2019–20 FC Basel season

FC Basel

2019–20 season
Owner	FCB Holding
Chairman	Bernhard Burgener
Manager	[[Adeosun MoyosoreOluwa ]]
Ground	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League	3rd
Swiss Cup	Runners-up
Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Arthur Cabral (14) All: Arthur Cabral (18)
Highest home attendance	30,965 on 1 December 2019 vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance	1,000 on 28 June, 4/11/14/26 July and 3 August 2020
Average home league attendance	15,117
Home colours Away colours

The 2019–20 FC Basel season was the 126th season in the club's history and the 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The domestic league season started on the weekend of 19–21 July 2019. Basel were runners-up in the previous Super League season and were therefore qualified for 2019–20 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. Basel competed in round 1 of the 2019–20 Swiss Cup on 17 August 2019.

Club

Management

Marcel Koller was the first team manager, Thomas Janeschitz and Carlos Bernegger were his assistants and Massimo Colomba was Goalkeeper Coach.

Position	Staff
Manager	Marcel Koller
Assistant manager	Thomas Janeschitz
Assistant manager	Carlos Bernegger
Goalkeeper Coach	Massimo Colomba
Team leader	Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach	Arjan Peço
Youth Team Co-Coach	Toni Membrino
Youth Team Co-Coach	Michaël Bauch

Source: FCB Official Site

Further information

The FC Basel 125th annual general meeting took place on Tuesday 4 June 2019. The board of directors under president Bernhard Burgener were sport director Marco Streller, financial manager Peter von Büren, marketing manager Patrick Jost, as well as the three directors Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser who remained on the board. Roland Heri was voted onto the board as chief executive director. On 14 June Streller quit his job as sportdirector. On 20 June Ruedi Zbinden was named as his successor.

Chairman	Bernhard Burgener
Sport director	Marco Streller until 14 June 2019 Ruedi Zbinden from 20 June 2019
Chief operating officer	Roland Heri
Finances	Peter von Büren
Marketing	Patrick Jost
Director	Reto Baumgartner
Director	Dominik Donzé
Director	Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (38,512 (37,500 for international matches) / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 22 June 2019
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview

Offseason and preseason

Manager Marcel Koller had a two-year contract. He was nearly fired by sport director Marco Streller, but the club owner and chairman Bernhard Burgener did not agree so Streller quit his job and Koller continued as manager. There were only a few changes in the squad during the summer break. Omar Alderete was signed in from Huracán, Edon Zhegrova was on loan from Genk and Arthur Cabral was first loaned and then taken over from Palmeiras Marek Suchý and Serey Dié left the club due to end of contract. Dimitri Oberlin was loaned out to Empoli, Aldo Kalulu to Swansea City and Dominik Schmid to Wil until the end of the season. Soon after the season started on 8 August Albian Ajeti was sold to West Ham United.

The Campaign

Domestic League

The season started on the weekend of 20–21 July 2019. Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship. The season started out well, despite the fact that Basel lost their first home game at St. Jakob-Park against St. Gallen, after 11 rounds they were leading the table having won eight of these rounds. There after, however, they were defeated in three consecutive away games and thus slipped to second position in the table before the winter break. At the start of the second half of season the team suffered two straight off defeats against reigning Swiss champions Young Boys and the team St. Gallen who then rose to the top of the league table. Following a home defeat against bottom of the table Thun, Basel lost contact to the top two teams. On 28 February Swiss Football League postponed all Super and Challenge League matches of matchdays 24, 25 and 26. Postponement came after the Swiss Federal Council banned all major events until 15 March due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

On 13 March Super and Challenge League football was halted until mid June. Following this COVID-19 break Basel could not close the gap to the table top and therefore ended their season in third position, 14 points behind defending champions Young Boys who successfully retained the title.

Arthur Cabral was the team's top league goal scorer, he netted 14 goals. Kemal Ademi was the team's second best league goal scorer with 13, Fabian Frei scored 10 goals and Valentin Stocker netted eight. Fabian Frei and Eray Cömert were the two players with the most appearances, they both played 33 of the 36 league matches. Goalkeeper Jonas Omlin and the two defenders Silvan Widmer and Taulant Xhaka each played 32 league matches.

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the cup is to win the title. The first round of the Swiss Cup was played on the week-end 16/17/18 August. Up until the quarter-finals the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Basel play their first-round game on 18 August away from home against sixth tier Pully Football. Despite a straight red card against Raoul Petretta Basel won the game by four goals to one. In round 2 Basel were drawn away against FC Meyrin. Basel won 3–0 and advanced to the next round. In round 3 Basel were drawn away against Stade Lausanne, Basel won this game 2–1 and advanced to the quarter-final. The quarter-final against Lausanne-Sport was originally scheduled for 3 March, but eventually played on 14 June. Shortly after half time Cabral scored twice to put Basel two up, but Andi Zeqiri and Joël Geissmann put Lausanne level. In the 105th minute Silvan Widmer scored and Basel won the game 3–2 after extra time.

The semi-final was fixed for 25 August and Basel were drawn at home in the St. Jakob-Park against lower tier Winterthur. This was the club's first home game in the cup for two years. Basel started well into the game, capitain Valentin Stocker and Silvan Widmer put Basel two up after just five minutes, then Ricky van Wolfswinkel added a third after 22 minutes. The former Basel player Roman Buess managed to pull a goal back before half time. In the second half Afimico Pululu, again Van Wolfswinkel and Fabian Frei managed three more goals to make it a definitive 6–1 win. The final was played on 30 August in the Stadion Wankdorf in Bern and the opponents were BSC Young Boys. Basel took a lead through Omar Alderete before half time, but Jean-Pierre Nsame equalised after the half time break. In the last minute of the match Marvin Spielmann scored the winner. Basel were defeated.

Champions League

Basel were qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying phase (League Path) in the second qualifying round. Here they were drawn against PSV Eindhoven from the Netherlands and won on the away goals rule after the two games ended with a 4–4 aggregate score.

After winning the second qualifying round, Basel qualified for the third qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 22 July 2019 and Basel were drawn against Austrian team LASK. But Basel lost both legs and were knocked out of the competition.

Europa League

Following their elimination in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, Basel were qualified for the Europa League group stage. Here they were drawn into group C together with Russian team Krasnodar, Turkish team Trabzonspor and the Spanish team Getafe. Basel won their three group home games, they also won the match in Spain, drew the away match in Turkey but were defeated in their match in Russia. With 13 points they were top place in the group and therefore advanced to the knockout phase as seeded team.

The Round of 32 started on 20 February 2020 and the draw gave them the first leg in Nicosia against APOEL. Raoul Petretta scored Basel's first after 16 minutes, Valentin Stocker added a second eight minutes into the second half and Arthur Cabral scored in the 66th minute to give them a 3–0 victory. It was a comfortable night for the visitors who capitalised on some poor defending from the hosts to take a commanding lead back to Switzerland. The return match was one week later in the St. Jakob-Park. In the 38th minute Fabian Frei converted the penalty given after Nicholas Ioannou had fouled captain Valentin Stocker. This remained as end-result and Basel won 4–0 on aggregate. In the Round of 16 Basel were drawn in the first leg with an away match in Germany against Eintracht Frankfurt and was won 3–0, the goals coming from Samuele Campo, Kevin Bua and Fabian Frei. The second leg, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, 21:00 CET in Basel, was meant to be played at Waldstadion, but was indefinitely postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland. The match was rescheduled on 17 June to 6 August. Eventually it took place on 6 August 2020. Fabian Frei scored the only goal of the match and Basel won 4–0 on aggregate.

On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the final stages of the competition would feature a format change. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final would be played in a single-leg format from 10 to 21 August 2020 in the German cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Gelsenkirchen. The matches were tentatively played behind closed doors. Basel were drawn against Shakhtar Donetsk and was played in the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen. Shakhtar Donetsk took an early lead, Júnior Moraes in the second minute and Taison doubled up in the 22nd. Late in the second half Alan Patrick added a third, 75th minute from the penalty spot, and in the 88th minute Dodô made in four. During added time Ricky van Wolfswinkel pulled a goal back, but the result was explicit. Shakhtar Donetsk advanced to the semi-finals, but were defeated here by Inter Milan.

Players

First team squad

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 19 July 2019 but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 6 July 2019

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	Jonas Omlin (vice-captain)
3	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Dimitriou
4	DF	SUI	Eray Cömert
5	DF	SUI	Silvan Widmer
6	DF	PAR	Omar Alderete
7	MF	SUI	Luca Zuffi
8	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović
9	FW	NED	Ricky van Wolfswinkel
10	MF	SUI	Samuele Campo
11	FW	SUI	Noah Okafor
13	GK	SRB	Đorđe Nikolić
14	MF	SUI	Valentin Stocker (captain)
15	DF	PAR	Blás Riveros
18	FW	SUI	Julian Von Moos
19	FW	ANG	Afimico Pululu

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	SUI	Fabian Frei
21	MF	SUI	Jasper van der Werff
22	FW	SUI	Albian Ajeti
23	DF	COL	Éder Álvarez Balanta
23	MF	SUI	Lirik Vishi (from U-21)
26	MF	FRA	Aldo Kalulu
28	DF	ITA	Raoul Petretta
30	MF	KOS	Edon Zhegrova (on loan from Genk)
32	MF	SUI	Yannick Marchand
33	MF	SUI	Kevin Bua
34	MF	ALB	Taulant Xhaka (vice-captain)
36	MF	SUI	Robin Huser
43	DF	SUI	Yves Kaiser
44	GK	SUI	Jozef Pukaj
98	FW	BRA	Arthur Cabral (from Palmeiras)
99	FW	GER	Kemal Ademi

Other players under contract

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	DF	SUI	Alessandro Stabile

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
41	FW	SUI	Tician Tushi

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	SUI	Dimitri Oberlin (at Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2020)
26	MF	FRA	Aldo Kalulu (at Swansea City until 30 June 2020)
31	MF	SUI	Dominik Schmid (at Wil until 30 June 2020)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	DF	POR	Pedro Pacheco (at Rapperswil-Jona until 30 June 2019)
38	MF	SUI	Martin Liechti (at Aarau until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	KOS	Gëzim Pepsi (at Aarau until 30 June 2020)

Transfers summer 2019

In

6	DF	PAR	Omar Alderete (from Huracán)
37	FW	FRA	Afimico Pululu (returned end of loan)
98	FW	BRA	Arthur Cabral (on loan from Palmeiras)

Out

17	DF	CZE	Marek Suchý (End of contract)
19	FW	SUI	Dimitri Oberlin (out on loan to Empoli)
20	MF	CIV	Serey Dié (End of contract)

Transfers winter 2019–20

In

21

MF

SUI

Jasper van der Werff

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Preseason

Basel v Kriens

22 June 2019 Pre-season	Basel	4 – 2	Kriens	Youth-Campus, Basel
15:00	Pululu 53' von Moos 56' Pululu 76' Pululu 87'	FCB Report	19' Dzonlagic 34' Hoxha	Attendance: 600 Referee: Nico Gianforte

TSV 1860 Munich v Basel

26 June 2019 Pre-season	TSV 1860 Munich	1 – 5	Basel	Waldstadion Germering-Unterpfaffenhofen
19:00	Wein  31' Seferings  35' Dressel 61' (1:3) Böhnlein 63'	FCB Report	13' (0:1) Campo  16' Petretta 32' (0:2) Bua 42' (0:3) F. Frei 67' (1:4) Zhegrova (1:5) Tushi	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Tobias Schultes Betzigau

1. FC Nürnberg v Basel

3 July 2019 Pre-season	1. FC Nürnberg	0 – 4	Basel	Sportpark am Amperknie Allershausen
19:00		FCB Report	54' (0:1) Riveros 64' (0:2) Widmer 74' (pen.) Pululu 75' (0:4) Pululu	Attendance: 600 Referee: Michael Bacher

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

9 July 2019 Pre-season	Basel	4 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	Waldäcker, Herzogenbuchsee
18:00	Al. Ajeti 7' (1:0) Cömert  32' F. Frei 56' (2:0) Riveros 76' (3:1) Ademi 90' (4:1)	FCB Report	34' Nanizayamo  65' Cabral 69' (2:1) Oliveira	Attendance: 500 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

Basel v VfB Stuttgart

13 July 2019 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 3	VfB Stuttgart	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Grözinger 3' (o.g. 1:0) Balanta  33' van Wolfswinkel 35' (2:1) Stocker  88'	FCB report	12' Karazor 28' (1:1) Ascacíbar  33' Didavi 43' (2:2) Kamiński 71' (2:3) González	Attendance: 9,867 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)

Winter break

Basel v Fortuna Düsseldorf

10 January 2020 Test	Basel	3 – 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Marbella Football Center, Marbella
16:00	Campo 25' Alderete  31' Widmer 36' Stocker 63'	FCB report	Tekpetey 9' Thommy 43'	Attendance: 190 Referee: José María Aranda Delgado

Basel v VfB Stuttgart

13 January 2020 Test	Basel	0 – 2	VfB Stuttgart	La Quinta Football Fields, Marbella
16:00		FCB report	49' González 51' Al Ghaddioui	Attendance: 150 Referee: Manuel Sánchez Trobar

Basel v FCSB

16 January 2020 Test	Basel	1 – 0	FCSB	Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella
10:30	Zhegrova 85'	FCB report	Răzvan Oaidă  41'	Attendance: 40 Referee: Guillermo Paradas Mazuela

Basel v Hamburger SV

19 January 2020 Test	Basel	0 – 2	Hamburger SV	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
15:00		FCB report	10' Jeremy Dudziak  66' David 71' Sonny Kittel	Attendance: 6,489 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Swiss Super League

Main article: 2019–20 Swiss Super League

First half of season

Sion v Basel

19 July 2019 Round 1	Sion	1 – 4	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00	Patrick 35' Zock  68'	Report	Ajeti 22' Zuffi 52' Stocker  55', 82' Cömert  60' Okafor  71' Mitryushkin 72' (o.g.)	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer

Basel v St. Gallen

27 July 2019 Round 2	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Xhaka  20' Cömert  51' Ademi 57'	Report	Görtler  6' Itten 25', 80' (pen.) Muheim  57' Stojanović  85' Guillemenot  86' Fabiano  90+1'	Attendance: 21,932 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Thun v Basel

3 August 2019 Round 3	Thun	2 – 3	Basel	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00	Rapp 7' Hefti  29' Fatkič  42' Kablan  45+3' Bigler  61' Stillhart 71'	Report	Widmer 43' Frei 58' Stocker 86' Álvarez  90'	Attendance: 6,266 Referee: Stephan Klossner

Basel v Servette

10 August 2019 Round 4	Basel	3 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Rouiller 5' (o.g.) Ademi  31', 41' Bua 81'	Report	Wüthrich 19' Tasar  44' Imeri  87'	Attendance: 21,532 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

Xamax v Basel

24 August 2019 Round 5	Xamax	0 – 3	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
19:00		FCB report	Balanta  27' F. Frei 55' (0:1) Alderete  57' F. Frei  67' Ademi 70' (0:2) Stocker 87' (0:3)	Attendance: 6,364 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

Basel v Lugano

1 September 2019 Round 6	Basel	2 – 1	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Bua  21' Ademi 27', 48' Kuzmanović  82'	FCB report	Marić  3' Holender  18' Lavanchy  33' Rodríguez  85' Dalmonte 87'	Attendance: 21,912 Referee: Lukas Fahndrich

Young Boys v Basel

22 September 2019 Round 7	Young Boys	1 – 1	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Sørensen  24' Assalé  26' Nsame 59' Lustenberger  85'	FCB report	Widmer 5' Cabral  63'	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sandro Schärer

Basel v Zürich

25 September 2019 Round 8	Basel	4 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Cabral 9' Bua  50', 51' Zhegrova 80' Campo 90'	FCB report	Kramer  53' Aiyegun  82'	Attendance: 22,760 Referee: Alain Bier

Basel v Luzern

29 September 2019 Round 9	Basel	3 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Cabral 28', 57' Bua  67' Widmer  70' Ademi 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 23,768 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

St. Gallen v Basel

6 October 2019 Round 10	St. Gallen	0 – 0	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16.00	Guillemenot  33' Demirović  41' Letard  88'	Report	Xhaka  8' Bergström  22' Cabral  43' Cömert  73' Ademi  80'	Referee: Stephan Klossner

Basel v Thun

19 October 2019 Round 11	Basel	3 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19.00	Bua 50' Rapp 73' (o.g.) Zuffi 78'	Report	Fatkič  53' Rapp 67' Castroman  71'	Attendance: 21,503 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Zürich v Basel

27 October 2019 Round 12	Zürich	3 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16.00	Sohm  12' Nathan  15' Tosin 19' Schönbächler 33' Domgjoni  36' Kramer 61' Kololli  87'	FCB report	15' (pen.) Campo 48' Cömert  50' Pululu  67' Stocker  74' Petretta  94' Ademi	Attendance: 11,101 Referee: Urs Schnyder

Basel v Xamax

3 November 2019 Round 13	Basel	1 – 1	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Alderete  42' Ademi 74'	FCB report	29'  24' Nuzzolo  36' Xhemajli  51' Doudin  86' Gomes  88' Seydoux  91' Mveng  93' Minder	Attendance: 18,003 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

Lugano v Basel

10 November 2019 Round 14	Lugano	0 – 3	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:00	Custodio  54' Marić  82'	FCB report	Ademi 13' Cömert  21' Frei  25', 32' Cabral 90+3'	Attendance: 3,620 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

Servette v Basel

23 November 2019 Round 15	Servette	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
19:00	Stevanović 7' Ondoua  22' Gonçalves  26' Wüthrich  38' Koné 90'	FCB report	Ademi  74' Frei  76' Widmer  79' Stocker  90+3'	Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Karim Abed

Basel v Young Boys

1 December 2019 Round 16	Basel	3 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Cabral 6' Alderete 13' Zhegrova  45+3', 48' Frei  83'	FCB report	Garcia  54' Janko  73'	Attendance: 30,965 Referee: Stephan Klossner

Basel v Sion

8 December 2019 Round 17	Basel	4 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Cömert 23' Cabral  38', 45+1', 57' Pululu 69' Zhegrova  73'	FCB report	Cotter  64' Maceiras  73'	Attendance: 22,274 Referee: Fedayi San

Luzern v Basel

15 December 2019 Round 18	Luzern	2 – 1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00	Schürpf 10', 64' (pen.) Males  32' Müller  60' Matos  79'	FCB report	Xhaka  21' Zuffi 61' (pen.) Cabral  63' Cömert  63'  90+9'	Attendance: 10,073 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Second half of season

Young Boys v Basel

26 January 2020 Round 19	Young Boys	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Aebischer  37' Nsame 39' Hoarau 78'	FCB report	Ademi  13' Petretta  58' Bergström  77' Alderete  87'  90'	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

Basel v St. Gallen

2 February 2020 Round 20	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Bua 19' Zuffi  55' F. Frei  67' Xhaka  78' Petretta  90'	FCB report	Fazliji 44' Itten  49' Guillemenot  61' Muheim  79' Hefti  87' Ribeiro 90+3'	Attendance: 20,527 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

Zürich v Basel

8 February 2020 Round 21	Zürich	0 – 4	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00	Nathan  27' Bangura  45' Sohm  76' Schönbächler  84'	FCB report	F. Frei 1', 80', 84' Stocker 45+1',  82' Zhegrova  84'	Attendance: 10,870 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos

Basel v Thun

15 February 2020 Round 22	Basel	0 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Pululu  90'	FCB report	Stillhart  37' Munsy 79' Bertone  82'	Attendance: 20,675 Referee: Alain Bieri

Basel v Servette

23 February 2020 Round 23	Basel	2 – 2	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Petretta  2' Stocker 7',  54' F. Frei 19' Alderete  68' Cömert  74'	FCB report	Sauthier  28' Iapichino  39' Imeri  59', 75' (pen.) Ondoua  78' Stevanović 87' Azevedo  88'	Attendance: 20,265 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Luzern v Basel

21 June 2020 Round 24	Luzern	2 – 1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00	Emini  4' Margiotta 23' (1:0) Voca  31' Eleke 81' (2:0)	FCB Report	70' Pululu 86' (2:1) Cabral	Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 1 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Xamax v Basel

24 June 2020 Round 25	Xamax	1 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
18:15	Araz 11',  80' Djourou  70' Kouassi  79'	FCB Report	Stocker 19' Alderete  37' Cabral 76'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 8 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Basel v Sion

28 June 2020 Round 26	Basel	2 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Ademi 86' Campo 89'	FCB Report	Batata  51' Grgić  55' Abdellaoui  88'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 15 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Lugano v Basel

1 July 2020 Round 27	Lugano	2 – 1	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
18:15	Lovrić  45' Gerndt 73' Holender 79' Sabbatini  85' Marić  89' Yao  90+4'	FCB report	26' Alderete  67' Petretta  82' Stocker  85' Cabral  89' Alderete 90' Cabral	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 22 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Basel v Xamax

4 July 2020 Round 28	Basel	2 – 0	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:15	Petretta 17' Ramires  67' Cabral 82'	FCB report	Araz  11' Corbaz  38' André  56' Kouassi  85' Seydoux  87'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 4 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Sion v Basel

8 July 2020 Round 29	Sion	1 – 0	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30	Kasami 29' Uldriķis  36' Ndoye  43'  55' Stojilković  56' Maceiras  87' Toma  88'	FCB report	Ramires  34'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 11 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Basel v Young Boys

11 July 2020 Round 30	Basel	3 – 2	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Campo 13' Pululu  23' Arthur 48', 61' Cömert  55' Widmer  76' Omlin  90+4'	FCB report	Janko  32' Aebischer  50'  81' Lotomba  51' Nsame 66' Fassnacht 70'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 18 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Basel v Zürich

14 July 2020 Round 31	Basel	4 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	F. Frei 14', 90+3',  88' Xhaka  34' Stocker 37' Van Wolfswinkel 90+1'	FCB report	Schönbächler  34'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Fedayi San
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 24 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Servette v Basel

19 July 2020 Round 32	Servette	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:00	Kyei 9' Sauthier  43' Imeri  45+3' Schalk 58',  73' Cognat  61'	FCB report	Campo 19' (pen.) Alderete  37', 62' Cabral  61'  83'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: The match was originally due to be played in April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

St. Gallen v Basel

22 July 2020 Round 33	St. Gallen	0 – 5	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30	Görtler  7' Demirović  62' Itten  65'	FCB report	Ademi 4', 57',  69' Campo 5' Widmer  34' Stocker 84' Van Wolfswinkel 87'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Basel v Lugano

26 July 2020 Round 34	Basel	4 – 4	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Ademi 8', 68' F. Frei 11',  70' Cömert  38' Alderete  52' Campo  76' Xhaka  90+1' Cabral 90+3'	FCB report	Lovrić 6' Guidotti  18' Jefferson 41' Kecskés 45+1' Lungoyi  56', 80' Sabbatini  80' Baumann  89'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lionel Tschudi
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Thun v Basel

31 July 2020 Round 35	Thun	0 – 0	Basel	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
20:30		FCB report	Arthur  43' Alderete  67'  71' Oberlin  81' Campo  90' Van der Werff  90+2'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alain Bieri
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Basel v Luzern

3 August 2020 Round 36	Basel	0 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30		FCB report		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	23	7	6	80	41	+39	76	Qualificaition for Champions League second qualifying round
2	St. Gallen	36	21	5	10	79	56	+23	68	Qualificaition for Europa League third qualifying round
3	Basel	36	18	8	10	74	38	+36	62	Qualificaition for Europa League second qualifying round
4	Servette	36	12	13	11	57	48	+9	49	Qualificaition for Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lugano	36	11	14	11	46	46	0	47
6	Luzern	36	13	7	16	42	50	−8	46
7	Zürich	36	12	7	17	45	72	−27	43
8	Sion	36	10	9	17	40	55	−15	39
9	Thun (R)	36	10	8	18	45	67	−22	38	Qualificaition for relegation play-offs
10	Neuchâtel Xamax (R)	36	5	12	19	33	68	−35	27	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Swiss Cup

The draw for the first round was held in June 2018. The Super League and Challenge League clubs were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The lower division teams were granted home advantage and Basel were therefore drawn away. The home advantage was also granted to the team from the lower league in the second and third rounds.

Pully Football v Basel

17 August 2019 Round 1	Pully Football	1 – 4	Basel	Centre sportif de Rochettaz, Pully
17.00	Favre 45+1'	FCB report SFV report	Bua 17', 49', 81' Campo 87'	Attendance: 2,000

Meyrin FC v Basel

15 September 2019 Round 2	Meyrin FC	0 – 3	Basel	Stade des Arbères, Meyrin
19.00		FCB report SFV report	Ademi 62' F. Frei 68' Stocker 84'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luca Piccolo

Stade Lausanne v Basel

30 October 2019 Round 3	Stade Lausanne	1 – 2	Basel	Center Sportiv de Colovra, Lausanne
20.00	Eleouet 63'	FCB report SFV report	F. Frei 75' Okafor 90+2'	Attendance: 750 Referee: Stephan Klossner

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

3 March 2020 Quarter-finals	Lausanne-Sport	P – P	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20.00
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

14 June 2020 Quarter-finals	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:00	Zeqiri 72' Geissmann 73'	FCB report	Cabral 50', 67' Widmer 105'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

Basel v FC Winterthur

25 August 2020 Semi-finals	Basel	6 – 1	FC Winterthur	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Stocker 2' Widmer 4' Van Wolfswinkel 22', 61' Pululu  39', 50' F. Frei 63'	FCB report	Buess 31'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

Basel v Young Boys

30 August 2020 Final	Basel	1 – 2	Young Boys	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
17:30	Widmer  12' Alderete 42' Marchand  62' Ademi  68' Van der Werff  74'	FCB report	Martins  5' Nsame 50' Garcia  69' Ngamaleu  74' Spielmann 89'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Basel were qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying phase (League Path) in the second qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 19 June 2019.

PSV Eindhoven v Basel

23 July 2019 First leg	PSV Eindhoven	3 – 2	Basel	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
20:00	Bruma 14' Bergwijn  73' Sadílek  84' Lammers 89' Malen 90+2'	Report	Ajeti 45+1',  88' Xhaka  63' Widmer  73' Alderete 79'	Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Basel v PSV Eindhoven

30 July 2019 Second leg	Basel	2 – 1 (4a – 4 agg.)	PSV Eindhoven	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Cömert 8' Van Wolfswinkel  33', 68' Xhaka  45' Alderete  45+4'	Report	Bruma 23' Sainsbury  44' Bergwijn  67' Sadílek  82'	Attendance: 29,216 Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)

After winning the second qualifying round, Basel qualified for the third qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 22 July 2019.

Basel v LASK

7 August 2019 First leg	Basel	1 – 2	LASK	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Riveros  28' Zuffi 87'	Report	Michorl  26' Trauner 51' Klauss 82'	Attendance: 20,470 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

LASK v Basel

13 August 2019 Second leg	LASK	3 – 1 (5 – 2 agg.)	Basel	Linzer Stadion, Linz
20:30	Ranftl  51', 59' Stocker  63' Goiginger 89' Raguž 90+4'	Report	Ademi 80'	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage

Following their elimination in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, Basel were qualified for the Europa League group stage.

Group C matches

Basel v Krasnodar

19 September 2019 (2019-09-19) Matchday 1	Basel	5 – 0	Krasnodar	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55	Bua 9', 40' Stocker  51' Zuffi 52' Vilhena 55' (o.g.) Okafor 59'	Report	Martynovich  64'	Attendance: 14,127 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Trabzonspor v Basel

3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) Matchday 2	Trabzonspor	2 – 2	Basel	Şenol Güneş Stadium, Trabzon
21:00 (22:00 TRT)	Erdoğan  23' Parmak 26',  45+1' Sosa 78'	Report	Widmer 20' Xhaka  35' Okafor 80' Petretta  83' Stocker  90+4'	Attendance: 23,867 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Getafe v Basel

24 October 2019 (2019-10-24) Matchday 3	Getafe	0 – 1	Basel	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe
21:00	Kenedy  45+3' Portillo  55' Ángel  90'	Report	Frei 18',  65' Cömert  29' Stocker  35' Xhaka  39' Zuffi  51' Bua  54'  74' Alderete  56' Nikolić  60'	Attendance: 6,213 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

Basel v Getafe

7 November 2019 (2019-11-07) Matchday 4	Basel	2 – 1	Getafe	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55	Cabral 8' Xhaka  38' Riveros  44' Frei 60'	Report	Gallego  17' Mata 45' (pen.)	Attendance: 26,298 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

Krasnodar v Basel

28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) Matchday 5	Krasnodar	1 – 0	Basel	Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar
16:50 (18:50 MSK)	Wanderson  52' Gazinsky  63' Ari 72' (pen.),  73'  90+5' Ramírez  75' Martynovich  90+3'	Report	Frei  90+3' Alderete  90+6'	Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Basel v Trabzonspor

12 December 2019 (2019-12-12) Matchday 6	Basel	2 – 0	Trabzonspor	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55	Widmer 22' Stocker 72'	Report	Parmak  17' Asan  55'	Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

Group C table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BSL	GET	KRA	TRA
1	Basel	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	5–0	2–0
2	Getafe	6	4	0	2	8	4	+4	12			0–1	—	3–0	1–0
3	Krasnodar	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9			1–0	1–2	—	3–1
4	Trabzonspor	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1			2–2	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

APOEL v Basel

20 February 2020 First leg	APOEL	0 – 3	Basel	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
21:00	Pavlović  28' Matić  73' Jensen  83'	Report	Petretta 16' Stocker 53',  73' Alderete  62' Arthur 66'	Attendance: 8,191 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

Basel v APOEL

27 February 2020 Second leg	Basel	1 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	APOEL	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00	F. Frei 38' (pen.) Isufi  81'	Report	Matić  23' Jensen  55' Efrem  63' Vouros  76' De Vincenti  86'	Attendance: 14,428 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Round of 16

Eintracht Frankfurt v Basel

12 March 2020 First leg	Eintracht Frankfurt	0 – 3	Basel	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
18:55	Sow  23'	Report	Campo  11', 27' Cömert  53' Bua 73' Alderete  76' F. Frei 85'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Basel v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 March 2020 Second leg	Basel	Postponed	Eintracht Frankfurt	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55

Basel v Eintracht Frankfurt

6 August 2020 Second leg	Basel	1 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	Eintracht Frankfurt	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00	Cömert  25' F. Frei 88'	Report	Kohr  33' Chandler  80'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Quarter-finals

Shakhtar Donetsk v Basel

11 August 2020 Quarter-finals	Shakhtar Donetsk	4 – 1	Basel	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
21:00	Moraes 2' Taison 22' Patrick  53', 75' (pen.) Bondar  87' Dodô 88'	Report	F. Frei  26' Arthur  64' Van Wolfswinkel 90+2'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

See also

• History of FC Basel
• List of FC Basel players
• List of FC Basel seasons

Sources

• Die ersten 125 Jahre / 2018. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
• Season 2018–19 at "Basler Fussballarchiv” homepage
• Switzerland 2019–20 at RSSSF

External links

• FC Basel official site