2018–19 FC Basel season

The 2018–19 FC Basel season is the 126th season in club history and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were runners-up in the previous season. The season started on the weekend of 21–22 July 2018 and will end on Saturday 25 May 2019. The first round of the Swiss Cup was played on the week-end 29, 30 June and 1 July. Basel played the first round on Friday 29 June against lower classed FC Montlingen and they were victorious. Therefore Basel continued in the competition in the second round against FC Echallens.

FC Basel
2018–19 season
FC Basel Logo
OwnerFCB Holding
ChairmanSwitzerland Bernhard Burgener
ManagerSwitzerland Raphaël Wicky
until 26 July 2018
Switzerland A. Frei
ad interim
Switzerland Marcel Koller
from 2 August 2018
GroundSt. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League2nd
Swiss CupWinners
Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Albian Ajeti (14)
All: Albian Ajeti (21)

Basel were also qualified for qualifying phase and play-offs (League Path). The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018 (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw). The first leg was played on 24 July and the second leg played on 1 August 2018. But Basel were eliminated by PAOK and they therefore continued in the Play-off round of the Europa League against Vitesse Arnhem.

Club

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Management

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Raphaël Wicky was the first team manager at the start of the season. His assistant was Massimo Lombardo and a further member of the training staff was Werner Leuthard. Due to the very poor start into the season Wicky was sacked on 26 July, after the Champions League qualifying defeat against PAOK. Alexander Frei then took over as interim coach until a new manager was named. On 2 August Basel announced that Marcel Koller had signed as new manager. He appointed Thomas Janeschitz and Carlos Bernegger as his assistants. Massimo Colomba stayed as the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System.

Position Staff
Manager   Raphaël Wicky
until 26 July 2018
Manager   A. Frei
(interim) from 26 July 2018 until 2 August 2018
Manager   Marcel Koller
from 2 August 2018
Assistant manager   Massimo Lombardo
until 2 August 2018
Assistant manager   Thomas Janeschitz
from 2 August 2018
Assistant manager   Carlos Bernegger
from 2 August 2018
Goalkeeper Coach   Massimo Colomba
Fitness Coach   Werner Leuthard
until 2 August 2018
Team leader   Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach   Arjan Peço
Youth Team Co-Coach   Toni Membrino
Youth Team Co-Coach   Michaël Bauch

Further information

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The FC Basel annual general meeting took place on 4 June 2018. The board of directors under president Bernhard Burgener with sportdirector Marco Streller, Peter von Büren, financial manager, Patrick Jost, marketing as well as Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser remained on the board. Roland Heri was voted onto the board as COO.[1]

Chairman   Bernhard Burgener
Sportdirector   Marco Streller
COO   Roland Heri
Finances   Peter von Büren
Marketing   Patrick Jost
Direktor   Reto Baumgartner
Direktor   Dominik Donzé
Direktor   Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (38,512[2]
(37,500 for international matches)[3] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 4 June 2018
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview

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Offseason and preseason

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Between the end of the 2017–18 FC Basel season and this season there were quite a few changes in the team squad. All three goalkeepers left the team. Tomáš Vaclík transferred to Sevilla, Mirko Salvi transferred to Grasshopper Club[4] and Germano Vailati ended his active career. Furthermore, Mohamed Elyounoussi left the club and joined Southampton.[5] Michael Lang also left the club and joined Borussia Mönchengladbach.[6] Cedric Itten transferred to St. Gallen,[7]

In the other direction Basel were not too busy on the transfer market. On 22 June 2018 Basel announced that they had signed goalkeeper Jonas Omlin from Luzern[8] and on 26 June 2018 Basel announced that they had signed Aldo Kalulu from Lyon.[9]

During the winter break, on 4 February 2019, the club announced that Edon Zhegrova had been signed in on loan for 18 months from Genk.[10]

The Campaign

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Domestic League

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The season started on the weekend of 21–22 July 2018. Basel's priority aim for the new season was to win the league championship.

Domestic Cup

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Basel's clear aim for the cup this season was to win the title. The first round was played on the week-end 29, 30 June and 1 July. Basel played their first-round game on Friday 29 June away from home against lower classed FC Montlingen. In the first round Basel beat Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter-finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi-finals Zürich 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.[11] Basel's aim for this competition was therefore fulfilled.

Champions League

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Basel entered into this season's Champions League in the qualifying phase and play-offs (League Path). The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018 (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw). The first legs will be played on 24 and 25 July, and the second legs will be played on 31 July and 1 August 2018. Basel were matched against the greek team PAOK.

Players

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First team squad

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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 21 July 2018 but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 5 August 2018[12]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Jonas Omlin
40 GK   ANG Antonio Signori
35 GK   DEN Martin Hansen
44 GK   GRE Jozef Pukaj
3 DF   GRE Konstantinos Dimitriou
4 DF   SUI Eray Cömert
5 DF   SUI Silvan Widmer
23 DF   COL Éder Álvarez Balanta
25 DF   PER Carlos Zambrano [13]
28 DF   ITA Raoul Petretta
15 DF   PAR Blás Riveros
17 DF   CZE Marek Suchý (Captain)
43 DF   SUI Yves Kaiser
6 MF   SUI Fabian Frei
7 MF   SUI Luca Zuffi
8 MF   SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   SUI Samuele Campo
11 MF   SUI Noah Okafor
14 MF   SUI Valentin Stocker
20 MF   CIV Serey Dié
26 MF   FRA Aldo Kalulu
27 MF   SUI Neftali Manzambi
33 MF   SUI Kevin Bua
30 MF   KOS Edon Zhegrova
34 MF   ALB Taulant Xhaka (Vice-Captain)
36 MF   SUI Robin Huser
37 FW   FRA Afimico Pululu
9 FW   NED Ricky van Wolfswinkel
18 FW   SUI Julian Von Moos
19 FW   SUI Dimitri Oberlin
22 FW   SUI Albian Ajeti

Transfers summer 2018

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4 DF   SUI Eray Cümart (returned end of loan)
8 MF   SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović (returned end of loan)
18 FW   SUI Julian Von Moos (from Grasshopper Club)[14]
21 GK   SUI Jonas Omlin (from Luzern)[8]
25 DF   PER Carlos Zambrano (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)[13]
26 MF   FRA Aldo Kalulu (from Lyon)[9]
1 GK   CZE Tomáš Vaclík (to Sevilla)
5 DF   SUI Michael Lang (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)[6]
13 GK   SUI Mirko Salvi (to Grasshopper Club)[4]
15 MF   SWE Alexander Fransson (to IFK Norrköping)
18 GK   SUI Germano Vailati (end of career)
20 MF   CIV Serey Dié (on loan to Neuchâtel Xamax until 30 June 2019)[15]
24 MF   NOR Mohamed Elyounoussi (to Southampton)[5]
30 MF   SUI Cedric Itten (to St. Gallen)[7]
35 DF   POR Pedro Pacheco (to)
39 MF   SUI Davide Callà (to Winterthur)
- MF   SUI Dereck Kutesa (to St. Gallen)
- MF   SUI Dominik Schmid (on loan at FC Wil until 30 June 2019)[16]

Transfers winter break 2018

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30 MF   KOS Edon Zhegrova (on loan from Genk)[10]

Results and fixtures

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Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Preseason

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22 June 2018 Pre-season Basel   6 – 1   Rapperswil-Jona Youth-Campus, Basel
16:00 Okafor   4'
Campo   6'
Al. Ajeti   23'
Stocker   33'
Pululu   63'
Oberlin   70'
Report   3' Turkes Attendance: 350
Referee:   Pascal Erlachner
10 July 2018 Uhrencup FC Basel   1 – 2   Wolverhampton Wanderers Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne
18:00 van Wolfswinkel   22'   9'
Suchý   18'
Kuzmanović   80'
Report   17' Rafa
  32' Watt
  50' Jota
Attendance: 1,700
Referee:   Urs Schnyder
13 July 2018 Uhrencup FC Basel   0 – 5   Feyenoord Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne
20:00 Dié   48'
Zuffi   66'
Ajeti   71'
Report van Persie   2', 61'
Berghuis   45'
Botteghin   71'
Vilhena   79'

Winter break

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11 January 2019 Test Basel   2 – 0   Aarau Youth-Campus, Basel
15:00 van Wolfswinkel   57'
Oberlin   74'
Report Attendance: 500
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
17 January 2019 Test Basel   2 – 1   Puskás Akadémia Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:30 Al. Ajeti   9'
F. Frei   86'
Report   89' Latifi Attendance: 60
Referee:   José Antonio Gutierrez Pérez
22 January 2019 Test Basel   2 – 0   FK Krasnodar Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
13:00 Bua   50'
Balanta   66'
Report   35' Da Silva
  35' Kaboré
Attendance: 120
Referee:   Pablo Pla Muñoz
26 January 2019 Test Union Berlin   2 – 2   Basel An der Alten Försterei
14:00 Polter   21'
Prömel   30'
Report   4' Kalulu
  41' van Wolfswinkel
Attendance: 2'406
Referee:   Lasse Koslowski

Swiss Super League

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First half of season

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21 July 2018 Round 1 Basel 1 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Ajeti   44'
Quintillà   66' (o.g.)
Kalulu   69'
Serey Dié   90+3'
Report   20' Quintillà
  38' Vilotić
  49' Tschernegg
  56' Itten
  65' Kutesa
  90+4' Sierro
Attendance: 25,648
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
28 July 2018 Round 2 Xamax 1 – 1 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
19:00 Xhemajli   34'
Nuzzolo   85'
Report   66' Okafor
  78'   90' Campo
Attendance: 12,000
Referee:   Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
4 August 2018 Round 3 Basel 4 – 2 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Zuffi   8'
F. Frei   40'
Cümart   29'   62'
Al. Ajeti   64'
van Wolfswinkel   68'
Bua   90+1'
Report   72' Bahoui
  77' Pusic
  83′ Sigurjónsson
  87' Djuricin
  90+2′ Djuricin
Attendance: 25,313
Referee:   Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
12 August 2018 Round 4 Basel 3 – 2 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00 Al. Ajeti   1'
F. Frei   28'
Widmer   39'
Neitzke   71' (o.g.)
Report   39' Maceiras
  40', 56' Uldriķis
  45' Neitzke
Attendance: 25,078
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
26 August 2018 Round 5 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Nef   39'
Pa Modou Jagne   76'
Rüegg   78'
Report   39'   75' Campo
  70' F. Frei
  87' van Wolfswinkel
Attendance: 13,126
Referee:   Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
2 September 2018 Round 6 Basel 1 – 1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Xhaka   19'   45'
F. Frei   45'
Balanta   77'
Report   29'   79' Sorgić
  34' Glarner
  36' Tosetti
  47' Sutter
  74' Karlen
Attendance: 26,117
Referee:   Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)
23 September 2018 Round 7 Young Boys 7 – 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00 Fassnacht   30'
Sulejmani   41'
Sanogo   47'
Camara   52'
Hoarau   58'   60'
Aebischer   70'
Bertone   80'   90'
Assalé   89'
Report   50'   75' van Wolfswinkel
  62' Balanta
  66' Ajeti
Attendance: 31,120
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
26 September 2018 Round 8 Basel 2 – 1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Cömert   13'
Bua   33'   86'
Riveros   73'
Serey Dié   80'
F. Frei   89'
Report   33' Vargas
  74' Salvi
  90' (pen.) Eleke
Attendance: 23,570
Referee:   Urs Schnyder
30 September 2018 Round 9 Lugano 2 – 2 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:00 Čovilo   19'   52'
Vécsei   39'
Sabbatini   78'
Carlinhos Junior   82'
Gerndt   90+1'
Report   9' Zuffi
  50' Ajeti
Attendance: 4,364
Referee:   Pascal Erlachner
6 October 2018 Round 10 St. Gallen 1 – 3 Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
19:00 Sierro   31'
Barnetta   63'
Quintillà   72'
Report   13' Serey Die
  37' Al. Ajeti
  81' Zuffi
  84' Riveros
  88' Hansen
  90' Kalulu
  93' Widmer
Attendance: 14,503
Referee:   Ioannis Papadopoulos
21 October 2018 Round 11 Basel 1 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Al. Ajeti   40'
F. Frei   42'
FCB Report   52' Nuzzolo
  58' Doudin
  74' Kamber
  79' Di Nardo
  86' Pickel
  88' Walthert
Attendance: 24,605
Referee:   Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
27 October 2018 Round 12 Grasshopper Club 1 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00 Doumbia   14'
Holzhauser   22'
Jeffrén   34'
Cvetković   66'
Zesiger   82'
Rhyner   86'
FCB Report   6' Zuffi
  11' Balanta
  17'   46' van Wolfswinkel
Attendance: 6,900
Referee:   Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
5 November 2018 Round 13 Basel 3 – 2 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Xhaka   4'
Bua   66'   11', 34'
van Wolfswinkel   84'
Widmer   88'
FCB report   51' (o.g.) van Wolfswinkel
  72' Sabbatini
Attendance: 23,835
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
10 November 2018 Round 14 Thun 4 – 2 Basel Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00 Spielmann  25′
Glarner   39'
Stillhart   45+1'
Sorgić   55' (pen.), 78'
Hediger   65'
Tosetti   70'
Salanović   82'
FCB report   20' van Wolfswinkel
  28' Al. Ajeti
  50' F. Frei
  89' Xhaka
  90+2' Pululu
Attendance: 7,144
Referee:   Stephan Klossner
25 November 2018 Round 15 Luzern 1 – 1 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00 Schürpf   7'
Schwegler   27'
Sidler   58'
Schneuwly   90'
FCB report   25' van Wolfswinkel
  37' Xhaka
  58' Al. Ajeti
  72' Balanta
  90'   51' Cömert
Attendance: 10,702
Referee:   Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
2 December 2018 Round 16 Basel 1 – 3 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Al. Ajeti   16'
Balanta   26'
Xhaka   70'
Cömert   89'
F. Frei   90+2'
FCB report   28' Aebischer
  36' Mbabu
  69' Camara
  79' Sulejmani
  89' Fassnacht
Attendance: 29,491
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
9 December 2018 Round 17 Basel 2 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Al. Ajeti   19'
Okafor   40'
Petretta   48'
Oberlin   79'
FCB report   44' Pálsson
  84' Kasai
Attendance: 26,760
Referee:   Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
15 December 2018 Round 18 Sion 1 – 2 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
19:00 Adryan   31'
Kouassi   44'
Neitzke   59'
Abdellaoui   73'
Fickentscher   82'
FCB report   46'   van Wolfswinkel
  72' Kuzmanović
  82' Widmer
Attendance: 10,200
Referee:   Urs Schnyder

Second half of season

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3 February 2019 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 0 – 4 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Ar. Ajeti   3'   26' FCB report   19', 36', 73' van Wolfswinkel
  41' Bua
  52' F. Frei
  76' Al. Ajeti
Attendance: 5,200
Referee:   Stephan Klossner
9 February 2019 Round 20 Basel 1 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Xhaka   7'
F. Frei   19'
Zambrano   66'
Campo   89'   90+2'
FCB report   35' Ashimeru
  47' Quintillà
  53' Kutesa
  70' Nuhu
  86' Bakayoko
  90' Tafer
Attendance: 27,543
Referee:   Urs Schnyder
17 February 2019 Round 21 Basel 1 – 0 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Zuffi   43' (pen.)
Kuzmanović   90'
Report   42' Fickentscher
  76' Toma
  83' Neitzke
Attendance: 21,339
Referee:   Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
23 February 2019 Round 22 Xamax 0 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
19:00 Serey Die   68'
Pickel   68'
Report   35' Stocker
  58' Suchý
  70' Okafor
Attendance: 6,121
Referee:   Alessandro Dudic
3 March 2019 Round 23 Basel 3 – 1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 van Wolfswinkel   16'
Al. Ajeti   32'
Okafor   35'
Balanta   37'
Zuffi   83'
F. Frei   89'
Report   89' Rodrigues Attendance: 21,717
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
10 March 2019 Round 24 Lugano 1 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:00 Sabbatini   44'
Črnigoj   77'
Report   7' Al. Ajeti
  52' Stocker
  86' Petretta
Attendance: 4,188
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
17 March 2019 Round 25 Basel 2 – 2 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Aebischer   17' (o.g.)
Suchý   38'
Okafor   35'   53'
Widmer   83'
Report   32' Aebischer
  41', 44'   49' Nsame
  86' Camara
Attendance: 28,103
Referee:   Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
30 March 2019 Round 26 Luzern 0 – 1 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
19:00 Ćirković   83' Report   47' Kuzmanović
  80' Suchý
  90' Kalulu
Attendance: 11,549
Referee:   Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
4 April 2019 Round 27 Zürich 0 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Rüegg   28'
H. Kryeziu   35'
Maxsø   74'
Report   54'   60' Campo
  89' Al. Ajeti
Attendance: 10,324
Referee:   Stephan Klossner
7 April 2019 Round 28 Basel 1 – 1 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Črnigoj   58'
Sadiku   81'   67'
Report   24' Xhaka
  41' Cömert
  75' Suchý
  93' Balanta
Attendance: 21,533
Referee:   Urs Schnyder
13 April 2019 Round 29 Basel 0 – 0 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Zesiger   52' Report   78' Al. Ajeti Attendance: 22,004
Referee:   Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
19 April 2019 Round 30 Sion 0 – 3 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00 Grgić   67'
Baltazar   81'
Zock   48'   84'
Report   32'   42' van Wolfswinkel
  85' (pen.) Zuffi
  90+2' Grgić
Attendance: 12,800
Referee:   Urs Schnyder
28 April 2019 Round 31 St. Gallen 0 – 3 Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:00 Vilotić   79' Report   21' van Wolfswinkel
  65' Campo
  82' Stocker
Attendance: 13,755
Referee:   Pascal Erlachner
4 May 2019 Round 32 Basel 3 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Zambrano   49'
van Wolfswinkel   66'
Balanta   86'
Ajeti   90+1'
Report   42' Odey Attendance: 23,099
Referee:   Lionel Tschudi
12 May 2019 Round 33 Young Boys 3 – 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00 von Bergen   27'
Benito   54'
Nsame   62'
Mbabu   80'
Ngamaleu   81', 90+1'
Report   4' Frei
  42'   72' Zambrano
  56' Stocker
Attendance: 31,120
Referee:   Urs Schnyder
15 May 2019 Round 34 Basel 3 – 2 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Kuzmanović   18' (pen.)
Balanta   37'
Al. Ajeti   47'
  68' Petretta
  88' Zhegrova
Report   51' Demhasaj
  55' Demhasaj
  57' Sidler
  67' Kakabadze
  74' Voca
Attendance: 20,631
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
22 May 2019 Round 35 Thun 1 – 2 Basel Stockhorn Arena, Thun
20:00 Costanzo   75' Report   47' Kuzmanović
  62' Campo
  69' Cömert
  77' Al. Ajeti
  88' Bua
Attendance: 5,151
Referee:   Stephan Klossner
25 May 2019 Round 36 Basel 4 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Okafor   28'
Campo   26', 56'
Riveros   78'
von Moos   90'
Report   89' Ademi Attendance: 21,275
Referee:   Urs Schnyder

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 29 4 3 99 36 +63 91 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Basel 36 20 11 5 71 46 +25 71 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 10 16 10 50 49 +1 46 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4 Thun 36 12 10 14 57 58 −1 46 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 14 4 18 56 61 −5 46 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 St. Gallen 36 13 7 16 49 58 −9 46
7 Zürich 36 11 11 14 43 52 −9 44
8 Sion 36 12 7 17 50 55 −5 43
9 Xamax (O) 36 9 10 17 44 65 −21 37 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10 Grasshopper (R) 36 5 10 21 32 71 −39 25 Relegation to the Swiss Challenge League
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[17]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Swiss Cup

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

18 August 2018 Round 1 FC Montlingen 0 – 3 Basel Sportanlage - Kolbenstein, Montlingen
Report   10' Balanta
  66' Bua
  84' Kalulu
Attendance: 4,348
Referee:   Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
15 September 2018 Round 2 Echallens Région 2 – 7 Basel Sportplatz 3 Sapins, Echallens
16:00 Adam   37'
El Allaoui   55'
Galokho   90+1'
FCB Report   52', 53'   61' Al. Ajeti
  63' van Wolfswinkel
  65' Bua
  69' Campo
  80' Oberlin
  85' F. Frei
Attendance: 4,087
Referee:   Stephan Klossner
31 October 2018 Round of 16 Winterthur 0 – 1 Basel Stadion Schützenwiese, Echallens
20:00
Summary
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Sandro Schärer
27 February 2019 Quarter-finals Sion 2 – 4 (a.e.t.) Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30 Adryan   53'
André   59'
Morgado   70'
Grgić   78'
Ndoye   115'
Summary Ajeti   82'
Petretta   85'
Zuffi   88' (pen.)   117'
Stocker   101'   103'   120+3'
Álvarez   105+1'
Xhaka   112'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Stephan Klossner
25 April 2019 Semi-finals Zürich 1 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15 Odey   82'   90+4'
Kasaï   90'
Report Okafor   5'
Suchý   21'
van Wolfswinkel   44'
Petretta   45'
Kuzmanović   81'   87'
Ajeti   90+2'
Attendance: 13,400
Referee:   Stephan Klossner
19 May 2019 Final Basel 2 – 1 Thun Bern
15:00
Report
Stadium: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Fedayi San

UEFA Champions League

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Qualifying phase

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Basel were qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying phase (League Path) in the second qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 19 June 2018.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) 1st Leg PAOK   2 – 1   Basel Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
19:30 (20:30 EEST)
Report
Attendance: 24,670[18]
Referee: Bobby Madley (England)
1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) Return Leg Basel   0 – 3
(1 – 5 agg.)
  PAOK St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00
Report
Attendance: 14,328[18]
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

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Third qualifying round

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

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09) 1st Leg Vitesse   0 – 1   Basel GelreDome, Arnhem
20:00 Karavayev   65'
Gong   73'
Van der Werff   83'
Report Van Wolfswinkel   60',   90+3'
Widmer   83'
Attendance: 11,532
Referee:   Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
16 August 2018 (2018-08-16) Return Leg Basel   1 – 0
(2 – 0 agg.)
  Vitesse St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Ajeti   30'
Petretta   78'
Report Clarke-Salter   26' Attendance: 12,334
Referee:   Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Play-off round

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23 August 2018 (2018-08-23) 1st Leg Basel   3 – 2   Apollon Limassol St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00
UEFA Report
FCB Report
Attendance: 10,743[19]
Referee:   Matej Jug (Slovenia)
30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) Return Leg Apollon Limassol   1 – 0
(3a – 3 agg.)
  Basel GSP Stadium, Nicosia[note 1]
19:00 (20:00 EEST)
UEFA Report
FCB Report
Attendance: 4,005[19]
Referee:   Ruddy Buquet (France)

Notes

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  1. ^ Apollon Limassol played their home matches at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, instead of their regular stadium Tsirio Stadium, Limassol.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Meister, Remo (2018). "Donner, Blitz und sehr viele Ja-Stimmen". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  2. ^ "The largest stadium in Switzerland". FC Basel 1893. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  3. ^ "AFC Ajax" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Mirko Salvi wechselt zu GC". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  5. ^ a b "Mohamed Elyounoussi wechselt zum FC Southampton". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  6. ^ a b "Michael Lang wechselt zu Borussia Moenchengladbach". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  7. ^ a b "Cedric Itten wechselt zum FC St-Gallen 1879". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  8. ^ a b "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Jonas Omlin". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  9. ^ a b "Der FCB verpflichtet den französischen Offensivspieler Aldo Kalulu". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  10. ^ a b FC Basel 1893. "Edon Zhegrova leihweise zum FC Basel 1893". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2019-02-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  12. ^ "Das Kader – Spielerportraits" [The Team – Player Portraits]. FC Basel 1893 (in German). fcb.ch. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  13. ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (18 August 2018). "Carlos Zambrano leihweise zum FC Basel 1893" [Carlos Zambrano on loan to FC Basel 1893] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2023-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ FC Basel 1893. "Julian von Moos unterschreibt beim FCB". FC Basel homepage. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2018-07-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2019). "Geoffroy Serey Die wechselt leihweise zu Xamax". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2019-01-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2019). "Dominik Schmid wechselt leihweise zum FC Wil". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2019-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-07. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  19. ^ a b "Summary UEFA Europa League - Play-off Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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