Basel also played very impressive away games in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League and Huggel scored his first Champions League goal on 2 November 2011, the equaliser, during a group stage match away to Benfica. Thus Basel remained undefeated in the away games, winning against Oțelul Galați and drawing against Manchester United and Benfica and they qualified for the knockout phase. In the Round of 16 they were drawn against Bayern Munich. Despite a 1–0 home win they lost the second leg in the Allianz Arena and were knocked out.