UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT
FC Oţelul Galaţi FC Basel 1893 Group C - Matchday 5 National Arena, Bucharest Tuesday 22 November 2011 20.45CET (21.45 local time)
Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 3 Match facts...... 4 Squad list...... 6 Head coach...... 8 Match officials...... 9 Fixtures and results...... 10 Match-by-match lineups...... 12 Competition facts...... 13 Team facts...... 14 Legend...... 16 FC Oţelul Galaţi - FC Basel 1893 Tuesday 22 November 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Previous meetings
Head to Head
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/09/11 GS FC Basel 1893 - FC Oţelul Galaţi 2-1 Basel F. Frei 39, A. Frei 84(p); Pena 58
Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Oţelul Galaţi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 FC Basel 1893 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1
FC Oţelul Galaţi - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None
FC Basel 1893 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/11/10 GS FC Basel 1893 - CFR 1907 Cluj 1-0 Basel Almerares 15 15/09/10 GS CFR 1907 Cluj - FC Basel 1893 2-1 Cluj-Napoca Rada 9, Traoré 12; Stocker 45+2
Record versus clubs from 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 Oţelul Galaţi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 FC Basel 1893 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 3
Last updated 22/11/11 1:28:39CET 2 Previous meetings FC Oţelul Galaţi - FC Basel 1893 Tuesday 22 November 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Match background
FC Basel 1893 visit Romania to take on FC Oţelul Galaţi looking for three points to keep up their pursuit of the top two in Group C. • With Manchester United FC and SL Benfica in direct opposition in the section's other encounter, Heiko Vogel's Basel know that victory against Oţelul would lift them level on points with one of that pair should there be a winner at Old Trafford. • Oţelul sit bottom of Group C but Dorinel Munteanu's men have their own motivation – besides the ongoing search for their first UEFA Champions League points, they need a win to revive their hopes of finishing third and gaining entry to the UEFA Europa League. Match background • Having already earned draws at Manchester United and Benfica, Basel should travel to Bucharest in confident mood as they face a home team still without a goal at the National Arena, Oţelul's base for this maiden UEFA Champions League campaign. • Oţelul may be winless but they can take heart from having run the Swiss title holders close in their matchday one meeting. Back then they were within six minutes of claiming a draw before Alexander Frei's late penalty earned a 2-1 success for a Basel side under the charge of Thorsten Fink. • Oţelul will hope to repeat the result Basel suffered on their first visit to Romania on matchday one of last season's UEFA Champions League when CFR 1907 Cluj struck twice in the opening 12 minutes to set up a 2-1 success. Valentin Stocker got the goal that evening for Basel who won the return 1-0 through Federico Almerares. • This is Basel's fourth UEFA Champions League group stage campaign after previous outings in 2002/03, 2008/09 and 2010/11 but they have not reached the last 16 since their debut appearance nine years ago. • Outside of UEFA Cup qualifying matches and the UEFA Intertoto Cup, Oţelul have only once before participated in a UEFA competition proper. In the 1988/89 UEFA Cup first round, they beat Juventus 1-0 at home but went down 5-0 in the return in Turin. Team ties • As a Romanian international midfielder, Oţelul coach Munteanu met the Switzerland national team twice. He helped his country to a 1-0 home win in EURO '92 qualifying in November 1991 but later suffered a 4-1 defeat in the group stage of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. • Munteanu lined up against Swiss clubs FC Luzern and FC Aarau during his days with 1. FC Köln – earning a draw with the former and victory against the latter in UEFA Intertoto Cup ties in 1995 and 1997 respectively. • Only one member of Oţelul's squad, Sorin Frunză, has played UEFA Champions League football before. He made five appearances, two as a substitute, for FC Unirea Urziceni in the 2009/10 group stage and also featured for Unirea in the UEFA Europa League. • Frunză's Unirea finished third in their group and 25 years after FC Steaua Bucureşti lifted the European Champion Clubs' Cup, no Romanian side has yet managed a top-two finish in a UEFA Champions League group stage – a trend Oţelul have been unable to reverse this term.
Last updated 22/11/11 1:28:39CET 3 Match background FC Oţelul Galaţi - FC Basel 1893 Tuesday 22 November 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Match facts
Oţelul UEFA milestones • This is Oţelul's maiden European Cup campaign. UEFA Champions League statistics • Sergiu Costin is suspended for one game, though Milan Perendija is available having served a ban after his matchday three dismissal. Cornel Râpă's next booking will incur a suspension. Latest domestic information • Friday 18 November: FC Oţelul Galaţi 1-0 FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti (Iorga 51) Grahovac; Râpă, Perendija, Costin, Sălăgeanu; Giurgiu, Filip (Paraschiv 69); Antal (Frunză 88), Viglianti, Iorga (Ilie 80); Pena • With Cristian Sârghi serving a suspension, the Galati side sealed their third successive 1-0 league win, and their fifth victory in six games in all competitions; they mustered five in their previous 15 outings this season. • Having scored Oţelul won 1-0 at CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu on 6 November, Laurenţiu Iorga made it two in as many games on Friday. • Friday's win left Oţelul on 24 points from 14 league games this season; this time last term they were top of the table on 32. • Oţelul have mustered just five wins in 11 home matches this season, and four in nine on their travels. • The Galati outfit have lost seven of their last 16 games in all competitions. • Dorinel Munteanu's side have been restricted to 19 goals in 20 outings in all competitions this season. • On 12 November Oţelul lost 1-0 to top-flight rivals FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt in a friendly played in Focsani. • On 9 September Oţelul lost 4-0 to CFR 1907 Cluj, their worst home defeat since 5 November 2006 (7-0 v FC Rapid Bucureşti) and worst home or away since an identical loss to FC Vaslui on 13 September 2010. Coupled with a 2-1 reverse at FC Dinamo Bucureşti, it completed their first back-to-back league defeats since August 2009. • Two months after wrapping up their first major trophy Oţelul secured a second on 17 July, Laurenţiu Buş scoring the only goal against Romanian Cup holders FC Steaua Bucureşti in the domestic Super Cup. Injury news • Ionuţ Neagu was rested on Friday after returning from international duty with a leg muscle problem, though Gabriel Giurgiu was in the starting XI after missing the Pandurii win with a stomach problem. • Buş has not featured since 2 October because of a left ankle problem. International duty • Neagu made his international debut on 15 November, starting as Romania beat Greece 3-1 in Altach, Austria. • Râpă was in the Romania side beaten 3-0 by France in UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying on 10 November. Basel UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Benjamin Huggel is the only player in this season's competition to have collected four yellow cards. • Huggel, Alexander Frei and Marco Streller are within a booking of a ban. Latest domestic information • Saturday 19 November: FC Basel 1893 1-0 BSC Young Boys (Streller 27) Sommer; Steinhöfer, Abraham, Dragović, Park; Shaqiri (F Frei 90+1), Huggel, G Xhaka (Cabral 69), Zoua; A Frei (Chipperfield 84), Streller • Streller's first goal in six league matches secured Basel their 12th win in 16 games in all competitions.
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• Heiko Vogel has 15 points from his first five Super League games in charge; at the same stage predecessors Thorsten Fink and Christian Gross had eight and seven, respectively. • Vogel's first match at the helm was a 5-1 Swiss Cup win at FC Schötz on 15 October following Fink's departure to Hamburger SV. Vogel is expected to remain in the post until at least the end of December. • Alexander Frei has scored 13 goals in his last 13 outings for Basel, including three penalties. • Basel have scored in each of their 16 league matches this season, keeping seven clean sheets. Injury news • Valentin Stocker (knee ligaments, out since 23 April), Gilles Yapi (knee ligaments, 24 July) and Kay Voser (ankle, 17 September) are sidelined. International duty • Xherdan Shaqiri, Fabian Frei and Granit Xhaka were all in friendly action as Switzerland drew 0-0 against the Netherlands on 11 November and beat Luxembourg four days later, Xhaka scoring the only goal of the game. Miscellaneous • Philipp Degen, whose contract with Liverpool FC was terminated at the end of August, has signed a deal that will keep him at Basel until the end of the season.
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FC Oţelul Galaţi
Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Cristian Brăneţ ROU 14/07/77 34 ------12 Branko Grahovac BIH 08/07/83 28 - - - 4 - 14 - 4 - 10 - 22 Miloš Buchta CZE 19/07/80 31 ------Defenders 2 Nejc Skubič SVN 13/06/89 22 - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 Cornel Râpă ROU 16/01/90 21 * - - 3 - 12 - 3 - 3 - 5 Zoran Ljubinković SRB 04/07/82 29 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 8 Liviu Antal ROU 02/06/89 22 - - - 4 - 12 - 4 - 4 - 14 Silviu Ilie ROU 27/06/88 23 - - - 3 - 6 - 3 - 9 - 16 Cristian Sârghi ROU 23/11/86 24 - - - 1 - 4 2 1 - 1 - 18 Sergiu Costin ROU 21/11/78 33 S - - 4 - 12 1 4 - 22 - 23 Adrian Sălăgeanu ROU 09/04/83 28 - - - 3 - 10 - 3 - 6 - 30 Marius Gâţă ROU 09/08/92 19 ------31 Andrei Marus ROU 16/04/92 19 ------32 Lucian Murgoci ROU 25/03/92 19 ------55 Milan Perendija SRB 05/01/86 25 - - - 3 - 12 - 3 - 4 - Midfielders 4 Ioan Filip ROU 20/05/89 22 - - - 4 - 12 1 4 - 4 - 6 Alexandru Benga ROU 15/06/89 22 ------10 Gabriel Paraschiv ROU 27/03/78 33 - - - 2 - 13 2 2 - 8 2 11 Sorin Frunză ROU 29/03/78 33 - - - 4 - 12 - 9 - 16 1 15 John Ibeh NGA 16/04/86 25 - - - 2 - 9 - 2 - 2 - 17 Laurenţiu Buş ROU 27/08/87 24 - - - 1 - 8 - 1 - 1 - 26 Ionuţ Neagu ROU 26/10/89 22 - - - 2 - 9 - 2 - 2 - 29 Gabriel Giurgiu ROU 03/09/82 29 - - - 4 - 10 - 4 - 9 - 34 Alexandru Chebac ROU 09/03/92 19 ------35 Ionuţ Crişan ROU 15/06/93 18 ------36 Iulian Negoescu ROU 26/04/92 19 ------37 Gabriel Viglianti ARG 12/09/79 32 - - - 3 - 7 - 3 - 3 - Forwards 7 Laurenţiu Iorga ROU 17/03/88 23 - - - 1 - 8 2 1 - 1 - 19 Bratislav Punoševac SRB 09/07/87 24 - - - 2 - 7 3 2 - 2 - 21 Daniel Chávez PER 08/01/88 23 ------9 - 27 Marius Pena ROU 02/05/85 26 - - - 4 1 12 2 4 1 4 1 38 Răzvan Smadu ROU 19/08/93 18 ------Coach - Dorinel Munteanu ROU 25/06/68 43 - - - 4 - - - 7 - 10 -
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FC Basel 1893
Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Yann Sommer SUI 17/12/88 22 - - - 4 - 16 - 4 - 8 - 18 Marcel Herzog SUI 28/06/80 31 ------23 Massimo Colomba SUI 24/08/77 34 ------8 - Defenders 3 Park Joo Ho KOR 16/01/87 24 - - - 4 - 11 - 4 - 4 - 5 Arlind Ajeti SUI 25/09/93 18 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 6 Aleksandar Dragović AUT 06/03/91 20 - - - 4 - 14 1 4 - 20 - 15 Kay Voser SUI 04/01/87 24 - - - - - 6 - - - 9 - 16 Taulant Xhaka SUI 28/03/91 20 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 19 David Abraham ARG 15/07/86 25 - - - 4 - 10 1 14 1 30 1 21 Genséric Kusunga SUI 12/03/88 23 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 3 - 27 Markus Steinhöfer GER 07/03/86 25 - - - 4 - 15 - 4 - 12 - 29 Radoslav Kováč CZE 27/11/79 31 - - - 1 - 8 - 21 1 62 3 Midfielders 7 Pascal Schürpf SUI 15/07/89 22 - - - - - 3 - - - 1 - 8 Benjamin Huggel SUI 07/07/77 34 * - - 3 1 14 3 17 1 78 8 10 Gilles Yapi CIV 30/01/82 29 - - - - - 2 - 6 - 21 3 11 Scott Chipperfield AUS 30/12/75 35 - - - 3 - 3 - 17 - 76 8 14 Valentin Stocker SUI 12/04/89 22 ------10 1 28 4 17 Xherdan Shaqiri SUI 10/10/91 20 - - - 2 - 16 4 8 1 23 4 20 Fabian Frei SUI 08/01/89 22 - - - 4 2 15 4 6 2 13 2 24 Cabral SUI 22/10/88 23 - - - 4 - 9 1 8 1 21 1 26 Roman Buess SUI 21/09/92 19 ------30 Fwayo Tembo ZAM 02/05/89 22 - - - - - 5 - 3 - 8 - 33 Sandro Wieser LIE 03/02/93 18 ------34 Granit Xhaka SUI 27/09/92 19 - - - 4 - 9 1 6 - 10 1 Forwards 9 Marco Streller SUI 18/06/81 30 * - - 3 - 16 5 12 - 37 12 13 Alexander Frei SUI 15/07/79 32 * - - 3 3 15 11 9 6 46 27 31 Jacques Zoua CMR 06/09/91 20 - - - 4 - 11 3 4 - 10 - 35 Kwang Ryong Pak PRK 27/09/92 19 - - - 3 - 9 - 3 - 3 - Coach - Heiko Vogel GER 21/11/75 36 - - - 2 - - - 2 - 2 -
Last updated 22/11/11 1:28:39CET 7 Squad list FC Oţelul Galaţi - FC Basel 1893 Tuesday 22 November 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Head coach
FC Oţelul Galaţi: Dorinel Munteanu Date of birth: 25 June 1968 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: Metalul Bocsa, CSM Resita, FC Olt, Inter Sibiu, FC Dinamo Bucureşti, Cercle Brugge KSV, 1. FC Köln, VfL Wolfsburg, FC Steaua Bucureşti, CFR 1907 Cluj, FC Argeş Piteşti, FC Vaslui, FC Universitatea Cluj Coaching career: CFR 1907 Cluj, FC Argeş Piteşti, FC Vaslui, FC Universitatea Cluj (twice), FC Steaua Bucureşti, FC Oţelul Galaţi • Capped a record 134 times by Romania between 1991 and 2007 and part of the 'golden generation' that reached the quarter-finals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000. • Nicknamed 'The German' as a player, not only because of his Bundesliga experience but also his serious approach as a hard-working midfielder, Munteanu moved up the ranks through several smaller clubs before Dinamo signed him in 1991. Won the Romanian title the following season and spent two years at Cercle Brugge from 1993 before four seasons with both Köln and Wolfsburg. • In 2003 Steaua took him back to Romania, but after a 2004/05 league title triumph he joined CFR Cluj as player-coach. In his first campaign, his team reached the UEFA Intertoto Cup final on their European debut. • During 2006/07 Munteanu left to join Argeş but was sacked before the end of the season as relegation loomed. Short spells at Vaslui, Universitatea Cluj, Steaua – his first head coach position after he had hung up his boots – and Universitatea Cluj again followed before he was appointed by Oţelul Galaţi in 2009. • In his second season in charge, Munteanu guided the club to the Romanian title for the first time in their history, also booking a place in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League group stage.
FC Basel 1893: Heiko Vogel Date of birth: 21 November 1975 Nationality: German Playing career: SV Edenkoben Coaching career: FC Bayern München (youth), FC Ingolstadt 04 (assistant), FC Basel 1893 (assistant, head coach) • Had a low-key playing career, making several third-division appearances for Edenkoben but admitted he lacked application at the time; an injury prompted him to switch his attentions to university, where he studied sports science. • Was a youth coach at Bayern for nine years, meeting Thorsten Fink as the latter spent the final years of his playing career with the club's B team; the pair got to know each other better from 2005 onwards during frequent trips to Cologne, where they both attended the same coach licence course. • In January 2008 Fink asked Vogel to become his assistant coach at third division Ingolstadt; five months later the team won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, but both were released in April 2009. • A few weeks later Vogel and Fink were on holiday together in Turkey when they learned of Basel's interest; initially said that landing the job would be like winning the lottery and on 9 June 2009 they signed the contract at the Swiss club. • Proved an immediate success, winning the double in the first season and landing another Superleague title in 2011. Vogel was in charge of coordinating training sessions and video analysis of future opponents until October 2011, when Fink left for Hamburger SV and he stepped into the void at Basel.
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Referee Tom Harald Hagen (NOR) Assistant referees Dag-Roger Nebben (NOR), Frank Andås (NOR) Additional assistant referees Espen Berntsen (NOR), Dag Vidar Hafsås (NOR) Fourth official Svein-Erik Edvartsen (NOR) UEFA Delegate Dusan Tittel (SVK) UEFA Referee observer Rene H.J. Temmink (NED) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Champions UEFA matches League matches Tom Harald Hagen 01/04/1978 1 24 • A teacher from Grue, Tom Harald Hagen started his refereeing career in 1994 and by 2006 was in the top league in his native Norway having overseen more than 50 lower-level matches. • Started his international career as a fourth official, beginning with three UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite round games in summer 2007 and progressing into the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League. • Selected for the 2009 U17 finals in Germany, where he oversaw three matches including the Switzerland-Netherlands semi-final, having been awarded his FIFA badge at the start of that year. • Spent 2009/10 largely operating as an additional assistant referee in the UEFA Europa League; started working as a referee in the same competition the following season and also oversaw the 2010 Norwegian Cup final. • A regular in qualifying for the 2011 U21 finals, Hagen was involved in four matches at that summer's U19 tournament; also took charge of two UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers and made his UEFA Champions League refereeing debut on matchday three of the 2011/12 edition. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No matches found Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 06/05/09 U17 GS France Switzerland 1-1 Markranstadt 15/05/09 U17 SF Switzerland Netherlands 1-2 Grimma 26/08/10 UCUP PO LOSC Lille Métropole FC Vaslui 2-0 Villeneuve-d'Ascq
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FC Oţelul Galaţi
Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 25/07/11 League FC Petrolul Ploiesti (A) L 1-2 Punoševac 26 02/08/11 League CS Concordia Chiajna (H) D 0-0 14/08/11 League FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (A) W 2-0 Filip 65, Pena 83 (p) 20/08/11 League FC Braşov (H) W 1-0 Pena 3 28/08/11 League FC Dinamo Bucureşti (A) L 1-2 Costin 73 09/09/11 League CFR 1907 Cluj (H) L 0-4 14/09/11 UCL FC Basel 1893 (A) L 1-2 Pena 58 17/09/11 League CSU Voinţa Sibiu (A) W 1-0 Paraschiv 86 20/09/11 Cup FC Viitorul Râmnicu Vâlcea (H) W 3-1 Punoševac 5, 37, Iorga 90 23/09/11 League CS Mioveni (H) D 0-0 27/09/11 UCL SL Benfica (H) L 0-1 02/10/11 League FC Steaua Bucureşti (A) L 1-2 Punoševac 15 14/10/11 League FC Astra Ploieşti (H) D 1-1 Punoševac 40 18/10/11 UCL Manchester United FC (H) L 0-2 22/10/11 League FCM Târgu Mureş (A) W 2-1 Sârghi 54, Paraschiv 58 25/10/11 Cup FCM Târgu Mureş (H) W 2-1 Paraschiv 51, Antal 87 28/10/11 League CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (H) W 1-0 Sârghi 47 02/11/11 UCL Manchester United FC (A) L 0-2 06/11/11 League CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (A) W 1-0 Iorga 78 18/11/11 League FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti (H) W 1-0 Iorga 51 22/11/11 UCL FC Basel 1893 (H) 27/11/11 League FC Universitatea Cluj (A) 04/12/11 League FC Vaslui (A) 06/12/11 Cup FC Vaslui (H) 07/12/11 UCL SL Benfica (A) 10/12/11 League FC Rapid Bucureşti (H) 17/12/11 League FC Petrolul Ploiesti (H)
Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Dinamo Bucureşti 14 10 3 1 29 7 33 2 FC Rapid Bucureşti 14 9 4 1 25 10 31 3 CFR 1907 Cluj 14 9 2 3 31 13 29 4 FC Universitatea Cluj 14 7 4 3 21 14 25 5 FC Vaslui 14 7 3 4 24 13 24 6 FC Oţelul Galaţi 14 7 3 4 13 12 24 7 FC Astra Ploieşti 14 6 5 3 17 14 23 8 FC Steaua Bucureşti 14 6 4 4 18 12 22 9 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 14 6 4 4 20 15 22 10 FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 14 5 4 5 13 18 19 11 CS Gaz Metan Mediaş 14 5 1 8 22 28 16 12 FC Braşov 14 4 3 7 15 15 15 13 FC Petrolul Ploiesti 14 3 4 7 13 19 13 14 CSU Voinţa Sibiu 14 3 4 7 10 19 13 15 FCM Târgu Mureş 14 2 5 7 13 23 11 16 FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti 14 1 6 7 13 26 9 17 CS Concordia Chiajna 14 2 3 9 8 22 9 18 CS Mioveni 14 2 2 10 9 34 8
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FC Basel 1893
Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 16/07/11 League BSC Young Boys (A) D 1-1 Zoua 50 24/07/11 League Neuchâtel Xamax FC (H) W 2-0 Huggel 2, Binya 37 (og) 30/07/11 League Grasshopper-Club (A) D 2-2 A. Frei 54, 88 06/08/11 League FC Sion (H) D 3-3 Zoua 15, Shaqiri 24, Cabral 90+2 13/08/11 League FC Zürich (H) L 1-2 Abraham 30 20/08/11 League FC Luzern (A) L 1-3 Streller 33 28/08/11 League FC Thun (H) W 2-1 A. Frei 13, F. Frei 49 10/09/11 League Servette FC (A) W 4-0 F. Frei 33, 60, Streller 69, G. Xhaka 86 14/09/11 UCL FC Oţelul Galaţi (H) W 2-1 F. Frei 39, A. Frei 84 (p) 17/09/11 Cup FC Eschenbach (A) W 4-0 Kwan-Ryong Pak 11, 36, Zoua 45 (p), Chipperfield 71 21/09/11 League FC Lausanne-Sport (H) W 6-0 Streller 9, A. Frei 14, 27 (p), 73, Huggel 22, Shaqiri 52 24/09/11 League FC Thun (A) D 1-1 Streller 73 27/09/11 UCL Manchester United FC (A) D 3-3 F. Frei 58, A. Frei 61, 76 (p) 01/10/11 League Servette FC (H) W 3-0 Dragović 42, A. Frei 44, 76 15/10/11 Cup FC Schötz (A) W 5-1 Andrist 8, 57, Huggel 34, Zoua 79, A. Frei 89 18/10/11 UCL SL Benfica (H) L 0-2 23/10/11 League FC Zürich (A) W 1-0 Shaqiri 54 26/10/11 League FC Sion (A) W 1-0 Zoua 45 29/10/11 League Grasshopper-Club (H) W 4-1 Shaqiri 6, Andrist 19, A. Frei 26, F. Frei 77 02/11/11 UCL SL Benfica (A) D 1-1 Huggel 64 05/11/11 League FC Lausanne-Sport (A) W 3-2 Huggel 13, A. Frei 34, 65 19/11/11 League BSC Young Boys (H) W 1-0 Streller 27 22/11/11 UCL FC Oţelul Galaţi (A) 26/11/11 Cup FC Wil 1900 (A) 03/12/11 League FC Luzern (H) 07/12/11 UCL Manchester United FC (H) 11/12/11 League Neuchâtel Xamax FC (A)
Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Basel 1893 16 10 4 2 36 16 34 2 FC Luzern 16 9 4 3 24 12 31 3 FC Sion 16 9 2 5 24 15 29 4 BSC Young Boys 16 7 4 5 24 15 25 5 FC Thun 16 6 4 6 20 19 22 6 Neuchâtel Xamax FC 16 6 4 6 18 20 22 7 Servette FC 16 6 3 7 23 27 21 8 FC Zürich 16 5 2 9 24 25 17 9 Grasshopper-Club 16 5 1 10 17 34 16 10 FC Lausanne-Sport 16 2 2 12 13 40 8
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Group C Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Manchester United FC 4 2 2 0 8 4 8 SL Benfica 4 2 2 0 5 2 8 FC Basel 1893 4 1 2 1 6 7 5 FC Oţelul Galaţi 4 0 0 4 1 7 0
Matchday 1 (14/09/11) Basel 2-1 Oţelul Galaţi Goals: 1-0 F. Frei 39, 1-1 Pena 58, 2-1 A. Frei 84(pen) FC Basel 1893: Sommer, Park Joo Ho, Dragović, Huggel, Streller, A. Frei (Kováč 90+1), Abraham, F. Frei (Kwan-Ryong Pak 90+4), Cabral, Steinhöfer, G. Xhaka (Zoua 78) FC Oţelul Galaţi: Grahovac, Râpă, Filip (Viglianti 86), Antal, Ilie (Frunză 89), Ibeh, Costin, Sălăgeanu, Pena (Paraschiv 71), Giurgiu, Perendija
Matchday 2 (27/09/11) Man. United 3-3 Basel Goals: 1-0 Welbeck 16, 2-0 Welbeck 17, 2-1 F. Frei 58, 2-2 A. Frei 61, 2-3 A. Frei 76(pen), 3-3 Young 90 FC Basel 1893: Sommer, Park Joo Ho, Dragović, Streller (Kwan-Ryong Pak 81), A. Frei (T. Xhaka 89), Abraham, F. Frei (Chipperfield 77), Cabral, Steinhöfer, Zoua, G. Xhaka Oţelul Galaţi 0-1 Benfica Goals: 0-1 Bruno César 40 FC Oţelul Galaţi: Grahovac, Skubič, Filip, Ljubinković, Antal, Ibeh (Viglianti 46), Buş (Frunză 65), Costin, Pena (Punoševac 69), Giurgiu, Perendija
Matchday 3 (18/10/11) Oţelul Galaţi 0-2 Man. United Goals: 0-1 Rooney 64(pen), 0-2 Rooney 90+2(pen) FC Oţelul Galaţi: Grahovac, Râpă, Filip, Antal, Frunză (Ilie 83), Costin, Punoševac (Viglianti 87), Sălăgeanu, Neagu (Pena 72), Giurgiu, Perendija Basel 0-2 Benfica Goals: 0-1 Bruno César 20, 0-2 Óscar Cardozo 75 FC Basel 1893: Sommer, Park Joo Ho, Dragović, Huggel (Chipperfield 85), Streller, A. Frei, Shaqiri, Abraham, F. Frei (Zoua 66), Steinhöfer, G. Xhaka (Cabral 80)
Matchday 4 (02/11/11) Man. United 2-0 Oţelul Galaţi Goals: 1-0 Valencia 8, 2-0 Sârghi 88(o.g.) FC Oţelul Galaţi: Grahovac, Râpă, Filip, Antal (Iorga 61), Ilie (Frunză 53), Sârghi, Costin, Sălăgeanu, Neagu, Pena, Giurgiu (Paraschiv 81) Benfica 1-1 Basel Goals: 1-0 Rodrigo 4, 1-1 Huggel 64 FC Basel 1893: Sommer, Park Joo Ho, Dragović, Huggel, Chipperfield (Kusunga 89), Shaqiri, Abraham, F. Frei, Steinhöfer, Zoua (Kwan-Ryong Pak 90+3), G. Xhaka (Cabral 81)
Matchday 5 (22/11/11) Oţelul Galaţi v Basel
Matchday 6 (07/12/11) Basel v Man. United Benfica v Oţelul Galaţi
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UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones • Holders FC Barcelona 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 1999/2000 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage). • In 1992/93, Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten 4-3 on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. • No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions League trophy with AC Milan (1989, 1990) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (1994, 1995), AFC Ajax (1995, 1996), Juventus (1996, 1997) and Manchester United (2008, 2009) have all returned to the UEFA Champions League final as holders only to lose. • S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta became the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League in 2007/08 when he featured against Olympiacos FC on matchday one at the age of 43 years and 168 days. The record was previously held by Alessandro Costacurta, the AC Milan defender who played against AEK Athens FC in 2006/07 at the age of 40 years and 211 days. Ballotta was aged 43 years 252 days when he featured against Real Madrid CF on matchday six. • Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 37 years and 289 days, in Manchester United's 1-1 draw at SL Benfica on 14 September 2011. • Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was 16 years and 87 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on 23 November 1994. He was then sent off in the 37th minute. • Peter Ofori-Quaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions League, aged 17 years and 195 days. He found the net in Olympiacos's 5-1 defeat at Rosenborg BK on 1 October 1997. • Barcelona and Manchester United FC have both finished as group winners on 12 occasions, one more than Real Madrid. • Four teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain FC (1994/95), FC Spartak Moskva (1995/96) and Barcelona (2002/03, first group stage). • Twelve teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point, including MŠK Žilina and FK Partizan in 2010/11. The other ten are: Maccabi Haifa FC and Debreceni VSC (2009/10), FC Dynamo Kyiv (2007/08), PFC Levski Sofia (2006/07), SK Rapid Wien (2005/06), Anderlecht (2004/05), Spartak Moskva and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2002/03, first and second group stage respectively), Fenerbahçe SK (2001/02, first group stage) and 1. FC Košice (1997/98). • Manchester United scored 20 goals in the 1998/99 group stage, more than any other side has managed. Barcelona scored 19 times in the 1999/2000 first group stage. • MŠK Žilina conceded 19 goals in their six outings in 2010/11, equalling the record let in during a group stage set by Debrecen (2009/10), Dynamo Kyiv (2007/08) and Ferencvárosi TC in 1995/96. • No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (1992/93), AFC Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/97 and 2004/05), Chelsea FC (2005/06), Liverpool FC (2005/06), Villarreal CF (2005/06) and Manchester United (2010/11) all let in just one. • Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the 2006/07 campaign, Spartak Moskva went 22 games without a victory in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on matchday three 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 1995/96, were Legia Warszawa that same season before FC Dynamo Kyiv and Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in 1999/2000 and Liverpool in 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in 2002/03, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and SV Werder Bremen in 2005/06.
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FC Oţelul Galaţi Formed: 1964 Nickname: Oţelarii (Ironworkers) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2007/08: UEFA Cup second qualifying round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2006/07: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2004/05: UEFA Cup second qualifying round 2003/04: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2002/03: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2001/02: did not compete in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Oţelul v KS Dinamo Tirana 15/07/04, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4: KS Dinamo Tirana v Oţelul 29/07/04, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Oţelul v Velje BK 25/08/98, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Juventus v Oţelul 12/10/88, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) • Biggest home win N/A • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Oţelul v Manchester United FC 18/10/11, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 2-0: Manchester United FC v Oţelul 02/11/11, group stage
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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: 14 (2011) Swiss Cup: 10 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League group stage 2008/09: group stage 2007/08: UEFA Cup round of 32 2006/07: UEFA Cup group stage 2005/06: UEFA Cup quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2004/05: UEFA Cup round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2003/04: UEFA Cup second round 2002/03: second group stage 2001/02: UEFA Intertoto Cup finalists Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Basel v S.S. 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 5-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Basel 26/11/08, UEFA Champions League group stage 5-0: Celtic FC v Basel 09/10/63, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 2-0: Basel v FC Spartak Moskva 05/11/02, first group stage • Biggest away win 1-3: AS Roma v Basel 19/10/10, group stage 0-2: FC Spartak Moskva v Basel 17/09/02, first group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Basel v FC Barcelona (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Basel (see above for details)
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ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time 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 (1960-1999), the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (1973-to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (1960-2004). Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 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 1992/93 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 National team competitions Club competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship UCL: UEFA Champions League/UEFA Champions League WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup Tournament: UEFA Europa League/UEFA Champions League FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other abbreviations F: Final 3QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (p): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg GA: Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin ELITE: Elite round (Rep) : Replay gg: Match decided by golden goal W: Won 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final L: Lost Y: Booked Tournament Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) GS-FT: Group stage – final Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation N/a: Not applicable tournament play-off :: 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 #: Suspended for at least one match UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs 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 1992/93 season, 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 www.uefa.com.
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