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St. Jakob-Park - BaselTuesday 6 December 201620.45CET (20.45 local time)

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Previous meetings 2Match background 5Squad list 7Head coach 10Match officials 11Fixtures and results 12Match-by-match lineups 16Competition facts 18Team facts 19Legend 21

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Previous meetingsHead to HeadUEFA Champions League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers28/09/2016 GS Arsenal FC - FC Basel 1893 2-0 London Walcott 7, 26

Home Away Final TotalPld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA

FC Basel 1893 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2Arsenal FC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0

FC Basel 1893 - Record versus clubs from opponents' countryUEFA Champions League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers09/12/2014 GS Liverpool FC - FC Basel 1893 1-1 Liverpool Gerrard 81; Frei 2501/10/2014 GS FC Basel 1893 - Liverpool FC 1-0 Basel Streller 52

UEFA Champions LeagueDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

26/11/2013 GS FC Basel 1893 - Chelsea FC 1-0 Basel Salah 87

18/09/2013 GS Chelsea FC - FC Basel 1893 1-2 London Oscar 45; Salah 71,Streller 81

UEFA Europa LeagueDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

02/05/2013 SF Chelsea FC - FC Basel 1893 3-1agg: 5-2 London

Torres 50, Moses 52,David Luiz 59; Salah45+1

25/04/2013 SF FC Basel 1893 - Chelsea FC 1-2 Basel Schär 87 (P); Moses12, David Luiz 90+4

11/04/2013 QF FC Basel 1893 - TottenhamHotspur FC

2-2agg: 4-4 (aet, 4-

1pens)Basel Salah 27, Dragović

49; Dempsey 23, 83

04/04/2013 QF Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC Basel1893 2-2 London

Adebayor 40, G.Sigurdsson 58;Stocker 30, Frei 34


07/12/2011 GS FC Basel 1893 - ManchesterUnited FC 2-1 Basel Streller 9, A. Frei 84;

Jones 89

27/09/2011 GS Manchester United FC - FC Basel1893 3-3 Manchester

Welbeck 16, 17,Young 90; Frei 58, A.Frei 61, 76 (P)

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FC Basel 1893 - Arsenal FC Tuesday 6 December 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time)Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel

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UEFA Europa LeagueDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

16/12/2009 GS FC Basel 1893 - Fulham FC 2-3 BaselA. Frei 64 (P), Streller87; Zamora 42, 45,Gera 77

01/10/2009 GS Fulham FC - FC Basel 1893 1-0 London Murphy 57

UEFA CupDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

02/11/2006 GS Blackburn Rovers FC - FC Basel1893 3-0 Blackburn

Tugay Kerimoğlu 75,Jeffers 89 (P),McCarthy 90+1


06/04/2006 QF Middlesbrough FC - FC Basel1893

4-1agg: 4-3 Middlesbrough

Viduka 33, 57,Hasselbaink 79,Maccarone 90;Eduardo 23

30/03/2006 QF FC Basel 1893 - MiddlesbroughFC 2-0 Basel Delgado 43, D. Degen

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27/11/2003 R2 Newcastle United FC - FC Basel1893

1-0agg: 4-2 Newcastle Smiljanic 14 (og)

06/11/2003 R2 FC Basel 1893 - NewcastleUnited FC 2-3 Basel

Cantaluppi 11,Chipperfield 15;Robert 13, Bramble37, Sh. Ameobi 75


12/03/2003 GS2 Manchester United FC - FC Basel1893 1-1 Manchester G. Neville 53;

Giménez 14

26/11/2002 GS2 FC Basel 1893 - ManchesterUnited FC 1-3 Basel

Giménez 1; VanNistelrooy 62, 63,Solskjær 68

12/11/2002 GS1 FC Basel 1893 - Liverpool FC 3-3 Basel

Rossi 2, Giménez 22,Atouba 29; Murphy61, Šmicer 64, Owen85

25/09/2002 GS1 Liverpool FC - FC Basel 1893 1-1 Liverpool Baroš 34; Rossi 43

UEFA Intertoto CupDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

21/08/2001 F Aston Villa FC - FC Basel 1893 4-1agg: 5-2 Birmingham

Vassell 45, Angel 55,78, Ginola 84;Chipperfield 30

07/08/2001 F FC Basel 1893 - Aston Villa FC 1-1 Basel Giménez 74; Merson58

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UEFA Intertoto CupDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

24/06/1995 GS FC Basel 1893 - SheffieldWednesday FC 1-0 Basel Rey 68

Arsenal FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' countryUEFA Champions League

Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers22/11/2005 GS FC Thun - Arsenal FC 0-1 Berne Pirès 88 (P)

14/09/2005 GS Arsenal FC - FC Thun 2-1 LondonGilberto Silva 51,Bergkamp 90+2;Nelson Ferreira 53

European Champions Clubs' CupDate Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers

03/11/1971 R2 Arsenal FC - Grasshopper ClubZürich

3-0agg: 5-0 London Kennedy 40, George

47, Radford 84

20/10/1971 R2 Grasshopper Club Zürich -Arsenal FC 0-2 Zurich Kennedy 2, Graham

88

Home Away Final TotalPld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA

FC Basel 1893 11 5 2 4 12 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 25 6 8 11 32 45Arsenal FC 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 10 1

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Match backgroundA 2-2 matchday five draw with Paris Saint-Germain took the destination of Group A out of Arsenal FC's hands.Already through to the last 16 and now away to FC Basel 1893, they have to better Paris' result on the same night tofinish as group winners.

• The Swiss side are out of the UEFA Champions League but still harbour hopes of qualifying for the UEFA EuropaLeague; to do that they must better the result of PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, who play in France. Basel and Ludogoretsdrew 0-0 on matchday five to collect only their second points of the campaign.

• On matchday two, an early pair of Theo Walcott goals gave the Gunners a 2-0 victory in the home game with Basel.It maintained their perfect record against Swiss opponents: five games, five wins.

Match backgroundBasel• The Swiss champions drew their opening fixture 1-1, Renato Steffen coming to the rescue 11 minutes from time afterLudogorets had taken a surprise lead in Basel.

• In the double-header with Paris, Basel lost 3-0 away and then 2-1 at home.

• This is their seventh group stage campaign. In the most recent, two seasons ago, a 1-0 home win over Liverpool FChelped them finish as Group B runners-up for their first appearance in the knockout rounds since 2011/12.

• In the round of 16 a 1-1 home draw with FC Porto was followed by a 4-0 away defeat. They have lost just four of 21home games in UEFA competition since the start of 2013/14.

• In 2014/15 Basel also drew 1-1 at Liverpool, which halted their run of four straight victories against Premier Leagueteams in the UEFA Champions League. The defeat at the Arsenal Stadium was only their second in 11 encounterswith English opponents in the competition.

• They beat Petr Čech's Chelsea FC 2-1 at Stamford Bridge in the 2013/14 group stage and overall their recordagainst English rivals is W6 D8 L11 (W5 D3 L4 at home).

Arsenal• The Gunners began their 19th successive group stage campaign with a 1-1 draw in Paris, where Olivier Giroud wassent off in added time.

• In the back-to-back encounters with Ludogorets, the Premier League side won 6-0 at home and then recovered atwo-goal deficit in the Sofia return to emerge 3-2 winners.

• In each of the last six seasons Arsenal have fallen in the round of 16, going down 5-1 on aggregate to FC Barcelonain 2015/16 (0-2 home, 1-3 away).

• Arsenal have lost three of their last six European away games; before that they had met defeat only twice in 11games on the road.

• The Gunners faced FC Thun in the 2005/06 group stage, winning 2-1 at home and 1-0 away. That was the only goalthey have conceded in their five tussles with Swiss opposition.

• If Arsenal win the group it will be the first time since 2011/12. Since 2000/01, when they began their run of consistentqualification from the initial group stage, they have won their section on eight occasions. They have finished second inthe group in each of the other eight campaigns.

Coach and player links• Granit Xhaka started his career at Basel and landed two Swiss Super League titles before joining VfL BorussiaMönchengladbach in 2012. He signed for Arsenal this summer.

• Granit is the younger brother of Taulant Xhaka but they play for different international teams. Granit's Switzerlandovercame Taulant's Albania 1-0 in a UEFA EURO 2016 group game in Lens.

• Mohamed Elneny came to Basel in January 2013 and won the Swiss Super League in each of his three seasonsthere before heading to Arsenal in January 2016.

• Elneny scored twice for al-Mokawloon in a 3-2 defeat by Omar Gaber's Zamalek in the Egyptian Premier League on21 May 2011.

• Theo Walcott netted twice against Marek Suchý's SK Slavia Praha in Arsenal's 7-0 victory in the 2007/08 UEFAChampions League group stage.

• Giroud registered twice in France's 5-2 success over Iceland in the UEFA EURO 2016 quarter-final at the Stade deFrance. Birkir Bjarnason got one of Iceland's goals.

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• International team-mates:Éder Álvarez Balanta & David Ospina (Columbia)Michael Lang, Luca Zuffi, Renato Steffen & Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).

Match factsBasel• Marek Suchý will incur a suspension with his next booking.

• Basel were undefeated in 19 domestic fixtures this season before Saturday's 3-1 loss at BSC Young Boys.

• Marc Janko scored the decisive goal in the 2-1 victory at FC Sion on 27 November but was later sent off.

• Jean-Paul Boëtius (knee) has missed Basel's last three games; Andraž Šporar did not feature against Sion due to anadductor problem but returned as a second-half substitute at Young Boys.

Arsenal• Francis Coquelin serves a one-game ban on matchday six.

• Arsenal's 19-match unbeaten run, since the 4-3 loss to Liverpool on the opening weekend of the Premier Leagueseason, ended when a much-changed side succumbed 2-0 at home to Southampton FC in the English League Cupquarter-finals on 30 November.

• Elneny (illness) was substituted before half-time against Southampton but did feature in Saturday's 5-1 leaguevictory at West Ham United FC. Alexis Sánchez scored a hat-trick to take his tally to five goals in his last twoappearances.

• Making his first Arsenal appearance for 12 months, Mathieu Debuchy sustained a hamstring injury early on in the 3-1home victory over AFC Bournemouth on 27 November and will be sidelined until mid-January.

• Arsenal said on 1 December that Santi Cazorla will travel to Sweden for surgery on his right ankle. Cazorla, whosustained the injury against Ludogorets on 19 October, is expected to be sidelined for around three months.

• Wenger announced on 17 November that Hector Bellerín will be out for four weeks with an ankle injury.

Chapecoense commemorationTeams taking part in all of the matchday six UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches willobserve a minute's silence to pay respect to the victims of last week's air disaster involving the Chapecoense teamand accompanying delegation. The Brazilian club lost most of their players and coaching staff in the accident, whichoccurred in Colombia, where Chapecoense were due to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final againstAtlético Nacional.

"European football is united in expressing its deepest sympathy to Chapecoense, the Brazilian Football Confederation[CBF], CONMEBOL and the families of all the victims," said UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin. "This tragedy hasshaken the world of football, and we would like to send our support to all of those affected by it."

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Squad listFC Basel 1893

Current season All-timeUCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA

No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld GlsGoalkeepers

1 Tomáš Vaclík CZE 29/03/1989 27 - - - 5 - 17 - 13 - 37 -13 Djordje Nikolić SRB 13/04/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -18 Germano Vailati SUI 30/08/1980 36 - - - - - - - - - 12 -40 Dario Thürkauf SUI 26/02/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -41 Jozef Pukaj SUI 13/02/2000 16 - - - - - - - - - - -

Defenders3 Adama Traoré CIV 03/02/1990 26 - - - 5 - 12 - 5 - 9 -4 Omar Gaber EGY 30/01/1992 24 - - - 1 - 7 - 1 - 1 -5 Michael Lang SUI 08/02/1991 25 - - - 4 - 14 4 4 - 26 317 Marek Suchý CZE 29/03/1988 28 * - - 5 - 17 3 29 1 91 223 Éder Balanta COL 28/02/1993 23 - - - 5 - 15 1 5 - 5 -26 Daniel Høegh DEN 06/01/1991 25 - - - - - 6 - - - 13 -30 Eray Cümart SUI 04/02/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -

Midfielders6 Geoffroy Serey Dié CIV 07/11/1984 32 - - - 2 - 6 - 8 - 24 -7 Luca Zuffi SUI 27/03/1990 26 - - - 5 1 13 2 12 1 34 78 Birkir Bjarnason ISL 27/05/1988 28 - - - 5 - 12 4 5 - 23 310 Matías Delgado ARG 15/12/1982 33 - - - 5 - 16 9 17 - 68 1711 Renato Steffen SUI 03/11/1991 25 - - - 4 1 14 2 4 1 19 515 Alexander Fransson SWE 02/04/1994 22 - - - 2 - 9 - 2 - 5 -29 Charles Pickel SUI 15/05/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -34 Taulant Xhaka ALB 28/03/1991 25 - - - 5 - 16 - 19 - 40 -39 Davide Callà SUI 06/10/1984 32 - - - 2 - 13 3 7 - 26 3

Forwards9 Andraž Šporar SVN 27/02/1994 22 - - - 4 - 6 - 4 - 10 121 Marc Janko AUT 25/06/1983 33 - - - 4 - 12 6 10 - 52 1724 Mohamed Elyounoussi NOR 04/08/1994 22 - - - 2 - 14 3 2 - 18 735 Nicolas Hunziker SUI 23/02/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - -77 Jean-Paul Boëtius NED 22/03/1994 22 - - - - - 2 - - - 14 288 Seydou Doumbia CIV 31/12/1987 28 - - - 5 - 12 9 26 13 41 25

Coach- Urs Fischer SUI 20/02/1966 50 - - - 5 - - - 5 - 42 -

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Arsenal FCCurrent season All-time

UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFANo. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld GlsGoalkeepers13 David Ospina COL 31/08/1988 28 - - - 5 - - - 11 - 13 -26 Emiliano Martínez ARG 02/09/1992 24 - - - - - - - 2 - 2 -33 Petr Čech CZE 20/05/1982 34 - - - - - 14 - 111 - 126 -50 Deyan Iliev BUL 25/02/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - -53 Hugo Keto FIN 09/02/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -

Defenders2 Mathieu Debuchy FRA 28/07/1985 31 - - - - - 1 - 22 - 47 13 Kieran Gibbs ENG 26/09/1989 27 - - - 4 - 4 - 38 1 41 25 Gabriel BRA 26/11/1990 26 - - - - - 2 - 4 - 12 -6 Laurent Koscielny FRA 10/09/1985 31 - - - 5 - 13 2 38 2 42 216 Rob Holding ENG 20/09/1995 21 - - - - - 3 - - - - -18 Nacho Monreal ESP 26/02/1986 30 - - - 2 - 13 - 20 - 32 -20 Shkodran Mustafi GER 17/04/1992 24 - - - 5 - 11 - 10 - 16 -24 Héctor Bellerín ESP 19/03/1995 21 - - - 3 - 11 - 13 - 13 -25 Carl Jenkinson ENG 08/02/1992 24 - - - 2 - 1 - 10 - 15 -38 Marc Bola ENG 09/12/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - -39 Tolaji Bola ENG 04/01/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - -42 Kristopher Da Graca SWE 16/01/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -51 Chiori Johnson ENG 05/10/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -

Midfielders8 Aaron Ramsey WAL 26/12/1990 25 - - - 2 - 6 - 41 8 48 1111 Mesut Özil GER 15/10/1988 28 - - - 5 4 13 4 66 11 88 1215 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ENG 15/08/1993 23 - - - 5 1 12 2 27 4 29 419 Santi Cazorla ESP 13/12/1984 31 - - - 3 - 8 2 38 - 85 929 Granit Xhaka SUI 27/09/1992 24 - - - 4 1 11 1 19 1 41 531 Jeff Reine-Adélaïde FRA 17/01/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -34 Francis Coquelin FRA 13/05/1991 25 S - - 4 - 11 - 19 - 24 135 Mohamed Elneny EGY 11/07/1992 24 - - - 4 - 9 - 16 1 42 337 Krystian Bielik POL 04/01/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - 1 -40 Gedion Zelalem GER 26/01/1997 19 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 -46 Charlie Gilmour SCO 11/02/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - -55 Ainsley Maitland-Niles ENG 29/08/1997 19 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 -58 Marcus McGuane ENG 02/02/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - -60 Savvas Mourgos GRE 16/03/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -65 Ben Sheaf ENG 05/02/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -68 Chris Willock ENG 31/01/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -

Forwards7 Alexis Sánchez CHI 19/12/1988 27 - - - 5 2 14 11 43 11 55 129 Lucas Pérez ESP 10/09/1988 28 - - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 19 412 Olivier Giroud FRA 30/09/1986 30 - - - 3 2 7 3 26 12 31 1414 Theo Walcott ENG 16/03/1989 27 - - - 3 3 13 6 56 14 64 17

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17 Alex Iwobi ENG 03/05/1996 20 - - - 5 - 10 - 7 - 7 -22 Yaya Sanogo FRA 27/01/1993 23 - - - - - - - 3 1 7 132 Chuba Akpom ENG 09/10/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - -41 Josh Dasilva ENG 23/10/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -44 Aaron Eyoma ENG 22/09/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -48 Kaylen Hinds ENG 28/01/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -57 Stephy Mavididi ENG 31/05/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - -64 Tyrell Robinson ENG 16/09/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - -

Coach- Arsène Wenger FRA 22/10/1949 67 - - - 5 - - - 175 - 233 -

Arsenal FCCurrent season All-time

UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA

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Head coachUrs FischerDate of birth: 20 February 1966Nationality: SwissPlaying career: FC Zürich (twice), FC St Gallen Coaching career: FC Zürich (youth and U21s head coach, assistant and head first-team coach), FC Thun, FC Basel1893

• Fischer spent his playing career as a defender for Zürich and St Gallen. Though he won four senior caps forSwitzerland, his greatest achievement was arguably winning the Swiss Cup with Zürich in 2000. He made 545 Swisstop-flight appearances before retiring in 2003.

• Fischer's first achievement as a coach came at Zürich, where he worked his way up from the youth ranks to the topjob. He took over the first team in 2010 and steered them to the brink of the title in his maiden season.

• Zürich finished only three points behind Basel in Fischer's debut campaign, a 2-2 draw against his future employerswith three games remaining proving crucial.

• Fischer and Zürich parted ways in 2012. He then had a nine-month break before joining Thun, whom he guided intothe top half of the table despite a limited budget.

• His success prompted Basel to come calling when seeking a replacement for Paulo Sousa in 2015. Fischer ledBasel to the Swiss Super League title – and automatic UEFA Champions League qualification – in his first season inthe dugout. He could not take Basel to a home final in the UEFA Europa League, though, eventual winners Sevillaknocking them out in the last 16.

Arsène WengerDate of birth: 22 October 1949Nationality: FrenchPlaying career: AS Mutzig, FC Mulhouse, AS Vauban, RC StrasbourgCoaching career: RC Strasbourg (assistant coach), AS Cannes (assistant coach), AS Nancy-Lorraine, AS MonacoFC, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Arsenal FC

• Not the most successful of players, Arsène Wenger has more than made up for that as a coach, turning Arsenal intoone of Europe's top teams.

• Born in Strasbourg, Wenger worked at Strasbourg and Cannes before Nancy-Lorraine offered him his big break. Heimpressed sufficiently to be offered the job as coach of Monaco in 1987.

• Within a year Monaco scooped the French title and Wenger the Coach of the Year award. He led the side to 1991French Cup glory, then the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup final where they lost to SV Werder Bremen. Afterreportedly turning down France and FC Bayern München, he moved on to Japan and enjoyed huge success withGrampus Eight.

• Appointed by Arsenal in September 1996, Wenger became the first non-Briton to win the Premier League, in 1998,adding the first of six FA Cup triumphs. The Gunners lost the 2000 UEFA Cup final to Galatasaray AŞ but claimedanother domestic double in 2002, and in 2003/04 played some thrilling attacking football en route to becoming the firstteam since 1889 to negotiate an English top-flight season unbeaten.

• Wenger nearly topped all his achievements by taking Arsenal to the 2006 UEFA Champions League final, only forFC Barcelona to come from behind to win 2-1. Arsenal's move to their new stadium later that year was instigated byWenger, who ended nine years without a trophy by guiding Arsenal to the 2014 FA Cup and retained the trophy a yearlater, the club's 12th triumph in the competition – setting a new record that was equalled by Manchester United FC 12months later.

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Manuel De Sousa (POR)Alvaro Mesquita (POR) , Paulo Soares (POR)

Fabio Verssimo (POR) , João Capela (POR)Ricardo Santos (POR)

Márton Esterházy (HUN)Alan Snoddy (NIR)

Match officialsRefereeAssistant refereesAdditional assistant refereesFourth officialUEFA DelegateUEFA Referee observer

Referee

Name Date of birth

UEFAChampions

Leaguematches

UEFA matches

Manuel De Sousa 18/06/1975 9 61

Manuel De SousaReferee since: 2000First division: 2003FIFA badge: 2006

Tournaments: N/A

FinalsN/A

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countriesinvolved in this matchNo such matches refereed

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved inthis match

Date Competition Stagereached Home Away Result Venue

13/07/2006 UEL 1QR FC Basel 1893 FC Tobol Kostanay 3-1 Basel01/09/2006 U21 QR Moldova Switzerland 1-3 Tiraspol26/08/2010 UEL PO Manchester City FC FC Timişoara 2-0 Manchester20/10/2011 UEL GS Tottenham Hotspur FC FC Rubin 1-0 London21/08/2014 UEL PO AEL Limassol FC Tottenham Hotspur FC 1-2 Larnaca03/09/2014 FRIE. GS-FT England Norway 1-023/10/2014 UEL GS LOSC Lille Everton FC 0-0 Villeneuve d'Ascq19/02/2015 UEL R32 BSC Young Boys Everton FC 1-4 Berne

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W 3-0

W 5-1

W 3-2W 3-0W 1-0

W 4-1

W 3-0W 3-1D 1-1W 1-0W 2-1

W 3-1

L 0-2D 1-1W 3-0L 0-3D 2-2W 4-1W 2-0L 1-2W 2-1

W 6-0

D 0-0W 2-1L 1-3

Fixtures and resultsFC Basel 1893Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers24/07/2016 League FC Sion (H) Delgado 37 (P), 47, Doumbia 44

31/07/2016 League FC Vaduz (A) Janko 4, Delgado 19 (P), Elyounoussi 42,Steffen 89, Doumbia 90+2

07/08/2016 League FC Luzern (A) Suchý 4, Janko 70, 7910/08/2016 League BSC Young Boys (H) Zuffi 55, B. Bjarnason 59, Vilotić 71 (og)14/08/2016 Cup FC Rapperswil-Jona (A) Boëtius 58

20/08/2016 League FC Lugano (H) Suchý 45, Steffen 48, Doumbia 56, M.Lang 60

28/08/2016 League FC Thun (A) M. Lang 4, Janko 13, Zuffi 1910/09/2016 League Grasshopper Club Zürich (H) B. Bjarnason 28, Doumbia 31, 8613/09/2016 UCL PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (H) Steffen 7918/09/2016 Cup Zug 94 (A) Høegh 4521/09/2016 League FC Lausanne-Sport (A) B. Bjarnason 67, Balanta 90+3

24/09/2016 League FC St Gallen (A) Delgado 25, Gelmi 75 (og), Doumbia 90(P)

28/09/2016 UCL Arsenal FC (A)01/10/2016 League FC Thun (H) Callà 9015/10/2016 League FC Luzern (H) Doumbia 25, M. Lang 55, Elyounoussi 8919/10/2016 UCL Paris Saint-Germain (A)22/10/2016 League FC Lugano (A) Delgado 51, Callà 88 (P)26/10/2016 Cup FC Tuggen (A) Boëtius 8, 18 (P), M. Lang 35, Balanta 4429/10/2016 League Grasshopper Club Zürich (A) Delgado 17, 22 (P)01/11/2016 UCL Paris Saint-Germain (H) Zuffi 7605/11/2016 League FC Lausanne-Sport (H) Suchý 90+1, Janko 90+2

19/11/2016 League FC Vaduz (H) Doumbia 10, 51, Elyounoussi 19, M. Lang74, B. Bjarnason 77, Callà 90

23/11/2016 UCL PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (A)27/11/2016 League FC Sion (A) Delgado 34, Janko 7703/12/2016 League BSC Young Boys (A) Delgado 66 (P)06/12/2016 UCL Arsenal FC (H)10/12/2016 League FC St Gallen (H)04/02/2017 League FC Lugano (H)11/02/2017 League FC Thun (A)18/02/2017 League FC Lausanne-Sport (H)25/02/2017 League FC Luzern (H)02/03/2017 Cup FC Zürich (H)04/03/2017 League FC Vaduz (A)11/03/2017 League FC Sion (A)18/03/2017 League Grasshopper Club Zürich (H)01/04/2017 League FC St Gallen (A)08/04/2017 League BSC Young Boys (H)15/04/2017 League FC Lausanne-Sport (A)22/04/2017 League FC Vaduz (H)

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L 3-4

D 0-0

W 3-1

W 2-1D 1-1

W 4-1

W 4-0

W 3-0W 2-0W 1-0W 3-2

W 6-0

D 0-0W 2-0W 4-1W 3-2D 1-1D 1-1D 2-2W 3-1

29/04/2017 League FC Luzern (A)06/05/2017 League FC Lugano (A)13/05/2017 League FC Thun (H)17/05/2017 League FC Sion (H)20/05/2017 League BSC Young Boys (A)28/05/2017 League Grasshopper Club Zürich (A)02/06/2017 League FC St Gallen (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts1 FC Basel 1893 17 14 2 1 48 15 442 BSC Young Boys 17 9 5 3 39 22 323 FC Luzern 17 9 2 6 35 30 294 FC Sion 17 8 2 7 35 30 265 Grasshopper Club Zürich 17 6 3 8 26 32 216 FC St Gallen 17 6 3 8 20 26 217 FC Lausanne-Sport 17 5 2 10 29 33 178 FC Lugano 17 4 5 8 23 35 179 FC Thun 17 3 7 7 21 31 1610 FC Vaduz 17 4 3 10 20 42 15

Arsenal FCDate Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers

14/08/2016 League Liverpool FC (H) Walcott 31, Oxlade-Chamberlain 64,Chambers 75

20/08/2016 League Leicester City FC (A)

27/08/2016 League Watford FC (A) Santi Cazorla 9 (P), Alexis Sánchez 40,Özil 45+1

10/09/2016 League Southampton FC (H) Koscielny 29, Santi Cazorla 90+4 (P)13/09/2016 UCL Paris Saint-Germain (A) Alexis Sánchez 78

17/09/2016 League Hull City AFC (A) Alexis Sánchez 17, 83, Walcott 55, Xhaka90+2

20/09/2016 Cup Nottingham Forest FC (A) Xhaka 23, Lucas Pérez 60 (P), 71, Oxlade-Chamberlain 90+3

24/09/2016 League Chelsea FC (H) Alexis Sánchez 11, Walcott 14, Özil 4028/09/2016 UCL FC Basel 1893 (H) Walcott 7, 2602/10/2016 League Burnley FC (A) Koscielny 90+315/10/2016 League Swansea City AFC (H) Walcott 26, 33, Özil 57

19/10/2016 UCL PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (H) Alexis Sánchez 13, Walcott 42, Oxlade-Chamberlain 47, Özil 56, 83, 87

22/10/2016 League Middlesbrough FC (H)25/10/2016 Cup Reading FC (H) Oxlade-Chamberlain 33, 7829/10/2016 League Sunderland AFC (A) Alexis Sánchez 19, 78, Giroud 71, 7601/11/2016 UCL PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (A) Xhaka 20, Giroud 42, Özil 8806/11/2016 League Tottenham Hotspur FC (H) Wimmer 42 (og)19/11/2016 League Manchester United FC (A) Giroud 8923/11/2016 UCL Paris Saint-Germain (H) Giroud 45+1 (P), Verratti 60 (og)27/11/2016 League AFC Bournemouth (H) Alexis Sánchez 12, 90+1, Walcott 53

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W 5-1

30/11/2016 Cup Southampton FC (H)

03/12/2016 League West Ham United FC (A) Özil 24, Alexis Sánchez 72, 80, 86,Oxlade-Chamberlain 84

06/12/2016 UCL FC Basel 1893 (A)10/12/2016 League Stoke City FC (H)13/12/2016 League Everton FC (A)18/12/2016 League Manchester City FC (A)26/12/2016 League West Bromwich Albion FC (H)01/01/2017 League Crystal Palace FC (H)03/01/2017 League AFC Bournemouth (A)14/01/2017 League Swansea City AFC (A)22/01/2017 League Burnley FC (H)31/01/2017 League Watford FC (H)04/02/2017 League Chelsea FC (A)11/02/2017 League Hull City AFC (H)25/02/2017 League Southampton FC (A)04/03/2017 League Liverpool FC (A)11/03/2017 League Leicester City FC (H)18/03/2017 League West Bromwich Albion FC (A)01/04/2017 League Manchester City FC (H)04/04/2017 League West Ham United FC (H)08/04/2017 League Crystal Palace FC (A)15/04/2017 League Middlesbrough FC (A)22/04/2017 League Sunderland AFC (H)29/04/2017 League Tottenham Hotspur FC (A)06/05/2017 League Manchester United FC (H)13/05/2017 League Stoke City FC (A)21/05/2017 League Everton FC (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts1 Chelsea FC 14 11 1 2 32 11 342 Arsenal FC 14 9 4 1 33 14 313 Liverpool FC 14 9 3 2 35 18 304 Manchester City FC 14 9 3 2 30 15 305 Tottenham Hotspur FC 14 7 6 1 24 10 276 Manchester United FC 14 5 6 3 19 16 217 West Bromwich Albion FC 14 5 5 4 20 17 208 Everton FC 14 5 5 4 17 16 209 Stoke City FC 14 5 4 5 16 19 1910 AFC Bournemouth 14 5 3 6 19 22 1811 Watford FC 14 5 3 6 18 24 1812 Southampton FC 14 4 5 5 13 15 1713 Middlesbrough FC 14 3 6 5 13 15 1514 Crystal Palace FC 14 4 2 8 24 26 1415 Burnley FC 14 4 2 8 12 23 1416 Leicester City FC 14 3 4 7 17 24 13

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17 West Ham United FC 14 3 3 8 15 29 1218 Sunderland AFC 14 3 2 9 14 24 1119 Hull City AFC 14 3 2 9 11 29 1120 Swansea City AFC 14 2 3 9 16 31 9

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Match-by-match lineupsFC Basel 1893UEFA Champions League - Group stageGroup AClub Pld W D L GF GA PtsParis Saint-Germain 5 3 2 0 11 5 11Arsenal FC 5 3 2 0 14 5 11PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 5 0 2 3 4 13 2FC Basel 1893 5 0 2 3 2 8 2

Matchday 1 (13/09/2016)FC Basel 1893 1-1 PFC Ludogorets RazgradGoals: 0-1 Jonathan Cafú 45, 1-1 Steffen 79FC Basel 1893: Vaclík, Traoré, M. Lang, Zuffi (70 Fransson), B. Bjarnason, Delgado (82 Callà), Steffen, Suchý, Janko(40 Doumbia), Balanta, Xhaka

Matchday 2 (28/09/2016)Arsenal FC 2-0 FC Basel 1893Goals: 1-0 Walcott 7, 2-0 Walcott 26FC Basel 1893: Vaclík, Traoré, M. Lang, Zuffi (71 Elyounoussi), B. Bjarnason (79 Delgado), Steffen, Fransson,Suchý, Balanta, Xhaka, Doumbia (57 Šporar)

Matchday 3 (19/10/2016)Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 FC Basel 1893Goals: 1-0 Di María 40, 2-0 Lucas 62, 3-0 Cavani 90+3 (P)FC Basel 1893: Vaclík, Traoré, M. Lang, Serey Dié (78 Janko), B. Bjarnason, Delgado (70 Zuffi), Steffen, Suchý,Balanta, Xhaka, Doumbia (61 Šporar)

Matchday 4 (01/11/2016)FC Basel 1893 1-2 Paris Saint-GermainGoals: 0-1 Matuidi 43, 1-1 Zuffi 76, 1-2 Meunier 90FC Basel 1893: Vaclík, Traoré, Gaber (69 Šporar), Serey Dié, B. Bjarnason, Delgado (59 Zuffi), Steffen, Suchý,Balanta, Xhaka, Doumbia (59 Janko)

Matchday 5 (23/11/2016)PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 0-0 FC Basel 1893FC Basel 1893: Vaclík, Traoré, M. Lang, Zuffi, B. Bjarnason (85 Callà), Delgado (80 Šporar), Suchý, Balanta,Elyounoussi, Xhaka, Doumbia (79 Janko)

Matchday 6 (06/12/2016)FC Basel 1893-Arsenal FC

Arsenal FCUEFA Champions League - Group stageMatchday 1 (13/09/2016)Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Arsenal FCGoals: 1-0 Cavani 1, 1-1 Alexis Sánchez 78Arsenal FC: Ospina, Koscielny, Alexis Sánchez, Özil (85 Elneny ), Oxlade-Chamberlain (63 Giroud), Iwobi, Monreal,Santi Cazorla, Mustafi, Bellerín, Coquelin (71 Xhaka)

Matchday 2 (28/09/2016)Arsenal FC 2-0 FC Basel 1893Goals: 1-0 Walcott 7, 2-0 Walcott 26Arsenal FC: Ospina, Koscielny, Alexis Sánchez, Özil, Walcott (70 Oxlade-Chamberlain), Iwobi (70 Elneny ), Monreal(75 Gibbs), Santi Cazorla, Mustafi, Bellerín, Xhaka

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Arsenal FC 6-0 PFC Ludogorets RazgradGoals: 1-0 Alexis Sánchez 13, 2-0 Walcott 42, 3-0 Oxlade-Chamberlain 47, 4-0 Özil 56, 5-0 Özil 83, 6-0 Özil 87Arsenal FC: Ospina, Gibbs, Koscielny, Alexis Sánchez (73 Iwobi), Özil, Walcott (62 Lucas Pérez), Oxlade-Chamberlain, Santi Cazorla (57 Elneny ), Mustafi, Bellerín, Coquelin

Matchday 4 (01/11/2016)PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 2-3 Arsenal FCGoals: 1-0 Jonathan Cafú 12, 2-0 Keșerü 15, 2-1 Xhaka 20, 2-2 Giroud 42, 2-3 Özil 88Arsenal FC: Ospina, Gibbs, Koscielny, Alexis Sánchez (90 Iwobi), Ramsey (75 Oxlade-Chamberlain), Özil, Giroud,Mustafi, Jenkinson, Xhaka (87 Elneny ), Coquelin

Matchday 5 (23/11/2016)Arsenal FC 2-2 Paris Saint-GermainGoals: 0-1 Cavani 18, 1-1 Giroud 45+1 (P) , 2-1 Verratti 60 (og) , 2-2 Iwobi 77 (og)Arsenal FC: Ospina, Gibbs, Koscielny, Alexis Sánchez, Ramsey, Özil, Giroud, Iwobi (77 Xhaka), Mustafi, Jenkinson(81 Oxlade-Chamberlain), Coquelin (80 Walcott)

Matchday 6 (06/12/2016)FC Basel 1893-Arsenal FC

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Competition facts

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Team factsFC Basel 1893Formed: 1893Nickname: Bebbi (local slang for Basel natives)

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)• None

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)League title: 19 (2016)Swiss Cup: 11 (2012)

Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)2015/16: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs)2014/15: round of 162013/14: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2012/13: UEFA Europa League semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs)2011/12: round of 162010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2009/10: UEFA Europa League group stage2008/09: group stage2007/08: UEFA Cup round of 322006/07: UEFA Cup group stage

RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest home win7-0: Basel v SS Folgore24/08/00, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg

• Biggest away win0-5: Fram Reykjavík v Basel18/09/73, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg

• Heaviest home defeat0-5: Basel v FC Barcelona22/10/08, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest away defeat7-0: FC Bayern München v Basel13/03/12, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final)• Biggest home win4-0: Basel v PFC Ludogorets Razgrad04/11/14, group stage

• Biggest away win1-3: AS Roma v Basel19/10/10, group stage0-2: FC Spartak Moskva v Basel05/11/02, first group stage

• Heaviest home defeat0-5: Basel v FC Barcelona (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat7-0: FC Bayern München v Basel (see above for details)

Arsenal FCFormed: 1886Nickname: The Gunners

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)• UEFA Champions League: (2006)• UEFA Cup: (2000)

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• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): (1980), 1994, (1995)• UEFA Super Cup: (1994)

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)League title: 13 (2004)FA Cup: 12 (2015)League Cup: 2 (1993)

Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)2015/16: round of 162014/15: round of 162013/14: round of 162012/13: round of 162011/12: round of 162010/11: round of 162009/10: quarter-finals2008/09: semi-finals2007/08: quarter-finals2006/07: round of 16

Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Arsenal v SK Slavia Praha23/10/07, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Biggest away win 0-7: R. Standard de Liège v Arsenal 03/11/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg

• Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Arsenal v FC Spartak Moskva29/09/82, UEFA Cup first round second leg0-3: Arsenal v FC Internazionale Milano17/09/03, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Bayern München v Arsenal04/11/15, UEFA Champions League group stage4-0: AC Milan v Arsenal15/02/12, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 7-0: Arsenal v SK Slavia Praha (see above for details)

• Biggest away win 1-5: FC Internazionale Milano v Arsenal25/11/03, group stage0-4: PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal25/09/02, first group stage

• Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Arsenal v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Bayern München v Arsenal (see above for details)4-0: AC Milan v Arsenal (see above for details)

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-: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced*: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted

Club competitionsUCL: UEFA Champions LeagueECCC: European Champion Clubs' CupUEL: UEFA Europa LeagueUCUP: UEFA CupUCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' CupSCUP: UEFA Super CupUIC: UEFA Intertoto CupICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

National team competitionsEURO: UEFA European Football ChampionshipWC: FIFA World CupCONFCUP: FIFA Confederations CupFRIE: Friendly internationalsU21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationalsU21: UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipU17: UEFA Under-17 ChampionshipU16: UEFA European Under-16 ChampionshipU19: UEFA Under-19 ChampionshipU18: UEFA European Under-18 ChampionshipWWC: FIFA Women's World CupWEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship

F: Final GS: Group stageGS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First roundR2: Second round R3: Third roundR4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary roundSF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finalsR16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying roundR32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying

round2nd: second leg FT: Final tournamentPO: Play-off ELITE: Elite roundRep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-offPO - FT: Play-off for FinalTournament

GS-FT: Group stage – finaltournament

Competition stages(aet): After extra time pens: PenaltiesNo.: Number og: Own goalag: Match decided on awaygoals

P: Penaltyagg: Aggregate

Pld: Matches played AP: AppearancesPos.: Position Comp.: CompetitionPts: Points D: DrawnR: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birthRes.: Result ET: Extra Timesg: Match decided by silvergoal

GA: Goals againstt: Match decided by toss of acoin

GF: Goals for W: Wongg: Match decided by goldengoal

Y: BookedL: Lost

Y/R: Sent off (two yellowcards)

Nat.: NationalityN/A: Not applicable

f: Match forfeited

Other abbreviations

LegendALL-TIME STATISTICSThe 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 UEFAclub 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 theInter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, whilethe 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 officialstatistics considered valid for communicating official records.

UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where theofficial has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics consideredvalid for communicating official records.

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Squad listD: Disciplinary*: Misses next match if bookedS: SuspendedUCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs onlyUCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to currentmatchdayUCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final onlyUEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifyingDisclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document isaccurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressedor implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use orinterpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations availableon UEFA.com.

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