FC Basel 381306 226149807 2008-07-17T01:21:17Z 67.82.9.142 /* Colours and Logo */ {{Football club infobox | clubname = FC Basel 1893| current = FC Basel season 2008-09| image = [[Image:FC Basel.png|150px|FCB Logo]]| fullname = Footballclub Basel 1893| nickname = FCB, Bebbi, RotBlau| founded = [[15 November]][[1893]] | ground = [[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]] | capacity = 42,500 | chairman = {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Mrs [[Gisela Oeri]] | manager = {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Christian Gross]] | league = [[Swiss Super League]] | season = 2007-08 | position = [[Swiss Super League]], [[Axpo Super League 2007/08|1st]] | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_bluestripes|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=0000FF|body1=FF0000|rightarm1=0000FF|shorts1=0000FF|socks1=0000FF| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=D3D3D3|body2=D3D3D3|rightarm2=D3D3D3|shorts2=D3D3D3|socks2=D3D3D3| }} '''FC Basel''' (short for '''Footballclub Basel''') is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Basel]]. Basel is one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the [[Swiss Super League]] 12 times, the third most for any Swiss club. In the 2005-06 season Basel lost out on the title by one goal and in the 2006-2007 season the club narrowly missed out on being crowned champions for a twelfth time, falling just one point short of eventual champions [[FC Zürich]]. This was despite the club defeating [[FC Zürich|Zürich]] in all three of their meetings in that league campaign. Basel won the Championship in the 2007/08 season. They have competed in [[UEFA|European competition]] every season since 1999/2000. In the 2001/02 season the club reached the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]] final, losing to [[Aston Villa F.C.]], in the 2002/03 season they qualified for the Second Group Stage of the [[UEFA Champions League]] and in the 2005/06 season they reached the Quarter-Finals of the [[UEFA Cup]]. == History == ===The Early Years=== FC Basel was started by an advertisement on the [[12 November]] [[1893]] that appeared in the Basler national newspaper requesting that a football team be formed and that anyone that wished to join should meet up the next Wednesday at 8:15. So, on the 15th of November 1893, FC Basel was born in the city of [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]. FC Basel did not have much of an early footballing success; it took Basel 40 years to win their first trophy, winning the [[Swiss Cup]] in 1933. They also won the cup in 1947 and then the league in 1953. ===Rise and Fall=== FCB (which is pronounced "Eff Tsay Bay" in [[Swiss German]]) were most successful in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]], winning the [[Swiss Super League|Swiss Championship]] seven times (1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980) and the [[Swiss Cup|National Cup]] three times (1963, 1967, 1975). They also won the League Cup in 1973 and the [[Coppa delle Alpi]] consecutively in 1969 and 1970. In those days, they were a dominant force in Switzerland and they were major competitors in [[UEFA|Europe]] also. In the late [[1980s]] they were relegated to the [[Swiss Challenge League|Nationalliga B]] (the second highest League in Switzerland). They had fallen away and were only a shadow of the Basel team from the 60s and 70s. In 1994, they were promoted back into the [[Swiss Super League|Nationalliga A]] (the highest League) and have since proved that they belong there by winning numerous league titles and cups, not to mention their successful campaigns in the [[UEFA Champions League]] and [[UEFA Cup]]. ===Return of the Glory Days=== <table style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 180px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px"> <tr><td><div style="position: relative;"> [[Image:Soccer.Field Transparant.png|175px]] {{Image label|x=0.17|y=0.05|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Yellow">[[Pascal Zuberbühler|'''ZUBERBÜHLER'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.10|y=0.15|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Murat Yakın|'''M. YAKIN'''(C)<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.28|y=0.15|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Marco Zwyssig|'''ZYWSSIG'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.20|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Bernt Haas|'''HAAS'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.37|y=0.20|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Timothée Atouba|'''ATOUBA'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.33|y=0.33|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Ivan Ergić|'''ERGIĆ'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.08|y=0.33|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Mario Cantaluppi|'''CANTALUPPI'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.38|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Hakan Yakın|'''H. YAKIN'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.28|y=0.38|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Scott Chipperfield|'''CHIPPERFIELD'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.14|y=0.54|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Julio Hernán Rossi|'''ROSSI'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.30|y=0.54|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Christian Eduardo Giménez|'''GIMÉNEZ'''<br/>]]</font>}} </div></td></tr> <tr><td><small>Basel's famous 2002/03 team</small></td></tr> </table> When [[St. Jakob-Park]] was opened in 2001, success returned. In 2002 FCB won the Double ([[Swiss Super League|Swiss Championship]] and [[Swiss Cup]]) and reached the final of the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]. In the following season they were the second Swiss team to ever play in the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]. Their first game was in the Second Qualifying Round against [[MŠK Žilina]] of [[Slovakia]]. They won 4-1 on aggregate. In the next round they faced [[Scotland|Scottish]] giants [[Celtic F.C.]]. In the first leg at [[Celtic Park]] the home side won 3-1, but in the second leg at [[St. Jakob-Park]], FCB came away with a famous 2-0 victory. This meant Basel progressed on the away goals rule after a 3-3 aggregate draw. In the First Group Stage, FCB were drawn into Group B with [[Valencia CF]], [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[FC Spartak Moscow]]. On Matchday One, Basel defeated Spartak 2-0 at home. Then on Matchday Two, FCB travelled to [[Anfield]] where they managed to draw 1-1 against Liverpool. After a great start to the group stage, FCB were brought back down to earth when they were defeated 6-2 by Valencia at the [[Estadio Mestalla]]. They bounced back, however, 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 were 3-0 at half-time through goals from [[Julio Hernán Rossi]], [[Christian Eduardo Giménez]] and [[Thimothée Atouba]]. The second half was a different story, though, and Liverpool fought back to draw 3-3. This was still enough for FCB to qualify for the Second Group Stage. In the last 16, Basel faced [[Manchester United F.C.]], [[Juventus F.C.]] 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 games. 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 picking up the same number of points as second placed Juventus, Basel crashed out on goal difference. Basel finished second in the [[Swiss Super League]] that season and won the [[Swiss Cup]] after beating [[Neuchâtel Xamax]] 6-0 in the final. After being the surprise package in [[UEFA|Europe]] in the [[UEFA Champions League 2002-03|2002/03 season]], Basel could not bring this form into the [[UEFA Cup 2003-04|UEFA Cup in 2003/04]] as the were eliminated by [[Newcastle United F.C.]] in the second round after defeating [[Malatyaspor]] in the previous round. The club did go on to achieve some success in the [[UEFA Cup 2004-05|Europe in 2004/05]], though, as they were dropped into the [[UEFA Cup]] after being eliminated by [[F.C. Internazionale Milano]] in the Qualification Stage of the [[UEFA Champions League]]. After they defeated [[Russia]]n side [[FC Terek Grozny]] in the First Round they faced considerabley tougher opponents [[Feyenoord Rotterdam]], [[FC Schalke 04]], [[Ferencvárosi TC]] and [[Heart of Midlothian]] in the Group Stage. They drew 1-1 away to Schalke, were defeated 2-1 at home by Hearts, beat Ferencváros 2-1 at [[Stadion Albert Flórián]] and won 1-0 against Feyenoord at home. They finished third in the group on seven points and qualified for the Round of 32 where they were defeated 2-0 on aggregate by [[Lille OSC]]. Basel also won the [[Swiss Super League|Domestic Title]] during the 2004/05 campaign. ====2005/06 Season==== Basel's biggest signings of the 2005/06 season were defenders [[Daniel Majstorović]] and [[Kōji Nakata]] who were brought in to replace [[Patrick Müller]], who was set to sign for [[Olympique Lyonnais]], and the retiring [[Murat Yakın]]. Forward [[Eduardo Adelino da Silva|Eduardo]] was signed after a successful loan spell but [[Argentina|Argentinian]] goalscorers [[Christian Eduardo Giménez|Christian Giménez]] and [[Julio Hernán Rossi]] left the club. As Swiss champions, Basel entered the [[UEFA Champions League]] third qualifying round against [[German Bundesliga]] club [[SV Werder Bremen]]. Basel won the first leg 2-1 at [[St. Jakob Park]] but lost 3-0 at the [[Weserstadion]] in the second leg, the aggregate 4-2 in Werder's favour. Basel were then dropped into the [[UEFA Cup]] where they met [[NK Široki Brijeg]] of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in the First Round. Basel sealed a 6-0 aggregate win and were drawn into Group E alongside [[RC Strasbourg]], [[A.S. Roma]], [[Red Star Belgrade]] and [[Tromsø I.L.]]. FCB lost the first group match 2-0 against Strasbourg at home but won 2-1 away to Red Star, giving themselves an opportunity to progress to the next round if they won their next game against Tromsø. They did in a seven-goal thriller, winning 4-3 and securing 3rd place. The last match of the group was against [[Italy|Italian]] giants Roma at the [[Stadio Olimpico]] where the [[Serie A]] club won 3-1. In the Round of 32 FCB came up against [[AS Monaco]] who they beat 2-1 on aggregate after a 1-1 stalemate in [[Monaco]] and a 1-0 victory for Basel in [[Switzerland]]. As Basel progressed to the last 16 they played against Strasbourg once again. FCB won the first leg 2-0 and drew 2-2 in the second leg, winning 4-2 overall. In the Quarter-Finals the club came up against [[Middlesbrough F.C.]]. FCB won 2-0 at home and looked certain to progress as they travelled to the [[Riverside Stadium]]. This was not the case, however, as the [[Englishmen]] fought back to win the match 4-1 and the tie 4-3. On [[May 13]] [[2006]], the FCB lost a league game in the [[St. Jakob-Park]] for the first time since [[December 1]], [[2002]], when they fell 1:2 against [[FC Zürich]], resulting in riots and property damage by hooligans of both the FCB and their rival after the match (see [[2006 Basel Hooligan Incident]] for more details). On [[February 26]] [[2006]] FC Basel broke their own club record of 52 unbeaten league games in the [[St. Jakob Park]]. The new record is 59, but the streak ended there on the final day of the season with a last-minute goal by [[Iulian Filipescu]] of [[FC Zürich]], knocking Basel out of contention and giving [[FC Zürich|Zürich]] their first national championship since 1980/81. A sixtieth straight home league match undefeated would have made Basel champions once again, but the final score was 1:2 in favour of [[FC Zürich|Zürich]]. ====2006/07 Season==== Various signings involving FCB took place during the 2006/07 [[Swiss Super League]] season. The most notable of these were the replacement of local hero [[Pascal Zuberbühler]], who departed for [[West Bromwich Albion]], with [[Argentina national football team|Argentine internationalist]] [[Franco Costanzo]] and the signing of [[Delron Buckley]] on loan from [[Borussia Dortmund]]. [[Zdravko Kuzmanović]] left the club during the Winter break for [[ACF Fiorentina]]. FC Basel's European campaign started in the first qualifying stage of the [[UEFA Cup]] when they beat [[Kazakhstan|Kazakhi]] side [[FC Tobol]] 3-1 on aggregate. In the second round they played against [[Liechtenstein]]er team [[FC Vaduz]], narrowly progressing on the [[away goals rule]] after a 2-2 aggregate draw. They were then put up against [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonians]] [[FK Rabotnički]]. Basel won 6-2 at [[St. Jakob-Park]] and 1-0 at the [[Skopje City Stadium]] to qualify for the group stages where they faced tough opposition, [[Blackburn Rovers]] of [[England]], [[AS Nancy]] of [[France]], [[Feyenoord]] of The [[Netherlands]] and [[Wisła Kraków]] of [[Poland]]. Basel's first game came against Feyenoord at home. They came away with a respectable 1-1 draw. Their next group match was at [[Ewood Park]] against Blackburn Rovers. Basel played reasonably well but shaky defending became their downfall. AS Nancy, at home, were their next opponents and the match ended in a 2-2 draw. Basel's last group game was against Wisła Kraków at the [[Wisła Stadium]]. FCB needed a win to qualify but their poor European campaign came to an end after losing 3-1 despite taking an early lead through [[Mladen Petrić]]. Basel won the [[Swiss Cup]] after beating [[FC Luzern]] 1-0. The winning goal came from the penalty spot through [[Daniel Majstorović]] in the 93rd minute. FCB finished in second place in the [[Swiss Super League]], just one point behind winners [[FC Zürich]]. This was despite the club defeating [[FC Zürich|Zürich]] in all three of their meetings in that league campaign. ====2007/2008 Season==== [[Image:FC Basel vs St Gallen.jpg|thumb|left|[[Eren Derdiyok]] taking the ball around [[FC St. Gallen|St. Gallen]]'s defender [[Philipp Muntwiler]]. FC Basel won the game 3-0 (30-9-07)]] At the beginning of the 2007/08 season FC Basel strengthened their team by signing [[Switzerland national football team|Swiss internationalists]] [[Marco Streller]] from [[VfB Stuttgart]], [[Benjamin Huggel]] from [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] and [[David Degen]] on loan from [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]. Fans' favourite [[Mladen Petrić]] joined [[Borussia Dortmund]] in a big-money deal and influential defender [[Boris Smiljanić]] returned to his former club [[Grasshopper-Club Zürich]]. Highly rated Switzerland Under-21 defender [[Beg Ferati]] arrived at [[St. Jakob-Park]] in January from feeder club [[FC Concordia Basel]] on a three-and-a-half year contract. He was joined by veteren striker [[Vratislav Lokvenc]] from [[Red Bull Salzburg]] and exciting midfielder [[Marko Perović]] from [[Red Star Belgrade]] who also arrived during the Winter break. Basel were drawn against [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]]n minnows [[FK Sarajevo]] in the first qualifying round of the [[UEFA Cup]], a tie that Basel won 8-1 on aggregate. In the next round Basel faced a considerably tougher opponent in the form of [[SV Mattersburg]] of [[Austria]]. Nonetheless, Basel finished the tie off with a 4-0 away win after a 2-1 victory at [[St. Jakob-Park]]. Basel were then drawn into a 'death group' of Group D alongside [[SK Brann]], [[NK Dinamo Zagreb]], [[Hamburger SV]] and [[Stade Rennais FC]], all of which were ranked within the top 3 of their own leagues at the start of the stage. Basel won their first [[UEFA Cup]] group game against [[Stade Rennais FC|Rennes]] at home 1-0 thanks to a [[Marco Streller]] header. Their next game was away to [[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]] in which Basel earned a valuable away point thanks to on form goalkeeper [[Franco Costanzo]] who kept the game at 0-0 for 90 minutes. They then faced [[SK Brann|Brann]] at [[St. Jakob-Park]] where they won 1-0 through a [[Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia|Carlitos]] free-kick and were highly praised for playing attractive and flowing football. Basel then went to Germany to face [[Hamburger SV|Hamburg]] at the [[HSH Nordbank Arena]] where they were fortunate to escape with a 1-1 draw. The goals came courtesy of captain [[Ivan Ergić]] and [[Hamburger SV|Hamburg]]'s [[Ivica Olić]]. Basel then faced [[Sporting Clube de Portugal]] in the last 32 after qualifying 2nd in the group alongside 1st placed [[Hamburger SV|Hamburg]] and 3rd placed [[SK Brann|Brann]]. Sporting Lisbon finished third in their group in the [[UEFA Champions League]], which is why they were dropped into the [[UEFA Cup]]. The first leg took place on the 13th of February in [[Lisbon]] where the first choice goalkeeper, [[Franco Costanzo]], was injured and Basel lost 2-0. The second leg did not fair any better for Basel. [[Franco Costanzo|Costanzo]] remained injured and Basel lost 3-0 on the 21st of February in [[Basel]], resulting in the knock out of the [[UEFA Cup]]. <table style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 180px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px"> <tr><td><div style="position: relative;"> [[Image:Soccer.Field Transparant.png|175px]] {{Image label|x=0.19|y=0.05|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Yellow">[[Franco Costanzo|'''COSTANZO'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.08|y=0.15|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Daniel Majstorović|'''MAJSTOROVIĆ'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.31|y=0.15|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[François Marque|'''MARQUE'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.20|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Reto Zanni|'''ZANNI'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.39|y=0.20|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Ronny Hodel|'''HODEL'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.21|y=0.28|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Benjamin Huggel|'''HUGGEL'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.39|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[David Degen|'''D. DEGEN'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.10|y=0.34|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Ivan Ergić|'''ERGIĆ'''(C)<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.28|y=0.34|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Scott Chipperfield|'''CHIPPERFIELD'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.35|y=0.39|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia|'''CARLITOS'''<br/>]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.19|y=0.53|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="White">[[Marco Streller|'''STRELLER'''<br/>]]</font>}} </div></td></tr> <tr><td><small>Basel's 2007-08 title-winning squad.</small></td></tr> </table> FC Basel won the [[Swiss Cup]] for the second consecutive season after beating second-tier side [[AC Bellinzona]] 4-1 at [[St. Jakob-Park]] on Sunday [[6 April]] [[2008]]. [[Eren Derdiyok]] gave Basel the lead in the first half before [[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]] equalised through [[Christian Pouga]] in the second. [[Daniel Majstorović]] restored the lead for Basel with a header and [[Switzerland national football team|Swiss internationalists]] [[Marco Streller]] and [[Benjamin Huggel]] scored one goal each to make the final scoreline 4-1 in Basel's favour. Basel won the [[Swiss Super League]] for the first time since 2005 on the [[10 May]] [[2008]] at [[St. Jakob-Park]] after a 2-0 win over title threats [[BSC Young Boys]]. It was the last game of the season and Basel only needed a point from the match to win the Championship but if [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]] won then they would be champions, the exact same situation as the end of the 2005/06 season, only it was between Basel and [[FC Zürich]] then. The painful memories of losing the league on the last day of the season in 2006 seemed to spur FCB on as they took an early lead through [[Valentin Stocker]] before [[Marco Streller]] wrapped up the victory with the second. This rounded off a highly successful season for Basel as they conquered on the domestic front, winning both the [[Swiss Super League]] and [[Swiss Cup]], and reaching the last 32 of the [[UEFA Cup]]. ====2008/2009 Season==== Ahead of the 2008/09 season, FCB added to their squad by signing defenders [[Behrang Safari]] from [[Malmö FF]] and [[David Abraham]] from [[Gimnàstic de Tarragona]], and midfielders [[Jürgen Gjasula]] and [[Marcos Gelabert]] from [[FC St. Gallen]]. Fans' favourite [[Daniel Majstorović]] left the club for [[AEK Athens F.C.]] and [[Kōji Nakata]] returned to [[J. League|Japan]] with [[Kashima Antlers]], while [[Vratislav Lokvenc]] and [[David Degen]]'s loan deals were not re-newed. Basel entered the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] in the Second Qualifying Round and will be drawn against the winner of the [[IFK Göteborg]] ([[Allsvenskan|Sweden]]) Vs. [[S.S. Murata]] ([[Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio|San Marino]]). ==Supporters and Rivalries== ===Fans=== FC Basel is well known for having a big and loyal local following. Usually when polls are made about the most passionate club football fans, FC Basel's fans usually make the top 20 if not top 10 in the world, resulting in what is by far the highest average attendance in [[Switzerland]] with around 23,500 fans <ref>[http://www.rotblau.ch/ Inoffizielles Statistik-Portal des FC Basel 1893<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> attending every home game and with the new extension being built that number is expected to rise to around 40,000. The fans have also made themselves a name in numerous international matches in recent years. Arguably, its most famous internationally recognisable fan is tennis star [[Roger Federer]]. The current [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]] is a Basel native and has supported the club since his youth. In one interview Federer said if he weren't as good of a tennis player as he is today, he would have without a doubt tried to play football. He went on to say that if he was successful in the beautiful game, he would have loved to play for FC Basel. ===Rivalry=== The city of [[Basel]] and the city of [[Zürich]] have a long-standing, deep-seated traditional rivalry. Therefore, FC Basel's most traditional and fiercest rival (and the biggest recent title threat) is [[FC Zürich]]. In the past few seasons, the rivalry between the two clubs has been fueled by [[FC Zürich]]'s league championship wins, which were won very narrowly over Basel. They continue to be the two leading championship favourites for the 2008/2009 season. [[Football hooliganism|Hooligans]] from both sides often fight when their teams meet in the league. The worst incident of this in recent years was in [[May 2006]]. FC Basel had won the league in the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons and were set to make it three in a row if they won or drew against [[FC Zürich|Zürich]] at home on the last day of the 2005/06 season but if [[FC Zürich|Zürich]] won, they would get the title. [[FC Zürich|Zürich]] took the lead after a late goal from [[Iulian Filipescu]]. [[FC Zürich]] won the match and the league. After the final whistle, players and fans from both teams started fighting on the pitch and in the stands. This incident has fueled hatred and bitterness between fans from [[FC Zürich]] and FC Basel. Problems like this are not unusual for teams with such a big following. [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]/[[Feyenoord]], [[Club Atlético Boca Juniors|Boca]]/[[Club Atlético River Plate|River]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]/[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], [[Fenerbahçe S.K.|Fenerbahçe]]/[[Galatasaray S.K.|Galatasaray]], [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]/[[A.S. Roma|Roma]] and [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]/[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]] all share the same kinds of problems with their supporters, just to name a few. A secondary rivalry exists between FC Basel and [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper Club]], due to [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper's]] basis in [[Zürich]] and their great historical success. Younger FCB supporters tend to consider [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper Club]] a very fierce rival (on par with FC Zürich), whereas most older supporters still consider the rivalry with [[FC Zürich]] to be significantly more important. In the past couple of years, with FC Zürich's rise to power and their very close competition with FC Basel, the FCB-FCZ rivalry has clearly taken centre-stage again. ==Player Drain To The German Bundesliga== One fact for FC Basel is that a lot of promising players end up leaving for the German [[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]. Basel has quality players good enough to compete in the Bundesliga but they do not have the same quality of opposition. Many Basel players have been snapped up by German clubs because they are usually also offered larger pay cheques than from FC Basel. Some examples of FC Basel players who have signed for Bundesliga teams in recent years are: *[[David Degen]] *[[Philipp Degen]] *[[Mladen Petrić]] *[[Ivan Rakitić]] *[[Marco Streller]] *[[Hakan Yakın]] *[[Murat Yakın]] ==Youth System== FC Basel is known throughout [[Switzerland]] for having the best youth system in the [[Swiss Super League|Super League]]. It is often compared to the youth systems of [[Ajax FC|Ajax]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]. It has produced Swiss internationalists such as [[Philipp Degen]], [[Alexander Frei]] and [[Marco Streller]]. Also, in more recently times, young talents like the [[Ecuador]]ian international youngster [[Felipe Caicedo]], [[Croatia]]n [[Ivan Rakitić]], [[Serbia]]n [[Zdravko Kuzmanović]] and the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Yann Sommer]] along with [[Eren Derdiyok]] have risen through the ranks there. Some successful players who have came throgh the Basel youth system are: {| |valign="top" width=10%| *[[Felipe Caicedo]] *[[Massimo Ceccaroni]] *[[David Degen]] *[[Philipp Degen]] *[[Eren Derdiyok]] |valign="top" width=10%| *[[Alexander Frei]] *[[Fabian Frei]] *[[José Gonçalves]] *[[David Hasler]] *[[Gökhan İnler]] |valign="top" width=10%| *[[Adrian Knup]] *[[Zdravko Kuzmanović]] *[[Erni Maissen]] *[[Ivan Rakitić]] *[[Yann Sommer]] |valign="top" width=10%| *[[Marco Streller]] *[[Hakan Yakın]] |} ==Stadium== [[Image:St-Jakob-Park-Nacht.jpg|upright|thumb|right|200px|St. Jakob-Park at night]] FC Basel play their home games at the 42,500 capacity [[St. Jakob-Park]] which translates into [[English language|English]] as St. Jacob's Park. [[UEFA]] have awarded the stadium a 4-star rating, the highest rating that could be given to a stadium of that capacity. St. Jakob-Park was opened in 2001, holding an attendance of 38,000, originally, but the stadium was upgraded to 42,500 due to [[Switzerland]] being co-hosts of [[UEFA Euro 2008]]. The stadium is nicknamed "Joggeli" by the fans and has 2 restaurants called "Restaurant UNO" and "Hattrick's Sports Bar" and a shopping centre which opened on [[1 November]] [[2001]]. It also has parking space for 680 cars and has its own train station. St. Jakob-Park hosted 6 games during EURO 2008, including the opening game between [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] and [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] and a semi-final between [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]. The most interesting feature of the stadium is the translucent outer layer, which can be illuminated in different colours for impressive effects much like [[Bayern Munich]]'s [[Allianz Arena]]. [[Image:StJakobPark Panorama.JPG|centre|thumb|800px|St. Jakob-Park from the inside]] ==Affiliated Clubs== * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} '''[[FC Concordia Basel]]''' - FC Basel have a loose affiliation with Concordia Basel. FC Basel are almost like a parent-club to Concordia who play in the league below Basel. They have FC Basel player [[Simone Grippo]] and [[Patrik Baumann]] on loan during the 2007-08 season. Ex-Concordia goalkeeper [[Louis Crayton]] is now at Basel. * {{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} '''[[FC Vaduz]]''' - FC Basel are also like a parent-club to Vaduz who are the most successful team in Liechtenstein. Basel goalkeeper [[Yann Sommer]] is currently on loan at Vaduz. Ex-Basel players [[Tim Grossklaus]] and [[Damir Džombić]] are currently playing for Vaduz. Also, Ex-Basel youth coach [[Heinz Hermann]] is now a manager at Vaduz. * {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[SV Werder Bremen]]''' - Although FC Basel and [[Werder Bremen]] have no official connection there is a close friendship between their supporters. The last time these clubs met in a tournament was a [[UEFA Champions League]] third round qualifier in September 2005 which [[Werder Bremen|Werder]] won 4-2 on aggregate. However, the most recent encounter between the two clubs was a friendly match during the 2007 pre-season where FC Basel won 2-0 at [[Sportpark Eschen-Mauren]] in [[Liechtenstein]]. ==Colours and Logo== {{Football kit box | align = left | pattern_la=| pattern_b =| pattern_ra =| leftarm = FFFF00 | body = FFFF00 | rightarm = FFFF00 | shorts = 06f | socks = FFFF00 | title = <center>Goalkeeper's kit }} FC Basel's traditional kit is a red and blue shirt, blue shorts with gold trim and blue socks with red trim. From this comes the nickname "RotBlau" which is [[Swiss German]] for Red and Blue. Their away kit is all silver with blue trim. FC Basel's kits are manufactured by [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] and sponsored by [[Novartis]], a multinational pharmaceutical company which is based in the city of [[Basel]]. The famous "Blaugrana" colours of [[FC Barcelona]] are said to have originated from the "Rotblau" colours of FC Basel. [[FC Barcelona]] was founded by former FC Basel captain [[Joan Gamper]]. For the 2008/09 season, Basel changed their shirt to resemble the traditional Barcelona shirt (red and blue vertical stripes) and Barcelona changed their's to resemble Basel's (one half of the shirt red, the other blue). [[Image:FC Basel.png|thumb|right|100px|FC Basel logo]] FC Basel's current logo is a shield, the left half red and the right half blue. The shield is outlined with gold and in the centre in gold letters it says FCB which stands for "Fussballclub Basel" or "Football Club Basel". The logo is worn in the centre of the shirt opposed to on the traditional left-hand side. Like the colours of FC Basel, the logo has a striking resemblance to that of [[FC Barcelona]] in [[Spain]]. There are theories that suggest that the founder of FC Barcelona, being at one time the captain of FC Basel, reincorporated the logo of FC Basel on to that of FC Barcelona. The resemblances seem clear, both logos seem to incorporate the shield design, as do most other clubs. But most notably is the FCB acronyms on both logos and the Red-Blue colours, outlined in gold. Also the football that lies on the left side of the FC Basel logo seems to be the exact shape, type and colour as that of the FC Barcelona Logo in the bottom centre. Because of this, many people tend to say that FC Basel was the inspiration in the process of founding FC Barcelona in Spain. ==Sponsorship== Companies that FC Basel currently has sponsorship deals with include: *[[Novartis]] - Main Sponsor *[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] - Kit Manufacturer *[[Volkswagen]] - Official Sponsor *[[Pirelli]] - Official Sponsor *[[Muba]] - Official Sponsor *[[UBS AG|UBS]] - Official Sponsor *[[Herren Globus]] - Official Sponsor *[[Alcatel Lucent]] - Official Sponsor *[[Basler Versicherungen]] - Official Sponsor *[[Europa Park]] - Official Sponsor ==Records and Famous Matches== ===Records=== * '''Highest stage reached in [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]:''' Quarter-Finals (1973/74) * '''Highest stage reached in [[UEFA Cup]]:''' Quarter-Finals (2005/06) * '''Biggest European home win:''' FC Basel 7-0 [[S.S. Folgore/Falciano|S.S. Folgore]] (24.08.2000, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg) * '''Biggest European away win:''' [[Fram Reykjavík]] 0-5 FC Basel ( 18.09.1973, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg) * '''Biggest European home defeat:''' FC Basel 1-5 [[Celtic F.C.]] (17.09.1963, European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round) * '''Biggest European away defeat:''' [[Celtic F.C.]] 5-0 FC Basel (09.10.1963, European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round) * '''Most league appearances:''' [[Massimo Ceccaroni]] (398) * '''Most league goals:''' [[Christian Eduardo Giménez|Christian Giménez]] (99) * '''Record number of home games unbeaten:''' 59 * '''Highest home game attendance:''' 38,015 * '''Most [[cap (sport)|capped]] player:''' [[Teófilo Cubillas]], 81 caps, [[Peru national football team|Peru]] ===Great matches in Europe=== {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" |- bgcolor=#CADCFB ! Season ! Home ! Score ! Away ! League ! Stadium |- |- | align="center" | 1969–70 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''0–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 1970–71 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''2–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 1973–74 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''3–2''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 1973–74 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''6–4''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Club Brugge K.V.|Club Brugge]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 1973–74 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''6–2''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Knattspyrnufélagið Fram|Fram Reykjavík]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 1973–74 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Knattspyrnufélagið Fram|Fram Reykjavík]] | align="center" | '''0–5''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[Laugardalsvöllur]] |- | align="center" | 1975–76 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''1–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Atlético Madrid]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 1980–81 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''1–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Red Star Belgrade]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 1980–81 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''4–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Club Brugge K.V.|Club Brugge]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 1995–96 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''1–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|England}} [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 1996–97 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Antalyaspor]] | align="center" | '''2–5''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[Antalya Atatürk Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 1996–97 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''2–2''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 1999–2000 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hamburger SV|Hamburg]] | align="center" | '''0–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[Volksparkstadion]] |- | align="center" | 1999–2000 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[1. FC Brno|Boby Brno]] | align="center" | '''2–4''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská]] |- | align="center" | 2000–01 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Norway}} [[SK Brann|Brann]] | align="center" | '''4–4''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[Brann Stadion]] |- | align="center" | 2000–01 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''3–2''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Norway}} [[SK Brann|Brann]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 2000–01 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''7–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|San Marino}} [[S.S. Folgore/Falciano|S.S. Folgore]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 2001–02 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''1–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|England}} [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2001–02 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]] | align="center" | '''2–3''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[Abe Lenstra Stadion]] |- | align="center" | 2001–02 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''2–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2002–03 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''2–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2002–03 | align="left" | {{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] | align="center" | '''1–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[Old Trafford]] |- | align="center" | 2002–03 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''1–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2002–03 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''3–3''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2002–03 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] | align="center" | '''0–2''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[Luzhniki Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 2002–03 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''2–2''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2002–03 | align="left" | {{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] | align="center" | '''1–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[Anfield]] |- | align="center" | 2002–03 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''2–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2002–03 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''2–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2003–04 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Malatyaspor]] | align="center" | '''0–2''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[Malatya İnönü Stadium]] |- | align="center" | 2004–05 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''0–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|France}} [[Lille OSC|Lille]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2004–05 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''1–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Feyenoord]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2004–05 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke]] | align="center" | '''1–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[Veltins-Arena]] |- | align="center" | 2005–06 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''2–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Champions League]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2005–06 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''5–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[NK Široki Brijeg|Široki Brijeg]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2005–06 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''2–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|England}} [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2005–06 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''2–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|France}} [[RC Strasbourg|Strasbourg]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2005–06 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''1–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Monaco}} [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2005–06 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''4–3''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Tromsø IL|Tromsø]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2005–06 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Red Star Belgrade]] | align="center" | '''1–2''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[Stadion Crvena Zvezda]] |- | align="center" | 2007–08 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | '''6–0''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[FK Sarajevo|Sarajevo]] | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[St. Jakob-Park]] |- | align="center" | 2007–08 | align="left" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hamburger SV|Hamburg]] | align="center" | '''1–1''' | align="left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Basel | align="center" | ''[[UEFA Cup]]'' | align="center" | [[HSH Nordbank Arena]] |} <br clear=all> ===Individual=== {|class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" align="right" style="text-align: center;" |+'''Top Goalscorers''' |- !class="unsortable"|# !class="unsortable"|Nat. !class="unsortable"|Name !class="unsortable"|Career !Goals |- |1 |{{flagicon|Argentina}} |align="left"|[[Christian Eduardo Giménez|Christian Giménez]] |2001-2005 |99 |- |2 |{{flagicon|Argentina}} |align="left"|[[Matías Emilio Delgado|Matías Delgado]] |2003-2006 |58 |- |3 |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} |align="left"|[[Hakan Yakin]] |1995-1997<br>2001-2003 |45 |- |4 |{{flagicon|Australia}} |align="left"|[[Scott Chipperfield]] |2001- |39 |- |= |{{flagicon|Croatia}} |align="left"|[[Mladen Petrić]] |2004-2007 |39 |- |} {|class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" |+'''Most Appearances''' |- !class="unsortable"|# !class="unsortable"|Nat. !class="unsortable"|Name !class="unsortable"|Career !Apps |- |1 |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} |align="left"|[[Massimo Ceccaroni]] |1987-2002 |398 |- |2 |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} |align="left"|[[Mario Cantaluppi]] |1994-1996<br>1998-2004 |222 |- |3 |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} |align="left"|[[Sébastien Barberis]] |1997-2005 |205 |- |4 |{{flagicon|Australia}} |align="left"|[[Scott Chipperfield]] |2001- |192 |- |5 |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} |align="left"|[[Benjamin Huggel]] |1998-2005<br>2007- |183 |- |} ==Honours== * '''[[Swiss Super League]]''' ** '''Winners (12):''' 1953, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008 * '''[[Swiss Cup]]''' ** '''Winners (9):''' 1933, 1947, 1963, 1967, 1975, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 * '''[[Swiss League Cup]]''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 1973 * '''[[Coppa delle Alpi]]''' ** '''Winners (3):''' 1969, 1970, 1981 * '''[[Uhrencup|Uhren Cup]]''' ** '''Winners (11):''' 1969, 1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2003, 2006, 2008 * '''[[UEFA Champions League]]''' ** '''2nd Group Stage:''' 2002 == Current squad == ''As of [[19 June]] [[2008]], accounting for official transfers<ref>[http://www.football.ch/sfl/de/Transfers_ASL08_sommer.aspx Football.ch - Transfers]</ref>:'' {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Argentina|name=[[Franco Costanzo]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Ronny Hodel]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Michel Morganella]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=Argentina|name=[[Marcos Gelabert]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Germany|name=[[Jürgen Gjasula]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Benjamin Huggel]]|pos=MF|other=[[Captain (football)|''Captain'']]}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Serbia|name=[[Marko Perović]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Marco Streller]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=Australia|name=[[Scott Chipperfield]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Daniel Unal]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Valentin Stocker]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Fabian Frei]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Macedonia|name=[[Orhan Mustafi]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=Liberia|name=[[Louis Crayton]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Argentina|name=[[David Abraham]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=Sweden|name=[[Behrang Safari]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=France|name=[[François Marque]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=Serbia|name=[[Ivan Ergić]]|pos=MF|other=[[Vice-captain (football)|''Vice-captain'']]}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=Brazil|name=[[Eduardo Adelino da Silva|Eduardo]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Adilson Tavares Varela|Cabral]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Jayson Leutwiler]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Pascal Schürpf]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Beg Ferati]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=Italy|name=[[Simone Grippo]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=Portugal|name=[[Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia|Carlitos]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Eren Derdiyok]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Reto Zanni]]|pos=DF|other=[[Vice-captain (football)|''vice-captain'']]}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Samet Gündüz]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs end}} === Multiple Nationality === * 1 {{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Franco Costanzo]] * 7 {{flagicon|Germany}} {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Jürgen Gjasula]] * 11 {{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Scott Chipperfield]] * 13 {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Daniel Unal]] * 17 {{flagicon|Albania}} {{flagicon|Macedonia}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Orhan Mustafi]] * 18 {{flagicon|Liberia}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Louis Crayton]] * 20 {{flagicon|Sweden}} {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Behrang Safari]] * 22 {{flagicon|Serbia}} {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ivan Ergić]] * 24 {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[Adilson Tavares Varela|Cabral]] * 28 {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{flagicon|Kosovo}} [[Beg Ferati]] * 29 {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Simone Grippo]] * 31 {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Eren Derdiyok]] * 33 {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Samet Gündüz]] === Second team === The following players are listed by Basel's website as Under-21 players. {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Jayson Leutwiler]]|pos=GK}}* {{Fs player|no=--|nat=France|name=[[Franck Grasseler]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Marco Schmid]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Michel Morganella]]|pos=DF}}* {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Patrik Baumann]]|pos=DF}}* {{Fs player|no=28|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Beg Ferati]]|pos=DF}}* {{Fs player|no=--|nat=France|name=[[Sabri Boumelaha]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Jan Hartmann]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Timm Klose]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Dominik Ritter]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Serkan Sahin]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Nicolas Schindelholz]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Croatia|name=[[Mario Simić]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Germany|name=[[Niki Wiedmann]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Adilson Tavares Varela|Cabral]]|pos=MF}}* {{Fs player|no=26|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Pascal Schürpf]]|pos=MF}}* {{Fs player|no=29|nat=Italy|name=[[Simone Grippo]]|pos=MF}}* {{Fs player|no=33|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Samet Gündüz]]|pos=MF}}* {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Daniel Unal]]|pos=MF}}* {{Fs player|no=--|nat=BIH|name=[[Ermin Alić]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Spain|name=[[Ivan Fernandez]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Brazil|name=[[Ivo Pedro Krenczynski Welter|Pedro Ivo]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Pascal Reitmann]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Liechtenstein|name=[[David Hasler]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Macedonia|name=[[Orhan Mustafi]]|pos=FW}}* {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Bekim Halimi]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Albania|name=[[Altin Osmani]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Brazil|name=[[Talisson F. da Costa|Talisson]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs end}} <small>(*) : Also been in senior team squad.</small> === Summer 2008 transfers === '''In:''' {| {{Fs player|no=6|nat=Argentina|name=[[Marcos Gelabert]]|pos=MF|other=from [[FC St. Gallen]]}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Germany|name=[[Jürgen Gjasula]]|pos=MF|other=from [[FC St. Gallen]]}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Serbia|name=[[Marko Perović]]|pos=MF|other=from [[Red Star Belgrade]]}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Daniel Unal]]|pos=MF|other=from [[AC Bellinzona]]}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Macedonia|name=[[Orhan Mustafi]]|pos=FW|other=from [[FC Zürich]]}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Argentina|name=[[David Abraham]]|pos=DF|other=from [[Gimnàstic de Tarragona]]}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=Sweden|{{flagicon|Iran}}|name=[[Behrang Safari]]|pos=DF|other=from [[Malmö FF]]}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Pascal Schürpf]]|pos=MF|other=from Basel U-21}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=Italy|name=[[Simone Grippo]]|pos=MF|other=loan return from [[FC Concordia Basel]]}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Samet Gündüz]]|pos=MF|other=from Basel U-21}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Patrik Baumann]]|pos=DF|other=loan return from [[FC Concordia Basel]]}} |} '''Out:''' {| {{Fs player|no=5|nat=Sweden|name=[[Daniel Majstorović]]|pos=DF|other= to [[AEK Athens F.C.]]}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=Japan|name=[[Kōji Nakata]]|pos=DF|other=to [[Kashima Antlers]]}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Switzerland|name=[[David Degen]]|pos=MF|other= loan return to [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=Senegal|name=[[Papa Malick Ba]]|pos=MF|other=released}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=Liechtenstein|name=[[Franz Burgmeier]]|pos=MF|other=released}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Czech Republic|name=[[Vratislav Lokvenc]]|pos=FW|other=loan return to [[FC Red Bull Salzburg]]}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Oliver Stöckli]]|pos=GK|other=loan return to [[FC Winterthur]]}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Yann Sommer]]|pos=GK|other=on loan to [[FC Vaduz]]}} |} === Coaching staff === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Position !! Name |- |'''Manager''' || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Christian Gross]] |- |'''Assistant Manager''' || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Fritz Schmid]] |- |'''Goalkeeping Coach''' || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Roman Crevoisier]] |- |} === Famous players === {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[René Bader]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Mario Cantaluppi]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Massimo Ceccaroni]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[David Degen]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Philipp Degen]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Eren Derdiyok]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Alexander Frei]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Joan Gamper]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Thomas Häberli]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Heinz Hermann]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Dominique Herr]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Ernst Hufschmid (footballer)|Ernst Hufschmid]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Benjamin Huggel]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Josef Hügi]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Gökhan İnler]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Alfred Jäck]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Leopold Kielholz]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Adrian Knup]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Oumar Kondé]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Erni Maissen]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Patrick Müller]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Karl Odermatt]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Boris Smiljanić]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Kurt Stettler]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Marco Streller]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Hans Weber]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Hakan Yakın]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Murat Yakın]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Pascal Zuberbühler]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Dario Zuffi]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Marco Zwyssig]] {{col-3}} '''Argentina''' * {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[César Carignano]] * {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Christian Eduardo Giménez|Christian Giménez]] * {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Franco Costanzo]] * {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Matias Delgado]] '''Australia''' * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Scott Chipperfield]] * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ljubo Miličević]] * {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mile Sterjovski]] '''Brazil''' * {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Kléber de Carvalho Corrêa|Kléber]] * {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues|Cristiano]] '''Cameroon''' * {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Timothée Atouba]] '''Croatia''' * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Mladen Petrić]] * {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Ivan Rakitić]] '''Czech Republic''' * {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Vratislav Lokvenc]] '''Denmark''' * {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Lars Olsen]] '''Ecuador''' * {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Felipe Caicedo]] '''Germany''' * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Helmut Benthaus]] * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]] * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oliver Kreuzer]] * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Axel Kruse]] * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Maurizio Gaudino]] '''Ghana''' * {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Alex Nyarko]] {{col-3}} '''Japan''' * {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kōji Nakata]] '''Liberia''' * {{flagicon|Liberia}} [[Louis Crayton]] '''Liechtenstein''' * {{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} [[Franz Burgmeier]] * {{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} [[Mario Frick (footballer)|Mario Frick]] '''Norway''' * {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Ørjan Berg]] '''Peru''' * {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Teófilo Cubillas]] '''Portugal''' * {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia|Carlitos]] * {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[José Gonçalves]] '''Scotland''' * {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Gordon Smith (footballer born 1954)|Gordon Smith]] '''Senegal''' * {{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Papa Malick Ba]] '''Serbia''' * {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Ivan Ergić]] * {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Zdravko Kuzmanović]] '''South Africa''' * {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Delron Buckley]] * {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[George Koumantarakis]] '''Sweden''' * {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Daniel Majstorović]] * {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Behrang Safari]] '''Singapore''' * {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[V. Sundramoorthy]] {{col-end}} ==Managers== '''NOTE''': Early history is largely unknown. {{col-begin-small}} {{col-2}} *{{flagicon|England}} Percy Humphreys (1913-1914) *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Max Breunig]] (1922-1923) *{{flagicon|Hungary}} Julius Kertesz (1928-1930) *{{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Gustav Putzendople (1930-1931) *{{flagicon|Austria}} Otto Haftel (1932) *{{flagicon|Austria}} Karl Kurz (1932-1933) *{{flagicon|Austria}} Josef Haist (1934) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Richard Dombi (1934) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Alvin Riemke (1934-1935) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Heinz Körner (1936-1937) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Fernand Jaccard]] (1937-1939) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Walter Dietrich]] (1939) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Max Galler (1939-1940) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Eugen Rupf (1940-1943) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Willy Wolf (1943-1946) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Max Barras (1946) *{{flagicon|Austria}} Anton Schal (1946-1947) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Ernst Hufschmid]] (1947-1952) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} René Bader (1952-1955) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Willy Dürr (1955) *{{flagicon|Hungary}} Béla Sarosi (1955-1957) {{col-2}} *{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Rudi Strittich]] (1957-1958) *{{flagicon|Hungary}} Béla Sarosi (1955-1957) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} René Bader (1958-1959) *{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Jenő Vincze]] (1959-1961) *{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Georges Sobotka (1961-1965) *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Helmut Benthaus]] (1965-1982) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Rainer Ohlhauser (1982-1983) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Ernst August Künnecke (1983-1984) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Emil Müller (1985) *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Helmut Benthaus]] (1985-1987) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Urs Siegenthaler (1987-1990) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Ernst August Künnecke (1990-1992) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Karl Odermatt]] (1992) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Bruno Rahmen (1992) *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Friedel Rausch]] (1992-1993) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Claude Andrey]] (1993-1995) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Karl Engel (1995-1997) *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jörg Berger]] (1997) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Guy Mathez]] (1998) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Christian Gross]] (1998-) {{col-end}} ==See also== *[[List of FC Basel players]] *[[Football in Switzerland]] ==References== <references/> ==External links== * [http://www.fcb.ch Official Website] * [http://www.rotblau.ch Rotblau.ch Statistik Website] * [http://www.ravens.ch FC Basel Fan club website] * http://www.football.ch {{fb start}} {{FC Basel seasons}} {{Swiss Super League}} {{UEFA Cup 2007-08}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Swiss football clubs|Basel]] [[Category:FC Basel| ]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1893|Basel]] [[als:FC Basel]] [[ca:Fussballclub Basel 1893]] [[cs:FC Basel]] [[da:FC Basel]] [[de:FC Basel]] [[es:FC Basel]] [[fr:FC Bâle]] [[ko:FC 바젤]] [[hr:FC Basel]] [[id:FC Basel]] [[it:FC Basilea]] [[he:מועדון הכדורגל באזל]] [[jv:FC Basel]] [[lv:FC Basel]] [[lt:FC Basel]] [[hu:FC Basel]] [[nl:FC Basel]] [[ja:FCバーゼル]] [[no:FC Basel]] [[pl:FC Basel]] [[pt:FC Basel]] [[ru:Базель (футбольный клуб)]] [[sr:ФК Базел]] [[fi:FC Basel]] [[sv:FC Basel]] [[tr:FC Basel]] [[zh:巴塞尔足球俱乐部]]