2003–04 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2003–04 season
Chairman	Werner Edelmann
Manager	Christian Gross
Swiss Super League	Champions
Swiss Cup	Round 3
UEFA Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	Christian Giménez (16)
Highest home attendance	30,800 vs; Grasshoppers; (23.11.2003); 30,000 vs; Newcastle United ; (6.11.2003)
Lowest home attendance	21,803 vs; Xamax; (28.04.2004)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 111th in existence and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. The Club's main aims for the 2003–04 season were to regain the league title and, as cup holders, to retain their cup title. The third aim was to remain in the UEFA Cup as long as possible. During pre-season Basel won the Uhrencup and the Alpen Cup. After being the surprise package in Europe in the 2002–03 season, Basel could not bring this form into the UEFA Cup in 2003–04 as they were eliminated by Newcastle United in the second round after defeating Malatyaspor in the previous round.

The Super League season started impeccably, Basel won the first thirteen matches straight off. They completed the first half of the season undefeated, with seventeen wins and one draw. Basel remained in top position right up until the end of the season, thus achieving their championship aim. In the club's history this was their tenth championship title.

Overview

Despite the fact that Grasshopper Club Zürich were the reigning Swiss champions, Basel were favourites to win the domestic championship title. As runners-up of the previous Nationalliga A season, Basel entered the UEFA Cup in first round. Basel's biggest signing in advance of the 2003–04 season was Matías Emilio Delgado from Chacarita Juniors^[1] But in the other direction Hakan Yakin left the club and transferred to Paris Saint-Germain.^[2]

FC Basel started the season of with various warm-up matches. These included teams from the Swiss lower league as well as teams from the German Bundesliga, the French Ligue 1 and the Romanian Liga I. The season began on 16 July 2003 with the home game against Zürich and the 2003–04 UEFA Cup began on 24 September 2003.

Before the winter break Hakan Yakin returned to the club from Paris Saint-Germain and during the winter break they signed Francisco Gabriel Guerrero on loan from FC Zürich.

The Campaign

Domestic League

Basel's priority aim for the season was to win the league championship. The season started impeccably, Basel won the first thirteen matches and moved to the top of the league table from the first round. They completed the first half of the season undefeated, with seventeen wins and one draw.

Basel completed the seasons eighteen home ties undefeated, winning fourteen and drawing four. Their biggest home wins were to 6-0 wins against Servette and Neuchâtel Xamax. Four home games were reported as sold out, the highest attendance being 30,800 spectators on 23 November 2003 in their highest scoring match of the season, a 5–2 win against Grasshopper.

Basel remained in top position in the table until the end of the season, thus achieving their championship aim. This was the club's tenth championship title.

Domestic Cup

As cup holders, Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup was to retain the title. In the first two rounds of the 2003–04 Swiss Cup Basel were drawn away games against lower league teams. Both games were won as expected. In the third round they were drawn away in the Hardturm Stadion against Grasshopper Club Zürich but lost 1-0. Thus Basel were eliminated and missed their domestic cup aim.

Europe

The clubs aim was remain in the UEFA Cup as long as possible. But after being the surprise package in Europe in the 2002–03 season, Basel could not bring this form into the UEFA Cup in 2003–04 and they were eliminated by Newcastle United in the second round after defeating Malatyaspor in the previous round.

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Christian Gross
Assistant manager	Fritz Schmid
Fitness Coach	Harry Körner
Goalkeeper Coach	Thomas Grüter
Goalkeeper Coach	Romain Crevoisier
Team Manager	Oliver Kreuzer
Team Administrator	Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach U-21	Heinz Hermann

Last updated: July 2003
Source: FC Basel Marketing AG (2004). Rotblau: FC Basel 1893, Das Magazin. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISSN 1660-0878.

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Novartis

Home

Away

Source: [1]

Other information

Chairman	Mr Werner Edelmann
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (33,433 / 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
4	DF	SUI	Alexandre Quennoz
5	DF	SUI	Marco Zwyssig
6	MF	SUI	Benjamin Huggel
7	FW	SUI	Esposito
8	MF	AUS	Mile Sterjovski
9	FW	SUI	Marco Streller
11	FW	CMR	Hervé Tum
12	MF	SUI	Sébastien Barberis
13	FW	ARG	Christian Eduardo Giménez
14	MF	ALG	Djamel Mesbah
15	DF	SUI	Murat Yakin
16	DF	SUI	Grégory Duruz
17	MF	SUI	Mario Cantaluppi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	GK	SUI	Eric Rapo
19	DF	BRA	Kléber
20	MF	ARG	Matías Emilio Delgado
21	MF	SUI	David Degen
22	MF	SCG	Ivan Ergić
23	DF	SUI	Philipp Degen
24	DF	CMR	Timothée Atouba
26	MF	AUS	Scott Chipperfield
29	MF	BIH	Damir Džombić
30	DF	SUI	Boris Smiljanić
33	FW	ARG	Julio Hernán Rossi
35	GK	AUT	Thomas Mandl
—	MF	SUI	Hakan Yakin
—	DF	BRA	José Maria Claudino ("Zé Maria")

Transfers Summer 2003

In

21	MF	SUI	David Degen (from FC Aarau – on loan) ^[3]
—	DF	BRA	José Maria Claudino ("Zé Maria") (from Prudentópolis Esporte Clube – on loan)
20	MF	ARG	Matías Emilio Delgado (from Chacarita Juniors - n/a) ^[1]
—	MF	SUI	Hakan Yakin (return transfer from Paris Saint-Germain)^[4]

Out

—	DF	SUI	Philippe Cravero (to Servette – free transfer)
—	DF	SUI	Bernt Haas (to West Bromwich Albion – end of loan)^[5]
—	FW	ESP	Carlos Varela (to FC Aarau – on loan)^[3]
—	MF	SUI	Hakan Yakin (to Paris Saint-Germain - transfer)^[2]
—	MF	AUS	Ljubo Miličević (to Zürich - end of loan)

Transfers Winter 2003-04

In

—

FW

ARG

Francisco Gabriel Guerrero (from FC Zürich – on loan) ^[6]

Out

—

MF

SUI

Antonio Esposito (to Varese – free transfer)^[7]

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Pre-season/First Half Season friendlies

25 June 2003 Pre-season	Celerina Auswahl	0 – 8	Basel	San Gian, Celerina
		Report (in German)	3', 8' Giménez 11', 46' Huggel 17' Chipperfield 42' Rossi 58' Fejzulahi 72' Varela	Attendance: 800

28 June 2003 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 0	Karlsruher SC	Vicques
	Barberis 19' Chipperfield 28'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 1,973

12 July 2003 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 1	AJ Auxerre	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
	Cantaluppi 17' Rossi 42'	Report (in German)	57' Esteves	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Florian Etter

19 July 2003 Friendly	Basel	2 – 2	Rapid Bucharest	Rheinfelden (Baden)
	Cantaluppi 45' (pen.) Giménez 66'	Report (in German)	6' Braku 60' Nikolai	Attendance: 1,800

5 August 2003 Friendly	Basel	3 – 1	SR Delémont	Sportplatz Nau, Laufen
	Rossi 28' Streller 46' Fejzulahi 81'	Report (in German)	53' Savic	Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

12 August 2003 Friendly	FC Mulhouse	1 – 5	Basel	Stade de l'Ill, Mulhouse
	Coquio 30'	Report (in German)	8', 17' Giménez 40' Streller 77' Barberis 88' Tum	Attendance: 180 Referee: Chevrier

27 August 2003 Friendly	FC Laufen	0 – 6	Basel	Sportplatz Nau, Laufen
		Report (in German)	13', 51', 63' Streller 65' Ze Maria 68' Tum 72' Quennoz	Attendance: 2,100

9 September 2003 Friendly	SV Muttenz	0 – 4	Basel	Sportplatz Margelacker, Muttenz
		Report (in German)	5', 58', 68' Delgado 75' Giménez	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

16 Sept. 2003 Friendly	SC Dornach	0 – 2	Basel	Gigersloch, Dornach
		Report (in German)	14' Delgado 20' Tum	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Salm

18 November 2003 Friendly	Basel	2 – 2	Concordia	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
	Rossi 14' Chipperfield 40'	Report (in German)	50' (pen.), 56' Tchouga	Attendance: 300 Referee: von Känel

Uhrencup

The Uhrencup is a club football tournament, held annually in Grenchen.

2 July 2003 Semifinal	Basel	4 – 2	Casino Bregenz	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
	Aslan 9' (o.g.) Rossi 28' Giménez 42', 55'	(Report) (in German)	15' Berchtold 58' Aslan	Attendance: 4,118 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

4 July 2003 Final	Basel	1 – 0	BSC Young Boys	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:45	Streller 61'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 6,681 Referee: Marcus Nobs

Alpen Cup

7 July 2003 Semifinal	Basel	3 – 3 (5 – 3 p)	Hannover 96	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
	M. Yakin 17' (pen.) Huggel 26' Streller 58'	Report (in German)	12' Stendel 35' de Guzman 63' Christiansen	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière
	Penalties
	M. Yakin Giménez Chipperfield Smiljanić Esposito		Vinícius N'Diaye Dabrowski Stendel

9 July 2003 Final	Basel	5 – 2	Beşiktaş J.K	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
	Smiljanić 20' Rossi 25' Giménez 32' H. Yakin 45' Streller 56' Varela 77'	Report (in German)	74' Sinan 86' Tayfur	Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Philippe Leuba

Winter Break/Second Half Season friendlies

13 January 2004 Winter Break	Baden	0 – 4	Basel	Barz, Zurzach
		Report (in German)	15', 66' Tum 45', 53' H. Yakin

20 January 2004 Winter Break	Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield	1 – 1	Basel	Villa Olimpica, Liniers, Buenos Aires,
	? 91'	Report (in German)	30' Rossi

23 January 2004 Winter Break	Club Atlético Lanús	0 – 0	Basel	Pinamar
		Report (in German)

6 February 2004 Winter Break	Bellinzona	1 – 3	Basel	Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
	Pit 71' (pen.)	Report (in German)	42' Giménez 46' Delgado 64' Tum	Attendance: 800 Referee: Massimo Busacca

7 February 2004 Winter Break	Lugano	0 – 1	Basel	Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
		Report (in German)	18' Giménez	Attendance: 320 Referee: Reto Rutz

28 April 2004 Friendly	SV Muttenz	0 – 1	Basel	Sportplatz Margelacker, Muttenz
		Report (in German)	40' Dustin Wells (on Test)	Attendance: 1,645 Referee: Claudio Chirchetta

2003–04 Swiss Super League

First half of season

The Swiss Super League season was contested by ten teams.

16 July 2003 Round 1	Basel	2 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	H. Yakin 33' Esposito 42' Huggel 86'	Report (in German)	51' Kaita 82' Buess 85' Gygax	Attendance: 30,561 Referee: Philippe Leuba

22 July 2003 Round 2	Young Boys	2 – 3	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Leandro 27' Magnin 47'	(Report) (in German)	20' Giménez 38' Quennoz 48' Streller 75' Esposito	Attendance: 11,850 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca

26 July 2003 Round 3	Basel	4 – 2	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Esposito 7' P. Degen 11' Giménez 19', 46' M. Yakin 93' (pen.)	Report (in German)	28' Daffe 33' Bättig 40' Zambaz 60' Mangane 40' Portillo 85' Margairaz	Attendance: 29,055 Referee: Beck

2 August 2003 Round 4	Wil	2 – 3	Basel	Stadion Bergholz, Wil
	Lustrinelli 17' Renggli 39' Romano 90'	(Report) (in German)	34' Cantaluppi 61' M. Yakin 67' P. Degen 76' Atouba 78' Barberis 80' Streller	Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Martin Salm

9 August 2003 Round 5	Basel	3 – 1	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Atouba 17' M. Yakin 21' Rossi 69' Huggel 79'	Report (in German)	20' Seoane 28' Varela 59' de Napoli 78' Wittl 79' Christ	Attendance: 24,430 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

16 August 2003 Round 6	Thun	0 – 4	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
		Report (in German)	13', 26', 84' Giménez 63' Streller	Attendance: 8,150 Referee: Urs Meier

24 August 2003 Round 7	Basel	6 – 0	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Streller 22' Huggel 24' Giménez 29', 53' Chipperfield 31' M. Yakin 71' (pen.) Tum 84'	(Report) (in German)	33' Aziawonou 71' Roth 79' Zambrella	Attendance: 29,821 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

31 August 2003 Round 8	Grasshoppers	0 – 4	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Spycher 59'	(Report) (in German)	39' M. Yakin 52', 82' Streller 58' Huggel	Attendance: 17,666 Referee: Marcus Nobs

3 September 2003 Round 9	Basel	4 – 1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Cantaluppi 35' P. Degen 51' Huggel 56' M. Yakin 67' Tum 70' Streller 72'	(Report) (in German)	36' Balmer 58' Alex 63' Zellweger	Attendance: 29,846 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

14 September 2003 Round 10	Zürich	0 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Petrosyan 90' Gygax 80'	(Report) (in German)	4' Rossi 32' 80' Chipperfield 43' Smiljanić	Attendance: 18,200 Referee: Beck

28 September 2003 Round 11	Basel	2 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Streller 16', 18' Rossi 42' Cantaluppi 75' P. Degen 86' D. Degen 87'	(Report) (in German)	30' Sermeter 40' Giallanza 81' Chapuisat	Attendance: 30,760 (sold out) Referee: René Rogalla

2 October 2003 Round 12	Neuchâtel Xamax	1 – 3	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Portillo 57' Forschelet 67' Ojong 76'	(Report) (in German)	35' Barberis 41' 45' H. Yakin 68' Streller 68' Delgado 88' Atouba	Attendance: 12,100 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

5 October 2003 Round 13	Basel	4 – 0	Wil	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Streller 4', 53' Huggel 36' P. Degen 55' Zwyssig 70'	(Report) (in German)	34' Nushi 62' Montandon 82' Ze Maria 83' Blunschi	Attendance: 29,850 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

27 October 2003 Round 14	Aarau	2 – 2	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
	de Napoli 6', 66' 32' Varela 49'	(Report) (in German)	7' Barberis 27' Chipperfield 44' P. Degen 54' Tum 56' Cantaluppi	Attendance: 9,250 Referee: Philippe Leuba

29 October 2003 Round 15	Basel	2 – 0	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	D. Degen 38' H. Yakin 63' P. Degen 90'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 29,029 Referee: Reto Rutz

2 November 2003 Round 16	Servette	1 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Praille, Lancy
	Kader 56' Bah 79' Londono 93'	(Report) (in German)	31' Huggel 75' M. Yakin 79'Rossi	Attendance: 18,800 Referee: Urs Meier

23 November 2003 Round 17	Basel	5 – 2	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Cantaluppi 14' Streller 16', 42' Chipperfield 49' Huggel 55'	(Report) (in German)	11' da Silva 86' Tararache 90' Magro	Attendance: 30,800 (sold out) Referee: Beck

30 November 2003 Round 18	St. Gallen	1 – 2	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
	Mirenda 45'	Report (in German)	14' Tum 60' Chipperfield 64' D. Degen 74' Rossi	Attendance: 11,300 (sold out) Referee: Urs Meier

Second half of season

15 February 2004 Round 19	Young Boys	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Friedli 18' Sadik 48' Sermeter 68' Leandro 87'	(Report) (in German)	38' Chipperfield 54' Giménez 75' Barberis 91' Huggel	Attendance: 11,850 (sold out) Referee: Philippe Leuba

22 February 2004 Round 20	Basel	2 – 2	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	P. Degen 9' Tum 30'	(Report) (in German)	37' Lichtsteiner 56' Tararache 60', 63' Eduardo 75' Ziegler	Attendance: 26,851 Referee: Massimo Busacca

28 February 2004 Round 21	Basel	6 – 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	M. Yakin 1' Tum 10', 53' Giménez 69', 71' Guerrero 90'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 21,803 Referee: René Rogalla

7 March 2004 Round 22	St. Gallen	1 – 1	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
	Wolf 20' Naldo 61' 77'	Report (in German)	43' Huggel 55' Tum	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: René Rogalla

13 March 2004 Round 23	Basel	1 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Cantaluppi 13' Baykal 20' Rossi 25' Giménez 32' Zanni 52'	(Report) (in German)	2' Lustrinelli	Attendance: 23,223 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

17 March 2004 Round 24	Zürich	1 – 0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Gygax 7' Chihab 11' Dal Santo 58' Taini 86'	(Report) (in German)	13' Delgado 90' Smiljanić	Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Nicole Petignat

20 March 2004 Round 25	Basel	3 – 1	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Cantaluppi 28' Giménez 43', 76' Rossi 71'	(Report) (in German)	27' 67' Opango 24' Gaspoz 51' Tcheutchoua 65' Seoane 67' Moretto	Attendance: 26,099 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

28 March 2004 Round 26	Wil	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Bergholz, Wil
	Blunschi 53'	(Report) (in German)	61' Rossi 45' Smiljanić 62' Huggel 83' Barberis	Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Urs Meier

4 April 2004 Round 27	Servette	1 – 4	Basel	Stade de la Praille, Lancy
	Bah 23' Zambrella 44' Obradović 59'	(Report) (in German)	17' Delgado 38' Giménez 60' D. Degen 71' Atouba 92' Chipperfield	Attendance: 18,683 Referee: Massimo Busacca

8 April 2004 Round 28	Basel	1 – 0	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Rossi 56'	(Report) (in German)	33' Vardanyan	Attendance: 26,649 Referee: Marcus Nobs

15 April 2004 Round 29	Basel	2 – 0	Wil	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Chipperfield 1' Delgado 58' Tum 77'	(Report) (in German)	54' Ivan Previtali	Attendance: 24,515 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

18 April 2004 Round 30	Aarau	3 – 0	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
	Wittl 4' Tcheutchoua 60' Bieli 73' Zuberbühler 77' (o.g.) Opango 90'	(Report) (in German)	25' Džombić 76' D. Degen	Attendance: 9,250 (sold out) Referee: Messner

24 April 2004 Round 31	Basel	1 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Smiljanić 27' D. Degen 60'	Report (in German)	13' Gygax 22' Petrosyan 38' Filipescu 45' Matić 78' Nef 92' Taini	Attendance: 27,842 (sold out) Referee: René Rogalla

2 May 2004 Round 32	Thun	0 – 2	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Deumi 53' Hodžić 83'	Report (in German)	10' Chipperfield 23' P. Degen	Attendance: 10,055 (stadium record) Referee: Reto Rutz

8 May 2004 Round 33	Basel	0 – 0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 53' Chipperfield 88'	(Report) (in German)	77' Merenda	Attendance: 25,403 Referee: Urs Meier

12 May 2004 Round 34	Neuchâtel Xamax	3 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Griffiths 64' Rey 69' Forschelet 83' 90' Portillo 84' M'Futi 93'	(Report) (in German)	45' Tum 59' Smiljanić 64' Atouba	Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Marcus Nobs

16 May 2004 Round 35	Grasshoppers	0 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Mitreski 59' Gane 39' Shala 78' Salatić 59'	(Report) (in German)	28' Duruz 33' Rossi 37' D. Degen 84' Barberis	Attendance: 11,900 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

22 May 2004 Round 36	Basel	2 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Rossi 5' Cantaluppi 10' Giménez 36'	(Report) (in German)	47' Chapuisat	Attendance: 29,541 (sold out) Referee: Philippe Leuba

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	36	26	7	3	86	32	+54	85	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Young Boys	36	22	6	8	75	48	+27	72	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Servette	36	15	7	14	61	62	−1	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Zürich	36	14	8	14	58	52	+6	50
5	St. Gallen	36	14	8	14	54	57	−3	50

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

Swiss Cup

19 September 2003 Round 1	FC Alle	1–5	Basel	Centre Sportif Régional, Alle, Switzerland
	Tabriche 37'	(Report) (in German)	8' Zwyssig 19', 55' Huggel 21', 38' Rossi	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

19 October 2003 Round 2	Urania Genève Sport	1–4	Basel	Stade des Trois-Chênes, Thônex
	Gabzcyl 90'	(Report) (in German)	7' Zwyssig 15' Rossi 19' Esposito 44' Quennoz	Attendance: 3,259 Referee: Bruno Grossen

9 November 2003 Round 3	Grasshoppers	1 – 0	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Eduardo 63'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 13,100 Referee: Marcus Nobs

UEFA Cup

First round

24 September 2003 1st Leg	Malatyaspor	0–2	Basel	Malatya İnönü Stadium, Malatya
	Akagünduz 25'	(Report)	15' 51' M. Yakin 51' Zuberbühler 75' H. Yakin	Attendance: 10,000 (sold out) Referee: Marian Mircea Salomir (Rom)

15 October 2003 2nd Leg	Basel	1–2	Malatyaspor	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Huggel 16' Streller 95'	(Report)	25' Birlik 65', 85' Koçak 93' Bensol 102' Domies Junior De-Azevedo Elias	Attendance: 26,663 Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Aggregate: 3-2 / Basel win on silver goal

Second round

6 November 2003 1st Leg	Basel	2–3	Newcastle United	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Cantaluppi 11' Chipperfield 15' P. Degen 29'	(Report)	13' Robert 37' Bramble 75' Ameobi	Attendance: 30,000 (sold out) Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø, (Norway)

27 November 2003 2nd Leg	Newcastle United	1–0	Basel	St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
20:30	Shearer 1' Smiljanić 14' (o.g.)	(Report)	27' Cantaluppi	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Aggregate: Newcastle win 4-2 on aggregate

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 2003–04 at RSSSF

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External links

FC Basel official site

[fcb_a1-1] FC Basel 1893 (2003). "Vierjahresvertrag für Matias Delgado" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2003-08-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb_a2-2] FC Basel 1893 (2003). "Hakan Yakin wechselt definitiv zu PSG" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2003-07-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb_a3-3] FC Basel 1893 (2003). "Varela zu Aarau, D. Degen zu Basel" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2003-07-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb_a4-4] FC Basel 1893 (2003). "Hakan Yakin: Neuer Arbeitsvertrag mit FCB" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2003-08-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb_a5-5] FC Basel 1893 (2003). "Bernt Haas verlässt den FC Basel" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2003-07-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb_a6-6] FC Basel 1893 (2004). "Guerrero leihweise zum FCB" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2004-02-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb_a7-7] Si/BaZ (2004). "FC Basel löst Vertrag mit Esposito auf" (in German). BaZ. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2004-01-29.

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