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FC Basel
2024–25 season
OwnerFCB Holding
David Degen
Club presidentReto Baumgartner
Head coachFabio Celestini
GroundSt. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super Leaguetbd
Swiss Cuptbd

The 2024–25 season is FC Basel's 131st season in their existence and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2024–25 Swiss Super League season starts on 20 July 2024 and ends on 24 May 2025. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participate in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, starting in the third round. This will be the club's first season since 25 years that they will not compete in any european competition, as since their 1999–2000 season they always had always qualified for an UEFA competition.

Club

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FC Basel Holding AG

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The FC Basel Holding AG owns 75% of FC Basel 1893 AG and the other 25% is owned by the FC Basel 1893 club members. The club FC Basel 1893 functions as a base club independent of the holding company and the AG. FC Basel 1893 AG is responsible for the operational business of the club, e.g. the first team, the womens first team, a large part of the youth department and the back office are affiliated there. All decisions that affect the club FC Basel 1893 are made within the AG.

On 6 May 2024 the AGM of the FC Basel Holding AG and the FC Basel 1893 AG were held and the both boards were confirmed. The Holding AG with following members: David Degen (president), Dan Holzmann, Ursula Rey-Krayer and Andreas Rey (vice-president). FC Basel 1893 AG with following members: David Degen (president), Carol Etter (delegate of the club FC Basel), Dan Holzmann, Ursula Rey-Krayer and Andreas Rey (vice-president).

Club management

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Basel is the only professional club in Switzerland where the position of holding company's president and the club's president is not the same person. The club AGM also took place on 6 May 2024. With the exception of Dominik Donzé, who left the board of directors voluntarily, the entire board was re-elected with large majorities. These being Reto Baumgartner (club president), Carol Etter, Edward Turner and Tobias Adler. Donzé has held various positions on the FCB board since 2009. Two new members were also voted into the board of directors.[1]

The board of directors of the club are:

Club chairman Switzerland Reto Baumgartner
Director Switzerland Carol Etter
Director Switzerland Edward Turner
Director Switzerland Tobias Adler
Director Switzerland Andrea Häner-Roth
Director Switzerland Nicole Leuthard
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (37,994)[2]
(36,000 for international matches)[3] / (120x80 m)

Updated to match played 6 May 2024
Source: FCB Official Site


Team management

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During the previous season the position of the FCB sport director had been left vacant following the dismissal of Heiko Vogel on 31 October 2023. On 15 May 2024 FCB announced that Daniel Stucki had been appointed as new sports director.[4]

During May Fabio Celestini signed a new two-year contract as head coach and on 31 May 2024 they announced their training staff for the coming season:[5]

Position Staff
Sport director Switzerland Daniel Stucki
from 15 May 2024
Head coach Switzerland Fabio Celestini
Assistant coach Switzerland Davide Callà
Assistant coach Switzerland Luigi Nocentini
Athletics coach Switzerland Carlos Menéndez
Athletics coach Switzerland Thomas Bernhard
Goalkeeper coach Switzerland Gabriel Wüthrich
Youth Team U-21 coach Switzerland Mario Cantaluppi
Youth Team U-21 co-coach Switzerland Marco Aratore
Youth Team U-21 co-coach Switzerland Michaël Bauch

Overview

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Off and pre-season

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On 31 May 2024 Basel announced that they had reached an agreement with Hellas Verona for the permanent acquisition of Kevin Rüegg. The 25-year-old full-back, who had joined FCB on loan in September 2023 had signed a three-year contract with the club, dated until the summer of 2027.[6]

On 7 June FCB announced that they had loaned Đorđe Jovanović to FK Partizan for the coming season.[7]

On 7 June Basel announced that Sergio López did not prolong his contract with them and that he had moved to SV Darmstadt 98.[8]

Players

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First-team squad

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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 16 July 2023, but subsequently left the club after that date.

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 Switzerland SUI Marwin Hitz
3 DF Switzerland SUI Nicolas Vouilloz
4 DF Spain ESP Arnau Comas
5 DF Switzerland SUI Michael Lang
6 DF Tunisia TUN Mohamed Dräger
7 FW Canada CAN Liam Millar (out on loan 30 June 2024)
7 MF Switzerland SUI Benjamin Kololli
9 FW France FRA Thierno Barry
10 FW France FRA Jean-Kévin Augustin
11 FW Germany GER Maurice Malone
13 GK Switzerland SUI Mirko Salvi
14 FW Switzerland SUI Bradley Fink (out on loan)
16 GK Switzerland SUI Nils de Mol (U-21)
17 FW Switzerland SUI Andrin Hunziker
18 MF Ghana GHA Emmanuel Essiam
19 MF Austria AUT Yusuf Demir
20 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Frei (captain)
21 MF Georgia (country) GEO Gabriel Sigua
23 FW Switzerland SUI Albian Ajeti
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Burkina Faso BFA Nasser Djiga (out on loan)
25 DF Switzerland SUI Finn van Breemen
26 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Adrian Leon Barišić
27 DF Switzerland SUI Kevin Rüegg
28 DF France FRA Hugo Vogel (U-21)
28 MF Switzerland SUI Dion Kacuri
29 MF Germany GER Adriano Onyegbule (U-21)
30 FW Germany GER Anton Kade
31 MF Switzerland SUI Dominik Schmid
32 DF Ghana GHA Jonas Adjetey (U-21)
33 MF Argentina ARG Juan Gauto
34 MF Albania ALB Taulant Xhaka (vice-captain)
35 FW Switzerland SUI Roméo Beney (U-21)
37 MF Switzerland SUI Leon Avdullahu (U-21)
38 MF France FRA Axel Kayombo (U-21)
39 MF Switzerland SUI Arlet Junior Zé (U-21)
40 MF Portugal POR Renato Veiga
43 GK Germany GER Tim Pfeiffer (U-21)
48 FW France FRA Aaron Akalé (U-21)


Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
99 FW Serbia SRB Đorđe Jovanović (to FK Partizan[7])


Transfers summer 2024

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In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF Switzerland SUI Kevin Rüegg (permanent from Hellas Verona[6])


Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Germany GER Sergio López (to SV Darmstadt 98[8])


Results and fixtures

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Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Pre-season

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Swiss Super League

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The 2024–25 Super League season was the 128th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland. The Swiss Football League (SFL) drew and published the fixtures of the first 22 rounds on 18 June 2024.

First and second round

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27 July 2024 Round 2 Basel v Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30
11 August 2024 Round 4 Servette v Basel Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:30
25 August 2024 Round 5 Basel v Yverdon St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30
31 August 2024 Round 6 Sion v Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00
21 September 2024 Round 7 Basel v Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
29 September 2024 Round 8 Luzern v Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
16:30
6 October 2024 Round 9 Basel v Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30
20 October 2024 Round 10 Basel v St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30
26 October 2024 Round 11 Winterthur v Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00
29/30/31 October 2024 Round 12 Young Boys v Basel Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
tbd
2/3 November 2024 Round 13 Basel v Winterthur St. Jakob-Park, Basel
tbd
23/24 November 2024 Round 15 Basel v Servette St. Jakob-Park, Basel
tbd
30 Nov/1 Dec 2024 Round 16 Basel v Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
tbd
7/8 December 2024 Round 17 St. Gallen v Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
tbd
14/15 December 2024 Round 18 Basel v Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
tbd
18/19 January 2025 Round 19 Lugano v Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
tbd
25/26 January 2025 Round 20 Basel v Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
tbd
1/2 February 2025 Round 21 Zürich v Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
tbd
4/5/6 February 2025 Round 22 Basel v Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
tbd

Third round

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The fixtures and dates for the third round will be announced at a later date

Swiss Cup

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First round

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The fixtues and dates of the first round were drawn in June 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ FC Basel 1893 (6 May 2024). "130 ordentliche Mitgliederversammlung 2024". Annual General Meeting 2024. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Swiss Football League (SFL) (2024). "FC Basel 1893". Swiss Football League (SFL) internet site. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  3. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2023). "St. Jakob-Park" (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2023-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ FC Basel 1893 (15 May 2024). "Daniel Stucki neuer FCB Sportdirektor" [Daniel Stucki new FCB sports director] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ FC Basel 1893 (31 May 2024). "Der FCB-Trainerstaff wird teilweise neu aufgestellt" [The FCB coaching staff will be partially reorganized] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (31 May 2024). "Dreijahresvertrag: Kevin Rüegg bleibt beim FCB" [Three-year contract: Kevin Rüegg stays at FCB] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (7 June 2024). "Đorđe Jovanović leihweise zu Partizan" [Đorđe Jovanović loan to Partizan] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (7 June 2024). "Sergio López wechselt nach Darmstadt" [Sergio López moves to Darmstadt] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Sources

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{{DEFAULTSORT:2024-25 FC Basel Season}} [[Category:FC Basel seasons]] [[Category:Swiss football clubs 2024–25 season|Basel]]