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.

FC Basel
2000–01 season
Chairman René C. Jäggi
ManagerChristian Gross
GroundStadion Schützenmatte until 10.12.2000
St. Jakob-Park from 15.03.2001
Nationalliga AQualifying Phase 5th
Nationalliga AChampions Group 4th
Swiss CupQuarterfinal
Top goalscorerLeague: Jean-Michel Tchouga (13)
All: Jean-Michel Tchouga (20)
Highest home attendance33,433
Lausanne-Sport (15.03.2001)[1]
St. Gallen (14.04.2001)
Grasshopper Club (15.05.2001)
Average home league attendance15,152[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.

No. Position Player
1 GK Miroslav König
2 DF Massimo Ceccaroni
3 DF Philippe Cravero
4 DF Alexandre Quennoz
5 DF Oliver Kreuzer
6 MF Benjamin Huggel
7 FW Jean-Michel Tchouga
8 MF Carlos Varela
9 FW George Koumantarakis
12 DF Sébastien Barberis
14 FW Nenad Savić
No. Position Player
16 MF Yao Aziawonou
17 MF Mario Cantaluppi
18 GK Oliver Stöckli
19 DF André Muff
20 DF Ivan Knez
21 MF Feliciano Magro
22 DF Ivan Ergic
23 DF Murat Yakin
24 DF Thierry Ebe
25 GK Slaven Matan
28 MF Hakan Yakin
29 FW Hervé Tum

Transfers in

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 Miroslav König (from Grasshopper Club)
7 FW Jean-Michel Tchouga (from Yverdon-Sports)
8 MF Carlos Varela (on loan from Servette)
16 MF Yao Aziawonou (from Sion)
19 DF André Muff (from Grasshopper Club)
No. Position Player
21 MF Feliciano Magro (on loan from Udinese)
22 DF Ivan Ergic (from Juventus)
24 DF Thierry Ebe (on loan from Etoile Carouge)
28 MF Hakan Yakin (from Grasshopper Club)
29 FW Hervé Tum (from Sion)

Transfers out

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 Pascal Zuberbühler (one year loan to Bayer Leverkusen)
3 DF Luís Calapes (to Xamax)
8 MF Raphael Kehrli (to)
10 MF Didier Tholot (to Young Boys)
11 FW Cetin Güner (to Gaziantepspor)
13 DF Marco Tschopp (one year loan to Xamax)
24 DF Thomas Häberli (to Young Boys)
No. Position Player
26 FW Edmond N'Tiamoah (six month loan to SR Delémont)
27 FW Agent Sawu (to Wil)
29 FW Urs Güntensperger (to FC Horgen)
MF Aleksandr Rytchkov (end of contract)
FW Daniel Dobrovoljski (unknown)
FW Deniz Mendi (unknown)
FW Olivier Boumelaha (to St. Gallen)

Results

Nationalliga A
Main article: 2000–01 Swiss Football League § Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase
15 July 2000 Round 1Basel4 – 1SionStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:00 Tchouga  12', 61', 67', 76'
Cravero  14'
Ceccaroni  45'		 Summary  35' Deumi
 57'  37' Fayolle
 53' Grichting		 Attendance: 5,491
Referee: Urs Meier
19 July 2000 Round 2Xamax2 – 0BaselStade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
19:30 Buess  33'
Bühler  37'
Alex  50'
Diop  80'
Zambaz  90+4'		 Summary  39' Huggel
 40' Calapes
 90+1' Tchouga		 Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Gilles Golay
22 July 2000 Round 3Basel7 – 4LuzernStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Huggel  7', 73'
Kreuzer  9' (pen.)
Tchouga  14', 60', 85' (pen.)
Muff  51'
Tholot  74'  65'
Varela  59'		 Summary  26' A. Frei
 29', 35', 66'  85' Wyss
 36' Blunschi
 43' Feuz
 53' Arnold
 59' Spycher
 85' Gordier		 Attendance: 8,207
Referee: Dieter Schoch
29 July 2000 Round 4Basel1 – 0Grasshopper ClubStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:00 Cantaluppi  16'
Zanni  48' (o.g.)
Savić  69'		 Summary  41' Smiljanić
 69' Cabanas
 69'  82' Schwegler
 90+4' Huber		 Attendance: 7,112
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik
5 August 2000 Round 5Yverdon-Sports1 – 0BaselStade Municipal, Yverdon
19:30 Costantino  67' Summary Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Marcus Nobs
13 August 2000 Round 6Basel2 – 3LuganoStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Kreuzer  5'
Tchouga 27'
Tholot  51'
Huggel  67'		 Summary  16'  19' Bullo
 29', 44'  67' Giménez
 70' Zagorčić		 Attendance: 6,236
Referee: Roland Beck
19 August 2000 Round 7Servette1 – 1BaselCharmilles Stadium, Geneva
19:30 Lonfat  84' Summary  25' Tchouga
 44' Cantaluppi
 66' Huggel
 90+3' König
 90+4' Kreuzer		 Attendance: 4,815
Referee: Urs Meier
27 August 2000 Round 8Basel2 – 2St. GallenStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Magro  21', 49'
Tchouga  55'		 Summary  33' Nixon
 57' Jairo
 59' Walker
 73' Zellweger
 74' Amoah		 Attendance: 6,208
Referee: Massimo Busacca
5 September 2000 Round 9Aarau0 – 1BaselStadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30 Pavlicevic  3' Summary  26' Cantaluppi
 36' Tchouga		 Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Nicole Petignat
8 September 2000 Round 10Basel1 – 1ZürichStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Cantaluppi  42'
Kreuzer  64' (pen.)
Quennoz  72'		 Summary  21' Hellinga
 50' Giannini
 76' Kawelaschwili		 Attendance: 7,186
Referee: Reto Rutz
17 September 2000 Round 11Lausanne-Sport3 – 0BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:15 Thiaw  17'
Kuźba  64', 68' (pen.)		 Summary  17' Tchouga
 68' Kreuzer		 Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Roland Beck
23 September 2000 Round 12Sion1 – 1BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
19:30 Enílton  82' (pen.) Summary  70' Savić
 84' Cravero		 Attendance: 6,800
Referee: René Rogalla
1 October 2000 Round 13Basel5 – 1XamaxStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Huggel  4'
Cantaluppi  59'  19'
Tchouga  55'
Muff  78'
Varela  85'		 Summary  7' Keller
 39' Buess
 70'  59' Camara
 72' Atouba		 Attendance: 6,031
Referee: Fabian Schmid
14 October 2000 Round 14Luzern0 – 2BaselStadion Allmend, Luzern
19:30 Amarildo  45' Summary  15', 35' Koumantarakis
 18' Cravero
 47' Kreuzer
 53' Huggel
 82' Magro
 85' Tchouga		 Attendance: 8,169
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
22 October 2000 Round 15Grasshopper Club1 – 2BaselHardturm, Zürich
16:15 Esposito  13'
H. Yakin  84'  31'		 Summary  2' Ceccaroni
 15' Tholot
 27' Varela
 49' Magro
 51' Savić		 Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Philippe Leuba
29 October 2000 Round 16Basel2 – 1Yverdon-SportsStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Cantaluppi  64'
Kreuzer  67' (pen.)
Ergić  74'
Tholot  80'
Tchouga  86'
Cravero  90+3'		 Summary  32' Jenny
 46' Peço
 72' Costantino		 Attendance: 6,035
Referee: Guido Wildhaber
4 November 2000 Round 18Basel4 – 2ServetteStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30 Cantaluppi  16'
Muff  46', 47'
Tholot  76'
Barberis  89'		 Summary  22'  57' Ippoliti
 35'  56' Petrov
 81' Lachor
 87' Pizzinat		 Attendance: 5,113
Referee: Nicole Petignat
12 November 2000 Round 17Lugano1 – 0BaselCornaredo, Lugano
14:30 Lubamba  40'
Giménez  60'
Biaggi  77'		 Summary  49' Magro
 75' Cantaluppi
 90' Kreuzer		 Attendance: 5,250
Referee: Günter Benkö
19 November 2000 Round 19St. Gallen4 – 0BaselEspenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15 Nixon  24', 75'
Müller  45'
Amoah  68'		 Summary  9' Tchouga
 45' Cantaluppi
 81' Magro
 90+1' Kreuzer		 Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Gerald Lehner
26 November 2000 Round 20Basel5 – 2AarauStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Koumantarakis  24'
Huggel  37'  30', 47'
Varela  39'
Tchouga  65'
Tholot  85'		 Summary  7', 54' Wiederkehr
 34' Hamdzic
 50' Didi		 Attendance: 6,251
Referee: Massimo Busacca
3 December 2000 Round 21Zürich2 – 0BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
16:15 Kavelashvili  33' (pen.)
Quentin
Jamarauli  68'
Fischer		 Summary  14' Varela
 21' Barberis
 32' Cantaluppi		 Attendance: 8,900
Referee: Urs Meier
10 December 2000 Round 22Basel2 – 3Lausanne-SportStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15 Ergić  9'
Kreuzer  11'
Quennoz  19'
Savić  44'
Barberis  59'		 Summary  22' Santini
 27'  87' Lombardo
 43', 63' Kuźba
 60' Baudry
 87' Thiaw		 Attendance: 7,153
Referee: Reto Rutz

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Champions Group
25 February 2001 Round 1Servette3 – 0BaselCharmilles Stadium, Geneva
16:15 Wolf  11'
Petrov  15'
A. Frei  3'
Oruma 		Summary  19' Varela Attendance: 4,439
Referee: Dieter Schoch
11 March 2001 Round 2Grasshopper Club0 – 0BaselHardturm, Zürich
16:15 Summary  33' Ceccaroni Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Marcus Nobs
15 March 2001 Round 3Basel0 – 0Lausanne-SportSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Cantaluppi  78'
H. Yakin  89'		 Summary  29' Puce
 40' Horjak
 51' Hellebuyck
 90' Meyer		 Attendance: 33,433 (sold out)
Referee: Massimo Busacca
18 March 2001 Round 4Basel4 – 1LuganoSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:15 Tum  51', 62'
Magro  9'  56'
Varela  58'		 Summary  5' Bastida
 22' Giménez
 45' Gaspoz
 51' Brunner		 Attendance: 24,300
Referee: Philippe Leuba
1 April 2001 Round 5Zürich0 – 0BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
16:15 Quentin  10' Summary  15' Kreuzer
 27' Ceccaroni
 26' Varela
 78' Muff		 Attendance: 12,200
Referee: Roland Beck
7 April 2001 Round 6Basel2 – 1SionSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Tchouga  8'
Varela  51'
M. Yakin  76'		 Summary  11' Furo
 41' Piffaretti
 90+2' Sirufo		 Attendance: 24,200
Referee: Nicole Petignat
14 April 2001 Round 7Basel1 – 1St. GallenSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Kreuzer  30'
Ceccaroni  47'
Tum  52'
Cantaluppi  67'
Huggel  86'		 Sumarry  13' Winkler
 56'  87' Gane		 Attendance: 33,433 (sold out)
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
22 April 2001 Round 8St. Gallen3 – 2BaselEspenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15 Winkler  25'
Zwyssig  30'
Jefferson  36'
Nixon  50'  46'
Zellweger  90+5'		 Summary  1' Barberis
 12'  25' Savić
 45'  73' Cravero
 51' M. Yakin
 58' Huggel
 60' Varela
 83'  70' H. Yakin		 Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Dieter Schoch
28 April 2001 Round 9Sion0 – 1BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
19:30 Grichting  44'
Perdichizzi  52'
Furo  53'
Đurišić  90+2'		 Summary  12' Tum
 40' H. Yakin		 Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Urs Meier
6 May 2001 Round 10Basel2 – 1ZürichSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:15 Huggel  6'
H. Yakin  65'
Savić  67'		 Summary  11'  54' Renato
 71' Chihab>		 Attendance: 31,041
Referee: Marcus Nobs
13 May 2001 Round 11Lugano1 – 1BaselCornaredo, Lugano
16:15 Giménez  9'
Rota  17'
Zagorčić  44'		 Summary  28' Huggel
 36' H. Yakin
 66' Barberis
 86' Kreuzer		 Attendance: 7,250
Referee: Bernhard Brugger
15 May 2001 Round 12Basel3 – 3Grasshopper ClubSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Tum  21'
Magro  55'  62', 75'		 Summary  10' Cabanas
 19' Diop
 45' Haas
 53' Tararache
 60' Smiljanić
 90+1' Núñez
 90+2'  51' Camara		 Attendance: 33,433 (sold out)
Referee: Roland Beck
19 May 2001 Round 13Lausanne-Sport1 – 1BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:15 Meyer  12'
Karlen  32'
Lutsenko  66'
Kuźba  83' (pen.)		 Summary  43' Huggel
 75' Ergić		 Attendance: 1,750
Referee: Urs Meier
26 May 2001 Round 14Basel1 – 1ServetteSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Varela  59'
M. Yakin  74'
Barberis  79'		 Summary  51' A. Frei Attendance: 21,852
Referee: Philippe Leuba

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. As 2000–01 Swiss Cup winner.

Swiss Cup
Main article: Swiss Cup
18 February 2001 Round of 32Etoile Carouge1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(8 – 9 p)		BaselStade de la Fontenette, Carouge
15:00 Ebe  33'
Villiot  66'
Besseyre  84'
Iglesias  111'		 Summary  37' Cantaluppi
H. Yakin		 Attendance: 1,185
Referee: Guido Wildhaber
Penalties

Derivaz
Villiot
Ballon
Bell
Boughanem
Braizat
Stilz
Daquin
Morisod
Iglesias 		H. Yakin
Knez
Tchouga
Cantaluppi
Magro
Muff
Savić
Cravero
Tum
Ceccaroni
4 March 2001 Round of 16Bellinzona2 – 3BaselStadio Comunale Bellinzona
14:30 Tarone  18'
Manfreda  52'
Edusei  56'
Tsawa  76'
Bugnard  89'		 Summary  31', 76' Tchouga
 50' H. Yakin
 70' Magro		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Urs Meier
11 April 2001 Round QuarterfinalLausanne-Sport0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(7 – 6 p)		BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Christ  47'
Meyer  71'  83'
Simon  76'		 Summary Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Reto Rutz
Penalties
Lombardo
Christ
Simon
Puce
Santini
Hellebuyck
Panow 		M. Yakin
Cantaluppi
Ergić
Kreuzer
Huggel
Savić
Ceccaroni

UEFA Cup
Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup

Qualifying round
Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup qualifying round
10 August 2000 1st legFolgore 1 – 5 BaselStadio Olimpico, Serravalle
20:00 Rossi  55'
S. Bianchi  73'
Zanotti  79'		 Report  13', 22' Tchouga
 40' Muff
 48', 77' Magro		 Attendance: 1,584
Referee: José Luis Mengual Prades (Andorra)
24 August 2000 Return legBasel 7 – 0
(12 – 1 agg.)		 FolgoreHardturm, Zurich
20:00 Muff  7'
Magro  19', 21'
Cantaluppi  30'
Tholot  39', 85'
Koumantarakis  81'		 Report  40' Zanotti
 81' Della Torre		 Attendance: 2,113
Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)

Basel win 12-1 on aggregate

First round
Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup first round
12 September 2000 1st legBasel 3 – 2 BrannHardturm, Zurich
18:00 Magro  26'  7'
Tchouga  53'
Kreuzer  86' (pen.)		 Report  37' Ylönen
 47' Ludvigsen
 71' Karadas
 72' Helstad		 Attendance: 3,250
Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)
28 September 2000 Return legBrann 4 – 4
(6 – 7 agg.)		 BaselBrann Stadion, Bergen
19:30 Karadas  4', 40'
Brendesæter  61'  9'
Terehhov  31'		 Report  20' Tchouga
 40' Cantaluppi
 59' (o.g.) Wassberg
 61' (pen.) Kreuzer
 75' Varela
 90' Muff		 Attendance: 4,176
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.

Second round
Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup second round
26 October 2000 1st legBasel 1 – 2 FeyenoordHardturm, Zurich
21:00 Varela  22'
Tchouga  13'  62'		 Report UEFA Report  60' Kalou
 70' Paauwe
 84' Bosvelt		 Attendance: 9,700
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
9 November 2000 Return legFeyenoord 1 – 0
(3 – 1 agg.)		 BaselDe Kuip, Rotterdam
20:00 Kalou  3' Report UEFA Report  79' Muff Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Feyenoord win 3–1 on aggregate

Sources and references
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