2009–10 FC Basel season

January 2023 FC Basel FC Basel.png 150 FC Basel Logo 2009–10 Thorsten Fink Gisela Oeri Swiss Super League 1st (champions) Swiss Cup Winners UEFA Europa League Group stage Marco Streller (21) Marco Streller (30) 27,087 vs Young Boys(30 August 2009) 20,239 vs FC St. Gallen(23 September 2009) 23,666 2008–09 2010–11 FC Basel began their 2009–10 season with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league, Ukrainian Vyscha Liha, and Super League Greece clubs. The club's aim for their first team during the 2009–10 season were to win back the league championship and to win the cup title. It was also their aim qualify for the UEFA Europa League group stage. Overview The pre-season started with several major changes, the biggest being the sacking of coach Christian Gross, who was replaced by the German Thorsten Fink. Fink was appointed as Basel's new manager on 9 June 2009.http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID//10044/22333/16/7 Thorsten Fink appointed new FC Basel manager 13 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716092147/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID//10044/22333/16/7 16 July 2011 dead The new manager let several players go by not extending their contracts. These were Ronny Hodel, Jürgen Gjasula, Ivan Ergić and Eduardo. Star striker Eren Derdiyok was sold to Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Eduardo Rubio returned to Cruz Azul because his loan was not made permanent. A number of players were brought into the first team from the under-21 squad to replace them, including Xherdan Shaqiri, Marco Aratore and Oliver Klaus. A number of new players were signed, the highest profile being Alexander Frei from Borussia Dortmund. Others new signings included Turkish Çağdaş Atan from Energie Cottbus, Ghanaian Samuel Inkoom from Asante Kotoko, Massimo Colomba from rivals Grasshopper, Brazilian Antônio da Silva on loan from Karlsruher SC and Cabral who returned after being on loan to Sevilla. The Campaign Domestic League In domestic affairs, Basel swept the board, despite a poor start to the season. After the eighth round Basel were only in ninth position in the league table, second last. They had lost three and won only two of the first eight league matches. This was also due to the number of injuries that the players suffered in the pre-season and in the early stages. After the weak start the results changed to the better, the team won seven of the eight subsequent matches. Under these were a 4–0 home win against St. Gallen and a 5–0 against Sion. The most spectacular, however, was the 5–4 away win against Luzern, where FCB took the lead three times, only for Luzern to equalise each time, only minutes later. In the 87th minute Luzern went in front for the first time and looked as though they would win, but entering into added time Alexander Frei equalised for FCB and in the fourth minute of added time Marco Streller scored the definitive winner. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 25 October 2009 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=15359 FC Luzern – FC Basel 4:5 (2:2) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2020-11-16 However, following the team's second defeat against table leaders Young Boys, Basel went into the winter break thirteen points behind the league leaders. In the second half of the season the team played their best football. Basel with nine straight victories, 16 wins in their last 18 games, they made a comeback in the table. Despite suffering an embarrassing 0–4 away defeat against the Grasshoppers in the fifth last round, Basel drew level with Young Boys on 77 points before the last match of the season. Strangely enough, in the last round the two teams played against each other. This match was in Bern at the Stade de Suisse on 16 May 2010, the YB at home against FCB, with a capacity crowd of 31,120 spectators. Both teams started well into this so-called "Finalissima" and both teams created their chances. However, after Alberto Regazzoni was cautioned for a foul on Valentin Stocker in the 23rd minute, Basel won control of the game and home goalkeeper Marco Wölfli was forced to make a good save following Scott Chipperfield's left footed shot. Jacques Zoua had a good shock blocked and Stocker failed to connect to a cross from the right. In the 38th minute a cross from defender Scott Sutter gave Seydou Doumbia, the YB top scorer his first chance, but the header went wide. Directly after this Basel game forward with a long ball from Zoua to Carlitos, controlling the ball well he saw Stocker free on the other side of the penalty area. Carlitos played a long pass, the ball bounced high on the artificial grass field, but the winger was able to flick the ball into the net. Then, exactly on the hour, a left footed cross from Stocker found Scott Chipperfield unmarked in front of goal and he was able to head home and give Basel a 2–0 win. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 16 May 2010 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=16838 BSC Young Boys – FC Basel 0:2 (0:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2020-11-16 Seydou Doumbia became league top goal scorer with 30 goals. Joint second top scorer in the league was Basel's top scorer Marco Streller with 21 goals. He was level with Cristian Ianu from FC Luzern and Émile Mpenza from FC Sion. Second top scorer in the team was Alexander Frei with 15, third was Scott Chipperfield with 13, followed by Valentin Stocker with 12 and Benjamin Huggel with 11 goals. The team achieved their aim by winning the championship. Domestic Cup Basel entered the 2009–10 Swiss Cup in the first round of the competition and the team's clear aim for the Cup was to win it. In the first round, teams from the Super League and Challenge League were seeded and could not play against each other. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. SC Cham (20 September 2009) Basel were drawn against SC Cham, who at that time played in the 1. Liga, the third tier of Swiss football. The match was played at the Herti Allmend Stadion in Zug with a sold-out capacity crowd of 5,210 spectators. Basel dominated their opponents, although they were able to hold on until shortly before the half time whistle. In the 44th minute Federico Almerares was able to put the visitors into the lead. Shortly after the break it was again Almerares who scored Basel's second goal and in 76th minute Orhan Mustafi netted their third. The hosts were getting tired, but although the visitors were creating chances, a shot from Alexander Frei hit the cross-bar, Basel could not increase the score. With the result at 3–0 Basel advanced to the second round. Swiss Football League (SFL) 20 September 2009 https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2010/cp-1341/cr-0/tg-1595439/ SC Cham – FC Basel 0:3 (0:1) Swiss Football League (SFL) homepage 2020-11-16 Le Mont (17 October 2009) Teams from the Super League were seeded in the second round and could not play each other. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Basel were drawn against FC Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, who at that time were semi-professional and played in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. The match was played at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in front of 1,000 spectators. Basel dominated their opponents from the first minutes. After a corner in the fifth minute and a header from David Abraham a Le Mont defender was able to clear from the goal-line. But then Marco Aratore, Marco Streller and Federico Almerares scored the goals to put Basel three up before half time. Le Mont never gave up and fought until the end. In the 63rd minute Renato Rocha pulled a goal back for the home time, but there wasn't enough for more. With a 3–1 away win Basel advanced to the third round. Swiss Football League (SFL) 17 October 2009 https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2010/cp-1341/cr-0/tg-1597000/ FC Le Mont LS – FC Basel 1:3 (0:3) Swiss Football League (SFL) homepage 2020-11-16 Zürich (20 November 2009) In the third round, the ties were drawn, there was no seeding, everyone could meet everyone. The home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, otherwise to the team that was drawn first. Basel were drawn at home against top tier Zürich and the game was watched by 17,749 supporters. Both teams started well, the game was intensive and both teams created chances. Valentin Stocker was able to score a goal after 17 minutes and this put the home team at an advantage. Zürich reacted and Dusan Djurić with their best chance managed the equaliser after 32 minutes. This was the score at half-time and after the break Basel pressed forwards. In the 53rd minute Alexander Frei put the home team in front. Basel were now in control of the game. Again Frei, just five minutes later, scored to put the home them further into the lead. In the 75th minute Marco Streller put the ball into the Zürich net and the game was as much as decided. In the second minute of over-time Alexandre Alphonse was lucky to collect a diagonal ball from his teammate and he netted to make the final score 4–2 for the home team, who thus advanced to the quarterfinals. Swiss Football League (SFL) 20 November 2009 https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2010/cp-1341/cr-0/tg-1598398/ FC Basel – FC Zürich 4:2 (1:1) Swiss Football League (SFL) homepage 2020-11-16 Biel-Bienne (12 December 2009) The quarterfinals were played as the last match of the year and gave Basel another home tie in the St. Jakob-Park. Their opponents were second tier Biel-Bienne and they were watched by a crowd of just 7,503 people. They saw the favourites take control of the game from the very beginning, but the favorites could not profit from their dominance immediately. In the sixth minute Marcos Gelabert saw his shot rebound from the post and in the ninth minute he saw his header rebound from the cross-bar. Basel kept playing forwards, creating chances and in the 24th minute Xherdan Shaqiri also saw his shot rebound from the goal-post. Eventually the goal had to come and in the 45th minute Alexander Frei put the home team in front. After an hour of play Frei doubled up and nine minutes later Marco Streller managed the third. Although immediately after the restart Dennis Hediger pulled a goal back for the visitors the game was decided and Basel won 3–1 to advance to the semi-finals. Swiss Football League (SFL) 12 December 2009 https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2010/cp-1341/cr-0/tg-1601072/ FC Basel – FC Biel-Bienne 3:1 (1:0) Swiss Football League (SFL) homepage 2020-11-16 Kriens (5 April 2010) The semi-finals were played on the afternoon of Easter Monday and Basel were drawn away against SC Kriens. The match was played in the Stadion Kleinfeld in front of over 5,000 spectators, the conditions were dry but not warm. Basel were missing goalkeeper Franco Costanzo, midfielder Cabral, and their two Swiss international forwards Alexander Frei and Marco Streller due to injury. Their midfielder Valentin Stocker returned for the first time to the club where he had played his early youth football before he moved to Basel in 2005. He was received with a warm welcome from the fans, but was also the victim of the first considerably hard foul during the first minutes of the game. Both teams seemed to make no progress during the early stages and it took up until the 17th minute before the first chance was created. Basel's midfielder Marcos Gelabert played a long diagonal cross from the left side, defender Patrik Baumann was unable to clear the ball and Federico Almerares, who was positioned behind him, put the favorites a goal up. Kriens forward Janko Pacar had two good chances for the home side, one before the break and one after, but they both failed. Basel controlled the game during the second half, but the game became much more physical, the Kriens team collected four yellow cards and the Basel team three, but the narrow result remained until the end. Basel won 1–0 and thus advanced to the final. Swiss Football League (SFL) 5 April 2010 https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2010/cp-1341/cr-0/tg-1607086/ SC Kriens – FC Basel 0:1 (0:1) Swiss Football League (SFL) homepage 2020-11-16 Lausanne-Sport (9 May 2010) Basel's opponents in the final were Lausanne-Sport, who at that time played in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. Lausanne had qualified for the final beat beating top tier St. Gallen 2–1 in the semi-final. The final was played in the St. Jakob-Park in front of 30,100 spectators and under these was also Swiss international team manager Ottmar Hitzfeld. Basel were clear favourites and the two young international players Valentin Stocker in the 28th minute and Xherdan Shaqiri two minutes later put Basel into a comfortable two goal lead by half-time. Just one minute into the second half Jacques Zoua added the third and six minutes later Scott Chipperfield the fourth. The captain of the Swiss international team Alexander Frei came on as a substitute in the 67th minute, making his comeback after being out injured fracture of his right arm since February. Frei gave the assist as Stocker scored the fifth. The final score was 6–0 as international Benjamin Huggel scored with a header in the last minute of the game. It had been a fair game, referee Sascha Kever did not have to show a single yellow card. Swiss Football League (SFL) 9 May 2010 https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2010/cp-1341/cr-0/tg-1649471/ FC Basel – FC Lausanne-Sport 6:0 (2:0) Swiss Football League (SFL) homepage 2020-11-16 Conclusion Basel won the Swiss Cup for the tenth time in the club's history. Basel achieved the double this season and thus completed their domestic aims. As finalists of the Swiss Cup, Lausanne qualified for the second qualification round of the UEFA Europa League. SWI swissinfo.ch 9 May 2010 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/fc-basel-rout-lausanne-for-tenth-swiss-cup/8845470 FC Basel rout Lausanne for tenth Swiss Cup SWI swissinfo.ch 2020-11-16 UEFA Cup Basel's clear aim for this competition was to reach the group stage and to advance to the knock-out stage, which was to start after the winter break. Second qualifying round Basel entered the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round and were drawn against Andorrans Santa Coloma. Santa Coloma (16 July 2009) The first leg was at home in the St. Jakob-Park in front of over 25'000 spectators and this high amount of spectators was because the club granted free entry to everybody. Basel were clear favorites to win the match and so new head-coach Thorsten Fink used the opportunity to bring some young players from the U-21 team into the squad. Basel started well and pushed forward as expected. In the 5th minute Santa Colma goalkeeper Ricardo Fernandez had to react quickly to deflect a shot from Benjamin Huggel onto the post. It was one of the youngsters in the starting eleven Serkan Şahin who put the hosts a goal up after 23 minutes. In the 28th minute Antônio da Silva netted again for Basel, but the linesman ruled him offside. Three minutes after half time Marco Streller scored Basel's second goal and in the 59th minute Federico Almerares scored as well and the match ended 3–0 in Basel's favour. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 16 July 2009 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=15461 FC Basel – FC Santa Coloma 3:0 (1:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2020-11-16 Return match (23 July 2009) The second leg was played in Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall one week later. Basel again dominated their opponents and Marco Streller put them ahead in the 12th minute. Two minutes later Marcos Gelabert doubled up. Five minutes before the break Santa Coloma's Argentinian defender José Daniel Álvarez was unlucky and deflected a ball passed his own goalkeeper. Directly afterwards Santa Coloma pressed forward and the Basel defence brought Maicon down. He took the spot-kick himself sending goalkeeper Franco Costanzo the wrong way. Basel dominated the second half, but could not create dangerous situations until the final minutes. Three minutes from time substitute Federico Almerares ran clear and scored his goal to and the match ended with a 4–1 away victory for Basel, thus victors with a 7–1 on aggregate. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 23 July 2009 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=15462 FC Santa Coloma – FC Basel 1:4 (1:3) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2020-11-16 Third qualifying round FCB were then drawn against KR Reykjavík of Iceland in the third qualifying round. They in their turn had beaten Greek team Larissa in the previous qualifying round. KR Reykjavík (30 July 2009) The first leg took place at KR-völlur on a dry and sunny pitch on 30 July in front of 1,500 spectators. Basel had started well, but the goal scored by Alexander Frei after four minutes was disallowed due to an off-side decision by Spanish referee Fernando Teixeira Vitienes. Then, early goals from Gudmundur Benediktsson, after six minutes, and Grétar Sigurdsson, on nine minutes, gave the home side a 2–0 lead. Basel took control of the game after this early shock, they played well together and pressed forwards, but it was not until the 58th minute before Scott Chipperfield pulled one back and until the 83rd minute before Federico Almerares levelled the score. Basel came away with a deserved two all draw. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 30 July 2009 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=15779 KR Reykjavik – FC Basel 2:2 (2:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2020-11-16 Return match (6 August 2009) The second leg in Switzerland took place and a sunny and warm evening in front of 13,117 spectators. Head-coach Thorsten Fink again made multiple changes to the starting eleven, but the players understood themselves well and played an attacking football with both Alexander Frei and Marco Streller coming to early chances. Frei then used a good Streller pass to put the home team a goal up after 29 minutes. Seconds before half time Marcos Gelabert challenge on Takefusa was ruled as penalty and because Gelabert protested he was shown a second yellow card and sent-off. Takefusa sunk the spot-kick leaving keeper Franco Costanzo with no chance. Despite being a man less in the second half Basel pushed forward. A free-kick from Scott Chipperfield in the 77th minute hit the near post and the next chance was netted by Xherdan Shaqiri to put the hosts in front again. The visitors were under pressure and defending with all they had and picked up three yellow cards for fouls in just three minutes. Basel were awarded a penalty on 79 minutes and Alex Frei converted it as the match ended with a 3–1 win for Basel, meaning they won 5–3 on aggregate. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 6 August 2009 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=15780 FC Basel – KR Reykjavik 3:1 (1:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2020-11-16 Play-off round Basel progressed to the play-off round. With their coefficient 51.050 they were seeded and were drawn against FK Baku of Azerbaijan with one of the lowest coefficients 0.899. Baku had dropped into this round after being eliminated from the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase (Champions Path) by Levski Sofia. Basel were clear favourites, but although Baku meant that there would be an arduous journey to Azerbaijan, on the other hand the chances of success were extremely good. Adrian Horn 8 August 2009 https://www.derbund.ch/zeitungen/sport/basel-trifft-auf-fk-baku--sion-auf-fenerbahce-/story/12686286 Basel trifft auf FK Baku Basel meet up against FK Baku Tamedia Espace AG 2020-11-16 Baku (20 August 2009) The first leg was played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Baku's normal grounds Guzanli Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria. The attendance was some 13,000 people and the referee was Zsolt Szabó from the Hungarian Football Federation. He was called into action very early because of the hard ways of playing, there were three/four hard fouls and then after another Ernad Skulić was shown the yellow card in the third minute. The game calmed from then immediately and both teams played well, especially the visitors, but it was Fernando Nestor Pérez who put the locals 1–0 ahead just after half time. Basel head-coach Thorsten Fink then reacted and substituted in the two attacking midfielders Carlitos and Xherdan Shaqiri for the defensive players Samuel Inkoom and Behrang Safari. The changes worked-out and the team turned it around and won 3–1, scoring three goals in six minutes, these coming two from Marco Streller and the other from Benjamin Huggel. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 20 August 2009 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=16104 FK Baku – FC Basel 1:3 (0:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2020-11-16 Return match (27 August 2009) One week later the second leg at St. Jakob-Park took place in front of 7,113 spectators. Basel started well and created chances. In the 32nd minute Federico Almerares eventually converted one of their chances to give them the lead. The players were still celebrating their first success and did not concentrate as Baku played a fast counter-attack, Felipe Almeida Félix took his chance and put the teams level again. It was Basel's turn to react and they did. Marcos Gelabert put the hosts 2–1 up on 36 minutes. Basel were in control of the match and in the second half Alexander Frei, Benjamin Huggel and Xherdan Shaqiri each added another goal. The match ended with Basel winning 5–1 on the night and 8–2 on aggregate. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 27 August 2009 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=16105 FC Basel – FK Baku 5:1 (2:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2020-11-16 Group stage The victory in the play-offs meant that Basel qualified for the Europa League group stage. The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round. The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 28 August 2009. The matches in group stage took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009. FCB were then drawn into Group E alongside A.S. Roma (Italy), Fulham (England) and CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria). Roma (17 September 2009) Basel started in the group with a home game against Roma. It was a cloudy day and, in the evening, it was warm with about 18 °C, but the pitch in the St. Jakob-Park was damp. Basel started fast into the game, in 11th minute Carlitos shot the hosts into the lead. A loose ball fell in front of Cabral's feet and he immediately passed it to Carlitos, who, with a first-time drive from about 30 metres found the bottom corner of the goal. Then an intense period of pressure from the Roma team followed. Francesco Totti sent a dipping free-kick which hit the top of the crossbar and John Arne Riise's long-range drive was deflected wide. Alexander Frei nearly doubled the hosts' lead, but he was stopped by a good challenge from Philippe Mexès. Soon after Marco Streller had a powerful header tipped over the bar, following a good move down the right flank. In the 72nd minute Streller then hit the crossbar with a very good volley. A late breakaway by substitute Federico Almerares earned Basel an impressive victory and the three points, just three minutes from time, as he was sent clear by Frei and calmly rounded Júlio Sérgio to score and make it a 2–0 win. 17 September 2009 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01dd-0e72daea1377-c5101fe28660-1000--carlitos-way-helps-basel-to-victory/ Carlitos' way helps Basel to victory UEFA 2020-11-16 Fulham (1 October 2009) Matchday 2 in the group stage saw Basel make their first ever visit to Craven Cottage and some 16,000 supporters were in the stadium to see a tight encounter between Fulham and the visitors. Referee was German Michael Weiner, it was a cloudy evening and the pitch was dry. Basel started well and were in charge of the game, as in the 13th minute as their winger Behrang Safari out ran Fulham defender Stephen Kelly wide on the touchline and he played an exact pass to Alexander Frei, but the striker placed his shot the wrong side of the post. Basel midfield Benjamin Huggel hooked a half-volley over the bar after 20 minutes and he was guilty of another miss four minutes later, after Marco Streller had headed on a ball to leave him with only keeper Mark Schwarzer to beat. The visitors had much the better first period. Fulhaim manager Roy Hodgson must have said harsh words to his team because the team played better after the break. Basel still played somewhat better, but Fulham captain Danny Murphy struck with a low drive in the 57th minute and this remained the only goal of the game, as his side then won 1–0 to climb to the top of Group table. Simon Hart 1 October 2009 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01de-0e72fd4518be-0c2b2653fee8-1000--murphy-makes-profligate-basel-pay/ Murphy makes profligate Basel pay UEFA 2020-11-16 CSKA Sofia (22 October 2009) Basel's third match in the group stage took place on 22 October and was an away game against CSKA Sofia. CSKA Sofia played their home group matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria. Referee was Jorge Sousa from Portugal, the weather was cloudy and cool, the pitch was soft and there were 25,000 spectators. Basel started slowly, but were in charge of the game and were always looking dangerous whenever they pushed forward. Basel took the lead in the 20th-minute, as Marco Streller let a long ball bounce past him to Alexander Frei, who was able to chest it down and place his shot beyond keeper Ivan Karadzhov who was rushing towards him. Frei could have scored his second goal as he burst through between two defenders in the 39th minute, but he shot wide. Basel kept up their momentum, but CSKA didn't bring much to stand at the other end. After the half time break Frei had another chance, only a last gasp tackle by substitute Aleksandar Branekov denied him on the hour. In the 63rd minute he did manage his second goal as he rose highest to head home a cross that came from the right from Carlitos. Keeper Karadzhov then managed to parry a further another Frei effort following a goalmouth hustle. Basel came home with a 2–0 victory. 22 October 2009 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01de-0e7326758821-380d4647c795-1000--frei-double-fires-basel-to-summit/ Frei double fires Basel to summit UEFA 2020-11-16 CSKA Sofia (5 November 2009) Matchday four was the return game against the Bulgarians and this was played two weeks later in St. Jakob-Park with 15,255 spectators. Referee was Oleh Oriekhov from the Football Federation of Ukraine, the weather was cloudy and the pitch was soft. Basel head coach Thorsten Fink was forced to change his team because of injuries to goalkeeper Franco Costanzo, defender David Abraham and midfielders Carlitos and Antônio da Silva. The visitors were the team playing better during the first half-hour and Basel were forced to defend in the early stages, but the game changed dramatically in just six minutes. After 35 minutes Marcos Gelabert opened the score, as Valentin Stocker laid the ball into his path and his 20-metre shot was slightly deflected as it made its way into the goal, beyond the reach of keeper Zdravko Chavdarov. Six minutes later Bulgarian defender Aleksandar Branekov fouled Alexander Frei in the penalty area and he converted the spot-kick himself. In the 61st minute CSKA came back into the match as Marquinhos's corner flew over all the central players and found Todor Yanchev, who was able to control the ball with his chest and to score with a looping shot beyond goalkeeper Massimo Colomba. However the CSKA revival didn't last long, because only six minutes later Benjamin Huggel's long pass over flew the defence and came to Frei, who moved neatly past Chavdarov and push the ball into the empty net. Frei struck twice against CSKA for the second game running. This was the goal to 3–1 and this score remained until the end. Brian Homewood 5 November 2009 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01df-0e7346ee61ab-89d62551b5d3-1000--frei-repeats-trick-to-boost-basel-bid/ Frei repeats trick to boost Basel bid UEFA 2020-11-16 Roma (3 December 2009) The return game against Roma on matchday five was played in Stadio Olimpico in front of 27,000 spectators. Basel began well, the team was daring and venturesome, the Italians started somewhat slow. Basel took a deserved lead after 18 minutes as a left-wing cross from Valentin Stocker to the near post was headed home by Basel captain Benjamin Huggel. Roma were then forced to increase their pressure and they did, Simone Perrotta had two near misses within four minutes. Then Cicinho's cross flew high into the penalty area, Marcos Gelabert pulled back Francesco Totti and referee Tony Chapron from the French Football Federation whistled for a spot-kick. Totti himself converted the penalty beyond keeper Stefan Wessels's left hand. Basel started into the second half as they had at the beginning of the game, acting dangerously. Ten minutes after the break keeper Júlio Sérgio did well to tip an Alexander Frei effort over the top. Roma then increased their pressure again and a series of first-time passes ended with Daniele De Rossi playing the ball behind the Basel back line to Mirko Vučinić and his left-footed shot put his team into the lead. During the closing stages Marco Streller forced keeper Sérgio to make a save with his feet and Alexander Frei hit the cross-bar but the visitors were unable to equalise. The game ended 2–1 for Roma, leaving Basel's fate hinging on the final match against Fulham. Richard Allen 3 December 2009 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01e0-0e7374b5dee0-c56e035db135-1000--roma-turn-it-around-to-down-basel/ Roma turn it around to down Basel UEFA 2020-11-16 Fulham (16 December 2009) Matchday six, the return game against Fulham, was played in the St. Jakob-Park in front of 20,063 spectators. The pitch was wet after rain, this turned to snow and the temperature dropped to freezing point. The outcome of this group was far from being decided, Roma were group leaders with ten points, Basel were second with nine points and Fulham had eight points. Roma were already qualified for the knock-out stage and one of the two teams playing here were to advance as well, Basel needed not to lose. The match started level on terms, neither side playing better than the other, but neither creating many good chances. However, Bobby Zamora scored twice in three minutes just before half-time to put the Premier League side two in front at the break. Zamora nearly completed his hat-trick just following the beak, but reserve keeper Massimo Colomba stretched and saved his free-kick. Alexander Frei pulled one back with a second-half penalty in the 64th minute following a handball, but then in the 77th minute Zoltán Gera restored the visitors two-goal lead. However, the visitors' nerves were fraying during the closing stages and in the 87th minute Marco Streller headed home. This gave Basel hope of a draw and that would have sent them through to the next round, Fulham were happy that they survived the nerve-wracking last few minutes. Brian Homewood 16 December 2009 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01e0-0e738fb7046b-fbb1da829ba8-1000--zamora-one-two-knocks-basel-out/ Zamora one-two knocks Basel out UEFA 2020-11-16 Conclusion In a close game, the English club had narrowly won 3–2, sending Basel out of the competition with third place in the Group Table. This meant that Basel's aim for the European competition was not quite achieved, their hopes had been to advance to the knock-out stage. Group winners A.S. Roma were eliminated in the next round, being defeated twice 3–2 by Panathinaikos. Fulham advanced to the final in the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg but were defeated 2–1 after extra time by Atlético Madrid. 2009 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/seasons/2010/matches/ 2009/10 Season – Overview UEFA 2020-11-16 Club FC Basel Holding AG The FC Basel Holding AG (Holding) owns 75% of the club FC Basel (FC Basel 1893 AG) and the other 25% is owned by the club members. Chairwoman of the Holding was Gisela Oeri. She owned 91.96% of the shares. The other 8,04% of the shares were owned by a group of investors, these being Manor AG, J. Safra Sarasin, Novasearch AG, MCH Group AG and Weitnauer Holding AG. As chairwoman of the holding Ms Oeri was also chairwoman of the club. Club management The club's board of directors remained in the same constellation as in the previous season. One of the most important occurrences during the year 2010 was the formation of the Nachwuchs Campus Basel, to English foundation Youth Campus Basel. This was founded by then FCB chairwoman Gigi Oeri with the aim of promoting youth football in Basel on a sustainable basis. The purpose of the foundation is the integral training and promotion of young football talents in football, schooling, education and personality. The first managing director of the foundation was Benno Kaiser and he was also in the club's board of directors. Since its formation, the foundation owns the accommodation centre which provides space for youth players and offers them supervised accommodation and nutrition. The foundation was to aid in the administration of the club's youth department. The foundation was to build, later to run and maintain the campus grounds. Chairwoman SUI Mrs Gisela Oeri Vice Chairman SUI Mr Bernhard Heusler Finances SUI Mr Stephan Werthmüller Sportdirector SUI Mr Georg Heitz Marketing SUI Mr René Kamm Director SUI Mr Reto Baumgartner Director SUI Mr Dominik Donzé Director SUI Mr Benno Kaiser y St. Jakob-Park 38,5122011 http://www.fcb.ch/Club/StadiumSt.JakobPark Figures and facts FC Basel 1893 20 November 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120203010621/http://www.fcb.ch/Club/StadiumSt.JakobPark 3 February 2012 ) (37,500 for international matchesAFC Ajax UEFA Champions League, Season 2011/12, Group D https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111125091711/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf dead 25 November 2011 Champions League 120x80 m Official Site November 2011 Team management 48% Manager Germany Thorsten Fink Assistant manager Germany Heiko Vogel Conditioning Coach Switzerland Marco Walker Fitness Coach Croatia Nikola Vidović Fitness Coach Switzerland Romain Crevoisier Team Administration Switzerland Gustav Nussbaumer Youth Team Coach Switzerland Patrick Rahmen Youth Team Co-Coach Switzerland Sandro Kamber 17 May 2008 February 2014 September 2010 Kit Nike Novartis | none center _goldborder_2 _bluestripes _goldborder 0000FF FF0000 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF Homede http://fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID//10044/20446/16/7 Das neue Heimtrikot 11 July 2008 de FC Basel https://web.archive.org/web/20080714212940/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/10044/20446/16/7 14 July 2008 dead | none center _blackshoulders FF6 FF6 FF6 000000 000000 Away Official Site September 2010 Players First team As of 7 October 2009, accounting for official transfers:Football.ch – Transfers de 1 Argentina Franco Costanzo GK Captain 3 Algeria Sabri Boumelaha DF 4 Turkey Çağdaş Atan DF 5 Switzerland Dominik Ritter DF 6 Argentina Marcos Gelabert MF 7 Switzerland Pascal Schürpf MF 8 Switzerland Benjamin Huggel MF Vice-captain 9 Switzerland Marco Streller FW 10 Serbia Marko Perović MF 11 Australia Scott Chipperfield MF 13 Switzerland Alexander Frei FW 14 Switzerland Valentin Stocker MF 15 Argentina Federico Almerares FW 17 Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri MF 18 Germany Stefan Wessels GK 19 Argentina David Abraham DF 20 Sweden Behrang Safari DF 21 France François Marque DF 22 Ghana Samuel Inkoom DF 23 Switzerland Massimo Colomba GK 24 Switzerland Cabral MF 25 Brazil Antônio da Silva MF 26 Switzerland Daniel Ünal MF 27 Switzerland Marco Aratore MF 28 Switzerland Beg Ferati DF 29 Switzerland Orhan Mustafi FW 30 Portugal Carlitos MF 31 Cameroon Jacques Zoua FW 32 Switzerland Reto Zanni DF Vice-captain 33 Turkey Serkan Şahin DF 35 Switzerland Oliver Klaus GK Multiple Nationality 1 Argentina Italy Franco Costanzo 3 Algeria France Sabri Boumelaha 11 Australia Switzerland Scott Chipperfield 13 Switzerland Turkey Daniel Unal 15 Argentina Italy Federico Almerares 17 Switzerland Kosovo Xherdan Shaqiri 20 Sweden Iran Behrang Safari 23 Switzerland Italy Massimo Colomba 24 Switzerland Cape Verde Cabral 28 Switzerland Kosovo Beg Ferati 33 Turkey Switzerland Serkan Şahin 2009–10 Summer transfers In 3 Algeria Sabri Boumelaha DF from Basel U-21 4 Turkey Çağdaş Atan DF from Energie Cottbus – Free 5 Switzerland Dominik Ritter DF loan return from Concordia Basel 7 Switzerland Pascal Schürpf MF loan return from Concordia Basel 13 Switzerland Alexander Frei FW from Borussia Dortmund – 6.4 million SFr 17 Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri MF from Basel U-21 18 Germany Stefan Wessels GK Free Agent 22 Ghana Samuel Inkoom DF from Asante Kotoko FC Basel 1893 2009 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/22112/27/7/7 FCB verpflichtet Nationalspieler aus Ghana FC Basel 1893 2009-04-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503225436/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/-/22112/27/7/7 3 May 2014 dead – 800,000 SFr 23 Switzerland Massimo Colomba GK from Grasshopper Club Zürich – Free 24 Switzerland Cabral MF loan return from Sevilla 25 Brazil Antônio da Silva MF Loan from Karlsruhe – 450,000 SFr 27 Switzerland Marco Aratore MF from Basel U-21 31 Cameroon Jacques Zoua FW from Cotonsport Garoua 35 Switzerland Oliver Klaus GK from Basel U-21 Out 2 Switzerland Ronny Hodel DF to FK Ventspils – Free 7 Germany Jürgen Gjasula MF to FSV Frankfurt – Free 17 Chile Eduardo Rubio FW loan return to Cruz Azul 22 Serbia Ivan Ergić MF to Bursaspor – Free 23 Brazil Eduardo FW contract not re-newed 31 Switzerland Eren Derdiyok FW to Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 7.4 million SFr 35 Switzerland Oliver Stöckli GK retired Out on loan 16 Switzerland Fabian Frei MF on loan to St. Gallen 18 Switzerland Jayson Leutwiler GK on loan to Yverdon Sport 27 Switzerland Yann Sommer GK on loan to Grasshopper 29 Switzerland Orhan Mustafi FW on loan to FC Aarau Competitions Overall Basel participated in the following major competitions: the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Europa League. Swiss Super League Winner Winner 12 July 2009 16 May 2010 y Swiss Cup Round 1 Winner Winner 20 September 2009 9 May 2010 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Group stage 16 July 2009 16 December 2009 Results and fixtures Friendlies Pre- and mid-season friendlies Pre-season 22 June 2009 15:30 Basel 3–1 Summary FC Gossau Almerares 11 pen. 1:0Mustafi 58 2:1Aratore 71 3:1 37 1:1 San Gian, Celerina 200 Alain Bieri W Fair game, no yellow cards Pre-season 24 June 2009 16:00 Basel 2–2 Summary Bellinzona Mustafi 7 1:0Schindelholz 88 2:2 33 1:1 Sermeter57 1:2 Lustrinelli San Gian, Celerina 200 Philipp Stomeo D Fair game, no yellow cards Pre-season 24 June 2009 18:00 Basel 2–0 Summary FC Wohlen Gelabert 10 1:0F. Frei 73 2:0 San Gian, Celerina 200 Pascal Erlachner W Fair game, no yellow cards Pre-season 26 June 2009 16:30 Vaduz 0–5 Summary Basel Kempe 59 7 0:1 Almerares30 Şahin34 0:2 Huggel44 Çağdaş69 0:3 Mustafi84 0:4 Perović88 0:5 F. Frei Sportspark, Sargans 700 Michele Cassiani W Pre-season 30 June 2009 19:30 Basel 2–0 Summary FC Grenchen Perović 41Gelabert 53 pen. 1:0Almerares 57 2:0 53 Molina Sports facilities St. Jakob, Münchenstein 1,000 Remo Lanfranchi W Uhrencup 6 July 2009 20:30 Basel 2–0 Summary Panathinaikos Almerares 65 1:0Huggel 86 2:0 2 22 78 Karagounis Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 7,000 Bruno Grossen W Uhrencup 8 July 2009 19:30 Basel 0–3 Summary Shakhtar Donetsk Gelabert 39Perović 59 37 Rakitskyi57 0:1 Chyhrynskyi61 Fernandinho63 0:2 Aghahowa65 0:3 Jádson Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 4,197 Stéphan Studer L Mid-season 4 September 2009 19:00 Basel 3–1 Summary Biel-Bienne Almerares 44 1:1Kulcar 50 2:1G. Xhaka 63 3:1 Morello 30 1:0 Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn 600 Adrien Jaccottet W FCB with test player Kristjan Kulcar and from the U-21 Granit Xhaka, Roman Buess and Dennis Iapichino Mid-season 5 October 2009 17:15 SV Rust 1–5 Summary Basel Herdrich 1 1:0 22 1:1 Almerares43 1:2 Almerares1:3 Unal76 1:4 Almerares89 1:5 Almerares Allmendwald, Rust 200 Justus Zorn W Mid-season 13 October 2009 19:00 Sissach-Gelterkinden Selection 1–12 Summary Basel Till Vogt 54 1:4 29 0:1 Almerares42 0:2 Streller49 0:3 Streller51 0:4 Shaqiri58 1:5 Aratore63 1:6 da Silva69 1:7 Osmani71 1:8 Shaqiri72 1:9 da Silva73 1:10 Unal80 1:11 da Silva82 1:12 Osmani Tannenbrunn, Sissach 1,800 Remo Lanfranchi W FCB with players from U-21: Xherdan Shaqiri, Altin Osmani and Oliver Klaus and test player Willian Ferreira Mid-season 13 November 2009 18:00 SC Freiburg 3–2 Summary Basel Roth 16 1:0Caligiuri 45 2:1Schuster 50 pen. 3:1 39 pen. 1:1 Zanni89 3:2 Perović Europa-Stadion, Rheinfelden 1,900 Michael Kempter L Game for the 100th anniversary of FC Rheinfelden 09 Mid-season 24 November 2009 Basel 3–2 Summary FC Basel U-21 Unal 21 1:2Gelabert 35 2:0Aratore 45 3:2 11 0:1 Eigenmann19 0:2 Ferreira Sports facilities St. Jakob, Münchenstein 50 Stephan Benz W Winter Break and mid-season friendlies Winter Break 9 January 2010 19:00 SC Freiburg 1–2 Summary Basel Mendy 11 1:1 7 0:1 Stocker57 1:2 Almerares Dreisamstadion 1,000 Matthias Jöllenbeck W Winter Break 11 January 2010 16:20 Basel 3–0 Summary FC Basel U-21 Ferati 32 1:0Ritter 61 2:0Almerares 75 3:0 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 120 W Winter Break 12 January 2010 19:00 Basel 1–3 Summary Bayern Munich Streller 10 1:0Çağdaş 39 73 1:1 Altıntop85 1:2 Klose87 1:3 Klose St. Jakob-Park, Basel 20,087 Claudio Circhetta L Winter Break 16 January 2010 14:00 AZ Alkmaar 2–0 Summary Basel Mendes da Silva 36 1:0Lens 70 2:0Swerts Marque Gelabert MPFS, San Pedro de Alcántara José Marin L Winter Break 18 January 2010 16:00 FK Pelister 1–5 Summary Basel Bujcevsk 72 1:2 7 0:1 Huggel12 0:2 Huggel75 1:3 G. Xhaka82 1:4 Schürpf84 1:5 Almerares Estadio Polideportivo Municipal, San Pedro de Alcántara 150 Vicente Tirado Troyano W Winter Break 22 January 2010 16:00 Viking FK 0–4 Summary Basel 23 0:1 Almerares70 0:2 Huggel72 0:3 Almerares74 0:4 Shaqiri Estadio Polideportivo Municipal, San Pedro de Alcántara José Marin W Winter Break 26 January 2010 16:00 Basel 2–1 Summary FC Wohlen F. Frei 34 1:0F. Frei 62 2:0 76 2:1 Marjanovic Stadion Rankhof, Basel 200 Reto Walker W Winter Break 31 January 2010 15:00 Basel 0–2 Summary Wil 27 0:1 Čavušević40 0:2 Lezcano Stadion Rankhof, Basel 1,100 Claudio Circhetta L Winter Break 3 February 2010 18:30 Nordstern Basel 1–7 Summary Basel Puymege 45 1:5 13 o.g. 0:1 Achache22 0:2 Hasler25 0:3 Hasler35 0:4 Almerares44 0:5 Almerares77 1:6 Perović87 1:7 Schürpf Stadion Rankhof, Basel 260 Adrien Jaccottet (Basel) W FCB with three players from their U-21 team: David Hasler, Marc Dinkel and Niki Wiedmann Mid-season 10 February 2010 16:00 Basel 2–0 Summary Thun Almerares 54 1:0Perović 84 2:0 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel Reto Walker W Mid-season 17 February 2010 17:00 Basel 3–1 Summary FC Gossau Schürpf 43 1:0Schürpf 52 2:0Almerares 77 3:1 65 pen. 2:1 Todisco67 Soljic Stadion Rankhof, Basel 200 Adrien Jaccottet W Mid-season 24 February 2010 17:00 Basel 1–2 Summary Yverdon-Sports Chipperfield 75 1:2 5 0:1 Osmani43 0:2 Zari Stadion Rankhof, Basel 350 Marco Speranda L Mid-season 3 March 2010 15:30 Basel 3–0 Summary Winterthur Almerares 18 1:0Almerares 19 2:0Almerares 73 3:0 Stadion Rankhof, Basel 200 Reto Walker W Mid-season 10 March 2010 19:00 Old Boys 0–5 Summary Basel 38 1:0 Almerares49 2:0 Schürpf69 3:0 Schürpf81 4:0 Zoua85 5:0 Aratore Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 510 W Mid-season 17 March 2010 18:30 Basel 2–0 Summary FC Liestal Almerares 7 1:0Zoua 70 2:0 Stadion Rankhof, Basel 250 Pascal Erlachner W Mid-season 28 April 2010 18:00 FC Aesch 0–5 Summary Basel 17 0:1 Almerares25 0:2 Zoua35 0:3 Almerares56 0:4 Carlitos67 0:5 Gelabert Löhrenacker, Aesch 2,385 Stephan Benz W Swiss Super League 2009–10 Swiss Super League First half of season Round 1 12 July 2009 16:00 CEST St. Gallen 2–0 Summary Basel M. Costanzo 43Koubský 45Frick 51 1:0<br/ >M. Costanzo 82 2:0Cáceres 83 38 Stocker60 Inkoom81 Ferati0 82 Huggel90+3 Mustafi AFG Arena, St. Gallen 19,500 SUI Massimo Busacca L Round 2 19 July 2009 16:00 CEST Basel 2–1 Summary Aarau Stocker 5 1:1 <br/ > Streller90+3 2:1 2 0:1 Bengondo St. Jakob-Park, Basel 20,647 SUI Nikolaj Hänni W Round 3 26 July 2009 16:00 Sion 1–2 Summary Basel Sarni 32Chihab 36Crettenand 37Mpenza 78 1:1 21[0:1] Stocker27 Şahin61 Stocker68 Costanzo72 Streller84 A. Frei86 90 A. Frei Tourbillon, Sion 15,000 SUI Sascha Kever W Round 4 2 August 2009 16:00 CEST Basel 1–1 Summary Luzern Streller 13 1:0Safari 51 55 Lustenberger86 1:1 Ianu St. Jakob-Park, Basel 23,201 SUI Cyril Zimmermann D Round 5 9 August 2009 16:00 CEST Basel 1–1 Summary Zürich Çağdaş 40Ferati 59Huggel 89 1:1A. Frei 2 90+2 90+3 9 Margairaz2 50 53 Rochat 87 0:1 Vonlanthen88 Vonlanthen St. Jakob-Park, Basel 27,011 SUI Massimo Busacca D Round 6 16 August 2009 16:00 Grasshopper 3–1 Summary Basel Dos Santos 15 1:0 Zárate 43Callà 61 2:1 Voser 65Zárate 74 3:1 24 1:1 Chipperfield43 Çağdaş76 Streller Letzigrund, Zürich 8,900 SUI Stephan Studer L Round 7 23 August 2009 16:00 Xamax 2–2 Summary Basel Varela 58 1:0 Gavranović 66 2:1Gavranović 67Stéphane Besle 90+1 65 1:1 Streller 89 2:2 Frei Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 7,323 SUI Sascha Kever D Round 8 30 August 2009 16:00 Basel 1–2 Summary Young Boys A. Frei 7 1:0Safari 60Huggel 77 12 Hochstrasser33 D. Degen34 Wölfli63 Ghezal74 1:1 Doumbia 90 1:2 Ch. Schneuwly St. Jakob-Park, Basel 27,087 SUI Bertolini L Round 9 13 September 2009 16:00 Bellinzona 2–3 Summary Basel Zotti 6Lima 9Ciarrocchi 54 1:2Rivera 62Thiesson 84Hima 85 2:2Mangiarratti 0 89Lustrinelli 90+2 6 0:1 Huggel32 0:2 Stocker49 Gelabert57 Inkoom90 2:3 Huggel Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona 4,200 SUI Daniel Wermelinger W Round 10 23 September 2009 19:45 Basel 4–0 Summary St. Gallen Stocker 20 1:0<br/ >Safari 26Streller45 2:0<br/ >Streller53 3:0<br/ > A. Frei 64 4:0 34 Zellweger69 Muntwiler St. Jakob-Park, Basel 20,239 SUI Cyril Zimmermann W Round 11 26 September 2009 17:45 Aarau 0–2 Summary Basel Baykal 26 9 A. Frei21 Stocker27 0:1 A. Frei28 0:2 Stocker Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 7,900 SUI Jérôme Laperrière W Round 12 4 October 2009 16:00 Basel 5–0 Summary Sion Streller 43 1:0<br/ >Streller 44 2:0<br/ >A. Frei 78 3:0<br/ >Chipperfield 84 4:0<br/ >Chipperfield 86 5:0 61 Dos Santos66 Fermino St. Jakob-Park, Basel 20,331 SUI Stephan Studer W Round 13 25 October 2009 16:00 Luzern 4–5 Summary Basel Chiumiento 3 1:1Yakin 17Renggli 22 2:2 (penalty)Frimpong 32Yakin 79 3:3 Ianu 87 4:3 2 0:1 Huggel8 1:2 A. Frei17 Safari32 Çağdaş66 A. Frei69 Streller73 2:3 Streller90+1 4:4 A. Frei90+4 4:5 Streller Gersag, Emmenbrücke 8,695 SUI Kever W Round 14 28 October 2009 19:45 Zürich 2–2 Summary Basel Tico 53 1:0Gajić 87 2:2 61 1:1 Huggel63 1:2 A. Frei65 Colomba Letzigrund, Zürich 14,300 SUI Bertolini D Round 15 31 October 2009 17:45 Basel 3–1 Summary Grasshopper Stocker 21Huggel 34 1:1<br/ >Streller 41 2:1<br/ >Abraham 0 60 <br/ >Inkoom 73Çağdaş 76Huggel 90+4 3:1 23 Salatić28 0:1 Smiljanic<br/ >40 Lulić0 56 Vallori<br/ >78 Feltscher85 Smiljanic0 92 Strasser St. Jakob-Park, Basel 22,817 SUI Daniel Wermelinger W Round 16 9 November 2009 19:45 Basel 4–1 Summary Xamax Chipperfield 40 1:0<br/ >Safari 2 53 59<br/ >A. Frei 63 2:1A. Frei 81<br/ >Shaqiri 90+1 3:1<br/ >Streller 90+5 4:1 55 1:1 Ideye60 Bah62 Varela0 84 Gomes81 Page St. Jakob-Park, Basel 18,483 SUI Massimo Busacca W Round 17 29 November 2009 13:30 Young Boys 2–0 Summary Basel Doumbia3 1:0Dudar 24Affolter 39Ch. Schneuwly 45 2:0Coly 70 25 Huggel25 Streller51 Chipperfield63 Stocker Wankdorf, Bern 31,120 SUI Massimo Busacca L Round 18 6 December 2009 16:00 Basel 3–2 Summary Bellinzona A. Frei 18 1:0 <br/ > Cabral 54 2:2<br/ >A. Frei 70A. Frei 75 3:2 7 Gashi18 Mehmeti35 1:1 Ciarrocchi<br/ > 43 1:2 Lima Solà54 Sermeter St. Jakob-Park, Basel 17,110 SUI Bruno Grossen W Second half of season Round 19 7 February 2010 16:00 Basel 4–0 Summary Young Boys Gelabert 14Çağdaş 43A. Frei 68 pen. 1:0<br/ >Huggel 71 Streller 81 2:0<br/ >Gelabert 86 3:0<br/ > Safari 90 4:0 33 Affolter65 Doubai67 Wölfli80 Hochstrasser84 Regazzoni St. Jakob-Park, Basel 26,054 SUI Massimo Busacca W Round 20 14 February 2010 16:00 Xamax 1–3 Summary Basel Binya 48Nuzzolo 50 1:0Tixier 2 19 73Besle 82 31 Inkoom54 1:1 Frei58 Çağdaş62 1:2 Streller74 Shaqiri80 1:3 Streller Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 4,250 SUI Stephan Studer W Round 21 20 February 2010 17:45 Basel 2–1 Summary Aarau Huggel 44Huggel 62 1:1<br/ > Çağdaş 69 2:1 23 0:1 Lang34 Elmer38 Burki47 Bengondo57 Mustafi82 Lampi St. Jakob-Park, Basel 16,370 SUI Alain Bieri W Round 22 28 February 2010 16:00 Bellinzona 0–2 Summary Basel Lima 2 25 61Djuric 38Ciarrocchi 42Edusei 70 39 Stocker45 0:1 Chipperfield58 Streller62 pen. 0:2 Streller90+1 Almerares Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona 3,000 SUI Bruno Grossen W Round 23 6 March 2010 17:45 Basel 1–2 Summary Grasshopper Chipperfield 60 1:2Çağdaş 79Sommer 87Gelabert 90Streller 90+3 3 0:1 Colina<br/ >15 Strasser25 Voser38 Cabanas58 0:2 Cabanas St. Jakob-Park, Basel 20,088 SUI Nikolaj Hänni W Round 24 14 March 2010 16:00 Luzern 0–1 Summary Basel Lambert 32 33 0:1 Huggel52 Inkoom54 Shaqiri79 Safari Gersag, Emmenbrücke 8,597 SUI Cyril Zimmermann<br/ >(46. SUI Jérôme Laperrière) W Round 25 21 March 2010 16:00 St. Gallen 2–4 Summary Basel Imhof 20 1:2M. Costanzo 32<br/ >M. Costanzo 81 pen. 2:3 6 da Silva15 0:1 da Silva<br/ >18 0:2 Stocker<br/ >20 Safari38 1:3 Chipperfield<br/ >90 o.g. 2:4 Fernando AFG Arena, St. Gallen 16,085 SUI Alain Bieri W Round 26 24 March 2010 19:45 Basel 4–1 Summary Zürich Streller 14 1:0 Chipperfield 16 2:0Streller 58 3:1Streller 61Zoua 79 4:1 27 Vonlanthen45 2:1 Alphonse57 Gajić57 Tico59 Stahel61 Margairaz St. Jakob-Park, Basel 27,011 SUI Massimo Busacca W Round 27 27 March 2010 17:45 Sion 2–2 Summary Basel Vanczák 40Sauthier 51Marin 77 1:2Mpenza 77 2:2Mpenza 78 11 0:1 Streller22 0:2 Streller36 Shaqiri60 Inkoom81 Streller81 Zoua Tourbillon, Sion 11,800 SUI Sascha Kever D Round 28 1 April 2010 19:45 Basel 4–3 Summary Sion Almerares 14 1:1<br/ >Chipperfield 24 2:2Gelabert 20 <br/ >Almerares 30 3:2<br/ > Shaqiri 53 4:2Huggel 83 6 0:1 Bühler<br/ >15 1:2 Mpenza20 Sauthier26 Marin66 Yoda<br/ >86 4:3 Domínguez St. Jakob-Park, Basel 25,608 SUI Nikolaj Hänni W Round 29 11 April 2010 16:00 Zürich 1–2 Summary Basel Margairaz 6Margairaz 63 1:0Ferati79 14 Huggel45 Çağdaş75 1:1 Shaqiri77 1:2 Almerares Letzigrund, Zürich 16,300 SUI Massimo Busacca W Round 30 14 April 2010 19:45 Basel 3–2 Summary St. Gallen Streller 52 pen. 1:2<br/ >Stocker 58 2:2<br/ >Streller 70 3:2 29 0:1 Merenda <br/ >36 Lang37 0:2 M. Costanzo2 45 57 Zé Vítor52 Imhof68 Nushi St. Jakob-Park, Basel 20,239 SUI Cyril Zimmermann W Round 31 14 April 2010 16:00 Basel 5–0 Summary Luzern da Silva 10 1:0 <br/ > Shaqiri 14 2:0 <br/ >Stocker 43 3:0<br/ >Stocker 56 4:0<br/ >Carlitos 73 5:0 37 Wiss90 Veškovac St. Jakob-Park, Basel 30,571 SUI Daniel Wermelinger W Round 32 25 April 2010 16:00 Grasshopper 4–0 Summary Basel Zuber 3 1:0Cabanas 12 2:0Smiljanic 29 pen. 3:0Toko 49Cabanas 65Smiljanić 69 Zárate 81 4:0 26 Abraham0 28 Safari35 Huggel36 Stocker66 Shaqiri Letzigrund, Zürich 12,600 SUI Alain Bieri L Round 33 2 May 2010 16:00 Basel 4–0 Summary Bellinzona Streller 10 1:0<br/ >Chipperfield 33 2:0Çağdaş 53 <br/ >Chipperfield 57 3:0 <br/ >Streller 76 4:0 41 Conti43 Feltscher79 Diarra St. Jakob-Park, Basel 26,257 SUI Stephan Studer W Round 34 5 May 2010 20:15 Aarau 0–3 Summary Basel Lampi 36Aquaro 2 38 71Burki 46 16 0:1 Chipperfield41 Costanzo46 Chipperfield58 0:2 Stocker90 0:3 Zoua Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 6,900 SUI Jérôme Laperriere W Round 35 13 May 2010 20:15 Basel 3–0 Summary Xamax Safari 31Gelabert 56 1:0<br/ >A. Frei 83 2:0<br/ >A. Frei 86 3:0 27 Binya0 45 Varela St. Jakob-Park, Basel 30,818 SUI Carlo Bertolini W Round 36 16 May 2010 16:15 Young Boys 0–2 Summary Basel Regazzoni 23Degen 67C. Schneuwly 82Wölfli 87 5 da Silva39 0:1 Stocker60 0:2 Chipperfield80 Costanzo Wankdorf, Bern 31,120 (sold out) SUI Jérôme Laperrière W League table main WDL QR BAS Basel YB Young Boys GCZ Grasshopper LUZ Luzern SIO Sion STG St. Gallen ZÜR Zürich NX Neuchâtel Xamax BEL Bellinzona AAR Aarau 25 5 6 90 46 C 25 2 9 78 47 21 2 13 65 43 17 7 12 66 55 14 9 13 63 57 13 7 16 53 56 12 9 15 55 58 11 8 17 55 57 7 4 25 42 92 O 6 5 25 32 88 R green1 Swiss champions and Swiss Cup winnersQualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to Europa League play-off round Basel, who have already qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, played Challenge League side Lausanne-Sport in the 2009–10 Swiss Cup final. Basel have won the cup, thus 3rd-placed team will qualify for the play-off round and the 4th-placed team will be inserted into the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League and Lausanne-Sport will be inserted into the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round. ELPR blue2 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round ELPR EL3 red3 Advance to relegation play-offs RP red1 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf Swiss Cup For more information, see 2009–10 Swiss Cup Swiss Cup 2009–10 Round 1 20 September 2009 16:00 CEST SC Cham 0–3 Summary Basel 44 0:1 Almerares54 0:2 Almerares76 0:3 Mustafi Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug 5,210 (sold out) SUI Alain Bieri Fair game, no yellow cards W Round 2 17 October 2009 17:00 FC Le Mont 1–3 Summary Basel Malgioglio 27Guillou 36Oezcakmak 50R. Rocha 54R. Rocha 61 1:3Berthaut 74 13 0:1 Aratore19 0:2 Streller27 Çağdaş39 0:3 Almerares Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 1,000 SUI Bruno Grossen W Round 3 20 November 2009 20:10 Basel 4–2 Summary Zürich Stocker 17 1:0Chipperfield 31Frei 53 2:1Frei 58 3:1 Streller 75 4:1Çağdaş 86 32 1:1 Djurić57 Gajić78 Barmettler90+2 4:2 Alphonse St. Jakob-Park, Basel 17,749 SUI Laperriere W Quarterfinal 12 December 2009 17:45 CET Basel 3–1 Summary FC Biel-Bienne Cabral 39Frei 45 1:0Frei 60 2:0Streller 69 3:0 25 Sheholli76 3:1 Hediger St. Jakob-Park, Basel 7,503 SUI Stephan Studer W Semifinal 5 April 2010 13:30 CEST SC Kriens 0–1 Summary Basel Fanger 19Ferricchio 43Imholz 55Pacar 90+2 17 0:1 Almerares64 Abraham88 Carlitos90+1 Shaqiri Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens 5,000 SUI Daniel Wermelinger W Final 9 May 2010 16:30 CEST Basel 6–0 Summary FC Lausanne-Sport Stocker28 1:0Shaqiri30 2:0Zoua46 3:0 Chipperfield52 4:0Stocker75 5:0Huggel89 6:0 St. Jakob-Park, Basel 30,100 SUI Sascha Kever W Fair game, no yellow cards UEFA Europa League 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Qualifying rounds Second qualifying round First leg 16 July 2009 19:30 Basel SUI 3–0 UEFA summaryFCB summary AND Santa Coloma Şahin 23Streller 48 2:0Almerares 59 3:0 40 Sergio Albanell84 dos Santos90+2 Sánchez St. Jakob-Park, Basel 25,038 WAL Ceri Richards (FAW) W Second leg 23 July 2009 19:00 Santa Coloma AND 1–4 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI Basel 36dos Santos 42 pen. 1:3 12 0:1 Streller15 0:2 Gelabert37 Huggel 40 o.g. 0:3 Alvarez 43 Şahin52 Gelabert86 Safari 88 1:4 Almerares Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella 400 BIH Rusmir Mrkovic (FSBiH) W Basel won 7–1 on aggregate. Third qualifying round First leg 30 July 2009 21:15 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur ISL 2–2 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI Basel Benediktsson 6 1:0G. Sigurðarson 9 2:0 58 2:1 Chipperfield83 2:2 Almerares KR-völlur, Reykjavík 1,500 SPA Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (RFEF) D Second leg 6 August 2009 19:30 Basel SUI 3–1 UEFA summaryFCB summary ISL Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Frei 29 1:0Shaqiri 77 2:1Frei 80 pen. 3:1 45+1 pen. 1:1 Takefusa St. Jakob-Park, Basel 13,117 FIN Tony Asumaa (FAF) W Basel won 5–3 on aggregate. Play-off round First leg 20 August 2009 17:00 Baku AZE 1–3 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI Basel Skulic 3Pérez 49 1:0 45 Şahin51 Inkoom71 1:1 Streller74 1:2 Streller77 1:3 Huggel Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku 13,000 HUN Zsolt Szabo (Hungary) W Played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Karabakh's Guzanli Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria. Second first leg 27 August 2009 19:30 Basel SUI 5–1 UEFA summaryFCB summary AZE Baku Gelabert 7Almerares 32 1:0Gelabert 36 2:1da Silva 61Frei 63 3:1Huggel 69Shaqiri 74 4:2Mustafi 84 5:1Mustafi 85Shaqiri 90 33 1:1 Felipe85 Fabio Ramim85 Jaba St. Jakob-Park, Basel 7,113 Hannes Kaasik (Estonia) W Basel won 8–2 on aggregate. Group stage, group E 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group E Matchday 1 17 September 2009 19:00 Basel SUI 2–0 UEFA summaryFCB summary ITA Roma Carlitos 11 1:0Cabral 33Costanzo 50Abraham 64Çağdaş 73Almerares 87 2:0Almerares 88 45 Ménez78 Pizarro St. Jakob-Park, Basel 16,459 ESP Carlos Velasco Carballo (RFEF) W Matchday 2 1 October 2009 21:05 Fulham ENG 1–0 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI Basel Murphy 57 1:0Greening 63Baird 85 Craven Cottage, London 16,100 GER Michael Weiner (DFB) L Matchday 3 22 October 2009 21:05 CSKA Sofia BUL 0–2 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI Basel Todorov 67Branekov 70 20 0:1 Frei34 Safari63 0:2 Frei Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 17,000 POR Manuel De Sousa (FPF) W CSKA Sofia played their home group matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria. Matchday 4 5 November 2009 19:00 Basel SUI 3–1 UEFA summaryFCB summary BUL CSKA Sofia Gelabert 35 1:0Frei 41 pen. 2:0Frei 67 3:1 15 K. Stoyanov19 Morozs61 2:1 Yanchev St. Jakob-Park, Basel 15,255 UKR Oleg Oriekhov (FFU) W Matchday 5 3 December 2009 21:05 Roma ITA 2–1 UEFA summaryFCB summary SUI Basel Totti 32 pen. 1:1Ménez 44De Rossi52Vučinić 59 2:1Juan90+2 18 0:1 Huggel31 Gelabert75 Carlitos Stadio Olimpico, Rome 27,000 FRA Tony Chapron (FFF) L Matchday 6 16 December 2009 19:00 Basel SUI 2–3 UEFA summaryFCB summary ENG Fulham Abraham 40Frei 45Frei 64 pen. 1:2Streller 87 2:3 30 Zamora41 0:1 Zamora45 0:2 Zamora51 Greening 77 1:3 Gera St. Jakob-Park, Basel 20,063 SWE Stefan Johannesson (SvFF) L main WDL Group E Q ROM ITA Roma FUL ENG Fulham BSL SUI Basel CSK BUL CSKA Sofia 4 1 1 10 5 3 2 1 8 6 3 0 3 10 7 0 1 5 2 12 KO KO green1 Advance to knockout phase n noflag 3–1 2–3 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 complete Soccerway Statistics in the 2009–10 Season League Goalscorers/Assists Updated to games played 16 May 2010 League ScorerGoalsSwitzerland Marco Streller21Switzerland Alexander Frei15Australia Scott Chipperfield13Switzerland Valentin Stocker12Switzerland Benjamin Huggel11Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri4Argentina Federico Almerares3Brazil Antônio da Silva2Argentina Marcos Gelabert2Cameroon Jacques Zoua2Portugal Carlitos1Turkey Çağdaş Atan1Sweden Behrang Safari1Switzerland Cabral1Opposition own goals1Total goals scored90 NameLeague AssistsSwitzerland Alexander Frei10Switzerland Marco Streller10Switzerland Valentin Stocker9Australia Scott Chipperfield8Brazil Antônio da Silva7Portugal Carlitos6Sweden Behrang Safari5Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri5Switzerland Benjamin Huggel4Ghana Samuel Inkoom4Argentina Federico Almerares3Turkey Çağdaş Atan3Argentina David Abraham2Argentina Marcos Gelabert1Cameroon Jacques Zoua1Total assists made78 Swiss Cup Goalscorers/Assists Updated to games played 9 May 2010 Cup ScorerGoalsArgentina Federico Almerares4Switzerland Alexander Frei4Switzerland Marco Streller3Switzerland Valentin Stocker3Switzerland Marco Aratore1Switzerland Orhan Mustafi1Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri1Cameroon Jacques Zoua1Australia Scott Chipperfield1Switzerland Benjamin Huggel1Total goals scored20 NameCup AssistsSwitzerland Marco Streller3Australia Scott Chipperfield2Argentina Marcos Gelabert2Switzerland Alexander Frei2Switzerland Valentin Stocker1Turkey Serkan Sahin1Argentina Federico Almerares1Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri1Total assists made13 European Goalscorers/Assist Updated to games played 16 December 2009 European ScorerGoalsSwitzerland Alexander Frei8Switzerland Marco Streller6Argentina Federico Almerares5Argentina Marcos Gelabert3Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri2Switzerland Benjamin Huggel2Portugal Carlitos1Australia Scott Chipperfield1Switzerland Orhan Mustafi1Turkey Serkan Sahin1Total goals scored30 NameEuropean AssistsSwitzerland Alexander Frei4Switzerland Valentin Stocker3Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri3Brazil Antônio da Silva3Switzerland Benjamin Huggel2Switzerland Marco Aratore2Ghana Samuel Inkoom1Portugal Carlitos1Switzerland Marco Streller1Switzerland Cabral1Sweden Behrang Safari1Argentina Federico Almerares1Switzerland Dominik Ritter1Argentina Marcos Gelabert1Total assists made25 Total Goalscorers/Assists Updated to games played 16 May 2010 All Game ScorerGoalsSwitzerland Marco Streller30Switzerland Alexander Frei27Australia Scott Chipperfield15Switzerland Valentin Stocker15Switzerland Benjamin Huggel14Argentina Federico Almerares12Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri7Argentina Marcos Gelabert5Cameroon Jacques Zoua3Brazil Antônio da Silva2Portugal Carlitos2Switzerland Orhan Mustafi2Turkey Çağdaş Atan1Sweden Behrang Safari1Switzerland Cabral1Turkey Serkan Sahin1Switzerland Marco Aratore1Opposition own goals1Total goals scored140 NameAll AssistsSwitzerland Alexander Frei16Switzerland Marco Streller14Switzerland Valentin Stocker13Australia Scott Chipperfield10Brazil Antônio da Silva10Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri9Portugal Carlitos7Sweden Behrang Safari6Switzerland Benjamin Huggel6Ghana Samuel Inkoom5Argentina Federico Almerares5Argentina Marcos Gelabert4Turkey Çağdaş Atan3Argentina David Abraham2Switzerland Marco Aratore2Cameroon Jacques Zoua1Switzerland Cabral1Switzerland Dominik Ritter1Turkey Serkan Sahin1Total assists made116 References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. 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