2005–06 FC Basel season

The 2005–06 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 113th in existence and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Werner Edelmann was confirmed as the club's chairman for the fourth successive season at the AGM. FCB played their home matches in the St. Jakob-Park, in the Basel quarter St. Alban in the south-east of the city.

FC Basel
2005–06 season
FC Basel Logo
ChairmanSwitzerland Werner Edelmann
ManagerSwitzerland Christian Gross
StadiumSt. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super League2nd
Swiss CupRound of 16
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Matías Emilio Delgado (18)
All: Matías Emilio Delgado (27)
Highest home attendance32,712 (vs. Zürich, 13 May 2006)
Lowest home attendance12,947 (vs. Yverdon-Sport, 26 February 2006)
Average home league attendance21,807

Overview

Christian Gross was head coach for the seventh successive season. A number of players left the squad. Marco Zwyssig retired from active football. Sébastien Barberis was released on a free transfer, after eight years with the club and he moved on to FC Bulle. Philipp Degen transferred to Borussia Dortmund and Benjamin Huggel transferred to Eintracht Frankfurt. Goalkeeper Thomas Mandl returned to Austria and signed for Admira Wacker Mödling and defender Kléber returned to Brazil, signing for Santos. The two Argentinian strikers Christian Giménez and Julio Hernán Rossi also left the club, Giménez in August and Rossi during the winter break. Giménez parting was somewhat peculiar, he forced his immediate departure to the French team Olympique de Marseille by refusing to play against Werder Bremen.[1]

Basel made a few signings before the start of the 2005–06 season. For example, forward Eduardo, who was signed permanently from Toulouse, following his successful loan spell.[2] The young forward Felipe Caicedo was signed in from Rocafuerte Fútbol Club.[3] Midfielders Baykal Kulaksızoğlu was signed in from FC Thun and Papa Malick Ba from CS Sfaxien, goalkeeper Louis Crayton was signed in from Concordia Basel and a number of youngsters advanced from the U-21 team including Ivan Rakitić and Zdravko Kuzmanović.

The FC Basel aims for the 2005–06 season were to retain the league title, win the cup and as well as to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage.

FC Basel started the season with various warm-up matches. These included teams from the Swiss lower league as well as teams from France, Croatia and the Ukraine. They played six pre-season friendlies including the Uhrencup in Grenchen, winning four matches, but losing in the Uhrencup 0–2 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern and drawing the second match in this competition 2–2 against Trabzonspor. The six mid-season friendlies all ended with a victory.

During the winter break, the team had their traditional winter break soccer camp in La Manga, Spain. The defenders Daniel Majstorović and Kōji Nakata were brought in to replace Lyon-bound Patrick Müller and Murat Yakın who was to retire at the end of the season. The team played two games in their soccer camp, drawing 2–2 against German team Hamburger SV and beat local team Ciudad de Murcia 2–1. The other three winter break matches were played in Switzerland. Basel beat Locarno and beat Wohlen, bur lost against Rapid București. Of their 17 friendlies in this season, Basel won 13 matches, drew two and lost two.[4]

The Campaign

Domestic league

There were ten teams competing in the top tier 2005–06 Swiss Super League. The teams played a double round-robin in the first half of the season and then another double round-robin in the second half. There were three points for a victory and one each for a draw. The champions would enter the second qualifying round of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League. The championship runners-up and the third placed team would enter the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. The bottom placed team would be relegated, the second last team would play a play-off against relegation.

Basel's priority aim for the season was to win the league championship for the third time in a row. Despite the 3-0 defeat by FC Thun in the second round, Basel started the season well and led the championship right until the last day of the league campaign. On 26 February 2006, FC Basel broke their own club record of 52 unbeaten league games at St. Jakob Park, later extending it to 59. The unbeaten home run ended on the final day of the season with a last-minute goal from Zürich's Iulian Filipescu giving Zürich their first national championship since 1980–81. A 60th straight home league match undefeated, would have made Basel champions for third time in a row. The final score was 1-2 in favour of Zürich. The title was lost on goal difference.[5]

The last minute loss of the Championship and the subsequent riots, the so-called Basel Hooligan Incident, meant that the club would suffer the consequences.[6] As well as a huge fine, the first two home games of their 2006–07 season were held completely without fans, behind closer doors. The following three matches were held with just a part of the stadium capacity, without the fans from the "Muttenzer Kurve" (the eastern fan block).[7][8]

Domestic cup

Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup was to win it. In the first round of the 2005–06 Cup Basel were drawn away against lower league team Solothurn. Basel won this 4–1, with goals from David Degen, and Eduardo and twice Mladen Petrić. In round two they were drawn away against local lower league team Old Boys. Basel won this 6–1 and here Mile Sterjovski scored four goals and Zdravko Kuzmanović scored the other two. However, despite an early goal from Julio Hernán Rossi and two further goals from Matías Delgado, Basel were defeated in the third round home tie against FC Zürich 3–4. Basel's domestic cup aim was clearly missed. Second tier Sion won the trophy at the end of the season, beating Young Boys in the final after a penalty shoot-out.[5]

Champions League qualifying round

As Swiss champions, Basel entered the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and their aim was to reach the group stage. However, they were drawn against German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen and they lost 4-2 on aggregate. Three goals in eight second-half minutes in the return leg swung the tie decisively in the German side's favour.[9]

Werder Bremen (10 August 2005)

Goals in either half from David Degen and substitute Julio Hernán Rossi ensured Christian Gross's side the advantage before the return leg at the Weserstadion on 24 August. However, the German team still had every confidence of overturning the deficit, thanks to Miroslav Klose's strike on 72 minutes. Thomas Schaaf's men were behind after 27 minutes after some lax defending. Goalkeeper Andreas Reinke was stranded after Scott Chipperfield's shot had been blocked and Degen made no mistake when well placed. The wayward defending continued into the second half, allowing Argentinian striker Rossi to double the home team's advantage on 52 minutes by drilling through Reinke's legs to the obvious delight of a sell-out 29,000 crowd at St. Jakob Park. Yet the home fans were given pause for thought when Germany forward Klose pulled one back in the closing stages.[10]

Return match (24 August 2005)

Three goals in eight second-half minutes swing the tie decisively in the German side's favour. Until the opening goal Basel had protected Pascal Zuberbühler's goal with some ease, but a fortuitous deflection unhinged their defence after 63 minutes. A clearance from the Basel defence hit Patrick Owomoyela on the chest and the ball bounced into the penalty area, Bremen striker Ivan Klasnić was quickest to react and he tapped the ball into the empty net from close range. Basel found themselves further in arrears moments later when Johan Micoud was fouled in the penalty area by Reto Zanni. Tim Borowski made no mistake, slotting the ball into the bottom left-hand corner. The home side then guaranteed their spot into the draw for the next round, with Klasnić's second goal after 72 minutes. The striker latched on to Daniel Jensen's pass to send a left-footed strike in off the post beyond Zuberbühler from 15 metres.[11]

UEFA Cup

Subsequently Basel dropped into the 2005–06 UEFA Cup, where they met Bosnian club NK Široki Brijeg in the first round.

NK Široki Brijeg (15 September 2005, 29 September 2005)

In the first leg of the first round Basel played at home in the St. Jakob-Park and Matías Delgado scored a hat-trick as Basel won 5–0.[12] The return match in Široki Brijeg was also won. Basel sealed a 6–0 aggregate win to qualify for the Group stage.

Group stage

Here Basel were then drawn into Group E, alongside Strasbourg, Roma, Red Star Belgrade and Tromsø.

RC Strasbourg (20 October 2005)

Basel lost their first home match against Strasbourg 0–2 after defender Patrick Müller was sent off for pulling down Amara Diané in the 33rd minute. Diané himself had put the guests one up in the 15th minute and fellow Ivorian Arthur Boka scored a second ten minutes later.[13]

Red Star Belgrade (3 November 2005)

An away win against Red Star Belgrade in the second match day. Rossi ran on to a pin-point pass from Matías Delgado with just two minutes remaining as Basel vanquished memories of their 0-2 defeat by RC Strasbourg on Matchday 1. It completed a well-earned turnaround after Milan Purović had given the home side the lead midway through the first half. Basel soon drew level when Delgado converted a penalty on the half-hour mark, paving the way for a thrilling win.[14]

Tromsø IL (1 December 2005)

The Basel side rallied from being 1-3 down after 29 minutes to secure an unlikely 4-3 win to move second, while eliminating Tromsø. Tromsø had gone ahead as early as the second minute when Lars Iver Strand headed in Ole Andreas Nilsen's cross. Basel attempted to respond and came close a minute later, only for Eduardo to header over the bar, while 60 seconds later Matías Delgado also shot wide. Petrić did equalise as he fired in a left-footed shot after Smiljanić had headed Patrick Müller's free-kick into his path. However, Tromsø regained their lead three minutes later when Ole Martin Årst collected Joachim Walltin's pass before hitting an angled shot into the net from 12 metres. After 29 minutes the visitors opened up a 3-1 lead and this time Årst was the provider, playing the ball from the right for Strand to score his second of the evening. Basel piled on the pressure in the second half but were almost caught out when Patrice Bernier's header forced a save from Pascal Zuberbühler. Delgado reduced arrears when he converted a cross from Petrić just after the hour and it was all-square six minutes later when Scott Chipperfield headed in a Julio Hernán Rossi cross. With 16 minutes remaining, Basel took the lead for the first time as David Degen collected an Eduardo pass and scored from close range. Basel secured the most unlikely of wins to move into second place in the standings.[15]

AS Roma (14 December 2005)

An away defeat against Roma followed. Roma pressed from the very first moment and it was inevitable that Rodrigo Taddei put the home team one up after just 12 minutes. But Basel reacted and fought back. Ivan Ergić saw his header rebound from the cross bar after 25 minutes and Delgado's shot rebounded from the post just two minutes later, but the equaliser did not fall. In fact Francesco Totti put the home team two up just seconds before the half time whistle and shortly after the start of the second period Shabani Nonda added a third goal. With this three goal lead, AS Roma just tried to control the game and played just in midfield. Towards the end of the game Basel turned up their efforts and after 78 minutes Mladen Petrić pulled a goal back. But it wasn't enough to turn the game and Basel lost 1-3. Because, at the same time, Strasbourg scored the 2-2 equaliser in the fourth minute of over time against Red Star Belgrade, with some luck Basel qualified for the knock-out stages.[16]

AS Monaco (15 February 2006)

In the round of 32 Basel were drawn against AS Monaco and the first leg of this tie was played in St. Jakob-Park. Having dropped to ninth spot in the domestic league, Monaco were eager to impress on the continental stage, but always appeared vulnerable against a solid Basel outfit. The Swiss side took control of the match from the off, and went close to breaking the deadlock in the 19th minute as Lucas Bernardi cleared Eduardo's goalbound header from Mladen Petrić's long free-kick. Six minutes later Petrić dispossessed Monaco's Maicon and fizzed a fierce shot narrowly wide. Monaco playmaker Camel Meriem tested Pascal Zuberbühler in the 31st minute, and teenager Serge Gakpé was close to scoring on his European debut as the visitors pressed. Petrić, Matías Delgado and Mile Sterjovski all threatened Guillaume Warmuz's goal early in the second half, while the Monaco keeper also frustrated Bruno Berner and Petrić again before he was finally beaten by David Degen, the midfielder finishing coolly following Eduardo's pass in the 78th minute.[17]

AS Monaco return match (23 February 2006)

After being eliminated from the Champions League in the third qualifying round back in August, Monaco president Michal Pastor had made UEFA Cup success the club's main priority, saying: "We must win it. It's a question of honour." AS Monaco FC's pledge to win the UEFA Cup this season was broken as FC Basel 1893's Swedish defender Daniel Majstorović secured a priceless equaliser at the Stade Louis II. The home side had been handed a 21st-minute lead when on-loan striker Christian Vieri converted from the penalty spot after Jaroslav Plašil was brought down by Matías Delgado. However, Basel took what proved to be the decisive advantage eleven minutes into the second period as Mladen Petrić's cross from the left was headed by Majstorović past Flavio Roma to leave Monaco needing at least two goals for victory. While substitute Olivier Kapo had a couple of good efforts late on, but Basel's nerve held and another goal was not scored. Basel won 2-1 on aggregate.[18]

RC Strasbourg (9 March 2006)

Then, in the round of 16 Basel were drawn against Strasbourgh and were able to revenge themselves for the defeat in the Group stage. Matías Delgado scored one and set up the other as the Swiss side took the initiative, right from the start. Just eight minutes had elapsed when Argentinian midfielder Delgado picked himself up after an Edgar Loué foul and curled a superb free-kick around the wall to break the deadlock. The French team fought back in the second half, before Zdravko Kuzmanovic scored following another Delgado free kick to secure a healthy two-goal lead to take to Stade de la Meinau a week later.[19]

RC Strasbourg return match (16 March 2006)

In the Stade de la Meinau in front of just 8,000 spectators, Brazilian striker Eduardo gave the visitors a third-minute advantage, tapping in Mladen Petrić's unselfish square ball. However, Rudy Carlier soon levelled for the home team. That lifted Strasbourg and Alexander Farnerud saw three efforts denied, before Eduardo destroyed their hopes with an emphatic volley from David Degen's left-wing cross. There were still only 26 minutes on the clock and although the game calmed down before half-time, Basel began the second period with renewed verve as Boris Smiljanić and Mile Sterjovski forced impressive saves from Nicolas Puydebois. Cédric Kanté eventually made it 2-2 at the other end with 12 minutes remaining, but it was too little, too late as the Swiss side progressed to the quarter-finals.[20]

Middlesbrough (30 March 2006)

Basel were drawn against Middlesbrough in the quarter-finals and played the first leg at home at St. Jakob-Park. Two goals just before half-time inflicted a serious blow to the English Premiership side as Basel made the best of difficult conditions. On 43 minutes Matías Delgado collected his seventh goal of the competition when his hopeful long-range effort took a wicked bounce off the greasy surface and arced over the unfortunate Mark Schwarzer. The Australian international was beaten again before the interval as David Degen earned Basel a valuable first-leg two goal cushion. It was a deserved strike for Degen, whose tireless running proved a constant threat to the visitors' shaky defence. After Eduardo glanced a header wide on ten minutes, he was given a clearer opening when he met Degen's pullback, before testing Schwarzer with a shot on the turn. Middlesbrough, meanwhile, were limited to half-chances as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink drove a free-kick off target midway through the half, while a swerving attempt from Gaizka Mendieta forced Pascal Zuberbühler to tip over. With opportunities at a premium for Middlesbrough, Basel were rewarded for their endeavour through Delgado's opener, before Degen outpaced a sluggish back line to latch on to Eduardo's through-ball and drill a low shot beyond Schwarzer. The timing was terrible for Steve McClaren's men, but they responded well after the break. Hasselbaink drew a diving stop from Zuberbühler three minutes into the second period and Chris Riggott went even closer as he met a corner with a towering header. It cannoned off the crossbar, however, and Delgado repeated the feat at the other end with a free-kick as the game opened up. Riggott was on more familiar defensive duty on 70 minutes, his goalline block denying substitute Scott Chipperfield.[21]

Middlesbrough return match (6 April 2006)

Travelling to the Riverside Stadium for the return match, Basel took an early lead. Christian Gross' Basel always looked in control, having earned a 2-0 victory on home soil during the previous week, and their grip on the tie was further strengthened by Eduardo's close-range finish midway through the first half. Mark Viduka struck twice either side of half-time to breathe fresh life into the Middlesbrough's challenge, however, and when Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink found the net with a thunderous strike moments after the dismissal of Basel's Swedish defender Daniel Majstorovic, the momentum was with the home side. With time almost up, Massimo Maccarone slid in the winning goal from a tight angle to crown a remarkable comeback and earn a last-four tie against FC Steaua Bucuresti. The home team came close to halving their deficit in the opening seconds as Pascal Zuberbühler failed to collect George Boateng's high ball under pressure from Yakubu Ayegbeni, but the Nigerian international's angled shot towards the unguarded goal rolled into the side-netting. Basel then served notice of their attacking intent as Mile Sterjovski was left unmarked from a free-kick to flick an effort wide, but Middlesbrough failed to heed the warning and another set-piece proved their undoing in the 23rd minute, Boris Smiljanić nodding Mladen Petrić's free-kick across goal for Eduardo to tap in at the far post. That left the home side needing to score four times to stay in the competition, and they replied rapidly as Yakubu's physical presence unsettled the Basel defence and Viduka collected the loose ball before drilling a shot past Zuberbühler. The Basel goalkeeper preserved his side's two-goal aggregate advantage as the interval approached, however, stretching to palm Yakubu's effort around the post after a slick passing move had sliced open the visitors.

Urged on by tremendous home support Middlesbrough began the second period in frenetic fashion, with half-time substitute Hasselbaink and Viduka both forcing Zuberbühler into action. However, the Basel goalkeeper was powerless three minutes before the hour, Viduka collecting Yakubu's defence-splitting pass and rounding the goalkeeper to roll in before Majstorovic was sent off for a second bookable offence. Hasselbaink raised home hopes almost immediately with a thunderous shot from the edge of the area and just as it seemed Basel would hold out, Zuberbühler parried Fábio Rochemback's effort and Maccarone slid in the rebound from an acute angle to spark wild celebrations. Middlesbrough had fought back to win the match 4–1 and the tie 4–3.[22]

Conclusion

Middlesbrough beat Steaua București 4–3 in the semi-final and advanced to the final, but here they were beaten 4–0 by Sevilla. In spite of being knocked out in the quarter-finals, the cup run was considered a success for Basel. Matías Emilio Delgado ended the 2005–06 UEFA Cup season as the contest's top goal scorer.[23]

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Switzerland Christian Gross
Assistant manager Switzerland Fritz Schmid
Fitness coach Switzerland Thomas Grüter
Fitness coach Switzerland Romain Crevoisier
Youth team coach Switzerland Heinz Hermann
Youth team co-coach Switzerland Sandro Kamber

Last updated: May 2006
Source:

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Novartis

Home[24]
Away[24]

Source: Homepage FCB

Other information

Chairman Switzerland Mr Werner Edelmann
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (42,500 / 120x80 m)

Source: Homepage FCB

Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI Pascal Zuberbühler
3 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Damir Džombić
4 DF Switzerland SUI Michel Morganella
5 DF Sweden SWE Daniel Majstorović
6 DF Japan JPN Kōji Nakata
8 MF Australia AUS Mile Sterjovski
9 FW Argentina ARG César Carignano
10 FW Croatia CRO Mladen Petrić
11 MF Australia AUS Scott Chipperfield
12 MF Senegal SEN Papa Malick Ba
13 FW Argentina ARG Christian Eduardo Giménez
14 DF Algeria ALG Djamel Mesbah
15 DF Switzerland SUI Murat Yakin
16 DF Switzerland SUI Patrick Müller
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Croatia CRO Ivan Rakitić
18 GK Liberia LBR Louis Crayton
19 GK Brazil BRA Kléber
20 MF Argentina ARG Matías Emilio Delgado
21 MF Switzerland SUI David Degen
22 MF Serbia SRB Ivan Ergić
23 FW Brazil BRA Eduardo
24 DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Berner
25 GK Switzerland SUI Riccardo Meili
27 MF Serbia SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović
29 MF Switzerland SUI Baykal Kulaksızoğlu
30 DF Switzerland SUI Boris Smiljanić
32 DF Switzerland SUI Reto Zanni
33 FW Argentina ARG Julio Hernán Rossi
In
12 MF Senegal SEN Papa Malick Ba (from CS Sfaxien)
23 FW Brazil BRA Eduardo (from Toulouse)[2]
MF Switzerland SUI Baykal Kulaksızoğlu (from FC Thun)[25]
MF Croatia CRO Ivan Rakitić (from FC Basel U-21)[25]
MF Serbia SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović (from FC Basel U-21)[25]
18 GK Liberia LBR Louis Crayton (from FC Concordia Basel)[25]
GK Argentina ARG Caicedo (from Rocafuerte Fútbol Club)[3]
Out
DF Switzerland SUI Sébastien Barberis (to FC Bulle – Free)[25]
DF Switzerland SUI Philipp Degen (to Borussia Dortmund – n/a)[25]
13 FW Argentina ARG Christian Giménez (to Marseille)[1]
DF Switzerland SUI Benjamin Huggel (to Eintracht Frankfurt – n/a)[25]
DF Brazil BRA Kléber (to Santos – (loan))[26]
GK Austria AUT Thomas Mandl (to Admira Wacker Mödling – (loan)))[25]
MF Switzerland SUI Djamel Mesbah (to FC Aarau – Free)[25]
DF Switzerland SUI Marco Zwyssig (end of career)[25]
In
MF Georgia (country) GEO Mikhail Kavelashvili
5 DF Sweden SWE Daniel Majstorović (from Twente)[27]
6 DF Japan JPN Kōji Nakata (from Marseille)[27]
Out
16 DF Switzerland SUI Patrick Müller (to Lyon)[28]
33 FW Argentina ARG Julio Rossi (to Nantes)[29]

Results

Pre-season

22 June 2005 Pre-season friendly Celerina Auswahl Switzerland 0 – 15 Switzerland Basel San Gian, Celerina
18:30 Summary 14' (0:1) Rossi
15' (0:2) Rossi
18' (0:3) Rossi
28' (0:4) Petrić
30' (5:0) Rossi
34' (0:6) Degen
42' (pen. 0:7) Yakin
47' (0:8) Giménez
49' (0:9) Delgado
51' (0:10) Kléber
53' (0:11) Petrić
63' (0:12) Giménez
66' (0:13) Petrić
75' (0:14) Petrić
90' (0:15) Petrić
Attendance: 921
Referee: Switzerland Patric Collet
25 June 2005 Pre-season friendly Vaduz Liechtenstein 2 – 3 Switzerland Basel Sportanlage Rheinwiese, Schaan
17:30 Pohja 11' (1:0)
Stocklasa Yellow card
Polverino 74' (2:3)
Summary 26' (1:1) Petrić
36' (1:2) Petrić
58' (3:1) D. Degen
Attendance: 920
Referee: Liechtenstein Valerio Figaroli
1 July 2005 Pre-season friendly Basel Switzerland 4 – 3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Stadion Gitterli, Liestal
20:00 Giménez 18' (1:0)
Petrić 23' (2:0)
Sterjovski 66' (3:2)
Sterjovski 73' (4:2)
Summary 43' (2:1) Srna
61' (2:2) Ruslan
81' (pen. 4:3) Stoican
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
6 July 2005 Uhrencup Basel Switzerland 0 – 2 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:15 Summary 56' (0:1) Altıntop
73' (0:2) Seitz
Attendance: 4,868
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
8 July 2005 Uhrencup Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Turkey Trabzonspor Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:45 Giménez 9' (pen. 1:0)
Chipperfield 35' (2:0)
Summary soccer ball with red X 50′ Yattara
52' (pen. 2:1) Karadeniz
55' (2:2) Yılmaz
Attendance: 6,912
Referee: Switzerland
12 July 2005 Pre-season friendly Basel Switzerland 4 – 2 France Sochaux Stade Léon Burrus, Boncourt
19:20 Chipperfield 1' (1:0)
Delgado 33' (2:0)
Sterjovski 53' (3:0)
Rossi 64' (pen. 4:1)
Summary 54' (3:1) Kader
83' (4:2) Kader
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
26 July 2005 Mid-season friendly Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Germany SC Freiburg Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Sterjovski 25' (1:0)
Degen 32' (2:0)
Degen Yellow card 85'
Summary Yellow card 90' Wolfarth Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
2 August 2005 Mid-season friendly Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 Italy Parma Stadion Rankhof, Basel
19:00 Delgado 33' (1:0)
Petrić 70' (2:1)
Summary 63' (1:1) Rosina Attendance: 926
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
16 August 2005 Mid-season friendly SV Muttenz Switzerland 1 – 3 Switzerland Basel Margelacker, Muttenz
19:00 Leganyi 36' (1:0) Summary 41' (1:1) Rossi
74' (1:2) Eduardo
78' (1:3) Sterjovski
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
6 September 2005 Mid-season Kreuzlingen Switzerland 1 – 6 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz Burgerfeld, Kreuzlingen
19:00 Šabanović 67' (1:5) Summary 16' (0:1) Rossi
57' (0:5) Delgado
36' (0:3) Rossi
41' (0:4) Eduardo
57' (0:5) Delgado
70' (1:6) Zanni
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
11 October 2005 Mid-season FC Aesch Switzerland 0 – 12 Switzerland Basel Löhrenacker, Aesch
17:00 Summary 11' (0:1) Sterjovski
23' (0:2) Eduardo
35' (0:3) Delgado
36' (0:4) Ergić
42' (0:5) Sterjovski
62' (0:7) Mesbah
68' (0:8) Eduardo
75' (0:9) De Ferreira
80' (0:10) Thüring
86' (0:11) Sterjovski
88' (0:12) Eduardo
Attendance: 2,200 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet
15 November 2005 Mid-season Nordstern Switzerland 0 – 5 Switzerland Basel Rankhof, Basel
18:30 Summary 37' (0:1) Zanni
39' (0:2) Petrić
42' (0:3) Rossi
58' (0:4) Sterjovski
80' (0:5) Delgado
Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet

Winter break friendlies

17 January 2006 Winter camp Hamburger SV Germany 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
20:15 Takahara 10' (1:0)
Takahara 62' (2:2)
Summary 14' (1:1) Petrić
51' (1:2) Eduardo
Attendance: 100
Referee: Spain Diego Lopez Martinez
19 January 2006 Winter camp Ciudad de Murcia Spain 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
16:30 Jiménez 76' (1:1) Summary 10' (0:1) Eduardo
85' (1:2) Berner
Attendance: 150
Referee: Spain Juan Perez Perentiguez (Alicante)
29 January 2006 Winter break Basel Switzerland 5 – 1 Switzerland Locarno Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
13:00 Sterjovski 16' (1:0)
Caicedo 36' (2:0)
Caicedo 40' (3:0)
Kuzmanović 58' (4:1)
Delgado 72' (5:1)
Summary 51' (3:1) Arnold Attendance: 450
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Wermelinger
1 February 2006 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Wohlen Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00 Degen 8' (1:0)
Delgado 77' (pen. 2:0)
Summary Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Markus Von Känel
5 February 2006 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Romania Rapid București Stâde Municipal Payerne
14:30 Delgado 46' (1:1) Summary 8' (0:1) Burdujan
62' (pen. 1:2) Nicoliță
Attendance: 186
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Grossen

Swiss Super League

First half of season

19 July 2005 Round 1 Basel 1 – 0 Schaffhausen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Ergić 36' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 56' Maric
Yellow card 81' Sereinig
Attendance: 20,884
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
Note: 8 – 2 Corners
22 July 2005 Round 2 Thun 3 – 0 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
19:30 Adriano Yellow card 31'
Lustrinelli 61' (1:0)
Lustrinelli 69' (2:0)
Vieira 80' (3:0)
Summary Yellow card 11' Kulaksızoğlu Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
30 July 2005 Round 3 Basel 2 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Degen 20' (1:0)
Delgado 49' (2:0)
Chipperfield Yellow card 54'
Delgado Yellow card 79'
Summary 42' (2:1) Tararache
Yellow card 53' Nef
Yellow card 54' Džemaili
Yellow card 84' Schneider
Yellow card 85' Akihalaia
Yellow card 85' Margairaz
Attendance: 25,939
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)
6 August 2005 Round 4 Yverdon-Sport 1 – 2 Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
19:30 Gomes 60' (1:1)
Marazzi Yellow card 87'
N'Diaye Yellow card 90'
Summary 19' (0:1) Sterjovski
Yellow card 30' Petrić
69' (1:2) Sterjovski
Yellow card 73' Ba
Attendance: 4,060
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
14 August 2005 Round 5 St. Gallen 3 – 3 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15 Hassli 35' (1:2)
Koubský 60' (2:3)
Marić Yellow card 78'
Hassli 83' (pen. 3:3)
Summary 5' (0:1) Petrić
13' (0:2), 58' (1:3) Giménez
Yellow card 51' Ba
Yellow card 71' Yellow-red card 82' Kulaksızoğlu
Yellow card 79' Degen
Yellow card 81' Rossi
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
20 August 2005 Round 6 Basel 7 – 2 Aarau St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Giménez 17' (1:0)
Giménez 49' (2:0)
Giménez 56' (3:0)
Chipperfield Yellow card 51'
Delgado 69' (4:1)
Petrić 75' (5:1)
Sterjovski 79' (6:0)
Delgado 90+1' (7:2)
Summary Yellow card 14' Inler
64' (3:1) Giallanza
76' (5:2) Bieli
Yellow card 62' Simo
Yellow card 88' Vardanyan
Attendance: 22,258
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
27 August 2005 Round 7 Basel 3 – 0 Neuchâtel Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Delgado 41' (1:0)
Eduardo 51' (2:0)
Delgado 65' (3:0)
Summary Yellow card 26' Mangane
Yellow card 47' Besle
Attendance: 20,413
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)
11 September 2005 Round 8 Grasshoppers 2 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 Cabanas 29' (1:2)
Mitreski Yellow card 44'
Rogério Yellow card 71'
Rogério 90+6' (2:2)
Summary 6' (pen. 0:1) Delgado
22' (0:2) Rossi
Yellow card 83' Chipperfield
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Switzerland Leuba
22 September 2005 Round 9 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Rossi Yellow card 4'
Rossi 7' (1:0)
Degen Yellow card 59'
Chipperfield Red card 62'
Yellow card 4' Varela
Yellow card 5' Schwegler
Yellow card 24' Magnin
53' (1:1) João Paulo
Yellow card 67' Daniel
Attendance: 24,226
Referee: Switzerland Bertolini
25 September 2005 Round 10 Schaffhausen 1 – 2 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
16:15 Bunjaku 68' (1:2)
Tarone Yellow card 90'
Summary 34' (0:1) Delgado
55' (0:2) Eduardo
Yellow card 62' Smiljanić
Yellow card 90' Sterjovski
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Switzerland Kever
2 October 2005 Round 11 Basel 5 – 1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Müller Yellow card 7'
Degen 36' (1:0)
Petrić 60' (2:0)
Petrić 63' (3:0)
Petrić 79' (4:0)
Ba 88' (5:1)
Summary Yellow card 22' Deumi
86' (4:1) Şen
Attendance: 24,525
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
16 October 2005 Round 12 Zürich 2 – 4 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 Stucki Yellow card 17'
Filipescu Yellow card 27'
Margairaz 70' (1:4)
Di Jorio Yellow card 89'
Raffael 90+4' (2:4)
Summary 21' (0:1) Degen
27' (0:2) Delgado
33' (0:3) Eduardo
Yellow card 36' Rossi
66' (0:4) Delgado
Attendance: 18,400 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
29 October 2005 Round 13 Basel 3 – 1 Yverdon-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Degen 4' (1:0)
Chipperfield 18' (2:0)
Kulaksızoğlu Yellow card 34'
Delgado 66' (3:1)
Smiljanić Yellow card 74'
Summary 35' (2:1) Aguirre
Yellow card 51' Jaquet
Attendance: 18,929
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
6 November 2005 Round 14 Basel 1 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:15 Zanni 6' (1:0)
Chipperfield Yellow card 14'
Sterjovski Yellow card 86'
Summary Yellow card 4' Marić
Yellow card 56' Tachie-Mensah
Attendance: 23,132
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
20 November 2005 Round 15 Aarau 0 – 2 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
16:00 Tcheutchoua Yellow card 10' Summary 18' (0:1) Ba
Yellow card 20' Degen
Yellow card 35' Smiljanić
82' (0:2) Rossi
Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Switzerland Reto Tutz
4 December 2005 Round 17 Basel 1 – 0 Grasshoppers St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Delgado 6' (pen.)
Ba Yellow card 44'
Eduardo Yellow card 73'
Yellow card 3' Sutter
Yellow card 56' Touré
Yellow card 61' Stepanovs
Attendance: 25,270
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
7 December 2005 Round 16 Neuchâtel Xamax 3 – 2 Basel Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00 Lubamba 33' (pen. 1:1)
Rey 43' (2:0)
Rey Yellow card 54'
Mangane Yellow card 60'
Coly 78' (3:1)
Summary 24' (0:1) Smiljanić
89' (3:2) Petrić
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Salm
11 December 2005 Round 18 Young Boys 1 – 6 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
Raimondi 20' (1:1)
Tiago Yellow card 23'
10' (0:1) Degen
22' (1:2) Smiljanić
Yellow card 28' Delgado
26' (1:3) Ergić
44' (1:4) Eduardo
60' (1:5) Delgado
80' (1:6) Sterjovski
Attendance: 27,547
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla

Second half of season

12 February 2006 Round 19 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 Džemaili 74' (1:1)
Von Bergen Yellow card 65'
Filipescu Yellow card 66'
Summary Yellow card 8' Degen
71' (0:1) Petrić
Attendance: 18,400 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
19 February 2006 Round 20 Basel 1 – 1 Schaffhausen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Majstorović 3' (1:0)
Kuzmanović Yellow card 36'
Delgado Yellow card 75'
Summary 30' (1:1) Pires
Yellow card 22' Diogo
Yellow card 82' Pires
Yellow card 90' Truckenbrod
Attendance: 17,644
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
26 February 2006 Round 21 Basel 2 – 1 Yverdon-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Zanni Yellow card 25'
Degen Yellow card 34'
Nakata 45' (1:1)
Sterjovski 63' (2:1)
Summary 16' (o.g. 0:1) Smiljanić
Yellow card 18' El Haimour
Yellow card 34' Dugić
Yellow card 49' Marcão
Red card 90' Tournut
Attendance: 12,947
Referee: Switzerland Reto Rutz
4 March 2006 Round 22 Thun 1 – 1 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
17:30 Deumi Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 75'
Gelson 90+2' (1:1)
Summary 7' (0:1) Eduardo
Yellow card 23' Duruz
Yellow card 37' Degen
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Switzerland Salm
12 March 2006 Round 23 Basel 2 – 1 Grasshoppers St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:15 Eduardo 21' (1:0)
Eduardo Yellow card 21'
Delgado Yellow card 67'
Kavelashvili 90' (2:1)
Summary Yellow card 16' Seoane
Yellow card 24' Muff
35' (1:1) dos Santos
Yellow card 42' dos Santos
Yellow card 55' Leandro
Attendance: 21,042
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)
19 March 2006 Round 24 St. Gallen 2 – 2 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15 Calla 1' (1:0)
Tachie-Mensah 69' (2:1)
Summary 52' (1:1) Ergić
90+2' Smiljanić
Red card 90+3' Sterjovski
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
22 March 2006 Round 25 Basel 1 – 1 Aarau St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Nakata Yellow card 39'
Kavelashvili 82' (1:1)
Summary Yellow card 38' Carreño
53' (0:1) Bieli
Yellow card 77' Colomba
Yellow card 80' Baning
Yellow card 85' Simo
Attendance: 17,232
Referee: Switzerland Salm
2 April 2006 Round 27 Basel 2 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Berner Yellow card 54'
Petrić 86' (1:0)
Majstorović 90' (pen. 2:0)
Summary Yellow card 39' P. Schwegler
Yellow card 72' Everson
Attendance: 24,425
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
2 April 2006 Round 28 Young Boys P – P Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
9 April 2006 Round 29 Basel 2 – 1 Neuchâtel Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Chipperfield 27' (1:0)
Ba Yellow card 28'
Majstorović 49' (2:1)
Summary Yellow card 14' Šehić
37' (1:1) Šehić
Yellow card 50' Geiger
Yellow card 80' Aka'a
Attendance: 17,855
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
12 April 2006 Round 30 Aarau 1 – 5 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30 Bieli 43' (1:2)
Christ Red card 66'
Summary 14' (0:1) Chipperfield
Yellow card 28' Eduardo
35' (0:2) Petrić
48' (1:3) Chipperfield
54' (1:4) Ergić
Yellow card 69' Delgado
87' (1:5) Kavelashvili
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
15 April 2006 Round 26 Neuchâtel Xamax 1 – 5 Basel La Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
18:45 Maraninchi Yellow card 8'
Coly 76' (1:5)
Summary 8' (0:1) Petrić
10' (0:2) Chipperfield
20' (0:3) Delgado
50' (0:4) Sterjovski
Yellow card 52' Nakata
54' (0:5) Degen
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
20 April 2006 Round 31 Basel 3 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Majstorović 40' (1:0)
Chipperfield Yellow card 56'
Delgado 61' (2:1)
Petrić 63' (3:1)
Summary Yellow card 56' Cerrone
55' (1:1) Ljubojević
Attendance: 21,779
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
23 April 2006 Round 32 Grasshoppers 1 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 Touré 32' (1:0)
Denicolà Yellow card 82'
Summary 70' (o.g. 1:1) Mitreski
Yellow card 62' Petrić
Yellow card 86' Degen
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
29 April 2006 Round 33 Basel 2 – 0 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Delgado 6' (1:0)
Petrić 8' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 21,229
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
Note: No yellow cards
3 May 2006 Round 34 Yverdon-Sport 1 – 3 Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
20:15 N'Diaye Yellow card 8'
Rogério 89' (1:3)
Summary 35' (0:1) Majstorović
51' (0:2) Petrić
87' (0:3) Sterjovski
Attendance: 4,320
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
6 May 2006 Round 35 Schaffhausen 0 – 4 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
17:45 Silva Yellow card 16'
Sereinig Yellow card 53'
Summary 4' (0:1) Delgado
53' (0:2) Kuzmanović
63' (0:3) Delgado
88' (0:4) Kavelashvili
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Switzerland Reto Rutz
10 May 2006 Round 28 Young Boys 4 – 2 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
19:30 Yapi 28' (1:0)
Yakin 41' (2:0)
Tiago 69' (3:1)
João Paulo 78' (4:1)
Varella Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card 90+2'
Summary Yellow card 20' Degen
Yellow card 50' Zanni
51' (2:1) Petrić
Yellow card 60' Kuzmanović
90+3' (4:2) Delgado
Attendance: 24,809
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
13 May 2006 Round 36 Basel 1 – 2 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Delgado Yellow card 6'
Petrić 72' (1:1)
Petrić Yellow card 80'
Summary Yellow card 25' Von Bergen
30' (0:1) Keita
Yellow card 38' Schneider
Yellow card 45' Margairaz
Yellow card 59' Leoni
Yellow card 83' Filipescu
90+2' (1:2) Filipescu
Attendance: 32,712 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zürich (C) 36 23 9 4 86 36 +50 78 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Basel 36 23 9 4 87 42 +45 78 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Young Boys 36 17 11 8 60 46 +14 62 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Grasshopper 36 14 13 9 44 33 +11 55 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Thun 36 14 7 15 50 53 3 49
6 St. Gallen 36 11 7 18 51 56 5 40
7 Aarau 36 8 11 17 29 63 34 35
8 Schaffhausen 36 7 12 17 32 55 23 33
9 Neuchâtel Xamax (R) 36 9 6 21 41 70 29 33 Qualification to relegation play-off
10 Yverdon-Sport (R) 36 9 5 22 38 64 26 32 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Swiss Cup

2005–06 Swiss Cup

19 September 2005 Round 1 Solothurn 1 – 4 Basel Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
19:00 Rickli Yellow card 30'
Mendi 66' (1:2)
Summary 57' (0:1) Degen
65' (0:2) Eduardo
67' (1:3) Petrić
Yellow card 77' Zanni
85' (1:4) Petrić
Attendance: 4,950
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
22 October 2005 Round 2 Old Boys 1 – 6 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel,
17:30 Meyer Yellow card 40'
Roussel Yellow card 59'
Derdiyok 75' (1:5)
Derdiyok Yellow card 76'
Summary 11' (0:1) Sterjovski
16' (0:2) Sterjovski
50' (0:3) Sterjovski
60' (0:4) Kuzmanović
73' (0:5) Sterjovski
81' (2:6) Kuzmanović
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
18 December 2005 Round 3 Basel 3 – 4 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Rossi 12' (1:0)
Delgado 32' (2:1)
Ba Yellow card 37'
Smiljanić Yellow card 61'
Degen Yellow card 80'
Delgado 70' (3:4)
Rossi Yellow card 90+2'
Summary Yellow card 9' Stahel
Yellow card 13' Keita
23' (1:1) Tararache
Yellow card 31' Filipescu
42' (2:2) César
51' (2:3) Raffael
69' (2:4) Džemaili
Yellow card 83' Nef
Attendance: 17,469
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber

UEFA Champions League

For more information, see 2005–06 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

10 August 2005 First Leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 Germany Werder Bremen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 D. Degen 28' (1:0)
Rossi 52' (2:0)
Quennoz Yellow card 84'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 23' Jelle Van Damme
Yellow card 62' Davala
74' (2:1) Klose
Attendance: 28,101
Referee: Belgium Paul Allaerts, (KBVB)
24 August 2005 Second Leg Werder Bremen Germany 3 – 0 Switzerland Basel Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Klose Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 79'
Klasnić 65' (1:0)
Borowski 68' (pen. 2:0)
Klasnić 73' (3:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 2' D. Degen
Yellow card 40' Eduardo
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen (DBU)

Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

First round

All times CET

15 September 2005 First Leg Basel Switzerland 5 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Delgado 10' (1:0)
Ergić 70' (2:0)
Delgado 78' (3:0)
Eduardo 85' (4:0)
Delgado 88' (5:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 15' Yellow-red card 53' Rezic
Yellow card 23' Kozul
Attendance: 14,458
Referee: Hungary Zsolt Szabo (MLSZ)
29 September 2005 Second Leg Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stadion Pecara, Široki Brijeg
19:30 UEFA summary
FCB summary
Petrić 8' (0:1) Referee: Finland Tony Asumaa (SPL)

Basel won 6-0 on aggregate.

Group stage / Group E

20 October 2005 First match day Basel Switzerland 0 – 2 France Strasbourg St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Müller Red card 30'
Degen Yellow card 55'
Chipperfield Yellow card 76'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
15' (0:1) Diané
25' (0:2) Boka
Yellow card 68' Johansen
Attendance: 16,623
Referee: England Mark Halsey (FA)
3 November 2005 Second match day Red Star Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stadion FK Crvena zvezda, Belgrade
17:00 Purović 25' (1:0)
MladenovićYellow card 54'
BastaYellow card 59'
Dudić Yellow card 65'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
30' (pen. 1:1) Delgado
Yellow card 57' Delgado
Yellow card 77' Zanni
88' (1:2) Rossi
Attendance: 0 (closed doors)
Referee: Denmark Knud Erik Fisker (DBU)
1 December 2005 Fourth match day Basel Switzerland 4 – 3 Norway Tromsø St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Petrić 17' (1:1)
Delgado 61' (2:3)
Chipperfield 67' (3:3)
Degen 75' (4:3)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
2' (0:1) Strand
19' (1:2) Årst
29' (1:3) Strand
Yellow card 82' Kibebe
Attendance: 14,887
Referee: Poland Krzysztof Slupik (PZPN)
14 December 2005 Fifth match day Roma Italy 3 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stadio Olimpico, Rome
20:45 Taddei 12' (1:0)
Totti 45' (2:0)
Nonda 49' (3:0)
Chivu Yellow card 61'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
78' (3:1) Petrić
Yellow card 82' Eduardo
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Germany Helmut Fleischer (DFB)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France Strasbourg 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Italy Roma 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7
3 Switzerland Basel 4 2 0 2 7 9 2 6
4 Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade 4 1 1 2 7 8 1 4
5 Norway Tromsø 4 1 0 3 7 9 2 3
Source:

Round of 32

15 February 2006 First Leg Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 France Monaco St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:00 Degen 78' (1:0) UEFA summary
FCB summary
Attendance: 14,143
Referee: Netherlands Pieter Vink (KNVB)
Note: No yellow cards
23 February 2006 Second Leg Monaco France 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stade Louis II, Monaco
20:45 Bernardi Yellow card 9'
Vieri 21' (pen. 1:0)
Chevantón Yellow card 76'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 38' Smiljanić
56' (1:1) Majstorović
Yellow card 56' Majstorović
Yellow card 71' Zanni
Attendance: 11,955
Referee: Cyprus Costas Kapitanis (CFA)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

9 March 2006 First Leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 France Strasbourg St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Delgado 8' (1:0)
Ba Yellow card 22'
Kuzmanović 89' (2:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 14' P. Farnerud
Yellow card 57' Lacour
Yellow card 69' Deroff
Yellow card 73' Abdessadki
Yellow card 90+2' Bellaïd
Attendance: 14,243
Referee: Italy Stefano Farina (FIGC)
15 March 2006 Second Leg Strasbourg France 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
18:00 Carlier 11' (1:1)
Kanté 78' (2:2)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
3' (0:1) Eduardo
26' (1:2) Eduardo
Referee: Portugal Olegário Benquerença (FPF)
Note: No yellow cards

Basel won 4-2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

30 March 2006 First Leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 England Middlesbrough St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 D. Degen Yellow card 29'
Majstorović Yellow card 40'
Delgado 43'
D. Degen 45+1'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 53' Downing
Yellow card 77' Riggott
Attendance: 23,639
Referee: Italy Roberto Rosetti (FIGC)
6 April 2006 Second Leg Middlesbrough England 4 – 1 Switzerland Basel Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
21:00 Riggott Yellow card 24'
Viduka 33' (1:1)
Parnaby Yellow card 44'
Viduka 57' (2:1)
Hasselbaink 79' (3:1)
Maccarone 90' (4:1)
Maccarone Yellow card 90+1'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
23' (0:1) Eduardo
Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 74' Majstorović
Yellow card 58' D. Degen
Yellow card 90+3' Zuberbühler
Attendance: 24,521
Referee: Russia Yuri Baskakov (RFS)

Middlesbrough won 4-3 on aggregate.

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