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FC Basel
2017–18 season
FC Basel Logo
ChairmanSwitzerland Bernhard Burgener
ManagerSwitzerland Raphaël Wicky
GroundSt. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League2nd
Swiss CupSemifinals
Champions LeagueRound of 16

The 2017–18 FC Basel season was the 125th season in club history and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were the reigning Swiss Super League champions. The season started on the weekend of 22–23 July 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018.[1] They were also the Swiss Cup holders. The first round of the Swiss Cup was played on 13 August 2017. Basel were also qualified for this season's Champions League in the Group stage. The first round was played on 12 September 2017.

Club

Management

Raphaël Wicky was appointed as new first team manager and was given a two-year contract with an option for a third year. His assistant is Massimo Lombardo and further members of the training staff are Werner Leuthard and Marco Walker. Massimo Colomba is the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System.

Position Staff
Manager Switzerland Raphaël Wicky
Assistant manager Switzerland Massimo Lombardo
Assistant manager
& Fitness Coach 		Switzerland Marco Walker
Goalkeeper Coach Switzerland Massimo Colomba
Fitness Coach Germany Werner Leuthard
Team leader Switzerland Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach Switzerland Arjan Peço
Youth Team Co-Coach Switzerland Toni Membrino
Youth Team Co-Coach Switzerland Michaël Bauch

Source: FCB Official Site

Further information

The FC Basel annual general meeting took place on 9 June 2017. The previous board of directors under president Bernhard Heusler with sportdirector Georg Heitz, vice-president Adrian Knup, financial manager Stephan Werthmüller and marketing manager René Kamm stepped back. Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser remained on the board. Bernhard Burgener took over as chairman and Marco Streller as sportdirector. [2] Peter von Büren was voted as financial manager and Patrick Jost in marketing.

Chairman Switzerland Bernhard Burgener
Vice Chairman Switzerland
Finances Switzerland Peter von Büren
Sportdirector Switzerland Marco Streller
Marketing Switzerland Patrick Jost
Direktor Switzerland Reto Baumgartner
Direktor Switzerland Dominik Donzé
Direktor Switzerland Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (38,512[3]
(37,500 for international matches)[4] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 10 June 2017
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview

Offseason and preseason

At the end of the 2016–17 FC Basel season Marc Janko left the club and joined Czech First League club Sparta Prague. Daniel Høegh also left the club and joined SC Heerenveen of the Dutch Eredivisie[5] On 23 June 2017 Basel announced that Jean-Paul Boëtius had been transferred to Dutch club Feyenoord.[6] Seydou Doumbia's loan came to an end and Basel neither wanted to prolong nor enter the option to buy him. Adama Traoré left the club mid-August because he no longer played a part in the teams planning.

In the other direction Basel were not too busy on the transfer market. On 14 June 2017 Basel announced that they had signed Ricky van Wolfswinkel from SBV Vitesse.[7] A few days later, on 20 June, the club announced that they had loaned Dimitri Oberlin from Red Bull Salzburg.[8]

First half of season

During the season, on 13 September 2017 Basel announced that they had recalled striker Cedric Itten from the loan to Luzern.[9] Then following the injury suffered by Ricky van Wolfswinkel Basel were forced to hire another striker and on 2 October 2017 they announced that Albian Ajeti had been signed a five-year contract.[10]

Mid-season break

During the winter mid-season break there was also quite some movements on the transfer market. On 23 December 2017 FC Basel announced that Fabian Frei would return to the club, signing a four and a half year contact dated up until June 2022.[11] On 27 December the club announced that Samuele Campo, a former Basel youth player, was also returning, signing a four and a half year contact dated up until June 2022.[12] Furthermore, on 10 January 2018 the club announced that another former Basel player Valentin Stocker was also returning. Stocker signed a three and a half year contact dated up until June 2021.[13]

In the other direction, also on 10 January, Basel announced that Renato Steffen had left the club.[14] Steffen signed a three and a half year deal with VfL Wolfsburg. The transfer fee was reported as being 1.75 million Euro.[15] Just a few days later Basel announced that Akanji had transferred to Borussia Dortmund.[16] The transfer fee was reported as being 21.5 million Euro. He signed a four and a half year contract dated until June 2022.[17]

The Campaign

Domestic League

The season started on the weekend of 22–23 July 2017. Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship for the ninth consecutive time. Their first game was the match against Young Boys in Stade de Suisse which ended in a 0–2 defeat. Following three victories Basel played four games without a win (two draws, two defeats) and slipped down to fourth position in the league table. Following this poor start the following game was at home against Zürich. The game was a passionate battle and the home club titled their report: A passionately fighting FCB wins against FCZ 1:0.[18] The game changed the run of the season and afterwards the team won six and drawing three of the next nine games. By the mid-season break Basel had narrowed the gap to table leaders Young Boys to just two points, third placed Zürich were twelve points adrift.

Domestic Cup

Basel are the Swiss Cup holders. Basel's clear aim for the cup is to defend their title. The first round of the Swiss Cup started on 13 August 2017. In the first three rounds Basel were drawn away against lower tier teams, winning against FC Wettswil-Bonstetten, FC Chiasso and FC Rapperswil-Jona. Basel were then drawn at home against Luzern in the quarter-final. This was won 2–1 and Basel advance to the semi-final in the Stade de Suisse against Young Boys on 27 February 2018.

Champions League

Basel entered into this season's Champions League in the Group stage. They were drawn into Group A along with Manchester United, Benfica and CSKA Moscow. Basels initial aim is to remain in a European competition after the Champions League group stage. The first match was the away game against Manchester United. Basel were previously drawn with both Benfica and United in 2011–12 and on this occasion, United finished third in the group and dropped down to the UEFA Europa League.

Manchester United (12 September 2017)

The first game was played in Old Trafford, in proper Manchester weather in Manchester. Basel were sitting deep, with their three centre-backs, as United took control of the game from the very start. Marouane Fellaini came off the bench after 19 minutes to replace the injured Paul Pogba and opened the scoring with a powerful header in the 35 minute, which was only part of his Man of the Match performance. Basel played better after the opening goal and even at the beginning of the second half created their chances. But it was also a particularly special night for Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford, both of whom found the net on their Champions League debuts with second-half strikes. United took a corner short, Daley Blind to Juan Mata and when Blind took the return he crossed for Lukaku who outjumped Balanta to power home. in the 85 minute Fellaini crossed, the ball was missed by Mkhitaryan and Suchý before Rashford, opening his body, sidefooted into the ground and high into the net.[19]

Benfica (27 September 2017)

Basel ran out 5–0 victors at St. Jakob-Park in Basel against Portuguese side Benfica on Wednesday 27 September in an emphatic and much-needed victory for the Swiss club in the Champions League. Basel controlled the game from the start, Michael Lang (2) and Dimitri Oberlin (20) gave Basel a two-goal lead in the first half. Oberlin showed his amazing speed as he scored this goal. He made a clearance from a Benfica corner before covering the length of the pitch in mere seconds. Impressively, the 20-year-old composed himself after the run upon receiving the pass from Renato Steffen before sending the ball past the goalkeeper Júlio César.[20] Ricky van Wolfswinkel then added a third in the second half (60) with a penalty, before birthday-boy Oberlin scored his second (69) and Blas Riveros's goal in the 76 minute completed the rout. Benfica were reduced to 10-men when André Almeida was sent off for foul play in the 63 minute.[21]

CSKA Moscow (18 October 2017)

Match three of the Group Stage took Basel to the away game in the VEB Arena against CSKA Moscow. The game started slowly, the teams getting to know each other, indeed both teams looked very cautious in the beginning. But Basel took control after about ten minutes. Taulant Xhaka missed his first chance, but in the 29 minute he scored his first European goal in his 47th European match. The Albanian international cruised through the CSKA defence and shot the ball into the back of the net, a right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. There was little reaction from CSKA players after conceding. Quite the contrary - the visitors grew in confidence and took more control. At the end of an energetic first half, the visitors had the majority of the possession. The hosts matched the energy of the Swiss side, but had not been able to make more than one attempt on goal (off target). It was a deserved lead at half-time and Basel looked the more dangerous in the second half. Ten minutes into the second half the assistant referee canceled out Basel's second goal for offside, after referee Björn Kuipers initially pointed to the centre circle. The decision came about 40 seconds after the visitors started their celebrations. Towards the end of the game Basel made themselves good chances. Dimitri Oberlin missed the target on two occasions, until eventually in the 90 minute he didn't miss. The Switzerland U21 international made his run from the halfway line and finished with composure, slotting it calmly in the corner of goal.[22]

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 22 July 2017 but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 2 October 2017[23]

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 Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Vaclík
3 DF Ivory Coast CIV Adama Traoré
4 DF Egypt EGY Omar Gaber
5 DF Switzerland SUI Michael Lang (Vice-Captain)
6 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Frei
7 MF Switzerland SUI Luca Zuffi
9 FW Netherlands NED Ricky van Wolfswinkel
10 MF Switzerland SUI Samuele Campo
11 MF Switzerland SUI Renato Steffen
13 GK Switzerland SUI Mirko Salvi
14 GK Switzerland SUI Valentin Stocker
15 MF Sweden SWE Alexander Fransson
17 DF Czech Republic CZE Marek Suchý (Captain)
18 GK Switzerland SUI Germano Vailati
19 FW Switzerland SUI Dimitri Oberlin
20 MF Ivory Coast CIV Serey Dié
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Switzerland SUI Albian Ajeti
23 DF Colombia COL Éder Álvarez Balanta
24 MF Norway NOR Mohamed Elyounoussi
25 DF Paraguay PAR Blás Riveros
27 FW Switzerland SUI Neftali Manzambi
28 DF Italy ITA Raoul Petretta
30 MF Switzerland SUI Cedric Itten
31 MF Switzerland SUI Dominik Robin Schmid
33 MF Switzerland SUI Kevin Bua
34 MF Albania ALB Taulant Xhaka (Vice-Captain)
35 DF Portugal POR Pedro Pacheco
36 DF Switzerland SUI Manuel Akanji
37 FW France FRA Afimico Pululu
39 MF Switzerland SUI Davide Callà
- MF Argentina ARG Matías Delgado
- GK Serbia SRB Đorđe Nikolić
- MF Switzerland SUI Dereck Kutesa

Loans

In on loan

19 FW Switzerland SUI Dimitri Oberlin (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg until 30 June 2018)[8]

Out on loan

22 MF Serbia SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović (on loan at Málaga until 30 June 2018)[24]
- DF Switzerland SUI Eray Cümart (on loan at Sion 30 June 2018)[25]
20 MF Switzerland SUI Dereck Kutesa (on loan to Luzern from 14 September until 30 June 2018)[26]
30 MF Switzerland SUI Cedric Itten (on loan at Luzern (ended early, on 13 September 2017))[27][9]
- FW Slovenia SVN Andraž Šporar (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2018)[28]
- MF Switzerland SUI Robin Huser (on loan at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2018)[29]
- GK Serbia SRB Đorđe Nikolić (on loan to Schaffhausen until 30 June 2018)[30]

Transfers summer 2017

In

9 FW Netherlands NED Ricky van Wolfswinkel (from SBV Vitesse)[7]
13 GK Switzerland SUI Mirko Salvi (return from Lugano end of loan)

Out

-- MF Serbia SRB Veljko Simić (released)[31]
-- FW Switzerland SUI Nicolas Hunziker (to Thun)[32]
3 DF Ivory Coast CIV Adama Traoré (to Göztepe S.K.)[33]
10 MF Argentina ARG Matías Delgado (retired)[34]
21 FW Austria AUT Marc Janko (to Sparta Prague)[35]
26 DF Denmark DEN Daniel Høegh (to SC Heerenveen)[36]
77 FW Netherlands NED Jean-Paul Boëtius (to Feyenoord)[6]
88 FW Ivory Coast CIV Seydou Doumbia (end of loan)[37]

Transfers winter 2017-18

In

3 DF Switzerland SUI Léo Lacroix (from AS Saint-Étienne on loan)
6 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Frei (from Mainz 05)
10 MF Switzerland SUI Samuele Campo (from Lausanne-Sport)
14 MF Switzerland SUI Valentin Stocker (from Hertha BSC)

Out

11 MF Switzerland SUI Renato Steffen (to VfL Wolfsburg)
36 DF Switzerland SUI Manuel Akanji (to Borussia Dortmund)

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

30 June 2017 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 4 – 1 Germany Rosenheim Sportplatz Birkenmoos, Rottach-Egern
18:30 Dominik Robin Schmid 18'
Steffen 57'
van Wolfswinkel 59', 89'		 Report 55' Valentin Hauswirth Attendance: 120
Referee: Germany Matthias Zacher
5 July 2017 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 Switzerland Wil Youth-Campus, Basel
17:00 Report Attendance: 700
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San
8 July 2017 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Xamax Youth-Campus, Basel
11:00 Delgado 29'
Kutesa Yellow card 37'
Bua 73'		 Report Yellow card 25' Di Nardo Attendance: 900
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccotet
12 July 2017 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 Spain Athletic Club Bilbao Stade du Christ-Roi, Lens, Switzerland
19:00
15 July 2017 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 Portugal Sporting Stade des Grèves, Delley-Portalban
19:00 Delgado Yellow card 37' 34' (pen.)
Steffen 43'
Bua 79'		 Report 28' (pen.) Dost
Yellow card 39' Ruiz
77' Pereira		 Attendance: 3500
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
30 August 2017 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 6 – 1 Switzerland Wohlen Youth-Campus, Basel
11:00 van Wolfswinkel 3', 36'
Steffen 13', 43'
Zuffi 41'
Pululu 56'
Adamczyk Yellow card 64'		 Report 16' Marko Bicvic
Yellow card 51' Sadrijaj		 Attendance: 350
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
4 October 2017 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Switzerland Schaffhausen Youth-Campus, Basel
11:00 Okafor 4' FCB Report 14' Dangubic
27' Tranquilli		 Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland Tomas Superczynsk

Winter break

14 January 2018 Test Basel 1 – 1 Tianjin Quanjian Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:00 Okafor 31' Report 44' Zheng Dalun Attendance: 200
Referee: Spain Jose Maria Aranda Delgado
17 January 2018 Test Basel 1 – 2 Viktoria Plzeň Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:00 Bua 17' Report 49' (pen.) Bakoš
56' Čermák		 Attendance: 50
Referee: Spain Juan Gabriel Gallegos Gimenez
20 January 2018 Test Basel 2 – 4 SK Sturm Graz Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:00 Elyounoussi 43', 45' Report 5' Koch
30' Alar
41' Huspek
56' Lovrić		 Attendance: 60
Referee: Spain Sergio Gutierez Perez
24 January 2018 Test Basel 1 – 0 Winterthur Youth-Campus, Basel
11:00 van Wolfswinkel 55' Report Attendance: 300
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
27 January 2018 Test Basel 1 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
13:30 Al. Ajeti 62' Report Attendance: 3,290
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)

Swiss Super League

Main article: 2017-18 Swiss Super League

First half of season

22 July 2017 Round 1 Young Boys 2 – 0 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
19:00 Hoarau Yellow card 16'
Nuhu Yellow card 53'
Ravet 58'
Sanago Yellow card 79'
Sulejmani 80'		 Report Yellow card 4' Delgado
Yellow card 32' Elyounoussi
Yellow card 45' Suchý
Yellow card 69' Lang
Yellow card 79' Balanta
Yellow card 90+2' Steffen		 Attendance: 31,500 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
30 July 2017 Round 2 Basel 3 – 1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Elyounoussi 14'
Bua 22'
Yellow card 33' Akanji
van Wolfswinkel 79'		 Report Yellow card 33' Kryeziu
Yellow card 50' Custodio
54' (o.g.) Elyounoussi
Yellow card 68' Juric		 Attendance: 27,416
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San
5 August 2017 Round 3 Thun 0 – 3 Basel Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00 Bürgy Yellow card 66' Report 3' van Wolfswinkel
29' Bua
Yellow card 71' Steffen
Yellow card 88' Vaclík
90+6' Oberlin		 Attendance: 7,227
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
10 August 2017 Round 4 Basel 3 – 2 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Vilotić 29' (o.g.)
van Wolfswinkel 43', 60' (pen.)
Balanta Yellow card 84'		 Report Yellow card 59' Zesiger
70' Andersen
77' Yellow card 75' Vilotić		 Attendance: 26,317
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
20 August 2017 Round 5 Basel 1 – 1 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 van Wolfswinkel 62' (pen.) Report Yellow card 62' Piccinocchi
86' Antonio de Sousa
Yellow card 89' Mihajlović		 Attendance: 26,994
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet
27 August 2017 Round 6 Sion 1 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00 Zock Yellow card 19'
Matheus Cunha 47'
Schneuwly Yellow card 89'		 Report 7' van Wolfswinkel
Yellow card 21' Steffen
Yellow card 28' Suchý
Yellow card 34' Xhaka		 Attendance: 10,900
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
9 September 2017 Round 7 Basel 1 – 2 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Wolfswinkel 30' (pen.)
Suchy Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card 53'
Steffen Yellow card 72'		 FCB Report Maniere Yellow card 29'
Getaz Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 71'
Kololli 55'
Geissmann 80'
Maccoppi Yellow card 85'
Monteiro Yellow card 91'
Castella Yellow card 93'		 Attendance: 23,686
Referee: Switzerland Pascal Erlachner
20 September 2017 Round 8 St. Gallen 2 – 1 Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
19:00 Aratore 15'
Aleksić Yellow card 45' 25'
Lüchinger Yellow card 52'
Hefti Yellow card 55'
Wiss Yellow card 81'		 FCB Report Yellow card 31' Xhaka
Yellow card 89' Oberlin
89' Zuffi		 Attendance: 12,214
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
23 September 2017 Round 9 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Oberlin 62'
Zuffi Yellow card 71'
Lang Yellow card 80'
Xhaka Yellow card 90+1'		 FCB report Yellow card 41' Sarr Attendance: 29,584
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer Buttikon
30 September 2017 Round 10 Grasshopper Club 0 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00 BergströmYellow card 9' FCB report Yellow card 33' Xhaka
Yellow card 63' Akanji		 Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
14 October 2017 Round 11 Lugano 0 – 4 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
19:00 Mariani Yellow card 33'
Amuzie Yellow card 85'		 19' Petretta
39' Al. Ajeti
74' Elyounoussi
86' Itten		 Attendance: 3,627
Referee: Switzerland Pascal Erlachner
21 October 2017 Round 12 Basel 2 – 1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Zuffi 36'
Al. Ajeti 62'
Suchý Yellow card 67'		 FCB report Yellow card 26' Hediger
68' (pen.) Costanzo
Yellow card 70' Kablan
Yellow card 77' Tosetti		 Attendance: 24,559
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
28 October 2017 Round 13 Zürich 0 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00 Jagne Yellow card 8'
Brunner Yellow card 41'
Pálsson Yellow card 61'
Bangura Yellow card 82'		 FCB report
Report		 Suchý Yellow card 3'
Xhaka Yellow card 31'
Oberlin Yellow card 53'		 Attendance: 15,023
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
5 November 2017 Round 14 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Dié Yellow card 54' 57'
Callà Yellow card 78'		 FCB report
Report		 Benito Yellow card 40'
Nuhu Yellow card 59'
Aebischer Yellow card 65'
Nsamé 80'		 Attendance: 32,456
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
18 November 2017 Round 15 Basel 5 – 1 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Lang 56'
Elyounoussi 57'
Steffen 72' (pen.)
Bua 76' (pen.), 90+2'		 FCB Report 3' Schneuwly
Yellow card 14' Uçan
Yellow card 21'
Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card 71' Bamert
Yellow card 74' Mitryushkin
Yellow card 78' Kasami		 Attendance: 24,212
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
25 November 2017 Round 16 Luzern 1 – 4 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
19:00 Shkelqim Demhasaj 19'
Grether Yellow card 52'
Ziegler Yellow card 56'
Kryeziu Red card 86'		 FCB report 30', 90+2' Lang
Yellow card 50' Xhaka
69' Oberlin
81' Itten		 Attendance: 10,109
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
2 December 2017 Round 17 Lausanne-Sport 1 – 4 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:00 Maccoppi Yellow card 55'
Zeqiri 79'		 FCB report 7' Elyounoussi
39' Al. Ajeti
63' Lang
66' Steffen		 Attendance: 3,956
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
9 December 2017 Round 18 Basel 3 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Al. Ajeti 20', 65'
Steffen Yellow card 62'
Akanji 72'		 FCB report Yellow card 28' Wiss
Yellow card 67' Aratore		 Attendance: 24,812
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

Second half of season

17 December 2017 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 0 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Qollaku Yellow card 79'
Vilotić Yellow card 88'		 FCB report 25' Elyounoussi
59' Yellow card 79' Steffen		 Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
4 February 2018 Round 20 Basel 0 – 1 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Elyounoussi soccer ball with red X 27'
Suchý Yellow card 45'
Xhaka Yellow card 60'		 Report 6' Gerndt
Yellow card 24' Rouiller
Yellow card 60' Črnigoj		 Attendance: 23,841
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer Buttikon
10 February 2018 Round 21 Thun 0 – 2 Basel Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00 Righetti Yellow card 32'
Glarner Yellow card 90+4'		 Report 42' Oberlin
Yellow card 59' Petretta
90' Yellow card 88' Bua		 Attendance: 5,607
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
17 February 2018 Round 22 Basel 0 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 van Wolfswinkel soccer ball with red X 24'
Serey Die Yellow card 26'
Suchý Yellow card 57'
Xhaka Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Yellow card 23' Hefti
Yellow card 52' Barnetta
53', 86' Itten		 Attendance: 22,988
Referee: France Jérôme Brisard
24 February 2018 Round 23 Lausanne-Sport PP Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:00 Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
3 March 2018 Round 24 Basel PP Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
11 March 2018 Round 25 Luzern 1 – 0 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00 Knezevic Yellow card 36'
Gvilia 46'
KryeziuYellow card 74'		 Report Yellow card 21' Bua
Yellow card 32' Riveros
Yellow card 57' Suchý
Yellow card 92' Al. Ajeti
Yellow card 93' Oberlin		 Attendance: 11,749
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
14 March 2018 Round 23 Lausanne-Sport 1 – 1 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
18:45 Schmid Yellow card 16'
Monteiro Yellow card 76'
Enzo Yellow card 84'
Rapp 89'		 Report Yellow card 40' Oberlin
60' Lang
Yellow card 88' Stocker
Yellow card 89' Serey Die		 Attendance: 3,159
Referee: Switzerland Pascal Erlachner
18 March 2018 Round 26 Basel 1 – 0 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Al. Ajeti Yellow card 46' 69'
Lacroix Yellow card 87'		 Report Yellow card 79' Cunha Attendance: 24,717
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
2 April 2018 Round 27 Young Boys 2 – 2 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00 Hoarau 24'
Nuhu Yellow card 40'
Fassnacht 56'		 Report Yellow card 36' Stocker
39' Xhaka
47' Suchý
Yellow card 50' Zuffi
Yellow card 59' Elyounoussi		 Attendance: 31,120 (sold out)
Referee: France Frank Schneider (Strassburg)
7 April 2018 Round 28 Lugano 0 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:00 Rouiller Yellow card 45' Report 18' Elyounoussi
Red card 26' Suchý
Yellow card 86' Xhaka
Yellow card 90' Stocker		 Attendance: 4,746
Referee: Switzerland Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)
11 April 2018 Round 24 Basel 3 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:45 Riveros 16'
Xhaka Yellow card 66'
F. Frei Yellow card 69'
Stocker 71'
Campo Yellow card 79'
van Wolfswinkel 84'
Petretta Yellow card 90+2'		 FCB Report Yellow card 61' Nef
Yellow card 73' Schättin		 Attendance: 27,137
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
15 April 2018 Round 29 Basel 2 – 1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Bua 11'
Yellow card 60'
Al. Ajeti 90+2'		 FCB Report Yellow card 24' Loosli
Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 82' Gétaz
63' Margiotta
Yellow card 90' Castella		 Attendance: 23,649
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
18 April 2018 Round 30 Basel 1 – 0 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Stocker Yellow card 43'
Bua Yellow card 58'
Elyounoussi 75'
Manzambi Yellow card 83'		 FCB Report Yellow card 28' Bergström
Yellow card 45' Doumbia		 Attendance: 23,487
Referee: Switzerland Pascal Erlachner
22 April 2018 Round 31 Sion 2 – 2 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00 Carlitos 42' (pen.)
Kasami Yellow card 44'
Cunha 47'		 FCB Report 11', 52' van Wolfswinkel
Yellow card 18' Campo
Yellow card 60' Lacroix
Yellow card 63' Lang
Yellow card 78' F. Frei		 Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
29 April 2018 Round 32 Basel 6 – 1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Stocker 7'
Campo 13'
Manzambi 47'
van Wolfswinkel Yellow card 49' 57'
Al. Ajeti 75', 86'		 FCB Report 40' Sorgić
Yellow card 58' Gelmi		 Attendance: 25,229
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
6 Mai 2018 Round 33 St. Gallen 2 – 4 Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:00 Buess 8'
Sigurjónsson 61'
Wittwer Yellow card 74'
Toko Yellow card 76'		 FCB Repot Yellow card 30' Serey Die
43', 58' Yellow card 65' Elyounoussi
70' Campo
87' Al. Ajeti		 Attendance: 15,594
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
10 Mai 2018 Round 34 Basel v Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00
13 Mai 2018 Round 35 Zürich v Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00
19 Mai 2018 Round 36 Basel v Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00

League table

Template:2017–18 Swiss Super League table

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Swiss Cup

The draw for the first round was held on 28 June 2017. 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. The home advantage was also granted to the team from the lower league in the second and third rounds.

13 August 2017 Round 1 FC Wettswil-Bonstetten 0 – 2 Basel Sportanlage Moos, Wettswil am Albis
14:30 Studer Yellow card 61'
Schneebeli Yellow card 83'		 FCB report
SFV summary		 Yellow card 37' Callà
38' Xhaka
86' Zuffi		 Attendance: 4,257 (sold out) Stadium record
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer Buttikon
17 September 2017 Round 2 Chiasso 0 – 1 Basel Stadio Comunale (Chiasso)
16:00 Jetmir Krasniqi Yellow card 25'
Eris Abedini Yellow card 30'
Said Yellow card 49'
Simone Belometti Yellow card 49'		 FCB report Yellow card 20' Suchý
82' Itten		 Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
25 October 2017 Round 3 Rapperswil-Jona 1 – 2 Basel Stadion Grünfeld, Rapperswil
20:00 da Silva 32'
Berkay Sülüngöz Yellow card 34'
Dominik Schwizer Yellow card 53'		 FCB report 32' Al. Ajeti
59' Oberlin		 Attendance: 3,904
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer Buttikon
29 November 2017 Quarter-final Basel 2 – 1 FC Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Lang 13', 52'
Elyounoussi Yellow card 41'		 FCB report
Report		 22' Schürpf
Yellow card 41' Silvan Sidler
Yellow card 60' Voca
Yellow card 77' Schulz		 Attendance: 7,715
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer Buttikon
27 February 2018 Semi-final Young Boys 2 – 0 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:15
FCB Report
Report		 Attendance: 23,519
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group A

Basel were qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League in the Group stage. The draw was held on 24 August 2017, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Basel were drawn into Group A along with Manchester United, Benfica and CSKA Moscow. The first match was the away game against Manchester United.

Matches
12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) Round 1 Manchester United England 3 – 0 Switzerland Basel Old Trafford, Manchester
20:45 Fellaini 35'
Young Yellow card 38'
Lukaku 53'
Blind Yellow card 58'
Rashford 84'		 Report Balanta Yellow card 28'
Lang Yellow card 61'
Xhaka Yellow card 82'		 Attendance: 73,854
Referee: France Ruddy Buquet
27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) Round 2 Basel Switzerland 5 – 0 Portugal Benfica St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Lang 2'
Oberlin 20', 69'
Akanji Yellow card 45+1'
Petretta Yellow card 50'
Xhaka Yellow card 59'
Van Wolfswinkel 60' (pen.)
Riveros 76'		 UEFA report
FCB report		 Yellow card 55' Živković
Yellow card 59' Salvio
Red card 63' André Almeida		 Attendance: 34,111
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson (Scotland)
18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) Round 3 CSKA Moscow Russia 0 – 2 Switzerland Basel VEB Arena, Moscow
20:45 Natkho Yellow card 70' UEFA report
FCB Report		 29' T. Xhaka
90+3' D. Oberlin		 Attendance: 27,996
Referee: Netherlands Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) Round 4 Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Russia CSKA Moscow St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Zuffi 32'
Xhaka Yellow card 60'
Balanta Yellow card 74'		 UEFA report
FCB Report		 Yellow card 49' Natkho
65' Dzagoev
79' Wernbloom
Yellow card 84' Fernandes		 Attendance: 33,033
Referee: Serbia Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) Round 5 Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 England Manchester United St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Lang 89' FCB report
UEFA report		 Yellow card 83' Darmian Attendance: 36,000 (sold out)
Referee: Italy Daniele Orsato (Italy)
5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) Round 6 Benfica Portugal 0 – 2 Switzerland Basel Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:45 Samaris Yellow card 68' FCB report
UEFA report		 5' Elyounoussi
Yellow card 9' Xhaka
Yellow card 63' Akanji
65' Oberlin
Yellow card 75' Petretta		 Attendance: 22,470
Referee: Spain Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
Group table

Template:2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group A table

Knockout phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Round of 16
13 February 2018 First leg Basel Switzerland 0 – 4 England Manchester City Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CET Xhaka Yellow card 38'
Serey Die Yellow card 89'		 UEFA report
FCB report		 14', 53' Yellow card 89' Gündoğan
18' B. Silva
23' Agüero
Yellow card 59' Fernandinho		 Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 36,000[38]
Referee: Sweden Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
7 March 2018 Second leg Manchester City England 1 – 2
(5 – 2 agg.)		 Switzerland Basel Manchester, England
20:45 CET Jesus Yellow card 77' 8' UEFA Report
FCB Report		 17' Elyounoussi
Yellow card 44' Lacroix
71' Lang		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 49,411
Referee: Czech Republic Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

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