2006–07 FC Basel season

FC Basel

2006–07 season
Chairman	Mrs Gisela Oeri
Manager	Christian Gross
Stadium	St. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super League	Runners-up
Swiss Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mladen Petrić (19) All: Mladen Petrić (36)
Highest home attendance	34,070 vs Zürich (22.04.2007)
Lowest home attendance	0 vs Schaffhausen (22.07.2006) 0 vs Grasshoppers (05.08.2006) 11,643 vs Tobol (13.07.2006)
Average home league attendance	20,105

The 2006–07 season is Fussball Club Basel 1893's 114th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. FCB played their home matches in the St. Jakob-Park, in the Basel quarter St. Alban in the south-east of the city. After four season as Basel's chairman Werner Edelmann stood down and Mrs Gisela Oeri was voted as the club's very first chairwoman at the AGM.

Overview

Christian Gross was head coach for the eighth successive season. Ahead of the new season Basel made a number of transfers. The most notable was the replacement of Swiss international goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbühler, who transferred to West Bromwich Albion, with the Argentinian international Franco Costanzo who came from Deportivo Alavés. Delron Buckley was signed on loan from Borussia Dortmund. Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues was signed in from Roda JC and Franz Burgmeier was signed in from FC Aarau.

Other players who transferred out were Matias Emilio Delgado who went to Beşiktaş Istanbul. Djamel Mesbah and Samuele Preisig both moved onto FC Aarau and both on a free transfer. Zdravko Kuzmanović left the club during the winter break for Fiorentina. Mikhail Kavelashvili also left the club in the winter break and retired from his active football career.

FCB 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. The FC Basel had set three aims for the 2006–07 season, these were to win back the league and cup titles and thirdly to stay in the UEFA Cup over the winter break.

Franco Costanzo was voted to player of season

The Campaign

Domestic League

Following the last minute loss of the 2005–06 Super League Championship as a result of the 1–2 home defeat against FC Zürich on 13 May 2006 and the subsequent riots, the so-called Basel Hooligan Incident, the club had to carry consequences. As well as the big fine, the first two home games of the 2006–07 Super League season were held completely without fans, as so called "ghost matches". 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).

There were ten teams competing in the top tier 2006–07 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 third qualifying round of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. The championship runners-up would enter the UEFA Cup second qualifying round. 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.

Following a very poor start to the season, five defeats in the first ten rounds, Basel were ten championship points behind the table leaders. They started a catch up race after the winter break and finished the league campaign as runners-up, just one point behind champions FC Zürich. This was despite the fact that they defeated Zürich in three of the four direct matches during that league season. Basel missed their championship aim.

Domestic Cup

FC Liestal

In the early rounds of the 2006–07 Swiss Cup Basel were drawn with away games against lower league teams. Basel started in the third round against local team FC Liestal. Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues played his team debut on 26 August 2006 in the Cup match against local club FC Liestal. He scored three goals for his new club, during the first 27 minutes of the game, as Basel advanced with the end score 6–1 to the next round. Delron Buckley (19), captain Ivan Ergić (20) and Daniel Majstorović (66) scored the other goals. It was also Majstorović who was responsible for the final result with an own goal in the 70th minute.

AC Lugano

In the second-round opponents were second tier Lugano. Basel clearly won this tie as well 4–0 and goal scorers were Delron Buckley, Filipe Caicedo, Mladen Petrić and Franz Burgmeier, whereas the last three goals weren't scored until the last 15 minutes of the match. The match was noted as being very rough, referee René Rogalla showed the yellow card to five Lugano players.

FC Baulmes

However, in the third-round game on 12 November away against second tier FC Baulmes extra time was needed before the tie was decided. Basel played a bad first half, Bruno Berner had to clear a ball off the line, with goalkeeper Franco Costanzo already beaten. Head coach Christian Gross made three early substitutions, but despite these changes, the hosts went two goals up in the 72nd minute. Filipe Caicedo, who had been substituted in at half time, reacted quickly and scored within a minute and Mladen Petrić equalised within another few minutes. During the extra time the hosts were visibly tired and Mile Sterjovski was able to score the winning goal for the visitors.

FC Aarau

After the New Year, the quarterfinal was a home tie against FC Aarau on the 14 March 2007. The match was decided very early, Mile Sterjovski netted the first attacking move in the first minute of the game. Aarau tried everything afterwards to get level. Goalkeeper Franco Costanzo had a good day and made good saves. Aarau complained for a penalty as Demetrio Greco was brought down five minutes from the end, but referee Sascha Kever did not blow his whistle. Two minutes into the over-time nearly the decider, but Eren Derdiyok's shot hit the post. Four minutes into the over-time Costanzo made another good save and Basel were through to the next round.

FC Wil

The semifinal was an away tie against FC Wil on 26 April. Basel took the lead 5 minutes before half-time as Scott Chipperfield netted and Franz Burgmeier netted the second five minutes after the break. Kristian Nushi pulled one back for the home team after 57 minutes. But Delron Buckley put his side two goals ahead again some 10 minutes later. This was the final score and Basel advanced to the final

FC Luzern

The Final took place at Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in Bern on Whit Monday 28 May 2007 in front of 30,000 spectators. Basel won the Cup by beating Luzern 1–0.

Most of the time it was a close game, Basel controlled the game, both teams had chances. Luzern's keeper David Zibung became the tragic hero in the sold-out Stade de Suisse in Bern, who, according to the interpretation of referee Nicole Petignat, in the 90th minute pulled Scott Chipperfield off his feet. Zibung was sent off and Besnik Zukaj was substituted in. The winning goal came from the penalty spot through Daniel Majstorović in the 93rd minute, Zukaj had no chance of saving it. Basel manager Christian Gross said the game afterwards: "We really didn't have an easy task with FC Luzern, they managed to close the room very well."

Conclusion

Basel had missed the championship just four days earlier, but they achieved their aim of winning the cup on this Whit Monday.

Europe

FC Basel's European campaign started in the first qualifying stage of the UEFA Cup, here they beat Kazakhi side FC Tobol 3–1 on aggregate. In the second qualifying round they drawn against FC Vaduz from Liechtenstein, narrowly progressing on the away goals rule after a 2–2 aggregate draw. In the first round of the competition Basel were drawn against Macedonians FK Rabotnički. Basel won 6–2 at St. Jakob-Park and 1–0 at the Skopje City Stadium. Thus they qualified for the group stages where they faced tough opposition. Together with Blackburn Rovers of England, AS Nancy of France, Feyenoord of The Netherlands and Wisła Kraków of Poland, Basel were drawn into Group E. In the Group stage, the teams played a single round-robin, each with two home games.

Feyenoord

Basel's first game was at home against Feyenoord. The Dutch side were second best for much of the game and the only surprise was that it took Basel an hour before they edged ahead. A draw had looked highly unlikely for much of the match and goalkeeper Henk Timmer was the busiest man on the field. Mladen Petrić, Scott Chipperfield and Mile Sterjovski all had shots at his goal in the opening 12 minutes. With more accuracy Petrić could have had a hat-trick inside 20 minutes, as he headed wide and then drove over the crossbar. Basel dominated the match and it was not a surprise as Eduardo struck on the hour, tapping in after Timmer could only parry Petrić's shot. Stein Huysegems came off the substitutes' bench to earn Feyenoord a 1-1 draw with a goal within five minutes of coming on and with only 14 minutes remaining. The last action belonged to Timmer, who acrobatically kept out Petrić's free-kick as the Dutch side held on.

Blackburn Rovers

Their next group match was an away tie at Ewood Park against Blackburn Rovers. Basel played reasonably well but shaky defending towards the end of the game sealed their downfall. Australian defender Lucas Neill had the first goal chance for the home team after four minutes, but goalkeeper Franco Costanzo held. Turckish midfielder Tugay Kerimoğlu tried an overhead kick after eight minutes, but it went far off. Zdravko Kuzmanović saw the yellow card just after that, but only the referee knew why. Morten Gamst Pedersen tried a wide range shot one minute later again Costanzo held. Eduardo had Basel's first chance, the Blackburn defence could clear, but it went off for a corner. There was a great chance after Eduardo crossed, but Mladen Petrić put the ball next to the goal. 32nd Minute offside, a clear wrong decision, as Eduardo started off alone towards the Blackburn goal. There were chances on both sides. Blackburn had 20 attempts, 11 of which on target. Basel had ten, but only four on target. 15 minutes from time Tugay Kerimoğlu scored in the top left corner with a good 25 meter Sunday shot. The disastrous referee Oleh Oriekhov gave a penalty against Basel after a clear dive and Francis Jeffers scored from the spot in the 90th minute. Benni McCarthy added a third goal in the third minute of over time as the defence over saw him.

AS Nancy

Their next opponents were AS Nancy in a home game at the St. Jakob-Park on 23 November. Basel went behind twice, but were able to draw level both times. Basel had two early chances, captain Ivan Ergić in the 14th minute and another in the 21st, but the game started rather slow. It exploded into life just after the half-hour when Monsef Zerka broke down the right for the French team and cut into the area before laying off a perfectly weighted pass for Kim, who finished off nicely. The lead did not quite correspond to the course of the game. The Basel response was immediate, Reto Zanni supplying Scott Chipperfield as the Australian international broke from midfield to fire past Olivier Sorin from inside the area. But Nancy were back in front within two minutes. Pascal Berenguer curled in a superb free-kick after he had been upended by Papa Malick Ba. After the restart, Basel pressed for the second equaliser through a shot from Kōji Nakata. Parity was restored, however, on 56 minutes as Mile Sterjovski got the final touch to a free-kick from the influential Mladen Petrić. Basel were pushing for the winning goal, as during the last minute of the game they were caught by a counterattack. Goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was only able to stop the Nancy attack by fouling Issiar Dia, which resulted in his sending off and a penalty against Basel. They had already used all three substitutes, therefore striker Mladen Petrić donned the goalkeeper shirt and stood between the posts. He was able to save the penalty kick taken by Mickaël Chrétien, thus helping his team to the 2–2 draw.

Wisła Kraków

Basel's last group game was played away against Wisła Kraków at the Wisła Stadium. FCB needed a win to qualify for the next round. The hosts had the first good chance, but Basel started better into the game. Basel's striker Mladen Petrić netted the first goal after a corner in the 8th minute. Daniel Majstorović header was a very good pass and Petrić easily pushed the ball over the line. Wisla, who lost the other three games in the grouüp stage, but had scored one goal in each, pressed hard and scored the equaliser within just two minutes. Paweł Brożek pushed the ball between goalkeeper Louis Crayton legs in their next attack. Paweł Brożek then had another three or four good chances before the half time whistle from Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai. In the second period Wisła central defender Cléber saw a yellow card for a foul in the 46th minute. Then midfielder Radosław Sobolewski saw a yellow card in the 50th minute and five minutes later he had a good chance, but he took a hand to help and the referee had seen this. Paweł Brożek's twin brother and striking campagnion Piotr Brożek had had a good first half, but after the break he wasn't in the game any longer and was substituted out after 67 minutes. His replacement was Jean Paulista and he had the first good scene in the second half and scored Wisla's second goal on 71 minutes. Paweł Brożek then had another good chance in the 80th minute. Crayton rescues sensationally, but remained somewhat dazed lying on the pitch, because Brozek did not jump up properly and accidentally hit him on the head with his boot. Paweł Brożek became man of the match just three minutes later as he took the pass from Jakub Błaszczykowski and netted the team's third goal, for Wisla to win, with the end result 3–1.

Conclusion

Basel's poor European campaign came to an end after losing 3–1 to Wisla, despite taking an early lead. Basel missed their aim to remain in European competition over the winter break. Despite everything, it was a disappointing European campaign.

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Christian Gross
Assistant manager	Fritz Schmid
Fitness Coach	Thomas Grüter
Fitness Coach	Romain Crevoisier
Youth Team Coach	Heinz Hermann
Youth Team Co-Coach	Sandro Kamber

Last updated: 17 May 2008
Source: Homepage FCB

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Novartis

Home

Away

Source: Homepage FCB

Other information

Chairman	Mrs Gisela Oeri
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (42,500 / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 19 July 2007
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	ARG	Franco Costanzo
3	DF	BIH	Damir Džombić
4	DF	SUI	Michel Morganella
5	DF	SWE	Daniel Majstorović (vicecaptain)
6	DF	JPN	Kōji Nakata
8	MF	AUS	Mile Sterjovski
9	MF	SRB	Marko Perović
10	FW	CRO	Mladen Petrić
11	MF	AUS	Scott Chipperfield
12	MF	SEN	Papa Malick Ba
15	MF	LIE	Franz Burgmeier
17	MF	CRO	Ivan Rakitić
18	GK	LBR	Louis Crayton
19	DF	RSA	Delron Buckley

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ECU	Filipe Caicedo
21	DF	FRA	François Marque
22	MF	SRB	Ivan Ergić (captain)
23	FW	BRA	Eduardo
28	DF	SUI	Patrik Baumann
29	DF	SUI	Simone Grippo
30	DF	SUI	Boris Smiljanić
31	FW	SUI	Eren Derdiyok
32	DF	SUI	Reto Zanni (vicecaptain)
34	GK	SUI	Oliver Stöckli
—	MF	GEO	Mikhail Kavelashvili
—	MF	BRA	Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues
—	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović
—	FW	ARG	César Carignano

Multiple Nationality

• 1 Franco Costanzo
• 5 Daniel Majstorović
• 9 Marko Perović
• 10 Mladen Petrić
• 11 Scott Chipperfield
• 17 Ivan Rakitić
• 18 Louis Crayton
• 22 Ivan Ergić
• 31 Eren Derdiyok

Transfers summer 2006

In

—	MF	LIE	Franz Burgmeier (from FC Aarau)
1	GK	ARG	Franco Costanzo (from Deportivo Alavés)
—	MF	BRA	Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues (from Roda JC)
—	DF	RSA	Delron Buckley (from Borussia Dortmund on loan)

Out

—	GK	SUI	Pascal Zuberbühler (to West Bromwich Albion)
—	MF	SUI	Djamel Mesbah (to FC Aarau – Free)
—	MF	SUI	Samuele Preisig (to FC Aarau – Free)
—	MF	ARG	Matias Emilio Delgado (to Beşiktaş Istanbul – n/a)

Transfers winter 2006–07

In

—	FW	SUI	Eren Derdiyok (from Basel U-21)
—	DF	FRA	François Marque (from FC Baulmes)

Out

—	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović (to Beşiktaş – n/a)
—	MF	GEO	Mikhail Kavelashvili (end of contract)

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Pre- and mid-season friendlies

Celerina Selection v Basel

21 June 2006 Pre-season friendly	Celerina Selection	0 – 11	Basel	San Gian, Celerina
18:30		Summary	8' (0:1) Kavelashvili 13' (0:2) Carignano 19' (0:3), 82' Kavelashvili 21' (0:4) Petrić 33' (0:5) Petrić 41' (0:6) Carignano 54' (0:7), 80' Carignano 65' (0:8) Ba 76' (0:9) Delgado 80' (0:10) Carignano 82' (0:11) Kavelashvili	Attendance: 500 Referee: Patrick Collet

FC Wil v Basel

24 June 2006 Pre-season friendly	FC Wil	0 – 2	Basel	Sportplatz Kett, Sirnach
18:30		Summary	15' (0:1) Carignano 38' (0:2) Petrić	Attendance: 500 Referee: Sasa Ratkovic

Basel v Auxerre

1 July 2006 Pre-season friendly	Basel	2 – 0	Auxerre	Stade Léon Burrus, Boncourt
16:00	Berner 38' (1:0) Petrić 38' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 500 Referee: Alain Bieri

Basel v Dinamo Zagreb

4 July 2006 Pre-season friendly	Basel	2 – 2	Dinamo Zagreb	Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
18:30	Rakitić 62' (1:2) Petrić 90+3' (2:2)	Summary	33' (0:1) Vugrinec 39' (pen. 0:2) da Silva	Attendance: 800 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Basel v Shakhtar Donetsk

8 July 2006 Pre-season friendly	Basel	0 – 0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Stade de Delley-Portalban
17:00		Report		Attendance: 800 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Frauenfeld v Basel

15 August 2006 Friendly	Frauenfeld	1 – 4	Basel	Sportplatz Kleine Allmend, Frauenfeld
19:00	Kern 49' (1:3)	Summary	10' (0:1) Derdiyok 21' (0:2) Kavelashvili 23' (0:3) Läng 55' (1:4) Derdiyok	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Claudio Bernold

FC Laufen v Basel

5 September 2006 Friendly	FC Laufen	1 – 6	Basel	Sportplatz Nau, Laufen
18:30	Cosic 12' (1:0)	Summary	21' (1:1) Cristiano 49' (og 1:2) Friedli 53' (1:3) Cristiano 68' (1:4) Buckley 86' (1:5) Kavelashvili 90' (1:6) Kavelashvili	Attendance: 1,035 Referee: Laffranchi

BSC Old Boys v Basel

10 October 2006 Friendly	BSC Old Boys	0 – 8	Basel	Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00		Summary	9' (pen. 0:1) Nakata 10' (0:2), 78' Kavelashvili 11' (0:3) Cristiano 43' (0:4) Grippo 53' (0:5) Grossklaus 58' (og 0:6) Boumelaha 69' (0:7) Lang 78' (0:8) Kavelashvili	Attendance: 525 Referee: Lanfranchi

Winter break and mid-season friendlies

Basel v Wohlen

16 January 2007 Winter break	Basel	9 – 2	Wohlen	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
18:30	Petrić 5' (1:0) Ergić 7' (2:0) Petrić 16' (3:0) Sterjovski 36' (4:0) Zanni 41' (5:0) Rakitić 53' (6:2) Cristiano 62' (7:2) Rakitić 65' (8:2) Cristiano 79' (9:2)	Summary	44' (5:1) Schultz 47' (5:2) Knežević	Attendance: 600 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Basel v Yverdon-Sport

21 January 2007 Winter break	Basel	4 – 1	Yverdon-Sport	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:00	Sterjovski 12' (1:0) Petrić 25' (2:0) Petrić 51' (3:0) Ergić 63' (4:1)	Summary	50' (3:1) Moser	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: B. Jenzer

Hércules Alicante v Basel

24 January 2007 Training camp	Hércules Alicante	2 – 2	Basel	Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
16:30	Ariel Montenegro 18' (pen. 1:0) Moisés 53' (2:2)	Summary	34' (1:1) Kuzmanović 38' (1:2) Smiljanić	Attendance: 30 Referee: José Maria Frutos Orenes

Copenhagen v Basel

28 January 2007 Training camp	Copenhagen	3 – 3	Basel	Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
15:30	Aílton Almeida 18' (1:0) Marcus Allbäck 32' (2:0) Silberbauer 80' (3:3)	Summary	34' (2:1) Petrić 44' (2:2) Derdiyok 69' (2:3) Derdiyok	Attendance: 20 Referee: Avilés Nebra (Murcia)

Basel v Hoffenheim

31 January 2007 Training camp	Basel	2 – 2	Hoffenheim	Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
	Derdiyok 42' (1:0) Burgmeier 50' (2:0)	Summary	66' (2:1) Salihović 72' (2:2)Salihović	Attendance: 30 Referee: Alfonso Melgares De Aguilar Fernández

Basel v Solothurn

3 February 2007 Winter break	Basel	6 – 1	Solothurn	Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Petrić 12' (1:0) Petrić 21' (2:0) Caicedo 27' (3:0) Chipperfield 50' (4:0) Petrić 71′ Derdiyok 77' (5:0) Frei 89' (6:1)	Summary	80' (pen. 5:1) P. Hasler	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Basel v Xamax

6 February 2007 Winter break	Basel	2 – 0	Xamax	Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Frei 39' (1:0) Grossklaus 63' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 500 Referee: Bruno Grossen
Note: Basel with test player Tim Grossklaus from youth team

BSC Old Boys v Basel

6 March 2007 Mid-season	BSC Old Boys	1 – 6	Basel	Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00	Schwery 88' (pen. 1:6)	Summary	4' (0:1) Derdiyok 14' (pen. 0:2) Buckley 20' (0:3) Frei 53' (0:4) Derdiyok 56' (0:5) Derdiyok 64' (0:6) Caicedo 80′ Caicedo	Attendance: 400 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

SC Kriens v Basel

23 March 2007 Mid-season	SC Kriens	1 – 1	Basel	Sportplatz Wissenhusen, Schötz
19:00	Piu 41' (1:0)	Summary	81' (1:1) Ferreira da Costa	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marco Peranda (Emmenbrücke)
Note: Basel with test player Talisson Ferreira da Costa from youth team

Swiss Super League

Main article: 2006–07 Swiss Super League

First half of season

Young Boys v Basel

19 July 2006 Round 1	Young Boys	1 – 1	Basel	Wankdorf, Bern
19:45	Varela 38' (1:0) Dos Santos  66'	Summary	45' (1:1) Ergić  55' Sterjovski	Attendance: 20,693 Referee: René Rogalla

Basel v Schaffhausen

22 July 2006 Round 2	Basel	3 – 0	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Sterjovski 4' (1:0) Kuzmanović  37' Rakitić  49' Chipperfield 82' (2:0) Petrić 90+2' (3:0)	Summary	52' Weller  90+2' Pires	Attendance: 349 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger
Note: Game without supporters

St. Gallen v Basel

30 July 2006 Round 3	St. Gallen	3 – 2	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:00	Aguirre 8' (1:0) Koubský  20' Montandon  29' Aguirre  44' Aguirre 44' (2:0) Aguirre 52' (3:1)	Summary	14' Kuzmanović 49' (2:1) Petrić 86' (3:2) Ergić	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nicole Petignat

Basel v Grasshoppers

5 August 2006 Round 4	Basel	2 – 3	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Majstorović 30' (1:0) Petrić  45' Petrić 81' (2:3)	Summary	37' (1:1) Ristić 47' (1:2) dos Santos 49' (1:3) Renggli  70' Sutter  81' Coltorti	Attendance: 0 Referee: Sasa Kever
Note: Game without supporters

Basel v Thun

18 August 2006 Round 5	Basel	4 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Ergić 28' (1:0) Petrić 30' (2:0) Kuzmanović 32' (3:0) Chipperfield 45' (4:0) Ergić  46' Ba  8'  69'	Summary	29' Deumi  47' Leandro 73' (4:1) Deumi	Attendance: 19,321 Referee: René Rogalla

Sion v Basel

20 August 2006 Round 6	Sion	4 – 2	Basel	Tourbillon, Sion
16:00	Di Zenzo 2' (1:0) Reset 8' (2:0) Regazzoni 50' (3:2) Regazzoni 65' (pen. 4:2)	Summary	9' (2:1) Burgmeier  16' Berner 45' (pen. 2:2) Majstorović  33'  60' Burgmeier  63' Zanni  65' Majstorović  72' Sterjovski	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Bertolini

Basel v Zürich

10 September 2006 Round 7	Basel	2 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Petrić 2' (1:0) Petrić 47' (2:1) Majstorović  62' Costanzo  90+2'	Summary	20' (1:1) Raffael  62' Raffael  61'  93' Cesar	Attendance: 19,897 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

Luzern v Basel

18 September 2006 Round 8	Luzern	2 – 0	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
19:45	Tchouga 62' (1:0) Paquito 78' (2:0)  89' Zibung	Summary	11' Ba  73' Berner  86' Kavelashvili	Attendance: 10,089 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Basel v Aarau

23 September 2006 Round 9	Basel	3 – 1	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Buckley 40' (1:1) Zanni  56' Petrić 62' (2:1) Petrić 79' (3:1)	Summary	17' (0:1) Antić  26' Achiou  35' Preisig  72' Brabec  90' Fotheringham	Attendance: 15,872 Referee: Kever

Basel v Young Boys

3 October 2006 Round 10

Basel

P – P

Young Boys

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Schaffhausen v Basel

1 October 2006 Round 11	Schaffhausen	4 – 2	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
16:00	Tarone 26' (1:0) Tarone 31' (2:0) Sereinig 43' (3:1) Kamanan 90' (4:2)	Summary	34' (2:1) Nakata 54' (3:2) Petrić	Attendance: 4,250 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Basel v St. Gallen

22 October 2006 Round 12	Basel	2 – 1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Rakitić 30' (1:0) Ergić 60' (2:0)  68'	Summary	27' Di Jorio  29' Gelabert 72' (pen. 2:1) Aguirre	Attendance: 21,084 Referee: Reto Rutz

Grasshoppers v Basel

28 October 2006 Round 13	Grasshoppers	1 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
17:45	Langkamp 37' (1:2) Salatić  51'	Summary	10' (0:1) Petrić 25' (0:2) Kuzmanović  35' Eduardo	Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Thun v Basel

5 November 2006 Round 14	Thun	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
16:00	Rama 38' (1:0) Galli  59'	Summary	30' Zanni 81' (1:1) Eduardo	Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Basel v Young Boys

9 November 2006 Round 10	Basel	2 – 2	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Eduardo  43' Caicedo 62' (1:2) Cristiano 85' (2:2)	Summary	7'  25' Yapi 55' (0:1) Jun 56' (0:2) Marcos  89'  90' Chiumiento	Attendance: 20,130 Referee: Laperrière

Basel v Sion

18 November 2006 Round 15	Basel	3 – 1	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Sterjovski 1' (1:0) Petrić 30' (2:0) Majstorović  63' Petrić 81' (3:0)	Summary	40' Sarni  82' Mijadinoski 90' (3:1) Kuljić	Attendance: 22,925 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Zürich v Basel

26 November 2006 Round 16	Zürich	3 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
16:00	Eudis 43' (1:0) Džemaili 44' (2:0) Margairaz 72' (3:1) Džemaili  85' Cesar  89'	Summary	6' Kuzmanović  65' Zanni 67' (2:1) Sterjovski 73' (3:2) Caicedo  89' Sterjovski	Attendance: 18,100 (sold out) Referee: Reto Rutz

Basel v Luzern

4 December 2006 Round 17	Basel	3 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Ergić 2' (1:0) Rakitić 55' (2:0) Chipperfield 72' (3:0)	Summary	65' N'Tiamoah	Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Nicole Petignat

Aarau v Basel

10 December 2006 Round 18	Aarau	2 – 3	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
16:00	Achiou 45' (1:2) Zanni 68' (o.g. 0:2)	Summary	25' (0:1) Petrić 35' (0:2) Kuzmanović  37' Sterjovski 81' (2:3) Petrić  83' Majstorović  92' Petrić	Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Laperrière

Second half of season

Young Boys v Basel

11 February 2007 Round 19	Young Boys	0 – 3	Basel	Wankdorf, Bern
16:00	Shi Jun  54' Yakin  65' Tiago  90'	Summary	13' Chipperfield  18' Ba 24' (0:1) Chipperfield 39' (0:2) Caicedo 69' (0:3) Chipperfield	Attendance: 18,549 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Basel v Luzern

17 February 2007 Round 20	Basel	1 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Petrić 40' (pen. 1:0) Smiljanić  92'	Summary	31' Seoane  57' C. Lustenberger  71' Mettomo  76'  78' Cantaluppi  78' Dal Santo  84' Makanaki	Attendance: 19,851 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

Sion v Basel

25 February 2007 Round 21	Sion	0 – 0	Basel	Tourbillon, Sion
16:00	Nwaneri  7' Gelson  49' Obradović  76' João Pinto  82'	Summary	26' Sterjovski  73' Smiljanić  90' Zanni	Attendance: 12,800 Referee: René Rogalla

Grasshoppers v Basel

4 March 2007 Round 22	Grasshoppers	1 – 5	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
16:00	Salatić  18' Rinaldo  40' Aílton 90' (1:5)	Summary	5' Ba 11' (0:1) Rakitić  13' Sterjovski 45' (0:2) Sterjovski 50' (0:3) Petrić 56' (0:4) Petrić 88' (0:5) Majstorović	Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Wildhaber

Basel v Schaffhausen

10 March 2007 Round 23	Basel	0 – 0	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Caicedo  32' Smiljanić  36' Nakata  51'	Summary	20'  24' Bochud  83' Todisco	Attendance: 20,299 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

Aarau v Basel

18 March 2007 Round 24	Aarau	0 – 1	Basel	Brügglifeld, Aarau
16:00	Hima  90+3'  90+3'	Summary	27' (0:1) Rakitić  58' Costanzo	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

Basel v Thun

1 April 2007 Round 25	Basel	4 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Smiljanić 12' (1:0) Caicedo 54' (2:0) Rakitić 62' (3:0) Rakitić 82' (4:0)	Summary	32' Gerber  53' Deumi 89' (4:1) Mäkelä	Attendance: 20,655 Referee: Studer

Zürich v Basel

9 April 2007 Round 26	Zürich	0 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
16:00	Stahel  26' Raffael  38' Eudis  54' Džemaili 77'	Summary	2' Sterjovski  53' Ba 70' (0:1) Rakitić	Attendance: 18,137 (sold out) Referee: Laperriere

Basel v St. Gallen

14 April 2007 Round 27	Basel	3 – 3	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Caicedo 8'  9' Caicedo Ergić 36' Derdiyok 69' Zanni  82'	Summary	34' Marazzi 53' (2:2) Alex 54' (2:3) Alex  56' Cerrone  67' Gelabert  83' Feutchine	Attendance: 25,001 Referee: René Rogalla

St. Gallen v Basel

17 April 2007 Round 28	St. Gallen	0 – 0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:45	Gelabert  21' Aguirre 76′	Summary	40' Rakitić  63' Smiljanić  76' Nakata  87' Burgmeier	Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Bertolini

Basel v Zürich

22 April 2007 Round 29	Basel	4 – 2	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
14:00	Rakitić 8' (1:0) Caicedo 32' (2:1) Marque  58' Rakitić 65' (3:1) Zanni  88' Majstorović 92' (pen. 4:2)	Summary	24' (1:1) Schneider  20' Stahel  23' Abdi 82' (3:2) Kollar	Attendance: 34,070 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

Thun v Basel

29 April 2007 Round 30	Thun	0 – 2	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
16:00	Ferreira  21'	Summary	25' (0:1) Smiljanić  77' Chipperfield  87' Majstorović 90' (0:2) Caicedo	Attendance: 6,750 Referee: Sascha Kever

Basel v Aarau

5 May 2007 Round 31	Basel	2 – 0	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Petrić 7' (1:0) Majstorović 90+3' (2:0)	Summary	11' Carreño  43'  82' Hima	Attendance: 21,085 Referee: Grossen

Schaffhausen v Basel

9 May 2007 Round 32	Schaffhausen	2 – 2	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
19:45	El Haimour 11' (1:0) Truckenbrod  24' De Souza  25' Montandon 43' (2:0) El Haimour  58' Rosemir  74'	Summary	21' Ba 45' (2:1) Petrić 59' (2:2) Petrić  71' Zanni  90' Nakata	Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Basel v Grasshoppers

13 May 2007 Round 33	Basel	3 – 0	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Majstorović 8' (1:0) Ba  22' Rakitić 54' (2:0) Majstorović 90' (pen. 3:0)	Summary	90+3' Coltorti	Attendance: 26,625 Referee: Bertolini

Basel v Sion

16 May 2007 Round 34	Basel	2 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Chipperfield 40' (1:0) Majstorović 56'	Summary	36'  58' Alioui  43' Chihab  44' Sarni  54' Mijadinoski	Attendance: 24,743 Referee: Wildhaber

Luzern v Basel

19 May 2007 Round 35	Luzern	0 – 3	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
17:45	Bader  13' F. Lustenberger  39'	Summary	4' (0:1) Sterjovski 10' (0:2) Ergić 66' (0:3) Rakitić	Attendance: 9,558 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Basel v Young Boys

24 May 2007 Round 36	Basel	2 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Sterjovski 2' (1:0) Buckley  15' Eduardo 16' (2:0) Smiljanić  42' Zanni  52' Sterjovski  62'	Summary	15' Varela	Attendance: 31,136 Referee: Carlo Bertolin

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zürich	36	23	6	7	67	32	+35	75	Swiss champions Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Basel	36	22	8	6	77	40	+37	74	Swiss Cup winners Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Sion	36	17	9	10	57	42	+15	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Young Boys	36	17	8	11	52	42	+10	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5	St. Gallen	36	14	13	9	47	44	+3	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
6	Grasshopper	36	13	11	12	54	41	+13	50
7	Thun	36	10	7	19	30	58	−28	37
8	Luzern	36	8	9	19	31	58	−27	33
9	Aarau	36	6	8	22	28	55	−27	26	To relegation play-off
10	Schaffhausen	36	4	13	19	27	58	−31	25	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Swiss Cup

Main article: Swiss Cup

2006–07 Swiss Cup

FC Liestal v Basel

26 August 2006 Round 1	FC Liestal	1 – 6	Basel	Stadion Gitterli, Liestal
18:30	Spitz  48' Wahl 70' (1:6)	Summary	7' (0:1) Cristiano 12' (0:2) Cristiano  15' Cristiano 19' (0:3) Buckley 21' (0:4) Ergić 27' (0:5) Cristiano 66' (0:6) Majstorović	Attendance: 5,150 Referee: Bruno Grossen

Lugano v Basel

1 October 2006 Round 2	Lugano	0 – 4	Basel	Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
14:30	Rota  6' Mollard  7' Bullo  43' Sucic  62' Silveira  84'	Summary	40' Buckley  68' Ergić 77' Caicedo 77' Petrić 92' Burgmeier	Referee: Rogalla

FC Baulmes v Basel

12 November 2006 Round 3	FC Baulmes	2 – 2 2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stade Sous-Ville, Baulmes
15:00	Drago 51' Pascucci 71' Cottens  94'	Summary	42' Majstorović  62' Sterjovski 72' Caicedo  75' Berner 79' Petrić  92' Marque 103' Sterjovski  105' Petrić	Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Rogalla

Basel v Aarau

14 March 2007 Quarter-final	Basel	1 – 0	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Sterjovski 1' (1:0) Sterjovski  54' Zanni  66'	Summary	33' Brabec  43' Sermeter	Attendance: 11,280 Referee: Sascha Kever

Wil v Basel

26 April 2007 Semi-final	Wil	1 – 3	Basel	Stadion Bergholz, Wil
18:45	Nushi  41' Nushi 56' (1:2)	Summary	40' (0:1) Chipperfield 51' (0:2) Burgmeier 68' (1:3) Buckley	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Wildhaber
Note: Debut for Serdal Kül from Basel youth team

Basel v Luzern

2007 Final	Basel	1 – 0	Luzern	Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern
15:00	Majstorović  74' Majstorović 90+3' (pen.), 1:0'	Summary	34' Diethelm  90+1' Zibung	Attendance: 30,000 (sold out) Referee: Nicole Petignat

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds

Basel v Tobol Kostanay

13 July 2006 First qualifying first leg	Basel	3 – 1	Tobol Kostanay	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Petrić 20' (1:0) Petrić 67' (pen 2:1) Eduardo 69'	UEFA summary FCB summary	49' Zhumaskaliyev  63' Meshkov  66' Mukanov  79' Morev  80' Familtsev	Attendance: 11,643 Referee: De Sousa (PFF)

Tobol Kostanay v Basel

27 July 2006 First qualifying second leg	Tobol Kostanay	0 – 0	Basel	Kostanay Central Stadium
15:00	Kharabara  29' Yurin  60'	UEFA summary FCB summary	6' Berner  75' Nakata  89' Sterjovski	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Luc Wilmes (LUX)

Basel won 3–1 on aggregate.

Basel v Vaduz

10 August 2006 Second qualifying first leg	Basel	1 – 0	Vaduz	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Majstorović 58' (1:0) Ba  69' Kuzmanović  76' Chipperfield  90+1'	UEFA summary FCB summary	6' Hasler  90+2' Alastra	Attendance: 14,296 Referee: Radek Matejek (CZE)

Vaduz v Basel

24 August 2006 Second qualifying second leg	Vaduz	2 – 1	Basel	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30	López 16' Sara 49' (1:0) Ritzberger 63' (2:1)	UEFA summary FCB summary	24' Majstorović Kuzmanović 56' (1:1)	Attendance: 3,660 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (FA)

2-2 on aggregate, Basel win on away goals

First round

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds

Basel v Rabotnički

14 September 2006 First leg	Basel	6 – 2	Rabotnički	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Kuzmanović 2' (1:0) Chipperfield 6' (2:0) Majstorović 58' (pen. 3:0) Petrić 40' (4:0) Petrić  61' Cristiano 71' (5:0) Cristiano 73' (6:0)	UEFA summary FCB summary	65' Pejčić 89' (6:1) Pejčić 90+4' (o.g. 6:2) Buckley	Attendance: 11,945 Referee: Alex Tudor, (FRF)

Rabotnički v Basel

28 September 2006 Second leg	Rabotnički	0 – 1	Basel	Gradski Stadion, Skopje
19:30	Vajs  11'	UEFA summary FCB Summary	70' Petrić 75' Sterjovski	Attendance: 1,133 Referee: Richards (Wales)

Basel won 7–2 on aggregate.

Group stage / Group E

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup group stage § Group E

Basel v Feyenoord

19 October 2006 First round	Basel	1 – 1	Feyenoord	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Eduardo 60' (1:0) Ba  73'	UEFA summary FCB summary	12' Léonard  56' Bahia 76' (1:1) Huysegems  90+1' Greene	Attendance: 15,428 Referee: Dougie McDonald (SFA)

Blackburn Rovers v Basel

2 November 2006 Second round	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 0	Basel	Ewood Park, Blackburn
21:00	Gray  65' Mokoena  68' Tugay 75' (1:0) Jeffers 89' (pen. 2:0) McCarthy 90+2' (3:0)	UEFA summary FCB summary	8' Kuzmanović  64' Costanzo	Attendance: 13,789 Referee: Oleh Orekhov (Ukraine)

Basel v Nancy

23 November 2006 Third round	Basel	2 – 2	Nancy	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Chipperfield 32' (1:1) Sterjovski 56' (2:2) Costanzo  90+1'	UEFA summary FCB summary	31' (0:1) Kim 34' (1:2) Berenguer  69' Luiz 90+3′ Chrétien	Attendance: 14,497 Referee: Bruno Paixão (PFF)

Wisła Kraków v Basel

30 November 2006 Fourth round	Wisła Kraków	3 – 1	Basel	Stadion Wisly Kraków, Kraków
20:45	Pa. Brożek 11' (1:1) Sobolewski  49' Burns  70' Jean Paulista 71' (2:1) Pa. Brożek 83' (3:1) Cléber  42'  88'	UEFA summary FCB summary	8' (0:1) Petrić  90+3' Sterjovski	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Group E table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Blackburn Rovers	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	10	Advance to Round of 32
Nancy	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7
Feyenoord	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
Wisła Kraków	4	1	0	3	6	8	−2	3
Basel	4	0	2	2	4	9	−5	2

Source:

Sources

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
• Die ersten 125 Jahre / 2018. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
• FCB squad 2006–07 at fcb-archiv.ch
• Switzerland 2006–07 at RSSSF

External links

• FC Basel official site
• football.ch