UEFA EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS St. Jakob-Park - Basel Thursday 30 September 2021 21.00CET (21.00 local time) FC Basel 1893 Group H - Matchday 2 FC Kairat Almaty Last updated 24/09/2021 14:32CET

Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Match-by-match lineups 6 Legend 9

1 FC Basel 1893 - FC Kairat Almaty Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Basel 1893 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Tobol Kostanay - FC Basel 0-0 27/07/2006 1QR Kostanay 1893 agg: 1-3 Petrić 20, 67 (P), FC Basel 1893 - FC Tobol 13/07/2006 1QR 3-1 Basel Eduardo 69; Kostanay Zhumaskaliyev 49

FC Kairat Almaty - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Kairat Almaty have not played against a club from their opponents' country

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 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 FC Kairat Almaty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 FC Basel 1893 - FC Kairat Almaty Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Match background

Basel's eighth UEFA Europa Conference League fixture brings them up against the champions of Kazakhstan as Kairat Almaty make the long trip to St. Jakob-Park for this Matchday 2 encounter. • Both clubs drew their opening Group G games 0-0, Basel against Qarabağ in Azerbaijan and Kairat at home to Cypriot champions Omonoia. Previous meetings • While Basel have had one previous tie against a team from Kazakhstan, beating Tobol Kostanay 3-1 at home and on aggregate in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup first qualifying round, this is Kairat's first UEFA encounter against opposition from Switzerland. Form guide Basel • Distant runners-up to Young Boys in the 2020/21 Swiss Super League, Basel also suffered disappointment in Europe, the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League quarter-finalists going out in the play-offs of the same competition after a 1-3 home defeat by CSKA-Sofia. • This season Basel are back for a 17th autumn appearance in a European group stage, their place as Switzerland's sole representatives in the UEFA Europa Conference League proper secured by three qualifying phase successes. Comprehensive victors against Partizani of Albania (3-0 h, 2-0 a) and Újpest of Hungary (2-1 a, 4-0 h), Patrick Rahmen's side were then taken to a penalty shoot-out in the play-offs by Swedish side Hammarby after the teams had traded 3-1 home wins, but ultimately prevailed 4-3 on spot kicks. • Basel have won nine of their last ten European home fixtures, the exception that defeat by CSKA-Sofia. They struck ten goals at St. Jakob-Park in their three UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers. Kairat • Champions of Kazakhstan in 2020 for the first time in 16 years, Kairat are appearing in UEFA competition for the eighth successive season. However, this is the club's first appearance in a group stage, their last six campaigns having all ended in the UEFA Europa League qualifying phase. • Conquerors of Maccabi Haifa – the team that ended their European hopes last season – in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round (1-1 a, 2-0 h), Kairat then lost to Crvena zvezda (2-1 h, 0-5 a), meaning a switch to the UEFA Europa League, where they fell in extra time to Armenian champions Alashkert (0-0 h, 2-3 a). However, a comprehensive UEFA Europa Conference League play-off win over Fola Esch (4-1 a, 3-1 h) booked their place in the competition's group stage. • Kairat's victory in Luxembourg ended the club's five-match winless away sequence in UEFA competition (D1 L4). Their all-time European away record is W6 D3 L14. Links and trivia • In starting against Omonoia on Matchday 1, Kairat's Brazilian striker Vágner Love became one of only three players to have appeared in all four current European competitions, group stage to final – the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League and UEFA Super Cup. The other two are Tomáš Hübschman (Jablonec) and Chris Smalling (Roma). • Basel's Brazilian striker Arthur Cabral scored in all six matches of the club's UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying campaign, finding the net eight times in total. Not content with scoring all four of the Swiss side's goals in the play-off against Hammarby, he also converted the winning penalty in the shoot-out. • Kurban Berdyev was appointed as Kairat head coach on 24 August. The 69-year-old has experienced three UEFA Champions League group campaigns – two in charge of Rubin Kazan (2009/10, 2010/11) and one with Rostov (2016/17). He also led Rubin to the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals in 2012/13. • Kairat are one of eight clubs making their debut appearance in a UEFA group stage this season; the others – one in each group – are Alashkert (Group A), Flora Tallinn (B), Bodø/Glimt (C), Randers (D), Union Berlin (E), Lincoln Red Imps (F) and Mura (G).

3 FC Basel 1893 - FC Kairat Almaty Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 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: 20 (2017) Swiss Cup: 13 (2019) Ten-year European record 2020/21: UEFA Europa League play-offs 2019/20: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2018/19: UEFA Europa League play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League second qualifying round) 2017/18: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2016/17: UEFA Champions League group stage 2015/16: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2014/15: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2013/14: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2012/13: UEFA Europa League semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Basel v 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 Barcelona 22/10/08, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Bayern München v Basel 13/03/12, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg UEFA Europa Conference League • Biggest home win 4-0: Basel v Újpest 12/08/21, third qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-2: Partizani v Basel 29/07/21, second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: Hammarby v Basel (aet) 26/08/21, play-off second leg

FC Kairat Almaty Formed: 1954 Nickname: Sary-Karalar (Yellow-and-Blacks), Halyq Komandasy (The Nation's Team) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)

4 FC Basel 1893 - FC Kairat Almaty Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel

League titles: 3 (2020) Kazakhstan Cup: 9 (2018) Ten-year European record 2020/21: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2019/20: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2018/19: UEFA Europa League third qualifying round 2017/18: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2016/17: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2015/16: UEFA Europa League play-offs 2014/15: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-1: Kairat v Engordany 19/07/18, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round second leg 6-0: Kairat v Atlantas 29/06/17, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4: Fola Esch v Kairat 19/08/21, UEFA Europa Conference League play-off first leg 0-3: Engordany v Kairat 12/07/18, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Kairat v Crvena zvezda 15/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Crvena zvezda v Kairat 28/07/21, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg UEFA Europa Conference League • Biggest home win 3-1: Kairat v Fola Esch 26/08/21, play-off second leg • Biggest away win 1-4: Fola Esch v Kairat (see above) • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat N/A

5 FC Basel 1893 - FC Kairat Almaty Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Match-by-match lineups FC Basel 1893

UEFA Europa Conference League - Second qualifying round (22/07/2021) FC Basel 1893 3-0 FK Partizani Goals: 1-0 Stocker 43, 2-0 Cabral 52, 3-0 Stocker 80 FC Basel 1893: Lindner, Kasami, Cabral, Stocker (82 Pululu), Males (73 Esposito), F. Frei, Pelmard, Sergio López (73 M. Lang), Petretta, Xhaka (65 Zhegrova), Palacios (66 Quintillà) (29/07/2021) FK Partizani 0-2 FC Basel 1893 (agg: 0-5) Goals: 0-1 Stocker 38, 0-2 Cabral 49 FC Basel 1893: Lindner, M. Lang, Djiga, Quintillà, Cabral (65 Males), Stocker (46 Millar), F. Frei, Pelmard (75 Petretta), Xhaka, Palacios (82 Esposito), Zhegrova (46 Sene)

Third qualifying round (05/08/2021) Újpest FC 1-2 FC Basel 1893 Goals: 1-0 Croizet 40, 1-1 Cabral 55, 1-2 Males 74 FC Basel 1893: Lindner, Cömert, M. Lang (68 Sergio López), Kasami (39 Males), Quintillà, Cabral, Stocker (69 Esposito), F. Frei, Pelmard, Palacios (89 Xhaka), Zhegrova (46 Millar) (12/08/2021) FC Basel 1893 4-0 Újpest FC (agg: 6-1) Goals: 1-0 Males 22, 2-0 Stocker 45+2, 3-0 Cabral 71, 4-0 Petretta 90 FC Basel 1893: Lindner, Cömert (78 Petretta), M. Lang (84 Sergio López), Kasami, Quintillà (69 Xhaka), Esposito (84 Sene), Cabral, Stocker, Males (69 Palacios), F. Frei, Pelmard

Play-off (19/08/2021) FC Basel 1893 3-1 Hammarby Fotboll Goals: 1-0 Cabral 30, 1-1 Khalili 71, 2-1 Cabral 87, 3-1 Cabral 90 (P) FC Basel 1893: Lindner, Cömert, M. Lang (72 Sergio López), Kasami, Esposito (78 Palacios), Cabral, Stocker (94 Sene), Males (78 Millar), F. Frei, Pelmard, Xhaka (72 Petretta) (26/08/2021) Hammarby Fotboll 3-1 FC Basel 1893 (agg: 4-4 , 3-4 P) Goals: 1-0 Fjóluson 48, 2-0 Fjóluson 54, 3-0 Ouattara 101 ET, 3-1 Cabral 109 (P) ET Penalties: Bojanic 0-0 (missed) , Cömert 0-1 , Paulinho 0-1 (missed) , F. Frei 0-2 , Accam 1-2 , Pelmard 1-2 (missed) , Fenger 2-2 , Pululu 2-3 , Sandberg 3-3 , Cabral 3-4 FC Basel 1893: Lindner, Cömert, M. Lang (78 Sergio López), Kasami (67 Palacios), Esposito (67 Males), Cabral, Stocker (103 Pululu), F. Frei, Pelmard, Petretta (103 Millar), Xhaka

Group stage – final tournament Group H Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Basel 1893 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 FC Kairat Almaty 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Omonoia FC 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Qarabağ FK 1 0 1 0 0 0 1

Matchday 1 (16/09/2021) Qarabağ FK 0-0 FC Basel 1893 FC Basel 1893: Lindner, Cömert (81 Durrer), Kasami, Cabral, Stocker, Males, Pelmard, Sergio López (69 M. Lang), Burger (69 Xhaka), Ndoye (58 Millar), Petretta (81 Tomás Tavares)

6 FC Basel 1893 - FC Kairat Almaty Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Matchday 2 (30/09/2021) FC Basel 1893-FC Kairat Almaty Matchday 3 (21/10/2021) FC Basel 1893-Omonoia FC Matchday 4 (04/11/2021) Omonoia FC-FC Basel 1893 Matchday 5 (25/11/2021) FC Kairat Almaty-FC Basel 1893 Matchday 6 (09/12/2021) FC Basel 1893-Qarabağ FK FC Kairat Almaty

UEFA Champions League - First qualifying round (07/07/2021) Maccabi Haifa FC 1-1 FC Kairat Almaty Goals: 1-0 Atzili 45, 1-1 Alip 76 FC Kairat Almaty: Pokatilov, Alip, Suyumbayev, Abiken (70 Ussenov), Vágner Love, K. Hovhannisyan (85 Mikanović), Kanté (85 Buranchiyev), Shushenachev (70 Alykulov), Dugalić, Kosović, Polyakov (14/07/2021) FC Kairat Almaty 2-0 Maccabi Haifa FC (agg: 3-1) Goals: 1-0 Vágner Love 10, 2-0 Abiken 66 FC Kairat Almaty: Pokatilov, Alip, Suyumbayev, Abiken (86 Buranchiyev), Vágner Love, K. Hovhannisyan (86 Alykulov), Kanté (96 João Paulo), Shushenachev (78 Mikanović), Dugalić, Kosović, Polyakov

Second qualifying round (21/07/2021) FC Kairat Almaty 2-1 FK Crvena zvezda Goals: 1-0 Kanté 24, 1-1 Mikanović 57 (og) , 2-1 Bagnack 79 FC Kairat Almaty: Pokatilov, Alip, Suyumbayev (46 Buranchiyev), Vágner Love, K. Hovhannisyan, Kanté, Shushenachev (68 Bagnack), Dugalić, Kosović (12 Vorogovskiy), Mikanović, Polyakov (28/07/2021) FK Crvena zvezda 5-0 FC Kairat Almaty (agg: 6-2) Goals: 1-0 Katai 9, 2-0 Diony 21, 3-0 Katai 42, 4-0 Ivanić 49, 5-0 Falco 56 FC Kairat Almaty: Ustimenko , Alip, Abiken, Vágner Love, Vorogovskiy, K. Hovhannisyan, Shushenachev (63 Ricardo Alves), Dugalić (76 Shirobokov), Mikanović (34 Alykulov), Polyakov , Buranchiyev (63 Ulshin )

UEFA Europa League - Third qualifying round (05/08/2021) FC Kairat Almaty 0-0 Alashkert FC FC Kairat Almaty: Pokatilov, Alip, Alykulov (72 Ussenov), Abiken, Vágner Love, Vorogovskiy, K. Hovhannisyan, Shushenachev (84 Ulshin ), Dugalić, Polyakov , Buranchiyev (63 Ricardo Alves) (12/08/2021) Alashkert FC 3-2 FC Kairat Almaty (agg: 3-2) Goals: 1-0 Embaló 43, 1-1 Abiken 45+1, 2-1 Embaló 50, 2-2 Shushenachev 61, 3-2 Glišić 104 ET FC Kairat Almaty: Pokatilov, Alip, Abiken, Vágner Love, Vorogovskiy (55 Shushenachev), K. Hovhannisyan, Bagnack (66 Ricardo Alves), Kanté (102 Buranchiyev), Dugalić, Mikanović (112 Alykulov), Polyakov

UEFA Europa Conference League - Play-off (19/08/2021) CS Fola Esch 1-4 FC Kairat Almaty Goals: 1-0 Mustafić 19, 1-1 Shushenachev 28, 1-2 Vágner Love 37, 1-3 Ricardo Alves 43, 1-4 Vágner Love 70 (P) FC Kairat Almaty: Pokatilov, Vágner Love, Vorogovskiy, K. Hovhannisyan, Bagnack, Ricardo Alves (75 Keiler), Kanté, Shushenachev (90 Ussenov), Dugalić, Mikanović, Buranchiyev (84 Alykulov)

7 FC Basel 1893 - FC Kairat Almaty Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel (26/08/2021) FC Kairat Almaty 3-1 CS Fola Esch (agg: 7-2) Goals: 1-0 Shushenachev 12, 2-0 Vágner Love 28, 3-0 Shushenachev 36, 3-1 Mustafić 43 FC Kairat Almaty: Pokatilov, Alip, Abiken (69 Kosović), Vágner Love, Vorogovskiy (74 Keiler), K. Hovhannisyan, Bagnack, Ricardo Alves, Shushenachev (69 Alykulov), Dugalić, Polyakov (85 Seidakhmet)

Group stage – final tournament Matchday 1 (16/09/2021) FC Kairat Almaty 0-0 Omonoia FC FC Kairat Almaty: Pokatilov, Alip, Vágner Love (80 Alykulov), K. Hovhannisyan, Bagnack, Ricardo Alves, Kanté (63 Shushenachev), Dugalić, Kosović, Mikanović, Polyakov Matchday 2 (30/09/2021) FC Basel 1893-FC Kairat Almaty Matchday 3 (21/10/2021) Qarabağ FK-FC Kairat Almaty Matchday 4 (04/11/2021) FC Kairat Almaty-Qarabağ FK Matchday 5 (25/11/2021) FC Kairat Almaty-FC Basel 1893 Matchday 6 (09/12/2021) Omonoia FC-FC Kairat Almaty

8 FC Basel 1893 - FC Kairat Almaty Thursday 30 September 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Legend Competitions 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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