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FC Basel
2002–03 season
Chairman	Werner Edelmann
Manager	Christian Gross
Nationalliga A	Runner-up
Swiss Cup	Winners
Champions League	Second group stage
Top goalscorer	Christian Giménez (20)
Highest home attendance	33,433 vs; Grasshoppers; (1.12.2002); 35,000 vs; Manchester United; (26.11.2002)
Lowest home attendance	16,053 vs; Servette; (8.03.2003); 16,562 vs; Žilina; (31.07.2002)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was the Fussball Club Basel 1893's 110th season in their existence and was the club's 9th consecutive season in the Nationalliga A, the top flight of Swiss football. As reigning Champions, the Clubs main aims for the 2002–03 season were to retain the Swiss Nationalliga A title and as the cup holders to retain their cup title. The third aim was to stay in the Champions League as long as possible, if possible to reach the group stage.

Basel ended the domestic league season as runners-up, the Swiss Cup as winners and in the Champions League they reached the second group stage. One of the best seasons in the clubs history.

Overview

As reigning Champions Basel were favourites to win the domestic championship title and as Champions they entered the 2002-03 Champions League in the Second qualifying round. Basel's biggest signing in advance of the season were Julio Hernán Rossi from Lugano, Antonio Esposito from St. Étienne and Bernt Haas on a loan deal from West Bromwich Albion. In the other direction Massimo Ceccaroni left the club and retired from his professional career. Ceccaroni is still considered to be a cult figure in Basel, this because he stayed loyal to the club for 25 years and because he never scored a goal in the top flight of Swiss football.

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 USL Premier Development League, the Major League Soccer, from Brasil and PSV Eindhoven from the Netherlands.

The Nationalliga A season began on 6 July 2002 with the game against Aarau and the Champions League qualifying satrted on 31 July with the away tie against Žilina. In the Swiss Cup all the league teams were qualified for the Round of 32 which was to take place on 22 February 2003

The Campaign

Domestic League

Because they were reigning Champions, Basel's priority aim for the season was to win the domestic championship. The season started well for Basel and they won five, drew two, of their first seven games. However, the following two games were both lost and Basel slipped down in the league table. But they refound themselves, winning nine, drawing two of the following eleven games. A 1–2 home defeat against the Grasshoppers cost them the leading position in the league table and Grasshoppers ended the league qualifying stage as table leaders at the winter break. In the Championship playoff round Basel lost just two away games. But because both ties against the Grasshoppers were drawn. Therefore Basel were unable to defend their Championship title and ended as runners-up one single point behind their rivals GC. In summery the Championship aim was not achieved.

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup was to win the title. In the round of 32 Basel were draw with an away game against lower league team Yverdon-Sport and as expected the game was won. In the round of 16 and in the Quarterfinals Basel eliminated Servette and the Young Boys. The Semifinal was won 3–0 against lower league FC Schaffhausen. The Final against Neuchâtel Xamax was a one sided affair. Basel won 6–0 and achieved their domestic cup aim.

Champions League

The clubs aim was to remain in the Champions League as long as possible and if possible to reach the group stage. In the Second qualifying round the defeated Žilina of Slovakia 4–1 on aggregate. The Third qualifying round they faced Scottish giants Celtic. In the first leg at Celtic Park, the home side won 3–1, but in the second leg at St. Jakob-Park, Basel came away with a famous 2–0 victory, thus 3–3 on aggregate, and Basel won on the away goals rule.

Therefore Basel became only the second Swiss team ever to play in the modern Champions League. In the Group stage they were drawn into Group B along with Valencia, Liverpool and Spartak Moscow. Following a 2–0 home win against Spartak, Basel travelled to Anfield in Liverpool, where they managed to draw 1–1 against Liverpool. After a great start to the group stage, Basel were brought back down to earth when they were defeated 2–6 by Valencia at the Estadio Mestalla. However, they bounced back and held Valencia to a 2–2 draw in the next fixture. Basel were now sitting in second place in the group but they would still need to win at least one of their last two games and hope that Liverpool would not pick up more than two points to secure that place. In Matchday Five, Liverpool lost 1–0 to Valencia and FCB won 2–0 against Spartak at the Luzhniki Stadium. Basel's place in the last 16 was all but secured, although they still had to make sure they did not lose to Liverpool in the last game of the first group stage. On the last matchday, Basel lead 3–0 at half-time through goals from Julio Hernán Rossi, Christian Eduardo Giménez, and Thimothée Atouba. The second half was a different story alltogether and Liverpool fought back to equalise the game at 3–3. This was still enough for FCB to qualify for the next round.

In the last 16, Basel faced Manchester United, Juventus, and Deportivo de La Coruña. They had a poor start, losing back to back games against Manchester United at home and Juventus away. FCB then faced Deportivo in a double-header, with the home side winning 1–0 in both ties. Arguably two of FCB's greatest games came next as they held Manchester United to a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford and claimed a 2–1 victory over Juventus at St. Jakob-Park. Despite being knock-out on tie-breaking criteria, Basel had achieved their seasons european aim.

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
Youth Team co-Coach	Pascal Burger

Last updated: July 2002
Source: FC Basel Marketing AG (2003). Rotblau: FC Basel 1893, Das Magazin. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISSN 1660-0878. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

Other information

Chairman	Mr Werner Edelmann
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (33,333 / 120x80 m)

Source: [1]

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	Antonio Esposito
8	FW	ESP	Carlos Varela
9	MF	RSA	George Koumantarakis
10	MF	SUI	Hakan Yakin
11	FW	CMR	Hervé Tum
12	MF	SUI	Sébastien Barberis
13	FW	ARG	Christian Eduardo Giménez
15	DF	SUI	Murat Yakin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	SUI	Grégory Duruz
17	MF	SUI	Mario Cantaluppi
18	GK	SUI	Eric Rapo
19	FW	SUI	Marco Streller
20	DF	SUI	Bernt Haas
21	FW	CMR	Jean-Michel Tchouga
22	MF	SRB	Ivan Ergić
23	MF	SUI	Philipp Degen
24	DF	CMR	Timothée Atouba
26	MF	AUS	Scott Chipperfield
28	MF	AUS	Ljubo Miličević
30	DF	SUI	Boris Smiljanić
33	FW	ARG	Julio Hernán Rossi

Out on loan

19	FW	SUI	Marco Streller (at Thun from 30 September to 31 December 2002^[1] and 2 April to 30 June 2003^[2])
—	DF	SUI	Philippe Cravero (to Servette – one year plus option)^[3]
21	FW	CMR	Jean-Michel Tchouga (to FC Lugano)

Transfers Summer 2002

In

18	GK	SUI	Eric Rapo (from Wil - n/a)
33	FW	ARG	Julio Hernán Rossi (from Lugano - n/a)
16	DF	SUI	Grégory Duruz (from FC Sion – n/a)
7	FW	SUI	Antonio Esposito (from St. Étienne)
20	DF	SUI	Bernt Haas (from West Bromwich Albion – on loan)^[4]
23	MF	SUI	Philipp Degen (from Basel U-21)^[5]
28	MF	AUS	Ljubo Miličević (from Zürich - on loan)^[6]

Out

2

DF

SUI

Massimo Ceccaroni (end of career) ^[7]

Transfers Winter 2002-03

Out

9

MF

RSA

George Koumantarakis (to Preston North End – n/a)^[8]

Results and Fixtures

Friendlies

Pre-season/First Half Season friendlies

June 2002 Pre-season	Wil	1 – 2	Basel	Stadion Rüti, Henau SG
	Lustrinelli 41'	Report (in German)	16' Giménez 69' Rossi	Attendance: 2,100

13 June 2002 Pre-season	Washington DC0	1 – 4	Basel
	? 67'	Report (in German)	1' Streller 7' H. Yakin 60' Savić 67' Giménez

15 June 2002 Pre-season	Chesapeake Dragons	2 – 8	Basel	RFK Aux Field, Washington, D.C.
	Gibbons 16' Pablo Graham 80'	Report (in German)	2' Rossi 17', 45' Giménez 48' Streller 67', 75' Tum 75' Iandoli	Attendance: 60 Referee: Riesch

19 June 2002 Pre-season	New England Revolution	0 – 5	Basel
		Report (in German)	14' Giménez 40' Ergić 49', 71', 83' Tum	Referee: Badea

2 July 2002 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 1	Ituano Futebol Clube	Rankhof Stadium, Basel
	Streller 45' Tum 54'	Report (in German)	48' Vincius	Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Claudio Chirchetta

9 July 2002 Friendly	Wangen	2 – 2	Basel	Sportplatz Chrüzmatt, Wangen bei Olten
	Povigliaro 28' Dannhäuser 90'	Report (in German)	31' Koumantarakis 54' Savić

23 July 2002 Freindly	Basel	2 – 2	PSV Eindhoven	Rankhof Stadium, Basel
	Rossi 24', 62'	Report (in German)	42', 70' van Bommel	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Winter Break/Second Half Season friendlies

21 January 2003 Winter break	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 1	Basel	Betzenberg, Kaiserslautern
	Adzic 2' Lokvenc 5'	Report (in German)	45' H. Yakin	Referee: Volker Raquet

24 January 2003 Winter break	Vitesse	1 – 1	Basel	Sportplatz, Rheden
	Amoah 22'	Report (in German)	61' Huggel	Attendance: 400

29 January 2003 Winter break	Winterthur	1 – 5	Basel	Türkei
	Vogt 27'	Report (in German)	11', 34', 76' Rossi 13' Chipperfield 53' H. Yakin

31 January 2003 Winter break	Partizan Belgrad	1 – 1	Basel	Türkei
	Delbasic 75'	Report (in German)	89' Tum	Referee: Gadoski

3 February 2003 Winter break	Sturm Graz	3 – 1	Basel	Türkei
	? ? ?	Report (in German)	42' Giménez

8 February 2003 Winter break	Basel	4 – 0	Aarau	Leichtathletikstadion St. Jakob, Basel
	Atouba 32' Rossi 49', 76' Chipperfield 59'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Claudio Chirchetta

11 February 2003 Winter break	Bellinzona	0 – 1	Basel	Bellinzona
		Report (in German)	4' Tum

16 February 2003 Winter break	Basel	0 – 3	Zürich	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
		Report (in German)	42' Bastida 70' Keita Yasar 74' Guerrero	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nicole Petignat

1 April 2003 Friendly	SV Muttenz	1 – 4	Basel
	Ulli 75'	Report (in German)	25', 56', 63' Huggel 43' Tum	Attendance: 812 Referee: Claudio Chirchetta

Nationalliga A 2002–03

For more information, see 2002–03 Nationalliga A

Qualification Round

The Qualification Round to the League season 2002–03 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) were then to compete in the Championship Playoff Round.

6 July 2002 Round 1	Aarau	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
		[ (Report)] (in German)

13 July 2002 Round 2	Basel	1 – 1	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Barberis 14' Cantaluppi 20'	Report (in German)	15' Wiederkehr 32' Chiquinho 65' Portillo 72' Leandro	Attendance: 23,465 Referee: Etter

17 July 2002 Round 3	Young Boys	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Rochat 2' Chapuisat 47' 52' Petrosyan 56' Descloux 61' Sermeter 89'	(Report) (in German)	24' Esposito 32' Cantaluppi 33' Barberis 36' Rossi 42' 90' Giménez	Attendance: 10,700 Referee: René Rogalla

20 July 2002 Round 4	Basel	1 – 0	Delémont	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Ergić 11' Giménez 14'	Report (in German)	11' Kebe 30' Nocita 61' Selimi	Attendance: 21,929 Referee: Nicole Petignat

27 July 2002 Round 5	St. Gallen	1 – 2	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
	Barnetta 44'	Report (in German)	59' M. Yakin 76' Rossi	Attendance: 11,300 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca

3 August 2002 Round 6	Basel	4 – 2	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Varela 10' Zwyssig 28' Giménez 45' H. Yakin 57' (pen.) Cantaluppi 75' Esposito 93'	(Report) (in German)	38' Oscar Londono 49' Lombardo 60' A. Frei 75' Fournier 78' 25' Gaspoz 84' Thurre	Attendance: 23,257 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

10 August 2002 Round 7	Zürich	0 – 4	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Akalé 33'	(Report) (in German)	8' Giménez 18', 45' H. Yakin 24' Esposito 28' D. Degen 31' Rossi	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

18 August 2002 Round 8	Basel	2 – 3	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 36' Rossi 46' M. Yakin 41' 67' Quennoz 88'	(Report) (in German)	12' 10' Monteiro 22' Marić 69' Koch 85' Malacarne 88' Enrique 93' Arrué	Attendance: 23,257 Referee: Beck

24 August 2002 Round 9	Thun	4 – 1	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Rama 46', 84' Baumann 65' Moser 86'	[ Report] (in German)	51' Tum	Attendance: 6,740 Referee: Marcus Nobs (his 100th NLA game)

1 September 2002 Round 10	Grasshoppers	2 – 3	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Barijo 7' Borer 20' Núñez 34' Eduardo 33' Tararache 39' Castillo 66'	(Report) (in German)	14' Savić 19' H. Yakin 22' (pen.) 22' Cantaluppi 45' Giménez 63' 90' M. Yakin	Attendance: 17,500 (sold out) Referee: Philippe Leuba

11 September 2002 Round 11	Basel	7 – 1	Wil	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 8', 32' Cantaluppi 15' Barberis 50' Rossi 69', 71' M. Yakin 80'	(Report) (in German)	9' (pen.) Fabinho 22' Mangiaratti 62' Balmer	Attendance: 21,425 Referee: Salm

14 September 2002 Round 12	Basel	4 – 0	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 5', 54' Esposito 51' P. Degen 56' Barberis 71' M. Yakin 91'	(Report) (in German)	63' Pogatetz 70' Diop 91' Skrzypczak	Attendance: 25,385 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

21 September 2002 Round 13	Neuchâtel Xamax	1 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Leandro 48'	(Report) (in German)	52' Esposito 63' Cantaluppi 82' Barberis	Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Nicole Petignat

28 September 2002 Round 14	Basel	2 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Duruz 15' Cantaluppi 31' Giménez 68' Tum 68' Varela 78'	(Report) (in German)	22' Sermeter 23' Disler 62' Magnin 75' Descloux	Attendance: 29,762 (sold out) Referee: Carlo Bertolini

6 October 2002 Round 15	SR Delémont	1 – 2	Basel	La Blancherie, Delémont
	Saidou Kébé 80'	(Report) (in German)	28' Esposito 36' Tum 60' Rossi 80' Cantaluppi	Attendance: 6,300 (stadion record) Referee: Etter

19 October 2002 Round 16	Basel	6 – 0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Rossi 67' 14', 31', 80' Giménez 45' Tum 84' Savić 90'	(Report) (in German)	64' Alex 68' Tato 91' Colacino	Attendance: 27,599 Referee: Marcus Nobs

25 October 2002 Round 17	Servette	0 – 1	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
	Senderos 3' Léonard Thurre 55' Gaspoz 93'	Report (in German)	24' Rossi 51' Ergić 54' Varela 59' Esposito	Attendance: 6,511 Referee: Massimo Busacca

1 November 2002 Round 18	Basel	5 – 3	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Ergić 4', 45+3' Rossi 41', 56' Varela 77'	Report (in German)	18' Keller 28' 82' Jefferson 33' Luca Iodice 57' Bastida 90' Yasar	Attendance: 28,870 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

17 November 2002 Round 19	Luzern	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
	Brand 33', pen.' Rota 37' 55' Hilfiker 72' Kavelashvili 90'	Report (in German)	32' Zuberbühler 67' Zwyssig 82' (o.g.) Zukic 86' Haas	Attendance: 14,700 Referee: René Rogalla

22 November 2002 Round 20	Basel	3 – 0	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	H. Yakin 9' Chipperfield 32' Rossi 51' Giménez 38'	(Report) (in German)	45' Hodžić 88' Deumi	Attendance: 30,500 (sold out) Referee: Beck

1 December 2002 Round 21	Basel	1 – 2	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Tum 71' Atouba 48' M. Yakin 60' Smiljanić 76' Varela 85'	(Report) (in German)	25' Tararache 42' Rozental 60' Núñez 87' Gerber	Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Urs Meier

7 December 2002 Round 22	Wil	1 – 4	Basel	Bergholz, Wil
	Romano 89' 40' Balmer 43'	(Report) (in German)	4' Giménez 30' H. Yakin 37' Barberis 67' Esposito	Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Marcus Nobs

League Table Qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	22	15	4	3	58	26	+32	0	49	Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2	Basel	22	14	5	3	57	25	+32	0	47
3	Thun	22	9	4	9	33	33	0	0	31
4	Wil	22	8	7	7	43	45	−2	0	31
5	Zürich	22	9	4	9	35	37	−2	0	31
6	Xamax	22	8	7	7	30	33	−3	0	31
7	Young Boys	22	8	6	8	41	41	0	0	30
8	Servette	22	8	5	9	45	37	+8	0	29
9	Luzern	22	7	5	10	31	38	−7	−2	24	Continue to promotion/relegation round
10	St. Gallen	22	6	6	10	31	48	−17	0	24
11	SR Delémont	22	6	2	14	24	44	−20	0	20
12	Aarau	22	5	3	14	19	40	−21	0	18

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
FC Luzern 2 points deducted for irregularities in license application, therefore total points: 24

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Schaffhausen	14	7	3	4	21	26	−5	16	40	Qualification to Challenge League
2	FC Concordia Basel	14	8	2	4	31	13	+18	14	40
3	FC Baden	14	10	1	3	30	18	+12	9	40
4	Yverdon-Sport FC	14	4	4	6	17	18	−1	18	34
5	FC Wohlen	14	6	2	6	20	22	−2	8	28
6	FC Lausanne-Sport	14	2	5	7	20	33	−13	15	26	Relegated to 2. Liga
7	AC Bellinzona	14	2	5	7	17	22	−5	13	24	Qualification to Challenge League
8	FC Winterthur	14	4	4	6	21	25	−4	6	22	Qualification to Challenge League

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification;
FC Lausanne-Sport were declared bankrupt and relegated to amateur status
No team relegated to 1. Liga.

Championship Playoff Round

1 March 2003 Round 1	Neuchâtel Xamax	3 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	M'Futi 57' Buess 74' Simo 79' Wiederkehr 82' Mangane 92'	(Report) (in German)	10' Tum 43'Chipperfield 67' Atouba 79' Huggel 82' Zuberbühler 90' Smiljanić	Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Philippe Leuba

8 March 2003 Round 2	Basel	2 – 0	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Haas 26' M. Yakin 67' (pen.)	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 16,053 Referee: Beck

15 March 2003 Round 3	Thun	1 – 4	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Baumann 14' 35' (pen.)	Report (in German)	22', 57' H. Yakin 26' Tum 35' Cantaluppi 36' Rossi	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Massimo Busacca

22 March 2003 Round 4	Basel	2 – 2	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Cantaluppi 28' Haas 33' Chipperfield 42' Smiljanić 45' Atouba 65' Giménez 73' Varela 77' M. Yakin 82'	(Report) (in German)	5' Eduardo 12' Cabanas 13' Spycher 45' Schwegler 45' Gamboa 74' Petrić 82' Tararache	Attendance: 30,502 Referee: Konrad Plautz

6 April 2003 Round 5	Zürich	1 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Guerrero 49' Chihab 85' Bastida 89'	[ (Report)] (in German)	8' Rossi 87' Huggel 92' Atouba	Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Marcus Nobs

12 April 2003 Round 6	Basel	4 – 0	Wil	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Duruz 4' Huggel 13', 59' Rossi 20'	[ (Report)] (in German)	29' Pavlović 43' Bamba 47' Mangiarratti 73' Lustrinelli	Attendance: 26,789 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

19 April 2003 Round 7	Basel	3 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	H. Yakin 13', 29', 38' Zwyssig 61'	(Report) (in German)	38' Disler	Attendance: 29,659 (sold out) Referee: Urs Meier

27 April 2003 Round 8	Young Boys	2 – 0	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Petrosyan 37' Magnin 61' Vonlanthen 90'	(Report) (in German)	35' Cantaluppi 62' 75' H. Yakin 76' M. Yakin	Attendance: 11,850 (sold out) Referee: Carlo Bertolini

4 May 2003 Round 9	Wil	4 – 5	Basel	Bergholz, Wil
	Zellweger 26' Pavlović 29' 31' Fabinho 42' Lustrinelli 48' Rizzo 74'	(Report) (in German)	3', 25' Huggel 15' Barberis 55' Esposito 65' Giménez	Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Etter

8 May 2003 Round 10	Basel	3 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Rossi 34' 31' Duruz 39' Chipperfield 44' Giménez 76'	[ Report] (in German)	Guerrero 40' 81' Bastida	Attendance: 29,780 Referee: Beck

17 May 2003 Round 11	Grasshoppers	2 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Petrić 44' 18' Cabanas 45' Tararache 48' Spycher 58' Schwegler 82'	[ (Report)] (in German)	20' Atouba 45' Cantaluppi 49' M. Yakin 65' H. Yakin 66' Giménez	Attendance: 17,666 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca

21 May 2003 Round 12	Basel	4 – 0	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	M. Yakin 3', pen.' H. Yakin 58' Chipperfield 62' Rossi 66'	(Report) (in German)	31' Hodžić	Attendance: 28,132 Referee: Schoch

2 May 2003 Round 13	Servette	0 – 4	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
	Bah 82'	[ Report] (in German)	17' 71' M. Yakin 21' Rossi 23', 56' Giménez	Attendance: 14,543 Referee: Urs Meier

31 May 2003 Round 14	Basel	3 – 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Huggel 18', 38' Rossi 36'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 30,939 (sold out) Referee: Marcus Nobs

League Table Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	14	9	5	0	37	15	+22	25	57	Champions Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Basel	14	10	2	2	38	17	+21	24	56	Swiss Cup winners Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Neuchâtel Xamax	14	5	4	5	18	17	+1	16	35	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Young Boys	14	6	1	7	21	29	−8	15	34	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Zürich	14	4	3	7	20	23	−3	16	31
6	Servette	14	4	4	6	16	26	−10	15	31
7	Thun	14	3	3	8	18	30	−12	16	28	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8	Wil	14	2	4	8	19	30	−11	16	26	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification

Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 2002–03

For more information, see Swiss Cup 2002–03

22 February 2003 Round of 32	Yverdon-Sport	0 – 3	Basel	Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
		(Report) (in German)	16', 40' Cantaluppi 41' Rossi 90' Atouba	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Reto Rutz

4 March 2003 Round of 16	Basel	2 – 0	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	? ?	[ (Report)] (in German)

26 March 2003 Quarterfinal	Young Boys	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Petrosyan 16' Häberli 27' Sermeter 120' 39', 42', 55' Patrick 88'	(Report) (in German)	2', 28' Giménez 19' Duruz 41' 44' Varela 59' Haas 65' 36' Tum 95' M. Yakin 108' 57' H. Yakin	Attendance: 10,700 (sold out) Referee: Carlo Bertolini

15 April 2003 Semifinal	Basel	3 – 0	Schaffhausen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Esposito 72' 26', 92' Chipperfield 65' Tum 90'	(Report) (in German)	Leu 18' Fehr 23'	Attendance: 26,960 Referee: Reto Rutz

11 May 2003 Final	Basel	6 – 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Huggel 13' Giménez 35', 43' M. Yakin 65' Smiljanić 77' Barberis 8'	[ Report] (in German)	57' Leandro 87' Buess	Attendance: 31,500 (sold out) Referee: René Rogalla

Champions League

For more information, see 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

31 July 2002 First Leg	Žilina	1 – 1	Basel	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina
18:00	Sninský 55' Barčík 29'	Report	23' Chipperfield 32' Esposito 38' (o.g.) Klago 84' Varela	Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

7 August 2002 Second Leg	Basel	3 – 0	Žilina	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Giménez 12', 50' M. Yakin 23' Esposito 45'	Report	73' Špendla 80' Staš	Attendance: 16,562 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

Basel won 4–1 on aggregate

Third qualifying round

14 August 2002 First Leg	Celtic	3 – 1	Basel	Celtic Park, Glasgow
20:45	Larsson 3' (pen.) Sutton 52' Lambert 64' Sylla 88'	Report	2' Giménez 52' Duruz 62' H. Yakin 64' Cantaluppi 81' Varela	Attendance: 58,520 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

28 August 2002 Second Leg	Basel	2 – 0	Celtic	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Giménez 9' Rossi 12' M. Yakin 22' Varela 42'	Report	42' Sylla 42' Guppy	Attendance: 30,510 (sold out) Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

3–3 on aggregate, Basel won on away goals

Group stage

17 September 2002 1	Basel	2 – 0	Spartak Moscow	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	H. Yakin 50' Rossi 55'	Report		Attendance: 29,500 (sold out) Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

25 September 2002 2	Liverpool	1 – 1	Basel	Anfield, Liverpool
20:45	Baroš 34'	Report	Rossi 43'	Attendance: 37,643 Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

2 October 2002 3	Valencia	6 – 2	Basel	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
20:45	Carew 10', 13' Aurélio 17' Baraja 28' Aimar 58' Mista 60'	Report	Rossi 46' H. Yakin 90'	Attendance: 27,394 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino (Italy)

22 October 2002 4	Basel	2 – 2	Valencia	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Ergić 32', 90'	Report	Baraja 36' Torres 72'	Attendance: 29,500 (sold out) Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

05 November 2002 5	Spartak Moscow	0 – 2	Basel	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
18:00		Report	Rossi 18' Giménez 89'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

12 November 2002 6	Basel	3 – 3	Liverpool	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Rossi 2' Giménez 22' Atouba 29'	Report	Murphy 61' Šmicer 64' Owen 85'	Attendance: 29,500 (sold out) Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valencia	6	5	1	0	17	4	+13	16	Advance to second group stage
2	Basel	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9	Advance to second group stage
3	Liverpool	6	2	2	2	12	8	+4	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Spartak Moscow	6	0	0	6	1	18	−17	0

Source: RSSSF

Second group stage

26 November 2002 1	Basel	1 – 3	Manchester United	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Giménez 1' Zwyssig 19' Atouba 72'	Report	14' Scholes 22' Fortune 62', 63' van Nistelrooy 66' Verón 68' Solskjær	Attendance: 35,000 (sold out) Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

11 December 2002 2	Juventus	4 – 0	Basel	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
20:45	Trezeguet 3' Montero 34' Tacchinardi 43' Del Piero 51' (pen.) Iuliano 53'	Report	50' Esposito 72' H. Yakin	Attendance: 22,639 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

19 February 2003 3	Basel	1 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Yakin 30'	Report		Attendance: 29,031 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

25 February 2003 4	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 0	Basel	Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
20:45	Tristán 4'	Report		Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

12 March 2003 5	Manchester United	1 – 1	Basel	Old Trafford, Manchester
20:45	G. Neville 53'	Report	Giménez 14'	Attendance: 66,870 (sold out) Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

18 March 2003 6	Basel	2 – 1	Juventus	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Cantaluppi 38' Giménez 90+2'	Report	Tacchinardi 10'	Attendance: 30,501 (sold out) Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Juventus	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Basel	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7
4	Deportivo La Coruña	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7

Source: RSSSF

References

^ FC Basel 1893 (2002). "Marco Streller leihweise zu Thun". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-09-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)(in German)
^ FC Basel 1893 (2002). "Streller nochmals leihweise zu Thun". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2003-04-02. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)(in German)
^ FC Basel 1893 (2002). "Philippe Cravero ab sofort bei Servette Genf". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-07-20. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Weber, Dominik (2002). "Bernt Haas leihweise bis 2003 zum FC Basel". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-08-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)
^ Weber, Dominik (2002). "Philipp Degen erhält Profivertrag". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-08-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)
^ FC Basel 1893 (2002). "Milicevic leihweise beim FC Basel". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-09-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)
^ FC Basel 1893 (2002). "FCB plant Saison ohne Cecca". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-05-14. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ FC Basel 1893 (2003). "George Koumantarakis wechselt nach England". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2003-01-23. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)

External links

FC Basel official site

[fcb1-1] FC Basel 1893 (2002). "Marco Streller leihweise zu Thun". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-09-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)(in German)

[fcb8-2] FC Basel 1893 (2002). "Streller nochmals leihweise zu Thun". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2003-04-02. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)(in German)

[fcb6-3] FC Basel 1893 (2002). "Philippe Cravero ab sofort bei Servette Genf". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-07-20. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb2-4] Weber, Dominik (2002). "Bernt Haas leihweise bis 2003 zum FC Basel". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-08-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)

[fcb3-5] Weber, Dominik (2002). "Philipp Degen erhält Profivertrag". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-08-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)

[fcb4-6] FC Basel 1893 (2002). "Milicevic leihweise beim FC Basel". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-09-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)

[fcb5-7] FC Basel 1893 (2002). "FCB plant Saison ohne Cecca". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2002-05-14. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb7-8] FC Basel 1893 (2003). "George Koumantarakis wechselt nach England". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2003-01-23. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)

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