UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT KRC Genk FC Basel 1893 Group G - Matchday 6 KRC Genk Arena, Genk Thursday 6 December 2012 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................8 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................12 Match officials..................................................................................................................14 Legend............................................................................................................................15 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html KRC Genk - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 6 December 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT KRC Genk Arena, Genk Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/10/12 GS FC Basel 1893 - KRC Genk 2-2 Basel Streller 70(p), 85; De Ceulaer 10, Vossen 38 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA KRC Genk 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 FC Basel 1893 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 KRC Genk - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/08/12 PO KRC Genk - FC Luzern 2-0 Genk Dani Fernández 56, Masika 88 agg: 3-2 23/08/12 PO FC Luzern - KRC Genk 2-1 Lucerne Rangelov 7, Winter 71; Vossen 12 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 28/09/00 R1 KRC Genk - FC Zürich 2-0 Genk Daerden 31, Hendrikx 90 agg: 4-1 14/09/00 R1 FC Zürich - KRC Genk 1-2 Zurich Bartlett 65; Paas 53, Ban 89 FC Basel 1893 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/10/80 R1 FC Basel 1893 - Club Brugge KV 4-1 Basel Tanner 14, Stohler 48(p), Von Wartburg agg: 5-1 54, Geisser 80; van Walleghem 3 17/09/80 R1 Club Brugge KV - FC Basel 1893 0-1 Bruges Maissen 64 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/73 R2 FC Basel 1893 - Club Brugge KV 6-4 Basel Rüssman 19(og), Balmer 31, Wampfler agg: 7-6 37, Hitzfeld 63(p), 70, 87; Lambert 23, 46(p), 68, Carteus 28 24/10/73 R2 Club Brugge KV - FC Basel 1893 2-1 Bruges Carteus 7, Thio 60(p); Odermatt 39(p) 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 KRC Genk 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 9 5 FC Basel 1893 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 14 9 Last updated 04/12/12 15:54:04CET 2 Previous meetings KRC Genk - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 6 December 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT KRC Genk Arena, Genk Match background KRC Genk are certain of a place in the UEFA Europa League round of 32, and will hold on to top spot in Group G provided they avoid defeat against FC Basel 1893, for whom defeat could spell disaster. Group G permutations • Genk are through and need a point to win the group. • Basel will be through with a draw due to their superior head-to-head record over Videoton (away goals). They would win the group with a victory due to their superior head-to-head record over Genk. They can even afford to draw or lose provided Videoton do not win. • Videoton FC will be through if they win and Basel lose. • Sporting Clube de Portugal are out. Previous meetings • Basel struck back to earn a 2-2 draw as the sides met for the first time in European competition on matchday two. Benjamin De Ceulaer and Jelle Vossen put Genk 2-0 up before the break, but Marco Streller struck twice in the closing 20 minutes for the hosts. • Genk's record in five games against Swiss clubs is W3 D1 L1 (W2 D0 L0 at home – W1 D1 L1 away). Both of those home games ended 2-0. • Basel's five games against Belgian sides have also ended W3 D1 L1 (W2 D1 L0 at home – W1 D0 L1 in Belgium). • Genk have already ended one Swiss side's UEFA Europa League campaign this season, overcoming FC Luzern in the play-offs with a 2-0 home win following a 2-1 away defeat. Match background • Unbeaten in Group G, Genk have won all four of their European home games this season – scoring at least twice in each. They are unbeaten in nine UEFA home games all together (W6 D3) since a 3-0 loss to FC Porto in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League play-offs. • Basel have recovered from a slow start in Group G: having picked up just two points from their first three games, they have taken a maximum six from the most recent two. • Basel have not won in their last three UEFA away games (a draw and two defeats) following a 1-0 win at Molde FK in this season's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Team facts • This could be Basel striker Alexander Frei's last game in UEFA competition. Switzerland's 42-goal all-time top scorer has announced he will hang up his boots in June. • Basel midfielder Yapo Gilles Yapi played in Belgium for KSK Beveren from 2001 to 2004. • Genk's coach since August 2012 has been Dutchman Mario Been, most famous for his work as a midfielder – and then coach – with Feyenoord and their satellite club SBV Excelsior. He led NEC Nijmegen through the group stage of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup, but lost out to KAA Gent in the 2010/11 play-offs when he was coaching Feyenoord. • Basel dismissed German coach Heiko Vogel on 15 October with the club lying fourth in the ten-team Swiss table, immediately installing Murat Yakin as his replacement. • Yakin, the older brother of fellow former Swiss international Hakan Yakin, represented Grasshopper Club, VfB Stuttgart, Fenerbahçe SK and 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The 49-times capped defender enjoyed his best seasons as captain of Basel, leading them to three league titles and two Swiss Cups. He later coached FC Concordia Basel, FC Thun and FC Luzern. Last updated 04/12/12 15:54:04CET 3 Match background KRC Genk - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 6 December 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT KRC Genk Arena, Genk Team facts KRC Genk Formed: 1988 Nickname: Genkies UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2011) Belgian Cup: 3 (2009) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: UEFA Champions League group stage 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: first round 2004/05: UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition 2002/03: UEFA Champions League first group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Genk v MSV Duisburg 01/10/98, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: B36 Tórshavn v Genk 21/06/97, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Genk v SV Werder Bremen 09/11/00, second round second leg 0-3: Genk v FC Porto 19/08/10, play-offs first leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Valencia CF v Genk 23/11/11, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 3-0: Genk v Videoton FC 20/09/12, group stage 3-0: Genk v FHK Liepājas Metalurgs 25/08/05, second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: FC Inter Turku v Genk 29/07/10, third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Genk v SV Werder Bremen (see above) 0-3: Genk v FC Porto (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: SV Werder Bremen v Genk 24/10/00, second round first leg Last updated 04/12/12 15:54:04CET 4 Team facts KRC Genk - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 6 December 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT KRC Genk Arena, Genk 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: 15 (2012) Swiss Cup: 11 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 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 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2004/05: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2003/04: second round 2002/03: UEFA Champions League second group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Basel v S.S.