European Cup · Group C - Matchday 02
Manchester United v Basel
3–3
HT 2–0
Manchester United drew 3–3 with Basel at Old Trafford on Tuesday 27th September 2011 in the European Cup. Danny Welbeck (16', 17') and Ashley Young (90') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 16' Danny Welbeck Assist: Ryan Giggs 1–0
- 17' Danny Welbeck Assist: Ryan Giggs 2–0
- 34' Alexander Frei
- Half Time 2–0
- 58' Fabian Frei 2–1
- 60' Alexander Frei Assist: Fabian Frei 2–2
- 61' Ji-Sung Park for Giggs
- 69' Luis Nani for Fabio
- 71' Granit Xhaka
- 76' Alexander Frei pen 2–3
- 82' Dimitar Berbatov for Anderson
- 90' Ashley Young Assist: Nani 3–3
- Full Time 3–3
Match Facts
Starting XI
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 CF-R
13 Alexander Frei CF-L ⚽⚽
19 David Abraham CD-R
20 Fabian Frei RM ⚽
24 Cabral CM-R
27 Markus Steinhöfer RB
31 Jacques Zoua LM
34 Granit Xhaka CM-L
Substitutes
5 Arlind Ajeti
7 Pascal Schürpf
11 Scott Chipperfield on
16 Taulant Xhaka on
23 Massimo Colomba
29 Radoslav Kovác
35 kwang Ryong Pak on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Thorsten Fink
Basel
Match Information
Man Utd
4-5-1
Formation
Basel
4-4-1-1
United vs Basel History
Meeting 3 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 3 times: 1W 2D 0L.
26 Nov 2002 W 3–1 EC 12 Mar 2003 D 1–1 EC
27 Sep 2011 D 3–3 This match
7 Dec 2011 L 1–2 EC 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 →