2019–20 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2019–20 season
Chairman	Bernhard Burgener
Manager	Marcel Koller
Ground	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League	3rd
Swiss Cup	Quarter-finals
Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kemal Ademi; (9 goals); All: ; Kemal Ademi; (10 goals)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2019–20 FC Basel season is the 126th season in club history and the club's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. The domestic league season starts on the weekend of 19–21 July 2019. Basel were runners-up in the previous Super League season and are therefore qualified for 2019–20 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.

Club

Management

Marcel Koller is the first team manager, Thomas Janeschitz and Carlos Bernegger his assistants and Massimo Colomba is Goalkeeper Coach.

Position	Staff
Manager	Marcel Koller
Assistant manager	Thomas Janeschitz
Assistant manager	Carlos Bernegger
Goalkeeper Coach	Massimo Colomba
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 125th annual general meeting took place on Tuesday 4 June 2019. 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. On 14 June Streller quit as sportdirector and on 20 June Ruedi Zbinden was named as his successor.

Chairman	Bernhard Burgener
Sportdirector	Marco Streller until 14 June 2019 Ruedi Zbinden from 20 June 2019
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[1] (37,500 for international matches)[2] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 22 June 2019
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview

Offseason and preseason

The Campaign

Domestic League

The season starts on the weekend of 20–21 July 2019. 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 was played on the week-end 16/17/18 August. Up until the quarter finals the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Basel play their first-round game on 18 August away from home against sixth tier Pully Football. Despite a straight red card against Raoul Petretta Basel won the game by four goals to one.[3] In round 2 Basel were drawn away against FC Meyrin. Basel won 3–0 and advanced to the next round.[4] In round 3 Basel were drawn away against Stade Lausanne, Basel won this game 2–1 and advanced to the quarter-final.[5] The quarter-final against Lausanne-Sport was originaly scheduled for 3 March, but eventually played on 14 June. Basel won the game 3–2 after extra time.[6]

Champions League

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 19 July 2019 but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 6 July 2019[7]

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 (vice-captain)
3	DF	Konstantinos Dimitriou
4	DF	Eray Cömert
5	DF	Silvan Widmer
6	DF	Omar Alderete
7	MF	Luca Zuffi
8	MF	Zdravko Kuzmanović
9	FW	Ricky van Wolfswinkel
10	MF	Samuele Campo
11	FW	Noah Okafor
13	GK	Đorđe Nikolić
14	MF	Valentin Stocker (captain)
15	DF	Blás Riveros
18	FW	Julian Von Moos

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Afimico Pululu
20	MF	Fabian Frei
22	FW	Albian Ajeti
23	DF	Éder Álvarez Balanta
26	MF	Aldo Kalulu
28	DF	Raoul Petretta
30	MF	Edon Zhegrova (on loan from Genk)
32	MF	Yannick Marchand
33	MF	Kevin Bua
34	MF	Taulant Xhaka (vice-captain)
36	MF	Robin Huser
43	DF	Yves Kaiser
44	GK	Jozef Pukaj
98	FW	Arthur Cabral (on loan from Palmeiras)
99	FW	Kemal Ademi

Other players under contract

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

No.		Position	Player
29		DF	Alessandro Stabile

No.		Position	Player
41		FW	Tician Tushi

Out on loan

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

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Dimitri Oberlin (at Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2020)
26	MF	Aldo Kalulu (at Swansea City until 30 June 2020)
31	MF	Dominik Schmid (at Wil until 30 June 2020)

No.	Position	Player
35	DF	Pedro Pacheco (at Rapperswil-Jona until 30 June 2019)
38	MF	Martin Liechti (at Aarau until 30 June 2019)
—	MF	Gëzim Pepsi (at Aarau until 30 June 2020)

Transfers summer 2018

In

6	DF	Omar Alderete (from Huracán)
37	FW	Afimico Pululu (returned end of loan)
98	FW	Arthur Cabral (on loan from Palmeiras)

Out

17	DF	Marek Suchý (End of contract)
19	FW	Dimitri Oberlin (out on loan to Empoli)
20	MF	Serey Dié (End of contract)

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Preseason

22 June 2019 Pre-season	Basel	4 – 2	Kriens	Youth-Campus, Basel
15:00	Pululu 53' von Moos 56' Pululu 76' Pululu 87'	FCB Report	19' Dzonlagic 34' Hoxha	Attendance: 600 Referee: Nico Gianforte

26 June 2019 Pre-season	TSV 1860 Munich	1 – 5	Basel	Waldstadion Germering-Unterpfaffenhofen
19:00	Wein 31' Seferings 35' Dressel 61' (1:3) Böhnlein 63'	FCB Report	13' (0:1) Campo Petretta 16' 32' (0:2) Bua 42' (0:3) F. Frei Zhegrova 67' (1:4) Tushi (1:5)	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Tobias Schultes Betzigau

3 July 2019 Pre-season	1. FC Nürnberg	0 – 4	Basel	Sportpark am Amperknie Allershausen
19:00		FCB Report	54' (0:1) Riveros 64' (0:2) Widmer 74' (pen.) Pululu 75' (0:4) Pululu	Attendance: 600 Referee: Michael Bacher

9 July 2019 Pre-season	Basel	4 – 1	Lausanne-Sport	Waldäcker, Herzogenbuchsee
18:00	Al. Ajeti 7' (1:0) Cömert 32' F. Frei 56' (2:0) Riveros 76' (3:1) Ademi 90' (4:1)	FCB Report	34' Nanizayamo 65' Cabral 69' (2:1) Oliveira	Attendance: 500 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

13 July 2019 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 3	VfB Stuttgart	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Grözinger 3' (o.g. 1:0) Balanta 33' van Wolfswinkel 35' (2:1) Stocker 88'	FCB report	12' Karazor 28' (1:1) Ascacíbar 33' Didavi 43' (2:2) Kamiński 71' (2:3) González	Attendance: 9,867 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)

Winter break

10 January 2020 Test	Basel	3 – 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Marbella Football Center, Marbella
16:00	Campo 25' Alderete 31' Widmer 36' Stocker 63'	FCB report	Tekpetey 9' Thommy 43'	Attendance: 190 Referee: José María Aranda Delgado

13 January 2020 Test	Basel	0 – 2	VfB Stuttgart	La Quinta Football Fields, Marbella
16:00		FCB report	49' González 51' Al Ghaddioui	Attendance: 150 Referee: Manuel Sánchez Trobar

16 January 2020 Test	Basel	1 – 0	FCSB	Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella
10:30	Zhegrova 85'	FCB report	Răzvan Oaidă 41'	Attendance: 40 Referee: Guillermo Paradas Mazuela

19 January 2020 Test	Basel	0 – 2	Hamburger SV	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
15:00		FCB report	10' Jeremy Dudziak 66' David 71' Sonny Kittel	Attendance: 6,489 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Swiss Super League

First half of season

19 July 2019 Round 1	Sion	1 – 4	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00	Patrick 35' Zock 68'	Report	Ajeti 22' Zuffi 52' Stocker 55', 82' Cömert 60' Okafor 71' Mitryushkin 72' (o.g.)	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer

27 July 2019 Round 2	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Xhaka 20' Cömert 51' Ademi 57'	Report	Görtler 6' Itten 25', 80' (pen.) Muheim 57' Stojanović 85' Guillemenot 86' Fabiano 90+1'	Attendance: 21,932 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

3 August 2019 Round 3	Thun	2 – 3	Basel	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00	Rapp 7' Hefti 29' Fatkič 42' Kablan 45+3' Bigler 61' Stillhart 71'	Report	Widmer 43' Frei 58' Stocker 86' Álvarez 90'	Attendance: 6,266 Referee: Stephan Klossner

10 August 2019 Round 4	Basel	3 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Rouiller 5' (o.g.) Ademi 31', 41' Bua 81'	Report	Wüthrich 19' Tasar 44' Imeri 87'	Attendance: 21,532 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

24 August 2019 Round 5	Xamax	0 – 3	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
19:00		FCB report	Balanta 27' F. Frei 55' (0:1) Alderete 57' F. Frei 67' Ademi 70' (0:2) Stocker 87' (0:3)	Attendance: 6,364 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

1 September 2019 Round 6	Basel	2 – 1	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Bua 21' Ademi 27', 48' Kuzmanović 82'	FCB report	Marić 3' Holender 18' Lavanchy 33' Rodríguez 85' Dalmonte 87'	Attendance: 21,912 Referee: Lukas Fahndrich

22 September 2019 Round 7	Young Boys	1 – 1	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Sørensen 24' Assalé 26' Nsame 59' Lustenberger 85'	FCB report	Widmer 5' Arthur 63'	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sandro Schärer

25 September 2019 Round 8	Basel	4 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Arthur 9' Bua 50', 51' Zhegrova 80' Campo 90'	FCB report	Kramer 53' Aiyegun 82'	Attendance: 22,760 Referee: Alain Bier

29 September 2019 Round 9	Basel	3 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Arthur 28', 57' Bua 67' Widmer 70' Ademi 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 23,768 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

6 October 2019 Round 10	St. Gallen	0 – 0	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16.00	Guillemenot 33' Demirović 41' Letard 88'	Report	Xhaka 8' Bergström 22' Arthur 43' Cömert 73' Ademi 80'	Referee: Stephan Klossner

19 October 2019 Round 11	Basel	3 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19.00	Bua 50' Rapp 73' (o.g.) Zuffi 78'	Report	Fatkič 53' Rapp 67' Castroman 71'	Attendance: 21,503 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

27 October 2019 Round 12	Zürich	3 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16.00	Sohm 12' Nathan 15' Tosin 19' Schönbächler 33' Domgjoni 36' Kramer 61' Kololli 87'	FCB report	15' (pen.) Campo 48' Cömert 50' Pululu 67' Stocker 74' Petretta 94' Ademi	Attendance: 11,101 Referee: Urs Schnyder

3 November 2019 Round 13	Basel	1 – 1	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Alderete 42' Ademi 74'	FCB report	29' 24' Nuzzolo 36' Xhemajli 51' Doudin 86' Gomes 88' Seydoux 91' Mveng 93' Minder	Attendance: 18,003 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

10 November 2019 Round 14	Lugano	0 – 3	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:00	Custodio 54' Marić 82'	FCB report	Ademi 13' Cömert 21' Frei 25', 32' Arthur 90+3'	Attendance: 3,620 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

23 November 2019 Round 15	Servette	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
19:00	Stevanović 7' Ondoua 22' Gonçalves 26' Wüthrich 38' Koné 90'	FCB report	Ademi 74' Frei 76' Widmer 79' Stocker 90+3'	Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Karim Abed

1 December 2019 Round 16	Basel	3 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Arthur 6' Alderete 13' Zhegrova 45+3', 48' Frei 83'	FCB report	Garcia 54' Janko 73'	Attendance: 30,965 Referee: Stephan Klossner

8 December 2019 Round 17	Basel	4 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Cömert 23' Arthur 38', 45+1', 57' Pululu 69' Zhegrova 73'	FCB report	Cotter 64' Maceiras 73'	Attendance: 22,274 Referee: Fedayi San

15 December 2019 Round 18	Luzern	2 – 1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00	Schürpf 10', 64' (pen.) Males 32' Müller 60' Matos 79'	FCB report	Xhaka 21' Zuffi 61' (pen.) Arthur 63' Cömert 63' 90+9'	Attendance: 10,073 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Second half of season

26 January 2020 Round 19	Young Boys	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Aebischer 37' Nsame 39' Hoarau 78'	FCB report	Ademi 13' Petretta 58' Bergström 77' Alderete 87' 90'	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

2 February 2020 Round 20	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Bua 19' Zuffi 55' F. Frei 67' Xhaka 78' Petretta 90'	FCB report	Fazliji 44' Itten 49' Guillemenot 61' Muheim 79' Hefti 87' Ribeiro 90+3'	Attendance: 20,527 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

8 February 2020 Round 21	Zürich	0 – 4	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00	Nathan 27' Bangura 45' Sohm 76' Schönbächler 84'	FCB report	F. Frei 1', 80', 84' Stocker 45+1', 82' Zhegrova 84'	Attendance: 10,870 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos

15 February 2020 Round 22	Basel	0 – 1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Pululu 90'	FCB report	Stillhart 37' Munsy 79' Bertone 82'	Attendance: 20,675 Referee: Alain Bieri

23 February 2020 Round 23	Basel	2 – 2	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Petretta 2' Stocker 7', 54' F. Frei 19' Alderete 68' Cömert 74'	FCB report	Sauthier 28' Iapichino 39' Imeri 59', 75' (pen.) Ondoua 78' Stevanović 87' Azevedo 88'	Attendance: 20,265 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

21 June 2020[note 1] Round 24	Luzern	2 – 1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00	Emini 4' Margiotta 23' (1:0) Voca 31' Eleke 81' (2:0)	FCB Report	70' Pululu 86' (2:1) Cabral	Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 1 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

24 June 2020[note 1] Round 25	Xamax	1 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
18:15	Araz 11', 80' Djourou 70' Kouassi 79'	FCB Report	Stocker 19' Alderete 37' Arthur 76'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 8 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

28 June 2020[note 1] Round 26	Basel	2 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Ademi 86' Campo 89'	FCB Report	Batata 51' Grgić 55' Abdellaoui 88'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 15 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

1 July 2020[note 1] Round 27	Lugano	v	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
18:15
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 22 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

4 July 2020[note 1] Round 28	Basel	v	Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:15
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 4 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

8 July 2020[note 1] Round 29	Sion	v	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 11 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

11 July 2020[note 1] Round 30	Basel	v	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 18 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

14 July 2020[note 1] Round 31	Basel	v	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 24 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

19 July 2020[note 1] Round 32	Servette	v	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:00
Note: The match was originally due to be played in April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

22 July 2020[note 1] Round 33	St. Gallen	v	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

25 July 2020[note 1] Round 34	Basel	v	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:15
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

29 July 2020[note 1] Round 35	Thun	v	Basel	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
20:30
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

2 August 2020[note 1] Round 36	Basel	v	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Swiss Cup

The draw for the first round was held in June 2018. The Super League 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.

17 August 2019 Round 1	Pully Football	1 – 4	Basel	Centre sportif de Rochettaz,Pully
17.00	Yannick Favre 45+1'	FCB report SFV report	Kevin Bua 17' Kevin Bua 49' Kevin Bua 81' Samuele Campo 87'	Attendance: 2000

15 September 2019 Round 2	Meyrin FC	0 – 3	Basel	Stade des Arbères,Meyrin
19.00		FCB report SFV report	Kemal Ademi 62' Fabian Frei 68' Valentin Stocker 84'	Attendance: 1000 Referee: Luca Piccolo

30 October 2019 Round 3	Stade Lausanne	1 – 2	Basel	Center Sportiv de Colovra,Lausanne
20.00	Allan Eleouet 63'	FCB report SFV report	Fabian Frei 75' Noah Okafor 90+2'	Attendance: 750 Referee: Stephan Klossner

3 March 2020[note 1] Quarter-finals	Lausanne-Sport	P – P	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20.00
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

14 June 2020 Quarter-finals	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:00	Zeqiri 72' Geissmann 73'	FCB report	50' Cabral 67' Cabral 105' Widmer	Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Basel were qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying phase (League Path) in the second qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 19 June 2019.

23 July 2019 First leg	PSV Eindhoven	3 – 2	Basel	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
20:00	Bruma 14' Bergwijn 73' Sadílek 84' Lammers 89' Malen 90+2'	Report	Ajeti 45+1', 88' Xhaka 63' Widmer 73' Alderete 79'	Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

30 July 2019 Second leg	Basel	2 – 1 (4a – 4 agg.)	PSV Eindhoven	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Cömert 8' Van Wolfswinkel 33', 68' Xhaka 45' Alderete 45+4'	Report	Bruma 23' Sainsbury 44' Bergwijn 67' Sadílek 82'	Attendance: 29,216 Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)

After winning the second qualifying round, Basel qualified for the third qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 22 July 2019.

7 August 2019 First leg	Basel	1 – 2	LASK	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Riveros 28' Zuffi 87'	Report	Michorl 26' Trauner 51' Klauss 82'	Attendance: 20,470 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

13 August 2019 Second leg	LASK	3 – 1 (5 – 2 agg.)	Basel	Linzer Stadion, Linz
20:30	Ranftl 51', 59' Stocker 63' Goiginger 89' Raguž 90+4'	Report	Ademi 80'	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Following their elimination in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, Basel were qualified for the Europa League group stage.

Group C matches

19 September 2019 (2019-09-19) Matchday 1	Basel	5 – 0	Krasnodar	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55	Bua 9', 40' Stocker 51' Zuffi 52' Vilhena 55' (o.g.) Okafor 59'	Report	Martynovich 64'	Attendance: 14,127 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) Matchday 2	Trabzonspor	2 – 2	Basel	Şenol Güneş Stadium, Trabzon
21:00 (22:00 TRT)	Erdoğan 23' Parmak 26', 45+1' Sosa 78'	Report	Widmer 20' Xhaka 35' Okafor 80' Petretta 83' Stocker 90+4'	Attendance: 23,867 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

24 October 2019 (2019-10-24) Matchday 3	Getafe	0 – 1	Basel	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe
21:00	Kenedy 45+3' Portillo 55' Ángel 90'	Report	Frei 18', 65' Cömert 29' Stocker 35' Xhaka 39' Zuffi 51' Bua 54' 74' Alderete 56' Nikolić 60'	Attendance: 6,213 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

7 November 2019 (2019-11-07) Matchday 4	Basel	2 – 1	Getafe	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55	Arthur 8' Xhaka 38' Riveros 44' Frei 60'	Report	Gallego 17' Mata 45' (pen.)	Attendance: 26,298 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) Matchday 5	Krasnodar	1 – 0	Basel	Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar
16:50 (18:50 MSK)	Wanderson 52' Gazinsky 63' Ari 72' (pen.), 73' 90+5' Ramírez 75' Martynovich 90+3'	Report	Frei 90+3' Alderete 90+6'	Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

12 December 2019 (2019-12-12) Matchday 6	Basel	2 – 0	Trabzonspor	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55	Widmer 22' Stocker 72'	Report	Parmak 17' Asan 55'	Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

Group C table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BSL	GET	KRA	TRA
1	Basel	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	5–0	2–0
2	Getafe	6	4	0	2	8	4	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	3–0	1–0
3	Krasnodar	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9		1–0	1–2	—	3–1
4	Trabzonspor	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1		2–2	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32

20 February 2020 First leg	APOEL	0 – 3	Basel	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
21:00	Pavlović 28' Matić 73' Jensen 83'	Report	Petretta 16' Stocker 53', 73' Alderete 62' Arthur 66'	Attendance: 8,191 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

27 February 2020 Second leg	Basel	1 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	APOEL	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00	F. Frei 38' (pen.) Isufi 81'	Report	Matić 23' Jensen 55' Efrem 63' Vouros 76' De Vincenti 86'	Attendance: 14,428 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Round of 16

12 March 2020 First leg	Eintracht Frankfurt	0 – 3	Basel	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
18:55	Sow 23'	Report	Campo 11', 27' Cömert 53' Bua 73' Alderete 76' F. Frei 85'	Attendance: 0[9] Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

19 March 2020[note 2] Second leg	Basel	Postponed	Eintracht Frankfurt	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55

5/6 August 2020[13] Second leg

Basel

v

Eintracht Frankfurt

TBD[15]

Notes

All matches in Switzerland between 28 February and end of May were postponed due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland.
The match between Basel and Eintracht Frankfurt, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, 21:00 CET in Basel, was indefinitely postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland.[10]

Sources and references

FCB team 2019–20 at fcb-archiv.ch

"The largest stadium in Switzerland". FC Basel 1893. 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf
Herklotz, Guido. "Der FCB qualifiziert sich für die nächste Cup-Runde". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
Schweizerische Fussballverband (2019). "Meyrin FC - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV) homepage. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
Schweizerische Fussballverband (2019). "Stade Lausanne Ouchy - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV). Retrieved 2019-08-18.
Schweizerische Fussballverband (2020). "FC Lausanne-Sport - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV). Retrieved 2019-08-18.
"Die 1. Mannschaft" [The 1st team] (in German). FC Basel. 6 July 2019.
"Dringende Info: Frankfurt–FCB findet ohne Zuschauer statt" [Urgent Info: Frankfurt–FCB takes place without spectators]. FC Basel (in German). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
The match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Basel in Frankfurt will be played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[8]
"Coronavirus: UEL-Achtelfinal vom 19. März kann nicht in Basel stattfinden" [Coronavirus: UEL round of 16 match on 19 March cannot take place in Basel]. FC Basel (in German). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
"All of next week's UEFA matches postponed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
"UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
All of the round of 16 second leg matches, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, were indefinitely postponed due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Europe.[11] The match was rescheduled on 17 June to 5/6 August.[12]
"Return leg against Basel to be played in Frankfurt". Eintracht Frankfurt. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
The Basel v Eintracht Frankfurt match, originally scheduled to be played at St. Jakob-Park, Basel, was meant to be played at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Switzerland,[14] but was postponed again on 13 March.

External links

FC Basel official site

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[football_matches_postponed-8] All matches in Switzerland between 28 February and end of May were postponed due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland.

[Basel_v_Eintracht_Frankfurt-12] The match between Basel and Eintracht Frankfurt, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, 21:00 CET in Basel, was indefinitely postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland.[10]

[fcb1-1] "The largest stadium in Switzerland". FC Basel 1893. 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-01.

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

[fcb-homepage-pully-fcb_cup_2019/2020-3] Herklotz, Guido. "Der FCB qualifiziert sich für die nächste Cup-Runde". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2019-08-17.

[sfv-cup_2019/20_meyrin-fcb-4] Schweizerische Fussballverband (2019). "Meyrin FC - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV) homepage. Retrieved 2019-09-14.

[sfv-cup_2019/20_Stade_Lausanne-FCB-5] Schweizerische Fussballverband (2019). "Stade Lausanne Ouchy - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV). Retrieved 2019-08-18.

[sfv-cup_2019/20_LS-FCB-6] Schweizerische Fussballverband (2020). "FC Lausanne-Sport - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV). Retrieved 2019-08-18.

[7] "Die 1. Mannschaft" [The 1st team] (in German). FC Basel. 6 July 2019.

[9] "Dringende Info: Frankfurt–FCB findet ohne Zuschauer statt" [Urgent Info: Frankfurt–FCB takes place without spectators]. FC Basel (in German). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[10] The match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Basel in Frankfurt will be played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[8]

[11] "Coronavirus: UEL-Achtelfinal vom 19. März kann nicht in Basel stattfinden" [Coronavirus: UEL round of 16 match on 19 March cannot take place in Basel]. FC Basel (in German). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[13] "All of next week's UEFA matches postponed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[14] "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[15] All of the round of 16 second leg matches, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, were indefinitely postponed due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Europe.[11] The match was rescheduled on 17 June to 5/6 August.[12]

[16] "Return leg against Basel to be played in Frankfurt". Eintracht Frankfurt. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[17] The Basel v Eintracht Frankfurt match, originally scheduled to be played at St. Jakob-Park, Basel, was meant to be played at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Switzerland,[14] but was postponed again on 13 March.

2019–20 FC Basel season

Club

Management

Further information

Overview

Offseason and preseason

The Campaign

Domestic League

Domestic Cup

Champions League

Players

First team squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Transfers summer 2018

In

Out

Results and fixtures

Legend

Friendly matches

Preseason

Winter break

Swiss Super League

First half of season

Second half of season

Swiss Cup

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Group C matches

Group C table

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

See also

Notes

Sources and references

External links