UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE /14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE /14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS FC Basel 1893 Last updated 12/09/ :47CET St. Jakob-Park - Basel Tuesday 26 November CET (20.45 local time) Group E - Matchday 5 Chelsea FC UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Match facts 5 Squad list 6 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 11 Group Standings 12 Competition facts 13 Team facts 14 Legend 16 1

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3 Match background Despite losing at home to FC Basel 1893 on matchday one, Chelsea FC travel to Switzerland knowing a draw will be sufficient to book their place in the knockout rounds. Although Oscar gave Chelsea the half-time lead at Stamford Bridge, two late goals from Mohamed Salah and Marco Streller provided a flying start to the group campaign for the visitors. It was the first time Basel had won in England and Chelsea's first reverse in 30 home group matches in the competition. The Swiss champions then lost at home to FC Schalke 04 before a 1-1 draw at FC Steaua Bucureşti, the return three weeks ago ending the same way after Giovanni Sio's equaliser in added time. It left Basel in third place on five points, one behind Schalke. On matchday two José Mourinho's team won 4-0 in Bucharest and followed that with two 3-0 victories against Schalke to go three points clear in first place, meaning a fourth consecutive win in Basel will make sure of top spot with a game to spare. Indeed, should Schalke fail to beat Steaua in Bucharest, a point would suffice. Previous meetings The teams met in last season's UEFA Europa League semi-final, the first competitive encounter between the sides. In the first leg in Switzerland, 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 return Chelsea scored three goals in ten second-half minutes, through Fernando Torres, Moses and Luiz again, after 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 St. Jakob-Park on 25 April were: Basel: Sommer, Park, Schär, Steinhöfer, F Frei, Stocker, Elneny (Zoua 65), Salah (D Degen 78), Die (Díaz 61), Streller, P Degen. Chelsea: Čech, Azpilicueta, Ivanović, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Luiz, Lampard (Oscar 79), Moses, Hazard (Mata 70), Torres. Basel have lost four of their ten home fixtures against English opposition with three wins and three draws. Their only victory in their last four home games was a significant one the 2-1 success over Manchester United FC on matchday six of the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League enabling them to qualify for the knockout rounds at their opponents' expense. 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. Their record against English teams overall reads W4 D7 L10. In their only previous Swiss assignment, Chelsea lost to FC St Gallen in the first round of the 2000/01 UEFA Cup. They went down 2-0 in Zurich, when John Terry was an unused substitute, after winning the home leg 1-0. Match background Apart from the win over Manchester United two years ago, Basel also beat FC Oţelul Galaţi 2-1 at home and lost 2-0 against SL Benfica. In the round of 16 they beat FC Bayern München 1-0 at home but succumbed 7-0 away. This season they won both home games in qualifying for a fifth group stage campaign, 1-0 against Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (4-3 on aggregate) and 2-0 over PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (6-2 on aggregate). After defeating Basel last season, Chelsea went on to beat Benfica 2-1 in the UEFA Europa League final in Amsterdam 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, losing at FC Shakhtar Donetsk and Juventus after a 4-0 victory at FC Nordsjælland. Mourinho has lifted the UEFA Champions League 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. Only Bob Paisley (Liverpool FC 1977, 1978, 1981) has won the trophy three times as a coach. Team ties Philipp Degen played alongside Torres at Liverpool FC between 2008 and 2011 but never appeared against 3

4 Chelsea. Basel coach Murat Yakin lost 3-0 with Switzerland against England in a UEFA EURO 2004 group fixture in Coimbra on 17 June. Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Terry featured on the other side. David Degen and Matías Delgado scored past Mark Schwarzer in Basel's 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough FC in the UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg on 30 March 2006; the Swiss side lost the return 4-1. On 19 May 2010 Eden Hazard missed a penalty in Belgium's 2-1 friendly win over Ivan Ivanov's Bulgaria. Ivanov and Bulgaria lost 1-0 to Petr Čech's Czech Republic in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Sofia on 15 October. 4

5 Match facts Basel UEFA milestones and competition statistics Basel's record of never winning a game on matchday four of the UEFA Champions League continued last time out. They have won three out of four previous outings on matchday five. The 2-1 matchday one success at Chelsea was the club's first win on English soil at the tenth attempt, ending their hosts' unbeaten home run in the competition that stretched back to Fabian Schär is a booking away from a suspension after picking up two yellow cards. General information Stephan Andrist scored his first goal for the club as Basel came from behind to beat FC Thun 4-1 on Saturday. Fabian Frei is the only ever-present in the Basel starting XI in the league and UEFA Champions League this term after Yann Sommer missed Saturday's win. In the goalkeeper's absence Germano Vailati, who joined in June 2012, made his league debut for the club. Basel are unbeaten on their travels this season, a run of 15 games. Both their defeats have come at home. Marcelo Díaz is likely to miss the rest of the group stage with a broken rib. He is thought to have suffered the problem in Chile's 2-0 win against England, aggravating it during the 2-1 defeat by Brazil four days later. Behrang Safari suffered a thigh injury on matchday three and could miss the rest of the group stage. Basel have had two players sent off this season, both in wins against FC Lausanne-Sport. Valentin Stocker was dismissed in a 2-0 victory on 27 July and Giovanni Sio saw red in a 2-1 away triumph on 6 October. International duty Five players were called up for senior duty during the international break: Stocker, Sommer, Schär (Switzerland), Díaz (Chile), Giovanni Sio (Ivory Coast). Sio was a substitute as Ivory Coast clinched a FIFA World Cup spot, a 1-1 draw in Senegal sealing a 4-2 aggregate win. Chelsea UEFA milestones and competition statistics Chelsea were 29 home group stage games unbeaten prior to their 2-1 loss to Basel on matchday one. The Blues have drawn 49 games in UEFA competition, winning 100. General information Chelsea's haul of five points from their opening five away matches in the league this season was their worst return since 2000/01 but they made it eight from six on Saturday with a 3-0 win at West Ham United FC. Frank Lampard struck twice against his former side to end a run of ten league games without a goal his worst spell in a decade. Fernando Torres, who has scored two league goals in 2013, missed Saturday's win with an adductor problem while Ashley Cole was left on the bench after a recurrence of his rib injury. Marco van Ginkel is expected to be out until March after suffering knee ligament damage against Swindon Town FC on 24 September. Eden Hazard has been nominated for the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'or, which will be announced on 13 January. Mourinho is on the shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football award. International duty Chelsea had 16 players called up for their national teams during the international break: Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Gary Cahill (England), André Schürrle (Germany), Kevin De Bruyne, Hazard (Belgium), Petr Čech (Czech Republic), Branislav Ivanović (Serbia), Juan Mata (Spain), Oscar, David Luiz, Ramires, Willian (Brazil), John Obi Mikel (Nigeria), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Michael Essien (Ghana). Mikel, Eto'o and Essien helped their countries make it to the 2014 FIFA World Cup after play-off victories. Lampard received a commemorative cap ahead of England's friendly with Chile on 15 November from his father Frank Lampard Snr to mark his century of international appearances. His daughters were mascots for the 2-0 loss. 5

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7 Head coach FC Basel 1893: Murat Yakin Date of birth: 15 September 1974 Nationality: Swiss Playing career: Grasshopper Club, VfB Stuttgart, Fenerbahçe SK, FC Basel 1893 (twice), 1. FC Kaiserslautern Coaching career: FC Concordia Basel, FC Thun, FC Luzern, FC Basel 1893 The older brother of fellow former Swiss international Hakan Yakin, Basel-born Murat was capped 49 times as a defender and midfielder. Won consecutive championships in a five-season spell with Grasshoppers at the beginning of his career. A campaign in Germany with Stuttgart, with whom he was a runner-up in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final against Chelsea FC, followed before he spent just over a season with Fenerbahçe. Of Turkish descent, Yakin returned to Switzerland and Basel during 1999/2000, but was soon off to Kaiserslautern. Re-joined Basel permanently and gained the adoration of the northern club's support, registering seven goals in 32 games during the double-winning 2001/02 season and featuring in Basel's spectacular UEFA Champions League run the next term. Made his international debut against the United Arab Emirates in September 1994 but was overlooked for EURO '96 and further disappointments followed as Switzerland failed to qualify for the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA EURO However, he played all 270 minutes of the Nati's UEFA EURO 2004 campaign in Portugal. Retired in 2006 and quickly moved into coaching with Concordia Basel. Rejoined Grasshoppers in 2007 for a twoyear stint as assistant coach before returning to front-line management with Thun, whom he led to promotion from the second tier at the first attempt. Took charge at Luzern in 2011, securing runners-up finishes in the league and Swiss Cup, before becoming Basel coach in October 2012 and ending his first season with the Swiss title. Chelsea FC: José Mourinho Date of birth: 26 January 1963 Nationality: Portuguese Coaching career: SL Benfica, UD Leiria, FC Porto, Chelsea FC (twice), FC Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid CF A former teacher, Mourinho had spells working at Sporting Clube de Portugal, Porto and FC Barcelona as a coaching assistant in the 1990s. As coach, had a brief, nine-game stay at Benfica and a highly successful tenure at Leiria before really making his mark after arriving at Porto in January In his first full season, 2002/03, Porto won the UEFA Cup and a domestic double. The next year they retained their league title and claimed the UEFA Champions League with a 3-0 defeat of AS Monaco FC in Gelsenkirchen. Joined Chelsea in 2004 and led the club to the League Cup and their first league championship for 50 years in his first season. Followed up with the league title again in 2006, and both the League Cup and FA Cup in 2007 but left the club that September. Joined Inter in June 2008 and in his first campaign retained the Scudetto, a feat the Nerazzurri repeated in 2009/10 when they also added the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League title, their first European crown since Victory at the Santiago Bernabéu was Mourinho's last act as Inter coach before he joined Madrid on a four-year deal. His first season featured the club's first Copa del Rey victory in 18 years and his second brought the Liga title; also led Madrid to three successive UEFA Champions League semi-finals, equalling Sir Alex Ferguson's record of seven lastfour appearances, before returning to Chelsea at the start of June

8 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Stéphane Lannoy (FRA) Frédéric Cano (FRA), Michael Annonier (FRA) Clément Turpin (FRA), Fredy Fautrel (FRA) Eric Dansault (FRA) Danilo Filacchione (ITA) William Young (SCO) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Champions League matches UEFA matches Stéphane Lannoy 18/09/ Stéphane Lannoy Referee since: 1990 First division: 2002 FIFA badge: 2006 Tournaments: 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, UEFA EURO 2012, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2008 Olympic Games, 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Finals N/A UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 29/09/2009 UCL GS Arsenal FC Olympiacos FC 2-0 London 25/11/2009 UCL GS Manchester United FC Beşiktaş JK 0-1 Manchester 15/02/2011 UCL R16 AC Milan Tottenham Hotspur FC 0-1 Milan 13/09/2011 UCL GS Chelsea FC Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 London 07/12/2011 UCL GS Manchester City FC FC Bayern München 2-0 Manchester Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 10/08/2006 UEL 2QR FK Ventspils Newcastle United FC 0-1 Riga 06/09/2006 U21 QR Switzerland England 2-3 Lucerne 06/03/2008 UEL R16 Tottenham Hotspur FC PSV Eindhoven 0-1 London 11/02/2009 FRIE. R1 Spain England 2-0 Seville 19/03/2009 UEL R16 Aalborg BK Manchester City FC 2-0 Aalborg 29/09/2009 UCL GS Arsenal FC Olympiacos FC 2-0 London 25/11/2009 UCL GS Manchester United FC Beşiktaş JK 0-1 Manchester 15/02/2011 UCL R16 AC Milan Tottenham Hotspur FC 0-1 Milan 13/09/2011 UCL GS Chelsea FC Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 London 07/12/2011 UCL GS Manchester City FC FC Bayern München 2-0 Manchester 14/03/2013 UEL R16 Chelsea FC FC Steaua Bucureşti 3-1 London 8

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11 Match-by-match lineups Execption in [/mediaservices/presskits/uefachampionsleague/season=2014/round= /day=5/session=1/match= /chap Slot [] ExceptionInfo [Error executing child request for /code/presskits/matchbymatch.aspx.] Inner Exception [Exception of type 'System.Web.HttpUnhandledException' was thrown.] 11

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14 Team facts 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: 16 (2013) Swiss Cup: 11 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: UEFA Europa League semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2011/12: round of /11: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League group stage 2008/09: group stage 2007/08: UEFA Cup round of /07: UEFA Cup group stage 2005/06: UEFA Cup quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2004/05: UEFA Cup round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2003/04: UEFA Cup second 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 Champions League (group stage to final) Biggest home win 2-0: Basel v FC Spartak Moskva 17/09/02, first group stage Biggest away win 1-3: AS Roma v Basel 19/10/10, group stage 0-2: FC Spartak Moskva v Basel 05/11/02, first group stage Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Basel v FC Barcelona (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat 7-0: FC Bayern München v Basel (see above for details) Chelsea FC Formed: 1905 Nickname: The Blues UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) UEFA Champions League (1): (2008), 2012 UEFA Europa League (1):

15 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (2): 1971, 1998 UEFA Super Cup (1): 1998, (2012), (2013) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 4 (2010) FA Cup: 7 (2012) League Cup: 4 (2007) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: UEFA Europa League winners (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: winners 2010/11: quarter-finals 2009/10: round of /09: semi-finals 2007/08: runners-up 2006/07: semi-finals 2005/06: round of /05: semi-finals 2003/04: semi-finals Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 13-0: Chelsea v FC Jeunesse Hautcharage 29/09/71, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg Biggest away win 0-8: FC Jeunesse Hautcharage v Chelsea 15/09/71, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Chelsea v Club Atlético de Madrid 30/04/14, UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg 0-2: Chelsea v Beşiktaş JK 01/10/03, UEFA Champions League group stage Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Barcelona v Chelsea 18/04/00, UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) Biggest home win 6-1: Chelsea v FC Nordsjælland 05/12/12, group stage 5-0: Chelsea v KRC Genk 19/10/11, group stage Biggest away win 0-5: Galatasaray AŞ v Chelsea 20/10/99, first group stage Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Chelsea v Club Atlético de Madrid (see above for details) 0-2: Chelsea v Beşiktaş JK (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Barcelona v Chelsea (see above for details) 15

16 Legend ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. Match officials UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round R2: Second round R3: Third round R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final Tournament GS-FT: Group stage final tournament Statistics National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Other abbreviations (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted 16

17 Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com. 17