2000–01 FC Basel season
The 2000–01 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 107th season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their seventh consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman for the fifth year. FC Basel played their home games in the alternate Stadion Schützenmatte while the new stadium was being built and as of 15 March 2001 in the brand new St. Jakob-Park.
2000–01 season | |
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Chairman | |
Manager | Christian Gross |
Ground | Stadion Schützenmatte until 10.12.2000 St. Jakob-Park from 15.03.2001 |
Nationalliga A | Qualifying Phase 5th |
Nationalliga A | Champions Group 4th |
Swiss Cup | Quarterfinal |
Top goalscorer | League: Jean-Michel Tchouga (13) All: Jean-Michel Tchouga (20) |
Highest home attendance | 33,433 Lausanne-Sport (15.03.2001)[1] St. Gallen (14.04.2001) Grasshopper Club (15.05.2001) |
Average home league attendance | 15,152[1] |
Overview
Christian Gross was the first team trainer for the second season. Still forming his team, Basel made a number of signings before the season started. Goalkeeper Miroslav König, André Muff and Hakan Yakin signed in from Grasshopper Club. The two strikers Hervé Tum, from Sion, and Jean-Michel Tchouga, from Yverdon-Sports, joined to strengthen the attack. Ivan Ergic joined from Juventus and Carlos Varela was loaned from Servette.
In the other direction Luís Calapes moved to Xamax, Didier Tholot and Thomas Häberli to Young Boys and Agent Sawu to Wil. Also Pascal Zuberbühler went on a one-year loan to Bayer Leverkusen, Marco Tschopp on a one-year loan to Xamax and Edmond N'Tiamoah on a six-month loan to SR Delémont.
The Campaign
Domestic League
The Qualification Round to the League season 2000–01 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) then competed in the Championship Playoff Round. The regular season started on 15 July and ended on 10 December. The championship play-offs began on 25 February 2001 and ended on 26 May. The teams aim was to end the qualification round in the top four table and in the championship to reach the 2001–02 UEFA Cup. Basel started the regular season with three wins and three defeats, but then became somewhat more consistent, being defeated just once in the following 12 matches. The end of the first half of the regular season ended very disappointing as the team lost four of the last five games and slipped to fifth position in the league table.
Basel were able to play the games of the Championship Group in the new stadium, the St. Jakob-Park opened on 15 March 2001. It was sold out with 33,433 spectators on three occasions, Lausanne-Sport (15.03.2001), St. Gallen (14.04.2001) and Grasshopper Club (15.05.2001)[2] The team were more consistent in the championship, they were only beaten twice. But they only won four matches (eight draws), goal scoring was very rare. Basel ended the season in fourth position in the league table, thus qualifying for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
Domestic Cup
The Swiss Cup started for Basel in the Round of 32 on 18 February 2001. Basel defeated lower class Etoile Carouge only after a penalty shoot out. In the next round they beat lower classed Bellinzona narrowly. In the quarterfinals Basel were defeated by Lausanne-Sport after another penalty shoot out.
Europe
Basel were qualified for the UEFA Cup and in the qualifying round they beat Folgore 12-1 on aggregate. In the first round they beat Brann Bergen with an aggregatescore of 7–6. In the second round Basel were tied against Feyenoord. Feyenoord won both matches and so the European season came to an end for Basel before Christmas.
Players
First team squad
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It includes all players that were in the squad the day the season started on 15 July 2000 but subsequently left the club after that date and it includes all players that transferred in during the season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers in
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Transfers out
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Results
Nationalliga A
Qualifying Phase
15 July 2000 Round 1 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Sion | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
18:00 | Tchouga Cravero Ceccaroni |
Summary | Attendance: 5,491 Referee: |
19 July 2000 Round 2 | Xamax | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
19:30 | Buess Bühler Alex Diop Zambaz |
Summary | Attendance: 7,100 Referee: |
22 July 2000 Round 3 | Basel | 7 – 4 | Luzern | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
19:30 | Huggel Kreuzer Tchouga Muff Tholot Varela |
Summary | Attendance: 8,207 Referee: |
29 July 2000 Round 4 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Grasshopper Club | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
18:00 | Cantaluppi Zanni Savić |
Summary | Attendance: 7,112 Referee: |
5 August 2000 Round 5 | Yverdon-Sports | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon |
19:30 | Costantino |
Summary | Attendance: 3,800 Referee: |
13 August 2000 Round 6 | Basel | 2 – 3 | Lugano | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
16:15 | Kreuzer Tchouga Tholot Huggel |
Summary | Attendance: 6,236 Referee: |
19 August 2000 Round 7 | Servette | 1 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
19:30 | Lonfat |
Summary | Attendance: 4,815 Referee: |
27 August 2000 Round 8 | Basel | 2 – 2 | St. Gallen | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
16:15 | Magro Tchouga |
Summary | Attendance: 6,208 Referee: |
5 September 2000 Round 9 | Aarau | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
19:30 | Pavlicevic |
Summary | Attendance: 5,800 Referee: |
8 September 2000 Round 10 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Zürich | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
19:30 | Cantaluppi Kreuzer Quennoz |
Summary | Attendance: 7,186 Referee: |
17 September 2000 Round 11 | Lausanne-Sport | 3 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
16:15 | Thiaw Kuźba |
Summary | Attendance: 5,200 Referee: |
23 September 2000 Round 12 | Sion | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
19:30 | Enílton |
Summary | Attendance: 6,800 Referee: |
1 October 2000 Round 13 | Basel | 5 – 1 | Xamax | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
16:15 | Huggel Cantaluppi Tchouga Muff Varela |
Summary | Attendance: 6,031 Referee: |
14 October 2000 Round 14 | Luzern | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
19:30 | Amarildo |
Summary | Attendance: 8,169 Referee: |
22 October 2000 Round 15 | Grasshopper Club | 1 – 2 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
16:15 | Esposito H. Yakin |
Summary | Attendance: 12,800 Referee: |
29 October 2000 Round 16 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Yverdon-Sports | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
16:15 | Cantaluppi Kreuzer Ergić Tholot Tchouga Cravero |
Summary | Attendance: 6,035 Referee: |
4 November 2000 Round 18 | Basel | 4 – 2 | Servette | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
19:30 | Cantaluppi Muff Tholot Barberis |
Summary | Attendance: 5,113 Referee: |
12 November 2000 Round 17 | Lugano | 1 – 0 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
14:30 | Lubamba Giménez Biaggi |
Summary | Attendance: 5,250 Referee: |
19 November 2000 Round 19 | St. Gallen | 4 – 0 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
16:15 | Nixon Müller Amoah |
Summary | Attendance: 11,300 Referee: |
26 November 2000 Round 20 | Basel | 5 – 2 | Aarau | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
16:15 | Koumantarakis Huggel Varela Tchouga Tholot |
Summary | Attendance: 6,251 Referee: |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 36 |
4 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 35 |
5 | Basel | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 34 |
6 | Servette | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 33 |
7 | Sion | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 32 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Champions Group
25 February 2001 Round 1 | Servette | 3 – 0 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
16:15 | Wolf Petrov A. Frei Oruma |
Summary | Attendance: 4,439 Referee: |
11 March 2001 Round 2 | Grasshopper Club | 0 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
16:15 | Summary | Attendance: 11,000 Referee: |
15 March 2001 Round 3 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:15 | Cantaluppi H. Yakin |
Summary | Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: |
18 March 2001 Round 4 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:15 | Tum Magro Varela |
Summary | Attendance: 24,300 Referee: |
1 April 2001 Round 5 | Zürich | 0 – 0 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:15 | Quentin |
Summary | Attendance: 12,200 Referee: |
7 April 2001 Round 6 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
19:30 | Tchouga Varela M. Yakin |
Summary | Attendance: 24,200 Referee: |
14 April 2001 Round 7 | Basel | 1 – 1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:15 | Kreuzer Ceccaroni Tum Cantaluppi Huggel |
Sumarry | Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: |
22 April 2001 Round 8 | St. Gallen | 3 – 2 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
16:15 | Winkler Zwyssig Jefferson Nixon Zellweger |
Summary | Attendance: 11,300 Referee: |
28 April 2001 Round 9 | Sion | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
19:30 | Grichting Perdichizzi Furo Đurišić |
Summary | Attendance: 8,400 Referee: |
6 May 2001 Round 10 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:15 | Huggel H. Yakin Savić |
Summary | Attendance: 31,041 Referee: |
13 May 2001 Round 11 | Lugano | 1 – 1 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
16:15 | Giménez Rota Zagorčić |
Summary | Attendance: 7,250 Referee: |
15 May 2001 Round 12 | Basel | 3 – 3 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
19:30 | Tum Magro |
Summary | Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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2 | Lugano | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
3 | St. Gallen | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 40 | Qualification to UEFA Cup Qualifying round |
4 | Basel | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round |
5 | Servette | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup First round[lower-alpha 1] |
6 | Lausanne-Sport | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 33 | Qualification to UEFA Intertoto Cup First round |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- As 2000–01 Swiss Cup winner.
Swiss Cup
18 February 2001 Round of 32 | Etoile Carouge | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (8 – 9 p) | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
15:00 | Ebe Villiot Besseyre Iglesias |
Summary | Attendance: 1,185 Referee: | |
Penalties | ||||
Derivaz Villiot Ballon Bell Boughanem Braizat Stilz Daquin Morisod Iglesias |
4 March 2001 Round of 16 | Bellinzona | 2 – 3 | Basel | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
14:30 | Tarone Manfreda Edusei Tsawa Bugnard |
Summary | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
11 April 2001 Round Quarterfinal | Lausanne-Sport | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (7 – 6 p) | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
19:30 | Christ Meyer Simon |
Summary | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: | |
Penalties | ||||
Lombardo Christ Simon Puce Santini Hellebuyck Panow |
UEFA Cup
Qualifying round
10 August 2000 1st leg | Folgore | 1 – 5 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle | |
20:00 | Rossi S. Bianchi Zanotti |
Report | Attendance: 1,584 Referee: José Luis Mengual Prades (Andorra) |
24 August 2000 Return leg | Basel | 7 – 0 (12 – 1 agg.) | Hardturm, Zurich | |
20:00 | Muff Magro Cantaluppi Tholot Koumantarakis |
Report | Attendance: 2,113 Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland) |
Basel win 12-1 on aggregate
First round
12 September 2000 1st leg | Basel | 3 – 2 | Hardturm, Zurich | |
18:00 | Magro Tchouga Kreuzer |
Report | Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine) |
28 September 2000 Return leg | Brann | 4 – 4 (6 – 7 agg.) | Brann Stadion, Bergen | |
19:30 | Karadas Brendesæter Terehhov |
Report | Attendance: 4,176 Referee: Dani Koren (Israel) |
Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.
Second round
26 October 2000 1st leg | Basel | 1 – 2 | Hardturm, Zurich | |
21:00 | Varela Tchouga |
Report UEFA Report | Attendance: 9,700 Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland) |
9 November 2000 Return leg | Feyenoord | 1 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.) | De Kuip, Rotterdam | |
20:00 | Kalou |
Report UEFA Report | Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia) |
Feyenoord win 3–1 on aggregate
Sources and references
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
- 2000–01 at Joggeli.ch
- 2000–01 at RSSSF
- Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Zuschauer saison 2000/01". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.