Liverpool in Europe - 2002/03 Champions League

Round:

Stage 1, Group B : M6

2002-03 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Stadium:

St. Jakob Park

Date:

Tuesday, 12th November 2002

Attendance:

35,000

Time:

20:45 (local time)

Referee:

Claude Colombo

Coach:

Christian Gross

Coach:

Gerard Houllier

FC BASEL

LIVERPOOL

Pascal Zuberbuhler

Jerzy Dudek

Marco Zwyssig

Sami Hyypia (C)

Antonio Esposito

Vladimir Smicer

64 3:2

10.

Hakan Yakin

Emile Heskey

13.

Christian Gimenez

22 2:0

10.

Michael Owen

85 3:3

VALIDATED

15.

Murat Yakin (C)

13.

Danny Murphy

61 3:1

17.

Mario Cantaluppi

16.

Dietmar Hamann

20.

Bernt Haas

17.

Steven Gerrard

22.

Ivan Ergic

18.

John Arne Riise

24.

Thimothee Atouba

29 3:0

23.

Jamie Carragher

33.

Julio Rossi

2 1:0

30.

Djimi Traore

George Koumantarakis

H. Yakin 90

22.

Chris Kirkland

11.

Herve Tum

Rossi 76

Milan Baros

Heskey 61

12.

Sebastien Barberis

Gimenez 66

Markus Babbel

El Hadji Diouf

Carragher 79

21.

Salif Diao

Gerrard 46

25.

Igor Biscan

28.

Bruno Cheyrou

St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland	Distance from Anfield Stadium: 993 km - 617 miles

Official Programme. 4 pages.

Match Flyer. It is accepted as being the official issue for the match.

Official team sheet from UEFA website.

Blick newspaper previews the match.

Forty page FC Basel magazine which covers the three group matches in the Champions League.

3-0 down at half-tome, 3-3 after 90 minutes, Smicer scoring Liverpool's second goal of the night and his only European goal of the season, a penalty saved by the GK and #LFC scoring from a rebound to make it 3-3... It's not Istanbul, it's Basel away #OTD in 2002!#LFChistory_net pic.twitter.com/ZduT3SfAj3
— LFChistory.net (@LFChistory) November 12, 2020

Match Day! FC Basel vs Liverpool. St Jakob Park. Champions League. 19:45 BST. Time to right the wrongs of 2002.#LFC pic.twitter.com/aQjKAe7iel
— LFC Photo (@LFCphoto) October 1, 2014

#OnThisDay in 2002!
Basel-Liverpool 3-3!
3-0.....3-3...@LFC #LFC pic.twitter.com/VWICSvYLdx
— Юлиян Динев (@forever96juli) November 12, 2020

From 3-0 at HT to 3-3 at FT: #LFC away game in Basel (on 12th November 2002) wasn't an easy one. Although Liverpool managed to score 3 goals in the second half and get a draw, that wasn't enough to secure 2nd place in our CL group. pic.twitter.com/Wacg6bbYj6
— LFChistory.net (@LFChistory) November 12, 2018

Where are they now? We've taken a look back at the Liverpool starting XI vs. Basel in 2002 - http://t.co/q1QpB4bKtR pic.twitter.com/u8cKfNAmtO
— Squawka (@Squawka) October 1, 2014

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard returns to Basel - where a 2002 nightmare helped turn him into a superstar. pic.twitter.com/UROAa8oKlH
— IG : famkop_id (@FamilyKopitesID) October 1, 2014

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Commemorative Plaque in the FC Basel Fanshop / Museum.

Image courtesy of Jim Clarke

Photograph from https://fanpictures.ru/

GROUP B	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts.
Valencia CF	6	5	1	0	17	4	13	16
FC Basel	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9
Liverpool	6	2	2	2	12	12	0	8
Spartak Moscow	6	0	0	6	1	18	-17	0

(Aug 30 2014) Kevin Nealon said:

The 2003 Champions League Final was won 3:2 on penalties by AC Milan against Juventus after the match ended 0:0 in Manchester.

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The following Sunday Liverpool drew 0:0 with Sunderland at Anfield. The match had a 2:00 PM kick off time. The result left Liverpool in 2nd position in the Premier League on 31 points after 14 matches; 1 point behind leaders Arsenal.

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