PRESENTED BY UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Tottenham Hotspur FC FC Basel 1893 Matchday 11 - Quarter-finals, first leg White Hart Lane, London Thursday 4 April 2013 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Team facts.........................................................................................................................6 Squad list...........................................................................................................................8 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................14 Match officials..................................................................................................................18 Legend............................................................................................................................19 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 Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 4 April 2013 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT White Hart Lane, London Previous meetings Head to Head None Tottenham Hotspur FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/08/10 PO Tottenham Hotspur FC - BSC Young Boys 4-0 London Crouch 5, 61, 78(p), Defoe 32 agg: 6-3 17/08/10 PO BSC Young Boys - Tottenham Hotspur FC 3-2 Berne Lulić 4, Bienvenu 13, Hochstrasser 28; Bassong 42, Pavlyuchenko 83 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/06/95 GS Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC Luzern 0-2 Brighton Fink 69, Alexandrov 86 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/10/73 R1 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Grasshopper Club 4-1 London Lador 73(og), Peters 79, 88, England agg: 9-2 84; Elsener 24 19/09/73 R1 Grasshopper Club - Tottenham Hotspur FC 1-5 Zurich Noventa 44(p); Chivers 5, 72, Evans 31, Gilzean 80, 85 FC Basel 1893 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/11 GS FC Basel 1893 - Manchester United FC 2-1 Basel Streller 9, A. Frei 84; Jones 89 27/09/11 GS Manchester United FC - FC Basel 1893 3-3 Manchester Welbeck 16, 17, Young 90; F. Frei 58, A. Frei 61, 76(p) UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/12/09 GS FC Basel 1893 - Fulham FC 2-3 Basel A. Frei 64(p), Streller 87; Zamora 42, 45, Gera 77 01/10/09 GS Fulham FC - FC Basel 1893 1-0 London Murphy 57 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/06 GS Blackburn Rovers FC - FC Basel 1893 3-0 Blackburn Tugay Kerimoğlu 75, Jeffers 89(p), McCarthy 90+1 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/04/06 QF Middlesbrough FC - FC Basel 1893 4-1 Middlesbrough Viduka 33, 57, Hasselbaink 79, agg: 4-3 Maccarone 90; Eduardo 23 30/03/06 QF FC Basel 1893 - Middlesbrough FC 2-0 Basel Delgado 43, D. Degen 45+1 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/11/03 R2 Newcastle United FC - FC Basel 1893 1-0 Newcastle Smiljanic 14(og) agg: 4-2 06/11/03 R2 FC Basel 1893 - Newcastle United FC 2-3 Basel Cantaluppi 11, Chipperfield 15; Robert 13, Bramble 37, Sh. Ameobi 75 Last updated 02/04/13 16:26:40CET 2 Previous meetings Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 4 April 2013 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT White Hart Lane, London UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/03/03 2ndGS Manchester United FC - FC Basel 1893 1-1 Manchester G. Neville 53; Giménez 14 26/11/02 2ndGS FC Basel 1893 - Manchester United FC 1-3 Basel Giménez 1; Van Nistelrooy 62, 63, Solskjær 68 12/11/02 GS FC Basel 1893 - Liverpool FC 3-3 Basel Rossi 2, Giménez 22, Atouba 29; Murphy 61, Šmicer 64, Owen 85 25/09/02 GS Liverpool FC - FC Basel 1893 1-1 Liverpool Baroš 34; Rossi 43 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/08/01 F Aston Villa FC - FC Basel 1893 4-1 Birmingham Vassell 45, Angel 55, 78, Ginola 84; agg: 5-2 Chipperfield 30 07/08/01 F FC Basel 1893 - Aston Villa FC 1-1 Basel Giménez 74; Merson 58 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/06/95 GS FC Basel 1893 - Sheffield Wednesday FC 1-0 Basel Rey 68 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 Tottenham Hotspur FC 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 2 15 7 FC Basel 1893 7 3 1 3 7 0 3 4 2 0 1 1 16 3 5 8 21 32 Last updated 02/04/13 16:26:40CET 3 Previous meetings Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 4 April 2013 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT White Hart Lane, London Match background The only former UEFA Cup winners left in the competition take on the UEFA Europa League's last remaining domestic champions as Tottenham Hotspur FC meet FC Basel 1893 in the quarter-finals. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Tottenham's five games against Swiss sides have ended W3 D0 L2 (W2 D0 L1 at home). Those five matches produced 22 goals, with Tottenham scoring four or more in their three victories. • Basel's record in 16 games against English clubs is W3 D5 L8 (W0 D3 L5 in England). Their only previous game in London ended in a 1-0 loss to Fulham FC in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Basel eliminated Manchester United FC from the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League group stage, drawing 3-3 in Manchester before a 2-1 home win on matchday six to reach the round of 16. • The last time Basel reached the quarter-finals of this competition, in 2005/06, they were eliminated by another English club, Middlesbrough FC, despite winning the first leg 2-0 at home. They also scored first in the return, but conceded four times in the final 57 minutes of the tie to lose 4-3 on aggregate. • Basel's coach at that time was former Tottenham manager Christian Gross, who was in charge at White Hart Lane from November 1997 to September 1998 before joining Basel. There he won four national titles and four Swiss Cups (1999-2009). Match background • Spurs are on a four-game winning streak at home in Europe. • A 4-1 loss at FC Internazionale Milano in their round of 16 second leg ended Tottenham's ten-game unbeaten run in Europe, which stretched back to last season's UEFA Europa League group stage. • Basel are without a win in six European away games (D3 L3) since a 1-0 victory at Molde FK in this season's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Their winless run on the road in the UEFA Europa League stretches back seven games (D4 L3) to a 2-0 win at PFC CSKA Sofia in the 2009/10 group stage. • Three English teams – Chelsea FC, Newcastle United FC and Tottenham – have reached the last eight. In each of the previous two seasons in which a country has taken three clubs to the quarter-finals, one of that number has gone on to lift the trophy – FC Porto (Portugal) in 2010/11 and Club Atlético de Madrid (Spain) in 2011/12 – beating opponents from their own country in the final. • Basel are the only reigning domestic champions still in the competition. They have also played more European matches this season than any other surviving team (16), having begun their continental campaign in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. • Tottenham are the only side left in the competition who have won this trophy before, lifting the UEFA Cup in 1971/72 and 1983/84. • Tottenham could become the fourth side to lift this trophy for a third time, along with Juventus, Inter and Liverpool FC. • Basel have yet to reach the semi-finals of a major European club competition. Team facts • Defenders Kyle Walker and Jan Vertonghen have appeared in all 930 minutes of Tottenham's UEFA Europa League campaign. Midfielder Aaron Lennon has also made ten appearances since the start of the group stage, but only eight starts. • Goalkeeper Yann Sommer is the only Basel player who has featured in all 900 minutes of their campaign since the start of the group stage. • Basel's David Degen has made 44 UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League appearances – more than any player left in the competition, though SL Benfica's Luisão is just behind him with 43. • At 41, Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel is the oldest player left in the competition. He is over six years older than his manager André Villas-Boas, and also has over three years on Basel coach Murat Yakin. • Basel forward Alexander Frei – who will hang up his boots in the summer – has scored the most European club competition goals of any of the players left in the competition: 32 in 59 games. Last updated 02/04/13 16:26:40CET 4 Match background Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 4 April 2013 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT White Hart Lane, London • Basel have scored ten of their 12 goals since the start of the group stage after the 60th minute, including six between the 76th minute and full time. • Five of Tottenham's 15 goals in normal time have come between the 76th minute and the final whistle.