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Old Boys
Full nameBasel Sport Club Old Boys
Founded1894
GroundStadium Schützenmatte
Capacity8,000 (2,000 seated)
ChairmanBalz Heusler
ManagerSwitzerland Massimo Ceccaroni
League1. Liga Promotion
2016–1712th

Basler Sportclub Old Boys, commonly known as BSC Old Boys or Old Boys Basel, is a Swiss sports club based in Basel. The club is mainly known for its football but it also has track, swimming and tennis sections. The association's colors are yellow and black.

History

Chart of BSC Old Boys table positions in the Swiss football league system

The club was founded as FC Old Boys Basel in 1894 but became BSC Old Boys at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1899, 1904 and 1912, the club finished runners-up in the Nationalliga A, but in 1932, the club was relegated from the professional leagues. After spending many years in the amateur leagues, Old Boys managed to climb back into the Nationalliga B in 1987, the same year that local rivals FC Basel were relegated from the Nationalliga A, meaning the two clubs would meet again. In the 1995/96 season, Old Boys were relegated again and they now play in the Second Group of Swiss 1. Liga.

BSC Old Boys play at the Stadium Schützenmatte, but the original home ground of the club was Margaret Meadow. The club had to move stadium because the IWB, the Industrial Works of Basel, moved there.

In 1922, a swimming section was founded, which later merged with other clubs, and in 1927, a tennis club was founded. In 1935, it split to become Tennis Club Old Boys, today's home club of Roger Federer.

Squad 2017 – 2018

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
28 GK Albania ALB Vilson Dedaj
31 GK Germany GER Niklas Lindenthal

3 DF Turkey TUR Kaan Sevinc
6 DF Kosovo KOS Edonis Asani
7 DF Switzerland SUI Vincent Leuthard
12 DF Switzerland SUI Rafael Disler
17 DF Kosovo KOS Kaltrim Osaj
18 DF Kosovo KOS Dugagjin Dedaj
23 DF Switzerland SUI Loic Limanaj

4 MF Turkey TUR Serkan Sahin
5 MF Switzerland SUI Valentin Mbarga
8 MF Turkey TUR Adrian Fleury
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 MF Albania ALB Artan Shillova
13 MF Switzerland SUI Janic Cucinelli
14 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Dino Babovic
17 MF Serbia SRB Nemanja Petrovic
20 MF Switzerland SUI Onur Akbulut
21 MF Turkey TUR Emre Sahin
22 MF Switzerland SUI Marius Blatter
24 MF Croatia CRO Ruben Kotlar

10 FW Kosovo KOS Mergim Ahmeti
11 FW Switzerland SUI Pascal Rietmann
15 FW Kosovo KOS Lüftetar Mushkolaj
18 FW Serbia SRB Srđan Sudar

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