2009–10 FC Basel season

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.

FC Basel
2009–10 season
Chairman Gisela Oeri
Manager Thorsten Fink
Swiss Super LeagueChampions
Swiss CupWinners
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marco Streller (21)
All:
Marco Streller (30)
Highest home attendance27,087 vs Young Boys
(30 August 2009)
Lowest home attendance20,239 vs FC St. Gallen
(23 September 2009)

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

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ARG Franco Costanzo (Captain)
3 DF  ALG Sabri Boumelaha
4 DF  TUR Çağdaş Atan
5 DF   SUI Dominik Ritter
6 MF  ARG Marcos Gelabert
7 MF   SUI Pascal Schürpf
8 MF   SUI Benjamin Huggel (Vice-captain)
9 FW   SUI Marco Streller
10 MF  SRB Marko Perović
11 MF  AUS Scott Chipperfield
13 FW   SUI Alexander Frei
14 MF   SUI Valentin Stocker
15 FW  ARG Federico Almerares
17 MF   SUI Xherdan Shaqiri
18 GK  GER Stefan Wessels
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  ARG David Abraham
20 DF  SWE Behrang Safari
21 DF  FRA François Marque
22 DF  GHA Samuel Inkoom
23 GK   SUI Massimo Colomba
24 MF   SUI Cabral
25 MF  BRA Antônio da Silva
26 MF   SUI Daniel Ünal
27 MF   SUI Marco Aratore
28 DF   SUI Beg Ferati
30 MF  POR Carlitos
31 FW  CMR Jacques Zoua
32 DF   SUI Reto Zanni (Vice-captain)
33 DF  TUR Serkan Şahin
35 GK   SUI Oliver Klaus

Multiple Nationality

2009–10 Summer transfers

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

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

Out on loan
16 MF   SUI Fabian Frei (on loan to St. Gallen)
18 GK   SUI Jayson Leutwiler (on loan to Yverdon Sport)
27 GK   SUI Yann Sommer (on loan to Grasshopper)
29 FW   SUI 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 200916 May 2010
Swiss Cup Round 1 Winner 20 September 20099 May 2010
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Group stage 16 July 200916 December 2009

Source: Competitions

Results and fixtures

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
Main article: 2009–10 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
Main article: 2009–10 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
Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League 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
3 Basel 6 3 0 3 10 7 +3 9
4 CSKA Sofia 6 0 1 5 2 12 −10 1
Source:
Notes
  1. Played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Karabakh's Guzanli Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
  2. 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

Swiss Cup Goalscorers/Assists

Updated to games played 9 May 2010

European Goalscorers/Assist

Updated to games played 16 December 2009

Total Goalscorers/Assists

Updated to games played 16 May 2010

References
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