2009–10 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2009–10 season
Chairman	Gisela Oeri
Manager	Thorsten Fink
Swiss Super League	Champions
Swiss Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marco Streller (21); All: ; Marco Streller (30)
Highest home attendance	27,087 vs Young Boys; (30 August 2009)
Lowest home attendance	20,239 vs FC St. Gallen; (23 September 2009)

FC Basel began their 2009–10 season with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league, Ukrainian Vyscha Liha, and Super League Greece clubs. The goals for FC Basel during the 2009–10 season were to take back the league and cup titles as well as to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

Overall season

The pre-season started with several major changes, the biggest being the sacking of coach Christian Gross, who was replaced by the German Thorsten Fink. Fink was appointed as Basel's new manager on 9 June 2009.[1] The new manager let several players go by not extending their contracts. These were Ronny Hodel, Jürgen Gjasula, Ivan Ergić and Eduardo. Star striker Eren Derdiyok was sold to Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Eduardo Rubio returned to Cruz Azul because his loan was not made permanent. A number of players were brought into the first team from the under-21 squad to replace them, including Xherdan Shaqiri, Marco Aratore and Oliver Klaus. A number of new players were signed, the highest profile being Alexander Frei from Borussia Dortmund. Others new signings included Turkish Çağdaş Atan from Energie Cottbus, Ghanaian Samuel Inkoom from Asante Kotoko, Massimo Colomba from rivals Grasshopper, Brazilian Antônio da Silva on loan from Karlsruher SC and Cabral who returned after being on loan to Sevilla.

Basel entered the Europa League in the second qualifying round and were drawn against Andorrans Santa Colma. The first leg was at home in the St. Jakob-Park, in front of over 25'000 spectators, and ended 3–0 in Basel's favour, with Serkan Şahin, Marco Streller and Federico Almerares getting on the score sheet. The second leg at Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall ended with a 4–1 victory for Basel, thus victors with a 7–1 on aggregate. Streller (2), Marcos Gelabert and Almerares scored the goals the second time around. FCB were then drawn against KR Reykjavík of Iceland in the third qualifying round. The first leg took place at KR-völlur on 30 July, and ended in a 2–2 draw. Early goals from Gudmundur Benediktsson and Grétar Sigurdsson gave the home side a 2–0 lead, before Scott Chipperfield and Almerares drew Basel level. The second leg in Switzerland ended with a 3–1 win for Basel, meaning they won 5–3 on aggregate and progressed to a two-legged play-off against FK Baku of Azerbaijan. Alexander Frei (2) and Xherdan Shaqiri scored for FCB and Björgólfur Takefusa scored for the Icelanders. At the Tofik Bakhramov Stadium in Baku, Fernando Nestor Pérez put the locals 1–0 ahead just after half time. Basel turned it around, however, and won 3–1 scoring three goals in six minutes, these coming from Streller (2) and Benjamin Huggel. The second leg at home ended with Basel winning 5–1 on the night and 8–2 on aggregate, meaning that they qualified for the Europa League group stage. Almerares, Gelabert, Frei, Shaqiri and Orhan Mustafi all contributed with Basel's goals while Felipe Almeida Félix scored for the away side.

In the group stage FCB were then drawn into Group E alongside A.S. Roma (Italy), Fulham (England) and CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria). Basel started in the group with an impressive 2–0 win over Roma at home – Carlitos and Federico Almerares scoring the goals on 17 September 2009 – before narrowly losing their second match 1–0 in a tight encounter with Fulham at Craven Cottage on 1 October. Their third match took place on 22 October and was against CSKA Sofia at the Vasil Levski National Stadium. Frei scored two goals there to send Basel home with a 2–0 win. They also won the return leg, on 5 November 3–1. Frei again scoring two goals, with Gelabert scoring the other. Todor Yanchev scored for the visitors. After this, they lost 2–1 to Roma away, leaving their fate hinging on the final match against Fulham at home. In a close game, the English club narrowly won 3–2, sending Basel out with third place in the Group Table.

In domestic affairs, Basel swept the board, despite a poor start to the season (after the eighth round they were only ninth position in the league table). During the seasons winter break they were thirteen points behind the leaders, but FCB came back with 14 victories in the las 16 games, to win the title on the last day of the season. This match was in Bern at the Stade de Suisse against favourites BSC Young Boys. Young prospect Valentin Stocker and club legend Scott Chipperfield gave Basel the goals in the 2–0 win on 16 May.

In the 2009–10 Swiss Cup final, on 9 May, FC Basel achieved an outstanding 6–0 victory over FC Lausanne-Sport, with Stocker scoring twice, and Shaqiri, Zoua, Chipperfield and Huggel also getting onto the scoreboard. The win secured FC Basel's tenth Cup win to date.

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Thorsten Fink
Assistant manager	Heiko Vogel
Conditioning Coach	Marco Walker
Fitness Coach	Nikola Vidović
Fitness Coach	Romain Crevoisier
Youth Team Coach	Patrick Rahmen
Youth Team Co-Coach	Sandro Kamber

Last updated: 17 May 2008
Source:

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Novartis

Home[2]

Away

Source: Official Site

Other information

Chairman	Mrs Gisela Oeri
Vice Chairman	Mr Bernhard Heusler
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (38,512[3]) (37,500 for international matches[4] / 120x80 m)

Source: Official Site

First team

As of 7 October 2009, accounting for official transfers:[5] 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	Franco Costanzo (Captain)
3	DF	Sabri Boumelaha
4	DF	Çağdaş Atan
5	DF	Dominik Ritter
6	MF	Marcos Gelabert
7	MF	Pascal Schürpf
8	MF	Benjamin Huggel (Vice-captain)
9	FW	Marco Streller
10	MF	Marko Perović
11	MF	Scott Chipperfield
13	FW	Alexander Frei
14	MF	Valentin Stocker
15	FW	Federico Almerares
17	MF	Xherdan Shaqiri
18	GK	Stefan Wessels

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	David Abraham
20	DF	Behrang Safari
21	DF	François Marque
22	DF	Samuel Inkoom
23	GK	Massimo Colomba
24	MF	Cabral
25	MF	Antônio da Silva
26	MF	Daniel Ünal
27	MF	Marco Aratore
28	DF	Beg Ferati
30	MF	Carlitos
31	FW	Jacques Zoua
32	DF	Reto Zanni (Vice-captain)
33	DF	Serkan Şahin
35	GK	Oliver Klaus

Multiple Nationality

2009–10 Summer transfers

In

3	DF	Sabri Boumelaha (from Basel U-21)
4	DF	Çağdaş Atan (from Energie Cottbus – Free)
5	DF	Dominik Ritter (loan return from Concordia Basel)
7	MF	Pascal Schürpf (loan return from Concordia Basel)
13	FW	Alexander Frei (from Borussia Dortmund – 6.4 million SFr)
17	MF	Xherdan Shaqiri (from Basel U-21)
18	GK	Stefan Wessels (Free Agent)
22	DF	Samuel Inkoom (from Asante Kotoko[6] – 800,000 SFr)
23	GK	Massimo Colomba (from Grasshopper Club Zürich – Free)
24	MF	Cabral (loan return from Sevilla)
25	MF	Antônio da Silva (Loan from Karlsruhe – 450,000 SFr)
27	MF	Marco Aratore (from Basel U-21)
31	FW	Jacques Zoua (from Cotonsport Garoua)
35	GK	Oliver Klaus (from Basel U-21)

Out

2	DF	Ronny Hodel (to FK Ventspils – Free)
7	MF	Jürgen Gjasula (to FSV Frankfurt – Free)
17	FW	Eduardo Rubio (loan return to Cruz Azul)
22	MF	Ivan Ergić (to Bursaspor – Free)
23	FW	Eduardo (contract not re-newed)
31	FW	Eren Derdiyok (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 7.4 million SFr)
35	GK	Oliver Stöckli (retired)

Out on loan

16	MF	Fabian Frei (on loan to St. Gallen)
18	GK	Jayson Leutwiler (on loan to Yverdon Sport)
27	GK	Yann Sommer (on loan to Grasshopper)
29	FW	Orhan Mustafi (on loan to FC Aarau)

Competitions

Overall

Basel participated in the following major competitions: the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Swiss Super League	—	Winner	12 July 2009	16 May 2010
Swiss Cup	Round 1	Winner	20 September 2009	9 May 2010
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Group stage	16 July 2009	16 December 2009

Source: Competitions

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Pre-season/First Half Season friendlies

Date	Competition	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score	Basel's Goal Scorers
22.Jun.2009	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Gossau	1	Basel	3	Almerares (11'), Mustafi (38'), Aratore (71')
24.Jun.2009	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Wohlen	0	Basel	2	Gelabert (10'), F. Frei (73')
24.Jun.2009	Pre-Season Friendly	AC Bellinzona	2	Basel	2	Mustafi (7'), Schindelholz (88')
26.Jun.2009	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Vaduz	0	Basel	5	Almerares (7'), Huggel (33'), Mustafi (69'), Perović (84'), Gelabert (88')
30.Jun.2009	Pre-Season Friendly	Basel	2	FC Grenchen	0	Gelabert (53'), Almerares (57')
6.Jul.2009	Uhrencup	Panathinaikos FC	0	Basel	2	Almerares (65'), Huggel (86')
8.Jul.2009	Uhrencup	Shakhtar Donetsk	3	Basel	0
4.Sep.2009	Friendly	FC Biel	1	Basel	3	Almerares (41'), Kulcar (44'), Xhaka (64')
5.Oct.2009	Friendly	SV Rust	1	Basel	5	Almerares (22', 41', 76', 89'), Unal (62')
13.Oct.2009	Friendly	SV Sissach / FC Gelterkinden	1	Basel	12	Almerares (29'), Streller (42', 49'), Shaqiri (51', 71'), Aratore (58'), Da Silva (63', 72', 80'), Osmani (68', 82'), Unal (73')
13.Nov.2009	Friendly	Basel	2	SC Freiburg	3	Zanni (pen 39'), Perović (88')
24.Nov.2009	Friendly	Basel	3	FC Basel U21	2	Unal (21'), Gelabert (35'), Aratore (45')

Winter Break/Second Half Season friendlies

Date	Competition	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score	Basel's Goal Scorers
09.Jan.2010	Friendly	SC Freiburg	1	Basel	2	Stocker (11'), Almerares (pen 57')
11.Jan.2010	Friendly	Basel	3	FC Basel U21	0	Ferati (32'), Ritter (62'), Almerares (75')
12.Jan.2010	Friendly	Basel	1	FC Bayern Munich	3	Streller (10')
16.Jan.2010	Friendly	AZ Alkmaar	2	Basel	0
18.Jan.2010	Friendly	FK Pelister	1	Basel	5	Huggel (7', 12'), Xhaka (75'), Schürpf (82'), Almerares (84')
22.Jan.2010	Friendly	Viking Stavanger	0	Basel	4	Almerares (23', 72'), Huggel (70'), Shaqiri (74')
26.Jan.2010	Friendly	Basel	2	FC Wohlen	1	Frei (34', 62')
31.Jan.2010	Friendly	Basel	0	FC Wil	2
3.Feb.2010	Friendly	FC Nordstern Basel	1	Basel	7	Achache (13'), Hasler (23', 27'), Almerares (35', 44'), Perović (77'), Schürpf (88')
10.Feb.2010	Friendly	Basel	2	FC Thun	0	Almerares (54'), Perović (84')
17.Feb.2010	Friendly	Basel	3	FC Gossau	1	Schürpf (43', 52'), Almerares (77')
24.Feb.2010	Friendly	Basel	1	Yverdon-Sport FC	2	Chipperfield (75')
3.Mar.2010	Friendly	Basel	3	FC Winterthur	0	Almerares (18', 19', 73')
10.Mar.2010	Friendly	BSC Old Boys	0	Basel	5	Almerares (38'), Schürpf (49', 69'), Zoua (81'), Aratore (85')
17.Mar.2010	Friendly	Basel	2	FC Liestal	0	Almerares (9'), Zoua (70')
28.Apr.2010	Friendly	FC Aesch	0	Basel	5	Almerares (17', 35'), Zoua (25'), Carlitos (56'), Gelabert (67')

Swiss Super League

First half of season

12 July 2009 Round 1	St. Gallen	2–0	Basel	AFG Arena, St. Gallen
16:00 CEST	Frick 51' M. Costanzo 82'	Report (in German)	82' Huggel	Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca

19 July 2009 Round 2	Basel	2–1	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 CEST	Stocker 5' Streller 93'	(Report) (in German)	2' Bengondo	Attendance: 20,467 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

26 July 2009 Round 3	Sion	1–2	Basel	Tourbillon, Sion
16:00	Mpenza 78'	(Report) (in German)	21' Stocker 90' Frei	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sascha Kever

2 August 2009 Round 4	Basel	1–1	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 CEST	Streller 13'	(Report) (in German)	86' Ianu	Attendance: 23,201 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

9 August 2009 Round 5	Basel	1–1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 CEST	Huggel 89'	(Report) (in German)	Rochat 87' Vonlanthen	Attendance: 27,011 Referee: Massimo Busacca

16 August 2009 Round 6	Grasshopper	3–1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Dos Santos 15' Callà 61' Zárate 74'	(Report) (in German)	24' Chipperfield	Attendance: 8,900 Referee: Stephan Studer

23 August 2009 Round 7	Xamax	2–2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Varela 58' Gavranović 66'	(Report) (in German)	65' Streller 89' Frei	Attendance: 7,323 Referee: Sascha Kever

30 August 2009 Round 8	Basel	1–2	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	A. Frei 7'	(Report) (in German)	74' Doumbia 90' Ch. Schneuwly	Attendance: 27,087 Referee: Bertolini

13 September 2009 Round 9	Bellinzona	2–3	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
	Ciarrocchi 54' Hima 85'	[ (Report)] (in German)	6', 90' Huggel 32' Stocker	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

23 September 2009 Round 10	Basel	4–0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Stocker 20' Streller 46', 53' A. Frei 46'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 20,239 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

26 September 2009 Round 11	Aarau	0–2	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
		(Report) (in German)	27' A. Frei 28' Stocker	Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Laperrière

4 October 2009 Round 12	Basel	5–0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Streller 43', 44' A. Frei 78' Chipperfield 84', 86'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 20,331 Referee: Stephan Studer

25 October 2009 Round 13	Luzern	4–5	Basel	Gersag
	Chiumiento 3' Renggli 22' (penalty) Yakin 79' Ianu 79'	(Report) (in German)	2' Huggel 8', 91' A. Frei 73', 93' Streller	Attendance: 8,695 Referee: Kever

28 October 2009 Round 14	Zürich	2–2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Okwonko 61' Gajić 87'	(Report) (in German)	61' Huggel 63' A. Frei	Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Bertolini

31 October 2009 Round 15	Basel	3–1	Grasshopper	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Huggel 34', 94' Streller 41' Abraham 60'	(Report) (in German)	28' Smiljanic 56' Vallori 92' Strasser	Attendance: 22,817 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

9 November 2009 Round 16	Basel	4–1	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Chipperfield 40' A. Frei 63' Shaqiri 90' Streller 94'	(Report) (in German)	55' Ideye	Attendance: 18,483 Referee: Massimo Busacca

29 November 2009 Round 17	Young Boys	2–0	Basel	Wankdorf, Bern
	Doumbia 3' Ch. Schneuwly 45'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Massimo Busacca

9 November 2009 Round 18	Basel	3–2	Bellinzona	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	A. Frei 18', 75' Cabral 54'	(Report) (in German)	35' Ciarrocchi 43' Lima Solà	Attendance: 17,110 Referee: Grossen

Second half of season

7 February 2010 Round 19	Basel	4–0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	A. Frei 68' Streller 81' Gelabert 86' Safari 90'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 26,054 Referee: Massimo Busacca

14 February 2010 Round 20	Xamax	1–3	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Nuzzolo 14' Tixier	(Report) (in German)	54' Frei 62', 80' Streller	Attendance: 4,250 Referee: Stephan Studer

20 February 2010 Round 21	Basel	2–1	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Huggel 62' Çağdaş 69'	(Report) (in German)	23' Lang	Attendance: 16,370 Referee: Alain Bieri

28 February 2010 Round 22	Bellinzona	0–2	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
		(Report) (in German)	45' Chipperfield 62' (penalty) Streller	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bruno Grossen

6 March 2010 Round 23	Basel	1–2	Grasshopper	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Chipperfield 60'	(Report) (in German)	3' Colina 58' Cabanas

14 March 2010 Round 24	Luzern	0–1	Basel	Gersag
		(Report) (in German)	33' Huggel	Attendance: 8,597 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (46. Jérôme Laperrière)

21 March 2010 Round 25	St. Gallen	2–4	Basel	AFG Arena, St. Gallen
	Imhof 20' M. Costanzo (penalty) 81'	Report (in German)	15' da Silva 18' Stocker 38'Chipperfield 90 og' Fernando

24 March 2010 Round 26	Basel	4–1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Streller 14', 58' Chipperfield 16' Zoua 79'	(Report) (in German)	45' Alphonse	Attendance: 27,011 Referee: Massimo Busacca

27 March 2010 Round 27	Sion	2–2	Basel	Tourbillon, Sion
	Marin 77' Mpenza 77'	(Report) (in German)	11', 22' Streller	Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Sascha Kever

1 April 2010 Round 28	Basel	4–3	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Almerares 14', 30' Chipperfield 24' Shaqiri 53'	(Report) (in German)	6' Bühler 15' Mpenza 86' Domínguez	Attendance: 25,608 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

11 April 2010 Round 29	Zürich	1–2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Margairaz 63'	(Report) (in German)	75' Shaqiri 77' Almerares	Attendance: 16,300 Referee: Massimo Busacca

14 April 2010 Round 30	Basel	3–2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Streller 52' (penalty), 70' Stocker 58'	(Report) (in German)	29' Merenda 37' M. Costanzo	Attendance: 20,239 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

14 April 2010 Round 31	Basel	5–0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	da Silva 10' Shaqiri 14' Stocker 43', 56' Carlitos 73'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 30,571 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

25 April 2010 Round 32	Grasshopper	4–0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Zuber 3' Cabanas 12' Smiljanic 29' (penalty) Zárate 81'	(Report) (in German)	29' Safari	Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Alain Bieri

2 May 2010 Round 33	Basel	4–0	Bellinzona	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Streller 10', 76' Chipperfield 33', 57'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 26,257 Referee: Stephan Studer

5 May 2010 Round 34	Aarau	0–3	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
	Aquaro	(Report) (in German)	16' Chipperfield 58' Stocker 90' Zoua	Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Jérôme Laperriere

13 May 2010 Round 35	Basel	3–0	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Gelabert 56' A. Frei 83', 86'	(Report) (in German)	45' Varela	Attendance: 30,818 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

16 May 2010 Round 36	Young Boys	0–2	Basel	Wankdorf, Bern
		(Report) (in German)	39' Stocker 60' Chipperfield	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Swiss Cup

For more information, see 2009–10 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 2009–10

20 September 2009 Round 1	SC Cham	0–3	Basel	Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug
16:00 CEST		Report	44', 54' Almerares 76' Mustafi	Attendance: 5,210 (sold out) Referee: Alain Bieri

17 October 2009 Round 2	FC Le Mont	1–3	Basel	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
	A. Rocha 61'	Report	13' Aratore 19' Streller 39' Almerares	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Grossen

20 November 2009 Round 3	Basel	4–2	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Stocker 17' Frei 53', 58' Streller 75'	Report	32' Djurić 19' Alphonse	Attendance: 17,749 Referee: Laperriere

12 December 2009 Quarterfinal	Basel	3–1	FC Biel-Bienne	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 CET	Frei 45', 60' Streller 69'	Report	76' Hediger	Attendance: 7,503 Referee: Stephan Studer

5 April 2010 Semifinal	SC Kriens	0 – 1	Basel	Kleinfeld Stadium, Kriens
14:00 CEST		Report	17' Almerares	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

9 May 2010 Final	Basel	6 – 0	FC Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 CEST	Stocker 28', 75' Shaqiri 30' Zoua 46' Chipperfield 52' Huggel 89'	Report		Attendance: 30,100 Referee: Sascha Kever

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

16 July 2009 QR2 first leg	Basel	3 – 0	Santa Coloma	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Şahin 23' Streller 48' Almerares 59'	Report		Attendance: 25,038 Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

23 July 2009 QR2 second leg	Santa Coloma	1 – 4	Basel	Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
19:00	dos Santos 42' (pen.)	Report	12' Streller 15' Gelabert 40' (o.g.) Alvarez 88' Almerares	Attendance: 400 Referee: Rusmir Mrkovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Basel won 7–1 on aggregate.

30 July 2009 QR3 first leg	Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur	2 – 2	Basel	KR-völlur, Reykjavík
21:15	Benediktsson 6' G. Sigurðarson 9'	Report	58' Chipperfield 83' Almerares	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

6 August 2009 QR3 second leg	Basel	3 – 1	Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Frei 29', 80' (pen.) Shaqiri 77'	Report	45+1' (pen.) Takefusa	Attendance: 13,117 Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

20 August 2009 Play-off round first leg	Baku	1 – 3	Basel	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku[note 1]
17:00	Pérez 49'	Report	71', 74' Streller 77' Huggel	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)

27 August 2009 Play-off second first leg	Basel	5 – 1	Baku	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Almerares 32' Gelabert 36' Frei 63' Shaqiri 74' Mustafi 84'	Report	33' Felipe	Attendance: 7,113 Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Basel won 8–2 on aggregate.

Group stage, group E

17 September 2009 First round	Basel	2 – 0	Roma	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Carlitos 11' Almerares 87'	Report		Attendance: 16,459 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

1 October 2009 Second round	Fulham	1 – 0	Basel	Craven Cottage, London
21:05	Murphy 57'	Report		Attendance: 16,100 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

22 October 2009 Third round	CSKA Sofia	0 – 2	Basel	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia[note 2]
21:05		Report	20', 63' Frei	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Manuel De Sousa (Portugal)

5 November 2009 Fourth round	Basel	3 – 1	CSKA Sofia	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Gelabert 35' Frei 41' (pen.), 67'	Report	61' Yanchev	Attendance: 15,255 Referee: Oleg Oriekhov (Ukraine)

3 December 2009 Fifth round	Roma	2 – 1	Basel	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
21:05	Totti 32' (pen.) Vučinić 59'	Report	18' Huggel	Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

16 December 2009 Sixth round	Basel	2 – 3	Fulham	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Frei 64' (pen.) Streller 87'	Report	41', 45' Zamora 77' Gera	Attendance: 20,063 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roma	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Fulham	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase
3	Basel	6	3	0	3	10	7	+3	9
4	CSKA Sofia	6	0	1	5	2	12	−10	1

Source:

Notes

Played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Karabakh's Guzanli Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
CSKA Sofia played their home group matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

Statistics in the 2009–10 Season

League Goalscorers/Assists

Updated to games played 16 May 2010

League Scorer	Goals
Marco Streller	21
Alexander Frei	15
Scott Chipperfield	13
Valentin Stocker	12
Benjamin Huggel	11
Xherdan Shaqiri	4
Federico Almerares	3
Antônio da Silva	2
Marcos Gelabert	2
Jacques Zoua	2
Carlitos	1
Çağdaş Atan	1
Behrang Safari	1
Cabral	1
Opposition own goals	1
Total goals scored	90

Name	League Assists
Alexander Frei	10
Marco Streller	10
Valentin Stocker	9
Scott Chipperfield	8
Antônio da Silva	7
Carlitos	6
Behrang Safari	5
Xherdan Shaqiri	5
Benjamin Huggel	4
Samuel Inkoom	4
Federico Almerares	3
Çağdaş Atan	3
David Abraham	2
Marcos Gelabert	1
Jacques Zoua	1
Total assists made	78

Swiss Cup Goalscorers/Assists

Updated to games played 9 May 2010

Cup Scorer	Goals
Federico Almerares	4
Alexander Frei	4
Marco Streller	3
Valentin Stocker	3
Marco Aratore	1
Orhan Mustafi	1
Xherdan Shaqiri	1
Jacques Zoua	1
Scott Chipperfield	1
Benjamin Huggel	1
Total goals scored	20

Name	Cup Assists
Marco Streller	3
Scott Chipperfield	2
Marcos Gelabert	2
Alexander Frei	2
Valentin Stocker	1
Serkan Sahin	1
Federico Almerares	1
Xherdan Shaqiri	1
Total assists made	13

European Goalscorers/Assist

Updated to games played 16 December 2009

European Scorer	Goals
Alexander Frei	8
Marco Streller	6
Federico Almerares	5
Marcos Gelabert	3
Xherdan Shaqiri	2
Benjamin Huggel	2
Carlitos	1
Scott Chipperfield	1
Orhan Mustafi	1
Serkan Sahin	1
Total goals scored	30

Name	European Assists
Alexander Frei	4
Valentin Stocker	3
Xherdan Shaqiri	3
Antônio da Silva	3
Benjamin Huggel	2
Marco Aratore	2
Samuel Inkoom	1
Carlitos	1
Marco Streller	1
Cabral	1
Behrang Safari	1
Federico Almerares	1
Dominik Ritter	1
Marcos Gelabert	1
Total assists made	25

Total Goalscorers/Assists

Updated to games played 16 May 2010

All Game Scorer	Goals
Marco Streller	30
Alexander Frei	27
Scott Chipperfield	15
Valentin Stocker	15
Benjamin Huggel	14
Federico Almerares	12
Xherdan Shaqiri	7
Marcos Gelabert	5
Jacques Zoua	3
Antônio da Silva	2
Carlitos	2
Orhan Mustafi	2
Çağdaş Atan	1
Behrang Safari	1
Cabral	1
Serkan Sahin	1
Marco Aratore	1
Opposition own goals	1
Total goals scored	140

Name	All Assists
Alexander Frei	16
Marco Streller	14
Valentin Stocker	13
Scott Chipperfield	10
Antônio da Silva	10
Xherdan Shaqiri	9
Carlitos	7
Behrang Safari	6
Benjamin Huggel	6
Samuel Inkoom	5
Federico Almerares	5
Marcos Gelabert	4
Çağdaş Atan	3
David Abraham	2
Marco Aratore	2
Jacques Zoua	1
Cabral	1
Dominik Ritter	1
Serkan Sahin	1
Total assists made	116

References

"Thorsten Fink appointed new FC Basel manager". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
(in German) FC Basel. "Das neue Heimtrikot" (in German). Archived from the original on 14 July 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
"Figures and facts". FC Basel 1893. 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf
Football.ch – Transfers (in German)
FC Basel 1893 (2009). "FCB verpflichtet Nationalspieler aus Ghana". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

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[7] Played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Karabakh's Guzanli Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

[8] CSKA Sofia played their home group matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.

[1] "Thorsten Fink appointed new FC Basel manager". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[kitsquad-2] (in German) FC Basel. "Das neue Heimtrikot" (in German). Archived from the original on 14 July 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.

[fcb1-3] "Figures and facts". FC Basel 1893. 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

[4] ttps://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf

[5] Football.ch – Transfers (in German)

[fcb_2009-04-29-6] FC Basel 1893 (2009). "FCB verpflichtet Nationalspieler aus Ghana". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2009.