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FC Basel
2016–17 season
FC Basel Logo
ChairmanSwitzerland Bernhard Heusler
ManagerSwitzerland Urs Fischer
GroundSt. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super LeagueChampions
Swiss CupWinners
Champions LeagueEliminated at the end of the group stage
Top goalscorerSeydou Doumbia (20)
Highest home attendance30,817 vs Young Boys 9 April 2017[1]
Lowest home attendance23,339 vs Sion 18.05.17
Average home league attendance26,484[2]

The 2016–17 FC Basel season is the 124th season in club history and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel are the reigning Swiss Super League champions. They prepared their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Germany, Russia and France as well as from Switzerland. The 2016–17 Swiss Super League season started on the week-end 23/24 July, the last round was played on 2 June 2017. Basel started with a home game against Sion.

Basel were qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in the Group stage. The draw was held on 25 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Basel were drawn into Group A along with Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Ludogorets Razgrad. The first game was at home against Razgrad on 13 September and the last being the home game against Arsenal on 6 December.

The draw for the first round of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup was held on 1 July 2016. The Super- and Challenge League clubs were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The lower division teams were granted home game advantage. The first round was played on the week-end 13/14 August 2016. The final was played in Stade de Genève on 25 May 2017.

Club

Management

Urs Fischer has a running three-year contract as first team manager, which started in June 2015. His assistants are Werner Leuthard, Marco Walker and Markus Hoffmann. Massimo Colomba is the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System. The new coach of the Youth Team (U–21) was Raphaël Wicky.

Position Staff
Manager Switzerland Urs Fischer (since 18 June 2015)
1 Assistant manager Switzerland Werner Leuthard
2 Assistant manager Austria Markus Hoffmann
3 Assistant manager Switzerland Marco Walker
Goalkeeper Coach Switzerland Massimo Colomba
Team Administration Switzerland Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach Switzerland Raphaël Wicky (from July 2016)
Youth Team Co-Coach Switzerland Romain Villiger

Last updated: 23 July 2016
Source: FCB Official Site

Further information

The FC Basel AGM took place on 18 June 2016. The board of directors under president Bernhard Heusler with vice-president Adrian Knup, sportdirector Georg Heitz, financial manager Stephan Werthmüller and marketing manager René Kamm, and the three directors Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser were willing to continue as before. They were all re-elected unanimously.[3]

Chairman Switzerland Mr Bernhard Heusler
Vice Chairman Switzerland Mr Adrian Knup
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[4])
(37,500 for international matches)[5] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 18 June 2016
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview

Offseason and preseason

At the end of the 2015–16 FC Basel season Walter Samuel and Philipp Degen ended their football careers. Behrang Safari left the club to continue his career by his home club Malmö FF. Breel Embolos transfer to Schalke 04 was confirmed by both teams on 26 June.[6][7] Despite the fact that he still had a valid contract Naser Aliji joined 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a free transfer.[8]

Basel announced on 31 August that the contract between them and the 26-year-old Egyptian international Ahmed Hamoudi had been resolved on mutual consent with immediate effect.[9] On 2 September Basel announced that Nicolas Hunziker had been loaned out to the Grasshoppers to gain playing experience.[10] That far during the current season Hunziker had played four games in the Promotion League with the FCB U-21 team, scoring five goals.

On 4 May Basel announced that they had signed 18 year old Paraguayan defender Blás Riveros from Olimpia Asunción on a five-year deal. Due to Riveros commitments with the Paraguay national football team and the Copa America, he was not expected to join the Basel first team until the beginning of July.[11] On 10 May Basel also announced that they had signed Egyptian defender Omar Gaber from Zamalek on a four-year deal.[12][13] On 15 June Serbian goalkeeper Đorđe Nikolić transferred in from Jagodina, signing a four-year contract.[14] Basel announced on 28 June that they had signed Seydou Doumbia on loan from Roma until 30 June 2017.[15] Three further transfers in were Mohamed Elyounoussi[16] who signed in from Molde, Kevin Bua[17] who came from Zürich and Éder Balanta[18] who transferred in from River Plate. Each of whom signed a four-year deal. One former player transferred back in from VfB Stuttgart, Geoffroy Serey Die,[19] who had left the club a year and a half before due to differences with the former team manager Paulo Sousa.

Mid-season break

On 25 January 2017 Basel announced that Birkir Bjarnason had transferred out[20] and Aston Villa confirmed the move.[21] On 31 January 2017 Basel announced that Jean-Paul Boëtius was loaned out to K.R.C. Genk until the end of the season.[22]

The Campaign

Domestic League

First half of season

Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship for the eighth consecutive time. The 2016–17 Swiss Super League season started on the week-end 23/24 July. Basel played at home game against Sion. Four of the new signings, Gabar, Balanta, Elyounoussi and Doumbia made their first team league debuts in the 3–0 home win.[23] Doumbia scored his first goal for his new club in the same game and just one week later on 31 July during the away game against Vaduz he scored his second. It was the last goal of the game and Basel won 5–1.[24] Basel took first position in the league table from the very beginning. In fact they started the season very well, winning each of their first seven games, scoring at least three goals in each fixture. After these seven games they were nine points clear of BSC Young Boys in second place and Luzern in third. They had scored 24 goals conceding just five. By the winter break Basel had extended their lead to 12 points ahead of the Young Boys who were in second place in the league table, winning 15, drawing two and only one defeat, scoring 49 and conceding just 15 goals in their 18 matches.

Second half of season

The second half of season began on 4 February 2017. In their first game Elyounoussi scored a hat trick for Basel during the home game against Lugano. These were the first three goals and were scored during the first 36 minutes of the game that Basel won 4–0.[25] Basel won nine, drawing three during February, March and April to move clear at the top of the table. Despite that they suffered a defeat in the Stade de Suisse in round 34 against second placed Young Boys, Basel ended the season 17 points clear of their rivals.

Basel were victors in 26 matches, drew eight and suffered only two defeats in the 36 Super League matches, gaining a total of 86 points. The team scored 92 goals (league's highest scorers) with 35 goals against (league's best defence) and ended with a goal difference of +57. Basel's Seydou Doumbia was the club and the Super League top goalscorer with 20 goals. Marc Janko scored 13, both Matías Delgado and Mohamed Elyounoussi ended the season with ten goals. Elyounoussi was the team's top final pass giver with 13 assists.

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the 2016–17 Swiss Cup is to regain the title that they last won in 2011–12. The draw for the first round was held on 1 July 2016 and the team was drawn away against Rapperswil-Jona. The game was won 1–0, the goal being scored by Jean-Paul Boëtius in the 58th minute.[26] In the second round Basel were drawn away against Zug 94, the game played on 18 September, and also won 1–0, the goal scored by Daniel Høegh in the 45th minute. The third round was played on 26 October 2016 and Basel won 4–1 away against FC Tuggen Tuggen from the 1. Liga Promotion, the third highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid. The Quarterfinal was played on 2 March 2017. Basel, drawn at home against Zürich, won the game 3–1.[27] In the semifinal they were drawn away against lower tier FC Winterthur, winning 3–1. The final was played in Stade de Genève on 25 May 2017. Basel's opponents were FC Sion, who to that time had won all he 13 previous finals that they had appeared in. Basel won the final 3–0, the goals being scored by Seydou Doumbia, Matías Delgado and Taulant Xhaka.[28]

Champions League

Basel entered into this season's Champions League in the Group stage. The draw was held on 25 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Basel were drawn into Group A along with Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Ludogorets Razgrad. The first game was at home against Razgrad on 13 September and the last being the home game against Arsenal on 6 December. The club's initial aim was to remain in the competition after the group stage.

Ludogorets Razgrad (13 September 2016)

The first game was played in St. Jakob-Park. Basel took control of the game from the start. But despite a few chances early in the game, Bjarnason (2), Steffen (6) and Delgado (7), Basel were not able to create many chances against the massive Ludogorets Razgrad defence. Ludogorets waited for counterattacks. Basel's Janko injured himself and was replaced by Doumbia in the 40th minute. Ludogorets went into the lead just before half time, a breakaway goal by Brazilian forward Cafu. He ran on to a measured pass from Marcelinho, he turned Marek Suchý inside out and slotted in a low shot past Tomáš Vaclík (45). Basel created few clear scoring opportunities but were gifted a chance to equalize when Ludogorets goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov flapped at defender Michel Lang's cross. The ball dropped to Steffen, who volleyed into an unguarded net from a tight angle (79).[29]

Arsenal (28 September 2016)

Basel's second game was away from home in the Emirates Stadium as guests of Arsenal Football Club. This was the first ever meeting between the clubs in European competition. Arsenal made two changes to the side that had beaten Chelsea in the Premier League on the previous Saturday, with David Ospina replacing Petr Čech between the posts. Replacing the injured Francis Coquelin in the centre of midfield, Granit Xhaka started against the team he began his career with and also faced his brother Taulant for the first time in club football. Mohamed Elneny was also brought on as a substitute against his former side. Urs Fischer, on the other hand, had shuffled his pack from their visit to St. Gallen at the weekend, with his front four completely changing. Theo Walcott scored a first half double, with a brace in assists from Sánchez securing a 2–0 win.[30] The first was a lightning break from Arsenal, a ball over the top found Alexis Sánchez in acres of space in the right hand channel and he deftly whipped in a volleyed cross which the Englishman made no mistake with, burying his header past Vaclík. The second was almost too easy for Arsenal, as they waltzed through the Basel defence again. Walcott strolled up to the edge of the box unchallenged, played a perfect one-two with Alexis Sánchez, who was standing with his back to goal, and clinically dispatched the return ball into the far corner, off the post. The home team were all over the visitors, and their one touch passing was sublime to watch. Walcott and Özil played back to Sánchez, but his shot was incredibly saved by Vaclík. Bellerín had a chance and again Vaclík did brilliantly to parry. It was completely and utterly one sided in North London and Basel looked shell shocked, especially during the first half.

Paris Saint-Germain (19 October 2016)

Basel's second away game in the third round was in the Parc des Princes as guests of Paris Saint-Germain. This was also the first ever meeting between these two clubs in European competition. In the 5 Minute Delgado kicked a corner which was headed in to the middle by Bjarnason and Lang headed the ball onto the cross bar. Lang, Steffen and Doumbia missed good chances. Another chance for the visitors in the 36th minute and Doumbia's angled header hit the post. In the 40th minute Blaise Matuidi's low cross was touched off by Edinson Cavani and Ángel Di María thundered his right-foot strike into the roof of the net. Lucas Moura put the hosts two goals up on 62 minutes. Suchý had a chance in the 66th minute but his header hit the cross bar, the third time Basel struck the woodwork. In the 93rd minute Cavani scored from the penalty spot to make the end result a very unlucky 0–3.

Paris Saint-Germain (1 November 2016)

The return game was played two weeks later and Omar Gaber played his Champions League debut for the home team. Saint-Germain had the early goal chances but these were not enough to beat Tomáš Vaclík. After about 20 minutes Basel got into the match better, getting support up for their sole striker Doumbia Seydou. But Paris struck with impeccable timing as half-time approached. A corner was not cleared properly and Meunier latched onto the loose ball, driving a fierce shot at goal through a crowd of bodies. One of those is the unmarked Matuidi who, perhaps unintentionally, flicked the ball into the net (43 minute). In the second half Basel searched for their chances but had no luck. Just as it looked like a goal would not come from anywhere for Basel, it came practically out of nowhere. Substitute Luca Zuffi took aim from almost 40 metres out and suddenly everything had the desired impact. The substitute way out on the byline tried to pick out Marc Janko in the area with a cross, but instead he drifted a ball in that sailed over goalkeeper Alphonse Areola and into the net (76 minutes). In the 84th minute Serey Dié received a second yellow card and was sent off Despite this, only two minutes later Janko had the best chance for a winner for Basel but he missed the crossed ball. Thomas Meunier, however, scored that for Paris in the last minute of the game.[31]

Ludogorets Razgrad (23 November 2016)

The return game against Ludogorets Razgrad was played in Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Basel fielded their strongest team, but Ludogorets had to withdraw midfielder Marcelinho with a hamstring injury. Ludogrets had 55% ball possession, but Basel created the most chances. Goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov made several fine stops to keep Basel at bay. However the game ended goalless and both teams collected their second point in the group stage. Basel coach Urs Fischer said after the match; "We gave our best, we had a good game, but we failed to convert our chances. There is one more game left, but it could have been much better if we had won tonight. We tried everything, I played with all my forwards, but that was not enough, unfortunately."[32]

Arsenal (6 December 2016)

The situation before this last group stage match was clear, Basel had to obtain more points than Ludogorets Razgrad to qualify for the Europa League knock out stage and Arsenal had to obtain more points than Paris Saint-Germain to win the group. Two former Basel players were in the Arsenal team, Mohamed Elneny and Granit Xhaka whose elder brother Taulant lined up for the home team. The game was decided early, two defending mistakes soon after the kick-off gave Arsenal two goal scoring chances. Both of which were taken with ease and the visitors were leading by two goals after just quarter of an hour. Lucas Pérez's hat-trick in the 47th minute inspired Arsenal to a 4–1 triumph, with Alex Iwobi adding the fourth after 53 minutes. Basel substitute Doumbia grabbed a fine second-half consolation for hosts, but too late to make any change in the outcome. Paris's 2–2 draw with Ludogorets meant Arsenal win Group A, Basel finished bottom.[33]

Players

First team squad

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 23 July but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 23 July 2016[34]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Vaclík
3 DF Ivory Coast CIV Adama Traoré
4 DF Egypt EGY Omar Gaber
5 DF Switzerland SUI Michael Lang
6 MF Ivory Coast CIV Serey Die
7 MF Switzerland SUI Luca Zuffi
8 MF Iceland ISL Birkir Bjarnason
9 FW Slovenia SVN Andraž Šporar
10 MF Argentina ARG Matías Delgado (Captain)
11 MF Switzerland SUI Renato Steffen
13 GK Serbia SRB Đorđe Nikolić
15 MF Sweden SWE Alexander Fransson
16 DF Switzerland SUI Manuel Akanji
17 DF Czech Republic CZE Marek Suchý (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK Switzerland SUI Germano Vailati
20 MF Switzerland SUI Dereck Kutesa
21 FW Austria AUT Marc Janko
23 DF Colombia COL Éder Álvarez Balanta
24 FW Norway NOR Mohamed Elyounoussi
25 DF Paraguay PAR Blás Riveros
26 DF Denmark DEN Daniel Høegh
29 MF Switzerland SUI Charles Pickel
30 DF Switzerland SUI Eray Cümart
33 FW Switzerland SUI Kevin Bua
34 MF Albania ALB Taulant Xhaka
35 FW Switzerland SUI Nicolas Hunziker
39 MF Switzerland SUI Davide Callà
77 FW Netherlands NED Jean-Paul Boëtius
88 FW Ivory Coast CIV Seydou Doumbia

Loans

In on loan

88 FW Ivory Coast CIV Seydou Doumbia (on loan from Roma until 30 June 2017)[15]

Out on loan

30 MF Switzerland SUI Cedric Itten (on loan at Luzern until 30 June 2017)[35]
22 MF Serbia SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović (on loan at Málaga until 30 June 2017)[36]
23 GK Switzerland SUI Mirko Salvi (on loan at Lugano until 30 June 2017)[37]
20 MF Serbia SRB Veljko Simić (on loan at Chiasso from 26 July 2016 until 30 June 2017)[38]
35 FW Switzerland SUI Nicolas Hunziker (on loan at Grasshopper Zürich until 30 June 2017)[10]
77 FW Netherlands NED Jean-Paul Boëtius (on loan at K.R.C. Genk from 31 January until 30 June 2017)[22]
30 DF Switzerland SUI Eray Cümart (on loan at Lugano from 8 March until 30 June 2017)[39]

Transfers summer 2016

In

4 DF Egypt EGY Omar Gaber (from Zamalek)[13]
6 MF Ivory Coast CIV Serey Die (from VfB Stuttgart)[19]
13 GK Serbia SRB Đorđe Nikolić (from Jagodina)[14]
23 DF Colombia COL Éder Álvarez Balanta (from River Plate)[18]
24 FW Norway NOR Mohamed Elyounoussi (from Molde)[16]
25 DF Paraguay PAR Blás Riveros (from Olimpia Asunción)[11]
33 FW Switzerland SUI Kevin Bua (from Zürich)[17]

Out

4 DF Switzerland SUI Philipp Degen (end of career)[40]
6 DF Argentina ARG Walter Samuel (end of career)
19 DF Sweden SWE Behrang Safari (to Malmö FF free transfer)
24 FW Egypt EGY Ahmed Hamoudi (contract resolved)[9]
27 DF Albania ALB Naser Aliji (to Kaiserslautern)[8]
36 FW Switzerland SUI Breel Embolo (to Schalke 04 for reportedly €25m)[7]

Transfers winter 2016-17

Out

8 MF Iceland ISL Birkir Bjarnason (to Aston Villa)[20]
29 MF Switzerland SUI Charles Pickel (to Grasshopper Club)[41]

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

25 June 2016 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 4 Switzerland St. Gallen Langensteinstadion, Waldshut-Tiengen
15:30 Traoré Yellow card 27'
Callà 32'
Manzambi 71'
FCB Report 29' Tafer
Yellow card 37' Hefti
42' Bunjaku
47' Aleksić
Yellow card 86' Mutsch
90+2' Chabbi
Attendance: 400
Referee: Germany Robert Kempter
1 July 2015 (2015-07-01) Pre-season FC Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 Germany 1860 München Isarau Stadium Geretsried (Germany)
20:00 Høegh 66'
Callà Yellow card 88'
FCB Report 83' Yellow card 86' Mölders Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Germany Robert Hartmann
8 July 2016 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 3 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Nachwuchs-Campus, Basel
18:30 Cümart 4'
Elyounoussi 49'
FCB Report 46' Yellow card 87' Carlos Henrique
58' Margairaz
47' Musa Araz
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
13 July 2016 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 4 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Stade St-Germain, Savièse
19:00 Callà 69' FCB Report 15' (pen.) Dzyuba
35' García
75' Yellow card 54' Ryazantsev
90' (pen.) Kerzhakov
Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
16 July 2016 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 1 France AS Monaco Stade de Chailly, Montreux
15:00 FCB Report 33' Boschilia Attendance: 700
Referee: Switzerland Sébastien Pache
19 July 2016 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 3 – 3 Germany VfL Wolfsburg St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:30 Janko Yellow card 88' 69'
Høegh 72'
Elyounoussi 82'
FCB Report 29' Dost
55' Kruse
74' Brekalo
Yellow card 88' Möbius
Yellow card 88' Guilavogui
Attendance: 7,619
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
31 August 2016 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 3 Switzerland FC Wohlen Nachwuchs-Campus, Basel
Šporar 12'
Ambre Nsumbu 36'
FCB Report 56' (pen.) Schultz
85' Marvin Graf
89' Yannick Schmid
Attendance: 350
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder

Winter break

10 January 2017 Friendly Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 Switzerland Le Mont Nachwuchs-Campus, Basel
16:00 Šporar 44'
Manzambi 90+1'
FCB Report 14' Touré Attendance: 100
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
14 January 2017 Friendly Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Germany St. Pauli Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
17:00 Steffen 13' (FCB Report) (in German) 44' Flum
87' Gonther
Attendance: 150
Referee: Spain Moreno Munoz
19 January 2017 Friendly Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:00 Janko 32'
Manzambi Yellow card 70'
Šporar 85'
(FCB Report) (in German) Yellow card 18' Miranchuk
Red card 35' Mykhalyk
60' Galadzhan
Attendance: 150
Referee: Spain José Maria Sánchez
25 January 2017 Friendly Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Chiasso Nachwuchs-Campus, Basel
15:00 Bua 52'
Manzambi 85'
FCB Report Attendance: 200
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
28 January 2017 Friendly Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Denmark Esbjerg fB Nachwuchs-Campus, Basel
14:30 Elyounoussi 13' FCB Report Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)

Swiss Super League

First half of season

24 July 2016 Round 1 Basel 3 – 0 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Suchý Yellow card 9'
Delgado 37' (pen.), 57'
Doumbia 44'
(FCB report) Yellow card 37' Konaté
Yellow card 83' Ziegler
Yellow card 88' Lacroix
Attendance: 27,924
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
31 July 2016 Round 2 Vaduz 1 – 5 Basel Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
13:45 Grippo Yellow card 19' 31'
Strohmaier Yellow card 25'
(FCB report) 4' Janko
19' (pen.) Delgado
Yellow card 40' Balanta
42' Elyounoussi
89' Steffen
90+1' Doumbia
Attendance: 5.680
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
7 August 2016 Round 3 Luzern 2 – 3 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
13:45 Hyka 18', 29'
Kryeziu Yellow card 33'
(FCB report) 4' Suchý
Yellow card 20' Xhaka
70', 74' Janko
Attendance: 14,486
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
10 August 2016 Round 4 Basel 3 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Traoré Yellow card 35'
Zuffi 55'
Bjarnason 59'
Vilotić 71' (o.g.)
(FCB report) Yellow card 88' Bertone Attendance: 29,523
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
20 August 2016 Round 5 Basel 4 – 1 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Xhaka Yellow card 19'
Balanta Yellow card 37'
Suchý 45'
Steffen 48'
Doumbia 53'
Lang 60'
Delgado Yellow card 80'
(FCB report) 66' Rosseti
Yellow card 88' Golemić
Attendance: 26,012
Referee: Switzerland Pascal Erlachner
28 August 2016 Round 6 Thun 0 – 3 Basel Stockhorn Arena, Thun
16:00 Bürki Yellow card 33'
Sorgić Yellow card 82'
(FCB report) 4' Lang
13' Janko
19' Zuffi
Yellow card 78' Callà
Attendance: 5,793
Referee: Switzerland Sébastien Pache
10 September 2016 Round 7 Basel 3 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Bjarnason 29'
Doumbia 31', 86'
(FCB report) 45+1' Sigurjónsson
Yellow card 57' Bamert
Attendance: 28,825
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
21 September 2016 Round 8 Lausanne-Sport 1 – 2 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:30 Margiotta Yellow card 48' 36'
Margairaz Red card 90'
(FCB report) 67' Bjarnason
90+3' Yellow card 73' Balanta
Attendance: 6.154
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet
24 September 2016 Round 9 St. Gallen 1 – 3 Basel kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:00 Toko Yellow card 1'
Aratore 14'
Haggui Yellow card 77'
Gelmi Yellow card 89'
(FCB report) 26' Delgado
Yellow card 33' Traoré
Yellow card 55' Callà
76' (o.g.) Gelmi
90' (pen.) Doumbia
Attendance: 14,257
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
1 October 2016 Round 10 Basel 1 – 1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Callà 90' (FCB report) 35' Tosetti
Yellow card 44' Hediger
Yellow card 56' Faivre
Yellow card 92' Facchinetti
Attendance: 26,942
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
15 October 2016 Round 11 Basel 3 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Doumbia 25'
Lang 55'
Elyounoussi 89'
(Report) Yellow card 68' Lustenberger Attendance: 27,261
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
22 October 2016 Round 12 Lugano 2 – 2 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
20:00 Aguirre Yellow card 38'
Mariani 63'
Alioski 75' (pen.)
Salivi Yellow card 85'
Jozinović Yellow card 90+2'
(FCB report) 51' Delgado
88' (pen.) Yellow card 90+2' Callà
Attendance: 4,406
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
29 October 2016 Round 13 Grasshopper Club 0 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Bašić Yellow card 6'
Källström Yellow card 86'
(FCB report) 17', 21' (pen.) Delgado
Yellow card 20' Lang
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
5 November 2016 Round 14 Basel 2 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Xhaka Yellow card 41'
Suchý 9+1'
Janko 90+3'
(Report) Yellow card 8' Gétaz
42' Margiotta
Yellow card 86' Monteiro
Attendance: 25,372
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
19 November 2016 Round 15 Basel 6 – 0 Vaduz St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Doumbia 10', 51'
Elyounoussi 19'
Lang 74'
Bjarnason 77'
Callà 90'
(Report) Yellow card 3' Muntwiler Attendance: 24,846
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
27 November 2016 Round 16 Sion 1 – 2 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00 Salatić Yellow card 19'
Sierro Yellow card 52'
Karlen 72'
(Report) 34' Delgado
Yellow card 50' Steffen
Yellow card 70' Serey Die
77' Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card 89' Janko
Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
3 December 2016 Round 17 Young Boys 3 – 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:00 Hoarau 6', 51'
Nuhu Red card 45'
Mbabu 71'
(Report) 66' (pen.) Delgado Attendance: 20,216
Referee: Austria Harald Lechner
10 December 2016 Round 18 Basel 1 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Janko 48'
Xhaka Yellow card 57'
(Report) Yellow card 42' Al. Ajeti
Yellow card 55' Buess
Attendance: 26,242
Referee: Switzerland Pascal Erlachner

Second half of season

4 February 2017 Round 19 Basel 4 – 0 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Elyounoussi 2', 23', 36'
Balanta Yellow card 45'
Janko 85'
FCB Report Yellow card 11' Alioski Attendance: 23,439
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
11 February 2017 Round 20 Thun 0 – 2 Basel Stockhorn Arena, Thun
17:45 Schindelholz Yellow card 29'
Facchinetti Yellow card 34'
Rapp Yellow card 56'
(Report) Yellow card 73' Xhaka
Yellow card 74' Elyounoussi
79' (o.g.) Schindelholz
Yellow card 90+2' Vaclík
90+3' Doumbia
Attendance: 5,707
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
19 February 2017 Round 21 Basel 4 – 3 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45 Doumbia 11', 71'
Akanji 74'
Janko 84'
FCB Report 9', 68' (pen.) Kololli
Yellow card 15' Gétaz
39' Campo
Attendance: 23,974
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Amhof
26 February 2017 Round 22 Basel 3 – 1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45 Suchý 19'
Janko 34', 81'
Steffen Yellow card 67'
FCB Report
Report
Yellow card 19' Grether
36' Affolter
Yellow card 75' Neumayr
Yellow card 76' Itten
Attendance: 24,894
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
5 March 2017 Round 23 Vaduz 1 – 1 Basel Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
13:45 Avdijaj 31'
Muntwiler Yellow card 59'
Bühler Yellow card 83'
(Report) 27' Zuffi
Yellow card 90+2' Doumbia
Attendance: 4,345
Referee: Switzerland Lionel Tschudi
12 March 2017 Round 24 Sion 0 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00 Konaté Yellow card 61' (Report) Yellow card 48' Traoré
55' Lang
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Austria Dominik Ouschan
18 March 2017 Round 25 Basel 1 – 0 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Zuffi 6'
Xhaka Yellow card 89'
FCB Report Yellow card 27' Dabbur
Yellow card 57' Lavanchy
Attendance: 26,027
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
1 April 2017 Round 26 St. Gallen 0 – 3 Basel AFG Arena, St. Gallen
20:00 Barnetta Yellow card 58' (Report) 7', 55' Akanji
20' Janko
Yellow card 27' Steffen
Yellow card 41' Riveros
Attendance: 18,509
Referee: Poland Daniel Stefanski
9 April 2017 Round 27 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Xhaka Yellow card 24'
Elyounoussi 54'
Riveros Yellow card 75'
Akanji Yellow card 90'
FCB Report Ravet 18'
Frey Yellow card 51'
Assalé Red card 75'
Attendance: 30,817
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
15 April 2017 Round 28 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 4 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00 FCB Report Lang 37'
Elyounoussi 40', 82'
Steffen Yellow card 45'
Šporar 59'
Attendance: 5,855
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
22 April 2017 Round 29 Basel 2 – 2 Vaduz St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Suchý Yellow card 39'
Delgado 41'
Elyounoussi Yellow card 63'
Janko Yellow card 86'
Doumbia 90+2'
FCB Report Brunner 11'
Borgmann Yellow card 60'
Kukuruzović 78'
Attendance: 23,999
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
28 April 2017 Round 30 Luzern 1 – 2 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
19:45 Costa Yellow card 41'
M. Schneuwly 88'
FCB Report Doumbia 3'
Traoré Yellow card 36'
Steffen 71'
Suchý Yellow card 76'
Attendance: 14,823
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
7 May 2017 Round 31 Lugano 2 – 2 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
13:45 Alioski 60' (pen.)
Sadiku Yellow card 78' Yellow-red card 80' 79'
(Report) 12' Fransson
54' Yellow card 56' Zuffi
Yellow card 68' Callà
Attendance: 6,151
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
14 May 2017 Round 32 Basel 3 – 3 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45 Steffen Yellow card 20' 24'
Janko Yellow card 45'
Elyounoussi 76'
Suchý Yellow card 86'
Serey Die Yellow card 79' 90'
FCB Report 17', 64', 90+4' Sorgić
Yellow card 68' Tosetti
Yellow card 86' Facchinetti
Attendance: 26,844
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
18 May 2017 Round 33 Basel 2 – 2 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Janko 33'
Doumbia 89'
FCB Report 39' Yellow card 72' Akolo
Yellow card 63' Konaté
Yellow card 73' Bia
Yellow card 84' Maceiras
90+4' Constant
Attendance: 23,339
Referee: Austria Markus Hameter
21 May 2017 Round 34 Young Boys 2 – 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00 Assalé 9'
Schick 53'
(Report) 3' Doumbia Attendance: 18,383
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Amhof
28 May 2017 Round 35 Grasshopper Club 1 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Sigurjónsson Yellow card 21'
Caio Yellow card 65' 64'
(Report) 42' Akanji
86', 88' Doumbia
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
2 June 2017 Round 36 Basel 4 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Doumbia 14', 87'
Steffen 58'
Janko 90+1'
FCB Report 26' Danijel Aleksić Attendance: 30,657
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 26 8 2 92 35 +57 86 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Young Boys 36 20 9 7 72 44 +28 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 15 8 13 52 61 −9 53 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4 Sion 36 15 6 15 60 55 +5 51 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 14 8 14 62 66 −4 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.[42]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, Basel, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Swiss Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Swiss Cup

The draw for the first round was held on 1 July 2016. The Super- and Challenge League clubs were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The lower division teams were granted home advantage and Basel were therefore drawn away, in Rapperswil. The home advantage was also granted to the team from the lower league in the second and third rounds.

14 August 2016 Round 1 Rapperswil-Jona 0 – 1 Basel Stadion Grünfeld, Rapperswil
15:30 Polverino Yellow card 72'
Kllokoqi Yellow card 72'
Teixeira Yellow card 85'
(FCB Report) 58' Boëtius
Yellow card 82' Suchý
Attendance: 4,350 (Stadium record)
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
18 September 2016 Round 2 Zug 94 0 – 1 Basel Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
15:30 (FCB Report) 45' Høegh Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
26 October 2016 Round 3 Tuggen 1 – 4 Basel Linthstrasse, Tuggen
19:30 Zverotic Yellow card 37'
Erzan Murtisi Yellow card 38'
Dominik Schiendorfer Yellow card 45+1'
Jusuf Shala 90'
(FCB report)
(SFV report)
8', 16' (pen.) Boëtius
35' Lang
44' Balanta
Attendance: 4,150
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Amhof
2 March 2017 Quarterfinal Basel 3 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Janko 20'
Xhaka Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 56'
Lang 41'
Steffen Yellow card 8' 78'
(FCB report)
(SFV report)
3' Buff
Yellow card 14' Nef
Yellow card 15' Brunner
Yellow card 58' Voser
Yellow card 82' Schönbächler
Attendance: 25,259
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
5 April 2017 Semifinal Winterthur 1 – 3 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:45 Gazzetta Yellow card 24'
Cani 88'
Hebib Yellow card 89'
(FCB report)
(SFV report)
54' (pen.) Delgado
Yellow card 56' Janko
85' Akanji
90+4' Fransson
Attendance: 9,400
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Amhof
25 May 2017 Final FC Basel 3 – 0 Sion Stade de Genève, Lancy
16:00 Doumbia Yellow card 44'
Delgado 47'
Traoré 62'
Lang Yellow card 77' 89'
Xhaka Yellow card 79'
(FCB report)
(SFV report)
Yellow card 37' Salatic
Yellow card 90+5' Lüchinger
Attendance: 26,500
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner [43]

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Basel were qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in the Group stage. The draw was held on 25 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Basel were drawn into Group A along with Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Ludogorets Razgrad. The first match was at home game against Razgrad.

Matches
13 September 2016 (2016-09-13) Round 1 Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Steffen Yellow card 65' 80' UEFA report
FCB report (in German)
45' Cafu
Yellow card 67' Wanderson
Yellow card 77' Natanael
Attendance: 30,852[44]
Referee: Belarus Aleksei Kulbakov
28 September 2016 (2016-09-28) Round 2 Arsenal England 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Emirates Stadium, London
20:45 Walcott 7', 26' UEFA report
FCB report (in German)
Yellow card 21' Suchý
Yellow card 85' Elyounoussi
Attendance: 59,993[45]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) Round 3 Paris Saint-Germain France 3 – 0 Switzerland Basel Parc des Princes, Paris
20:45 Di María 40'
Lucas 62'
Rabiot Yellow card 64'
Cavani 90+3' (pen.)
UEFA report
FCB report (in German)
Yellow card 66' Steffen
Yellow card 76' Lang
Attendance: 46,488[46]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
1 November 2016 (2016-11-01) Round 4 Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 France Paris Saint-Germain St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Steffen Yellow card 45+2'
Zuffi 76'
Serey Die Yellow card 77' Red card 85'
UEFA report
FCB report (in German)
43' Matuidi
Yellow card 86' Verratti
Yellow card 88' Kurzawa
90' Meunier
Attendance: 34,639[47]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
23 November 2016 (2016-11-23) Round 5 Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 0 – 0 Switzerland Basel Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia[A]
20:45 Xhaka Yellow card 63'
Suchý Yellow card 81'
Traoré Yellow card 87'
UEFA report
FCB report (in German)
Yellow card 40' Anicet Abel
Yellow card 91' Cicinho
Attendance: 20,821[48]
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
6 December 2016 (2016-12-06) Round 6 Basel Switzerland 1 – 4 England Arsenal St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Balanta Yellow card 66'
Doumbia 78'
UEFA report 8', 16', 47' Pérez
Yellow card 36' Gibbs
53' Iwobi
Attendance: 36,000[49]
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Notes
  1. ^
    Ludogorets Razgrad play their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia instead of their regular stadium, Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad.
Final group table

Template:2016–17 UEFA Champions League Group A table

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