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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Artemio Franchi - Florence Thursday 17 September 2015 21.05CET (21.05 local time) ACF Fiorentina Group I - Matchday 1 FC Basel 1893 Last updated 02/10/2015 14:33CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 ACF Fiorentina - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams 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 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 2 ACF Fiorentina - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence 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 Trezeguet 3, Montero 11/12/2002 GS2 Juventus - FC Basel 1893 4-0 Turin 34, Tacchinardi 43, Del Piero 51 (P) Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA ACF Fiorentina 4 2 0 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 1 2 18 10 FC Basel 1893 4 2 1 1 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 3 1 5 13 19 3 ACF Fiorentina - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Match background ACF Fiorentina coach Paulo Sousa is up against the side he led to last season's Swiss title as the Viola play host to FC Basel 1893 in their opening UEFA Europa League Group I game. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA club competition. • Fiorentina's eight games against Swiss opponents have ended W5 D1 L2 (W2 D0 L2 at home – W3 D1 L0 in Switzerland). Unusually, the two defeats came in their last two home encounters – though the first of those was a 3-0 forfeit loss to Grasshopper-Club from back in 1998, the match abandoned with the Viola 2-1 up after an official was injured by a firework. • Basel's statistics from nine games against Italian sides are W3 D1 L5 (W2 D1 L1 at home – W1 D0 L4). Their only previous win in Italy came on their last visit – a 3-1 win at AS Roma in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage. Form guide • Fiorentina made it through to last season's UEFA Europa League semi-finals, bowing out to eventual winners Sevilla FC. • Basel are unbeaten in Europe this season (W2 D2), but bowed out of the UEFA Champions League play-offs on away goals following 2-2 and 1-1 draws against Maccabi Tel Aviv FC – another side previously coached by Fiorentina boss Paulo Sousa. • Fiorentina have made it through to the round of 32 in all three of their UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Basel have featured in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage six times; they have made it to the knockout stage four times and been eliminated twice. Trivia and links • The 2016 UEFA Europa League final will be played at Basel's St. Jakob-Park on 18 May. • The journey from Basel to Florence is just over 500km, meaning the Swiss side are facing the shortest journey of any of the sides on matchday one. • Basel midfielder Zdravko Kuzmanović played for Fiorentina from 2007-09. • Basel's Philipp Degen and Fiorentina's Jakub Błaszczykowski were team-mates at Borussia Dortmund from 2007- 08. • Basel defender Walter Samuel has 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 domestic champions in this season's group stage, along with KF Skenderbëu (Albania), FK Qarabağ (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 • A European champion as a player with Juventus (1996) and Borussia Dortmund (1997), former Portugal midfielder Paulo Sousa joined Fiorentina in June, and is on the hunt for a third title in as many seasons, having won the 2013/14 Israeli crown with Maccabi Tel Aviv FC and last season's Swiss title with FC Basel 1893. • Urs Fischer took charge of Basel this summer following Paulo Sousa's move to ACF Fiorentina. The one-time FC Zürich defender has already led both FC Zürich (2011/12) and FC Thun (2013/14) into the UEFA Europa League group stage, though neither side made it to the knockout phase. 4 ACF Fiorentina - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Team facts ACF Fiorentina Formed: 1926 Nickname: Viola (Purples) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1957) • UEFA Cup: (1990) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1961, (1962) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1969) Italian Cup: 6 (2001) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: semi-finals 2013/14: round of 16 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2008/09: round of 32 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: semi-finals 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Fiorentina v IF Elfsborg 08/11/07, UEFA Cup group stage • Biggest away win 2-6: SK Rapid Wien v Fiorentina 25/10/61, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v Grasshopper Club Zürich 03/11/98, UEFA Cup second round second leg 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v FC Schalke 04 14/09/77, UEFA Cup first round first leg 0-3: Fiorentina v Club Atlético de Madrid 05/09/62, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final replay (played in Stuttgart) • Heaviest away defeat 6-2: RSC Anderlecht v Fiorentina 07/11/84, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Fiorentina v IF Elfsborg • Biggest away win 0-3: AS Roma v Fiorentina 19/03/15, round of 16 second leg 0-3: FC Dinamo Minsk v Fiorentina 02/10/14, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v Grasshopper Club Zürich (see above) 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v FC Schalke 04 (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-2: RSC Anderlecht v Fiorentina (see above) 5 ACF Fiorentina - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence 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