UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 0-3) Estadi de Mestalla - Valencia Thursday 10 April 2014 Valencia CF 21.05CET (21.05 local time) FC 1893 Quarter-finals, Second leg Last updated 07/04/2014 11:38CET

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1 Valencia CF - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 10 April 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia

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Valencia CF must go for broke if they are to make it to the UEFA Europa League semi-finals, having lost the first leg of their tie against FC Basel 1893 3-0 in Switzerland. • In a match played behind closed doors, Matías Delgado struck twice in the first half and Valencia's task became even more difficult when Valentin Stocker broke away to score a third in second-half added time. Previous meetings • Rafael Benítez's Valencia got the better of Christian Gross's Basel over the course of two games in the 2002/03 UEFA Champions league first group stage. John Carew scored twice as Valencia won the home match 6-2, but his side then drew 2-2 in Basel, Ivan Ergić levelling after Valencia's Roberto Ayala had been dismissed on 88 minutes. • The teams at Mestalla on 2 October 2002 were: Valencia: Cañizares, Pellegrino, Fábio Aurélio, Ayala, Albelda, Carew, Baraja (Mista 46), Angulo, Vicente (Garrido 60), Aimar (Juan Sánchez 71), Curro Torres. Basel: Zuberbühler, Quennoz (Ergić 62), Esposito (Duruz 79), H Yakin, Barberis, Giménez (Varela 46), M Yakin, Cantaluppi, Haas, Atouba, Rossi. • Now Basel coach, Murat Yakin captained the Swiss club in both of those fixtures. • The sides also met in the second round of the 1965/66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – the non-UEFA affiliated precursor to the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League – Valencia winning 3-1 in Switzerland and 5-1 in Spain. Match background • No side has overturned a three-goal deficit to win a tie since the advent of the UEFA Europa League. • Valencia went into the first leg having gone nine European games unbeaten (W7 D2) since opening their group stage campaign with a 3-0 home loss to Swansea City AFC. They had also won all five of their UEFA Europa League away games this season, and were unbeaten on the road in eight UEFA matches (W7 D1). • At this stage of the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League, Valencia recovered from a 2-1 defeat at AZ Alkmaar to win the return 4-0. • Basel are unbeaten in their last five games (W3 D2) since transferring from the UEFA Champions League to the UEFA Europa League. They have not lost a European fixture by a margin of more than three goals since a 7-0 defeat at FC Bayern München in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League round of 16, 35 matches ago. • Since beating 2-0 in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup final Valencia have reached three UEFA quarter-finals; they lost to Chelsea FC in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League and Club Atlético de Madrid in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League, but beat AZ in this competition in 2011/12 – before losing to Atlético in the semi-finals. • Having lost to Celtic FC in the 1973/74 European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-final and Middlesbrough FC at the same stage of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup, Basel won a UEFA last-eight tie at the third time of asking last season, beating Tottenham Hotspur FC on penalties en route to a semi-final loss to Chelsea FC. Team facts • Giovanni Sio is the only Basel player with Liga experience, having represented Real Sociedad de Fútbol from 2007 to 2009 before moving to Switzerland to join FC Sion. • Valencia boast Swiss talent in the form of central defender Philippe Senderos, who started his career with Servette FC (2001-03) before heading abroad. • Basel are one of three sides in the quarter-finals who have yet to win a major UEFA club trophy along with AZ and . Basel lost to Aston Villa FC over two legs in one of the three 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals. • They are one of three domestic champions remaining in the competition, along with FC Porto and Juventus. • Marco Streller has scored 23 goals in UEFA club competition, more than any other player in the quarter-finals. • Valencia (2004) are one of four previous UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League winners in the quarter-finals along with Porto (2003, 2011), Sevilla FC (2006, 2007) and final hosts Juventus (1977, 1990, 1993). • Valencia have scored the most goals (18) and won the most games (7) since the start of this season's group stage of the eight quarter-finalists. FC Salzburg – eliminated in the round of 16 – are the current leaders both of those categories with 22 goals and eight wins. • Valencia have been shown the most red cards (three) of any side left in the competition. • Valencia's Fede Cartabia has been fouled 32 times since the start of the group stage, more than any player still

2 Valencia CF - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 10 April 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia involved. • Valencia's Paco Alcácer and Sevilla's Kevin Gameiro are the highest scoring players left in the competition, with four goals each since the start of the group stage – four fewer than the overall top scorer, Salzburg's Jonatan Soriano. • The UEFA Europa League's two most successful member associations this season, Spain and Portugal, boast two surviving clubs apiece, with Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and France taking one club through. • All the four surviving teams that crossed over from the UEFA Champions League round of 32 – Juventus, SL Benfica, Basel and Porto – are yet to lose in their five games. Coach information • Valencia dismissed Miroslav Djukić in December after six months at the helm. • Juan Antonio Pizzi is now in charge at Valencia, having returned to Spain – for whom he made 22 international appearances – after establishing himself as a coach in South America. Born in Argentina, the striker played for CD Tenerife and Valencia before winning a title, two Spanish Cups and the 1996/97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona. Following spells with Porto and Villarreal CF, he hung up his boots in 2002, and briefly played polo. • Capped 49 times as a central defender by Switzerland, coach Murat Yakin was born in Basel but started his playing career with Grasshopper Club. He played for VfB Stuttgart and Fenerbahçe SK, but finished his career at Basel – where his brother also played. He got his first senior coaching appointment in 2009, leading FC Thun and later FC Luzern before taking charge of Basel and leading them to the 2012/13 Swiss title – his sixth in total following five triumphs as a player. Shoot-out record • Valencia's record in four UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W2 L2: 3-4 (away) v FC Steaua Bucureşti, 2004/05 UEFA Cup round of 32 4-5 (neutral) v FC Bayern München, 2000/01 UEFA Champions League final 5-4 (away) v Celtic FC, 2001/02 UEFA Cup third round 5-4 (neutral) v Arsenal FC, 1979/80 European Cup Winners' Cup final • Basel won their only previous UEFA competition penalty shoot-out, 4-1 at home to Tottenham Hotspur FC in last season's UEFA Europa League quarter-finals.

3 Valencia CF - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 10 April 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time 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 UEFA.com.

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