UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Miejski - Poznan Thursday 10 December 2015 21.05CET (21.05 local time) KKS Lech Poznań Group I - Matchday 6 FC Basel 1893 Last updated 08/12/2015 17:44CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 KKS Lech Poznań - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Miejski, Poznan Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Basel 1893 - KKS Lech B. Bjarnason 55, 01/10/2015 GS 2-0 Basel Poznań Embolo 90 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Basel 1893 - KKS Lech 1-0 05/08/2015 QR3 Basel B. Bjarnason 90+1 Poznań agg: 4-1 Thomalla 36; M. Lang KKS Lech Poznań - FC Basel 29/07/2015 QR3 1-3 Poznan 34, Janko 77, Callà 1893 90+2 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA KKS Lech Poznań 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 FC Basel 1893 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 1 KKS Lech Poznań - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Grasshopper Club Zürich - KKS 0-0 28/08/2008 2QR St Gallen Lech Poznań agg: 0-6 Rengifo 4, KKS Lech Poznań - Grasshopper Lewandowski 14, 56, 14/08/2008 2QR 6-0 Poznan Club Zürich Vallori 76 (og), Injac 84, Peszko 88 FC Basel 1893 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pawel Brożek 10, 83, 30/11/2006 GS Wisła Kraków - FC Basel 1893 3-1 Krakow Jean Paulista 71; Petrić 9 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kampka 38; Zuffi 26, 01/07/1995 GS Górnik Zabrze - FC Basel 1893 1-2 Zabrze 40 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA KKS Lech Poznań 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 7 6 FC Basel 1893 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 9 5 2 KKS Lech Poznań - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Miejski, Poznan Match background KKS Lech Poznań will hope to avoid being eliminated from a second competition by FC Basel 1893 this season as UEFA Europa League Group I concludes. • To qualify for the round of 32, Lech must win and hope that ACF Fiorentina lose at home to Os Belenenses. That would mean Lech and Belenenses would finish level on eight points with an identical head-to-head record, the side with the superior goal difference progressing. In the unlikely event that the sides finish with an identical goal difference too, the side with the most goals scored would go through. • Basel are certain to finish top of the section. Previous meetings • Basel beat Lech 2-0 at home on matchday two – their third victory against the Polish side this season following a 3-1 win in Poznan and a 1-0 home success in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. • Lech's only previous tie against a Swiss side prior to this season was a 6-0 aggregate defeat of Grasshopper Club Zürich in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round. All the goals were scored in the home leg, including two for a young Robert Lewandowski. Basel midfielder Davide Callà was on the losing team. • Basel's record in five games against Polish sides now reads W4 D0 L1 (W2 D0 L1 in Poland). Form guide • Lech have not scored in their last two Group I games, and have not found the target in two Group I home fixtures to date. Their record in five UEFA home games this season is W2 D1 L2. • Basel are unbeaten in four European away games this season (W3 D1). • Lech progressed to the round of 32 in their only two previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Basel have featured in the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage seven times; they have made it to the knockout stage on five occasions, including this season, and been eliminated twice. Trivia and links • The journey from Basel to Poznan is around 850km. • Basel's Argentinian defender Walter Samuel can make his 100th UEFA club competition appearance on matchday six. • The match is taking place the day after Lech defender Dariusz Dudka's 32nd birthday. • The 2016 UEFA Europa League final will be played at Basel's St. Jakob-Park on 18 May. • Lech's Swiss midfielder Darko Jevtic was signed from Basel after a successful loan spell. The 22-year-old was born in Basel and came through the youth ranks at the Swiss club. • Basel's Breel Embolo is the most fouled player in this season's group stage having been impeded 19 times. • Basel and Lech are among ten sides in this season's group stage that qualified for Europe as domestic champions, along with KF Skenderbëu (Albania), Qarabağ FK (Azerbaijan), APOEL FC (Cyprus), FC Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic), FC Midtjylland (Denmark), FK Partizan (Serbia), Molde FK (Norway) and Celtic FC (Scotland). The coaches • Jan Urban replaced Maciej Skorża as Lech coach in the run-up to matchday three with the Polish champions bottom of the Ekstraklasa. Former Poland striker Urban won three national titles as a player and two more as Legia Warszawa coach. • Urs Fischer took charge of Basel this summer following Paulo Sousa's move to ACF Fiorentina. The former FC Zürich defender has already led Zürich (2011/12) and FC Thun (2013/14) into the UEFA Europa League group stage, though neither made it to the knockout phase. 3 KKS Lech Poznań - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Miejski, Poznan Team facts KKS Lech Poznań Formed: 1922 Nickname: Kolejorz (Railwaymen) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 7 (2015) Polish Cup: 5 (2009) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: third qualifying round 2013/14: third qualifying round 2012/13: third qualifying round 2011/12: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2010/11: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: round of 32 2007/08: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2006/07: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Lech v Grasshopper Club Zürich 29/08/08, UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-6: Fredrikstad FK v Lech 30/07/09, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Lech v FC Spartak Moskva 20/10/93, UEFA Champions League second round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Olympique de Marseille v Lech 07/11/90, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round second leg 5-0: MSV Duisburg v Lech 13/09/78, UEFA Cup first round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: Lech v Grasshopper Club Zürich (see above) • Biggest away win 1-6: Fredrikstad FK v Lech (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Lech v MSV Duisburg 27/09/78, first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: MSV Duisburg v Lech (see above) 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) 4 KKS Lech Poznań - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Miejski, Poznan 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 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Basel v SS Folgore 24/08/00, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Fram Reykjavík v Basel 18/09/73, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Basel v FC Barcelona 22/10/08, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: FC Bayern München v Basel 13/03/12, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 7-0: Basel v SS Folgore (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: SS Folgore v Basel 10/08/00, qualifying round first leg 0-4: SV Mattersburg v Basel 30/08/07, second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Basel v Sporting Clube de Portugal 21/02/08, round of 32 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 (aet): Valencia CF v Basel 11/04/14, quarter-final second leg 5 KKS Lech Poznań - FC Basel 1893 Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Miejski, Poznan Squad list KKS Lech Poznań Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.