2018–19 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2018–19 season
Chairman	Bernhard Burgener
Manager	Raphaël Wicky
Ground	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Champions League	eliminated in Second qualifying round
Europa League	Play-off round
Home colours	Away colours

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 starts on the weekend of 21–22 July 2018 and will end on Saturday 25 May 2019. The first round of the Swiss Cup will be played on the week-end 29, 30 June and 1 July. Basel play the first round on Friday 29 June against lower classed FC Montlingen. Basel are also qualified for qualifying phase and play-offs (League Path). The draw for the second qualifying round will be 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.

Club

Management

Raphaël Wicky is the first team manager. His assistant is Massimo Lombardo and further members of the training staff are Werner Leuthard and Massimo Colomba, who is the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System.

Position	Staff
Manager	Raphaël Wicky
Assistant manager	Massimo Lombardo
Goalkeeper Coach	Massimo Colomba
Fitness Coach	Werner Leuthard
Team leader	Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach	Arjan Peço
Youth Team Co-Coach	Toni Membrino
Youth Team Co-Coach	Michaël Bauch

Source: FCB Official Site

Further information

The FC Basel 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)

Last updated: 4 June 2018
Source:FCB Official Site

Overview

Offseason and preseason

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]

The Campaign

Domestic League

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

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the cup is to win the title. The first round of the Swiss Cup will be played on the week-end 29, 30 June and 1 July. Basel play their first-round game on Friday 29 June away from home against lower classed FC Montlingen.

Champions League

Basel enter into the this season's Champions League in the qualifying phase and play-offs (League Path). The draw for the second qualifying round will be 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.

Players

First team squad

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 21 July 2018 but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 5 August 2018^[10]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jonas Omlin
40	GK	Antonio Signori
35	GK	Martin Hansen
44	GK	Jozef Pukaj
3	DF	Konstantinos Dimitriou
4	DF	Eray Cömert
5	DF	Silvan Widmer
23	DF	Éder Álvarez Balanta
28	DF	Raoul Petretta
15	DF	Blás Riveros
17	DF	Marek Suchý (Captain)
43	DF	Yves Kaiser
6	MF	Fabian Frei
7	MF	Luca Zuffi

No.	Position	Player
8	MF	Zdravko Kuzmanović
10	MF	Samuele Campo
11	MF	Noah Okafor
14	MF	Valentin Stocker
20	MF	Serey Dié
26	MF	Aldo Kalulu
27	MF	Neftali Manzambi
33	MF	Kevin Bua
34	MF	Taulant Xhaka (Vice-Captain)
36	MF	Robin Huser
37	FW	Afimico Pululu
9	FW	Ricky van Wolfswinkel
18	FW	Julian von Moos
19	FW	Dimitri Oberlin
22	FW	Albian Ajeti

Transfers summer 2018

In

4	DF	Eray Cümart (returned end of loan)
8	MF	Zdravko Kuzmanović (returned end of loan)
21	GK	Jonas Omlin (from Luzern)^[8]
26	MF	Aldo Kalulu (from Lyon)^[9]

Out

1	GK	Tomáš Vaclík (to Sevilla)
5	DF	Michael Lang (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)^[6]
13	GK	Mirko Salvi (to Grasshopper Club)^[4]
15	MF	Alexander Fransson (to IFK Norrköping)
18	GK	Germano Vailati (end of career)
24	MF	Mohamed Elyounoussi (to Southampton)^[5]
30	MF	Cedric Itten (to St. Gallen)^[7]
35	DF	Pedro Pacheco (to)
39	MF	Davide Callà (to Winterthur)
-	MF	Dereck Kutesa (to St. Gallen)

Results and Fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Preseason

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'

Swiss Super League

First half of season

21 July 2018 Round 1	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00				Referee:

28 July 2018 Round 2	Xamax	1 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
19:00				Referee:

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	v	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00				Referee:

23 September 2018 Round 7	Young Boys	v	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00

26 September 2018 Round 8	Basel	v	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00

30 September 2018 Round 9	Lugano	v	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:00

6 October 2018 Round 10	St. Gallen	v	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen

20 October 2018 Round 11	Basel	v	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

27 October 2018 Round 12	Grasshopper Club	v	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich

3 November 2018 Round 13	Basel	v	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

10 November 2018 Round 14	Thun	v	Basel	Stockhorn Arena, Thun

24 November 2018 Round 15	Luzern	v	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern

1 December 2018 Round 16	Basel	v	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

8 December 2018 Round 17	Basel	v	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

15 December 2018 Round 18	Sion	v	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion

Secod half of season

2 February 2019 Round 19	Grasshopper Club	v	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich

9 February 2019 Round 20	Basel	v	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

16 February 2019 Round 21	Basel	v	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

23 February 2019 Round 22	Xamax	v	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

2 March 2019 Round 23	Basel	v	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

9 March 2019 Round 24	Lugano	v	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano

1 March 2019 Round 25	Basel	v	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

30 March 2019 Round 26	Luzern	v	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern

3 April 2019 Round 27	Zürich	v	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich

6 April 2019 Round 28	Basel	v	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

13 April 2019 Round 29	Basel	v	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

20 April 2019 Round 30	Sion	v	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion

27 April 2019 Round 31	St. Gallen	v	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen

4 May 2019 Round 32	Basel	v	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

11 May 2019 Round 33	Young Boys	v	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern

15 May 2019 Round 34	Basel	v	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

22 May 2019 Round 35	Thun	v	Basel	Stockhorn Arena, Thun

25 May 2019 Round 36	Basel	v	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Swiss Cup

The draw for the first round was held in June 2018. The Super- 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	v	Basel	Sportplatz 3 Sapins, Echallens
16:00

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

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)	Cañas 32' Prijović 80'	Report	Ajeti 82'	Attendance: 24,670^[11] 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	Varela 7' Prijović 52' El Kaddouri 60'	Attendance: 14,328^[11] Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

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		Report	Van Wolfswinkel 90+3'	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'	Report		Attendance: 12,334 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Basel won 2–0 on aggregate.

Play-off round

The draw was held on

23 August 2018 (2018-08-23) 1st Leg	Basel	3 – 2	Apollon Limassol	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	van Wolfswinkel 6', 69' Cömert 84'	EUFA Report FCB Report	Maglica 49' Papoulis 53'	Attendance: 10,743^[12] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) Return Leg	Apollon Limassol	1 – 0 (3 – 3^[C] agg.)	Basel	GSP Stadium, Nicosia^{[note 1]}
19:00 (20:00 EEST)	Kyriakou 53'	EUFA Report FCB Report		Attendance: 4,005^[12] Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

3–3 on aggregate. Apollon Limassol won on away goals.

Notes

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

Sources and References

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1 2 "Michael Lang wechselt zu Borussia Moenchengladbach". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
1 2 "Cedric Itten wechselt zum FC St-Gallen 1879". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
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