Villa vs.
FC Basel
๐ฉ 21 August 2001, Villa 4-1 Basel, Villa Park.
Game #4672
Manager: John Gregory | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | Odense, 1996โ2010
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: ๐จ 1-1
FT Score: ๐ฉ 4-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
Aggregate Score: ๐ฉ 5-2
Aggregate Result: ๐ฉ Won
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #7 |
Manager Game | #163 |
Tuesday, 21 August 2001
Scorer(s) | Darius Vassell | 45โ | Juan Pablo รngel | 55โ | 78โ | David Ginola | 84โ |
Assist(s) | David Ginola | 45' |
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Peter Schmeichel | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
LB Steve Staunton | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐ |
CB Alpay รzalan | ๐น๐ท |
RB Mark Delaney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Steve Stone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M George Boateng | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
M Lee Hendrie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
W David Ginola | ๐ซ๐ท | ๐ฅ | โฝ |
CF Juan Pablo รngel | ๐จ๐ด | โฝ | โฝ | ๐ |
F Darius Vassell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
Substitutes
๐ M Hassan Kachloul | ๐ฒ๐ฆ | for M Lee Hendrie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 65โ |
๐ RB Jlloyd Samuel | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for LB Steve Staunton | ๐ฎ๐ช | 68โ |
๐ CF Dion Dublin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CF Juan Pablo รngel | ๐จ๐ด | 80โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Peter Enckelman | ๐ซ๐ฎ |
M Paul Merson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Mustapha Hadji | ๐ฒ๐ฆ |
Starting XI
GK Pascal Zuberbรผhler |๐จ๐ญ|
LB Philippe Cravero |๐จ๐ญ|
CB Alexandre Quennoz |๐จ๐ญ|
CB Olivier Kreuzer | ๐ฉ๐ช | ๐ |
CB Murat Yakin |๐จ๐ญ|
M Hakan Yakin |๐จ๐ญ| ๐ |
M Benjamin Huggel |๐จ๐ญ|
M Scott Chipperfield | ๐ฆ๐บ | โฝ |
W Carlos Varela |๐จ๐ญ| ๐จ |
CF Georgios Kaumantarakis | ๐ฟ๐ฆ |
CF Christian Gimรฉnez | ๐ฆ๐ท | ๐ |
Substitutes
๐ | CB Olivier Kreuzer | ๐ฉ๐ช | (CB Ivan Knez |๐จ๐ญ|)
๐ | M Hakan Yakin |๐จ๐ญ| (M Sรฉbastien Barberis |๐จ๐ญ|)
๐ | CF Christian Gimรฉnez | ๐ฆ๐ท | (CF Hervรฉ Tum | ๐จ๐ฒ |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Romain Crevoisier |๐จ๐ญ|
RB Philipp Degen |๐จ๐ญ|
CF Jean-Michel Tchouga | ๐จ๐ฒ |
M Yao Aziawonou | ๐น๐ฌ |
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 30โ Goal, 0-1, (FC Basel), Scott Chipperfield
โฝ | 45โ Goal, 1-1, Darius Vassell, Assist by David Ginola
๐ | HT Aston Villa 1-1 FC Basel
โฝ | 55โ Goal, 2-1, Juan Pablo รngel
๐ | 65โ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Hassan Kachloul
๐ | 68โ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Jlloyd Samuel
โฝ | 78โ Goal, 3-1, Juan Pablo รngel
๐ | 80โ Sub off, Juan Pablo รngel, Sub on, Dion Dublin
๐จ | 81โ Booking, Steve Stone
โฝ | 84โ Goal, 4-1, David Ginola
๐ | FT Aston Villa 4-1 FC Basel
On This Day
Villa see off Basel in the Intertoto final with a strong performance at Villa Park to secure a place in the UEFA Cup proper.
Villa's mid July start pays dividends as Juan Pablo รngel and John Gregory lead them to UEFA Cup qualification as winners of the Intertoto Cup.
David Ginola scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 33rd appearance (17 Starts) to make it W11 D12 L10, 5 Goal, 8 Assists and 8 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.54 games played so far in his Villa career.
Juan Pablo รngel scores his 3rd goal in a Villa shirt on his 10th start (13 Appearances) to make it W5 D3 L5, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.50 starts so far in his Villa career.
Mark Delaney makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (66 Appearances) to make it W25 D21 L20, 1 Goal, 2 Assists, 9 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
๐จ 7 August 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park.
Game #4670
Manager: John Gregory | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Eric Romain | ๐ง๐ช | 1985-2002
Kick off: 5.45pm
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Score: ๐จ 1-1
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐จ
Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #5 |
Manager Game | #161 |
Tuesday, 7 August 2001
Scorer(s) | Paul Merson | 58โ |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Peter Enckelman | ๐ซ๐ฎ |
LB Alan Wright | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
CB Alpay รzalan | ๐น๐ท |
RB Mark Delaney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Hassan Kachloul | ๐ฒ๐ฆ |
M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M George Boateng | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
M Lee Hendrie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Paul Merson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ |
M Mustapha Hadji | ๐ฒ๐ฆ |
CF Dion Dublin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
Substitutes
๐ F Darius Vassell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ | for M Paul Merson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 65โ |
๐ M Steve Stone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CF Dion Dublin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 76โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Boaz Myhill | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
LB Steve Staunton | ๐ฎ๐ช |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W David Ginola | ๐ซ๐ท |
CF Juan Pablo รngel | ๐จ๐ด |
Starting XI
GK Pascal Zuberbรผhler |๐จ๐ญ|
CB Alexandre Quennoz |๐จ๐ญ|
CB Olivier Kreuzer | ๐ฉ๐ช |
CB Murat Yakin |๐จ๐ญ|
M Hakan Yakin |๐จ๐ญ| ๐ |
M Yao Aziawonou | ๐น๐ฌ |
M Mario Cantaluppi |๐จ๐ญ| ๐ |
M Ivan Ergic | ๐ท๐ธ |
M Scott Chipperfield | ๐ฆ๐บ |
CF Christian Gimรฉnez | ๐ฆ๐ท |
CF Jean-Michel Tchouga | ๐จ๐ฒ |
Substitutes
๐ | M Hakan Yakin |๐จ๐ญ| (M Sรฉbastien Barberis |๐จ๐ญ|)
๐ | M Mario Cantaluppi |๐จ๐ญ| (W Carlos Varela |๐จ๐ญ|)
Unused Substitutes
GK Romain Crevoisier |๐จ๐ญ|
RB Philipp Degen |๐จ๐ญ|
CB Ivan Knez |๐จ๐ญ|
M Benjamin Huggel |๐จ๐ญ|
CF Hervรฉ Tum | ๐จ๐ฒ |
Match Timeline
๐ | HT FC Basel 0-0 Aston Villa
โฝ | 58โ Goal, 1-0, Paul Merson
๐ | 65โ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Darius Vassell
๐ฅ
| 74โ Goal, 1-1, (FC Basel), Christian Gimรฉnez
๐จ | 75โ Booking, Alan Wright
๐ | 76โ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Steve Stone
๐จ | 76โ Booking, Darius Vassell
๐ | FT FC Basel 1-1 Aston Villa
On This Day
Villa secure an away goal in the first leg of the Intertoto Final in Switzerland to leave them one win away from UEFA Cup qualification.
Villa face FC Basel for the first time in competitive football, Basel become the 146th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villaโs 30th continental European opponents and their first from Switzerland.
Paul Merson scores an away goal to hand Villa the advantage ahead of the second leg at Villa Park.