inkoom, Zoua Last updated // ::7CET Matchbymatch lineups

14 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Group E Standings Club AS Roma FC Basel CFR 7 Cluj W D L GF GA Pts Matchday (//) Bayern Roma Goals: Müller 7, Klose : Butt, Van Buyten, Hamit Altıntop (Klose 7), Olić (Gomez 7), Van Bommel, Lahm, Müller (Pranjić ), Contento, Badstuber, Schweinsteiger, Kroos CFR Cluj Basel Goals: Rada, Traoré, Stocker + FC Basel : Costanzo, Çağdaş Atan, Huggel, Streller, Yapi, A. Frei, Stocker (Chipperfield 7), Shaqiri, Abraham, Safari (Tembo 7), Inkoom Matchday (//) Basel Bayern Goals: A. Frei, Schweinsteiger (pen), Schweinsteiger FC Basel : Costanzo, Huggel (Cabral 7), Streller, Yapi (Almerares +), A. Frei, Stocker, Shaqiri (Chipperfield ), Abraham, Safari, Inkoom, Ferati : Butt, Van Buyten, Hamit Altıntop (Gomez ), Van Bommel, Klose (Tymoshchuk 77), Lahm, Pranjić, Müller, Badstuber, Schweinsteiger, Kroos (Olić ) Matchday (//) Roma Basel Goals: A. Frei, Borriello, Inkoom, Cabral + FC Basel : Costanzo, Huggel, Streller (Cabral ), Yapi, A. Frei (Almerares ), Stocker (Chipperfield 7), Shaqiri, Abraham, Safari, Inkoom, Ferati Bayern CFR Cluj Goals: Cadú, Cadú (o.g.), Panin 7(o.g.), Gomez 77, Culio : Butt, Hamit Altıntop, Ottl, Lahm, Pranjić, Müller, Badstuber, Schweinsteiger (Braafheid ), Gomez, Kroos, Tymoshchuk Matchday (//) Basel Roma Goals: Menez, Totti (pen), A. Frei, Greco 7, Shaqiri FC Basel : Costanzo, Huggel, Streller, Yapi, A. Frei, Stocker, Shaqiri, Abraham, Safari, Inkoom, Ferati (Chipperfield ) CFR Cluj Bayern Goals: Gomez, Gomez, Gomez 7, Müller : Butt, Van Buyten, Demichelis, Hamit Altıntop, Ottl, Lahm, Pranjić, Schweinsteiger (Müller 7), Gomez, Kroos, Tymoshchuk Matchday (//) Roma Bayern Goals: Gomez, Gomez, Borriello, De Rossi, Totti (pen) : Kraft, Van Buyten, Demichelis, Ribéry (Hamit Altıntop 77), Ottl, Lahm, Pranjić, Müller (Contento 7), Gomez, Kroos, Tymoshchuk Basel CFR Cluj Goals: Almerares FC Basel : Costanzo, Yapi, A. Frei (Çağdaş Atan +), Almerares, Shaqiri (G. Xhaka 7), Abraham, Safari, Inkoom, Cabral, Ferati, Tembo (Zanni ) Matchday (//) Bayern v Basel Last updated // ::7CET Matchbymatch lineups

15 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones Holders FC Internazionale Milano have avoided becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions League began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between / and / that featured a second group stage). In /, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta became the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League in 7/ when he featured against Olympiacos FC on Matchday at the age of years and days. The record was previously held by Alessandro Costacurta, the AC Milan defender who played against AEK Athens FC in /7 at the age of years and days. Ballotta was aged years days when he featured against Real Madrid CF on Matchday. Javier Zanetti is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 7 years and 7 days, having found the net for FC Internazionale Milano in their defeat of Tottenham Hotspur FC on October. Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was years and 7 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on November. He was then sent off in the 7th minute. Peter OforiQuaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions League, aged years and days. He found the net in Olympiacos FC's defeat at Rosenborg BK on October 7. Barcelona and Manchester United FC have both finished as group winners on occasions, one more than Milan and Real Madrid. Four teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (/), Paris SaintGermain FC (/), FC Spartak Moskva (/) and Barcelona (/, first group stage). Ten teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point, including Maccabi Haifa FC and Debreceni VSC in /. The other eight are: FC Dynamo Kyiv (7/), PFC Levski Sofia (/7), SK Rapid Wien (/), RSC Anderlecht (/), FC Spartak Moskva and Bayer Leverkusen (/, first and second group stage respectively), Fenerbahçe SK (/, first group stage) and. FC Košice (7/). Manchester United scored goals in the / group stage, more than any other side has managed. Barcelona scored times in the / first group stage. Debrecen conceded goals in their six outings in /, equalling the record let in during a group stage set by Dynamo Kyiv (7/) and Ferencvárosi TC in /. No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (/), AFC Ajax (/), Juventus (/7 and /), Chelsea FC (/), Liverpool FC (/) and Villarreal CF (/) all let in just one. Before their win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on Matchday of the /7 campaign, FC Spartak Moskva went games without a victory in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on Matchday of the same campaign. The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it, since three points for a win was introduced in /, were Legia Warszawa that same season before FC Dynamo Kyiv and Leverkusen managed it in / and Liverpool in /. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in /, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and SV Werder Bremen in /. Last updated // ::7CET Competition facts

16 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Team facts Formed: Nickname: Die Bayern (The Bavarians) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Champion Clubs' Cup (): 7, 7, 7, (), (7), (),, () UEFA Cup (): UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (): 7 UEFA Super Cup: () Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: () German Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) /: runnersup /: quarterfinals 7/: UEFA Cup semifinals /7: quarterfinals /: round of /: quarterfinals /: round of /: first group stage /: quarterfinals /: winners Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Bayern v Anorthosis Famagusta FC //, UEFA Cup first round second leg Biggest away win : Five times, most recently v Sporting Clube de Portugal //, UEFA Champions League first knockout round first leg Heaviest home defeat : Bayern v FC Girondins de Bordeaux //, UEFA Champions League group stage : Bayern v AC Milan //7, UEFA Champions League quarterfinals second leg : Bayern v FC Internazionale Milano //, UEFA Cup third round first leg Heaviest away defeat : FC København v Bayern //, UEFA Cup second round first leg Five other defeats by a fourgoal margin, most recently v FC Barcelona (//, UEFA Champions League quarterfinals first leg) UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) Biggest home win 7: Bayern v Sporting Clube de Portugal //, first knockout round second leg Biggest away win : Sporting Clube de Portugal v Bayern (see above for details) Heaviest home defeat : Bayern v FC Girondins de Bordeaux (see above for details) : Bayern v AC Milan (see above for details) Last updated // ::7CET Team facts

17 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Heaviest away defeat : FC Barcelona v Bayern (see above for details) Last updated // ::7CET Team facts

18 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) FC Basel Formed: Nickname: Bebbi (local slang for Basel natives) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: () Swiss Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa League group stage /: group stage 7/: UEFA Cup round of /7: UEFA Cup group stage /: UEFA Cup quarterfinals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) /: UEFA Cup second round /: second group stage /: UEFA Intertoto Cup finalists /: UEFA Cup second round Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 7: Basel v S.S. Folgore //, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg Biggest away win : Fram Reykjavík v Basel //7, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg Heaviest home defeat : Basel v FC Barcelona //, UEFA Champions League group stage Heaviest away defeat : FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Basel //, UEFA Champions League group stage : Celtic FC v Basel //, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Basel v FC Spartak Moskva //, first group stage Biggest away win : AS Roma v Basel //, group stage : FC Spartak Moskva v Basel //, first group stage Heaviest home defeat : Basel v FC Barcelona (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat : FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Basel (see above for details) Last updated // ::7CET Team facts

19 FC Basel Wednesday December.CET (. local time) Legend ALLTIME STATISTICS The alltime record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (), the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (7to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (). Matches in the InterCities Fairs Cup and the 7 Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from / season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. :: Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League/UEFA Champions League Tournament: UEFA Europa League/UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: InterCities Fairs Cup :: Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS: First group stage GS: Second group stage KO: First knockout round PR: Preliminary round QF: Quarterfinals QR: Qualifying round QR: First qualifying round QR: Second qualifying round FT: Final tournament ELITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff GSFT: Group stage final tournament :: Statistics () : Denotes player substituted (*) : Denotes player sent off QR: Third qualifying round R: First round R: Second round R: Third round R: Fourth round SF: Semifinals R: Round of R: Round of st: first leg nd: second leg PO: Playoff (Rep) : Replay PO FT: Playoff for Final Tournament Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation playoff National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UFRIE: Under friendly internationals U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Other abbreviations (aet): Match decided after extra timeno.: Number aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal and penalty shootout ag: Match decided on away goals (p): Penalty agg: Aggregate : Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: of birth Res.: GA: Goals against sg: Match decided on "Silver Goal" GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of coin gg: Match decided on "Golden Goal"W: Won L: Lost Y: Booked Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) N/a: Not applicable (+) : Denotes player introduced (+/) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from / season, group stage to final only UEFA: Alltime total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on Last updated // ::7CET Legend