2019–20 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2019–20 season
Chairman	Bernhard Burgener
Manager	Marcel Koller
Ground	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League	3rd
Swiss Cup	Semi-finals
Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Arthur Cabral (14); All: Arthur Cabral (18)
Highest home attendance	30,965 on 1 December 2019; vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance	1,000 on 28 June,; 4/11/14/26 July and; 3 August 2020
Average home league attendance	15,117
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2019–20 FC Basel season was the 126th season in the club's history and the 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The domestic league season started on the weekend of 19–21 July 2019. Basel were runners-up in the previous Super League season and were therefore qualified for 2019–20 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. Basel competed in round 1 of the 2019–20 Swiss Cup on 17 August 2019.

Club

Management

Marcel Koller was the first team manager, Thomas Janeschitz and Carlos Bernegger were his assistants and Massimo Colomba was Goalkeeper Coach.

Position	Staff
Manager	Marcel Koller
Assistant manager	Thomas Janeschitz
Assistant manager	Carlos Bernegger
Goalkeeper Coach	Massimo Colomba
Team leader	Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach	Arjan Peço
Youth Team Co-Coach	Toni Membrino
Youth Team Co-Coach	Michaël Bauch

Source: FCB Official Site

Further information

The FC Basel 125th annual general meeting took place on Tuesday 4 June 2019. The board of directors under president Bernhard Burgener were sport director Marco Streller, financial manager Peter von Büren, marketing manager Patrick Jost, as well as the three directors Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser who remained on the board. Roland Heri was voted onto the board as CEO. On 14 June Streller quit his job as sportdirector. On 20 June Ruedi Zbinden was named as his successor.

Chairman	Bernhard Burgener
Sportdirector	Marco Streller until 14 June 2019 Ruedi Zbinden from 20 June 2019
COO	Roland Heri
Finances	Peter von Büren
Marketing	Patrick Jost
Direktor	Reto Baumgartner
Direktor	Dominik Donzé
Direktor	Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (38,512^[1] (37,500 for international matches)^[2] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 22 June 2019
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview

Offseason and preseason

There were only a few changes in the squad during the summer break. Alderete was signed in from Huracán, Arthur Cabral was loaned in from Palmeiras and Edon Zhegrova was on loan from Genk.Marek Suchý and Serey Dié left the club due to end of contract. Dimitri Oberlin was loaned out to Empoli, Aldo Kalulu to Swansea City and Dominik Schmid to Wil until the end of the season. Soon after the season started on 8 August Albian Ajeti was sold to West Ham United.^[3]

The Campaign

Domestic League

The season started on the weekend of 20–21 July 2019. Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship. The season started out well, despite the fact that Basel lost their first home game at St. Jakob-Park against St. Gallen, after 11 rounds they were leading the table having won eight of these rounds. There after, however, they were defeated in three consecutive away games and thus slipped to second position in the table before the winter break. At the start of the second half of season the team suffered two straight off defeats against reigning Swiss champions Young Boys and the upstriving team St. Gallen who then rose to the top of the league table. Following a home defeat against bottom of the table Thun, Basel lost contact to the top two teams. On 28 February Swiss Football League postponed all Super and Challenge League matches of matchdays 24, 25 and 26. Postponement came after the Swiss Federal Council banned all major events until 15 March due to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[4]

On 13 March Super and Challenge League football was halted until mid June.^[5] Following this COVID-19 break Basel could not close the gap to the table top and therefore ended their season in third position, 14 points behind defending champions Young Boys who successfully retained the title.^[6]

Arthur Cabral was the teams top league goal scorer, he netted 14 goals. Kemal Ademi was the teams second best league goal scorer with 13, Fabian Frei scored 10 goals and Valentin Stocker netted eight. Fabian Frei and Eray Cömert were the two players with the most appearances, they both played 33 of the 36 league matches. Goalkeeper Jonas Omlin and the two defenders Silvan Widmer and Taulant Xhaka each played 32 league matches.^[7]

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the cup is to win the title. The first round of the Swiss Cup was played on the week-end 16/17/18 August. Up until the quarter finals the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Basel play their first-round game on 18 August away from home against sixth tier Pully Football. Despite a straight red card against Raoul Petretta Basel won the game by four goals to one.^[8] In round 2 Basel were drawn away against FC Meyrin. Basel won 3–0 and advanced to the next round.^[9] In round 3 Basel were drawn away against Stade Lausanne, Basel won this game 2–1 and advanced to the quarter-final.^[10] The quarter-final against Lausanne-Sport was originaly scheduled for 3 March, but eventually played on 14 June. Basel won the game 3–2 after extra time.^[11]

Champions League

Basel were qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying phase (League Path) in the second qualifying round. Here they were drawn against PSV Eindhoven from the Netherlands and won on the away goals rule after the two games ended with a 4–4 aggregate score.^[12]

After winning the second qualifying round, Basel qualified for the third qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 22 July 2019 and Basel were drawn against Austrian team LASK. But Basel lost both legs and were knocked out of the competition.^[13]

Europa League

Following their elimination in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, Basel were qualified for the Europa League group stage. Here they were drawn into group C together with Russian team Krasnodar, Turkish team Trabzonspor and the Spanish team Getafe. Basel won four of the group games, drew the away match in Turkey and lost the match in Russia. With 13 points they were top place in the group.^[14]

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 19 July 2019 but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 6 July 2019^[15]

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	Jonas Omlin (vice-captain)
3	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Dimitriou
4	DF	SUI	Eray Cömert
5	DF	SUI	Silvan Widmer
6	DF	PAR	Omar Alderete
7	MF	SUI	Luca Zuffi
8	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović
9	FW	NED	Ricky van Wolfswinkel
10	MF	SUI	Samuele Campo
11	FW	SUI	Noah Okafor
13	GK	SRB	Đorđe Nikolić
14	MF	SUI	Valentin Stocker (captain)
15	DF	PAR	Blás Riveros
18	FW	SUI	Julian Von Moos
19	FW	ANG	Afimico Pululu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	SUI	Fabian Frei
22	FW	SUI	Albian Ajeti
23	DF	COL	Éder Álvarez Balanta
23	MF	SUI	Lirik Vishi (from U-21^[16])
26	MF	FRA	Aldo Kalulu
28	DF	ITA	Raoul Petretta
30	MF	KOS	Edon Zhegrova (on loan from Genk)
32	MF	SUI	Yannick Marchand
33	MF	SUI	Kevin Bua
34	MF	ALB	Taulant Xhaka (vice-captain)
36	MF	SUI	Robin Huser
43	DF	SUI	Yves Kaiser
44	GK	SUI	Jozef Pukaj
98	FW	BRA	Arthur Cabral (on loan from Palmeiras)
99	FW	GER	Kemal Ademi

Other players under contract

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	DF	SUI	Alessandro Stabile


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
41	FW	SUI	Tician Tushi

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	SUI	Dimitri Oberlin (at Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2020)
26	MF	FRA	Aldo Kalulu (at Swansea City until 30 June 2020)
31	MF	SUI	Dominik Schmid (at Wil until 30 June 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	DF	POR	Pedro Pacheco (at Rapperswil-Jona until 30 June 2019)
38	MF	SUI	Martin Liechti (at Aarau until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	KOS	Gëzim Pepsi (at Aarau until 30 June 2020)

Transfers summer 2018

In

6	DF	PAR	Omar Alderete (from Huracán)
37	FW	FRA	Afimico Pululu (returned end of loan)
98	FW	BRA	Arthur Cabral (on loan from Palmeiras)

Out

17	DF	CZE	Marek Suchý (End of contract)
19	FW	SUI	Dimitri Oberlin (out on loan to Empoli)
20	MF	CIV	Serey Dié (End of contract)

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Preseason

22 June 2019 Pre-season	Basel	4 – 2	Kriens	Youth-Campus, Basel
15:00	Pululu 53' von Moos 56' Pululu 76' Pululu 87'	FCB Report	19' Dzonlagic 34' Hoxha	Attendance: 600 Referee: Nico Gianforte

26 June 2019 Pre-season	TSV 1860 Munich	1 – 5	Basel	Waldstadion Germering-Unterpfaffenhofen
19:00	Wein 31' Seferings 35' Dressel 61' (1:3) Böhnlein 63'	FCB Report	13' (0:1) Campo Petretta 16' 32' (0:2) Bua 42' (0:3) F. Frei Zhegrova 67' (1:4) Tushi (1:5)	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Tobias Schultes Betzigau

3 July 2019 Pre-season	1. FC Nürnberg	0 – 4	Basel	Sportpark am Amperknie Allershausen
19:00		FCB Report	54' (0:1) Riveros 64' (0:2) Widmer 74' (pen.) Pululu 75' (0:4) Pululu	Attendance: 600 Referee: Michael Bacher

9 July 2019 Pre-season	Basel	4 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	Waldäcker, Herzogenbuchsee
18:00	Al. Ajeti 7' (1:0) Cömert 32' F. Frei 56' (2:0) Riveros 76' (3:1) Ademi 90' (4:1)	FCB Report	34' Nanizayamo 65' Cabral 69' (2:1) Oliveira	Attendance: 500 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

13 July 2019 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 3	VfB Stuttgart	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Grözinger 3' (o.g. 1:0) Balanta 33' van Wolfswinkel 35' (2:1) Stocker 88'	FCB report	12' Karazor 28' (1:1) Ascacíbar 33' Didavi 43' (2:2) Kamiński 71' (2:3) González	Attendance: 9,867 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)

Winter break

10 January 2020 Test	Basel	3 – 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Marbella Football Center, Marbella
16:00	Campo 25' Alderete 31' Widmer 36' Stocker 63'	FCB report	Tekpetey 9' Thommy 43'	Attendance: 190 Referee: José María Aranda Delgado

13 January 2020 Test	Basel	0 – 2	VfB Stuttgart	La Quinta Football Fields, Marbella
16:00		FCB report	49' González 51' Al Ghaddioui	Attendance: 150 Referee: Manuel Sánchez Trobar

16 January 2020 Test	Basel	1 – 0	FCSB	Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella
10:30	Zhegrova 85'	FCB report	Răzvan Oaidă 41'	Attendance: 40 Referee: Guillermo Paradas Mazuela

19 January 2020 Test	Basel	0 – 2	Hamburger SV	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
15:00		FCB report	10' Jeremy Dudziak 66' David 71' Sonny Kittel	Attendance: 6,489 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Swiss Super League

First half of season

19 July 2019 Round 1	Sion	1 – 4	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00	Patrick 35' Zock 68'	Report	Ajeti 22' Zuffi 52' Stocker 55', 82' Cömert 60' Okafor 71' Mitryushkin 72' (o.g.)	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer

27 July 2019 Round 2	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Xhaka 20' Cömert 51' Ademi 57'	Report	Görtler 6' Itten 25', 80' (pen.) Muheim 57' Stojanović 85' Guillemenot 86' Fabiano 90+1'	Attendance: 21,932 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

3 August 2019 Round 3	Thun	2 – 3	Basel	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00	Rapp 7' Hefti 29' Fatkič 42' Kablan 45+3' Bigler 61' Stillhart 71'	Report	Widmer 43' Frei 58' Stocker 86' Álvarez 90'	Attendance: 6,266 Referee: Stephan Klossner

10 August 2019 Round 4	Basel	3 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Rouiller 5' (o.g.) Ademi 31', 41' Bua 81'	Report	Wüthrich 19' Tasar 44' Imeri 87'	Attendance: 21,532 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

24 August 2019 Round 5	Xamax	0 – 3	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
19:00		FCB report	Balanta 27' F. Frei 55' (0:1) Alderete 57' F. Frei 67' Ademi 70' (0:2) Stocker 87' (0:3)	Attendance: 6,364 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

1 September 2019 Round 6	Basel	2 – 1	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Bua 21' Ademi 27', 48' Kuzmanović 82'	FCB report	Marić 3' Holender 18' Lavanchy 33' Rodríguez 85' Dalmonte 87'	Attendance: 21,912 Referee: Lukas Fahndrich

22 September 2019 Round 7	Young Boys	1 – 1	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Sørensen 24' Assalé 26' Nsame 59' Lustenberger 85'	FCB report	Widmer 5' Arthur 63'	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sandro Schärer

25 September 2019 Round 8	Basel	4 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Arthur 9' Bua 50', 51' Zhegrova 80' Campo 90'	FCB report	Kramer 53' Aiyegun 82'	Attendance: 22,760 Referee: Alain Bier

29 September 2019 Round 9	Basel	3 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Arthur 28', 57' Bua 67' Widmer 70' Ademi 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 23,768 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

6 October 2019 Round 10	St. Gallen	0 – 0	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16.00	Guillemenot 33' Demirović 41' Letard 88'	Report	Xhaka 8' Bergström 22' Arthur 43' Cömert 73' Ademi 80'	Referee: Stephan Klossner

19 October 2019 Round 11	Basel	3 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19.00	Bua 50' Rapp 73' (o.g.) Zuffi 78'	Report	Fatkič 53' Rapp 67' Castroman 71'	Attendance: 21,503 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

27 October 2019 Round 12	Zürich	3 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16.00	Sohm 12' Nathan 15' Tosin 19' Schönbächler 33' Domgjoni 36' Kramer 61' Kololli 87'	FCB report	15' (pen.) Campo 48' Cömert 50' Pululu 67' Stocker 74' Petretta 94' Ademi	Attendance: 11,101 Referee: Urs Schnyder

3 November 2019 Round 13	Basel	1 – 1	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Alderete 42' Ademi 74'	FCB report	29' 24' Nuzzolo 36' Xhemajli 51' Doudin 86' Gomes 88' Seydoux 91' Mveng 93' Minder	Attendance: 18,003 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

10 November 2019 Round 14	Lugano	0 – 3	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:00	Custodio 54' Marić 82'	FCB report	Ademi 13' Cömert 21' Frei 25', 32' Arthur 90+3'	Attendance: 3,620 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

23 November 2019 Round 15	Servette	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
19:00	Stevanović 7' Ondoua 22' Gonçalves 26' Wüthrich 38' Koné 90'	FCB report	Ademi 74' Frei 76' Widmer 79' Stocker 90+3'	Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Karim Abed

1 December 2019 Round 16	Basel	3 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Arthur 6' Alderete 13' Zhegrova 45+3', 48' Frei 83'	FCB report	Garcia 54' Janko 73'	Attendance: 30,965 Referee: Stephan Klossner

8 December 2019 Round 17	Basel	4 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Cömert 23' Arthur 38', 45+1', 57' Pululu 69' Zhegrova 73'	FCB report	Cotter 64' Maceiras 73'	Attendance: 22,274 Referee: Fedayi San

15 December 2019 Round 18	Luzern	2 – 1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00	Schürpf 10', 64' (pen.) Males 32' Müller 60' Matos 79'	FCB report	Xhaka 21' Zuffi 61' (pen.) Arthur 63' Cömert 63' 90+9'	Attendance: 10,073 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Second half of season

26 January 2020 Round 19	Young Boys	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Aebischer 37' Nsame 39' Hoarau 78'	FCB report	Ademi 13' Petretta 58' Bergström 77' Alderete 87' 90'	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

2 February 2020 Round 20	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Bua 19' Zuffi 55' F. Frei 67' Xhaka 78' Petretta 90'	FCB report	Fazliji 44' Itten 49' Guillemenot 61' Muheim 79' Hefti 87' Ribeiro 90+3'	Attendance: 20,527 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

8 February 2020 Round 21	Zürich	0 – 4	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00	Nathan 27' Bangura 45' Sohm 76' Schönbächler 84'	FCB report	F. Frei 1', 80', 84' Stocker 45+1', 82' Zhegrova 84'	Attendance: 10,870 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos

15 February 2020 Round 22	Basel	0 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Pululu 90'	FCB report	Stillhart 37' Munsy 79' Bertone 82'	Attendance: 20,675 Referee: Alain Bieri

23 February 2020 Round 23	Basel	2 – 2	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Petretta 2' Stocker 7', 54' F. Frei 19' Alderete 68' Cömert 74'	FCB report	Sauthier 28' Iapichino 39' Imeri 59', 75' (pen.) Ondoua 78' Stevanović 87' Azevedo 88'	Attendance: 20,265 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

21 June 2020^{[note 1]} Round 24	Luzern	2 – 1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00	Emini 4' Margiotta 23' (1:0) Voca 31' Eleke 81' (2:0)	FCB Report	70' Pululu 86' (2:1) Cabral	Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 1 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

24 June 2020^{[note 1]} Round 25	Xamax	1 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
18:15	Araz 11', 80' Djourou 70' Kouassi 79'	FCB Report	Stocker 19' Alderete 37' Arthur 76'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 8 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

28 June 2020^{[note 1]} Round 26	Basel	2 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Ademi 86' Campo 89'	FCB Report	Batata 51' Grgić 55' Abdellaoui 88'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 15 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

1 July 2020^{[note 1]} Round 27	Lugano	2 – 1	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
18:15	Lovrić 45' Gerndt 73' Holender 79' Sabbatini 85' Marić 89' Yao 90+4'	FCB report	26' Alderete 67' Petretta 82' Stocker 85' Cabral 89' Alderete 90' Cabral	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 22 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

4 July 2020^{[note 1]} Round 28	Basel	2 – 0	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:15	Petretta 17' Ramires 67' Arthur 82'	FCB report	Araz 11' Corbaz 38' André 56' Kouassi 85' Seydoux 87'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 4 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

8 July 2020^{[note 1]} Round 29	Sion	1 – 0	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30	Kasami 29' Uldriķis 36' Ndoye 43' 55' Stojilković 56' Maceiras 87' Toma 88'	FCB report	Ramires 34'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 11 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

11 July 2020^{[note 1]} Round 30	Basel	3 – 2	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Campo 13' Pululu 23' Arthur 48', 61' Cömert 55' Widmer 76' Omlin 90+4'	FCB report	Janko 32' Aebischer 50' 81' Lotomba 51' Nsame 66' Fassnacht 70'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 18 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

14 July 2020^{[note 1]} Round 31	Basel	4 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	F. Frei 14', 90+3', 88' Xhaka 34' Stocker 37' Van Wolfswinkel 90+1'	FCB report	Schönbächler 34'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Fedayi San
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 24 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

19 July 2020^{[note 1]} Round 32	Servette	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:00	Kyei 9' Sauthier 43' Imeri 45+3' Schalk 58', 73' Cognat 61'	FCB report	Campo 19' (pen.) Alderete 37', 62' Arthur 61' 83'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: The match was originally due to be played in April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

22 July 2020^{[note 1]} Round 33	St. Gallen	0 – 5	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30	Görtler 7' Demirović 62' Itten 65'	FCB report	Ademi 4', 57', 69' Campo 5' Widmer 34' Stocker 84' Van Wolfswinkel 87'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

26 July 2020^{[note 1]} Round 34	Basel	4 – 4	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Ademi 8', 68' F. Frei 11', 70' Cömert 38' Alderete 52' Campo 76' Xhaka 90+1' Arthur 90+3'	FCB report	Lovrić 6' Guidotti 18' Jefferson 41' Kecskés 45+1' Lungoyi 56', 80' Sabbatini 80' Baumann 89'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lionel Tschudi
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

31 July 2020^{[note 1]} Round 35	Thun	0 – 0	Basel	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
20:30		FCB report	Arthur 43' Alderete 67' 71' Oberlin 81' Campo 90' Van der Werff 90+2'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alain Bieri
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

3 August 2020^{[note 1]} Round 36	Basel	0 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30		FCB report		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	23	7	6	80	41	+39	76	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	St. Gallen	36	21	5	10	79	56	+23	68	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3	Basel	36	18	8	10	74	38	+36	62	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Servette	36	12	13	11	57	48	+9	49	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lugano	36	11	14	11	46	46	0	47
6	Luzern	36	13	7	16	42	50	−8	46
7	Zürich	36	12	7	17	45	72	−27	43
8	Sion	36	10	9	17	40	55	−15	39
9	Thun (Q)	36	10	8	18	45	67	−22	38	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	Neuchâtel Xamax (R)	36	5	12	19	33	68	−35	27	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[17]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Swiss Cup

The draw for the first round was held in June 2018. The Super League 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.

17 August 2019 Round 1	Pully Football	1 – 4	Basel	Centre sportif de Rochettaz,Pully
17.00	Favre 45+1'	FCB report SFV report	Bua 17', 49', 81' Campo 87'	Attendance: 2,000

15 September 2019 Round 2	Meyrin FC	0 – 3	Basel	Stade des Arbères,Meyrin
19.00		FCB report SFV report	Ademi 62' F. Frei 68' Stocker 84'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luca Piccolo

30 October 2019 Round 3	Stade Lausanne	1 – 2	Basel	Center Sportiv de Colovra,Lausanne
20.00	Eleouet 63'	FCB report SFV report	F. Frei 75' Okafor 90+2'	Attendance: 750 Referee: Stephan Klossner

3 March 2020^{[note 1]} Quarter-finals	Lausanne-Sport	P – P	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20.00
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

14 June 2020 Quarter-finals	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:00	Zeqiri 72' Geissmann 73'	FCB report	Arthur 50', 67' Widmer 105'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

25 August 2020 Semi-finals	Basel	v	FC Winterthur	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
--:--				Attendance: 0

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Basel were qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying phase (League Path) in the second qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 19 June 2019.

23 July 2019 First leg	PSV Eindhoven	3 – 2	Basel	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
20:00	Bruma 14' Bergwijn 73' Sadílek 84' Lammers 89' Malen 90+2'	Report	Ajeti 45+1', 88' Xhaka 63' Widmer 73' Alderete 79'	Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

30 July 2019 Second leg	Basel	2 – 1 (4a – 4 agg.)	PSV Eindhoven	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Cömert 8' Van Wolfswinkel 33', 68' Xhaka 45' Alderete 45+4'	Report	Bruma 23' Sainsbury 44' Bergwijn 67' Sadílek 82'	Attendance: 29,216 Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)

After winning the second qualifying round, Basel qualified for the third qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 22 July 2019.

7 August 2019 First leg	Basel	1 – 2	LASK	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Riveros 28' Zuffi 87'	Report	Michorl 26' Trauner 51' Klauss 82'	Attendance: 20,470 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

13 August 2019 Second leg	LASK	3 – 1 (5 – 2 agg.)	Basel	Linzer Stadion, Linz
20:30	Ranftl 51', 59' Stocker 63' Goiginger 89' Raguž 90+4'	Report	Ademi 80'	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Following their elimination in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, Basel were qualified for the Europa League group stage.

Group C matches

19 September 2019 (2019-09-19) Matchday 1	Basel	5 – 0	Krasnodar	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55	Bua 9', 40' Stocker 51' Zuffi 52' Vilhena 55' (o.g.) Okafor 59'	Report	Martynovich 64'	Attendance: 14,127 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) Matchday 2	Trabzonspor	2 – 2	Basel	Şenol Güneş Stadium, Trabzon
21:00 (22:00 TRT)	Erdoğan 23' Parmak 26', 45+1' Sosa 78'	Report	Widmer 20' Xhaka 35' Okafor 80' Petretta 83' Stocker 90+4'	Attendance: 23,867 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

24 October 2019 (2019-10-24) Matchday 3	Getafe	0 – 1	Basel	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe
21:00	Kenedy 45+3' Portillo 55' Ángel 90'	Report	Frei 18', 65' Cömert 29' Stocker 35' Xhaka 39' Zuffi 51' Bua 54' 74' Alderete 56' Nikolić 60'	Attendance: 6,213 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

7 November 2019 (2019-11-07) Matchday 4	Basel	2 – 1	Getafe	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55	Arthur 8' Xhaka 38' Riveros 44' Frei 60'	Report	Gallego 17' Mata 45' (pen.)	Attendance: 26,298 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) Matchday 5	Krasnodar	1 – 0	Basel	Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar
16:50 (18:50 MSK)	Wanderson 52' Gazinsky 63' Ari 72' (pen.), 73' 90+5' Ramírez 75' Martynovich 90+3'	Report	Frei 90+3' Alderete 90+6'	Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

12 December 2019 (2019-12-12) Matchday 6	Basel	2 – 0	Trabzonspor	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55	Widmer 22' Stocker 72'	Report	Parmak 17' Asan 55'	Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

Group C table

Template:2019–20 UEFA Europa League group tables

Knockout phase

Round of 32

20 February 2020 First leg	APOEL	0 – 3	Basel	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
21:00	Pavlović 28' Matić 73' Jensen 83'	Report	Petretta 16' Stocker 53', 73' Alderete 62' Arthur 66'	Attendance: 8,191 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

27 February 2020 Second leg	Basel	1 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	APOEL	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00	F. Frei 38' (pen.) Isufi 81'	Report	Matić 23' Jensen 55' Efrem 63' Vouros 76' De Vincenti 86'	Attendance: 14,428 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Round of 16

12 March 2020 First leg	Eintracht Frankfurt	0 – 3	Basel	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
18:55	Sow 23'	Report	Campo 11', 27' Cömert 53' Bua 73' Alderete 76' F. Frei 85'	Attendance: 0^[19] Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

19 March 2020^{[note 2]} Second leg	Basel	Postponed	Eintracht Frankfurt	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55

6 August 2020^[23] Second leg	Basel	1 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	Eintracht Frankfurt	St. Jakob-Park, Basel^[25]
21:00	Cömert 25' F. Frei 88'	Report	Kohr 33' Chandler 80'	Attendance: 0^[27] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Quarter-finals

11 August 2020 Quarter-finals	Shakhtar Donetsk	4 – 1	Basel	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
21:00	Moraes 2' Taison 22' Patrick 53', 75' (pen.) Bondar 87' Dodô 88'	Report	F. Frei 26' Arthur 64' Van Wolfswinkel 90+2'	Attendance: 0^[28] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ All matches in Switzerland between 28 February and end of May were postponed due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland.
^ The match between Basel and Eintracht Frankfurt, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, 21:00 CET in Basel, was indefinitely postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland.^[20]

Sources and references

FCB team 2019–20 at fcb-archiv.ch

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^ https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf
^ BBC. "Albian Ajeti: West Ham sign Basel striker for £8m". bbc.com. Retrieved 2019-08-08. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ "Bundesrat streicht Grossanlässe: Fussballpartien am Wochenende abgesagt – Geisterspiele im Eishockey". Bluewin. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
^ "Keine Spiele in der Schweiz bis Ende April". Bluewin. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ Karel Stokkermans (2020). "Switzerland 2019/21". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-08-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistics 2019/20". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ Herklotz, Guido. "Der FCB qualifiziert sich für die nächste Cup-Runde". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2019-08-17. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ Schweizerische Fussballverband (2019). "Meyrin FC - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV) homepage. Retrieved 2019-09-14. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ Schweizerische Fussballverband (2019). "Stade Lausanne Ouchy - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV). Retrieved 2019-08-18. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ Schweizerische Fussballverband (2020). "FC Lausanne-Sport - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV). Retrieved 2019-08-18. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ "Basel vs PSV – Line ups". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ "LASK vs Basel – Overview". uefa.com. 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ "Europa League Group standings". uefa.com. 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ "Die 1. Mannschaft" [The 1st team] (in German). FC Basel. 6 July 2019.
^ FC Basel 1893. "Profivertrag für Lirik Vishi". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2020-07-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "Dringende Info: Frankfurt–FCB findet ohne Zuschauer statt" [Urgent Info: Frankfurt–FCB takes place without spectators]. FC Basel (in German). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ The match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Basel in Frankfurt was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.^[18]
^ "Coronavirus: UEL-Achtelfinal vom 19. März kann nicht in Basel stattfinden" [Coronavirus: UEL round of 16 match on 19 March cannot take place in Basel]. FC Basel (in German). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^ "All of next week's UEFA matches postponed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ All of the round of 16 second leg matches, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, were indefinitely postponed due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Europe.^[21] The match was rescheduled on 17 June to 6 August.^[22]
^ "Return leg against Basel to be played in Frankfurt". Eintracht Frankfurt. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ The Basel v Eintracht Frankfurt match, originally scheduled to be played at St. Jakob-Park, Basel, was meant to be played at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Switzerland,^[24] but was postponed again on 13 March.
^ ^a ^b "Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ The match between Basel and Eintracht Frankfurt in Basel was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Switzerland.^[26]
^ The match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Basel in Gelsenkirchen was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.^[26]

External links

FC Basel official site

[football_matches_postponed-17] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ All matches in Switzerland between 28 February and end of May were postponed due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland.

[Basel_v_Eintracht_Frankfurt-22] The match between Basel and Eintracht Frankfurt, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, 21:00 CET in Basel, was indefinitely postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland.^[20]

[fcb1-1] "The largest stadium in Switzerland". FC Basel 1893. 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[2] ttps://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf

[bbc_sport_homepage-2019-08-08-3] BBC. "Albian Ajeti: West Ham sign Basel striker for £8m". bbc.com. Retrieved 2019-08-08. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[4] "Bundesrat streicht Grossanlässe: Fussballpartien am Wochenende abgesagt – Geisterspiele im Eishockey". Bluewin. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

[5] "Keine Spiele in der Schweiz bis Ende April". Bluewin. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[rsssf-Switzerland_2019/21-6] Karel Stokkermans (2020). "Switzerland 2019/21". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-08-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[fcb-achiv-statistik_2019/20-7] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Statistics 2019/20". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[fcb-homepage-pully-fcb_cup_2019/2020-8] Herklotz, Guido. "Der FCB qualifiziert sich für die nächste Cup-Runde". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2019-08-17. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[sfv-cup_2019/20_meyrin-fcb-9] Schweizerische Fussballverband (2019). "Meyrin FC - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV) homepage. Retrieved 2019-09-14. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[sfv-cup_2019/20_Stade_Lausanne-FCB-10] Schweizerische Fussballverband (2019). "Stade Lausanne Ouchy - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV). Retrieved 2019-08-18. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[sfv-cup_2019/20_LS-FCB-11] Schweizerische Fussballverband (2020). "FC Lausanne-Sport - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV). Retrieved 2019-08-18. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[Uefa-basel-vs-psv-12] "Basel vs PSV – Line ups". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[Uefa-lask-vs-basel-13] "LASK vs Basel – Overview". uefa.com. 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[Uefa-europa_league_2020_group_standings-14] "Europa League Group standings". uefa.com. 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[15] "Die 1. Mannschaft" [The 1st team] (in German). FC Basel. 6 July 2019.

[fcb-homepage-Lirik_Vishi-16] FC Basel 1893. "Profivertrag für Lirik Vishi". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2020-07-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[18] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[19] "Dringende Info: Frankfurt–FCB findet ohne Zuschauer statt" [Urgent Info: Frankfurt–FCB takes place without spectators]. FC Basel (in German). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[20] The match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Basel in Frankfurt was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.^[18]

[21] "Coronavirus: UEL-Achtelfinal vom 19. März kann nicht in Basel stattfinden" [Coronavirus: UEL round of 16 match on 19 March cannot take place in Basel]. FC Basel (in German). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[23] "All of next week's UEFA matches postponed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[24] "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[25] All of the round of 16 second leg matches, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, were indefinitely postponed due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Europe.^[21] The match was rescheduled on 17 June to 6 August.^[22]

[26] "Return leg against Basel to be played in Frankfurt". Eintracht Frankfurt. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[27] The Basel v Eintracht Frankfurt match, originally scheduled to be played at St. Jakob-Park, Basel, was meant to be played at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Switzerland,^[24] but was postponed again on 13 March.

[UEFA-28] "Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[29] The match between Basel and Eintracht Frankfurt in Basel was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Switzerland.^[26]

[30] The match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Basel in Gelsenkirchen was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.^[26]

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Club

Management

Further information

Overview

Offseason and preseason

The Campaign

Domestic League

Domestic Cup

Champions League

Europa League

Players

First team squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Transfers summer 2018

In

Out

Results and fixtures

Legend

Friendly matches

Preseason

Winter break

Swiss Super League

First half of season

Second half of season

Final league table

Swiss Cup

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Group C matches

Group C table

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

See also

Notes

Sources and references

External links