Basel finished their season as winners of group East. Basel were runners-up in the previous season. notitle Live Where to watch the Champions League. After a trophy-less season, Basel again won two league titles in-a-row. On this Channel you find the clubs newest videos. FC Basel started their 2012-13 European campaign in the Champions League, progressing from the second qualifying round in July to the play-offs, where they lost 3-2 against Cluj. In the Swiss Cup, Basel played Martigny-Sports, Young Boys, FC Chiasso and FC Biel-Bienne to reach the final against Zürich. Their home colours are red and blue, leading to a nickname of "RotBlau". They finished in second place in the table and thus continued after the winter break in the knockout phase round of 32. In 2010–11 season, Basel entered the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round, drawn against Debrecen; they won both games (2–0, 3–1). They finished 16 points behind the new champions Zürich. Since 2001 the club has played its home games at St. Jakob-Park, built on the site of their previous home, St. Jakob Stadium. FC Basel's outfit is completed by blue shorts with gold trim and blue socks with red trim. It competes in the Nationalliga A. FC Basel had a team in the Superleague Formula race car series where football teams lent their name to cars. Basel won 17 of the 26 games, losing only once, and they scored 72 goals conceding 38. They then faced Brann at St. Jakob-Park, where they won 1–0 through a Carlitos free-kick and were highly praised for playing attractive and flowing football. Basel's first game was on 26 November 1893, an internal match between two ad hoc FCB teams. Two goals after half-time, one by Heinz Blumer and the second from Otto Ludwig, gave Basel a 2–0 victory and their third Cup win in their history. news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer. FC Basel » Appearances Europa League Qual. There were eight teams in Group 1 of the 1932–33 Nationalliga. Basel then faced Sporting CP in the last 32 after qualifying second in the group alongside first-placed Hamburg and third-placed Brann. This includes cookies that are not required to visit our website, but which improve our website and especially your user experience. [30], Swiss association football club based in Basel. It also has parking space for 680 cars and has its own train station. In the Swiss Cup, Basel reached the quarter-finals. In the Swiss Cup, Basel reached the final. On the inside tag of the jerseys is inscribed "Rot isch unseri Liebi, Blau die ewigi Treui, Basel unseri Stadt." The second leg did not fare any better for Basel. The FC Basel vs Sion statistical preview features head to head stats and analysis, home / away tables and scoring stats. Basel entered into the 2015–16 Champions League season in the Third qualifying round. The resemblances seem clear: both logos seem to incorporate the shield design, as do most other clubs. Zürich took the lead after a late goal from Iulian Filipescu and consequently won the match and the league. Shakhtar Donetsk cruised past FC Basel in Gelsenkirchen to book a Europa League semi-final with Inter Milan. Benjamin Huggel put Basel ahead before Thomas Olsson equalised for the home team. In June 2014, FC Basel’s women team won the Swiss Cup for the first time in club … We use cookies for our website. In the 2002–03 season, Basel became the second Swiss team to play in the revamped UEFA Champions League. Eugen Rupf was player-coach for his second year. FC Barcelona was founded by former Basel captain Joan Gamper. In the replay – played at the Wankdorf Stadion against the Nationalliga champions – Basel led at half-time through two goals by Fritz Schmidlin, but two goals from Grubenmann a third from Neukom gave Grasshoppers a 3–2 victory. Basel's next league title was achieved in the 1968–69 Nationalliga A season as they once again finished just one point above the runners-up, this time Lausanne Sports. However, manager Helmut Benthaus left in 1982 and in the following seasons, Basel's final league positions started to drop until their relegation into the Nationalliga B in 1988. In 2006–07 Basel were again runners-up to Zürich in the league, and won the Swiss Cup for the eight time, beating FC Luzern 1–0 in the final. In 2009–10 season, German Thorsten Fink was appointed as Basel's new manager on 9 June 2009. Because they finished as group winners, Basel continued in the knockout phase in February 2016. They have qualified for the Group stages of the Champions League more times than any other Swiss club – a total of seven times – and are the only Swiss club to have ever qualified to the Group stages directly. Raphaël Wicky was U-19 coach. Updated: 10 March 2020. After Euro 2008, a number of seats were removed, thus giving more space between them, and the capacity was reduced 37,500 seats. Basel ended the season with two victories, two draws and six defeats in 5th position in the group. … At the end of the 1974–75 Nationalliga A season Basel finished in fourth position (11 wins, 9 draws, 2 defeats, 49–33 goals) 8 points adrift of FC Zürich who won the championship for the second time in a row. Jakob-Park.[23]. In the Swiss Cup five home games, a coin toss in the quarter-final and a replay in the semi-final was needed to qualify for the final. Basel then went to Germany to face Hamburger SV at the HSH Nordbank Arena, where they were fortunate to escape with a 1–1 draw. Most notably, however, is the FCB acronyms on both logos and the red-blue colours, outlined in gold. In the domestic league, after a poor start, Basel moved to the top of the league table and went on to win the title by ten points. Our fanshop at St. Jakob-Park has everything a FC Basel fan desires. Basel entered into the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in the Group stage. Drawn against Blackburn Rovers, Nancy, Feyenoord and Wisła Kraków, Basel finished bottom of the group and were eliminated. During the construction period of St. Jakob-Park, Basel's home matches were played at the Stadion Schützenmatte. On Matchday 3 (22 October), Barcelona visited Basel and came away with a 5–0 win, but a fortnight later it was a different story as FCB came away with a respectable 1–1 draw at the Camp Nou, with Eren Derdiyok scoring a late equaliser after Lionel Messi put Barça ahead. the Swiss Cup, Basel reached the final but were defeated 0–1 by Zürich through a goal in extra time. But the 1938–39 Nationalliga did not mean well with them. (Sporting finished third in their group in the Champions League, which is why they were dropped into the UEFA Cup.) Basel ended the qualification round of 2001–02 leading the league table by five points at the winter break. Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP. Before St. Jakob-Park was built, FC Basel played home games in the Landhof (in the Quarter Kleinbasel) and, following the 1954 FIFA World Cup, in the newly built St. Jakob Stadium which was on the same site as the current stadium. FCB were drawn into Group C alongside Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk and Sporting CP. In June 2014, FC Basel’s women team won the Swiss Cup for the first time in club history. Paulo Sousa left the club prior to the 2015–16 season for Fiorentina; he was replaced by FC Thun head coach Urs Fischer on 18 June. During this season, he acted as player-manager, having taken over the trainer job from Jiří Sobotka at the beginning of the previous season. In the first match of the main group stage, Basel notched up a surprising 2–1 away win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and followed this up with a 1–0 home win in the return fixture at St. Jakob-Park. Basel also reached the final of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The shield is outlined with gold and in the centre in gold letters it reads "FCB", for "Football Club Basel" or "Fussballclub Basel". The match starts at 19:30 on 16 December 2020. The logo is worn in the centre of the shirt opposed to on the traditional left-hand side. Mai 2016, fand im St. Jakob-Park das Endspiel der UEFA Europa League statt. The match earlier schedule 4 months ago in March 2020, but after rising cases of corona-virus in Germany and other countries the leagues and sports events called-off and postponed for new dates. The second leg took place on 27 August at St. Jakob-Park, where Valentin Stocker gave Basel an early lead on 11 minutes before João Alves was fouled in the penalty area by François Marque and João Fajardo dispatched the spot-kick, just four minutes later to draw Vitória level. The Wankdorf Stadium hosted the Swiss Cup final on 15 April 1963, and Basel played against favourites Grasshoppers. On 26 February 2006, Basel broke their own club record of 52 unbeaten league games at home, which they extended to 59. As Swiss champions, Basel entered the Champions League in the second qualifying round, where they were drawn against Estonian club Flora Tallinn, winning 5–0 on aggregate. In the League Cup Basel reached the semi-finals. Brazilian midfielder Taison scored one and made another as Shakhtar Donetsk beat FC Basel. The referee was forced to abandon the match and Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 default victory.[6][7]. St. Jakob-Park hosted six matches during Euro 2008, including the opening game between Switzerland and Czech Republic, and a semi-final between Germany and Turkey. In the second half, the away side started well but Eren Derdiyok gave FCB a 2–1 lead which they hung on to, to qualify for the Champions League Group stages. There are theories that suggest that the founder of Barcelona, being at one time the captain of Basel, reincorporated the logo of Basel to that of Barcelona. In the knockout phase round of 32, Basel were drawn against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. FC Basel play their home games at the 37,500 capacity St. In the 1966–67 season, Benthaus achieved his first league win with Basel. The Eintracht vs FC Basel scheduled match will be played behind closed doors as a precaution against the persisting Coronavirus outbreak. They would face Valencia in the quarter-finals, winning 3–0 at home, but losing 0–5 in Valencia after extra-time.[14]. Basel's current logo is a shield, the left half red and the right half blue. They again dropped into the UEFA Cup, where they beat Široki Brijeg of Bosnia and Herzegovina to be drawn into Group E alongside Strasbourg, Roma, Red Star Belgrade and Tromsø. Chicago Fire appoint ex-FC Basel boss Raphael Wicky as new manager Barcelona changed theirs to one half of the shirt red, the other blue, which happens to resemble the traditional Basel shirt. In domestic affairs, Basel s won the title on the last day of the season against favourites Young Boys at the Stade de Suisse. For more information about the use of cookies and your rights as a website visitor, please see our privacy policy. The team was quickly put together in the 2011–12 season from the youngest members of the first team, the younger Under-21 and the Under-18 teams who were eligible to play in the 2011–12 NextGen Series. Paul Stöcklin scored two goals and Bader scored the other one. Because of this, many say that Basel was the inspiration in the process of founding Barcelona. In David Abraham scored a late consolation goal for the home team. FC Basel is welcoming Eintracht Frankfurt to St. Jakob-Park in the second leg of Round of 16 in the Europa League. 9 March 2020 18:25 CET+01:00 Updated 10 March 2020 04:30 CET+01:00 football fc basel coronavirus. Discover all our hospitality and event rooms of the stadium St. Jakob-Park in a virtual tour and let you inspire for a visit. Like the club colours of Basel, the logo has a striking resemblance to that of Barcelona's. Coronavirus forces Basel FC to move home Europa League clash. In the third round, they were drawn against Norwegian club Molde, winning 2–1 on aggregate. But in the 1973–74 season, they excelled with the Peruvian legend Teófilo Cubillas in their ranks, eliminating Icelanders Fram Reykjavík and Club Brugge of Belgium, before narrowly exiting in the quarter-finals to Celtic 5–6 on aggregate after extra time in the away leg. In the round of 16, they were drawn against Zenit Saint Petersburg and, despite being the underdogs, they qualified for the quarter-finals by winning 2–1 on aggregate. In the 1971–72 UEFA Cup, Basel were drawn against Real Madrid.