UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2013/2014 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stamford Bridge - London Wednesday 18 September 2013 20.45 CET (19.45 local time) Chelsea Group E - Matchday 1 Basel Last updated 17/09/2013 01:02 CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Match facts 7 Squad list 8 Head coach 10 Match officials 11 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 15 Group Standings 17 Competition facts 19 Team facts 20 Legend 22 1 Chelsea FC - FC Basel 1893 Wednesday 18 September 2013 - 20.45CET, (19.45 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Torres 50, Moses 52, 3-1 02/05/2013 SF Chelsea FC - FC Basel 1893 London David Luiz 59; Salah agg: 5-2 45+1 Schär 87(P); Moses 25/04/2013 SF FC Basel 1893 - Chelsea FC 1-2 Basel 12, David Luiz 90+4 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Chelsea FC 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 2 FC Basel 1893 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 Chelsea FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 28/09/2000 R1 FC St Gallen - Chelsea FC Zurich Müller 28, Amoah 34 agg: 2-1 14/09/2000 R1 Chelsea FC - FC St Gallen 1-0 London Panucci 24 FC Basel 1893 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 FC Basel 1893 - Tottenham Salah 27, Dragovic 11/04/2013 QF agg: 4-4 (aet, 4- Basel Hotspur FC 49; Dempsey 23, 83 1pens) Adebayor 40, G. Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC Basel 04/04/2013 QF 2-2 London Sigurdsson 58; 1893 Stocker 30, F. Frei 34 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Basel 1893 - Manchester Streller 9, A. Frei 84; 07/12/2011 GS 2-1 Basel United FC Jones 89 Welbeck 16, 17, Manchester United FC - FC Basel 27/09/2011 GS 3-3 Manchester Young 90; F. Frei 58, 1893 A. Frei 61, 76(P) UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers A. Frei 64(P), Streller 16/12/2009 GS FC Basel 1893 - Fulham FC 2-3 Basel 87; Zamora 42, 45, Gera 77 01/10/2009 GS Fulham FC - FC Basel 1893 1-0 London Murphy 57 2 Chelsea FC - FC Basel 1893 Wednesday 18 September 2013 - 20.45CET, (19.45 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tugay Kerimoğlu 75, Blackburn Rovers FC - FC Basel 02/11/2006 GS 3-0 Blackburn Jeffers 89(P), 1893 McCarthy 90+1 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Viduka 33, 57, Middlesbrough FC - FC Basel 4-1 Hasselbaink 79, 06/04/2006 QF Middlesbrough 1893 agg: 4-3 Maccarone 90; Eduardo 23 FC Basel 1893 - Middlesbrough Delgado 43, D. Degen 30/03/2006 QF 2-0 Basel FC 45+1 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Newcastle United FC - FC Basel 1-0 27/11/2003 R2 Newcastle Smiljanic 14(og) 1893 agg: 4-2 Cantaluppi 11, FC Basel 1893 - Newcastle Chipperfield 15; 06/11/2003 R2 2-3 Basel United FC Robert 13, Bramble 37, Sh. Ameobi 75 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - FC Basel G. Neville 53; 12/03/2003 2ndGS 1-1 Manchester 1893 Giménez 14 Giménez 1; Van FC Basel 1893 - Manchester 26/11/2002 2ndGS 1-3 Basel Nistelrooy 62, 63, United FC Solskjær 68 Rossi 2, Giménez 22, Atouba 29; Murphy 12/11/2002 GS FC Basel 1893 - Liverpool FC 3-3 Basel 61, Šmicer 64, Owen 85 25/09/2002 GS Liverpool FC - FC Basel 1893 1-1 Liverpool Baroš 34; Rossi 43 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vassell 45, Angel 55, 4-1 21/08/2001 F Aston Villa FC - FC Basel 1893 Birmingham 78, Ginola 84; agg: 5-2 Chipperfield 30 Giménez 74; Merson 07/08/2001 F FC Basel 1893 - Aston Villa FC 1-1 Basel 58 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Basel 1893 - Sheffield 24/06/1995 GS 1-0 Basel Rey 68 Wednesday FC 3 Chelsea FC - FC Basel 1893 Wednesday 18 September 2013 - 20.45CET, (19.45 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Chelsea FC 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 6 4 FC Basel 1893 9 3 2 4 9 0 4 5 2 0 1 1 20 3 7 10 27 41 4 Chelsea FC - FC Basel 1893 Wednesday 18 September 2013 - 20.45CET, (19.45 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London Match background José Mourinho's return to the UEFA Champions League with Chelsea FC comes as his side quickly renew acquaintance with FC Basel 1893. • The teams met in last season's UEFA Europa League semi-finals, the London club winning 5-2 on aggregate on their way to lifting the trophy. Previous meetings • Last season's games were the first competitive encounters between the sides. In the Switzerland first leg, David Luiz's stoppage-time free-kick earned Chelsea a 2-1 advantage after Fabian Schär's late penalty had cancelled out Victor Moses' first-half opener. • In the second leg Chelsea scored three goals in ten second-half minutes, through Fernando Torres, Moses and Luiz again, after Mohamed Salah had brought Basel level on aggregate on the stroke of half-time. Basel were thus denied becoming the first Swiss side to make it to the final of a major UEFA club tournament. • The teams at Stamford Bridge on 2 May were: Chelsea: Čech, Ivanović, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Bertrand, Luiz (Aké 82), Ramires (Oscar 66), Lampard, Moses, Hazard (Mata 75), Torres. Basel: Sommer, Voser, Schär, Sauro, Steinhöfer, F Frei, Stocker (Soua 62), Elneny, Salah, Die, Streller (D Degen 62). • In their only previous Swiss assignment, Chelsea lost to FC St Gallen in the first round of the 2000/01 UEFA Cup. They won 1-0 at home but went down 2-0 in Zurich, when John Terry was an unused substitute. • Basel eliminated Tottenham Hotspur FC in last season's UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, prevailing 4-1 on spot kicks after two 2-2 draws, but have never won in England. Their record against English teams reads W3 D7 L10: in England it is W0 D4 L6. Match background • After defeating Basel, Chelsea went on to beat SL Benfica 2-1 in the Amsterdam final thanks to Branislav Ivanović's header in the last minute of added time. Torres had fired Rafael Benítez's side ahead on the hour with Óscar Cardozo equalising from the spot. • With their win in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League, Chelsea thus became the first side to win UEFA's two top club competitions in reverse order in successive seasons. They also became only the fourth side to win all three of UEFA's major club competitions having also won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1970/71 and 1997/98. • The Blues have finished as group winners in seven of their last ten campaigns, qualifying for the knockout rounds as runners-up in two of the other years. Last year, however, they became the first UEFA Champions League holders to have their title defence ended in the group stage. • Although they won two games at home and drew the other, defeats at FC Shakhtar Donetsk and Juventus left them third in Group E. They began with a 2-2 home draw with Juve, maintaing their unbeaten matchday one record of eight wins and three draws. • Mourinho, who has lifted the trophy with both FC Porto (2004) and FC Internazionale Milano (2010) and is bidding to become the first manager to win the European Cup with three different teams, is also defending an unbeaten matchday one record in his 11th consecutive UEFA Champions League campaign. With Porto, Chelsea, Inter and Real Madrid CF, his teams have recorded seven wins and three draws on opening day. • However, on this date in 2007 Chelsea drew 1-1 at home to Rosenborg BK and Mourinho departed the following day. • Chelsea are unbeaten in 13 European fixtures at Stamford Bridge (W11 D2) since a 1-0 reverse against Manchester United FC in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. • In group matches they are unbeaten at home since 1 October 2003 when Beşiktaş JK inflicted a 2-0 defeat. Since then they have won 22 games and drawn seven. • Swiss champions Basel will be hoping to repeat the start to their last UEFA Champions League campaign two years ago when they beat FC Oţelul Galaţi 2-1 at home. They were unbeaten away in the group, drawing at Manchester United and Benfica and winning at Oţelul. • In qualifying this season a 4-2 first-leg win at PFC Ludogorets Razgrad set up Basel for their play-off success, a 2-0 win at St. Jakob-Park ensuring their passage to a fifth group stage campaign. • In the third qualifying round Basel drew 3-3 at Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC having won the home leg 1-0.