2005–06 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2005–06 season
Chairman	Werner Edelmann
Manager	Christian Gross
Swiss Super League	2nd
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Matías Emilio Delgado (18); All: Matías Emilio Delgado (27)
Highest home attendance	32,712 (vs. Zürich, 13 May 2006)
Lowest home attendance	12,947 (vs. Yverdon-Sport, 26 February 2006)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 113th in existence and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football.

Overview

FC Basel started the season with various warm-up matches. These included teams from the Swiss lower league as well as teams from France, Croatia and the Ukraine. The FC Basel aims for the 2005–06 season were to retain the league title, win the cup and as well as to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage.

As Swiss champions, Basel entered the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round against German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.

Basel's biggest signings of the 2005–06 season were defenders Daniel Majstorović and Kōji Nakata, who were brought in to replace Lyon-bound Patrick Müller and the retiring Murat Yakın. Forward Eduardo was signed permanently following his successful loan spell but Argentinian strikers Christian Giménez and Julio Hernán Rossi left the club.

Season summary

League

Basel's priority aim for the season was to win the league championship for the third time in a row. Despite the 3-0 defeat by FC Thun in the second round, Basel started the season well and led the championship right until the last day of the league campaign. On 26 February 2006, FC Basel broke their own club record of 52 unbeaten league games at St. Jakob Park, later extending it to 59. The unbeaten home run ended on the final day of the season with a last-minute goal from Zürich's Iulian Filipescu giving Zürich their first national championship since 1980–81. A 60th straight home league match undefeated would have made Basel champions for third time in a row. The final score was 1-2 in favour of Zürich. The last minute loss of the Championship and the subsequent riots, the so-called Basel Hooligan Incident, meant that the club suffer the consequences. As well as a huge fine, the first two home games of the 2006–07 Swiss Super League season were held completely without fans, behind closer doors. The following three matches were held with just a part of the stadium capacity, without the fans from the "Muttenzer Kurve" (the eastern fan block).

Cup

Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup was to win it. In the early rounds of the 2005–06 Swiss Cup Basel were drawn away against lower league teams. However, they were defeated in the third round in the away tie against FC Zürich.

Europe

Because Basel entered the Champions League in the third qualifying round, their aim was to reach the group stage. However they lost 4-2 on aggregate to Werder Bremen and subsequently dropped into the UEFA Cup where they met Bosnian club NK Široki Brijeg in the first round. Basel sealed a 6–0 aggregate win. They were then drawn into Group E alongside Strasbourg, Roma, Red Star Belgrade and Tromsø. With some luck they qualified for the knock-out stages. Here they defeated AS Monaco in the round of 32 and Strasbourgh in the round of 16 to qualify for the quarter-finals. They were drawn against Middlesbrough and won the first leg at home 2-0 before travelling to the Riverside Stadium. Here, despite Basel taking an early lead, Middlesbrough fought back to win the match 4–1 and the tie 4–3. In spite of being knocked out, the cup run was considered a success for Basel. Matías Emilio Delgado ended the 2005–06 UEFA Cup season as the contest's top goal scorer.

Club

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: May 2006
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Novartis

Home^[1]

Away^[1]

Source: Homepage FCB

Other information

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

Source: Homepage FCB

Players

First team squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	Pascal Zuberbühler
3	DF	BIH	Damir Džombić
4	DF	SUI	Michel Morganella
5	DF	SWE	Daniel Majstorović
6	DF	JPN	Kōji Nakata
8	MF	AUS	Mile Sterjovski
9	FW	ARG	César Carignano
10	FW	CRO	Mladen Petrić
11	MF	AUS	Scott Chipperfield
12	MF	SEN	Papa Malick Ba
13	FW	ARG	Christian Eduardo Giménez
14	DF	ALG	Djamel Mesbah
15	DF	SUI	Murat Yakin
16	DF	SUI	Patrick Müller


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	CRO	Ivan Rakitić
18	GK	LBR	Louis Crayton
19	GK	BRA	Kléber
20	MF	ARG	Matías Emilio Delgado
21	MF	SUI	David Degen
22	MF	SRB	Ivan Ergić
23	FW	BRA	Eduardo
24	DF	SUI	Bruno Berner
25	GK	SUI	Riccardo Meili
27	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović
29	MF	SUI	Baykal Kulaksızoğlu
30	DF	SUI	Boris Smiljanić
32	DF	SUI	Reto Zanni
33	FW	ARG	Julio Hernán Rossi

Transfers

Summer

In

12	MF	SEN	Papa Malick Ba (from CS Sfaxien)
23	FW	BRA	Eduardo (from Toulouse)^[2]
—	MF	SUI	Baykal Kulaksızoğlu (from FC Thun)^[3]
—	MF	CRO	Ivan Rakitić (from FC Basel U-21)^[3]
—	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović (from FC Basel U-21)^[3]
18	GK	LBR	Louis Crayton (from FC Concordia Basel)^[3]
—	GK	ARG	Caicedo (from Rocafuerte Fútbol Club)^[4]

Out

—	DF	SUI	Sébastien Barberis (to FC Bulle – Free) ^[3]
—	DF	SUI	Philipp Degen (to Borussia Dortmund – n/a) ^[3]
13	FW	ARG	Christian Giménez (to Marseille)^[5]
—	DF	SUI	Benjamin Huggel (to Eintracht Frankfurt – n/a)^[3]
—	DF	BRA	Kléber (to Santos – (loan))^[6]
—	GK	AUT	Thomas Mandl (to Admira Wacker Mödling – (loan)))^[3]
—	MF	SUI	Djamel Mesbah (to FC Aarau – Free)^[3]
—	DF	SUI	Marco Zwyssig (end of career)^[3]

Winter

In

—	MF	GEO	Mikhail Kavelashvili
5	DF	SWE	Daniel Majstorović (from Twente)^[7]
6	DF	JPN	Kōji Nakata (from Marseille)^[7]

Out

24	DF	SUI	Bruno Berner (to Lyon)^[8]
33	FW	ARG	Julio Rossi (to Nantes)^[9]

Results

Friendlies

Pre-season

22 June 2005 Pre-season friendly	Celerina Auswahl	0 – 15	Basel	San Gian, Celerina
		Report (in German)	14', 15', 30' Rossi 19', 28', 53', 67', 75', 90' Petrić 34' Degen 34' (pen.) Yakin 46', 63' Giménez 49' Delgado 51' Kléber	Attendance: 921

26 July 2005 friendly	Basel	2 – 0	SC Freiburg	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
	Sterjovski 25' Degen 32', 85'	Report (in German)	55' Wolfarth	Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Nicole Petignat

2 August 2005 friendly	Basel	2 – 1	Parma	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
	Delgado 33' Petrić 70'	Report (in German)	63' Rosina	Attendance: 926 Referee: René Rogalla

16 August 2005 friendly	SV Muttenz	1 – 3	Basel	Margelacker, Muttenz
	Leganyi 36'	Report (in German)	41' Rossi 74' Eduardo 78' Sterjovski	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

6 September 2005 friendly	Kreuzlingen	1 – 6	Basel	Sportplatz Burgerfeld, Kreuzlingen
	Šabanović 67'	Report (in German)	16', 36' Rossi 32', 57' Delgado 41' Eduardo 70' Zanni	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

11 October 2005 friendly	FC Aesch	0 – 12	Basel	Löhrenacker, Aesch
		Report (in German)	11', 42', 86' Sterjovski 23', 68', 88' Eduardo 35' Delgado 36' Ergić 62' Mesbah 75' De Ferreira 80' Thüring	Attendance: 2,200 (sold out) Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

15 November 2005 friendly	Nordstern	0 – 5	Basel	Rankhof, Basel
		Report (in German)	37' Zanni 39' Petrić 42' Rossi 58' Sterjovski 80' Delgado	Attendance: 500 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Winter break friendlies

17 January 2006 Winter break friendly	Hamburger SV	2 – 2	Basel	Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
	Takahara 10', 62'	Report (in German)	10' Petrić 51' Eduardo	Attendance: 100 Referee: Diego Lopez Martinez

19 January 2006 Winter break friendly	Ciudad de Murcia	1 – 2	Basel	Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
	Jiménez 76'	Report (in German)	10' Eduardo 85' Berner	Attendance: 150 Referee: Juan Perez Perentiguez (Alicante)

29 January 2006 friendly	Basel	5 – 1	Locarno	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
	Sterjovski 16' Caicedo 36', 40' Kuzmanović 58' Delgado 72'	Report (in German)	51' Arnold	Attendance: 450 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

1 February 2006 friendly	Basel	2 – 0	Wohlen	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
	Degen 8' Delgado 77' (pen.)	Report (in German)		Attendance: 450 Referee: von Känel

5 February 2006 friendly	Basel	1 – 2	Rapid București	Stâde Municipal Payerne
	Delgado 46'	Report (in German)	8' Burdujan 62' (pen.) Nicoliță	Attendance: 500 Referee: Grossen

Swiss Super League

First half of season

19 July 2005 Round 1	Basel	1–0	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Ergić 36'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 20,884 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

22 July 2005 Round 2	Thun	3–0	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Aegerter 31' Lustrinelli 61', 69' Vieira 80'	Report (in German)	11' Kulaksızoğlu	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca

30 July 2005 Round 3	Basel	2–1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Degen 20' Delgado 49', 79' Chipperfield 54'	Report (in German)	42' Tararache 53' Nef 54' Džemaili 84' Schneider 85' Akihalaia 85' Margairaz	Attendance: 25,939 Referee: Nobs

6 August 2005 Round 4	Yverdon-Sport	1–2	Basel	Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
	Gomes 60' Marazzi 87' N'Diaye 90'	Report (in German)	19', 69' Sterjovski 30' Petrić 73' Ba	Attendance: 4,060 Referee: Nicole Petignat

14 August 2005 Round 5	St. Gallen	3–3	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
	Hassli 35', 83' (pen.) Koubský 60' Marić 78'	Report (in German)	5' Petrić 13', 58' Giménez 51' Ba 71' 82' Kulaksızoğlu 79' Degen 81' Rossi	Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

20 August 2005 Round 6	Basel	7–2	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 17', 49', 56' Chipperfield 51' Delgado 69' Petrić 75' Sterjovski 79' Delgado 90+1'	Report (in German)	14' Inler 64' Giallanza 76' Bieli 62' Simo 88' Vardanyan	Attendance: 22,258 Referee: Massimo Busacca

27 August 2005 Round 7	Basel	3–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Delgado 41', 65' Eduardo 51'	Report (in German)	26' Mangane 47' Besle	Attendance: 20,413 Referee: Nobs

11 September 2005 Round 8	Grasshoppers	2–2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Cabanas 29' Mitreski 44' Rogério 71', 96'	(Report) (in German)	6' (pen.) Delgado 22' Rossi 83' Chipperfield	Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Leuba

22 September 2005 Round 9	Basel	1–1	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Rossi 4', 7' Degen 59' Chipperfield 62'	(Report) (in German)	4' Varela 5' Schwegler 24' Magnin 53' João Paulo 67' Daniel	Attendance: 24,226 Referee: Bertolini

25 September 2005 Round 10	Schaffhausen	1–2	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
	Bunjaku 68' Tarone 90'	(Report) (in German)	34' Delgado 55' Eduardo 62' Smiljanić 90' Sterjovski	Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Kever

2 October 2005 Round 11	Basel	5–1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Müller 7' Degen 36' Petrić 60', 63', 79' Ba 88'	(Report) (in German)	22' Deumi 86' Şen	Attendance: 24,525 Referee: Massimo Busacca

16 October 2005 Round 12	Zürich	2–4	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Stucki 17' Filipescu 27' Margairaz 70' Di Jorio 89' Raffael 94'	(Report) (in German)	21' Degen 27', 66' Delgado 33' Eduardo 36' Rossi	Attendance: 18,400 (sold out) Referee: Wildhaber

29 October 2005 Round 13	Basel	3–1	Yverdon-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Degen 4' Chipperfield 18' Kulaksızoğlu 34' Delgado 66' Smiljanić 74'	(Report) (in German)	35' Aguirre 51' Jaquet	Attendance: 18,929 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

6 November 2005 Round 14	Basel	1–0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Zanni 6' Chipperfield 14' Sterjovski 86'	(Report) (in German)	4' Marić 56' Tachie-Mensah	Attendance: 23,132 Referee: René Rogalla

20 November 2005 Round 15	Aarau	0–2	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
	Tcheutchoua 10'	(Report) (in German)	18' Ba 20' Degen 35' Smiljanić 82' Rossi	Attendance: 6,600 Referee: Reto Tutz

4 December 2005 Round 16	Basel	1 – 0	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Delgado 6' (pen.) Ba 44' Eduardo 73'	(Report) (in German)	3' Sutter 56' Touré 61' Stepanovs	Attendance: 25,270 Referee: Massimo Busacca

7 December 2005 Round 17	Neuchâtel Xamax	3–2	Basel	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
	Lubamba 33' (pen.) Rey 43', 54' Mangane 60' Coly 78'	(Report) (in German)	24' Smiljanić 89' Petrić	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Salm

11 December 2005 Round 18	Young Boys	1–6	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
	Raimondi 20' Tiago 23'	(Report) (in German)	10' Degen 22' Smiljanić 26' Ergić 44' Eduardo 28', 60' Delgado 80' Sterjovski	Attendance: 27,547 Referee: René Rogalla

Second half of season

12 February 2006 Round 19	Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Džemaili 74' Von Bergen 65' Filipescu 66'	(Report) (in German)	8' Degen 71', 69' Petrić	Attendance: 18,400 (sold out) Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

19 February 2006 Round 20	Basel	1 – 1	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Majstorović 3' Kuzmanović 36' Delgado 75'	Report (in German)	30', 82' Pires 22' Diogo 90' Truckenbrod	Attendance: 17,644 Referee: René Rogalla

26 February 2006 Round 21	Basel	2 – 1	Yverdon-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Zanni 25' Degen 34' Nakata 45' Sterjovski 63'	(Report) (in German)	16' (o.g.) Smiljanić 18' El Haimour 34' Dugić 49' Marcão 90' Tournut	Attendance: 12,947 Referee: Reto Rutz

4 March 2006 Round 22	Thun	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Deumi 50' 75' Gelson 92'	Report (in German)	7' Eduardo 23' Duruz 37' Degen	Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Salm

12 March 2006 Round 23	Basel	2 – 1	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Eduardo 21', 21' Delgado 67' Kavelashvili 90'	(Report) (in German)	16' Seoane 24' Muff 35' 42' dos Santos 55' Leandro	Attendance: 21,042 Referee: Nobs

19 March 2006 Round 24	St. Gallen	2 – 2	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
	Calla 1' Tachie-Mensah 69'	Report (in German)	52' Ergić 90+2' Smiljanić 90+2' Sterjovski	Referee: Guido Wildhaber

22 March 2006 Round 25	Basel	1 – 1	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Nakata 39' Kavelashvili 82'	Report (in German)	38' Carreño 53' Bieli 77' Colomba 80' Baning 85' Simo	Attendance: 17,232 Referee: Salm

26 March 2006 Round 26	Neuchâtel Xamax	Postponed	Basel	La Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
		(Report) (in German)

2 April 2006 Round 27	Basel	2 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Berner 54' Petrić 86' Majstorović 90' (pen.)	(Report) (in German)	39' P. Schwegler 72' Everson	Attendance: 24,425 Referee: Massimo Busacca

2 April 2006 Round 28	Young Boys	Postponed	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
		(Report) (in German)

9 April 2006 Round 29	Basel	2 – 1	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Chipperfield 27' Ba 28' Majstorović 49'	Report (in German)	14', 37' Šehić 50' Geiger 80' Aka'a	Attendance: 17,855 Referee: Nicole Petignat

12 April 2006 Round 30	Aarau	1 – 5	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
	Bieli 43' Christ 66'	(Report) (in German)	14', 48' Chipperfield 28' Eduardo 35' Petrić 54' Ergić 69' Delgado 87' Kavelashvili	Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

15 April 2006 Round 26	Neuchâtel Xamax	1 – 5	Basel	La Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
	Maraninchi 8' Coly 76'	(Report) (in German)	8' Petrić 10' Chipperfield 20' Delgado 50' Sterjovski 52' Nakata 54' Degen	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: René Rogalla

20 April 2006 Round 31	Basel	3 – 1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Majstorović 40' Chipperfield 56' Delgado 61' Petrić 63'	(Report) (in German)	56' Cerrone 55' Ljubojević	Attendance: 21,779 Referee: Sascha Kever

23 April 2006 Round 32	Grasshoppers	1 – 1	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Touré 32' Denicolà 82'	(Report) (in German)	70' (o.g.) Mitreski 62' Petrić 86' Degen	Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Massimo Busacca

29 April 2006 Round 33	Basel	2 – 0	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Delgado 6' Petrić 8'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 21,229 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

3 May 2006 Round 34	Yverdon-Sport	1 – 3	Basel	Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
	N'Diaye 8' Rogério 89'	Report (in German)	35' Majstorović 51' Petrić 87' Sterjovski	Attendance: 4,060 Referee: Nicole Petignat

6 May 2006 Round 35	Schaffhausen	0 – 4	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
	Silva 16' Sereinig 53'	(Report) (in German)	4', 63' Delgado 53' Kuzmanović 88' Kavelashvili	Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Reto Rutz

10 May 2006 Round 28	Young Boys	4 – 2	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
	Yapi 28' Yakin 41' Varella 53' 90+2' Tiago 69' João Paulo 78'	(Report) (in German)	20' Degen 50' Zanni 51' Petrić 60' Kuzmanović 90+3' Delgado	Attendance: 24,809 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

13 May 2006 Round 36	Basel	1 – 2	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Delgado 6' Petrić 72', 80'	Report (in German)	25' Von Bergen 30' Keita 38' Schneider 45' Margairaz 59' Leoni 83', 90+2' Filipescu	Attendance: 32,712 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zürich (C)	36	23	9	4	86	36	+50	78	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Basel	36	23	9	4	87	42	+45	78	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Young Boys	36	17	11	8	60	46	+14	62	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Grasshopper	36	14	13	9	44	33	+11	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	Thun	36	14	7	15	50	53	−3	49

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

Swiss Cup

2005–06 Swiss Cup

19 September 2005 Round 1	Solothurn	1 – 4	Basel	Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn,
	Mendi 66'	(Report) (in German)	57' Degen 65' Eduardo 67', 85' Petrić	Attendance: 4,950 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

22 October 2005 Round 2	Old Boys	1 – 6	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel,
	Derdiyok 75', 76'	(Report) (in German)	11', 16', 50', 73' Sterjovski 60', 81' Kuzmanović	Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

18 December 2005 Round 3	Basel	3 – 4	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Rossi 12', 90+2' Delgado 32', 70' Ba 37' Smiljanić 61' Degen 80'	Report (in German)	9' Stahel 13' Keita 23' Tararache 31' Filipescu 42' César 51' Raffael 69' Džemaili 83'	Attendance: 17,469 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

UEFA Champions League

For more information, see 2005–06 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

10 August 2005 1st Leg	Basel	2–1	Werder Bremen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	D. Degen 28' Rossi 52' Quennoz 84'	Report (in German)	23' Jelle Van Damme 62' Davala 74' Klose	Attendance: 28,101 Referee: Paul Allaerts

24 August 2005 2nd Leg	Werder Bremen	3–0	Basel	Weserstadion, Bremen
	Klose 28' 79' Klasnić 65', 73' Borowski 68' (pen.)	Report (in German)	40' Eduardo	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

First round

All times CET

15 September 2005 1st Round 1st Leg	Basel	5 – 0	Široki Brijeg	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Delgado 10', 78', 88' Ergić 70' Eduardo 85'	Report		Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)

29 September 2005 1st Round 2nd Leg	Široki Brijeg	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Pecara, Široki Brijeg
19:30		Report	Petrić 8'	Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

Basel won 6-0 on aggregate.

Group stage / Group E

20 October 2005 1st Match day	Basel	0 – 2	Strasbourg	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Müller 30' Degen 55' Chipperfield 76'	Report	15' Diané 25' Boka 68' Johansen	Attendance: 16,623 Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

3 November 2005 2nd Match day	Red Star Belgrade	1 – 2	Basel	Stadion FK Crvena zvezda, Belgrade
17:00	Purović 25'	Report	Delgado 30' (pen.) Rossi 88'	Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

1 December 2005 4th Match Day	Basel	4 – 3	Tromsø	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Petrić 17' Delgado 61' Chipperfield 67' Degen 75'	Report	Strand 2', 29' Årst 19'	Attendance: 14,887 Referee: Krzysztof Slupik (Poland)

14 December 2005 5th Match Day	Roma	3 – 1	Basel	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
20:45	Taddei 12' Totti 45' Nonda 49'	Report	Petrić 78'	Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Strasbourg	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Roma	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7
3	Basel	4	2	0	2	7	9	−2	6
4	Red Star Belgrade	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4
5	Tromsø	4	1	0	3	7	9	−2	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Round of 32

15 February 2006 First Leg	Basel	1 – 0	Monaco	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:00	Degen 78'	Report		Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

23 February 2006 Second Leg	Monaco	1 – 1	Basel	Stade Louis II, Monaco
20:45	Vieri 21' (pen.)	Report	Majstorović 56'	Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

9 March 2006 First Leg	Basel	2 – 0	Strasbourg	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Delgado 86' Kuzmanović 89'	Report		Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

15 March 2006 Second Leg	Strasbourg	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
18:00	Carlier 11' Kanté 78'	Report	Eduardo 3', 26'	Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Basel won 4-2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

30 March 2006 First Leg	Basel	2 – 0	Middlesbrough	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Delgado 43' Degen 45+1'	Report		Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

6 April 2006 Second Leg	Middlesbrough	4 – 1	Basel	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
21:00	Viduka 33', 57' Hasselbaink 79' Maccarone 90'	Report	Eduardo 23'	Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Middlesbrough won 4-3 on aggregate.

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 2005–06 at RSSSF

^ ^a ^b (in Italian) FC Basel. "FC Basel - Sito Ufficiale - Prima Squadra" (in German). Retrieved 2008-11-28.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ FC Basel 1893 (2005). "FCB verpflichtet brasilianischen Stürmer aus Toulouse". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2005-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j FC Basel 1893 (2005). "Transfers in der Super League". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2005-06-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ FC Basel 1893 (2005). "Absichtserklärung mit Stürmer Caicedo" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2005-07-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ FC Basel 1893 (2005). "Vertrag mit Christian Gimenez aufgelöst". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2005-08-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ FC Basel 1893 (2005). "Kléber aus privaten Gründen zurück nach Brasilien". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2005-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b FC Basel 1893 (2006). "Zwei neue Nationalspieler für den FCB". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2006-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ FC Basel 1893 (2006). "Patrick Müller zu Olympique Lyon". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2006-01-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ FC Basel 1893 (2006). "Julio-Hernan Rossi verlässt den FCB". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2006-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

FC Basel official site

[kitsquad-1] (in Italian) FC Basel. "FC Basel - Sito Ufficiale - Prima Squadra" (in German). Retrieved 2008-11-28.^{[permanent dead link]}

[fcb1-2] FC Basel 1893 (2005). "FCB verpflichtet brasilianischen Stürmer aus Toulouse". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2005-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb2-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j FC Basel 1893 (2005). "Transfers in der Super League". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2005-06-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb3-4] FC Basel 1893 (2005). "Absichtserklärung mit Stürmer Caicedo" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2005-07-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb4-5] FC Basel 1893 (2005). "Vertrag mit Christian Gimenez aufgelöst". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2005-08-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb5-6] FC Basel 1893 (2005). "Kléber aus privaten Gründen zurück nach Brasilien". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2005-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb6-7] FC Basel 1893 (2006). "Zwei neue Nationalspieler für den FCB". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2006-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb7-8] FC Basel 1893 (2006). "Patrick Müller zu Olympique Lyon". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2006-01-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb8-9] FC Basel 1893 (2006). "Julio-Hernan Rossi verlässt den FCB". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2006-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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