2002–03 FC Basel season
The 2002–03 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 110th season in their existence and was the club's 9th consecutive season in the Nationalliga A, the top flight of Swiss football.
2002–03 season | |
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Chairman | |
Manager | |
Nationalliga A | Runners-up |
Swiss Cup | Winners |
Champions League | Second group stage |
Top goalscorer | Christian Giménez (20) |
Highest home attendance | 35,000 (vs. |
Lowest home attendance | 16,053 (vs. |
As reigning double holders, the club's main aims for the 2002–03 season were to retain the Swiss Nationalliga A and cup titles. The third aim was to stay in the Champions League as long as possible and, if possible, to reach the group stage.
Basel ended the domestic league season as runners-up and Swiss Cup winners. They also reached the second group stage of the Champions League.
Overview
As reigning champions, Basel were favourites to win the domestic championship title. They also entered the 2002–03 Champions League in the second qualifying round.
Basel's biggest pre-season signings were Julio Hernán Rossi from Lugano, Antonio Esposito from St. Étienne and Bernt Haas on loan from West Bromwich Albion. In the other direction, Massimo Ceccaroni retired from his professional career. Ceccaroni is still considered to be a cult figure in Basel, not only because of his loyalty to the club (having spent 25 years at the club) but because he never scored a goal in the top flight of Swiss football.
Basel started the season of with various warm-up matches. Their opponent included teams from the Swiss lower league as well as teams from the USL Premier Development League, Major League Soccer and Brazil and PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands.
The Nationalliga A season began on 6 July 2002 with the game against Aarau and the Champions League qualifying started on 31 July with the away tie against Žilina. In the Swiss Cup, all the league teams were qualified for the round of 32 which was to take place on 22 February 2003.
Campaign
Domestic league
The season started well for Basel and they were undefeated in their first seven matches, winning five and drawing two. The following two games were both lost and Basel slipped down in the league table, but they regrouped to win nine and draw two of the following eleven games. A 1–2 home defeat against Grasshoppers cost them the lead in the league table and Grasshoppers ended the league qualifying stage as table leaders at the winter break. In the championship playoff round Basel lost just two away games, but because both ties against Grasshoppers were drawn the Zurich-based club managed to snatch the title by a single point.
Domestic cup
In the round of 32 of the Swiss Cup, Basel won away at lower league team Yverdon-Sport. In the round of 16 and in the quarter-finals Basel eliminated Servette and Young Boys respectively. Lower league club Schaffhausen was defeated 3–0. The final against Neuchâtel Xamax was a one-sided affair: Basel won 6–0 and won the domestic cup.
Champions League
In the second qualifying round of the Champions League, Basel defeated Slovakian club Žilina 4–1. In the third qualifying round they faced Scottish giants Celtic. In the first leg, away at Celtic Park, the home side won 3–1. Basel were able to rescue the tie in the second leg at St. Jakob-Park, coming away with a 2–0 victory, to draw 3–3 on aggregate, Basel proceeding to the group stage on the away goals rule. Basel's success saw them become only the second Swiss team ever to play in the modern Champions League.
In the group stage Basel were drawn into Group B along with Valencia, Liverpool and Spartak Moscow. Following a 2–0 home win against Spartak, Basel travelled to Anfield to claim a 1–1 draw against Liverpool. After two good results Basel were brought back down to earth by a 6–2 demolition at Valencia's Estadio Mestalla. However, they bounced back and held Valencia to a 2–2 draw in the next fixture. Basel were now sitting in second place in the group, but needing to win at least one of their last two games and needing Liverpool to fail to pick up more than two points. In matchday five, Liverpool lost 1–0 to Valencia and Basel won 2–0 against Spartak at the Luzhniki Stadium. Basel's place in the last 16 was all but secured, although they still had to make sure they did not lose to Liverpool in the last game of the first group stage.
On the last matchday, Basel led 3–0 at half-time through goals from Julio Hernán Rossi, Christian Giménez and Timothée Atouba. Although Liverpool fought back to equalise the game at 3–3 in the second half, Basel qualified for the next round.
In the last 16, Basel faced Manchester United, Juventus and Deportivo de La Coruña. They had a poor start, losing back-to-back games at home to Manchester United and away at Juventus. Basel managed to give themselves hope of reaching the quarter-finals by winning 1-0 home and away at Deportivo. Arguably two of Basel's greatest ever European games came next as they held Manchester United to a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford and claimed a 2–1 victory over Juventus at St. Jakob-Park. Despite being knock-out on tie-breaking criteria, Basel had achieved their seasons European aim.
Club staff
Management
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Fitness coach | |
Goalkeeper coach | |
Goalkeeper coach | |
Team manager | |
Team administrator | |
U-21 coach | |
U-21 co-coach |
Last updated: July 2002
Source: FC Basel Marketing AG (2003). Rotblau: FC Basel 1893, Das Magazin. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISSN 1660-0878.
Other information
Chairman | |
Ground (capacity and dimensions) | St. Jakob-Park (33,433 / 120x80 m) |
Source: Homepage FCB
First team squad
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Left club during season
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Transfers
Summer
In
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Out
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Winter
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Results
Friendlies
Pre-season and first half-season friendlies
June 2002 Pre-season | Wil | 1 – 2 | Stadion Rüti, Henau SG | |
Lustrinelli |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 2,100 |
13 June 2002 Pre-season | Washington DC0 | 1 – 4 | ||
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Report (in German) |
15 June 2002 Pre-season | Chesapeake Dragons | 2 – 8 | RFK Aux Field, Washington, D.C. | |
Gibbons Pablo Graham |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 60 Referee: Riesch |
19 June 2002 Pre-season | New England Revolution | 0 – 5 | ||
Report (in German) | Referee: Badea |
2 July 2002 Pre-season | Basel | 2 – 1 | Rankhof Stadium, Basel | |
Streller Tum |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Claudio Circhetta |
9 July 2002 Friendly | Wangen | 2 – 2 | Sportplatz Chrüzmatt, Wangen bei Olten | |
Povigliaro Dannhäuser |
Report (in German) |
23 July 2002 Friendly | Basel | 2 – 2 | Rankhof Stadium, Basel | |
Rossi |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Guido Wildhaber |
Winter break and second half-season friendlies
21 January 2003 Winter break | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2 – 1 | Betzenberg, Kaiserslautern | |
Adzic Lokvenc |
Report (in German) | Referee: Volker Raquet |
24 January 2003 Winter break | Vitesse Arnhem | 1 – 1 | Sportplatz, Rheden | |
Amoah |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 400 |
29 January 2003 Winter break | Winterthur | 1 – 5 | Türkei | |
Vogt |
Report (in German) |
31 January 2003 Winter break | Partizan Belgrad | 1 – 1 | Türkei | |
Delbasic |
Report (in German) | Referee: Gadoski |
3 February 2003 Winter break | Sturm Graz | 3 – 1 | Türkei | |
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Report (in German) |
8 February 2003 Winter break | Basel | 4 – 0 | Leichtathletikstadion St. Jakob, Basel | |
Atouba Rossi Chipperfield |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Claudio Circhetta |
11 February 2003 Winter break | Bellinzona | 0 – 1 | Bellinzona | |
Report (in German) |
16 February 2003 Winter break | Basel | 0 – 3 | Stadion Rankhof, Basel | |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nicole Petignat |
1 April 2003 Friendly | SV Muttenz | 1 – 4 | Sportplatz Margelacker, Muttenz | |
Ulli |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 812 Referee: Claudio Circhetta |
Nationalliga A
Qualification round
The Qualification round to the 2002–03 league season was contested by twelve teams. The eight teams at the top of the table at the end of the regular season (or qualification) were then to compete in the championship play-off round.
6 July 2002 1 | Aarau | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
[ (Report)] (in German) |
13 July 2002 2 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Neuchâtel Xamax | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Barberis Cantaluppi |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 23,465 Referee: Etter |
17 July 2002 3 | Young Boys | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Neufeld, Bern |
Rochat Chapuisat Petrosyan Descloux Sermeter |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 10,700 Referee: René Rogalla |
20 July 2002 4 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Delémont | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Ergić Giménez |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 21,929 Referee: Nicole Petignat |
27 July 2002 5 | St. Gallen | 1 – 2 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
Barnetta |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 11,300 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca |
3 August 2002 6 | Basel | 4 – 2 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Varela Zwyssig Giménez H. Yakin Cantaluppi Esposito |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 23,257 Referee: Guido Wildhaber |
10 August 2002 7 | Zürich | 0 – 4 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
Akalé |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
18 August 2002 8 | Basel | 2 – 3 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Giménez Rossi M. Yakin Quennoz |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 23,257 Referee: Beck |
24 August 2002 9 | Thun | 4 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Lachen, Thun |
Rama Baumann Moser |
[ Report] (in German) | Attendance: 6,740 Referee: Marcus Nobs (his 100th NLA game) |
1 September 2002 10 | Grasshoppers | 2 – 3 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
Barijo Borer Núñez Eduardo Tararache Castillo |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 17,500 (sold out) Referee: Philippe Leuba |
11 September 2002 11 | Basel | 7 – 1 | Wil | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Giménez Cantaluppi Barberis Rossi M. Yakin |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 21,425 Referee: Salm |
14 September 2002 12 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Aarau | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Giménez Esposito P. Degen Barberis M. Yakin |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 25,385 Referee: Guido Wildhaber |
21 September 2002 13 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel |
Leandro |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Nicole Petignat |
28 September 2002 14 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Duruz Cantaluppi Giménez Tum Varela |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 29,762 (sold out) Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
6 October 2002 15 | SR Delémont | 1 – 2 | Basel | La Blancherie, Delémont |
Saidou Kébé |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 6,300 (stadion record) Referee: Etter |
19 October 2002 16 | Basel | 6 – 0 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Rossi Giménez Tum Savić |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 27,599 Referee: Marcus Nobs |
25 October 2002 17 | Servette | 0 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
Senderos Thurre Gaspoz |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 6,511 Referee: Massimo Busacca |
1 November 2002 18 | Basel | 5 – 3 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
19:30 | Ergić Rossi Varela |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 28,870 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
17 November 2002 19 | Luzern | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
Brand Rota Hilfiker Kavelashvili |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 14,700 Referee: René Rogalla |
22 November 2002 20 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Thun | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
19:30 | H. Yakin Chipperfield Rossi Giménez |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 30,500 (sold out) Referee: Beck |
Qualification league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 49 |
2 | Basel | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 25 | +32 | 47 |
3 | Thun | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 31 |
4 | Wil | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 31 |
5 | Zürich | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 31 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Championship play-off rounds
1 March 2003 1 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 3 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel |
M'Futi Buess Simo Wiederkehr Mangane |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Philippe Leuba |
8 March 2003 2 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Haas M. Yakin |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 16,053 Referee: Beck |
15 March 2003 3 | Thun | 1 – 4 | Basel | Stadion Lachen, Thun |
Baumann |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Massimo Busacca |
22 March 2003 4 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Grasshoppers | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Cantaluppi Haas Chipperfield Smiljanić Atouba Giménez Varela M. Yakin |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 30,502 Referee: Konrad Plautz |
6 April 2003 5 | Zürich | 1 – 2 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
Guerrero Chihab Bastida |
[ (Report)] (in German) | Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Marcus Nobs |
12 April 2003 6 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Wil | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Duruz Huggel Rossi |
[ (Report)] (in German) | Attendance: 26,789 Referee: Guido Wildhaber |
19 April 2003 7 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
H. Yakin Zwyssig |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 29,659 (sold out) Referee: Urs Meier |
27 April 2003 8 | Young Boys | 2 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Neufeld, Bern |
Petrosyan Magnin Vonlanthen |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 11,850 (sold out) Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
4 May 2003 9 | Wil | 4 – 5 | Basel | Bergholz, Wil |
Zellweger Pavlović Fabinho Lustrinelli Rizzo |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Etter |
8 May 2003 10 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Rossi Duruz Chipperfield Giménez |
[ Report] (in German) | Guerrero |
Attendance: 29,780 Referee: Beck |
17 May 2003 11 | Grasshoppers | 2 – 2 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
Petrić Cabanas Tararache Spycher Schwegler |
[ (Report)] (in German) | Attendance: 17,666 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca |
21 May 2003 12 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Thun | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
M. Yakin H. Yakin Chipperfield Rossi |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 28,132 Referee: Schoch |
Final league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Grasshopper Club Zürich (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round |
2 | FC Basel | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup Qualifying round |
3 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 35 | |
4 | BSC Young Boys | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 34 | |
5 | FC Zürich | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 31 | |
6 | Servette FC | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 31 | |
7 | FC Thun | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 28 | |
8 | FC Wil | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 26 |
Swiss Cup
22 February 2003 Round of 32 | Yverdon-Sport | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Reto Rutz |
4 March 2003 Round of 16 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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[ (Report)] (in German) |
26 March 2003 Quarter-final | Young Boys | 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) | Basel | Stadion Neufeld, Bern |
Petrosyan Häberli Sermeter Patrick |
(Report) (in German) | Attendance: 10,700 (sold out) Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
15 April 2003 Semi-final | Basel | 3 – 0 | Schaffhausen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Esposito Chipperfield Tum |
(Report) (in German) | Leu Fehr |
Attendance: 26,960 Referee: Reto Rutz |
Champions League
Second qualifying round
31 July 2002 First leg | Žilina | 1 – 1 | Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina | |
18:00 | Sninský Barčík |
Report | Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France) |
7 August 2002 Second leg | Basel | 3 – 0 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
19:30 | Giménez M. Yakin Esposito |
Report | Attendance: 16,562 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia) |
Basel won 4–1 on aggregate
Third qualifying round
14 August 2002 First leg | Celtic | 3 – 1 | Celtic Park, Glasgow | |
20:45 | Larsson Sutton Lambert Sylla |
Report | Attendance: 58,520 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) |
28 August 2002 Second leg | Basel | 2 – 0 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
20:30 | Giménez Rossi M. Yakin Varela |
Report | Attendance: 30,510 (sold out) Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
3–3 on aggregate, Basel won on away goals
Group stage
17 September 2002 1 | Basel | 2 – 0 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
20:45 | H. Yakin Rossi |
Report | Attendance: 29,500 (sold out) Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) |
25 September 2002 2 | Liverpool | 1 – 1 | Anfield, Liverpool | |
20:45 | Baroš |
Report | Rossi |
Attendance: 37,643 Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands) |
2 October 2002 3 | Valencia | 6 – 2 | Estadio Mestalla, Valencia | |
20:45 | Carew Aurélio Baraja Aimar Mista |
Report | Rossi H. Yakin |
Attendance: 27,394 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino (Italy) |
22 October 2002 4 | Basel | 2 – 2 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
20:45 | Ergić |
Report | Baraja Torres |
Attendance: 29,500 (sold out) Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany) |
5 November 2002 5 | Spartak Moscow | 0 – 2 | Dynamo Stadium, Moscow | |
18:00 | Report | Rossi Giménez |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland) |
12 November 2002 6 | Basel | 3 – 3 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
20:45 | Rossi Giménez Atouba |
Report | Murphy Šmicer Owen |
Attendance: 29,500 (sold out) Referee: Claude Colombo (France) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 16 | Advance to second group stage | |
2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | ||
3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | |
4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 |
Second group stage
26 November 2002 1 | Basel | 1 – 3 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
20:45 | Giménez Zwyssig Atouba |
Report | Attendance: 35,000 (sold out) Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia) |
11 December 2002 2 | Juventus | 4 – 0 | Stadio delle Alpi, Turin | |
20:45 | Trezeguet Montero Tacchinardi Del Piero Iuliano |
Report | Attendance: 22,639 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal) |
19 February 2003 3 | Basel | 1 – 0 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
20:45 | Yakin |
Report | Attendance: 29,031 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands) |
25 February 2003 4 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 – 0 | Estadio Riazor, A Coruña | |
20:45 | Tristán |
Report | Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Stéphane Bré (France) |
12 March 2003 5 | Manchester United | 1 – 1 | Old Trafford, Manchester | |
20:45 | G. Neville |
Report | Giménez |
Attendance: 66,870 (sold out) Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) |
18 March 2003 6 | Basel | 2 – 1 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
20:45 | Cantaluppi Giménez |
Report | Tacchinardi |
Attendance: 30,501 (sold out) Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | |
2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||
3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 | ||
4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 |
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- Switzerland 2002–03 at RSSSF
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