FC Basel 1893 V RC Strasbourg PRESS KIT
FC Basel 1893 v RC Strasbourg PRESS KIT St. Jakob-Park, Basle Thursday, 20 October 2005 - 19:30 local time Group E - Matchday 1 Only 140 kilometres separate them, but for the first time in UEFA club competitions, RC Strasbourg will travel from France to face Swiss side FC Basel 1893 on the opening matchday of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup group stage. For Strasbourg, the match will be their first against Swiss opposition in UEFA club competitions while Basel will look for a more positive outcome in what will be their second match against a French team after LOSC Lille Métropole ended their participation in lastseason's competition in the last 32. Basel key facts •Prior to Matchday 1 of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage, Basel had played 96 matches in UEFA club competitions. •They will therefore make their 100th appearance in UEFA club competitions away to AS Roma on 14 December 2005. On the following day, fellow Swiss club Grasshopper- Club will make their 150th appearance in UEFA club competitions, away at AZ Alkmaar, as the group stage concludes. •Basel are making their seventh consecutive appearance in UEFA club competitions. •This season marks their 21st participation in UEFA club competitions since making their debut in the 1963/64 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. •They are one of ten clubs featuring in the UEFA Cup group stage for the second consecutive season. The full list is: FC Steaua Bucuresti, Middlesbrough FC, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, AZ Alkmaar, Basel, SC Heerenveen, VfB Stuttgart, FC Zenit St. Petersburg, Besiktas JK and Sevilla FC.
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