2011–12 FC Basel season

May 2015 FC Basel FC Basel.png 150 FC Basel Logo 2011–12 Ground St. Jakob-Park Thorsten Finkuntil 13 October 2011Heiko Vogelfrom 13 October 2011 Gisela Oeriuntil 16 January 2012Bernhard Heuslerfrom 16 January 2012 Swiss Super League 1st (champions) Swiss Cup Winners UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Alexander Frei (24) Alexander Frei (33) Swiss Super League:36,000 vs. Lausanne-Sport(29 April 2012)36,000 vs. Young Boys(23 May 2012)Champions League:36,894 vs. Manchester United(7 December 2011) Swiss Super League:25,762 vs. Sion(5 February 2012)Swiss Cup:8,028 vs. Lausanne-Sport(21 March 2012) 2010–11 2012–13 _basel1011h _fcbaselh2011 _basel1011h _stripes_cut_yellow _fcbaselh2011 0000BF 0000BF 0000BF 0000BF 0000BF _blackcollar _2blacklines FF7777 FF7777 FF7777 000000 FF7777 _stripe_cut_black _neck_stripe_black _stripe_cut_black _2blacklines FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF The 2011–12 season is FC Basel's 119th in existence and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. FC Basel started their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Switzerland, Germany, Georgia, France and Romania and played against Hertha BSC and West Ham United at the 2011 Uhrencup in Grenchen. This season, Basel earned the so-called "Title Hattrick", that is, three consecutive Swiss Super League championships. They won the Swiss Cup after defeating FC Luzern in the final, and reached the knockout phase of the Champions League, losing to the eventual finalists Bayern Munich 1–7 on aggregate. 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 and its members. Chairwoman of the Holding was Gisela Oeri. She owned 91.96% of the Holding's 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, Oeri was also chairwoman of the club. At the AGM, Oeri announced that she was stepping down from her position of presiding the club. She handed her shares over to her vice chairman Bernhard Heusler, the finance chief Stephan Werthmüller and Sportdirector Georg Heitz. Club management In the beginning of the season, the club's board of directors remained unchanged from the previous season. Then at the club's Extraordinary General Assembly on 16 January 2012 the 601 attending members confirmed these three directors in their positions and Adrian Knup joined them to become new vice chairman. They also appointed Oeri as honorary president. Florian Raz 16 January 2012 https://tageswoche.ch/sport/fc-basel-was-nach-zwoelf-jahren-gigi-oeri-bleibt/ FC Basel: Was nach zwölf Jahren Gigi Oeri bleibt FC Basel: What remains after twelve years of Gigi Oeri tageswoche.ch 2021-11-16 Chairman SUI Mrs Gisela Oeriuntil 16 January 2012 Chairman SUI Mr Bernhard Heuslerfrom 16 January 2012 Vice Chairman SUI Mr Bernhard Heusler until 16 January 2012 Vice Chairman SUI Mr Adrian Knupfrom 16 January 2012 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 dmy ) (37,500 for international matchesAFC Ajax European Champions League 120x80 m Official Site January 2012 Team management Manager Germany Thorsten Finkuntil 13 October 2011 Manager Germany Heiko Vogelfrom 13 October 2011 Assistant manager Germany Heiko Vogeluntil 13 October 2011 Assistant manager Austria Markus Hoffmannfrom 6 January 2012 Fitness Coach Croatia Nikola Vidović Conditioning Coach Switzerland Marco Walker Goalkeeper Coach Switzerland Romain Crevoisier Technology and analysis Scotland Nnamdi Aghanya Team Administration Switzerland Gustav Nussbaumer Youth Team Coach Switzerland Patrick Rahmenuntil 13 October 2011 Youth Team Co-Coach Switzerland Sandro Kamber 6 January 2012 January 2012 Overview At the beginning of the season the German Thorsten Fink remained head-coach. It was to be his third consecutive season. His assistant was Heiko Vogel and fitness coach was Nikola Vidović. Fink brought three youngsters up from the U-21 team, being Arlind Ajeti, Roman Buess and Darko Jevtić. Two players returned after spending the previous season on loan, these were Fabian Frei after his loan to St. Gallen and Pascal Schürpf returned from Lugano. There were also a number of transfers, Radoslav Kováč came from West Ham United, Park Joo-ho transferred in from Júbilo Iwata, Pak Kwang-ryong from Wil and Stephan Andrist signed in from Thun. Two players signed in on free transfers, these being Kay Voser and Marcel Herzog. At the end of the previous season the club did not renew the contracts with four players, who then had to leave. These were Beg Ferati, Behrang Safari, Matthias Baron and Dominik Ritter. Orhan Mustafi transferred to Grasshopper Club and Sandro Wieser transferred to 1899 Hoffenheim. Three players were loaned out to obtain more playing time, Fwayo Tembo to ES Sahel, Pascal Schürpf to Aarau and Taulant Xhaka to Grasshopper Club. Another player who left the club was their captain and goalkeeper Franco Costanzo. Costanzo played for FC Basel for five years, in which time they won the Swiss Cup three times and the national Championship also three times. He also played twice in the Champions League group-stages. During this period, he played 141 league games, including cup and international UEFA games he had 199 club appearances. He played his last match for the team on 25 May 2011 and was substituted out in the 87th minute to a standing ovation. He was replaced by his designated successor Yann Sommer. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2011 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=3258 Franco Costanzo - FCB-Statistik Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 2021-11-16 Head coach Thorsten Fink left the club and on 13 October he signed a contract with Hamburger SV to manage the German Bundesliga club through to 2014. Fink took the coach of Basel's U-21 team Patrick Rahmen with him as his assistant. As replacement for Fink, the club chose his former assistant Vogel, who served as caretaker manager until the winter break. Meister Remo 13 October 2011 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/26760/26/7/7 Bernhard Heusler: "Ein weinendes Auge für Fink und ein lachendes für Vogel" FC Basel 1893 13 October 2011 de https://web.archive.org/web/20111020144223/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/26760/26/7/7 20 October 2011 dead dmy-all Vogel's first three games in charge of the team were the Swiss Cup fixture on 15 October, a 5–1 away win against FC Schötz, Meister Remo 2011 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/26775 https://archive.today/20130101133650/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/26775 dead 2013-01-01 Der FCB steht nach dem 5:1-Sieg gegen den FC Schötz im Cup-Achtelfinal FC Basel 1893 2011-10-15 de the Champions League Group C fixture on 18 October 2011, a 0–2 home defeat against Benfica, Rogers Steven 2011 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f6-0e7aa5ed2993-d0885e4803b1-1000--benfica-beat-basel-to-go-top-of-group-c/ Benfica beat Basel to go top of Group C UEFA 2011-10-18 and a 1–0 away win in the Super League against FC Zürich. Meister Remo 2011 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/26841 https://archive.today/20130101103142/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/26841 dead 2013-01-01 Xherdan Shaqiri schiesst den FC Basel auswärts zum Sieg über den FC Zürich FC Basel 1893 2011-10-23 de On 7 December 2011, he guided Basel to the round of 16 in the Champions League, defeating the 2011 runners-up Manchester United 2–1.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=331192&cc=5739 FC Basel 2 Manchester United 1 7 December 2011 ESPN Soccernet 7 December 2011 8 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108223631/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=331192&cc=5739 dead After 11 games, four of which in the Champions League, with eight wins, two draws and only one defeat, it was announced on 12 December that Vogel had signed as head coach and manager.FC Basel 1893 2011 http://fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27167/16/7 Der 36-jährige Heiko Vogel ist neuer Cheftrainer beim FC Basel 1893 FC Basel 1893 2011-12-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120502124317/http://fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27167/16/7 2 May 2012 dead dmy-all A few days later, it was also announced that Markus Hoffmann had been signed as an assistant. Mesiter Remo 2012 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27223/26/7/7 https://archive.today/20130115184904/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27223/26/7/7 dead 2013-01-15 Bernhard Heusler: "Der FC Basel will weiterhin als Einheit auftreten" FC Basel 1893 2012-01-12 de On 31 August 2011, Liverpool had announced the release of Philipp Degen following his long-term calf injury. Just a short time later, he made the request to the then Basel manager Fink if he could keep fit with his home club's first team, which was granted. Fink left the club and his replacement Heiko Vogel offered Degen a contract which Degen signed on 20 November 2011. 12 November 2011 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f7-0e7af4f0060a-c1019ac1895a-1000--degen-delighted-to-be-back-at-basel/ Degen delighted to be back at Basel UEFA 2021-11-16 The Campaign Domestic league Basel entered the 2011–12 Swiss Super League as defending champions, saving their one-point margin on FC Zürich by winning 3–0 against FC Luzern on the last day of the 2010–11 Swiss Super League. They began their season on 16 July in Bern against Young Boys. The start of the season was poor, with three draws and two defeats in the first six league matches. The team refound their strengths and things changed to the better. Basel then won ten and drew the other two of the next 12 games. The first half of the domestic season ended on 11 December with the home match against Neuchâtel Xamax. To this point, Basel remained as League leaders. Basel continued their undefeated run in the domestic season and equaled the Swiss record of longest undefeated run (26 games) in the Swiss league (previously held by Grasshoppers) ironically by beating Grasshoppers 6–3 on 12 May 2012. Meister Remo 12 May 2012 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27943/26/7/7 https://archive.today/20130116013558/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27943/26/7/7 dead 16 January 2013 Spektakulärer 6:3-Sieg über GC FC Basel 1893 19 June 2012 de Although they could not surpass the record, they still managed to defend their Super League title despite losing to Young Boys 2–1 on the final day of the season. Meister Remo 23 May 2012 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/28024/26/7/7 https://archive.today/20130115163652/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/28024/26/7/7 dead 15 January 2013 Die emotionale Dernière gegen die Young Boys und die Meisterfeier im Zeitraffer FC Basel 1893 19 June 2012 de As they have done in previous seasons, the title win was celebrated at Barfüsserplatz later that night. Grossenbacher Sacha 24 May 2012 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/28028/26/7/7 Bilder von der Meisternacht FC Basel 1893 19 June 2012 de https://web.archive.org/web/20120609073425/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/28028/26/7/7 9 June 2012 dead After retaining first place, Basel will enter the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League in the second round of qualification. Conclusion The team achieved their aim by winning the championship. The team ended the season with 78 goals scored and 33 goals against. They had the season's best attacking record and the second best defensive record. Alexander Frei was the team's top goal scorer with 24 goals and achieved his personal aim to become league top goal-scorer for the second consecutive year. Marco Streller was the team's second top scorer with 13 goals and he was also second in the league ranking. Third best scorer in the team was Xherdan Shaqiri with nine goals. He was third equal in the league ranking, together with Emmanuel Mayuka from the Young Boys, Vilmos Vanczák from FC Sion and Matías Vitkieviez who played for both Servette and YB. Jacques Zoua had scored seven league goals and Fabian Frei, Benjamin Huggel and Valentin Stocker had each scored four. Swiss Football League (SFL) 2012 https://www.sfl.ch/statistik-archiv/archiv/super-league/torschuetzenkoenige-ab-200304/ Die besten Torschützen seit der Saison 2003/04 The best goal scorers since the 2003/04 season Swiss Football League (SFL) homepage 2021-11-16 13 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190413172158/https://www.sfl.ch/statistik-archiv/archiv/super-league/torschuetzenkoenige-ab-200304/ dead Domestic cup Basel entered the 2011–12 Swiss Cup in the first round of the competition and the team's clear aim was to win the title. 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. Eschenbach (14 September 2011) In the first round Basel were drawn against Amateur team FC Eschenbach, who at that time played in the 2. Liga, the fourth tier of Swiss football. The match was played in the Sportplatz Weiherhaus in Eschenbach LU with an attendance of 3,700 spectators. Head coach Thorsten Fink had mixed a number of their youngsters into the team, leaving a number of the regular players at home with a day-off. Although the hosts had the first shot at goal in the first minute, Basel started well, despite having difficulties with the poor condition of the pitch. It lasted only a few minutes before the inevitable occurred, following a long corner from Scott Chipperfield in the 11th minute Benjamin Huggel headed the ball back into the middle and Pak Kwang-Ryong scored his first goal for club. Basel dominated their opponents from then onwards, Stephan Andrist drove a long drive wide and then Jacques Zoua put the ball into the net, but was ruled off-side. In the 36th minute a fine cross from the left found Pak in the middle and his header put the favourites two up. In the following minutes the Eschenbach goalkeeper Amhof had to make a number of saves. To make things worse for him, in the 45th minute he committed a foul on Zoua as he came out too late and the fouled player himself sank the penalty-kick. In the second half Basel spooled the game out and Chipperfield added to the score, but the hosts were unable to achieve a consolation goal. The favourites won 4–0 to qualify for the next round. 14 September 2011 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=24649 FC Eschenbach - FC Basel 0:4 (0:3) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2021-11-16 Schötz (15 October 2011) In the second round of the Cup the teams from the Super League were seeded and could not play each other. In the matches the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Basel were drawn against Schötz. Schötz itself is just a small village with about 4,000 inhabitants, but the football club has written its name into the history of the competition before by beating bigger clubs many times before. An attendance of 2,800 visited the Sportplatz Wissenhusen, but the same the guests dominate play from the opening minutes. Stephan Andrist put his name on the score sheet after just 8 minutes and Benjamin Huggel doubled up on 34 minutes. In the 57th minute Andrist achieved his second and in the 79th Jacques Zoua scored Basel's fourth. In the 84th minute Schötz's right winger Koch achieved the consolation goal, but Basel's substitute Alexander Frei netted in the last minute of the game as Basel won 4–0 to qualify for the next round. 15 October 2011 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=24876 FC Schötz - FC Basel 1:5 (0:2) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2021-11-16 Wil (26 November 2011) 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 away against Wil from the Challenge League. The match was played at the Stadion Bergholz in front of 4,400 spectators. Basel's head coach Thorsten Fink had given David Abraham, Benjamin Huggel and Marco Streller a free week-end, but the newly signed Philipp Degen was on the bench, ready to make his comeback. Even without these regular players in their starting line-up, Basel started well and in 8th minute after a short-played corner kick, Granit Xhaka played a cross into the centre and Fabian Frei ran into the space jumped high and headed his team into the lead. Basel dominated the game in the first half, a long range shot from the forwards moving defender Markus Steinhöfer was punched out by keeper Guillaume Faivre. As the second half began the hosts took over the game, created chances but were not successful. In the 60th minute a long ball into the Basel penalty area, from a quickly played free-kick for Wil and suddenly the attacking mid-fielder Sandro Lombardi collected the ball and was able to challenge Basel keeper Yann Sommer. However, the keeper felled the on running player and subsequently the whistle, and he was shown the red card, and the penalty was given. Granit Xhaka was called out and second keeper Massimo Colomba was substituted in before the penalty-kick could be taken. Džengis Čavušević took the spot-kick, but failed as Colomba reacted well and parried, to cause frustration for Čavušević. Basel had another good chance, but Jacques Zoua kicked his shot against the cross bar. Wil did not give up and in the 84th minute a long ball was not cleared by the Basel defence, Lombardi caught the loose ball and equalised with a low shot. The game went into extra time and Philipp Degen gave his comeback. In the 111th minute, the afore mentioned Čavušević, with a sly one-two pass, was played clear and he put the hosts a goal up. His frustration was relieved. However, two minutes later a free kick taken by Alexander Frei flew high into the goal mouth and was headed away, but not cleared. Degen controlled the loose ball and shot left footed beyond everybody in front of him into the goal for the 2–2 equaliser. Again a few minutes later, Park Joo-Ho's quick ball to Scott Chipperfield was sent on to Alex Frei, who lifted the ball over advancing keeper Faivre to give Basel the lead. In the last minute of the game the frustration was again great and players from both sides were involved in a scuffle and a number of players were pushed onto the ground. Basel's Genséric Kusunga and Wil's Čavušević were both shown the straight red card, but the result remained with Basel's 3–2 away win. 26 November 2011 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=24933 FC Wil 1900 - FC Basel 2:3 n.V. (1:1, 0:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2021-11-16 Lausanne-Sport (21 March 2012) The winners of Round 3 played in the quarter-finals and the ties were drawn, there is no home advantage granted in the draw. Basel were drawn at home in the St. Jakob-Park against Lausanne-Sport. Referee was Cyril Zimmermann, the match attendance was 8,028 people and the pitch was brand new, it had been laid during the previous fortnight. The start phase was extremely dishevelled, with many bad passes and build-up errors. The first good move was in the 24th minute, a good diagonal ball to Valentin Stocker who advanced down the left and flanked towards Marco Streller. Lausanne defender Guillaume Katz tried to interrupt the play, but he steered the ball passed his own goalkeeper Anthony Favre. Basel then tried to double up, a good chance for Markus Steinhöfer, but his shot was slightly too high. Suddenly a long cross from the Lausanne right-back Abdelouahed Chakhsi and Jocelyn Roux headed the surprise equaliser just seconds before half-time. After the break Basel again dominated play, Philipp Degen with a long cross from the right towards the far post to captain Streller and his first-time left foot volley rocketed into the net. The guests now seemed uncertain and a left footed shot from Xherdan Shaqiri and as Streller tried to win the loose ball he was brought down. Alexander Frei converted the spot-kick. Lausanne didn't seem to have much to put against the home team, but then, after a clearance and a good ball into the centre and good pass out to the right and a good pass back. Basel's defence were not in contact with the play. Roux said thank you and put the ball into the net, 3–2. The Basel team pulled themselves together, played with more tempo and created further chances and a long distance left footed shot from Streller scraped the cross bar. In the 89th minute Frei laid the ball off for Gilles Yapi who outplayed the oncoming goalkeeper and played into the middle, Streller side footed the ball into the unguarded net. Lausanne had held on well, but in the later stages had run out of stamina. In the second minute of added time Fabian Frei added the fifth. Basel won 5–2 and qualified for the semi-final. 23 March 2012 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=24946 FC Basel - FC Lausanne-Sport 5:2 (1:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2021-11-16 Winterthur (15 April 2012) Basel's opponents in the semi-final were lower tier FC Winterthur. The match was played in front of an attendance of 8,500 people which meant that the Stadion Schützenwiese was sold out. FCB started slowly into the game and FCW took control. A good move gave Luca Zuffi a chance, but his long-range shot was blocked by Basel keeper Yann Sommer. The rebound came to Radice and his effort forced the keeper to make another good save. The next chance after a good long-ball from Zuffi, was another shot from Radice, Sommer tipped the ball over the top. FCW had a few more chances, but then a mistake in their mid-field. A bad pass from Sven Lüscher, Alexander Frei pushed the ball into the box and captain Marco Streller made no mistake to put Basel one up with their first chance in the 38th minute. Two minutes before the break keeper Sommer was lucky not to have a seen a red card as he brought Kuzmanovic down, but referee Alain Bieri gave a yellow card to the forward for a dive. In the second half the underdogs had more of the match then the higher classed visitors and these were glad that their keeper had a good day. The offensive orientation of the FCW enabled the guests to counterattack. In a run two against two, Basel's substitute Xherdan Shaqiri played the ball clear to Frei, but he shot wide with only goalkeeper Christian Leite to beat. Winterthur continued to play forwards, as another counterattack happened and this time Frei was able to shoot into the goal as Shaqiri outplayed the keeper. In added time a slight push from Basel defender Aleksandar Dragović and this time referee Bieri gave the penalty kick, Kuzmanovic put it away. But Basel advanced with the 2–1 victory to the final. 15 April 2012 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=26263 FC Winterthur - FC Basel 1:2 (0:1) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2021-11-16 Luzern (16 May 2012) In winter like conditions, 30,100 fans watched an intense 87th Cup final in the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in Bern between FC Basel and FC Luzern. From the first minutes, FCL were the expected defiant opponents against an FCB who played in their best line-up. In the early stages, the Basel fans had to survive a few anxious minutes behind Yann Sommer's goal and they could thank the FCB goalkeeper for keeping the 0–0 at that stage. Heiko Vogel's team didn't even have a handful of scoring chances in the first half, with Valentin Stocker's shot from close range in the 26th minute being the highlight from the FCB point of view. FCL, for its part, was often a bit too complicated in the end. In the 55th minute, Alex Frei was able to take a free kick from the right side. His precise ball found Beni Huggel's head and landed in the net, unreachable for David Zibung. It was a wonderful goal, but it caused was a vigorous reaction from Luzern, which culminated in the 67th minute in the deserved equaliser, also per header, from Tomislav Puljić Because Basel did not get any reward for their final offensive, the game went into extra time. But these 30 minutes only had two mentionable scenes. First, Sommer miraculously saved an effort by Michel Renggli and secondly Radoslav Kováč 's intervention, as last man, against Adrian Winter could have been sanctioned. Thus, the dramatic evening culminated in the penalty shootout, in which Yann Sommer became the match winning hero. The FCB goalkeeper parried both Ohayon and Gygax's shot marvelously, while all the red and blue players converted their shots. Basel won the Swiss Cup 4–2 in the penalty shootout. This was Basel's 11th Swiss Cup title. Furthermore, nobody who watched or participated was surprised that Yann Sommer won the man of the match trophy. 16 May 2012 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=26273 FC Basel - FC Luzern 4:2 n.P. (1:1, 1:1, 0:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2021-11-16 Weber Dominik 16 May 2012 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27974/26/7/7 https://archive.today/20130115212400/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27974/26/7/7 dead 15 January 2013 FCB holt 11. Cupsieg! Dramatischer 5:3-Erfolg nach Penaltyschiessen FC Basel 1893 19 June 2012 de Conclusion The club's clear aim had been to win back the title that they had lost the previous season. They completed their aim and thus won the league and cup double. Champions League Basel's positioning in the 2010–11 Swiss Super League entered them directly into the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. Group stage The seeding and draw for this stage took take place on 25 August in Monaco. Teams were seeded into four pots https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f4-0ea29d17cbb4-bc035e628c88-1000--eleven-former-winners-grace-group-stage-draw/ Eleven former winners grace group stage draw UEFA 24 August 2011 based on their 2011 UEFA club coefficients. Basel were drawn in Group C with Benfica, Manchester United and Oțelul Galați, the first match was a home game on 14 September. Oțelul Galați (14 September 2011) With 30,126 fans the St. Jakob Park was not sold out on this warm and dry clear evening. During the early stages Basel had more ball possession, however, it was the visitors who created the clearer chances. In the second minute the Basel defence failed to clear the ball, but Gabriel Giurgiu shot too weakly straight into goalkeeper Yann Sommer's arms. Then in the sixth minute Liviu Antal broke down the right with tempo and crossed to Giurgiu, but Sommer saved his volley. Following these first two efforts, Basel took control and played patiently looking for an opening. Oțelul relied on counterattacks, but these were rare. Basel's biggest chance arose in the 27th minute as centre-back Milan Perendija failed to connect to Fabian Frei's long pass. The ball fell in the path of Alexander Frei, whose hard drive was well saved by keeper Branko Grahovac. Another big chance came in the 39th minute as Markus Steinhöfer took a quick throw in and caught the visiting defence open. Marco Streller out played Adrian Sălăgeanu as he cut-back behind the defender and then he sent a perfect cross in for Fabian Frei to head home. Oţelul responded well after the break, pressing forward. On 58 minutes they managed the equaliser, Liviu Antal fired a good shot, Sommer parried it, but the ball fell to Marius Pena and he chipped the ball over the keeper. Granit Xhaka and Alex Frei both with their opportunities and so it felt as though Basel were running out of time. Then as Streller had a chance in the 82nd minute, he was brought down by defender Sălăgeanu. Referee William Collum from the Scottish Football Association had no choice, showed the defender a straight red and awarded a penalty that Alex Frei converted. Finally Benjamin Huggel received a second yellow and was also dismissed with three minutes left. Steven Rogers 14 September 2011 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f5-0e79a6caf9db-e41ff1cdbaee-1000--freis-double-up-as-basel-beat-otelul/ Freis double up as Basel beat Oţelul UEFA 2021-11-16 Manchester United (27 September 2011) Matchday 2 was played in Old Trafford on a cloudy evening in front of 73.115 fans. Referee was Paolo Tagliavento of the Italian Football Federation and he reported a damp pitch. Both teams started well, but two goals from Danny Welbeck in the 16th and 17th minutes looked to have put United in control. Welbeck's first goal came when he scuffed a shot in off the post, and the England forward's second was a far more convincing strike from Ryan Giggs' cross. Fabian Frei shot in off the post on 58 minutes to give Basel hope, and Alexander Frei's header, aided by awful defending from Rio Ferdinand, made it 2–2. With 15 minutes remaining, Basel were awarded a penalty and Alexander Frei sent David de Gea the wrong way to give Basel a shock lead and leave United on the brink of a first home defeat in almost 18 months. In the 90th minute, however, Ashley Young headed home Nani's cross at the back post to rescue a point. United could have earned all three points had substitute Dimitar Berbatov not shot into the side-netting rather than play it along the ground for a tap-in. Instead, United were forced to settle for a point, as they went down to third in Group C. This was the first time since 1999 that United had failed to win either of their first two Champions League group stage matches. Simon Hart 27 September 2011 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f5-0e79f2aa81aa-44daf9392904-1000--united-strike-late-to-deny-basel-famous-win/ United strike late to deny Basel famous win UEFA 2021-11-16 Benfica (18 October 2011) Matchday 3 was played at home in the St. Jakob Park was played on a dry pitch, on a clear evening, in front of a sold-out 35,831 attendance. Referee was Viktor Kassai from the Hungarian Football Federation. In the early stages the teams were showing entertaining football, but Benfica goalkeeper Artur and Basel's Yann Sommer were more than equal to the attempts from Alexander Frei and Rodrigo. The first really good chance occurred in the 20th minute as the visitors made a quick breakthrough. Nicolás Gaitán broke forward as he played a quick one-two with fellow Argentinian Pablo Aimar. He then passed into the middle, Rodrigo let the ball pass, and Bruno César was free to shoot the ball beyond Sommer. The home side then pressed for a quick equaliser. Xherdan Shaqiri made himself space, passed to Marco Streller but he could not beat keeper Artur with his hard low drive. Gaitán was the force behind Benfica's concise play and the same was true of Shaqiri for Basel. On 65 minutes Shaqiri found the free running Streller with a perfect timed pass, but again it was Artur who was well positioned to foil the striker's effort. Midway through the second period Benfica's coach Jorge Jesus brought on Nolito and Óscar Cardozo for Aimar and Rodrigo. Four minutes later Benjamin Huggel was shown a yellow card for a foul on Cardozo and the fouled striker slammed the free-kick beyond the reach of the keeper into the net. Basel were still coming forward in an attempt to get back into the game. Shaqiri running and running, shooting from range, shooting from close and then running at the Benfica defence again. He proved as being too quick for defender Emerson, who for his second bookable foul on the Basel winger was dismissed. Despite their efforts, the result remained 0–2. Steven Rogers 18 October 2011 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f6-0e7aa5ed2993-d0885e4803b1-1000--benfica-beat-basel-to-go-top-of-group-c/ Benfica beat Basel to go top of Group C UEFA 2021-11-16 Benfica (2 November 2011) Matchday 4 was the return match in Estádio da Luz in front of 39,270 fans on a rainy evening. Benfica started very fast and their first chance, with less than a minute played, came as Pablo Aimar passed well between the Basel defenders to Rodrigo. But his shot was turned behind the post by keeper Yann Sommer. Aimer hit the resulting corner-kick high, but Nemanja Matić's header was punched away by Sommer. Then the Spanish striker Rodrigo gave the Portuguese team the perfect start with a fourth-minute volley, this time Sommer had no chance. Benfica suppressed the game, but Basel had more ball possession and significant territorial advantage. However, apart from a few speculative long-range efforts from the lively winger Xherdan Shaqiri, Basel's attack failed to trouble the confident Benfica keeper Artur. In the 31st minute Fabian Frei had the best FCB chance. However, despite being well placed, he headed Jacques Zoua's cross wide. After the break the home team did more for the game than they had before. Within a matter of minutes Rodrigo twice had the chance to increase the lead. First, he hit the ball over the top, after Aimar's good diagonal pass, then he headed Maxi Pereira's accurate cross straight into Sommer's hands. On 64 minutes Basel striker Scott Chipperfield raced down the left of the field. His low perfectly weighted cross was met by the onrushing captain Benjamin Huggel and he placed his superb shot inside Artur's right-hand post from the edge of the penalty area. Benfica tried to react, but the 1–1 score line remained up until the final whistle from referee Carlos Velasco Carballo of the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Andy Brassell 2 November 2011 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0254-0d7d4c2f8c13-1d4bd806ea38-1000--basel-s-huggel-pegs-back-benfica/ Basel's Huggel pegs back Benfica UEFA 2021-11-16 Oțelul Galați (22 November 2011) Oțelul Galați played their home matches at Stadionul Național, Bucharest as their own Stadionul Oţelul did not meet UEFA criteria. It was a clear night, the pitch was dry and the temperature had dropped below the freezing point as referee Tom Harald Hagen of the Football Association of Norway blew the whistle to start the game in front of 5,787 fans. It was Otelul who took an immediate grip on the game. Laurenţiu Iorga's free-kick gave the home team their first good chance. The ball came quickly to defender Cristian Sârghi stood at the far post, but his header flew over the bar. Oţelul continued their pressing game, but it was a good move at the other end that gave the opening goal. On the 10th minute Alexander Frei played a neat ball forward to Marco Streller and he passed inside to Fabian Frei and his shot was hard and precise. Four minutes later the home team's offside trap did not work and Streller sprinted forwards into the gaining space. Captain Streller could have gone for goal himself, but unselfishly chipped the ball across for Alexander Frei who volleyed it into the net. In the 37th minute, defender Adrian Sălăgeanu's clearance hit Alexander Frei and the loose ball came to Streller, although he was under pressure from two defenders, he kept calm and easily beat the out rushing keeper Branko Grahovac. Three goals up at half-time, Basel spooled down the first 30 minutes of the second half without any worries. Exactly on 75 minutes captain Gabriel Giurgiu scored from the edge of the penalty area. The moods changed immediately and Oţelul found a new momentum. The Basel defence tried not to react too nervously, but six minutes later left-back Park Joo-Ho was far too casual inside the area, letting Liviu Antal round him and place his short out of reach for keeper Yann Sommer. Despite the tense final ten minutes Sommer was not beaten again and Basel could record a 3–2 victory. Trevor Haylett 2 November 2011 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f7-0e7b158a3783-58762b0c52ad-1000--basel-hang-on-to-set-up-united-showdown/ Basel hang on to set up United showdown UEFA 2021-11-16 Manchester United (7 December 2011) The starting position for both clubs on matchday 6 in the sold-out St. Jakob Park with 36,894 fans was clear. With Benfica already assured of progress to the knock-out stage, Basel and Manchester United dualled together for their group second qualifying berth. United needed only a point and the hosts would only stay in the competition with a win. It was a cool evening and at times it rained after referee Björn Kuipers of the Royal Dutch Football Association blew his whistle for the kick-off. United started well their hopes were somewhat dashed as their defence failed to clear a Markus Steinhöfer cross from the right. The ball went to the far side Xherdan Shaqiri claimed it on the left and sent it hard and high back into the centre. Keeper David de Gea could not clear the ball far enough and captain Marco Streller slammed a fierce shot home to put the hosts a goal ahead after nine minutes. The early goal gave Basel an optimism and they played with a good momentum and they continued to press forwards. United struggled to control the Basel wingers Shaqiri to the right and Fabian Frei on the left. As the game commenced Nani became equally influential for the visitors. After 30 minutes he brought a good cross to the middle but both Wayne Rooney and Park Ji-Sung were unable to reach it. A few minutes late Nani's own effort was bravely smothered by Yann Sommer. Rooney had a second chance a few minutes later but the Basel keeper was equal to that too. United began the second half positively, but their increasing frustration was becoming obvious. All the more so, then as while trying to make a clearance, right-back Steinhöfer volleyed the ball against his own crossbar. Steinhöfer came away laughing and within minutes the Basel fans created a song to celebrate his feat. Basel created chances for themselves, Alexander Frei had one kick acrobatically saved. Then another counter-attack and Shaqiri played a neat cross from the right, Streller dummied by striding under the ball and Alexander Frei was there to head it home at the far post, with six minutes of play left. Although Phil Jones headed the ball home after Federico Macheda's shot had rebounded from the cross-bar, Basel survived a tense final two minutes to advance to the knock-out phase with the 2–1 win. Steven Rogers 7 December 2011 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f8-0e7c68ad9504-29bd6b36ca40-1000--brilliant-basel-hit-heights-to-knock-out-united/ Brilliant Basel hit heights to knock out United UEFA 2021-11-16 Conclusion Basel played very impressive away games remaining undefeated, winning in Romania and drawing in Lisbon and Manchester. They finished the group in second place after a decisive home win against Manchester United and thus securing qualification for the knockout phase, the round of 16. The team had achieved their group stage aim with bravura. Knockout phase In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2011.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f8-0e7c979764f9-c5637dc65c60-1000--barcelona-handed-leverkusen-tie/ Barcelona handed Leverkusen tie UEFA 16 December 2011 In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other. Basel were drawn against Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich (22 February 2012) The first leg in the round of 16 was played in the with 36,000 spectators sold-out St. Jakob-Park on a clear night with soft pitch under referee Nicola Rizzoli of the Italian Football Federation. Bayern began with purpose and just two minutes had passed as Franck Ribéry played into the box for Mario Gomez, but the angle created by the pass around goalkeeper Yann Sommer made finishing impossible. Within the opening quarter of an hour Ribéry twice had the opportunity to open the scoring, but he was denied by the good reacting keeper Sommer on both occasions. The hosts seemed to be content in letting the Bayern control possession, but as they played their counter-attacks they were always dangerous. In fact, the home team hit the goal frame twice with just a few minutes in the first period. First after a corner Aleksandar Dragović had a header deflected onto the near post by keeper Manuel Neuer, then Alexander Frei fired his shot against the cross-bar, this time the keeper had no chance of reaching the ball. The closer the half time break came, Bayern's play became more and more ponderous and their movements were predictable. Marco Streller had the first chance in the second period, but his header landed harmlessly into Neuer's arms. Bayern controlled things, were dangerous, but not Successful with their efforts. Therefore Jupp Heynckes substituted in Thomas Müller for Ribéry in the later stages and it was his quickly played ball that gave Gomez another attempt at goal. But his angled effort was parried by the excellent reacting keeper Sommer. The visitors played more and more stagnant and suddenly Basel were able to take advantage four minutes from time. Only three minutes into the game, substitute Jacques Zoua and substitute Stocker combined perfectly, with Stocker pushing the ball beyond Neuer’ s reach to give the hosts a 1–0 victory. Andy James 22 February 2012 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0ea6b1930c03-39893a92d461-1000--stocker-secures-basel-narrow-lead-over-bayern/ Stocker secures Basel narrow lead over Bayern UEFA 2021-11-16 Return match (13 March 2012) Basel travelled to the Allianz Arena for the second leg with optimismus. The stadium was sold-out with 66,000 fans on this cloudy evening and the pitch was described as dry as referee Mark Clattenburg from the Football Association blew his whistle for the kick-off. Bit Basel's 1-0 aggregate lead was wiped out after 10 minutes by Arjen Robben and after the home team had dominated most of the match, Bayern seized complete control with two further goals from Thomas Müller and from Mario Gomez shortly before the break. By this time the match could be considered as decided, because then Bayern played themselves into an ecstasy after the break. Gomez scored four goals as Bayern cruised into the quarter-finals with a record-breaking victory. Robben rounded off a memorable night for the home team with his second goal after 81 minutes. Andy James 13 March 2012 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01fb-0e7d29d49e5b-432464cd138c-1000--gomez-heads-bayern-s-record-romp-against-basel/ Gomez heads Bayern's record romp against Basel UEFA 2021-11-16 Conclusion Bayern advanced to the next round, they then advanced as far as the final. But here they were defeated Chelsea after a penalty shoot-out. Andrew Haslam 19 May 2012 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c50fb78a384-1434bbcadbcb-1000--shoot-out-win-ends-chelsea-s-long-wait-for-glory/ Shoot-out win ends Chelsea's long wait for glory UEFA 2021-11-16 Basel's Champions League came to an end, following good results in the group stage and a good result in the first leg of the round of 16, with a disappointing match in the second leg. Nevertheless, the team had achieved their European aim. Players First team 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 16 July 2011 but subsequently left the club after that date. 1 SUI GK Yann Sommer 3 KOR DF Park Joo-Ho from Júbilo Iwata 4 SUI DF Philipp Degen Free agent 5 SUI DF Arlind Ajeti from U-21 6 AUT DF Aleksandar Dragović 7 SUI MF Pascal Schürpf loan to Aarau 8 SUI MF Benjamin Huggel Captain 9 SUI FW Marco Streller 10 CIV MF Gilles Yapi 11 AUS MF Scott Chipperfield 13 SUI FW Alexander Frei 14 SUI MF Valentin Stocker 15 SUI MF Kay Voser from Grasshopper Club 16 SUI MF Taulant Xhaka loan to Grasshopper Club 17 SUI MF Xherdan Shaqiri 18 SUI GK Marcel Herzog from MSV Duisburg 19 ARG DF David Abraham 20 SUI MF Fabian Frei returned after loan to St. Gallen 21 SUI DF Genséric Kusunga 23 SUI GK Massimo Colomba 24 SUI MF Cabral 25 SUI MF Darko Jevtić played in U-21 26 SUI FW Roman Buess played in U-21 27 GER DF Markus Steinhöfer 28 SUI MF Stephan Andrist from Thun 29 CZE DF Radoslav Kováč from West Ham United 30 ZAM FW Fwayo Tembo loan to ES Sahel 31 CMR FW Jacques Zoua 32 SUI MF Sandro Wieser to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 34 SUI MF Granit Xhaka 35 PRK FW Pak Kwang-Ryong from Wil Summer transfers In 3 KOR DF Park Joo-Ho from Júbilo Iwata 4 SUI DF Philipp Degen Free agent 5 SUI DF Arlind Ajeti from U-21 20 SUI MF Fabian Frei returned after loan to St. Gallen 25 SUI MF Darko Jevtić played in U-21 26 SUI FW Roman Buess played in U-21 28 SUI MF Stephan Andrist from Thun 29 CZE DF Radoslav Kováč from West Ham United 35 PRK FW Pak Kwang-Ryong from Wil Out - TUR Çağdaş Atan DF to Mersin İdman Yurdu - SUI MF Dominik Ritter to Winterthur - SUI MF Orhan Mustafi to Grasshopper Club 15 Argentina Federico Almerares FW to Xamax 16 SUI MF Taulant Xhaka loan to Grasshopper Club 20 Sweden Behrang Safari DF to Malmö FF 22 Ghana Samuel Inkoom DF to FC Dnipro 26 Switzerland Daniel Unal MF to Locarno 28 Switzerland Beg Ferati DF to SC Freiburg 29 Switzerland Janick Kamber DF to Lausanne-Sport 32 Switzerland Reto Zanni DF to Vaduz 35 Germany Matthias Baron FW to Vaduz 30 ZAM FW Fwayo Tembo loan to ES Sahel 32 SUI MF Sandro Wieser to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Results and fixtures Friendlies Pre-season Pre-season 24 June 2011 18:30 CEST Basel 1–3 FCB summary Neuchâtel Xamax A. Frei 66 pen. 1:1 Gelabert 46 0:1<br/ >Niasse 74 1:2<br/ >Veloso 90+1 1:3 Stades des Places, Glovelier 2'900 Damir Omerovic L Pre-season 25 June 2011 15:00 CEST St. Gallen 3–3 FCB summary Basel Etoundi 4 1:0<br/ >Lüchinger 59 pen. 2:2<br/ >Owona 68 3:2 A. Frei 30 1:1<br/ >Zoua 32 1:2<br/ >Huggel 82 3:3 Rüti, Henau 2'500 Daniel Stocker D Pre-season 28 June 2011 18:00 CEST Landkreisauswahl Miesbach 0–15 FCB summary Basel 2 0:1 Streller<br/ >13 0:2 A. Frei <br/ >15 0:3Schürpf <br/ >23 0:4 Streller<br/ >28 0:5 Dragović<br/ >37 0:6 A. Frei<br/ >45 0:7 A. Frei<br/ >57 0:8 Pak<br/ >63 0:9 Buess<br/ >71 0:10 Zoua<br/ >72 0:11 Pak<br/ >77 0:12 Zoua<br/ >79 0:13 Pak<br/ >85 0:14 Pak<br/ >89 0:15 Buess Sport-Arena, Warngau 300 Philipp Rank W Pre-season 30 June 2011 18:30 CEST Basel 4–0 FCB summary Zestafoni Pak 9 1:0<br/ >Yapi 37 A. Frei 45 2:0<br/ >A. Frei 67 3:0<br/ >Buess 81 4;0 16 Tsinamdzgvrishvili Grenzlandstadion, Kufstein 100 Andreas Heiss W Pre-season 2 July 2011 16:30 CEST Basel 1–2 FCB summary Dinamo București A. Frei 66 1:1 6 0:1 Dănciulescu<br/ >89 1:2 Ţucudean Sportzentrum, Schwaz 200 Michael Schiffmann L Pre-season 3 July 2011 14:00 CEST Lustenau 07 1–1 FCB summary Basel Luxbacher 80 81 Vuleta85 Cabral Stadion an der Holzstrasse, Lustenau 1,200 Peter Gruber D Pre-season 8 July 2011 18:30 CEST Hégenheim 0–4 FCB summary Basel 28 0:1 A. Frei<br/ >37 0:2 Zoua 38 Steinhöfer<br/ >77 0:3 Abraham<br/ >87 0:4 Vuleta Stade de l'Eisweiher, Hégenheim 2,500 Eric Sommer W Uhrencup The Uhrencup is a club football tournament, held annually in Grenchen. Uhrencup<br/ >Round 1 11 July 2011 20:30 CEST Basel 3–0 FCB summary Hertha BSC A. Frei 33 pen. 1:0<br/ >A. Frei 44 2:0<br/ >A. Frei 53 3:0 Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 8,321 Alain Bieri W Uhrencup<br/ >Round 2 13 July 2011 19:30 CEST Basel 2–1 FCB summary West Ham United Pak 53 1:0<br/ >Yapi 90+1 pen. 2:1 16 O'Brien<br/ >75 pen. 1:1 Stanislas Stadion Brühl, Grenchen 3,200 Cyril Zimmermann W Mid-season Mid-season 20 July 2011 17:00 Basel 5–0 Summary Schaffhausen F. Frei 3 1:0F. Frei 59 2:0Schürpf 68 3:0F. Frei 70 4:0Schürpf 82 3:0 Stadion Rankhof, Basel 550 Pascal Erlachner W Mid-season 24 August 2011 19:00 SC Dornach 0–6 Summary Basel 42 0:1 Cabral45 0:2 A. Frei48 pen. A. Frei70 0:4 Streller84 0:5 Buess90+1 0:6 Shaqiri Gigersloch, Dornach 600 Patrick Winter W Mid-season 1 September 2011 19:00 SV Muttenz 0–5 Summary Basel 20 0:1 Nafiu44 0:2 Huggel61 pen. A. Frei70 0:4 A. Frei73 0:5 Buess Sportplatz Margelacker, Muttenz 750 Adrien Jaccottet W Mid-season 6 September 2011 16:30 Basel 3–1 Summary Chiasso Buess 15 1:0Zoua 27 2:0Huggel 40 3:1 71 3:1 Graf Stadion Rankhof, Basel 950 Pascal Erlachner W Mid-season 6 October 2011 19:00 Solothurn 0–1 Summary Basel Meier 36Steffen 58 15 0:1 Huggel40 Andrist Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn 650 Fedayi San W Mid-season 11 October 2011 16:00 Basel 4–0 Summary Wohlen Chipperfield 17 1:0Andrist 28 2:0Abraham 66 3:0Andrist 81 4:0 Stadion Rankhof, Basel 780 Daniel Wermelinger W Mid-season 10 November 2011 18:30 Basel 10–0 Summary SC Dornach Schürpf 4 1:0Buess 20 2:0Andrist 27 3:0Buess 31 4:0Kusunga 36 5:0Chipperfield 51 6:0Buess 57 7:0Schürpf 61 8:0Andrist 76 9:0Marko Bicvic 10:0 Stadion Rankhof, Basel 350 Lukas Fähndrich W Mid-season 15 November 2011 16:00 Basel 2–3 Summary St. Gallen Andrist 67 1:3Vuleta 78 2:3 8 0:1 Valente31 0:2 Pa Modou44 pen. 44 Scarione Stadion Rankhof, Basel 950 Fedayi San L Winter break and Mid-season Winter break 12 January 2012 16:00 CEST Basel 0–0 FCB summary NEC Marbella Football Center, Marbella 200 Juan Francisco Caravaca (Estepona) D Winter break 14 January 2012 16:00 CEST Basel 3–3 FCB summary Feyenoord Zoua 21 1:1 <br/ >Chipperfield 28 2:1<br/ >Zoua 43 3:1 12 0:1 Guidetti <br/ >54 3:2 Schaken<br/ >67 3:3 Guidetti Marbella Football Center, Marbella 400 Ismael Pino Blanco D Winter break 17 January 2012 16:00 CEST Basel 1–0 FCB summary Videoton Andrist 62 1:0 Marbella Football Center, Marbella 200 Rafael Domingo Cervantes (Málaga) W Winter break 18 January 2012 11:00 CEST Basel 0–0 FCB summary Morocco Marbella Football Center Marbella 60 Juan Francisco Caravaca (Estepona) D Playing time reduced to 2x 25 minutes Winter break 25 January 2012 14:00 Basel 2–3 FCB summary Vaduz Kováč 49 1:2 A. Frei 79 2:2A. Frei 87 4 0:1 Burgmeier20 0:2 Baron81 pen. 2:3 Merenda Stadion Rankhof, Basel 750 Adrien Jaccottet L Winter break 29 January 2012 15:00 Basel 7–1 FCB summary Delémont A. Frei 38 1:0Dragović 36 Streller 54 2:0Andrist 59 3:1 A. Frei 74 4:1Zoua 77 5:1Dragović 81 6:1Zoua 88 7:1 55 2:1 Hengel59 B. Hulmann73 Sirufo Stadion Rankhof, Basel 850 Daniel Wermelinger W Mid-season 12 February 2012 14:00 Basel 2–0 FCB summary Lausanne-Sport A. Frei 38 pen. 1:0 Kusunga 71 2:0 Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel 500 Sandro Schärer W Mid-season 16 March 2012 18:30 Basel 3–4 FCB summary Egypt U-23 Zoua 11 1:0 Zoua 80 2:3 Shaqiri 93 pen. 3:4 28 pen. 1:1 Elneny 56 2:1 Salah 66 3:1 Mohsen85 2:4 Salah Stadion Rankhof, Basel 500 Sascha Amhof L Swiss Super League 2011–12 Swiss Super League Kickoff times are in CET First half of season Round 1 16 July 2011 20:15 Young Boys 1–1 FCB summary Basel Nef 29Mayuka 56 50 Zoua65 Voser75 Dragović Stade de Suisse, Bern 31,120 SUI Stephan Studer D Round 2 24 July 2011 16:00 Basel 2–0 FCB summary Neuchâtel Xamax Huggel 2 1:0<br/ >Binya 37 o.g. 2:0Cabral 85 38 Navarro76 Sánchez St. Jakob-Park, Basel 27,833 SUI Stephan Klossner W Round 3 30 July 2011 17:45 Grasshopper 2–2 FCB summary Basel Feltscher 67 1:1Feltscher 74<br/ >Emeghara 77 2:1 24 A. Frei29 Huggel54 1:0 A. Frei70 Shaqiri84 Steinhöfer88 2:2 A. Frei90+2 Kováč Letzigrund, Zürich 7'500 SUI Jérôme Laperrière D Round 4 6 August 2011 17:45 Basel 3–3 FCB summary Sion Kováč 5Zoua 15 1:1<br/ >Shaqiri 24 2:2<br/ >Huggel 75Cabral 90+2 3:3 6 0:1 Vanczák<br/ >18 Sio20 1:2 Adaílton <br/ >27 Serey Dié80 2:3 Sio89 Vaņins90+5 Rodrigo St. Jakob-Park, Basel 27,702 SUI Patrick Graf D Round 5 13 August 2011 17:45 Basel 1–2 FCB summary Zürich Abraham 30Cabral 79 45 Béda55 Teixeira68 Chermiti79 Buff87 Béda88 Mehmedi<br/ >90+3 Chermiti St. Jakob-Park, Basel 30,642 SUI Nikolaj Hänni L Round 6 20 August 2011 17:45 Luzern 3–1 FCB summary Basel Ferreira 72 3:1<br/ >Hochstrasser 21 2:0Ferreira 42<br/ >Ferreira 72 3:1Zibung 74Wiss 87 33 2:1 Streller75 Voser2 83 84 Huggel87 A. Frei Swissporarena, Luzern 17,000 SUI Sacha Kever L Round 7 28 August 2011 16:00 Basel 2–1 FCB summary Thun A. Frei 13 1:0Dragović 32F. Frei 49 2:0Schürpf 56Andrist 83A. Frei 84G. Xhaka 90+2 36 Schindelholz49 Lüthi61 Hediger69 2:1 Lustrinelli St. Jakob-Park, Basel 29,344 SUI Stephan Studer W Round 8 10 September 2011 17:45 Servette 0–4 FCB summary Basel Pont 58Rüfli 66Vitkieviez 79′ 33 0:1 F. Frei38 Abraham53 F. Frei60 0:2 F. Frei69 0:3 Streller77 Dragović86 0:4 G. Xhaka Stade de Genève, Geneva 20,838 SUI Nikolaj Hänni W Round 9 21 September 2011 19:45 Basel 6–0 FCB summary Lausanne-Sport Streller 91:0A. Frei 14 2:0Huggel 22 3:0 A. Frei 27 pen. 4:0Xherdan Shaqiri 52 5:0A. Frei 73 6:0 26 Meoli49 Kamber St. Jakob-Park, Basel 26,046 SUI Stephan Klossner W Round 10 24 September 2011 17:45 Thun 1–1 FCB summary Basel Lustrinelli 50Matic 74Rama 81 1:1 26 Abraham72 0:1 Streller Arena Thun, Thun 7,801 SUI Damien Carrel D Round 11 1 October 2011 17:45 Basel 3–0 FCB summary Servette Dragović 42 1:0A. Frei 44 2:0A. Frei 76 3:0 63 Moubandje71 Yartey90 M'Futi St. Jakob-Park, Basel 30,214 SUI Patrick Graf W Round 12 23 October 2011 16:00 Zürich 0–1 FCB summary Basel Schönbächler 65Buff 78Nikçi 89 55 Shaqiri73 Abraham89 Andrist Letzigrund, Zürich 14,400 SUI Stephan Studer W Round 13 26 October 2011 19:45 Sion 0–1 FCB summary Basel Mutsch 51 45 Zoua Tourbillon, Sion 10,800 SUI Sascha Kever W Round 14 29 October 2011 19:45 Basel 4–1 FCB summary Grasshopper Shaqiri 6Andrist 19A. Frei 26Dragović 66 F. Frei 77 62 Bertucci64 Toko68 Toko St. Jakob-Park, Basel 29,245 SUI Cyril Zimmermann W Round 15 5 November 2011 17:45 CEST Lausanne-Sport 2–3 FCB summary Basel Moussilou 7 1:0Roux 29Meoli 33Pasche 35Moussilou 43 2:2Moussilou 76 Kamber 83 13 1:1 Huggel23 Cabral34 1:2 A. Frei44 Streller65 2:3 A. Frei Pontaise, Lausanne 7,950 SUI Daniel Wermelinger W Round 16 19 November 2011 17:45 Basel 1–0 FCB summary Young Boys Streller 27 1:0 St. Jakob-Park, Basel 32,006 SUI Sascha Kever W Fair game, no yellow cards Round 17 3 December 2011 17:45 Basel 1–0 FCB summary Luzern Cabral 32A. Frei 64Streller 70 1:0Abraham 82Dragović 87 32 Gygax61 H. Yakin68 Stahel84 Sarr St. Jakob-Park, Basel 31,081 SUI Alain Bieri W Round 18 11 December 2011 16:00 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–1 FCB summary Basel Navarro 43 Besle 2 48 53Dampha 80 1:1 43 Dragović77 0:1 Streller90+1 Shaqiri90+2 Streller Maladière, Neuchâtel 5,504 SUI Nikolaj Hänni D Second half of season Neuchâtel Xamax had their license revoked during the winter break, the club's second-half matches were cancelled entirely. The Swiss Football Association competed the second half of the season with only nine clubs. The remaining nine played another double round-robin schedule. Each of the nine clubs had then played 34 matches at the end of the season. Suisse Football League 2012 http://www.football.ch/sfl/de/Ranglisten-Resultate-ASL.aspx Neuchâtel Xamax FC Suisse Football League 2012-01-01 de Round 19 5 February 2012 16:00 Basel 0–0 FCB summary Sion Shaqiri 62 41 Adaílton 57 Dingsdag 67 Basha St. Jakob-Park, Basel 25,762 SUI Damien Carrel D Round 20 FC Basel 1893 2012 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27640/26/7/7 https://archive.today/20130115212529/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27640/26/7/7 dead 2013-01-15 Die Partie Lausanne-Sport–FC Basel 1893 wird am 4. April 2012 nachgeholt FC Basel 1893 2012-03-20 de 11 February 2012 17:45 Lausanne-Sport P–P (Report) Basel Pontaise, Lausanne P Round 21 16 February 2012 20:15 Young Boys 2–2 FCB summary) Basel Spycher 32 pen. 1:0 Wölfli 35 Farnerud 46 Costanzo 76 2:1Spycher 81 14 Steinhöfer 31 Dragović 35 A. Frei 59 Shaqiri 71 1:1 Streller 90 2:2 Stocker 90+2 G. Xhaka Stade de Suisse, Bern 20,246 SUI Sascha Kever D Round 22 26 February 2012 16:00 Basel 1–0 FCB summary Zürich A. Frei 56 1:0Streller 60Dragović83Degen 85 15 Buff 52 Pedro Henrique 54 Drmić St. Jakob-Park, Basel 28,516 SUI Stephan Klossner W Round 23 4 March 2012 16:00 Basel 3–1 FCB summary Luzern Abraham 28 1:0 Kováč 42 Steinhöfer 45 Stocker 59 A. Frei 63A. Frei 78 2:1A. Frei 81 3:1 15 Renggli 27 Puljić 68 1:1 Ohayon 0 90+2 Lustenberger St. Jakob-Park, Basel 30,261 SUI Patrick Graf W Round 24 10 March 2012 17:45 Grasshopper 0–2 FCB summary Basel Toko 42Mustafi 47 5 0:1 Shaqiri40 0:2 Degen 47 Abraham Letzigrund, Zürich 7,000 SUI Damien Carrel W Round 25 18 March 2012 Neuchâtel Xamax Cancelled Basel Maladière, Neuchâtel P Round 26 24 March 2012 17:45 Basel 5–0 FCB summary Servette Abraham 44 1:0A. Frei 52 pen. 2:0 Streller 59 3:0A. Frei 87 4:0A. Frei 90 5:0 44 De Azevedo 76 Pizzinat St. Jakob-Park, Basel 28,932 SUI Daniel Wermelinger W Round 27 31 March 2012 17:45 Thun 2–3 FCB summary Basel Matić 9 pen. 1:1Matić 0 23Wittwer 37Ch. Schneuwly 77(Hediger)/Sommer 79 o.g. 2:3 6 0:1 Streller2 8 28 Cabral41 1:2 Stocker59 1:3 A. Frei81 A. Frei90+1 Streller Arena Thun, Thun 7,624 SUI Sascha Amhof W Round 20 4 April 2012 18:30 Lausanne-Sport 0–2 FCB summary Basel Tall 11Sonnerat 77 66 0:1 A. Frei87 0:2 Pak Pontaise, Lausanne 5,218 SUI Ludovic Gremaud W Round 28 7 April 2012 17:45 Luzern 1–1 FCB summary Basel Lezcano 59 1:1Lezcano 63 3 0:1 Shaqiri Swissporarena, Luzern 17,000 SUI Sascha Kever D Round 29 15 April 2012 Basel Cancelled Neuchâtel Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel P Round 30 22 April 2012 16:00 Sion 0–3 FCB summary Basel Basha 41 Die 63 Danilo 71 24 G. Xhaka 49 0:1 A. Frei 53 Streller 74 0:2 Steinhöfer 83 0:3 A. Frei Tourbillon, Sion 12,500 SUI Stephan Studer W Round 31 29 April 2012 16:00 Basel 3–1 FCB summary Lausanne-Sport Streller 9 1:0 Shaqiri 58 A. Frei 64 2:1 Dragović 90 Zoua 90 3:1 20 1:1 Júnior Negrão 40 Chakhsi 44 Marazzi 56 Sonnerat St. Jakob-Park, Basel 36,000 SUI Ludovic Gremaud W Round 32 2 May 2012 19:45 Basel 2–1 FCB summary Thun Andrist 16 1:0 Kováč 59 Yapi 62 A. Frei 64A. Frei 70 pen. 2:1 45+1 o.g. 1:1 Park 54 Bigler 69 Da Costa St. Jakob-Park, Basel 26,561 SUI Patrick Graf W Round 33 6 May 2012 16:00 Zürich 1–5 FCB summary Basel Buff 6 1:0 Glarner71 Chermiti 1 22 82 Drmić 79Buff 79 10 pen. 1:1Shaqiri19 1:2 Shaqiri 54 Shaqiri64 1:3 Stocker 72 pen. 1:4 82 1:5 Streller Letzigrund, Zürich 12,500 SUI Sascha Kever W Round 34 12 May 2012 17:45 Basel 6–3 FCB summary Grasshopper Stocker 28 1:1 Zoua 38 2:1 Feltscher 46 o.g. 3:1 A. Frei 69 4:1 Huggel 71 5:1 Zoua 81 6:3 4 0:1 Paiva12 La Rocca 24 Bauer 57 Landeka 63 Bertucci 72 5:2 Paiva 73 5:3 Zuber St. Jakob-Park, Basel 30,026 SUI Alain Bieri W Round 35 20 May 2012 16:00 Servette 2–1 FCB summarySoccerway report Basel Yartey 12 1:0De Azevedo 67Moubandje 78Eudis 84 2:1Rüfli 90+2 2 21 52 Kusunga62 1:1 Zoua77 Degen90 Streller Stade de Genève, Geneva 21,821 AUT Dominik Ouschan L Round 36 23 May 2012 20:15 Basel 1–2 FCB summarySoccerway report Young Boys G. Xhaka 22Shaqiri 33 1:1Sommer 79 18 0:1 Costanzo48 Simpson80 1:2 Vitkieviez St. Jakob-Park, Basel 36,000 SUI Stephan Studer L League table main WDL 5 QR BAS Basel LUZ Luzern YB Young Boys SER Servette THU Thun ZÜR Zürich LS Lausanne-Sport GCZ Grasshopper SIO Sion NX Neuchâtel Xamax 22 8 4 78 33 C 14 12 8 46 32 13 12 9 52 38 14 6 14 45 53 11 10 13 38 41 11 8 15 43 44 8 6 20 29 61 7 5 22 32 66 15 8 11 40 35 -36 O 7 5 6 22 22 D Sion were deducted 36 points for fielding ineligible players.FC Sion 15-point penalty ends Man Utd hopes of European reprieve https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16366160 30 December 2011 30 December 2011 BBC News Neuchâtel Xamax's license was revoked with immediate effect and they were expelled from the Swiss Football League on 18 January 2012 after not providing necessary financial documents and guarantees.Disziplinarkommission entzieht NE Xamax die Lizenz http://www.football.ch/sfl/de/start.aspx?cid=79125 Official website Swiss Football League 19 January 2012 de The first-half results of the club will be kept while any matches in spring involving Xamax were cancelled.Resultate / Ranglisten - Axpo Super League http://www.football.ch/sfl/de/Ranglisten-Resultate-ASL.aspx Official website Swiss Football League 19 January 2012 de green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to Europa League play-off round Because 2011–12 Swiss Cup winners Basel qualified for the Champions League, and runners-up Luzern qualified for the Europa League through league position, the distribution of the Europa League spots reverted to league position. ELPR blue2 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round ELPR EL2 EL2 red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs RP red1 Demotion to the 2. Liga interregional DEM 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF Swiss Cup 2011–12 Swiss Cup Round 1 17 September 2011 17:00 FC Eschenbach 0–4 SFV summaryFCB summary Basel Pak 11 0:1Pak 36 0:2Zoua 44 pen. 0:3Chipperfield 71 0:4 Sportplatz Weiherhaus, Eschenbach LU 3,700 Sascha Amhof W Round 2 15 October 2011 17:00 Schötz 1–5 SFV summaryFCB summary Basel Karajcic 37Grüter 55Koch 84 1:4Tchoumbé 90 Andrist 8 0:1Huggel 34 0:1Andrist 57 0:3Zoua 79 0:4A. Frei 89 1:5 Sportplatz Wissenhusen, Schötz 2,800 Pascal Erlachner W Round 3 26 November 2011 17:30 Wil 2–3 y SFV summaryFCB summary Basel Cavusevic 61′Fejzulahi 76Schär 81Lombardi 84 1:1Čavušević 111 2:1 Bastida 114Čavušević 0 120 8 0:1 F. Frei55 Kováč0 59 Sommer113 2:2 Degen117 2:3 A. Frei0 120 Kunsunga Bergholz, Wil 4,400 Damien Carrel W Quarterfinal 21 March 2012 19:45 Basel 5–2 SFV summaryFCB summary Lausanne-Sport Katz 24 o.g. 1:0Streller 50 2:1A. Frei 59 pen. 3:1Streller 89 4:2F. Frei 90+2 5:2 45 1:1 Roux71 3:2 Roux St. Jakob-Park, Basel 8,028 Cyril Zimmermann (Münsingen) W no yellow cards Semifinal 15 April 2012 FC Basel 1893 2012 http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27666/26/7/7 https://archive.today/20130115191651/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27666/26/7/7 dead 2013-01-15 Cup-Halbfinal neu am 15. April 2012 FC Basel 1893 2012-03-23 de 14:00 Winterthur 1–2 SFV summary Basel Bengondo 42 Kuzmanovic 45 Lüscher 68 Kuzmanovic 90+3 pen. 1:2 26 Yapi 38 0:1 Streller 64 F. Frei 89 0:2 A. Frei90+4 A. Frei Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur 8,500 Alain Bieri (Bern) W Final Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” 16 May 2012 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=26273 FC Basel - FC Luzern 4:2 n.P. (1:1, 1:1, 0:0) Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2023-11-16 Final 16 May 2012 20:30 CEST Basel 1–1 yes SFV summaryFCB summary Luzern Dragović 40Huggel 56 1:0G. Xhaka 90 57 Wiss67 1:1 Puljić90 Gygax 4–2 Yapi Yapo Streller Zoua Shaqiri Renggli Ohayon Gygax Stahel Stade de Suisse, Bern 30,100 Daniel Wermelinger Fussball-Schweiz 20 May 2013 https://www.fussball-schweiz.ch/schweizer-cup/finals-2000-2019/ 87. Schweizer Cupfinal, FC Basel 1893-FC Luzern 5:3 n. Pen. (0:0; 1:1) daniel schaub medienbüro gmbh de 2023-11-16 GK SUI Yann Sommer DF GER Markus Steinhöfer DF ARG David Abraham DF AUT Aleksandar Dragović 40 72DF KOR Park Joo-Ho MF SUI Xherdan Shaqiri MF SUI Benjamin Huggel (cap) 96MF SUI Granit Xhaka 90 MF SUI Valentin Stocker 73ST SUI Alexander Frei ST SUI Marco Streller Substitutes:DF CZE Radoslav Kováč 72FW CMR Jacques Zoua 73FW CIV Gilles Yapi 96Manager:GER Heiko Vogel GK SUI David Zibung DF FRA Sally Sarr DF SUI Florian Stahel DF CRO Tomislav Puljić DF SUI Claudio Lustenberger MF SUI Alain Wiss 57 MF SUI Michel Renggli MF SUI Adrian Winter MF SUI Xavier Hochstrasser 60FW SUI Nelson Ferreira 104ST PAR Dario Lezcano 95Substitutes:MF SUI Daniel Gygax 90 60ST ALB Jahmir Hyka 95FW ISR Moshe Ohayon 104Manager:SUI Murat Yakin UEFA Champions League 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group C 1 14 September 2011 20:45 CEST Basel SUI 2–1 (Report) ROU Oțelul Galaţi Streller 35F. Frei 39Benjamin Huggel 1 52 87A. Frei 84 pen. Râpă 49Pena 58Sălăgeanu 0 82Antal 90+1Grahovac 90+3 Basel, Switzerland St. Jakob Park 30,126 William Collum (Scotland) W 2 27 September 2011 20:45 CEST Manchester United ENG 3–3 (Report) SUI Basel Welbeck 16 17Young 90 A. Frei 34, 61 76 pen.F. Frei 58G. Xhaka 71 Manchester, England Old Trafford 73,115 Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) D 3 18 October 2011 20:45 CEST Basel SUI 0–2 (Report) POR Benfica Streller 35Huggel 74Shaqiri 90+1A. Frei 90+3 Bruno César 20Emerson 1 41 86Cardozo 75Artur 90 Basel, Switzerland St. Jakob Park 35,831 Viktor Kassai (Hungary) L 4 2 November 2011 20:45 CET Benfica POR 1–1 (Report) SUI Basel Rodrigo 4Aimar 45+1Garay 45+2Pereira 57Vítor 89 Park 18Huggel 34, 64 Lisbon, Portugal Estádio da Luz 39,270 Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) D 5 22 November 2011 20:45 CET Oțelul Galați ROU 2–3 (Report) SUI Basel Sălăgeanu 33Giurgiu 75Antal 81 F. Frei 10A. Frei 14Streller 37Dragović 62Cabral 72 Bucharest, Romania Stadionul Național 5,787 Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) W 6 7 December 2011 20:45 CET Basel SUI 2–1 (UEFA Report)(BBC Sport Report) ENG Manchester United Streller 9T. Xhaka 28A. Frei 84F. Frei 90+1 Young 45+3Evra 87Jones 89 Basel, Switzerland St. Jakob Park 36,894 Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) W main WDL Group C Q BEN POR Benfica BAS SUI Basel MU ENG Manchester United OG ROU Oțelul Galați 3 3 0 8 4 3 2 1 11 10 2 3 1 11 8 0 0 6 3 11 KO KO EL green1 Advance to knockout phase blue1 Transfer to Europa League n noflag 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–2 2–0 2–3 0–1 0–2 complete Soccerway Knockout phase 2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase RO16 1st leg 22 February 2012 20:45 CEST Basel SUI 1–0 Report GER Bayern Munich Abraham 63 Stocker 86 72 Müller 82 Rafinha Basel, Switzerland St. Jakob-Park 36,000 (sold out) Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) W RO16 2nd leg 13 March 2012 20:45 CEST Bayern Munich GER 7–0 7–1 Report SUI Basel Robben 10 81Müller 42Gómez 44 50 61 67Boateng 80 60 Streller82 Cabral Munich, Germany Allianz Arena 66,000 (sold out) Mark Clattenburg (England) L Statistics Match statistics Swiss Super League UEFA Champions League Swiss Cup Yann Sommer SUI 1 GK 25 18 0 6 0 1 0 y Markus Steinhöfer GER 27 RWB 25 18 0 6 0 1 0 David Abraham ARG 19 CB 17 11 1 6 0 0 0 y Aleksandar Dragović AUT 6 CB 23 17 1 6 0 0 0 Park Joo-ho KOR 3 LB 20 13 0 6 0 2 0 y Xherdan ShaqiriShaqiri was born in Gnjilane, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but was raised in Basel, Switzerland. SUI 17 RM 20 18 4 4 0 1 0 Benjamin Huggel SUI 8 DM 20 15 3 4 1 1 1 y Granit XhakaGranit Xhaka was born in Gnjilane, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but was raised in Switzerland. SUI 34 CM 16 12 1 6 0 3 0 Fabian Frei SUI 20 CM 22 18 4 6 3 2 1 y Marco Streller SUI 9 CF 23 18 7 5 2 0 0 Alexander Frei SUI 13 CF 24 17 11 5 5 2 2 y Jacques Zoua CMR 31 FW 14 13 3 5 0 3 2 Pak Kwang-ryong PRK 35 CF 2 10 0 3 0 1 2 y CabralCabral was born in Praia, Cape Verde. SUI 24 DM 11 10 1 5 0 2 0 Kay Voser SUI 15 FB 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 y Radoslav Kováč CZE 29 CB 12 10 0 1 0 3 0 Fwayo Tembo ZAM 30 RW 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 y Stephan Andrist SUI 28 RW 5 7 1 0 0 2 2 Pascal Schürpf SUI 7 LW 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 y Arlind Ajeti SUI 5 CB 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 Gilles Yapi Yapo CIV 10 CM 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 y Massimo Colomba SUI 23 GK 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 Taulant XhakaTaulant Xhaka was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but was raised in Switzerland. SUI 16 FB 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 y Genséric Kusunga SUI 21 CB 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 Scott Chipperfield AUS 11 LM 5 5 0 5 0 3 1 SUI y Philipp Degen SUI 4 RWB 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 Roman Buess SUI 26 MF 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 y Marcel Herzog SUI 18 GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Valentin Stocker SUI 14 LM 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 y Sandro Wieser LIE 33 CM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 December Starting 11 then appearances June 2011 Notes 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 2011–12 at "Basler Fussballarchiv” homepage Switzerland 2011–12 at RSSSF External links 2011–12 FC Basel season at Soccerway Category:FC Basel seasons Basel season Basel Category:Swiss football championship–winning seasons