Date - Tuesday, September 12 2017
Kickoff Time - 1945 Hrs BST
Venue - Old Trafford, Manchester
Champions League form guide
Manchester United:
FC Basel:
Previous Meetings
FC Basel 2-1 Manchester United
Manchester United 3-3 FC Basel
Manchester United 1-1 FC Basel
FC Basel 1-3 Manchester United
All-Time Record
Manchester United wins - 1
FC Basel wins - 1
Draws - 2
Pre-Match Pressers
José Mourinho
Raphael Wicky
Team News
Manchester United
Zlatan Ibrahimović and Marcos Rojo ruled out. Eric Bailly and Phil Jones suspended. Marouane Fellaini doubtful.
FC Basel
Alexander Fransson, Dimitri Oberlin, Germano Vailati and Mohamed Elyounoussi doubtful.
Know the opposition
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel or just Basel, is a Swiss professional football club based in Basel. FC Basel was started by an advertisement on 12 November 1893 that appeared in the Basler national newspaper requesting that a football team be formed and that anyone that wished to join should meet up the following Wednesday at 8:15. So, on 15 November 1893, FC Basel was born in the city of Basel. One of the early clubs captains was Joan Gamper, who later founded FC Barcelona in Spain. FC Basel did not have much of an early footballing success; it took them 40 years to win their first trophy, winning the Swiss Cup in 1933 when they defeated arch-rivals and reigning cup-holders Grasshopper Club Zürich 4–3, in what is now considered to be one of the best cup finals in Swiss football history.
Basel's long-awaited title-win came in 1977 as they triumphed over Servette FC in a playoff. This meant that Basel returned to play in the European Cup but they were defeated in the first round once more, this time by Wacker Innsbruck of Austria, after showing so much promise on their last European outing. After years of disappointment, success followed Christian Gross' appointment in 1999. In 2002, Basel won the double (Swiss Championship and Swiss Cup) and reached the final of the Intertoto Cup. In the following season, they were the second Swiss team to ever play in the Champions League. The city of Basel and the city of Zürich have a long-standing rivalry. Therefore, FCB's most traditional and fiercest rivals are Grasshopper Club Zürich and FC Zürich. Basel play home games at St. Jokob-Park, which is currently the largest club stadium in Switzerland.
Referee
Ruddy Buquet.
Know the opposition
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel or just Basel, is a Swiss professional football club based in Basel. FC Basel was started by an advertisement on 12 November 1893 that appeared in the Basler national newspaper requesting that a football team be formed and that anyone that wished to join should meet up the following Wednesday at 8:15. So, on 15 November 1893, FC Basel was born in the city of Basel. One of the early clubs captains was Joan Gamper, who later founded FC Barcelona in Spain. FC Basel did not have much of an early footballing success; it took them 40 years to win their first trophy, winning the Swiss Cup in 1933 when they defeated arch-rivals and reigning cup-holders Grasshopper Club Zürich 4–3, in what is now considered to be one of the best cup finals in Swiss football history.
Basel's long-awaited title-win came in 1977 as they triumphed over Servette FC in a playoff. This meant that Basel returned to play in the European Cup but they were defeated in the first round once more, this time by Wacker Innsbruck of Austria, after showing so much promise on their last European outing. After years of disappointment, success followed Christian Gross' appointment in 1999. In 2002, Basel won the double (Swiss Championship and Swiss Cup) and reached the final of the Intertoto Cup. In the following season, they were the second Swiss team to ever play in the Champions League. The city of Basel and the city of Zürich have a long-standing rivalry. Therefore, FCB's most traditional and fiercest rivals are Grasshopper Club Zürich and FC Zürich. Basel play home games at St. Jokob-Park, which is currently the largest club stadium in Switzerland.
Referee
Ruddy Buquet.
