2014–15 FC Basel season

FC Basel FC Basel.png 150 FC Basel Logo 2014–15 FCB Holding AG Bernhard Heusler Paulo Sousa Ground St. Jakob-Park Super League 1st Swiss Cup Runners-up Champions League Round of 16 Shkëlzen Gashi (21) Shkëlzen Gashi (25) Swiss League:33,372 vs. Zürisch(9 August 2014)Champions League: 36,000 vs. Liverpool(1 October 2014)36,000 vs. Real Madrid (26 November 2014 ) Swiss League:25,304 vs. Vaduz(28 February 2015)Champions League: 34,464 vs. Porto(28 February 2015) _basel1415h _basel1415h _basel14h _basel1415h _3_stripes_white FF0000 FF0000 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF _basel14a _basel1415a _basel14a _basel1415a _3_stripes_black FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 FC Basel season was the 122nd season in club history and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were the reigning Swiss Super League champions. They prepared their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Switzerland, Austria and Czech Republic. Their 2014–15 Swiss Super League season began on 19 July with an away game against Aarau. Basel qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, starting in the group stage. They were drawn in Group B against Real Madrid, Liverpool and Ludogorets Razgrad and started on 16 July with an away tie against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. In the first round of the 2014–15 Swiss Cup, played on 23 August 2014, Basel were drawn away against CS Italia. The final was played on 7 June 2015. Club FC Basel Holding AG The FC Basel Holding AG owns 75% of FC Basel 1893 AG and the other 25% is owned by the club FC Basel 1893 members. The club FC Basel 1893 functions as a base club independent of the holding company and the AG. FC Basel 1893 AG is responsible for the operational business of the club, e.g. the 1st team, a large part of the youth department and the back office are affiliated there. All decisions that affect the club FC Basel 1893 are made within the AG. Club management The FC Basel 120th AGM took place in April 2014 and was held in Basel's congress center. The members of the board were all re-elected unanimously. These are president Bernhard Heusler, vice-president Adrian Knup, sport director Georg Heitz, financial manager Stephan Werthmüller and marketing manager René Kamm. The other three directors are Reto Baumgartner since 2008, Dominik Donzé since 2009 and Benno Kaiser since 1999 and they were also willing to continue and they were also elected without counter-votes. Chairman SUI Mr Bernhard Heusler Vice Chairman SUI Mr Adrian Knup 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 38,5122014 http://www.fcb.ch/Club/StadiumSt.JakobPark Figures and facts FC Basel 1893 2014-07-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120203010621/http://www.fcb.ch/Club/StadiumSt.JakobPark 2012-02-03 ) (37,500 for international matches)AFC Ajax 2011/2012 UEFA 120x80 m 1 July 2014 FCB Official Site July 2014 Team management Basel's team manager was Paulo Sousa. On 28 May 2014, Basel announced he had signed a three-year contract.FC Basel 1893 2014 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32285/26/7/7 https://archive.today/20140709071752/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32285/26/7/7 dead 2014-07-09 Paulo Sousa wird neuer Cheftrainer beim FC Basel 1893 FC Basel 1893 2014-05-28 de His assistants were Ignacio Torreño, Víctor Sánchez and Manuel Cordeiro, all three of which were brought in by Sousa. Massimo Colomba remained the goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni was head of the FCB Youth System, while the head coach of the Youth Team (U–21) was Thomas Häberli. Manager Portugal Paulo Sousa since 18 June 2014 1 Assistant manager Ignacio Torreño 2 Assistant manager Víctor Sánchez 3 Assistant manager Manuel Cordeiro Goalkeeper Coach Switzerland Massimo Colomba Team Administration Switzerland Gustav Nussbaumer Youth Team Coach Switzerland Thomas Häberli Youth Team Co-Coach Switzerland Roland Heri 1 July 2014 FCB Official Site July 2014 Overview Offseason and preseason At the end of the 2013–14 FC Basel season, four first-team players left the club to continue their careers elsewhere: Yann Sommer to Borussia Mönchengladbach; Valentin Stocker to Hertha BSC; Kay Voser to Fulham; and Admir Seferagić to Schaffhausen. Moreover, David Degen retired from football. Basel's four biggest signings for the beginning of the new season were Tomáš Vaclík from Sparta Prague; Yoichiro Kakitani from Cerezo Osaka; Derlis González from Benfica; and Shkëlzen Gashi from Grasshopper. Also new to the team were Luca Zuffi, who transferred from Thun, and Walter Samuel, who joined from Internazionale on a free transfer. Midseason During the winter break, two team members transferred to Bundesliga clubs: Serey Dié to VfB Stuttgart and Marcelo Díaz to Hamburger SV. Two further players were loaned out: Naser Aliji to Vaduz from 17 January until 30 June 2015, and Giovanni Sio to Bastia from 1 February until 30 June 2015. In the other direction, on 10 January, Basel announced that left-back Adama Traoré had joined from Vitória de Guimarães, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract. FC Basel 1893 2015 http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/01/10/FCB-verpflichtet-Linksverteidiger-Adama-Traore FCB verpflichtet Linksverteidiger Adama Traore de FC Basel 1893 2015-01-10 2015-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150113012234/http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/01/10/FCB-verpflichtet-Linksverteidiger-Adama-Traore dead The campaign Domestic league The club's primary objective for the team in the new season was for them to win the Swiss Super League championship for the sixth-straight year. First half of season . Basel's 2014–15 Swiss Super League season began well with an away victory on 19 July against Aarau. Basel won their next three matches as well, two at home against Luzern and Zürich and one away against Thun. However, this run was stopped in the fifth round after Basel lost 2–0 at home to St. Gallen, with Albert Bunjaku scoring both goals for the guests. Two further victories, away against Sion in the Stade Tourbillon and at home against Young Boys, were followed by a defeat at the Letzigrund against Grasshopper. At this point, criticism started mounting against new manager Paulo Sousa from the local press, in part due to his continual squad rotation, not only player but also position rotation for the players. Sousa himself, kept answering by referring to “a process”. A home win against Vaduz was followed by a disappointing home draw against Thun and an upsetting defeat against St. Gallen at the AFG Arena. By this time, criticism had risen to its highest, even from the local fan clubs. However, following four wins from the following five league matches, the negative voices slowly changed into a positive direction. In round 17, as league leaders, Basel played the away tie against second-placed Zürich and won 2–1; Shkëlzen Gashi scored both goals. At the end of the first half of the season, Basel, with 41 points, led the league table, eight points ahead of their nearest rivals Zürich and the Young Boys. Second half of season Basel started into the second half of the season with that advantage and with a victory away from home against the Grasshoppers. However, a home draw against Sion followed, then a defeat in the Stade de Suisse against the Young Boys, who moved closer in the table, and again, the criticism mounted against head coach Sousa. Repeatedly, from both press and fans, as the rotation of players and positions continued. Sousa continued to refer to “a process”. The triple load, domestic league, cup and Champions League required this rotation. The elimination from the Champions League worked another negative feeling, but victories in the quarterfinal and semi-final of the cup and six victories in the league worked positive. Amongst these were the 4–1 away big win against Luzern, goal scoreres 2x Gashi, Delgado, Callà, and the two home big wins, 6–0 against Aarau, goal scorers, 2x Gashi, 2x Delgado, 2x Streller, and 5–1 against Zürich, hattrick Embolo. With these victories FCB took a big step towards the championship title, as they then led the table with ten points. However, the home game against FC Zürich was overshadowed by a ten-minute interruption. The moods had already been heated, following the red cards against Davide Chiumiento and Shkëlzen Gashi, then because pyrotechnic material flew close to the playing field after the Zürich goal, especially from the guest fan-sector, the referee interrupted the game and sent both teams into the changing rooms. Then, after the match there were further incidents outside the stadium. Christoph Kieslich Samuel Waldis 12 April 2015 https://tageswoche.ch/sport/eine-gala-des-fc-basel-und-eine-schande-fuer-die-fans/ Eine Gala des FC Basel und eine Schande für die Fans A gala from FC Basel and a shame for the fans tageswoche.ch 2021-11-16 Despite a home defeat against Luzern and an away defeat against Aarau, Basel moved clear at the top of the table. They won the championship 12 points ahead of Young Boys and 25 points above third placed Zürich. The club's aim of the championship title had been achieved. Domestic cup The club's clear aim for the Basel team for the 2014–15 Swiss Cup was for them to regain the cup title. In the previous two seasons, they had ended both cup competitions as runners-up. In the first-round teams from 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. CS Italien GE ( 23 August 2014) Basel were drawn against CS Italien GE, an amateur team who at that time played in the 2. Liga, the sixth tier of Swiss football. The match was played in Stade des Arberes in Meyrin with an attendance of 2,650 fans. As expected, the amateurs had no chance. The FCB 4–0 victory was a clear victory, however, it was not a big win, it was not a show of force, as one could have expected. But it was a seriously downplayed performance against a second division club five classes lower. CS Italien managed exactly one shot at Germano Vailati's goal, while FCB had further chances in addition to the goals from Delgado (7th), Embolo (30th), Frei (53rd) and Gashi (93rd), some were unfortunate and some were excessively playful, but they remained unused chances. Tilman Pauls 25 August 2014 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=30168 Glanzlos Lacklustre Basler Zeitung / Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2021-11-16 Winterthur (21 September 2014) In the second-round teams from Super League were seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Basel were drawn against Winterthur, who played in the second tier of Swiss football. The match was played in the Schützenwiese and referee was Stephan Studer. Head coach Paulo Sousa let the Basel team play without various of their top performers such as Marco Streller, Fabian Frei and Shkelzen Gashi for this cup tie. Others stepped in for this trio. First and foremost, the 17-year-old striker Breel Embolo, who decided the game early with his goals in the 36th and 42nd minute to lead the game 3–0 at half time. In the 67th minute, the teenager also scored the 4–0 and completed his hattrick. The first Basel goal was scored by Mohamed Elneny in the 32nd minute with a shot from 20 meters, that found its way into the goal via the inside of the post. Basel had a difficult first 30 minutes. Winterthur played out some good moves and created good chances to score, before the first Basel goal and then, especially at the beginning of the second half, when FCB reserve keeper Germano Vailati had to make a few saves. Among other things, he brilliantly fended off a free kick from Tunahan Cicek on 56 minutes. Then, at the latest after the 0–4 and the dismissal of Dennis Iapichino, for a last grasp foul in the 71st, the hosts’ resistance was broken in front of the 5,050 spectators in the sold-out stadium. (Si) 21 September 2014 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=30940 Drei Tore von Embolo Three goals from Embolo Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2021-11-16 Wohlen (29 October 2014) In the third round, matches between teams from the Super League were avoided as much as possible. Two clashes of this kind took place anyway. The team from the lower league received home rights, otherwise the team drawn first got home rights. Basel were drawn against second tier Wohlen, who were then the Swiss Challenge League leaders. The match was played in the Stadion Niedermatten in Wohlen, which has a capacity of 3,734, so the hosts’ built an additional grandstand for their fans and the attendance on the matchday was 4,100 spectators. Referee in this tie was Adrien Jaccottet. The FCB team, who competed without Shkelzen Gashi and Serey Die, among others, undoubtedly wielded the finer blade. With their first two chances at goal, FC Basel proved the difference in Wohlen. After eleven minutes, the Japanese attacker Yoichiro Kakitani converted the cross from Matias Delgado with a side-kick. Five minutes before the break, Kakitani provided an ideal pass into Giovanni Sio's path, which Sio safely netted to make it 2–1 at half time. In between, Mërgim Brahimi in the 14th minute had brought the underdogs back into the game with a foul penalty. With increasing playing time, the difference in class became more visible. The favourite let the ball circulate skilfully within their own ranks and gave FC Wohlen no further significant chances to score. The way that the FCB team brought the victory over the rounds was masterful. Substitute Breel Embolo ended the game in the 91st minute. (Si) 29 October 2014 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=30947 FC Wohlen – FC Basel 1:3 (1:2) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2021-11-16 Münsingen (4 March 2015) There was no home advantage granted in the draw for the quarter-finals. SC Buochs, from the fifth tier of Swiss football, were the lowest-ranked team in this round and FC Münsingen from the third tier were also still in the competition. The other six teams were from the Super League. Basel were drawn away against Münsingen. This was a repeat of the second-round clash in the previous season, in which a record attendance of 4,100 fans were present in the Sportanlage Sandreutenen. The hosts rebuilt the additional grandstands for this clash as well and again this time the attendance was over 4,000 fans. The Basel team were able to ensure clear conditions early on in the game, by the interval they were already leading 5–0. The amateur team from Münsingen were overwhelmed from the beginning. Time after time their defence was overrun by the FCB attackers. The Japanese attacker Yoichiro Kakitani shone out above the others with his hattrick. The outsider, who had eliminated Wil in the previous round, had nothing against this dominance. The 0–1 in the seventh minute would not have been necessary from the hosts' point of view, because it was made possible by a gift from goalie Lars Müller. The goalkeeper had rushed out of his goal, but he failed to block the ball against Ahmed Hamoudi, and so the Egyptian was able to calmly slide the leather into the empty goal. Basel never gave up the game dictation, although they played without various top performers. Regular goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik, Taulant Xhaka and Derlis Gonzalez remained on the bench. Marco Streller, Shkelzen Gashi and Fabian Schär did not even figure in the squad. Münsingen were able to score a consolation goal in the closing stages to make it 1–6. Following a cross from Daniel Preradovic, Christian Plüss poked the ball over the line in the middle. Both players had been substituted in. (Si) 4 March 2015 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=30950 FC Münsingen – FC Basel 1:6 (0:5) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2021-11-16 St. Gallen (8 April 2015) In the semi-final St. Gallen were drawn at home in the AFG Arena against Basel. Goal getter Shkelzen Gashi put Basel in the front after a quarter of an hour, the pass came from Breel Embolo, who had out danced three opponents following an error by Daniele Russo. At halftime it was 0–2. Mario Mutsch, who was put under pressure from Gashi, unluckily deflected a corner kick from Matias Delgado into his own goal. On 60 minutes Embolo served Gashi with a splendid 30-meter pass. Centre back Russo hesitated, not only this time, and the goal getter slotted home with a hard, low shot into the far corner. After an hour the game was decided in this one-sided football festival in front of 16,690 spectators. Džengis Čavušević was granted the consolation goal in the 87th minute for the never giving up and always combative St. Gallen team. With FC Basel, the technical, tactical and more fluent team made it into the final in their own stadium. Alongside double goal scorer Gashi, Breel Embolo stood out from the well-rehearsed and ball-safe FCB ensemble. Embolo skilfully retreated when St. Gallen had ball possession, in order to rush forwards at high speed from the second row on counter-attacks He prepared two hits and with his dribbling was a constant source of danger for the St. Gallen defence. A downer for the 18-year-old Swiss Neo-International was the yellow card that he was shown by referee Stephan Klossner after 18 minutes. Since it was his second warning in the cup competition, the attacking talent was suspended for the final. (Si) 8 April 2015 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=31016 FC St. Gallen – FC Basel 1:3 (0:2) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2021-11-16 Sion (7 June 2015) The Final was played on 7 June 2015 against Sion and with an attendance of 35,674 fans the St. Jakob-Park was sold out. Referee was Nikolaj Hänni. An ex-Basler was the match winner for Sion. The Portuguese technical genius Carlitos played the two deadly passes into the depth, which led to the 1–0 by goal getter Moussa Konaté on 18 minutes and the 2–0 by Edimilson Fernandes on 50 minutes. Carlitos himself scored the goal for the 3–0 final result after an hours play. He scored after a cross from Elsad Zverotić with a diving header. Swiss Football League (SFL) 7 June 2015 https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2015/cp-2137/cr-0/tg-2476013/ FC Basel – FC Sion 0:3 (0:1) Swiss Football League (ASF/SFL) homepage 2021-11-16 Conclusion As from the FCB point of view, the club's cup aim to reach the final was achieved. However, the defeat in this height was an embarrassment. It was also a big disappointment because this was the third cup final in succession that the team had reached and had ended defeated. Champions League Basel entered into the Champions League in the group stage. Their initial aim is to remain in the competition and reach the Champions League knockout phase. Third position in the group would entitle them to a slot in the Europa League knockout phase and this was their minimum aim. The draw was held on 28 August 2014 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Basel were seeded into pot 2 and were drawn into Group B together with Real Madrid, the title holders and top seeded in pot 1, Liverpool from pot 3, who had qualified as runners-up in the 2013–14 Premier League, and Ludogorets Razgrad, who as Bulgarian football league champions had qualified to pot 4 by beating FC Steaua București in the play-off round. Real Madrid (16 September 2014) Basels first game was on 16 September, an away tie against Real in the stadium Santiago Bernabéu with an attendance of 65,364 fans. This first tie turned out very bad for Basel. The home team dominated ball possession from the very beginning, but the first two efforts from Luka Modrić and Cristiano Ronaldo both flew over the crossbar. As it seemed that Basel had over stood the start furioso, full-back Nacho's cross was deflected by Marek Suchý into his own goal after just 14 minutes. Basel almost drew level 2 minutes later, but Marco Streller sent Taulant Xhaka's cross into the side netting. Basel's goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík was beaten again on 30 minutes, Modrić's pass over the defence fell into the path of Gareth Bale, who lifted the ball over the outrushing keeper and tapped it into an empty goal. This started Real's best period, another minute later Ronaldo doubled up, as Modrić and Bale set him up. On 37 minutes Karim Benzema's effort was deflected, but Vaclík was able to claw it away, however, James Rodríguez pushed the ball home. Exactly one minute later Luca Zuffi played a neat through ball to Derlis Gonzalez, who raced in to fire the ball low across Iker Casillas into the far corner. After the break the game cooled down. Basel had a good chance as Gonzalez received a ball that had come over the defenders, but Casillas showed a stunning reaction. Minutes later Basel centre-back Fabian Schär hit a long-range shot that beat the Real goalie but bounced off the post. On 79 minutes Benzema netted the last and Basel lost 1–5. Despite the fact that Basel had 48% ball possession, they were never really in the game. A rampant Real Madrid had eased Basel aside toward the end of the first period. Joseph Walker 16 September 2014 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0ea758aea7ec-ba154ee06bdb-1000--rampant-madrid-ease-basel-aside/ Rampant Madrid ease Basel aside UEFA 2021-11-16 Liverpool (1 October 2014) On matchday 2, Basel had a home game at the St. Jakob-Park with a sold-out attendance of 36,000 fans against Liverpool. The hosts could have been forgiven their cautious approach into this game, following their heavy defeat against Real in the Spanish capital two weeks earlier. Head coach Paulo Sousa made a bold decision to give 17-year-old forward Breel Embolo his maiden Champions League start. Basel started well into the game. In the early stages Mohamed Elneny snapped at Steven Gerrard's heels and won ball possession. But the Liverpool captain made amends for losing the ball, because as it came to Basel captain Marco Streller, Gerrard blocked Streller's promising shot. Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet stood exactly right as an Elneny's effort bent inward and goalward and soon afterwards Ahmed Hamoudi hammered his shot just beyond the far post, just as Basel produced the more threatening chances before the half time break. The most dangerous of these chances came on 35 minutes as Geoffroy Serey Die received Marco Streller's return one/two pass and out dribbled two challenges, but his angled shot was kicked away by Mignolet. Marco Streller scored the decisive goal seven minutes after the break. He was spot on after a corner kick and a save from Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet. In its creation, the goal was lucky because Mignolet had been checked by his own defender and thus enabled Streller to shoot. But it was anything other than a "lucky punch" if one looks at the entire game. FCB were the better team, they had clear advantages in the midfield area, they won a majority of the one against one duels and, at least until the 1–0, they also had more than the better share of the game. After the goal, Basel only had to worry two or three times about their victory. The closest to the equaliser was Mario Balotelli. Just after the hour, the Italian striker forced Basel goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik with a powerful free kick from about 25 meters to an unorthodox parade with his chest. A little later, Raheem Sterling and Lazar Marković also had opportunities. But Basel wouldn't let them take the victory from themselves anymore. A victory for the prestige. Ian Holyman 1 October 2014 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0ea70ea33eb2-729dcb73dea9-1000--streller-strikes-as-basel-see-off-liverpool/ Streller strikes as Basel see off Liverpool UEFA 2021-11-16 Ludogorets Razgrad (22 October 2014) Matchday 3 was a tie against Ludogorets Razgrad, who played their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia instead of their regular stadium, Ludogorets Arena in Razgrad. Basel started well into the match, had more possession and made good moves and Breel Embolo had the first chance. Ludogorets first chance came on 17 minutes as a long free kick was headed towards goal, Tomáš Vaclík parried well. One minute later a knockback for the visitors, as Serey Die took on a ball from Fabian Frei in the middle of the opponents’ half he collided with Cosmin Moți. Referee Deniz Aytekin of the German Football Association showed Serey Die a very harsh direct red card. The numerical disadvantage was not obvious immediately, after a nice one/two with Davide Calla, Derlis Gonzalez almost put Basel a goal up, big save from goalie Vladislav Stoyanov. Ludogorets slowly gained the upper hand as time went by, they forced Basel back, but the FCB defence did their work, because, Ludogorets only created one single chance before the interval. In the second period the home team had more possession and created a number of chances, especially from set pieces, but goalie Vaclík was equal to them all. Going into added time Yordan Minev advanced on the left, failing an open man the full back had a shot at goal and the ball deflected slightly off Taulant Xhaka's back and caught Vaclík wrongfooted. Ludogorets late show downed ten-man Basel and won the game 1–0. At the end of the day, because Liverpool lost at home against Real, three teams were then equal on three points, Basel, Liverpool and Ludogorets Razgrad. Matthias Rötters 22 October 2014 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0ea7495adf3e-99bc977a559d-1000--ludogorets-late-show-downs-ten-man-basel/ Ludogorets late show downs ten-man Basel UEFA 2021-11-16 Ludogorets Razgrad (4 November 2014) With 35,272 spectators the St. Jakob-Park was not quite sold-out for the return match against Ludogorets Razgrad. Basel started well into the game on this rainy evening and after just 90 seconds they had their first chance to score through Derlis Gonzalez. However, thereafter it took a long time for FCB to come up with further clear opportunities. Although they had significantly more all possession in the first half hour, over the last 30 meters there was either a lack of precision on the final pass or assertiveness. The spell broke on 34 minutes, captain Fabian Frei found the precision, with a good pass to Breel Embolo, who won the duel with Georgi Terziev and cold bloodedly put the hosts in front. The 17-year-old Cameroonian had lost a lot of balls in the start phase and had problems with the tightly knit Bulgarian defensive. Seven minutes after Embolo's opening goal, Derlis Gonzalez increased in a similar way to 2–0 and thus ensured an early decision. Fabian Frei had prepared the second goal as well, he served his team-mate with a wonderful steep pass into the depth. After the break Basel dominated territory and ball. Shkelzen Gashi increased to 3–0 from short range on 59 minutes, following a neat pass from Embolo. Another six minutes later Marek Suchy prodded home a corner from Luca Zuffi for the final result. The Swiss champions won the home game against the Bulgarian champions deservedly with 4–0 and moved up to second place in the group table. Ian Holyman 4 November 2014 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d0421953a0e-a839fcb75ef3-1000--embolo-leads-basel-to-ludogorets-stroll/ Embolo leads Basel to Ludogorets stroll UEFA 2021-11-16 Real Madrid (26 November 2014) The return game against Real Madrid was three weeks after the Ludogorets game. On matchday 5 in the St. Jakob-Park was sold out with 36,000 spectators. And the fans created a gripping atmosphere with their noise, singing and passion and it was as so the home fans knew that their team required extra help to keep Madrid's star constellation from shining. Basel started well and fast into the game. The first chance fell on 12 minutes for Breel Embolo but the ball went wide. The second came for Marco Streller on 23 minutes, but he miscued. On 35 minutes Karim Benzema, who had not been seen before, entered the box with speed from the left, diagonally to the by-line outplaying Fabian Schär and passed with precision backwards to Cristiano Ronaldo, who hit the ball into the net. Basel never gave up. Until the end, the Basel team showed that they wanted more than an honourable defeat. They searched for the equaliser and that would have been an exploit against Real. Especially during the last half an hour, the FCB came up with scoring chances, the closest from Embolo. The teenager failed in the 67th minute from a tight angle on goalie Keylor Navas. Then, seconds from the end, it was substitute Ahmed Hamoudi who curled the ball inwards, but just wide of the goal. This meant Real made it five wins out of five. In the other group match Ludogorets and Liverpool drew 2–2 and Basel remained in second position in the table. Ian Holyman 26 November 2014 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d7f93539812-b4a135d24fbf-1000--madrid-make-it-five-wins-out-of-five-at-basel/ Madrid make it five wins out of five at Basel UEFA 2021-11-16 Liverpool (9 December 2014) Matchday 6 was the match Liverpool against Basel and even before the match, the requirements were clear. Madrid were through to the next round with 15 points in the group table, Basel were second in the group with 6 points, Liverpool and Ludogorets were level on 4 points, Liverpool had the advantage of the direct meetings. So the motto was "the winner takes it all". Liverpool required all three points to reach the round of 16 for the first time since 2008/09. Basel only needed the draw to secure their first knockout-stage appearance since season 2011/12, so long as Ludogorets didn't win their match in Madrid. Anfield had an attendance of 43,290 spectators on this cloudy and windy evening and both teams were roared on by their noisy fans, some 3,000 FCB fans had travelled in from Basel. FCB had the first chance after just 3 minutes, but Shkëlzen Gashi shot wide. Basel had expected its opponents to come forward with power, looking for chances, shooting at goal in the first 15/20 minutes. But, with the exception of an early effort by Steven Gerrard, precious little came of this initial furiousness. It wasn't necessarily just because of Liverpool's recurring problem of having to be creative, Basel head coach Paulo Sousa obviously had the right match plan in place. In the initial phase, Basel largely blocked the pass routes towards Gerrard, therefore, the playmaker had practically no influence. The Liverpool team seemed to lose their patience and they looked insecure. Raheem Sterling decided to pass back instead of trying himself after 20 minutes. The home fans reacted indignantly to this for the first time. Basel tempted Liverpool, with aggressive pressing in various situations, the home team rowed up a number of bad passes. One minute later a cross from Mohamed Elneny dropped for Marco Streller, but his shot was blocked. Liverpool's passing lacked fluency and the visitors were sharper and created the greater threat. On 25 minutes Basel's first shot on target shocked opponents and the majority of the spectators. Fabian Frei played a pass on to Luca Zuffi, he tied up Frei moving left and he shot left footed into the far bottom corner. The home fans reacted indignantly to this as well. Up until half time Basel created more good chances. The very strong Luca Zuffi was often the origin of these moves, after 30 minutes he set up Derlis Gonzalez and after 39 minutes he set up Fabian Schär after a rebound. Taulant Xhaka's cross to Streller at the far post and his side kick volley came very close. Basel dominated the first half and thoroughly deserved to be in the lead. After the break Liverpool picked up, played more resolutely forwards created two chances but these efforts lacked precision. On 59 minutes Xhaka ran diagonally from the right sideline toward the centre and struck a shot with left, goalie Simon Mignolet was beaten, but the ball rolled inches wide. Then on 60 minutes Lazar Marković, trying to get away, struck Behrang Safari in the face. Referee Björn Kuipers of the Royal Dutch Football Association had no choice and dismissed him with red. Out of the game, the nine Liverpool outfield players achieved very little. A shot by Martin Skrtel on 68 minutes, an intervention timed to the millisecond by goalie Tomas Vaclik against Gerrard on 71 minutes. The culmination of a hectic final phase came in the 81st minute as a standard. Significantly it was captain Gerrard with a wonderful free kick to the top left corner and via the post into the net for the equaliser. Then followed a very tense finishing period, during which both teams had two/three further chances for the winning goal. Zuffi's shot brought a big save from Mignolet (83), Jordan Henderson saw Vaclík stop his deflected header on the goal-line (85), Safari's cross was missed only by inches by Gashi in front of the open goal (90+2) and at the other end as Vaclík pushed aside another Henderson effort in the 93rd minute, Basel's job was done. It was Steven Gerrard's 100th time in his career that he had scored in his own stadium and this one earnt his team the 1–1 end result and the draw. Simon Hart 9 December 2014 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/021c-0e8e96a99862-0bea8199800a-1000--determined-basel-hold-off-liverpool/ Determined Basel hold off Liverpool UEFA 2021-11-16 Conclusion Liverpool's point advanced them to the Europa League knockout phase. Here they were defeated by Beşiktaş, level on aggregate, in the penalty shoot-out. Basel advanced to the Champions League knockout phase. From the Basel point of view this was a very successful group stage, their aim had been achieved. Champions League knockout phase Basel's initial Champions League aim, to remain in the competition and reach the knockout phase was achieved herewith. With the draw to the round of 16 there were indeed hopes that they could reach the next round and the next aim was communicated as reaching the quarterfinals. The draw was held on 15 December 2014 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. In the draw the eight group winners were seeded and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. Porto (18 February 2015) Basel were drawn with the first game at home in the St. Jakob-Park to Porto. It was great atmosphere in the stadium even before the teams emerged from the tunnel. There was a decent-sized pocket of Porto fans, but they did well to make themselves heard. The attendance was a total of 34,464 spectators. Basel started the game well and in the eleventh minute Fabian Frei floated a long ball over the top of the defence and Derlis Gonzalez controlled the ball well, his finish was clever with the outside of his right boot and it's ramped up the noise even further. It was Gonzalez's third Champions League goal of the season. Porto responded and took control of the match, suddenly the game had greater fluidity. Porto had up to 60% ball possession, they created chances, but Basel held on well. Eventually Portos efforts paid off as they were awarded a penalty in the 79' minute, Danilo scored from the spot. It was a precise penalty into the bottom corner to Tomáš Vaclík's right and Porto got the away goal that they so badly wanted. A total of nine yellow cards were given during the match. At the end both teams seemed content to go into the return fixture at 1–1. The furious, physical nature of the game had evaporated somewhat as the game approached the final whistle. Carlos Jorge Santos 2015 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2014406--basel-vs-porto/ Danilo earns Porto late draw at dogged Basel 2015-02-18 Porto (10 March 2015) Before this second leg, all talk was about how Porto would cope without Jackson Martínez, after their forward and captain was ruled out for "several weeks" with a groin problem. But the second leg in Estádio do Dragão started badly for Basel. Yacine Brahimi superbly executed a free kick in the 14th minute to put Porto one up. Any hopes that Basel had were vanquished soon after half-time as Héctor Herrera made it 2–0, bending in a shot from the edge of the penalty area. Casemiro scored with a wonderful free-kick just a few minutes later. Finally, it was Vincent Aboubakar's fine shot, after he turned around Walter Samuel, before rifling in from over 20 Meters with some 14 minutes left that gave the 4–0 end result. Samuel, who conceded the set piece for the opening goal, ended the evening with another low because he was sent off. The second leg was fairer than the physically aggressive first leg, a total of four yellow cards and one red were shown during the return match. Carlos-Jorge Santos 2015 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/021f-0e9adc57ece0-3b9579bfffa8-1000--clinical-porto-through-to-the-quarter-finals/ Clinical Porto through to the quarter-finals UEFA 2015-03-10 Conclusion Porto advanced to the quarter-finals and were matched against Bayern Munich. Winning the first leg 3–1, they were defeated in the second leg 6–1 and, therefore lost 7–4 on aggregate. Bayern advanced to the semi-finals, but were beaten by Barcelona who then won the trophy. uefa.com 6 June 2015 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/2015/matches/ Season 2014/15 Barcelona complete treble in Berlin UEFA 2021-11-16 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 but subsequently left the club after that date. 1 July 2014 http://www.fcb.ch/Teams/1.Mannschaft Das Kader – Spielerportraits The Team – Player Portraits de FC Basel 1893 fcb.ch 1 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140625102424/http://www.fcb.ch/Teams/1.Mannschaft 2014-06-25 dead 1 CZE GK Tomáš Vaclík 3 CIV DF Adama Traoré 4 SUI DF Philipp Degen 5 SUI DF Arlind Ajeti 6 ARG DF Walter Samuel 7 SUI MF Luca Zuffi 8 CIV MF Serey Die 9 SUI FW Marco Streller Captain 10 ARG MF Matías Delgado 11 ALB MF Shkëlzen Gashi 13 BGR DF Ivan Ivanov 14 JPN FW Yoichiro Kakitani 16 SUI DF Fabian Schär 17 CZE DF Marek Suchý 18 SUI GK Germano Vailati 19 SWE DF Behrang Safari 20 SUI MF Fabian Frei vice-captain 21 CHL MF Marcelo Díaz 23 SUI GK Pascal Albrecht 24 EGY FW Ahmed Hamoudi 25 PAR FW Derlis González 26 ARG DF Gastón Sauro 27 SUI DF Naser Aliji 30 CIV FW Giovanni Sio 33 EGY MF Mohamed Elneny 34 ALB MF Taulant Xhaka 36 SUI FW Breel Embolo 39 SUI MF Davide Callà Out on loan SWI Darko Jevtić MF on loan at Lech Poznań from 11 June 2014 until 30 June 2015 FC Basel 1893 2014 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32314/26/7/7 https://archive.today/20140709071817/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32314/26/7/7 dead 2014-07-09 Darko Jevtic leihweise zu Lech Posen FC Basel 1893 2014-06-11 de SUI GK Mirko Salvi on loan at Biel from 1 July 2014 until 30 June 2015FC Basel 1893 2014 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32259/26/7/7 Salvi leihweise zu Biel, Seferagic definitiv zu Schaffhausen FC Basel 1893 2014-05-19 de https://web.archive.org/web/20140605053007/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32259/26/7/7 2014-06-05 dead 26 ARG DF Gastón Sauro on loan at Calcio Catania from 21 August 2014 until 30 June 2015 FC Basel 1893 2015 http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2014/08/21/Sauro-leihweise-nach-Italien Sauro leihweise nach Italien FC Basel 1893 2014-08-21 2014-08-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20140824122701/http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2014/08/21/Sauro-leihweise-nach-Italien dead SUI DF Michael José Gonçalves on loan at Wil from 12 January until 30 June 2015 FC Basel 1893 2015 http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/01/12/Michael-Goncalves-leihweise-zum-FC-Wil Michael Goncalves leihweise zum FC-Wil FC Basel 1893 2015-01-12 2015-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118172611/http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/01/12/Michael-Goncalves-leihweise-zum-FC-Wil dead 27 SUI DF Naser Aliji on loan at Vaduz from 17 January until 30 June 2015 FC Basel 1893 2015 http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/01/17/Naser-Aliji-leihweise-zu-Vaduz Naser Aliji leihweise zu Vaduz FC Basel 1893 2015-01-17 2015-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118163440/http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/01/17/Naser-Aliji-leihweise-zu-Vaduz dead 30 CIV FW Giovanni Sio on loan to Bastia from 1 February until 30 June 2015 FC Basel 1893 2015 http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/02/01/Giovanni-Sio-leihweise-zum-SC-Bastia Giovanni Sio wechselt leihweise zum SC Bastia FC Basel 1893 2015-02-01 2015-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103852/http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/02/01/Giovanni-Sio-leihweise-zum-SC-Bastia dead Transfers summer 2014 In 1 CZE GK Tomáš Vaclík from Sparta Prague FC Basel 1893 2014 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32274/26/7/7 https://archive.today/20140709071810/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32274/26/7/7 dead 2014-07-09 Tomas Vaclik wird neuer Torhüter beim FC Basel 1893 FC Basel 1893 2014-05-22 de 6 ARG DF Walter Samuel from Inter Milan Free transfer FC Basel 1893 2014 http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2014/07/23/Walter-Samuel-zum-FC-Basel Walter Samuel zum FC Basel FC Basel 1893 2014-07-23 de 2015-06-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20150610051121/http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2014/07/23/Walter-Samuel-zum-FC-Basel dead 7 SUI MF Luca Zuffi from FC Thun 11 ALB MF Shkëlzen Gashi from Grasshopper Club Zürich FC Basel 1893 2014 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32357/26/7/7 https://archive.today/20140709071807/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32357/26/7/7 dead 2014-07-09 Gashi: Transfer vollzogen FC Basel 1893 2014-06-30 de 14 JPN FW Yoichiro Kakitani from Cerezo Osaka 25 PAR FW Derlis González from S.L. Benfica Out SUI GK Yann Sommer to Borussia Mönchengladbach SUI MF David Degen end of football career FC Basel 1893 2014 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32307/26/7/7 David Degen beendet seine Fussballkarriere FC Basel 1893 2014-06-08 de https://web.archive.org/web/20140612081945/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32307/26/7/7 2014-06-12 dead SUI MF Valentin Stocker to Hertha BSC SUI DF Kay Voser to Fulham FC Basel 1893 2014 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32361/26/7/7 https://archive.today/20140709071816/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/32361/26/7/7 dead 2014-07-09 Kay Voser wechselt zum Fulham FC FC Basel 1893 2014-07-02 de BIH FW Admir Seferagić to Schaffhausen Transfers winter 2014/15 In 3 CIV DF Adama Traoré from Melbourne Victory Out 8 CIV MF Serey Die to VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga FC Basel 1893 2015 http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/02/02/Geoffroy-Serey-Die-vom-VfB-Stuttgart-verpflichtet VfB Stuttgart verpflichtet Geoffroy Serey Die FC Basel 1893 2015-02-02 2015-02-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20150205064320/http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/02/02/Geoffroy-Serey-Die-vom-VfB-Stuttgart-verpflichtet dead 21 CHL MF Marcelo Díaz to Bundesliga club Hamburger SV FC Basel 1893 2015 http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/02/02/Marcelo-Diaz-wechselt-zum-Hamburger-SV Marcelo Diaz wechselt zum Hamburger SV FC Basel 1893 2015-02-02 2015-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20150202225259/http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/02/02/Marcelo-Diaz-wechselt-zum-Hamburger-SV dead Results and fixtures Kickoff times are in CET Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly matches Pre- and mid-season Pre-season 2014 06 24 y 20:00 FC Basel 3–1 FCB summary Solothurn Ar. Ajeti 24 1:1Sauro 38 2:1Embolo 57 3:1 23 0:1 Sasso Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 750 Lionel Tschudi W The match was played over 2x 30 Minutes, fair game, no bookings Pre-season 27 June 2014 FC Köniz 1–3 FCB summary Basel 73 1:3 Tugai 5 0:1 Delgado32 0:2 Zuffi53 0:3 Al. Ajeti Sportplatz Liebefeld, Köniz 600 Lukas Fänhdrich W Fair game, no bookings Pre-season 3 July 2014 Wacker Innsbruck 0–3 FCB summary Basel Željko Đokić 77 15 0:1 F. Frei43 0:2 Streller52 0:3 Embolo Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck 2,000 Andreas Heiss W Pre-season 8 July 2014 18:00 CEST Basel 0–4 FCB summary Sparta Prague Sauro 47 5 0:1 Hušbauer8 pen. 0:2 Hušbauer46 0:3 Holek59 0:4 Nhamoinesu81 Kadeřábek Sportplatz Birkenmoos Rottach-Egern, Germany 100 Peter Sippel L Pre-season 12 July 2014 15:30 Basel 2–1 FCB summary Terek Grozny Streller 28 1:0Zuffi 85 pen. 2:1 51 1:1 Aílton67 Kydriashov0 90+2 Godzyur Neuried bei München, Germany 250 Matthias Jöllenbeck W Pre-season 15 July 2014 17:00 Basel 1–2 FCB summary Schaffhausen Safari 83 1:2 21 0:1 Almerares22 0:2 Tadić Stadion Rankhof, Basel 2,000 Alain Bieri (Solothurn) L Fair game, no bookings Mid-season 5 August 2014 Basel 6–0 FCB Summary Wohlen Delgado 14 1:0Delgado 17 pen.Kakitani 36 3:0Callà 40 4:0Embolo 56 5:0Hamoudi 82 6:0 Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein 50 (closed doors) Tomasz Superczynski W Fair game, no bookings Mid-season 15 November 2014 Basel 5–1 Summary SC Dornach Callà Sio Gashi Kakitani Delgado Jankovic St. Jakob-Park, Basel 0 (closed doors) W Winter break and mid-season Winter break 10 January 2015 10:30 Basel 9–0 FCB summary FC Hégenheim Streller 7 1:0P. Degen 12 2:0González 27 3:0Gashi 37 4:0Sio 52 5:0Díaz 54 6:0Al. Ajeti 78 7:0Elneny 87 8:0Embolo 89 pen. FC Basel Campus, Basel 1,000 Sascha Amhof W Fair game, no bookings Training camp 13 January 2015 16:15 Basel 2–2 FCB summary Karlsruher SC Streller 15 1:1Embolo 61Schär 62Samuel 86 2:2 8 0:1 Yamada70 1:2 Gordon83 Stoll90+1 Micanski Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara 100 Juan Antonio Vargas D Training camp 16 January 2015 17:00 Basel 2–1 FCB summary Fortuna Düsseldorf Delgado 22 1:0Kakitani 44 2:1Gashi 83 23 1:1 Liendl Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara 600 Juan Antonio Vargas W Training camp 20 January 2015 16:00 Basel 3–2 FCB summary Dynamo Kyiv Embolo 67 1:2Embolo 80 2:2Delgado 89 pen. 10 0:1 Vida42 Gusev65 0:2 Teodorczyk88 Vida Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara 20 Velazquez W Winter break 24 January 2015 14:30 Basel 2–0 FCB summary SC Freiburg Streller 33 1:0Elneny 40 2:0Embolo 2 75 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 1,828 Fabian Hänggi W Winter break 27 January 2015 14:00 Basel 2–1 FCB summary Schaffhausen Delgado 11 pen. 1:1Kakitani 14 2:1 6 0:1 Tadić Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein 400 Alain Bieri (Solothurn) W Fair game, no bookings Winter break 30 January 2015 18:30 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–0 FCB summary Basel Nielsen 63 1:0Zuck 71 2:0 Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig 3,850 Harm Osmers L Fair game, no bookings Mid-season 27 March 2015 15:30 Basel 4–0 FCB summary Old Boys Streller 19 1:0Korkmaz 31 2:0Hayoz 83 3:0Kakitani 86 4:0 64 Gutierrez Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein 200 Zenel Musa W Swiss Super League 2014–15 Swiss Super League First half of season Round 1 19 July 2014 17:45 Aarau 1–2 FCB summarySoccerway summary Basel Schultz 85 1:2 15 0:1 Embolo38 0:2 Aliji76 Aliji78 Frei Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 3,644 SUI Nikolaj Hänni W Round 2 27 July 2014 16:00 Basel 3–0 FCB summarySoccerway summary Luzern Streller 22 1:0Gashi 39 2:0Xhaka 58Callà 90+4 3:0 56 Lustenberger67 Jantscher73 Lezcano St. Jakob-Park, Basel 29,410 SUI Sascha Amhof W Round 3 2 August 2014 17:45 Thun 2–3 FCB summarySoccerway summary Basel Kaluđerović 49 1:2Sadik 84 2:2Schindelholz 87 19 0:1 Streller27 0:2 {Gashi59 Gashi74 González85 Streller88 2:3 Schär Arena Thun, Thun 9,214 SUI Alain Bieri (Solothurn) W Round 4 9 August 2014 20:00 Basel 4–1 FCB summarySoccerway summary Zürich Gashi 24 1:0Suchý 34Zuffi 39 2:0González 44Díaz 67Schär 71Kakitani 74 3:1Xhaka 81Delgado 87 4:1 27 Chikhaoui55 2:1 Chermiti62 Yapi Yapo90+4 Kecojević St. Jakob-Park, Basel 33,372 SUI Stephan Klossner W Round 5 14 August 2014 20:00 Basel 0–2 FCB summary St. Gallen Delgado 61 29 Facchinetti40 0:1 Bunjaku44 0:2 Bunjaku67 Rodriguez80 Herzog St. Jakob-Park, Basel 27,483 SUI Nikolaj Hänni L Round 6 17 August 2014 13:45 Sion 2–3 FCB summarySummary Basel Vanczák 9Herea 69 1:2Carlitos 75 pen. 2:2Rüfli 90+2 7 Elneny19 0:1 Gashi31 Suchý59 0:2 Streller84 o.g. 2:3 Vaņins90+2 P. Degen Stade Tourbillon, Sion 11,800 SUI Stephan Studer W Round 7 31 August 2014 16:00 Basel 3–1 FCB summary BSC Young Boys González 4 1:0Streller 20 2:0Gashi 37Samuel 45Schär 56VaclíkVaclík 61González 64Streller 69Kakitani 81 3:1 12 Nuzzolo32 2:1 Nuzzolo 62′ Gajić69 Sanogo St. Jakob-Park, Basel 31,103 SUI Alain Bieri (Solothurn) W Round 8 13 September 2014 17:45 Grasshopper Club 3–1 FCB summary Basel Ngamukol 12 1:0Dingsdag 45 2:1Lang 72 3:1 35 Safari39 1:1 Zuffi37 Díaz73 Delgado2 81 83 Callà Letzigrund, Zürich 7,700 SUI Sascha Amhof L Round 9 23 September 2014 19:45 Basel 3–1 FCB summarySummary Vaduz Zuffi 2 1:0Xhaka 76Streller 80 2:1Hamoudi 90+3 3:1 11 pen. 1:1 Lang48 Lang44 Kaufmann St. Jakob-Park, Basel 25,347 SUI Sandro Schärer W Round 10 27 September 2014 20:00 Basel 1–1 FCB summarySoccerway summary Thun Elneny 47Xhaka 51 1:0Hamoudi 60 31 Schindelholz36 González77 Glarner90 1:1 Sadik St. Jakob-Park, Basel 26,854 SUI Stephan Klossner D Round 11 4 October 2014 20:00 St. Gallen 2–1 FCB summarySoccerway summary Basel Čavušević 85 1:1Bunjaku 90Bunjaku 90+3 2:1 35 Suchý56 0:1 Callà90+4 González AFG Arena, St. Gallen 16,366 SUI Sascha Amhof L 49th minute, game interrupted due to excessive smoke development due to pyros being lit. Round 12 18 October 2014 20:00 Young Boys 0–1 FCB summary Basel Renato Steffen 45Guillaume Hoarau 69Moreno Costanzo 90+1 31 0:1 Gashi51 Aliji70 P. Degen74 Vaclík Stade de Suisse, Bern 22,002 SUI Nikolaj Hänni W Round 13 25 October 2014 20:00 Basel 1–1 FCB summary Sion Xhaka 47Sio 64 1:1P. Degen 91 Schär 94 51 0:1 41 Moussa Konaté88 Akolo92 Kouassi St. Jakob-Park, Basel 26,722 SUI Alain Bieri (Solothurn) D Round 14 1 November 2014 20:00 Basel 2–0 FCB summary Grasshopper Club Gashi 23 1:0González 47 2:0Gashi 61 39 Kahraba74 Pavlović81 Dingsdag St. Jakob-Park, Basel 29,339 SUI Sascha Amhof W Round 15 9 November 2014 13:45 Vaduz 0–4 FCB summary Basel Stahel 3Muntwiler 26 27 0:1 Díaz38 Schär45+2 0:2 Embolo49 0:3 Embolo76 0:4 Gashi Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz 6,733 (sold out) SUI Pascal Erlachner W Minute of mourning for the deceased Rainer Hasler (ex-Vaduz) Round 16 23 November 2014 13:45 Basel 3–0 FCB summary Aarau Gashi 86 2:0Díaz 56Sousa (head coach) 0 71Gashi 86 2:0Embolo 90+1 3:0 39 Radice77 Andrist St. Jakob-Park, Basel 28,742 SUI Nikolaj Hänni W 71 minutes Paulo Sousa (head coach) sent onto the stands Round 17 30 November 2014 16:00 Zürich 1–2 FCB summary Basel Kecojević 75 Chikhaoui 88 pen. 1:2 41 0:1 Gashi53 Gashi86 Díaz90+4 1:2 Gashi Letzigrund, Zürich 16,302 SUI Stephan Studer W Round 18 6 December 2014 17:45 Luzern 0–3 FCB summary Basel Samuel 19Delgado 55 0:1Delgado 61 0:2Embolo 90+3 0:3 16 Affolter17 Jantscher Swissporarena, Luzern 11,830 SUI Nikolaj Hänni W Second half of season Round 19 8 February 2015 16:00 CET Grasshopper Club 2–4 FCB summarySoccerway summary Basel Abrashi 31Dabour 49 1:1Bauer 56Lang 74 2:3 28 0:1 Elneny69 1:2 Gashi72 1:3 Streller81 2:4 Callà 84 González86 Delgado Letzigrund, Zürich 6,300 SUI Alain Bieri (Solothurn) W Round 20 14 February 2015 17:45 CET Basel 1–1 FCB summary Sion Vaclík 0 45+1Gashi 68 1:1 6 Fernandes45+1 pen. 0:1 Pa Modou56 Salatić70 Lacroix74 Akolo2 78 90 Perrier86 Ziegler St. Jakob-Park, Basel 25,363 SUI Sascha Amhof D Round 21 22 February 2015 16:00 Young Boys 4–2 FCB summary Basel Gerndt 10 1:0Lecjaks 16Hoarau 24Gerndt 27 2:0Gajić 60 3:0Vilotić 76Hadergjonaj 84Hoarau 90+3 4:2 15 González41 Safari71 3:1 Gashi88 Gashi90 Traoré90+2 3:2 Streller Stade de Suisse, Bern 17,420 SUI Stephan Klossner L Round 22 28 February 2015 20:00 Basel 1–0 FCB summary Vaduz Luca Zuffi 23F. Frei 41 1:0F. Frei 48Suchý 80 42 Neumayr St. Jakob-Park, Basel 25,304 SUI Fedayi San W Round 23 7 March 2015 20:00 Basel 3–0 FCB summary Thun Xhaka 41Gashi 45+1 1:0Streller 52 2:0Gashi 58 3:0 40 Ferreira St. Jakob-Park, Basel 26.354 SUI Pascal Erlachner W Round 24 15 March 2015 16:00 St. Gallen 2–2 FCB summary Basel Sikorski 16 1:1Mutsch 17Tréand 42 2:2Janjatović 69 9 0:1 Delgado34 1:2 Callà66 Traoré69 Xhaka74 Embolo89 Streller AFG Arena, St. Gallen 17,457 SUI Sandro Schärer D Round 25 21 March 2015 17:45 Luzern 1–4 FCB summary Basel Omlin 48Bozanic 48Puljić 52 1:3 Lustenberger 81 31 Xhaka32 0:1 Gashi 47 pen. 0:2 Delgado49 0:3 Gashi81 P. Degen87 1:4 Callà Swissporarena, Luzern 13,002 SUI Stephan Studer W Round 26 4 April 2015 20:00 Basel 6–0 FCB summary Aarau Delgado 6 pen. 1:0Streller 16 2:0Gashi 22 3:0Streller 33 4:0Delgado 36 5:0Gashi 63 6:0Samuel 70Hamoudi 79 27 Lüscher71 Andrist St. Jakob-Park, Basel 26,979 SUI Sandro Schärer W Round 27 12 April 2015 16:00 Basel 5–1 FCB summary Zürich Gashi 24Gashi 0 44Streller 44Embolo 45+1 2:0Embolo 47 3:0Embolo 78 4:1 Djimsiti 88 o.g. 5:1 8 Etoundi27 Kajević 32 Gavranović 0 38 Davide Chiumiento 44 Rikan70 Kecojević 71 3:1 Etoundi St. Jakob-Park, Basel 32,042 SUI Sascha Amhof W 72nd minute game interrupted for 10 minutes, because the referee no longer saw safety as being guaranteed (crowd problems) Round 28 18 April 2015 17:45 Sion 0–1 FCB summary Basel Kouassi 34Zverotić 80Ziegler86 28 Schär34 0:1 Embolo68 Callà71 F. Frei73 Suchý81 González Stade Tourbillon, Sion 12,500 SUI Alain Bieri (Solothurn) W Round 29 26 April 2015 13:45 Basel 1–2 FCB summary Luzern Suchý 25Delgado 37 1:2 1 0:1 Lezcano32 0:2 Schneuwly36 Thiesson83 Lustenberger St. Jakob-Park, Basel 28,897 SUI Stephan Studer L Round 30 29 April 2015 19:45 Vaduz 1–3 FCB summary Basel Muntwiler 34Sara 46Pak 66 1:2 30 0:1 Streller45+1 pen. 0:2 González82 1:3 Zuffi Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz 5,248 SUI Sascha Amhof W Round 31 2 May 2015 20:00 Basel 2–1 FCB summary Grasshopper Club Callà 34Elneny 55 1:1Callà 59 1:2Schär 90+2 45+1 0:1 Ravet65 Gülen St. Jakob-Park, Basel 28,852 SUI Stephan Klossner W Round 32 10 May 2015 16:00 Zürich 1–2 FCB summary Basel Rikan 28Nef 77Kecojević 86 1:1 42 0:1 Callà90+2 1:2 Suchý Letzigrund, Zürich 11,569 SUI Alain Bieri (Solothurn) W Round 33 17 May 2015 16:00 Basel 0–0 FCB summaryScoresway summary Young Boys Xhaka 25Suchý 45Traoré 71 15 Lecjaks37 von Bergen 90+1 Vitkieviez St. Jakob-Park, Basel 34,231 SUI Sascha Amhof D Round 34 20 May 2015 20:30 Aarau 2–1 FCB summaryScoresway summary Basel Mohamed Elneny 5 o.g. 1:0Djurić 49 2:0Burki 71Jaggy 89 42 Ajeti61 Samuel 62 2:1 Embolo Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 4,551 AUT Robert Schörgenhofer L Round 35 25 May 2015 16:00 Thun 2–2 FCB summary(Soccerpunter report) Basel Sadik 16 1:0Frontino 60Sadik 86 2:2 67 Hamoudi73 pen. 1:1 Gashi 75 1:2 Kakitani 90 Huser Arena Thun, Thun 8,717 SUI Fedayi San D Round 36 29 May 2015 20:30 Basel 4–3 FCB summary St. Gallen Streller 17 1:0Samuel 49 2:2Schär 53Zuffi 78 3:3Samuel 85Al. Ajeti 87 4:3 30 1:1 Mathys38 1:2 Aleksić53 Aleksić54 2:3 Aratore75 Tréand St. Jakob-Park, Basel 33,403 SUI Stephan Studer W League table BAS Results summary 12 4 2 43 15 12 2 4 41 26 29 May 2015 Fussballdaten.de July 2015 Swiss Cup 2014–15 Swiss Cup Round 1 23 August 2014 17:00 CS Italien (GE) 0–4 FCB summaryASF/SFV summary Basel Antonili 23Blanco 82 7 0:1 Delgado30 0:2 Embolo53 0:3 F. Frei90+3 0:4 Gashi Stade des Arberes, Meyrin 2,650 (sold out) SUI Nicolas Jancevski W Round 2 20 September 2014 14:00 Winterthur 0–4 FCB summaryASF/SFV summary Basel Bengondo 15Iapichino 0 71 32 0:1 45 Elneny36 0:2 Embolo41 0:3 Embolo65 Díaz67 0:4 Embolo Schützenwiese, Winterthur 5,000 (sold out) SUI Stephan Studer W Round 3 29 October 2014 19:30 Wohlen 1–3 FCB summaryASF/SFV summary Basel Brahimi 61 15 1:1 11 0:1 Kakitani41 1:2 Sio90+1 1:3 Embolo90+2 Embolo Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen 4,100 (sold out) SUI Adrien Jaccottet (Basel) W Quarterfinal 4 March 2015 19:30 FC Münsingen 1–6 FCB summaryASF/SFV summary Basel Max Dreier 37 Antonius Dreier 40 Christian Plüss 81 1:6 6 0:1 Hamoudi24 0:2 Kakitani34 0:3 Embolo 41 0:4 Delgado43 0:5 Kakitani59 0:6 Kakitani65 Samuel Sportanlage Sandreutenen, Münsingen 4,000 SUI Alain Bieri (Solothurn) W Semifinal 8 April 2015 20:15 St. Gallen 1–3 FCB summaryASF/SFV summary FC Basel Mutsch 34Dejan Janjatović 50Čavušević 87 1:3Stéphane Besle 89Everton Bilher 2 39 90+2 14 0:1 Gashi18 Embolo44 o.g. 0:2 Mutsch60 0:3 Gashi90+2 Callà AFG Arena, St. Gallen 16,690 SUI Stephan Klossner W Final 7 June 2015 14:00 FC Basel 0 – 3 Fussball-Schweiz 7 June 2015 https://www.fussball-schweiz.ch/schweizer-cup/finals-2000-2019/ 90. Schweizer Cupfinal daniel schaub medienbüro gmbh de 2023-11-16 FCB summaryASF/SFV summary FC Sion Gashi 46T. Xhaka 49F. Frei 64 18 0:1 Konaté50 0:2 Fernandes60 0:3 Carlitos72 Zverotić St. Jakob-Park, Basel 35,674 (sold out) SUI Nikolaj Hänni refereesfifa.blogspot.com 7 June 201 https://refereesfifa.blogspot.com/2015/06/switzerland-2014-15-swiss-cup-final.html FIFA Referees News: Switzerland : 2015 Swiss Cup Final refereesfifa.blogspot.com en 2023-11-16 Note: Beginning of the second half with a 15 minute delay, because of the firing of pyrotechnics in the Sion fan sector. GK SUI Germano Vailati DF ALB Taulant Xhaka 49 74DF SUI Fabian Schär DF CZE Marek Suchý DF CIV Adama Traoré MF SUI Fabian Frei 65 MF ALB Shkëlzen Gashi 46 MF EGY Mohamed Elneny MF SUI Luca Zuffi ST SUI Davide Callà 53ST SUI Marco Streller (c) 75Substitutes:DF EGY Ahmed Hamoudi 53MF ARG Matías Delgado 74FW SUI Albian Ajeti 75Manager:POR Paulo Sousa GK LAT Andris Vaņins DF MNE Elsad Zverotić 72 DF SUI Léo Lacroix DF SUI Reto Ziegler DF GAM Pa Modou Jagne MF POR Carlitos MF CIV Xavier Kouassi (c) MF SUI Vero Salatić ST SUI Edimilson Fernandes 73ST GHA Ebenezer Assifuah 75ST SEN Pape Moussa Konaté 85Substitutes:MF SUI Michael Perrier 73MF SUI Daniel Follonier 75MF CYP Demetris Christofi 85Manager:FRA Didier Tholot UEFA Champions League 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Group stage 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group B Group B yes BSL Round 1 16 September 2014 20:45 Real Madrid ESP 5–1 FCB summaryUEFA report SUI Basel Suchý 14 o.g. 0:1Bale 30 0:2Ronaldo 31 0:3Rodríguez 37 0:4Benzema 79 1:5Pepe 85 38 1:4 González55 Elneny60 Samuel90+1 Xhaka Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid 65,364http://www.uefa.org/newsfiles/ucl/2015/md01_1_fs.pdf Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 16 September 2014 UEFA.org 16 September 2014 Damir Skomina (Slovenia) L Round 2 1 October 2014 20:45 Basel SUI 1–0 FCB summaryUEFA report ENG Liverpool Streller 52 1:0Suchý 60 9 Sterling54 Gerrard71 Balotelli St. Jakob-Park, Basel 36,000http://www.uefa.org/newsfiles/ucl/2015/md02_2_fs.pdf Full Time Summary Matchday 2 – Wednesday 1 October 2014 UEFA.org 1 October 2014 (sold out) Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) W Round 3 22 October 2014 20:45 Ludogorets Razgrad BUL 1–0 FCB summaryUEFA report SUI Basel Minev 24Moți 86Minev 90+2 1:0Espinho 90+3 0 18 Serey Die43 Xhaka45+2 González67 Embolo85 F. Frei (C)90+3 Schär Vasil Levski National Stadium, SofiaA 2 29,150http://www.uefa.org/newsfiles/ucl/2015/md03_2_fs.pdf Full Time Summary – Wednesday 22 October 2014 UEFA.org Union of European Football Associations 22 October 2014 22 October 2014 Deniz Aytekin (Germany) L Round 4 4 November 2014 20:45 Basel SUI 4–0 FCB summaryUEFA report BUL Ludogorets Razgrad Embolo 34 1:0González 41 2:0González 42Gashi 59 3:0Suchý 65 4:0 84 Marcelinho St. Jakob-Park, Basel 35,272http://www.uefa.org/newsfiles/ucl/2015/md04_1_fs.pdf Full Time Summary – Tuesday 4 November 2014 UEFA.org Union of European Football Associations 4 November 2014 4 November 2014 Stéphane Lannoy (France) W Round 5 26 November 2014 20:45 Basel SUI 0–1 FCB summaryUEFA report ESP Real Madrid P. Degen 44Suchý 53Schär 80 35 0:1 Ronaldo43 Sergio Ramos48 Coentrão St. Jakob-Park, Basel 36,000http://www.uefa.org/newsfiles/ucl/2015/md05_2_fs.pdf Full Time Summary – Matchday 5 Wednesday 26 November 2014 UEFA.org Union of European Football Associations 26 November 2014 26 November 2014 (sold out) Milorad Mažić (Serbia) L Round 6 9 December 2014 20:45 Liverpool ENG 1–1 FCB summaryUEFA report SUI Basel Leiva 47Marković 0 60Lovren 66 Moreno 77Gerrard 81 1:1 25 0:1 Frei80 Schär Anfield, Liverpool 43,290http://www.uefa.org/newsfiles/ucl/2015/md06_1_fs.pdf Full Time Summary – Matchday 6 Tuesday 9 December 2014 UEFA.org Union of European Football Associations 9 December 2014 9 December 2014 Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) D Notes A 1 1 Ludogorets Razgrad play their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia instead of their regular stadium, Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad. Round of 16 2014–15 UEFA Champions League knockout phase The draw for the round of 16 was held on 15 December 2014. The first legs of the knockout phase were played on 17, 18, 24 and 25 February, and the second legs played on 10, 11, 17 and 18 March 2015. First leg 18 February 2015 20:45 Basel SUI 1–1 FCB summaryUEFA report POR Porto González 11 1:0F. Frei 22Elneny 26Samuel 46Gashi 57Suchý 62 29 Casemiro36 Torres51 Sandro79 pen. 1:1 87 Danilo St. Jakob-Park, Basel 34,464Full Time Report. Round of 16 1st leg – Wednesday 18 February 2015. St. Jakob-Park – Basel UEFA Champions League Mark Clattenburg (England) D Second leg 10 March 2015 20:45 Porto POR 4–0 FCB summaryUEFA report SUI Basel Brahimi 14 1:0Herrera 47 2:0Marcano55Casemiro 56 3:0Aboubakar 76 4:0 30 Gashi38 González55 Safari2 49 90+1 Samuel Estádio do Dragão, Porto 43,108http://www.uefa.org/newsfiles/ucl/2015/2014412_fr.pdf Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Porto v Basel UEFA.org Union of European Football Associations 10 March 2015 10 March 2015 Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) L Porto won 5–1 on aggregate. See also History of FC Basel List of FC Basel players List of FC Basel seasons References Sources Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. 978-3-7245-2050-4 Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. 978-3-7245-2189-1 Die ersten 125 Jahre / 2018. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 978-3-7245-2305-5 Season 2014–15 at "Basler Fussballarchiv” homepage Switzerland 2014–15 at RSSSF External links http://www.fcb.ch Basel Basel Category:FC Basel seasons Category:Swiss football championship–winning seasons