2009–10 FC Basel season

FC Basel began their 2009–10 season with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league, Ukrainian Vyscha Liha, and Super League Greece clubs. The club's aim for their first team during the 2009–10 season were to win back the league championship and to win the cup title. It was also their aim qualify for the UEFA Europa League group stage.

FC Basel
2009–10 season
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ChairmanSwitzerland Gisela Oeri
ManagerGermany Thorsten Fink
Swiss Super League1st (champions)
Swiss CupWinners
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Switzerland Marco Streller (21)

All:
Switzerland Marco Streller (30)
Highest home attendance27,087 vs Young Boys
(30 August 2009)
Lowest home attendance20,239 vs FC St. Gallen
(23 September 2009)
Average home league attendance23,666

Overview

The pre-season started with several major changes, the biggest being the sacking of coach Christian Gross, who was replaced by the German Thorsten Fink. Fink was appointed as Basel's new manager on 9 June 2009.[1] The new manager let several players go by not extending their contracts. These were Ronny Hodel, Jürgen Gjasula, Ivan Ergić and Eduardo. Star striker Eren Derdiyok was sold to Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Eduardo Rubio returned to Cruz Azul because his loan was not made permanent. A number of players were brought into the first team from the under-21 squad to replace them, including Xherdan Shaqiri, Marco Aratore and Oliver Klaus. A number of new players were signed, the highest profile being Alexander Frei from Borussia Dortmund. Others new signings included Turkish Çağdaş Atan from Energie Cottbus, Ghanaian Samuel Inkoom from Asante Kotoko, Massimo Colomba from rivals Grasshopper, Brazilian Antônio da Silva on loan from Karlsruher SC and Cabral who returned after being on loan to Sevilla.

The Campaign

Domestic League

In domestic affairs, Basel swept the board, despite a poor start to the season. After the eighth round Basel were only in ninth position in the league table, second last. They had lost three and won only two of the first eight league matches. This was also due to the number of injuries that the players suffered in the pre-season and in the early stages. After the weak start the results changed to the better, the team won seven of the eight subsequent matches. Under these were a 4–0 home win against St. Gallen and a 5–0 against Sion. The most spectacular, however, was the 5–4 away win against Luzern, where FCB took the lead three times, only for Luzern to equalise each time, only minutes later. In the 87th minute Luzern went in front for the first time and looked as though they would win, but entering into added time Alexander Frei equalised for FCB and in the fourth minute of added time Marco Streller scored the definitive winner.[2] However, following the teams second defeat against table leaders Young Boys, Basel went into the winter break thirteen points behind the league leaders.

In the second half of the season the team played their best football. Basel with nine straight victories, 16 wins in their last 18 games, they made a comeback in the table. Despite suffering an embarrassing 0–4 away defeat against the Grasshoppers in the fifth last round, Basel drew level with Young Boys on 77 points before the last match of the season. Strangely enough, in the last round the two teams played against each other. This match was in Bern at the Stade de Suisse on 16 May 2010, the YB at home against FCB, with a capacity crowd of 31,120 spectators. Both teams started well into this so-called "Finalissima" and both teams created their chances. However, after Alberto Regazzoni was cautioned for a foul on Valentin Stocker in the 23rd minute, Basel won control of the game and home goalkeeper Marco Wölfli was forced to make a good save following Scott Chipperfield's left footed shot. Jacques Zoua had a good shock blocked and Stocker failed to connect to a cross from the right. In the 38th minute a cross from defender Scott Sutter gave Seydou Doumbia, the YB top scorer his first chance, but the header went wide. Directly after this Basel game forward with a long ball from Zoua to Carlitos, controlling the ball well he saw Stocker free on the other side of the penalty area. Carlitos played a long pass, the ball bounced high on the artificial grass field, but the winger was able to flick the ball into the net. Then, exactly on the hour, a left footed cross from Stocker found Scott Chipperfield unmarked in front of goal and he was able to head home and give Basel a 2–0 win.[3]

Seydou Doumbia became league top goal scorer with 30 goals. Joint second top scorer in the league was Basel's top scorer Marco Streller with 21 goals. He was level with Cristian Ianu from FC Luzern and Émile Mpenza from FC Sion. Second top scorer in the team was Alexander Frei with 15, third was Scott Chipperfield with 13, followed by Valentin Stocker with 12 and Benjamin Huggel with 11 goals. The team achieved their aim by winning the championship.

Domestic Cup

Basel entered the 2009–10 Swiss Cup in the first round of the competition and the team's clear aim for the Cup was to win it. In the first round, teams from the Super League and Challenge League were seeded and could not play against each other. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable.

SC Cham (20 September 2009)

Basel were drawn against SC Cham, who at that time played in the 1. Liga, the third tier of Swiss football. The match was played at the Herti Allmend Stadion in Zug with a sold-out capacity crowd of 5,210 spectators. Basel dominated their opponents, although they were able to hold on until shortly before the half time whistle. In the 44th minute Federico Almerares was able to put the visitors into the lead. Shortly after the break it was again Almerares who scored Basel's second goal and in 76th minute Orhan Mustafi netted their third. The hosts were getting tired, but although the visitors were creating chances, a shot from Alexander Frei hit the cross-bar, Basel could not increase the score. With the result at 3–0 Basel advanced to the second round.[4]

Le Mont (17 October 2009)

Teams from the Super League were seeded in the second round and could not play each other. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Basel were drawn against FC Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, who at that time were semi-professional and played in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. The match was played at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in front of 1,000 spectators. Basel dominated their opponents from the first minutes. After a corner in the fifth minute and a header from David Abraham a Le Mont defender was able to clear from the goal-line. But then Marco Aratore, Marco Streller and Federico Almerares scored the goals to put Basel three up before half time. Le Mont never gave up and fought until the end. In the 63rd minute Renato Rocha pulled a goal back for the home time, but there wasn't enough for more. With a 3–1 away win Basel advanced to the third round.[5]

Zürich (20 November 2009)

In the third round, the ties were drawn, there was no seeding, everyone could meet everyone. The home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, otherwise to the team that was drawn first. Basel were drawn at home against top tier Zürich and the game was watched by 17,749 supporters. Both teams started well, the game was intensive and both teams created chances. Valentin Stocker was able to score a goal after 17 minutes and this put the home team at an advantage. Zürich reacted and Dusan Djurić with their best chance managed the equaliser after 32 minutes. This was the score at half-time and after the break Basel pressed forwards. In the 53rd minute Alexander Frei put the home team in front. Basel were now in control of the game. Again Frei, just five minutes later, scored to put the home them further into the lead. In the 75th minute Marco Streller put the ball into the Zürich net and the game was as much as decided. In the second minute of over-time Alexandre Alphonse was lucky to collect a diagonal ball from his teammate and he netted to make the final score 4–2 for the home team, who thus advanced to the quarterfinals.[6]

Biel-Bienne (12 December 2009)

The quarterfinals were played as the last match of the year and gave Basel another home tie in the St. Jakob-Park. Their opponents were second tier Biel-Bienne and they were watched by a crowd of just 7,503 people. They saw the favourites take control of the game from the very beginning, but the favorites could not profit from their dominance immediately. In the sixth minute Marcos Gelabert saw his shot rebound from the post and in the ninth minute he saw his header rebound from the cross-bar. Basel kept playing forwards, creating chances and in the 24th minute Xherdan Shaqiri also saw his shot rebound from the goal-post. Eventually the goal had to come and in the 45th minute Alexander Frei put the home team in front. After an hour of play Frei doubled up and nine minutes later Marco Streller managed the third. Although immediately after the restart Dennis Hediger pulled a goal back for the visitors the game was decided and Basel won 3–1 to advance to the semi-finals.[7]

Kriens (5 April 2010)

The semi-finals were played on the afternoon of Easter Monday and Basel were drawn away against SC Kriens. The match was played in the Stadion Kleinfeld in front of over 5,000 spectators, the conditions were dry but not warm. Basel were missing goalkeeper Franco Costanzo, midfielder Cabral, and their two Swiss international forwards Alexander Frei and Marco Streller due to injury. Their midfielder Valentin Stocker returned for the first time to the club where he had played his early youth football before he moved to Basel in 2005. He was received with a warm welcome from the fans, but was also the victim of the first considerably hard foul during the first minutes of the game. Both teams seemed to make no progress during the early stages and it took up until the 17th minute before the first chance was created. Basel's midfielder Marcos Gelabert played a long diagonal cross from the left side, defender Patrik Baumann was unable to clear the ball and Federico Almerares, who was positioned behind him, put the favorites a goal up. Kriens forward Janko Pacar had two good chances for the home side, one before the break and one after, but they both failed. Basel controlled the game during the second half, but the game became much more physical, the Kriens team collected four yellow cards and the Basel team three, but the narrow result remained until the end. Basel won 1–0 and thus advanced to the final.[8]

Lausanne-Sport (9 May 2010)

Basel's opponents in the final were Lausanne-Sport, who at that time played in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. Lausanne had qualified for the final beat beating top tier St. Gallen 2–1 in the semi-final. The final was played in the St. Jakob-Park in front of 30,100 spectators and under these was also Swiss international team manager Ottmar Hitzfeld. Basel were clear favourites and the two young international players Valentin Stocker in the 28th minute and Xherdan Shaqiri two minutes later put Basel into a comfortable two goal lead by half-time. Just one minute into the second half Jacques Zoua added the third and six minutes later Scott Chipperfield the fourth. The captain of the Swiss international team Alexander Frei came on as a substitute in the 67th minute, making his comeback after being out injured fracture of his right arm since February. Frei gave the assist as Stocker scored the fifth. The final score was 6–0 as international Benjamin Huggel scored with a header in the last minute of the game. It had been a fair game, referee Sascha Kever did not have to show a single yellow card.[9]

Conclusion

Basel won the Swiss Cup for the tenth time in the club's history. Basel achieved the double this season and thus completed their domestic aims. As finalists of the Swiss Cup, Lausanne qualified for the second qualification round of the UEFA Europa League.[10]

UEFA Cup

Basel's clear aim for this competition was to reach the group stage and to advance to the knock-out stage, which was to start after the winter break.

Second qualifying round

Basel entered the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round and were drawn against Andorrans Santa Coloma.

Santa Coloma (16 July 2009)

The first leg was at home in the St. Jakob-Park in front of over 25'000 spectators and this high amount of spectators was because the club granted free entry to everybody. Basel were clear favorites to win the match and so new head-coach Thorsten Fink used the opportunity to bring some young players from the U-21 team into the squad. Basel started well and pushed forward as expected. In the 5th minute Santa Colma goalkeeper Ricardo Fernandez had to react quickly to deflect a shot from Benjamin Huggel onto the post. It was one of the youngsters in the starting eleven Serkan Şahin who put the hosts a goal up after 23rd minutes. In the 28th minute Antônio da Silva netted again for Basel, but the linesman ruled him offside. Three minutes after half time Marco Streller scored Basel's second goal and in the 59th minute Federico Almerares scored as well and the match ended 3–0 in Basel's favour.[11]

Return match (23 July 2009)

The second leg was played in Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall one week later. Basel again dominated their opponents and Marco Streller put them ahead in the 12th minute. Two minutes later Marcos Gelabert doubled up. Five minutes before the break Santa Coloma's Argentinian defender José Daniel Álvarez was unlucky and deflected a ball passed his own goalkeeper. Directly afterwards Santa Coloma pressed forward and the Basel defence brought Maicon down. He took the spot-kick himself sending goalkeeper Franco Costanzo the wrong way. Basel dominated the second half, but could not create dangerous situations until the final minutes. Three minutes from time substitute Federico Almerares ran clear and scored his goal to and the match ended with a 4–1 away victory for Basel, thus victors with a 7–1 on aggregate.[12]

Third qualifying round

FCB were then drawn against KR Reykjavík of Iceland in the third qualifying round. They in their turn had beaten Greek team Larissa in the previous qualifying round.

KR Reykjavík (30 July 2009)

The first leg took place at KR-völlur on a dry and sunny pitch on 30 July in front of 1,500 spectators. Basel had started well, but the goal scored by Alexander Frei after four minutes was disallowed due to an off-side decision by Spanish referee Fernando Teixeira Vitienes. Then, early goals from Gudmundur Benediktsson, after six minutes, and Grétar Sigurdsson, on nine minutes, gave the home side a 2–0 lead. Basel took control of the game after this early shock, they played well together and pressed forwards, but it was not until the 58th minute before Scott Chipperfield pulled one back and until the 83rd minute before Federico Almerares levelled the score. Basel came away with a deserved two all draw.[13]

Return match (6 August 2009)

The second leg in Switzerland took place and a sunny and warm evening in front of 13,117 spectators. Head-coach Thorsten Fink again made multipal changes to the starting eleven, but the players understood themselves well and played an attacking football with both Alexander Frei and Marco Streller coming to early chances. Frei then used a good Streller pass to put the home team a goal up after 29 minutes. Seconds before half time Marcos Gelabert challenge on Takefusa was ruled as penalty and because Gelabert protested he was shown a second yellow card and sent-off. Takefusa sunk the spot-kick leaving keeper Franco Costanzo with no chance. Despite being a man less in the second half Basel pushed forward. A free-kick from Scott Chipperfield in the 77th minute hit the near post and the next chance was netted by Xherdan Shaqiri to put the hosts in front again. The visitors were under pressure and defending with all they had and picked up three yellow cards for fouls in just three minutes. Basel were awarded a penalty on 79 minutes and Alex Frei converted it as the match ended with a 3–1 win for Basel, meaning they won 5–3 on aggregate.[14]

Play-off round

Basel progressed to the play-off round. With their coefficient 51.050 they were seeded and were drawn against FK Baku of Azerbaijan with one of the lowest coefficients 0.899. Baku had dropped into this round after being eliminated from the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase (Champions Path) by Levski Sofia. Basel were clear favourites, but although Baku meant that there would be an arduous journey to Azerbaijan, on the other hand the chances of success were extremely good.[15]

Baku (20 August 2009)

The first leg was played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Baku's normal grounds Guzanli Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria. The attendance was some 13,000 people and the referee was Zsolt Szabó from the Hungarian Football Federation. He was called into action very early because of the hard ways of playing, there were three/four hard fouls and then after another Ernad Skulić was shown the yellow card in the third minute. The game calmed from then immediately and both teams played well, especially the visitors, but it was Fernando Nestor Pérez who put the locals 1–0 ahead just after half time. Basel head-coach Thorsten Fink then reacted and substituted in the two attacking midfielders Carlitos and Xherdan Shaqiri for the defensive players Samuel Inkoom and Behrang Safari. The changes worked-out and the team turned it around and won 3–1, scoring three goals in six minutes, these coming two from Marco Streller and the other from Benjamin Huggel.[16]

Return match (27 August 2009)

One week later the second leg at St. Jakob-Park took place in front of 7,113 spectators. Basel started well and created chances. In the 32nd minute Federico Almerares eventually converted one of their chances to give them the lead. The players were still celebrating their first success and did not concentrate as Baku played a fast counter-attack, Felipe Almeida Félix took his chance and put the teams level again. It was Basel's turn to react and they did. Marcos Gelabert put the hosts 2–1 up on 36 minutes. Basel were in control of the match and in the second half Alexander Frei, Benjamin Huggel and Xherdan Shaqiri each added another goal. The match ended with Basel winning 5–1 on the night and 8–2 on aggregate.[17]

Group stage

The victory in the play-offs meant that Basel qualified for the Europa League group stage. The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round. The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 28 August 2009. The matches in group stage took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009. FCB were then drawn into Group E alongside A.S. Roma (Italy), Fulham (England) and CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria).

Roma (17 September 2009)

Basel started in the group with a home game against Roma. It was a cloudy day and, in the evening, it was warm with about 18 °C, but the pitch in the St. Jakob-Park was damp. Basel started fast into the game, in 11th minute Carlitos shot the hosts into the lead. A loose ball fell in front of Cabral's feet and he immediately passed it to Carlitos, who, with a first-time drive from about 30 metres found the bottom corner of the goal. Then an intense period of pressure from the Roma team followed. Francesco Totti sent a dipping free-kick which hit the top of the crossbar and John Arne Riise's long-range drive was deflected wide. Alexander Frei nearly doubled the hosts' lead, but he was stopped by a good challenge from Philippe Mexès. Soon after Marco Streller had a powerful header tipped over the bar, following a good move down the right flank. In the 72nd minute Streller then hit the crossbar with a very good volley. A late breakaway by substitute Federico Almerares earned Basel an impressive victory and the three points, just three minutes from time, as he was sent clear by Frei and calmly rounded Júlio Sérgio to score and make it a 2–0 win.[18]

Fulham (1 October 2009)

Matchday 2 in the group stage saw Basel make their first ever visit to Craven Cottage and some 16,000 supporters were in the stadium to see a tight encounter between Fulham and the visitors. Referee was German Michael Weiner, it was a cloudy evening and the pitch was dry. Basel started well and were in charge of the game, as in the 13th minute as their winger Behrang Safari out ran Fulham defender Stephen Kelly wide on the touchline and he played an exact pass to Alexander Frei, but the striker placed his shot the wrong side of the post. Basel midfield Benjamin Huggel hooked a half-volley over the bar after 20 minutes and he was guilty of another miss four minutes later, after Marco Streller had headed on a ball to leave him with only keeper Mark Schwarzer to beat. The visitors had much the better first period. Fulhaim manager Roy Hodgson must have said harsh words to his team because the team played better after the break. Basel still played somewhat better, but Fulham captain Danny Murphy struck with a low drive in the 57th minute and this remained the only goal of the game, as his side then won 1–0 to climb to the top of Group table.[19]

CSKA Sofia (22 October 2009)

Basel's third match in the group stage took place on 22 October and was an away game against CSKA Sofia. CSKA Sofia played their home group matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria. Referee was Jorge Sousa from Portugal, the weather was cloudy and cool, the pitch was soft and there were 25,000 spectators. Basel started slowly, but were in charge of the game and were always looking dangerous whenever they pushed forward. Basel took the lead in the 20th-minute, as Marco Streller let a long ball bounce past him to Alexander Frei, who was able to chest it down and place his shot beyond keeper Ivan Karadzhov who was rushing towards him. Frei could have scored his second goal as he burst through between two defenders in the 39th minute, but he shot wide. Basel kept up their momentum, but CSKA didn't bring much to stand at the other end. After the half time break Frei had another chance, only a last gasp tackle by substitute Aleksandar Branekov denied him on the hour. In the 63rd minute he did manage his second goal as he rose highest to head home a cross that came from the right from Carlitos. Keeper Karadzhov then managed to parry a further another Frei effort following a goalmouth hustle. Basel came home with a 2–0 victory.[20]

CSKA Sofia (5 November 2009)

Matchday four was the return game against the Bulgarians and this was played two weeks later in St. Jakob-Park with 15,255 spectators. Referee was Oleh Oriekhov from the Football Federation of Ukraine, the weather was cloudy and the pitch was soft. Basel head coach Thorsten Fink was forced to change his team because of injuries to goalkeeper Franco Costanzo, defender David Abraham and midfielders Carlitos and Antônio da Silva. The visitors were the team playing better during the first half-hour and Basel were forced to defend in the early stages, but the game changed dramatically in just six minutes. After 35 minutes Marcos Gelabert opened the score, as Valentin Stocker laid the ball into his path and his 20-metre shot was slightly deflected as it made its way into the goal, beyond the reach of keeper Zdravko Chavdarov. Six minutes later Bulgarian defender Aleksandar Branekov fouled Alexander Frei in the penalty area and he converted the spot-kick himself. In the 61st minute CSKA came back into the match as Marquinhos's corner flew over all the central players and found Todor Yanchev, who was able to control the ball with his chest and to score with a looping shot beyond goalkeeper Massimo Colomba. However the CSKA revival didn't last long, because only six minutes later Benjamin Huggel's long pass over flew the defence and came to Frei, who moved neatly past Chavdarov and push the ball into the empty net. Frei struck twice against CSKA for the second game running. This was the goal to 3–1 and this score remained until the end.[21]

Roma (3 December 2009)

The return game against Roma on matchday five was played in Stadio Olimpico in front of 27,000 spectators. Basel began well, the team was daring and venturesome, the Italians started somewhat slow. Basel took a deserved lead after 18 minutes as a left-wing cross from Valentin Stocker to the near post was headed home by Basel captain Benjamin Huggel. Roma were then forced to increase their pressure and they did, Simone Perrotta had two near misses within four minutes. Then Cicinho's cross flew high into the penalty area, Marcos Gelabert pulled back Francesco Totti and referee Tony Chapron from the French Football Federation whistled for a spot-kick. Totti himself converted the penalty beyond keeper Stefan Wessels's left hand. Basel started into the second half as they had at the beginning of the game, acting dangerously. Ten minutes after the break keeper Júlio Sérgio did well to tip an Alexander Frei effort over the top. Roma then increased their pressure again and a series of first-time passes ended with Daniele De Rossi playing the ball behind the Basel back line to Mirko Vučinić and his left-footed shot put his team into the lead. During the closing stages Marco Streller forced keeper Sérgio to make a save with his feet and Alexander Frei hit the cross-bar but the visitors were unable to equalise. The game ended 2–1 for Roma, leaving Basel's fate hinging on the final match against Fulham.[22]

Fulham (16 December 2009)

Matchday six, the return game against Fulham, was played in the St. Jakob-Park in front of 20,063 spectators. The pitch was wet after rain, this turned to snow and the temperature dropped to freezing point. The outcome of this group was far from being decided, Roma were group leaders with ten points, Basel were second with nine points and Fulham had eight points. Roma were already qualified for the knock-out stage and one of the two teams playing here were to advance as well, Basel needed not to lose. The match started level on terms, neither side playing better than the other, but neither creating many good chances. However, Bobby Zamora scored twice in three minutes just before half-time to put the Premier League side two in front at the break. Zamora nearly completed his hat-trick just following the beak, but reserve keeper Massimo Colomba stretched and saved his free-kick. Alexander Frei pulled one back with a second-half penalty in the 64th minute following a handball, but then in the 77th minute Zoltán Gera restored the visitors two-goal lead. However, the visitors' nerves were fraying during the closing stages and in the 87th minute Marco Streller headed home. This gave Basel hope of a draw and that would have sent them through to the next round, Fulham were happy that they survived the nerve-wracking last few minutes.[23]

Conclusion

In a close game, the English club had narrowly won 3–2, sending Basel out of the competition with third place in the Group Table. This meant that Basel's aim for the European competition was not quite achieved, their hopes had been to advance to the knock-out stage. Group winners A.S. Roma were eliminated in the next round, being defeated twice 3–2 by Panathinaikos. Fulham advanced to the final in the HSH Nordbank Arenain Hamburg but were defeated 2–1 after extra time by Atlético Madrid.[24]

Club

FC Basel Holding AG

The FC Basel Holding AG (Holding) owns 75% of the club FC Basel (FC Basel 1893 AG) and the other 25% is owned by the club members. Chairwoman of the Holding was Gisela Oeri. She owned 91.96% of the shares. The other 8,04% of the shares were owned by a group of investors, these being Manor AG, J. Safra Sarasin, Novasearch AG, MCH Group AG and Weitnauer Holding AG. As chairwoman of the holding Ms Oeri was also chairwoman of the club.

Club management

The club's board of directors remained in the same constellation as in the previous season.

One of the most important occurrences during the year 2010 was the formation of the Nachwuchs Campus Basel, to English foundation Youth Campus Basel. This was founded by then FCB chairwoman Gigi Oeri with the aim of promoting youth football in Basel on a sustainable basis. The purpose of the foundation is the integral training and promotion of young football talents in football, schooling, education and personality. The first managing director of the foundation was Benno Kaiser and he was also in the club's board of directors. Since its formation, the foundation owns the accommodation centre which provides space for youth players and offers them supervised accommodation and nutrition. The foundation was to aid in the administration of the club's youth department. The foundation was to build, later to run and maintain the campus grounds.

Chairwoman Switzerland Mrs Gisela Oeri
Vice Chairman Switzerland Mr Bernhard Heusler
Finances Switzerland Mr Stephan Werthmüller
Sportdirector Switzerland Mr Georg Heitz
Marketing Switzerland Mr René Kamm
Director Switzerland Mr Reto Baumgartner
Director Switzerland Mr Dominik Donzé
Director Switzerland Mr Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (38,512[25])
(37,500 for international matches[26] / 120x80 m)

Source: Official Site

Team management

Players

First team

As of 7 October 2009, accounting for official transfers:[28] 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 Argentina ARG Franco Costanzo (Captain)
3 DF Algeria ALG Sabri Boumelaha
4 DF Turkey TUR Çağdaş Atan
5 DF Switzerland SUI Dominik Ritter
6 MF Argentina ARG Marcos Gelabert
7 MF Switzerland SUI Pascal Schürpf
8 MF Switzerland SUI Benjamin Huggel (Vice-captain)
9 FW Switzerland SUI Marco Streller
10 MF Serbia SRB Marko Perović
11 MF Australia AUS Scott Chipperfield
13 FW Switzerland SUI Alexander Frei
14 MF Switzerland SUI Valentin Stocker
15 FW Argentina ARG Federico Almerares
17 MF Switzerland SUI Xherdan Shaqiri
18 GK Germany GER Stefan Wessels
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Argentina ARG David Abraham
20 DF Sweden SWE Behrang Safari
21 DF France FRA François Marque
22 DF Ghana GHA Samuel Inkoom
23 GK Switzerland SUI Massimo Colomba
24 MF Switzerland SUI Cabral
25 MF Brazil BRA Antônio da Silva
26 MF Switzerland SUI Daniel Ünal
27 MF Switzerland SUI Marco Aratore
28 DF Switzerland SUI Beg Ferati
29 FW Switzerland SUI Orhan Mustafi
30 MF Portugal POR Carlitos
31 FW Cameroon CMR Jacques Zoua
32 DF Switzerland SUI Reto Zanni (Vice-captain)
33 DF Turkey TUR Serkan Şahin
35 GK Switzerland SUI Oliver Klaus

Multiple Nationality

In

3 DF Algeria ALG Sabri Boumelaha (from Basel U-21)
4 DF Turkey TUR Çağdaş Atan (from Energie Cottbus – Free)
5 DF Switzerland SUI Dominik Ritter (loan return from Concordia Basel)
7 MF Switzerland SUI Pascal Schürpf (loan return from Concordia Basel)
13 FW Switzerland SUI Alexander Frei (from Borussia Dortmund – 6.4 million SFr)
17 MF Switzerland SUI Xherdan Shaqiri (from Basel U-21)
18 GK Germany GER Stefan Wessels (Free Agent)
22 DF Ghana GHA Samuel Inkoom (from Asante Kotoko[29] – 800,000 SFr)
23 GK Switzerland SUI Massimo Colomba (from Grasshopper Club Zürich – Free)
24 MF Switzerland SUI Cabral (loan return from Sevilla)
25 MF Brazil BRA Antônio da Silva (Loan from Karlsruhe – 450,000 SFr)
27 MF Switzerland SUI Marco Aratore (from Basel U-21)
31 FW Cameroon CMR Jacques Zoua (from Cotonsport Garoua)
35 GK Switzerland SUI Oliver Klaus (from Basel U-21)

Out

2 DF Switzerland SUI Ronny Hodel (to FK Ventspils – Free)
7 MF Germany GER Jürgen Gjasula (to FSV Frankfurt – Free)
17 FW Chile CHI Eduardo Rubio (loan return to Cruz Azul)
22 MF Serbia SRB Ivan Ergić (to Bursaspor – Free)
23 FW Brazil BRA Eduardo (contract not re-newed)
31 FW Switzerland SUI Eren Derdiyok (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 7.4 million SFr)
35 GK Switzerland SUI Oliver Stöckli (retired)

Out on loan

16 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Frei (on loan to St. Gallen)
18 GK Switzerland SUI Jayson Leutwiler (on loan to Yverdon Sport)
27 GK Switzerland SUI Yann Sommer (on loan to Grasshopper)
29 FW Switzerland SUI Orhan Mustafi (on loan to FC Aarau)

Competitions

Overall

Basel participated in the following major competitions: the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Swiss Super League Winner 12 July 200916 May 2010
Swiss Cup Round 1 Winner 20 September 20099 May 2010
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Group stage 16 July 200916 December 2009

Source: Competitions

Results and fixtures

Pre- and mid-season friendlies

22 June 2009 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland FC Gossau San Gian, Celerina
15:30 Almerares 11' (pen. 1:0)
Mustafi 58' (2:1)
Aratore 71' (3:1)
Summary 37' (1:1) Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
24 June 2009 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Bellinzona San Gian, Celerina
16:00 Mustafi 7' (1:0)
Schindelholz 88' (2:2)
Summary 33' (1:1) Sermeter
57' (1:2) Lustrinelli
Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Philipp Stomeo
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
24 June 2009 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–0 Switzerland FC Wohlen San Gian, Celerina
18:00 Gelabert 10' (1:0)
F. Frei 73' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Pascal Erlachner
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
26 June 2009 Pre-season Vaduz Liechtenstein 0–5 Switzerland Basel Sportspark, Sargans
16:30 Kempe Yellow card 59' Summary 7' (0:1) Almerares
Yellow card 30' Şahin
34' (0:2) Huggel
Yellow card 44' Çağdaş
69' (0:3) Mustafi
84' (0:4) Perović
88' (0:5) F. Frei
Attendance: 700
Referee: Switzerland Michele Cassiani
30 June 2009 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2–0 Switzerland FC Grenchen Sports facilities St. Jakob, Münchenstein
19:30 Perović Yellow card 41'
Gelabert 53' (pen. 1:0)
Almerares 57' (2:0)
Summary Yellow card 53' Molina Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Remo Lanfranchi
6 July 2009 Uhrencup Basel Switzerland 2–0 Greece Panathinaikos Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:30 Almerares 65' (1:0)
Huggel 86' (2:0)
Summary Yellow card 22' Yellow-red card 78' Karagounis Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Grossen
8 July 2009 Uhrencup Basel Switzerland 0–3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:30 Gelabert Yellow card 39'
Perović Yellow card 59'
Summary Yellow card 37' Rakitskyi
57' (0:1) Chyhrynskyi
Yellow card 61' Fernandinho
63' (0:2) Aghahowa
65' (0:3) Jádson
Attendance: 4,197
Referee: Switzerland Stéphan Studer
4 September 2009 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland Biel-Bienne Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
19:00 Almerares 44' (1:1)
Kulcar 50' (2:1)
G. Xhaka 63' (3:1)
Summary Morello 30' (1:0) Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet
Note: FCB with test player Kristjan Kulcar and from the U-21 Granit Xhaka, Roman Buess and Dennis Iapichino
5 October 2009 Mid-season SV Rust Germany 1–5 Switzerland Basel Allmendwald, Rust
17:15 Herdrich 1' (1:0) Summary 22' (1:1) Almerares
43' (1:2) Almerares
(1:3) Unal
76' (1:4) Almerares
89' (1:5) Almerares
Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Justus Zorn
13 October 2009 Mid-season Sissach-Gelterkinden Selection Switzerland 1–12 Switzerland Basel Tannenbrunn, Sissach
19:00 Till Vogt 54' (1:4) Summary 29' (0:1) Almerares
42' (0:2) Streller
49' (0:3) Streller
51' (0:4) Shaqiri
58' (1:5) Aratore
63' (1:6) da Silva
69' (1:7) Osmani
71' (1:8) Shaqiri
72' (1:9) da Silva
73' (1:10) Unal
80' (1:11) da Silva
82' (1:12) Osmani
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Switzerland Remo Lanfranchi
Note: FCB with players from U-21: Xherdan Shaqiri, Altin Osmani and Oliver Klaus and test player Willian Ferreira
13 November 2009 Mid-season SC Freiburg Germany 3–2 Switzerland Basel Europa-Stadion, Rheinfelden
18:00 Roth 16' (1:0)
Caligiuri 45' (2:1)
Schuster 50' (pen. 3:1)
Summary 39' (pen. 1:1) Zanni
89' (3:2) Perović
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Germany Michael Kempter
Note: Game for the 100th anniversary of FC Rheinfelden 09
24 November 2009 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–2 Switzerland FC Basel U-21 Sports facilities St. Jakob, Münchenstein
Unal 21' (1:2)
Gelabert 35' (2:0)
Aratore 45' (3:2)
Summary 11' (0:1) Eigenmann
19' (0:2) Ferreira
Attendance: 50
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Benz

Winter Break and mid-season friendlies

9 January 2010 Winter Break SC Freiburg Germany 1–2 Switzerland Basel Dreisamstadion
19:00 Mendy 11' (1:1) Summary 7' (0:1) Stocker
57' (1:2) Almerares
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Germany Matthias Jöllenbeck
11 January 2010 Winter Break Basel Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland FC Basel U-21 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:20 Ferati 32' (1:0)
Ritter 61' (2:0)
Almerares 75' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 120
12 January 2010 Winter Break Basel Switzerland 1–3 Germany Bayern Munich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Streller 10' (1:0)
Çağdaş Yellow card 39'
Summary 73' (1:1) Altıntop
85' (1:2) Klose
87' (1:3) Klose
Attendance: 20,087
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
16 January 2010 Winter Break AZ Alkmaar Netherlands 2–0 Switzerland Basel MPFS, San Pedro de Alcántara
14:00 Mendes da Silva 36' (1:0)
Lens 70' (2:0)
Swerts Yellow card
Summary Yellow card Marque
Yellow card Gelabert
Referee: Spain José Marin
18 January 2010 Winter Break FK Pelister North Macedonia 1–5 Switzerland Basel Estadio Polideportivo Municipal, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:00 Bujcevsk 72' (1:2) Summary 7' (0:1) Huggel
12' (0:2) Huggel
75' (1:3) G. Xhaka
82' (1:4) Schürpf
84' (1:5) Almerares
Attendance: 150
Referee: Spain Vicente Tirado Troyano
22 January 2010 Winter Break Viking FK Norway 0–4 Switzerland Basel Estadio Polideportivo Municipal, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:00 Summary 23' (0:1) Almerares
70' (0:2) Huggel
72' (0:3) Almerares
74' (0:4) Shaqiri
Referee: Spain José Marin
26 January 2010 Winter Break Basel Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland FC Wohlen Stadion Rankhof, Basel
16:00 F. Frei 34' (1:0)
F. Frei 62' (2:0)
Summary 76' (2:1) Marjanovic Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Reto Walker
31 January 2010 Winter Break Basel Switzerland 0–2 Switzerland Wil Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00 Summary 27' (0:1) Čavušević
40' (0:2) Lezcano
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
3 February 2010 Winter Break Nordstern Basel Switzerland 1–7 Switzerland Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
18:30 Puymege 45' (1:5) Summary 13' (o.g. 0:1) Achache
22' (0:2) Hasler
25' (0:3) Hasler
35' (0:4) Almerares
44' (0:5) Almerares
77' (1:6) Perović
87' (1:7) Schürpf
Attendance: 260
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
Note: FCB with three players from their U-21 team: David Hasler, Marc Dinkel and Niki Wiedmann
10 February 2010 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–0 Switzerland Thun Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:00 Almerares 54' (1:0)
Perović 84' (2:0)
Summary Referee: Switzerland Reto Walker
17 February 2010 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland FC Gossau Stadion Rankhof, Basel
17:00 Schürpf 43' (1:0)
Schürpf 52' (2:0)
Almerares 77' (3:1)
Summary 65' (pen. 2:1) Todisco
Yellow card 67' Soljic
Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet
24 February 2010 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1–2 Switzerland Yverdon-Sports Stadion Rankhof, Basel
17:00 Chipperfield 75' (1:2) Summary 5' (0:1) Osmani
43' (0:2) Zari
Attendance: 350
Referee: Switzerland Marco Speranda
3 March 2010 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Winterthur Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:30 Almerares 18' (1:0)
Almerares 19' (2:0)
Almerares 73' (3:0)
Summary Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Reto Walker
10 March 2010 Mid-season Old Boys Switzerland 0–5 Switzerland Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00 Summary 38' (1:0) Almerares
49' (2:0) Schürpf
69' (3:0) Schürpf
81' (4:0) Zoua
85' (5:0) Aratore
Attendance: 510
Referee: Switzerland
17 March 2010 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2–0 Switzerland FC Liestal Stadion Rankhof, Basel
18:30 Almerares 7' (1:0)
Zoua 70' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 250
Referee: Switzerland Pascal Erlachner
28 April 2010 Mid-season FC Aesch Switzerland 0–5 Switzerland Basel Löhrenacker, Aesch
18:00 Summary 17' (0:1) Almerares
25' (0:2) Zoua
35' (0:3) Almerares
56' (0:4) Carlitos
67' (0:5) Gelabert
Attendance: 2,385
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Benz

Swiss Super League

First half of season

12 July 2009 Round 1 St. Gallen 2–0 Basel AFG Arena, St. Gallen
16:00 CEST M. Costanzo Yellow card 43'
Koubský Yellow card 45'
Frick 51' (1:0)
M. Costanzo 82' (2:0)
Cáceres Yellow card 83'
Yellow card
Summary Yellow card 38' Stocker
Yellow card 60' Inkoom
Yellow card 81' Ferati
Red card 82' Huggel
Yellow card 90+3' Mustafi
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
19 July 2009 Round 2 Basel 2–1 Aarau St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 CEST Stocker 5' (1:1)
Streller 90+3' (2:1)
Summary 2' (0:1) Bengondo Attendance: 20,647
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
26 July 2009 Round 3 Sion 1–2 Basel Tourbillon, Sion
16:00 Sarni Yellow card 32'
Chihab Yellow card 36'
Crettenand Yellow card 37'
Mpenza 78' (1:1)
Summary 21[0:1]' Stocker
Yellow card 27' Şahin
Yellow card 61' Stocker
Yellow card 68' Costanzo
Yellow card 72' Streller
Yellow card 84' A. Frei
Yellow card 86'
90' A. Frei
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
2 August 2009 Round 4 Basel 1–1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 CEST Streller 13' (1:0)
Safari Yellow card 51'
Summary Yellow card 55' Lustenberger
86' (1:1) Ianu
Attendance: 23,201
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
9 August 2009 Round 5 Basel 1–1 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 CEST Çağdaş Yellow card 40'
Ferati Yellow card 59'
Huggel 89' (1:1)
A. Frei Yellow card 90+2' Yellow-red card 90+3'
Summary Yellow card 9' Margairaz
Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 53' Rochat
87' (0:1) Vonlanthen
Yellow card 88' Vonlanthen
Attendance: 27,011
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
16 August 2009 Round 6 Grasshopper 3–1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Dos Santos 15' (1:0)
Zárate Yellow card 43'
Callà 61' (2:1)
Voser Yellow card 65'
Zárate 74' (3:1)
Summary 24' (1:1) Chipperfield
Yellow card 43' Çağdaş
Yellow card 76' Streller
Attendance: 8,900
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
23 August 2009 Round 7 Xamax 2–2 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
16:00 Varela 58' (1:0)
Gavranović 66' (2:1)
Gavranović Yellow card 67'
Stéphane Besle Yellow card 90+1'
Summary 65' (1:1) Streller
89' (2:2) Frei
Attendance: 7,323
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
30 August 2009 Round 8 Basel 1–2 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 A. Frei 7' (1:0)
Safari Yellow card 60'
Huggel Yellow card 77'
Summary Yellow card 12' Hochstrasser
Yellow card 33' D. Degen
Yellow card 34' Wölfli
Yellow card 63' Ghezal
74' (1:1) Doumbia
90' (1:2) Ch. Schneuwly
Attendance: 27,087
Referee: Switzerland Bertolini
13 September 2009 Round 9 Bellinzona 2–3 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
16:00 Zotti Yellow card 6'
Lima Yellow card 9'
Ciarrocchi 54' (1:2)
Rivera Yellow card 62'
Thiesson Yellow card 84'
Hima 85' (2:2)
Mangiarratti Red card 89'
Lustrinelli Yellow card 90+2'
Summary 6' (0:1) Huggel
32' (0:2) Stocker
Yellow card 49' Gelabert
Yellow card 57' Inkoom
90' (2:3) Huggel
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Wermelinger
23 September 2009 Round 10 Basel 4–0 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Stocker 20' (1:0)
Safari Yellow card 26'
Streller 45' (2:0)
Streller 53' (3:0)
A. Frei 64' (4:0)
Summary Yellow card 34' Zellweger
Yellow card 69' Muntwiler
Attendance: 20,239
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
26 September 2009 Round 11 Aarau 0–2 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
17:45 Baykal Yellow card 26' Summary Yellow card 9' A. Frei
Yellow card 21' Stocker
27' (0:1) A. Frei
28' (0:2) Stocker
Attendance: 7,900
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
4 October 2009 Round 12 Basel 5–0 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Streller 43' (1:0)
Streller 44' (2:0)
Yellow card
A. Frei 78' (3:0)
Chipperfield 84' (4:0)
Chipperfield 86' (5:0)
Summary Yellow card 61' Dos Santos
Yellow card 66' Fermino
Attendance: 20,331
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
25 October 2009 Round 13 Luzern 4–5 Basel Gersag, Emmenbrücke
16:00 Chiumiento 3' (1:1)
Yakin Yellow card 17'
Renggli 22' (2:2) (penalty)
Frimpong Yellow card 32'
Yakin 79' (3:3)
Ianu 87' (4:3)
Summary 2' (0:1) Huggel
8' (1:2) A. Frei
Yellow card 17' Safari
Yellow card 32' Çağdaş
Yellow card 66' A. Frei
Yellow card 69' Streller
73' (2:3) Streller
90+1' (4:4) A. Frei
90+4' (4:5) Streller
Attendance: 8,695
Referee: Switzerland Kever
28 October 2009 Round 14 Zürich 2–2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
19:45 Tico 53' (1:0)
Gajić 87' (2:2)
Summary 61' (1:1) Huggel
63' (1:2) A. Frei
Yellow card 65' Colomba
Attendance: 14,300
Referee: Switzerland Bertolini
31 October 2009 Round 15 Basel 3–1 Grasshopper St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Stocker Yellow card 21'
Huggel 34' (1:1)
Streller 41' (2:1)
Abraham Red card 60'
Inkoom Yellow card 73'
Çağdaş Yellow card 76'
Huggel 90+4' (3:1)
Summary Yellow card 23' Salatić
28' (0:1) Smiljanic
Yellow card 40' Lulić
Red card 56' Vallori
Yellow card 78' Feltscher
Yellow card 85' Smiljanic
Red card 92' Strasser
Attendance: 22,817
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Wermelinger
9 November 2009 Round 16 Basel 4–1 Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Chipperfield 40' (1:0)
Safari Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card 59'
A. Frei 63' (2:1)
A. Frei Yellow card 81'
Shaqiri 90+1' (3:1)
Streller 90+5' (4:1)
Summary 55' (1:1) Ideye
Yellow card 60' Bah
Yellow card 62' Varela
Red card 84' Gomes
Yellow card 81' Page
Attendance: 18,483
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
29 November 2009 Round 17 Young Boys 2–0 Basel Wankdorf, Bern
13:30 Doumbia 3' (1:0)
Dudar Yellow card 24'
Affolter Yellow card 39'
Ch. Schneuwly 45' (2:0)
Coly Yellow card 70'
Summary Yellow card 25' Huggel
Yellow card 25' Streller
Yellow card 51' Chipperfield
Yellow card 63' Stocker
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
6 December 2009 Round 18 Basel 3–2 Bellinzona St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 A. Frei 18' (1:0)
Cabral 54' (2:2)
A. Frei Yellow card 70'
A. Frei 75' (3:2)
Summary Yellow card 7' Gashi
Yellow card 18' Mehmeti
35' (1:1) Ciarrocchi
43' (1:2) Lima Solà
Yellow card 54' Sermeter
Attendance: 17,110
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Grossen

Second half of season

7 February 2010 Round 19 Basel 4–0 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Gelabert Yellow card 14'
Çağdaş Yellow card 43'
A. Frei 68' (pen. 1:0)
Huggel Yellow card 71'
Streller 81' (2:0)
Gelabert 86' (3:0)
Safari 90' (4:0)
Summary Yellow card 33' Affolter
Yellow card 65' Doubai
Yellow card 67' Wölfli
Yellow card 80' Hochstrasser
Yellow card 84' Regazzoni
Attendance: 26,054
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
14 February 2010 Round 20 Xamax 1–3 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
16:00 Binya Yellow card 48'
Nuzzolo 50' (1:0)
Tixier Yellow card 19' Yellow-red card 73'
Besle Yellow card 82'
Summary Yellow card 31' Inkoom
54' (1:1) Frei
Yellow card 58' Çağdaş
62' (1:2) Streller
Yellow card 74' Shaqiri
80' (1:3) Streller
Attendance: 4,250
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
20 February 2010 Round 21 Basel 2–1 Aarau St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Huggel Yellow card 44'
Huggel 62' (1:1)
Çağdaş 69' (2:1)
Summary 23' (0:1) Lang
Yellow card 34' Elmer
Yellow card 38' Burki
Yellow card 47' Bengondo
Yellow card 57' Mustafi
Yellow card 82' Lampi
Attendance: 16,370
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
28 February 2010 Round 22 Bellinzona 0–2 Basel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
16:00 Lima Yellow card 25' Yellow-red card 61'
Djuric Yellow card 38'
Ciarrocchi Yellow card 42'
Edusei Yellow card 70'
Summary Yellow card 39' Stocker
45' (0:1) Chipperfield
Yellow card 58' Streller
62' (pen. 0:2) Streller
Yellow card 90+1' Almerares
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Grossen
6 March 2010 Round 23 Basel 1–2 Grasshopper St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Chipperfield 60' (1:2)
Çağdaş Yellow card 79'
Sommer Yellow card 87'
Gelabert Yellow card 90'
Streller Yellow card 90+3'
Summary 3' (0:1) Colina
Yellow card 15' Strasser
Yellow card 25' Voser
Yellow card 38' Cabanas
58' (0:2) Cabanas
Attendance: 20,088
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
14 March 2010 Round 24 Luzern 0–1 Basel Gersag, Emmenbrücke
16:00 Lambert Yellow card 32' Summary 33' (0:1) Huggel
Yellow card 52' Inkoom
Yellow card 54' Shaqiri
Yellow card 79' Safari
Attendance: 8,597
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
(46. Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière)
21 March 2010 Round 25 St. Gallen 2–4 Basel AFG Arena, St. Gallen
16:00 Imhof 20' (1:2)
M. Costanzo Yellow card 32'
M. Costanzo 81' (pen. 2:3)
Summary Yellow card 6' da Silva
15' (0:1) da Silva
18' (0:2) Stocker
Yellow card 20' Safari
38' (1:3) Chipperfield
90' (o.g. 2:4) Fernando
Attendance: 16,085
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
24 March 2010 Round 26 Basel 4–1 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Streller 14' (1:0)
Chipperfield 16' (2:0)
Streller 58' (3:1)
Streller Yellow card 61'
Zoua 79' (4:1)
Summary Yellow card 27' Vonlanthen
45' (2:1) Alphonse
Yellow card 57' Gajić
Yellow card 57' Tico
Yellow card 59' Stahel
Yellow card 61' Margairaz
Attendance: 27,011
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
27 March 2010 Round 27 Sion 2–2 Basel Tourbillon, Sion
17:45 Vanczák Yellow card 40'
Sauthier Yellow card 51'
Marin 77' (1:2)
Mpenza 77' (2:2)
Mpenza Yellow card 78'
Summary 11' (0:1) Streller
22' (0:2) Streller
Yellow card 36' Shaqiri
Yellow card 60' Inkoom
Yellow card 81' Streller
Yellow card 81' Zoua
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
1 April 2010 Round 28 Basel 4–3 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Almerares 14' (1:1)
Chipperfield 24' (2:2)
Gelabert Yellow card 20'
Almerares 30' (3:2)
Shaqiri 53' (4:2)
Huggel Yellow card 83'
Summary 6' (0:1) Bühler
15' (1:2) Mpenza
Yellow card 20' Sauthier
Yellow card 26' Marin
Yellow card 66' Yoda
86' (4:3) Domínguez
Attendance: 25,608
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
11 April 2010 Round 29 Zürich 1–2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Margairaz Yellow card 6'
Margairaz 63' (1:0)
FeratiYellow card 79'
Summary Yellow card 14' Huggel
Yellow card 45' Çağdaş
75' (1:1) Shaqiri
77' (1:2) Almerares
Attendance: 16,300
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
14 April 2010 Round 30 Basel 3–2 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Streller 52' (pen. 1:2)
Stocker 58' (2:2)
Streller 70' (3:2)
Summary 29' (0:1) Merenda
Yellow card 36' Lang
37' (0:2) M. Costanzo
Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 57' Zé Vítor
Yellow card 52' Imhof
Yellow card 68' Nushi
Attendance: 20,239
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
14 April 2010 Round 31 Basel 5–0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 da Silva 10' (1:0)
Shaqiri 14' (2:0)
Stocker 43' (3:0)
Stocker 56' (4:0)
Carlitos 73' (5:0)
Summary Yellow card 37' Wiss
Yellow card 90' Veškovac
Attendance: 30,571
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Wermelinger
25 April 2010 Round 32 Grasshopper 4–0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Zuber 3' (1:0)
Cabanas 12' (2:0)
Smiljanic 29' (pen. 3:0)
Toko Yellow card 49'
Cabanas Yellow card 65'
Smiljanić Yellow card 69'
Zárate 81' (4:0)
Summary Yellow card 26' Abraham
Red card 28' Safari
Yellow card 35' Huggel
Yellow card 36' Stocker
Yellow card 66' Shaqiri
Attendance: 12,600
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
2 May 2010 Round 33 Basel 4–0 Bellinzona St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Streller 10' (1:0)
Chipperfield 33' (2:0)
Çağdaş Yellow card 53'
Chipperfield 57' (3:0)
Streller 76' (4:0)
Summary Yellow card 41' Conti
Yellow card 43' Feltscher
Yellow card 79' Diarra
Attendance: 26,257
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
5 May 2010 Round 34 Aarau 0–3 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:15 Lampi Yellow card 36'
Aquaro Yellow card 38' Yellow-red card 71'
Burki Yellow card 46'
Summary 16' (0:1) Chipperfield
Yellow card 41' Costanzo
Yellow card 46' Chipperfield
58' (0:2) Stocker
90' (0:3) Zoua
Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperriere
13 May 2010 Round 35 Basel 3–0 Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Safari Yellow card 31'
Gelabert 56' (1:0)
A. Frei 83' (2:0)
A. Frei 86' (3:0)
Summary Yellow card 27' Binya
Red card 45' Varela
Attendance: 30,818
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
16 May 2010 Round 36 Young Boys 0–2 Basel Wankdorf, Bern
16:15 Regazzoni Yellow card 23'
Degen Yellow card 67'
C. Schneuwly Yellow card 82'
Wölfli Yellow card 87'
Summary Yellow card 5' da Silva
39' (0:1) Stocker
60' (0:2) Chipperfield
Yellow card 80' Costanzo
Attendance: 31,120 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 25 5 6 90 46 +44 80 Swiss champions and Swiss Cup winners
Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Young Boys 36 25 2 9 78 47 +31 77 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Grasshopper 36 21 2 13 65 43 +22 65 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Luzern 36 17 7 12 66 55 +11 58 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Sion 36 14 9 13 63 57 +6 51
6 St. Gallen 36 13 7 16 53 56 3 46
7 Zürich 36 12 9 15 55 58 3 45
8 Neuchâtel Xamax 36 11 8 17 55 57 2 41
9 Bellinzona (O) 36 7 4 25 42 92 50 25 Advance to relegation play-offs
10 Aarau (R) 36 6 5 25 32 88 56 23 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Basel, who have already qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, played Challenge League side Lausanne-Sport in the 2009–10 Swiss Cup final. Basel have won the cup, thus 3rd-placed team will qualify for the play-off round and the 4th-placed team will be inserted into the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League and Lausanne-Sport will be inserted into the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round.

Swiss Cup

For more information, see 2009–10 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 2009–10

20 September 2009 Round 1 SC Cham 0–3 Basel Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
16:00 CEST Summary 44' (0:1) Almerares
54' (0:2) Almerares
76' (0:3) Mustafi
Attendance: 5,210 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
17 October 2009 Round 2 FC Le Mont 1–3 Basel Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
17:00 Malgioglio Yellow card 27'
Guillou Yellow card 36'
Oezcakmak Yellow card 50'
R. Rocha Yellow card 54'
R. Rocha 61' (1:3)
Berthaut Yellow card 74'
Summary 13' (0:1) Aratore
19' (0:2) Streller
Yellow card 27' Çağdaş
39' (0:3) Almerares
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Grossen
20 November 2009 Round 3 Basel 4–2 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:10 Stocker 17' (1:0)
Chipperfield Yellow card 31'
Frei 53' (2:1)
Frei 58' (3:1)
Streller 75' (4:1)
Çağdaş Yellow card 86'
Summary 32' (1:1) Djurić
Yellow card 57' Gajić
Yellow card 78' Barmettler
90+2' (4:2) Alphonse
Attendance: 17,749
Referee: Switzerland Laperriere
12 December 2009 Quarterfinal Basel 3–1 FC Biel-Bienne St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 CET Cabral Yellow card 39'
Frei 45' (1:0)
Frei 60' (2:0)
Streller 69' (3:0)
Summary Yellow card 25' Sheholli
76' (3:1) Hediger
Attendance: 7,503
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
5 April 2010 Semifinal SC Kriens 0–1 Basel Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens
13:30 CEST Fanger Yellow card 19'
Ferricchio Yellow card 43'
Imholz Yellow card 55'
Pacar Yellow card 90+2'
Summary 17' (0:1) Almerares
Yellow card 64' Abraham
Yellow card 88' Carlitos
Yellow card 90+1' Shaqiri
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Wermelinger
9 May 2010 Final Basel 6–0 FC Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 CEST Stocker 28' (1:0)
Shaqiri 30' (2:0)
Zoua 46' (3:0)
Chipperfield 52' (4:0)
Stocker 75' (5:0)
Huggel 89' (6:0)
Summary Attendance: 30,100
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round
16 July 2009 First leg Basel Switzerland 3–0 Andorra Santa Coloma St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Şahin 23'
Streller 48' (2:0)
Almerares 59' (3:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 40' Sergio Albanell
Yellow card 84' dos Santos
Yellow card 90+2' Sánchez
Attendance: 25,038
Referee: Wales Ceri Richards (FAW)
23 July 2009 Second leg Santa Coloma Andorra 1–4 Switzerland Basel Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
19:00 Yellow card 36'
dos Santos 42' (pen. 1:3)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
12' (0:1) Streller
15' (0:2) Gelabert
Yellow card 37' Huggel
40' (o.g. 0:3) Alvarez
Yellow card 43' Şahin
Yellow card 52' Gelabert
Yellow card 86' Safari
88' (1:4) Almerares
Attendance: 400
Referee: Bosnia and Herzegovina Rusmir Mrkovic (FSBiH)

Basel won 7–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round
30 July 2009 First leg Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Iceland 2–2 Switzerland Basel KR-völlur, Reykjavík
21:15 Benediktsson 6' (1:0)
G. Sigurðarson 9' (2:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
58' (2:1) Chipperfield
83' (2:2) Almerares
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Spain Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (RFEF)
6 August 2009 Second leg Basel Switzerland 3–1 Iceland Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Frei 29' (1:0)
Shaqiri 77' (2:1)
Frei 80' (pen. 3:1)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
45+1' (pen. 1:1) Takefusa Attendance: 13,117
Referee: Finland Tony Asumaa (FAF)

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Play-off round
20 August 2009 First leg Baku Azerbaijan 1–3 Switzerland Basel Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku[note 1]
17:00 Skulic Yellow card 3'
Pérez 49' (1:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 45' Şahin
Yellow card 51' Inkoom
71' (1:1) Streller
74' (1:2) Streller
77' (1:3) Huggel
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Hungary Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)
Note: Played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Karabakh's Guzanli Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
27 August 2009 Second first leg Basel Switzerland 5–1 Azerbaijan Baku St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Gelabert Yellow card 7'
Almerares 32' (1:0)
Gelabert 36' (2:1)
da Silva Yellow card 61'
Frei 63' (3:1)
Huggel Yellow card 69'
Shaqiri 74' (4:2)
Mustafi 84' (5:1)
Mustafi Yellow card 85'
Shaqiri Yellow card 90'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
33' (1:1) Felipe
Yellow card 85' Fabio Ramim
Yellow card 85' Jaba
Attendance: 7,113
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Basel won 8–2 on aggregate.

Group stage, group E

17 September 2009 First round Basel Switzerland 2–0 Italy Roma St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Carlitos 11' (1:0)
Cabral Yellow card 33'
Costanzo Yellow card 50'
Abraham Yellow card 64'
Çağdaş Yellow card 73'
Almerares 87' (2:0)
Almerares Yellow card 88'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 45' Ménez
Yellow card 78' Pizarro
Attendance: 16,459
Referee: Spain Carlos Velasco Carballo (RFEF)
1 October 2009 Second round Fulham England 1–0 Switzerland Basel Craven Cottage, London
21:05 Murphy 57' (1:0)
Greening Yellow card 63'
Baird Yellow card 85'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Attendance: 16,100
Referee: Germany Michael Weiner (DFB)
22 October 2009 Third round CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 0–2 Switzerland Basel Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia[note 2]
21:05 Todorov Yellow card 67'
Branekov Yellow card 70'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
20' (0:1) Frei
Yellow card 34' Safari
63' (0:2) Frei
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Portugal Manuel De Sousa (FPF)
5 November 2009 Fourth round Basel Switzerland 3–1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Gelabert 35' (1:0)
Frei 41' (pen. 2:0)
Frei 67' (3:1)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 15' K. Stoyanov
Yellow card 19' Morozs
61' (2:1) Yanchev
Attendance: 15,255
Referee: Ukraine Oleg Oriekhov (FFU)
3 December 2009 Fifth round Roma Italy 2–1 Switzerland Basel Stadio Olimpico, Rome
21:05 Totti 32' (pen. 1:1)
Ménez Yellow card 44'
De RossiYellow card 52'
Vučinić 59' (2:1)
JuanYellow card 90+2'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
18' (0:1) Huggel
Yellow card 31' Gelabert
Yellow card 75' Carlitos
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: France Tony Chapron (FFF)
16 December 2009 Sixth round Basel Switzerland 2–3 England Fulham St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Abraham Yellow card 40'
Frei Yellow card 45'
Frei 64' (pen. 1:2)
Streller 87' (2:3)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 30' Zamora
41' (0:1) Zamora
45' (0:2) Zamora
Yellow card 51' Greening
77' (1:3) Gera
Attendance: 20,063
Referee: Sweden Stefan Johannesson (SvFF)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Roma 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 England Fulham 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
3 Switzerland Basel 6 3 0 3 10 7 +3 9
4 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 6 0 1 5 2 12 10 1
Source: Soccerway
Notes
  1. Played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Karabakh's Guzanli Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
  2. CSKA Sofia played their home group matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

Statistics in the 2009–10 Season

League Goalscorers/Assists

Updated to games played 16 May 2010

Swiss Cup Goalscorers/Assists

Updated to games played 9 May 2010

European Goalscorers/Assist

Updated to games played 16 December 2009

Total Goalscorers/Assists

Updated to games played 16 May 2010

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