European Cup · Matchday 6
Basel v Manchester United
2–1
HT 1–0
Manchester United lost 1–2 to Basel at St Jakob Stadium on Wednesday 7th December 2011 in the European Cup. Phil Jones (89') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 9' Marco Streller Assist: Xherdan Shaqiri 1–0
- 27' Granit Xhaka
- 44' Jonny Evans for Vidic
- 45' Ashley Young
- Half Time 1–0
- 64' Danny Welbeck for Young
- 82' Federico Macheda for Park
- 84' Alexander Frei Assist: Xherdan Shaqiri 2–0
- 87' Patrice Evra
- 89' Phil Jones 2–1
- 90' Fabian Frei
- Full Time 2–1
Starting XI
Player
4 Phil Jones 89'
Basel Lineup
4-4-1-1
Starting XI
1 Yann Sommer G
3 Joo-Ho Park LB
6 Aleksandar Dragovic CD-L
9 Marco Streller F ⚽
13 Alexander Frei RCF ⚽
17 Xherdan Shaqiri RM
19 David Abraham CD-R
20 Fabian Frei LM
24 Cabral CM-R
27 Markus Steinhöfer RB
34 Granit Xhaka CM-L
Substitutes
11 Scott Chipperfield on
14 Valentin Stocker on
21 Genséric Kusunga on
23 Massimo Colomba
29 Radoslav Kovác
31 Jacques Zoua
35 kwang Ryong Pak
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Heiko Vogel
Basel
Match Information
Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Basel
4-4-1-1
United vs Basel History
Meeting 4 of 6
6
Played
2
Won
2
Drawn
2
Lost
11
Goals For
8
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Tuesday 26th November 2002. After this match United had played Basel 4 times: 1W 2D 1L.
26 Nov 2002 W 3–1 EC 12 Mar 2003 D 1–1 EC 27 Sep 2011 D 3–3 EC
7 Dec 2011 L 1–2 This match
12 Sep 2017 W 3–0 EC 22 Nov 2017 L 0–1 EC | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 33.3 |
| Away | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 33.3 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →