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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS St. Jakob-Park - Basel Thursday 26 November 2015 19.00CET (19.00 local time) FC Basel 1893 Group I - Matchday 5 ACF Fiorentina Last updated 24/11/2015 13:38CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 FC Basel 1893 - ACF Fiorentina Thursday 26 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers N. Kalinić 4; B. 17/09/2015 GS ACF Fiorentina - FC Basel 1893 1-2 Florence Bjarnason 71, Elneny 79 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Basel 1893 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 ACF Fiorentina 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 FC Basel 1893 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers A. Frei 69, Shaqiri 83; 03/11/2010 GS FC Basel 1893 - AS Roma 2-3 Basel Ménez 16, Totti 26 (P), Greco 76 Borriello 21; A. Frei 19/10/2010 GS AS Roma - FC Basel 1893 1-3 Rome 12, Inkoom 44, Cabral 90+3 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Totti 32 (P), Vučinić 03/12/2009 GS AS Roma - FC Basel 1893 2-1 Rome 59; Huggel 18 Carlitos 11, Almerares 17/09/2009 GS FC Basel 1893 - AS Roma 2-0 Basel 87 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Taddei 12, Totti 45, 14/12/2005 GS AS Roma - FC Basel 1893 3-1 Rome Nonda 49; Petrić 78 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Adriano 1, 52, FC Internazionale Milano - FC 4-1 24/08/2004 QR3 Milan Stanković 12, Recoba Basel 1893 agg: 5-2 59; Sterjovski 49 FC Basel 1893 - FC Huggel 25; Adriano 11/08/2004 QR3 1-1 Basel Internazionale Milano 19 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cantaluppi 38, 18/03/2003 GS2 FC Basel 1893 - Juventus 2-1 Basel Giménez 90+2; Tacchinardi 10 2 FC Basel 1893 - ACF Fiorentina Thursday 26 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel UEFA Champions League Trezeguet 3, Montero 11/12/2002 GS2 Juventus - FC Basel 1893 4-0 Turin 34, Tacchinardi 43, Del Piero 51 (P) ACF Fiorentina - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers ACF Fiorentina - Grasshopper 0-1 29/08/2013 PO Florence Ben Khalifa 41 Club Zürich agg: 2-2 ag Ngamukol 64; Grasshopper Club Zürich - ACF 22/08/2013 PO 1-2 Zurich Cuadrado 13, Fiorentina Grichting 46 (og) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers ACF Fiorentina - Grasshopper 0-3 03/11/1998 R2 Salerno Match forfeited Club Zürich f Grasshopper Club Zürich - ACF Batistuta 20, Robbiati 20/10/1998 R2 0-2 Zurich Fiorentina 48 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Angeli 28, 52, 75, 6-2 Hamrin 33 (P), 46, 28/12/1960 QF ACF Fiorentina - FC Luzern Florence agg: 9-2 Milan 38; Frey 43, Hahn 55 Petris 32, Hamrin 35, 23/11/1960 QF FC Luzern - ACF Fiorentina 0-3 Lucerne 81 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ballaman 25, Grasshopper Club Zürich - ACF 2-2 27/02/1957 QF Zurich Vukosavljevic 85; Fiorentina agg: 3-5 Julinho 7, Montuori 52 ACF Fiorentina - Grasshopper Segato 3, Taccola 10, 06/02/1957 QF 3-1 Florence Club Zürich 12; Ballaman 31 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Basel 1893 4 2 1 1 6 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 10 4 1 5 15 20 ACF Fiorentina 5 2 0 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 1 3 19 12 3 FC Basel 1893 - ACF Fiorentina Thursday 26 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Match background FC Basel 1893 got the better of their old coach Paulo Sousa when they beat ACF Fiorentina in Italy on matchday one and they will seal a place in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 with a repeat performance. • Basel will qualify from Group I with a win, or if Os Belenenses and KKS Lech Poznań draw in the section's other game. • Fiorentina and Basel would qualify together if a Viola victory coincides with a draw in Lisbon. Previous meetings • Basel came from behind to triumph 2-1 when the sides met for the first time on 17 September. • Basel's statistics from ten games against Italian clubs are W4 D1 L5 (W2 D1 L1 at home). • Fiorentina's nine games against Swiss opponents have ended W5 D1 L3 (W3 D1 L0 in Switzerland). Form guide • Basel have lost only one of their eight European games this season – 2-1 at home against Belenenses on matchday three. • Fiorentina have won both of their European away fixtures this term, scoring six goals in the process and conceding none. They have yet to lose in ten UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage away games (W7 D3). • Basel have previously featured in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage six times – they have progressed to the knockout phase on four occasions and been eliminated twice. • Fiorentina made it to last season's UEFA Europa League semi-finals, losing to eventual winners Sevilla FC. • Fiorentina have advanced to the round of 32 in all three of their UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Trivia and links • The 2016 UEFA Europa League final will be played at Basel's St. Jakob-Park on 18 May. • The journey from Florence to Basel to just over 500km, meaning the Viola are facing the shortest journey of any of the sides on matchday five. • Fiorentina striker Giuseppe Rossi's next UEFA club competition appearance will be his 50th – his 49 European games have yielded 24 goals. • Marc Janko's penalty in Basel's 2-0 win at Belenenses on matchday four made him the first player to score in the UEFA Europa League for four clubs. He had previously found the net four times each for FC Salzburg and FC Twente and once for Trabzonspor AŞ. • Basel's Breel Embolo and Fenerbahçe SK's Nani were fouled 15 times in the first four matchdays – more than any other players in the competition. • Basel's Philipp Degen and Fiorentina's Jakub Błaszczykowski were team-mates at Borussia Dortmund in 2007/08. • Basel defender Walter Samuel gained extensive Serie A experience with AS Roma (2000–04) and FC Internazionale Milano (2005–14). • Basel midfielder Birkir Bjarnason played in Italy with Pescara Calcio (2012–13, 2014/15) and UC Sampdoria (2013/14). • Fiorentina striker Nikola Kalinić was a losing UEFA Europa League finalist with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk last season. • Basel are one of ten sides in the group stage who qualified for Europe this season as domestic champions, along with KF Skenderbëu (Albania), Qarabağ FK (Albania), APOEL FC (Cyprus), FC Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic), FC Midtjylland (Denmark), KKS Lech Poznań (Poland), FK Partizan (Serbia), Molde FK (Norway) and Celtic FC (Scotland). The coaches • Urs Fischer took charge of Basel this summer following Sousa's move to Fiorentina. The one-time FC Zürich defender led Zürich (2011/12) and FC Thun (2013/14) into the UEFA Europa League group stage, though neither side made it to the knockout phase. • A European champion as a player with Juventus (1996) and Dortmund (1997), former Portugal midfielder Sousa joined Fiorentina in June and is on the hunt for a third league title in as many seasons, having won the 2013/14 Israeli crown with Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC and last season's Swiss Super League with Basel. 4 FC Basel 1893 - ACF Fiorentina Thursday 26 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Team facts FC Basel 1893 Formed: 1893 Nickname: Bebbi (local slang for Basel natives) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 18 (2015) Swiss Cup: 11 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2013/14: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2012/13: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2010/11: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: group stage 2008/09: UEFA Champions League group stage 2007/08: round of 32 2006/07: group stage 2005/06: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Basel v SS Folgore 24/08/00, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Fram Reykjavík v Basel 18/09/73, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Basel v FC Barcelona 22/10/08, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: FC Bayern München v Basel 13/03/12, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 7-0: Basel v SS Folgore (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: SS Folgore v Basel 10/08/00, qualifying round first leg 0-4: SV Mattersburg v Basel 30/08/07, second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Basel v Sporting Clube de Portugal 21/02/08, round of 32 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 (aet): Valencia CF v Basel 11/04/14, quarter-final second leg ACF Fiorentina Formed: 1926 Nickname: Viola (Purples) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1957) 5 FC Basel 1893 - ACF Fiorentina Thursday 26 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit St.