2013–14 FC Basel season

The 2013–14 FC Basel season is the 121st season in club history and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel are the reigning Super League champions. They started their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Switzerland, Serbia and Germany. Their 2013–14 Swiss Super League season began on 13 July with the home tie against FC Aarau and after the first six rounds they occupied just the fourth position in the league table, six points behind the leader Young Boys Bern. Beating the Young Boys in the seventh round, Basel started a run of 29 league games without defeat. At the end of the season Basel won the league championship for the fifth time in a row. They started in the 2013–14 Swiss Cup first round on 17 August with the away game against BSC Old Boys. Beating the Old Boy (1-0 after extra time) and after beating Münsingen 1–0 in the next round, they faced Tuggen in the third round, winning 3–1. In the quarterfinals they played in against FC Le Mont, winning 6–1 and qualified for a semifinal home tie in St. Jakob-Park against Luzern on 26 March. They reached the final, but were beaten 2–0 by Zürich after extra time.

FC Basel

2013–14 season
Chairman	Bernhard Heusler
Manager	Murat Yakin
Ground	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League	Champions
Swiss Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Eliminated after Group stage
Europa League	Eliminated after Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Valentin Stocker (13) All: Marco Streller (19)
Highest home attendance	Swiss League: 34,172 vs. Grasshopper Club (27 April 2014) Champions League: 35.208 vs. Chelsea (26 November 2013)
Lowest home attendance	Champions League Qualification: 12,353 Maccabi Tel Aviv (30 July 2013) Swiss League: 24,951 vs. Lausanne-Sport (27 July 2013)
Home colours Away colours

Basel's 2013–14 UEFA Champions League season started on 30 July 2013 in the third qualifying round with the tie in St. Jakob-Park against Maccabi Tel Aviv. After defeating Maccabi, they defeated Ludogorets Razgrad in the play-off round and qualified for the group stage. There they were drawn into Group E together with Chelsea, Schalke 04 and Steaua București. The group stage for Basel began on 18 September with the away game in Stamford Bridge where they notched a 2–1 win over Chelsea. Basel finished in third position in the league table and thus they qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League round of 32. Here the eliminated Maccabi Tel Aviv and in the round of 16 they beat Red Bull Salzburg thus advancing to the quarter-finals only to be knocked-out by Valencia.

Club

Management

First team manager is Murat Yakin. His assistants are Marco Walker and Markus Hoffmann and Massimo Colomba is the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni was appointed as head of the FCB Youth System. Coach of the Youth Team (U–21) is Thomas Häberli.

Position	Staff
Manager	Murat Yakin since 15 October 2012
1 Assistant manager	Marco Walker
2 Assistant manager	Markus Hoffmann
Goalkeeper Coach	Massimo Colomba
Team Administration	Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach	Thomas Häberli
Youth Team Co-Coach	Roland Heri

Last updated: 1 July 2013
Source: FCB Official Site

Further information

Chairman	Mr Bernhard Heusler
Vice Chairman	Mr Adrian Knup
Finances	Mr Stephan Werthmüller
Sportdirector	Mr Georg Heitz
Marketing	Mr René Kamm
Director	Mr Reto Baumgartner
Director	Mr Dominik Donzé
Director	Mr Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (38,512[1]) (37,500 for international matches)[2] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 1 July 2013
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview

Offseason and preseason

Basel's biggest signings at the beginning of the season were two players who had already played for the club before, Behrang Safari, who returned from RSC Anderlecht, and Matías Delgado who was signed on a free transfer from al-Jazira Club. Giovanni Sio from VfL Wolfsburg was a further signing and the fourth main signing was Ivan Ivanov who transferred in from Partizan[3] to replace Aleksandar Dragović who transferred to Dynamo Kyiv.[4] Park Joo-Ho left the club and signed for 1. FSV Mainz 05. Three further players, Cabral to Sunderland AFC, Markus Steinhöfer to Real Betis and Jacques Zoua to Hamburger SV, left the club on free transfers.

Midseason

In August Raul Bobadilla (following a personal incident with the traffic police) was sold off, in a hurry and cheap, to Augsburg into the Bundesliga. During the winter break Basel met an agreement with Aarau and the players Davide Callà (in) and Stephan Andrist (out) were exchanged. Mohamed Salah was transferred out to Chelsea for an estimated £13 Million. Basel also made an agreement with Spartak Moscow, receiving centre back Marek Suchý on loan until the end of the season.

Domestic League

Basel's priority aim for the season was to win the league championship for the fifth time in a row. Basel's 2013–14 Swiss Super League season began on 13 July 2013 with the away tie against FC Aarau which was won 3–1.[5] Basel are renowned for their slow starts into the new season and following two home wins and two away draws they promptly lost their third home match against FC Zürich 1-2. After the first six games they occupied only fourth position in the league table, six points behind the then leader Young Boys Bern, who they beat 2-1 in the seventh round.[6] But after the twelfth round (following five wins and a draw) they had turned the table and led the league two points ahead of the Grasshoppers. As it came to the winter break Basel were table leaders one point above Luzern. Basel had a run of 29 league games without defeat. At the end of the season Basel won the league championship seven points clear of their nearest rivals with a goal difference of +26. Thus Basel achieved their main priority aim that they had set for the season. This was their seventeenth title and the fifth title in a row.

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup is to regain the title, in the last season they ended as runners-up. They started in the 2013–14 Swiss Cup first round on 17 August with the away game against BSC Old Boys. Beating the Old Boy (1-0 after extra time) and after beating Münsingen 1-0 in the next round, they faced Tuggen in the third round, which was played on 9 November 2013, Basel won the away tie 3-1. In the quarterfinals they should have played in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne against FC Le Mont on 5 December 2013. However, the game was postponed due to the weather and later rescheduled to be played in St. Jakob-Park, on 5 February 2014, but remaining as a home tie for Le Mont.[7] The quarterfinal game ended in 6–1 win for Basel and they qualified for a semifinal home tie against Luzern scheduled for 26 March which was won 1–0 and they qualified for the final. The final was held in the Stade de Suisse in Bern on 21 April 2014. Basel were beaten by Zürich 2–0 after extra time.

Champions League

Because Basel entered the Champions League in the qualifying phase their initial aim was to reach the group stage. Their 2013–14 UEFA Champions League campaign started on 30 July 2013 in the third qualifying round with the home tie in St. Jakob-Park against Maccabi Tel Aviv which ended with a 1-0 victory. The return tie ended in a 3-3 draw and after defeating Maccabi, they defeated Ludogorets Razgrad in the play-off round, 4-2 in Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, and 2-0 at home, thus qualifying for the group stage. With this result they achieved their initial aim.

In the group stage they were drawn into Group E together with Chelsea, Schalke 04 and Steaua București. Their next aim was to remain in the competition and reach the knockout phase. The group stage for Basel began on 18 September with they away game in Stamford Bridge where they notched up a surprising 2-1 win over Chelsea. Despite the fact that they followed this up with a 1-0 home win in the return fixture at St. Jakob-Park, Basel finished in the Group E the league table in just third position, because of the two defeats against Schalke and because they did not manage a win against Steaua. Thus they qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League round of 32 and their second aim was therefore not fully achieved.

Europa League

In the knockout phase of the Europa League Basel were drawn against the team that they had eliminated during the qualifying phase of the Champions League Maccabi Tel Aviv. The away tie, scheduled for 20 February, ended in a goalless draw and the second leg, played on 27 February 2014, was won by Basel 3–0. In the round of 16 Basel were drawn against Red Bull Salzburg. The first leg in Basel on 13 March 2014 ended in a goalless draw and the second leg, played a week later in the Red Bull Arena was decided by two goals from Streller and Sauro after RB Salzburg had taken an early lead.

The Quarter-finals draw paired Basel with Valencia. The first leg, a home tie, was won 3–0, but the away tie in Mestalla ended in a 3–0 win for the Spaniards who then won after extra time (5–3 on aggregate) after both Díaz and Gastón Sauro were both shown the red card within just a few minutes of each other. Despite this defeat, Basel's European aims were achieved, in fact they can be described as another successful one.

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 13 July but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 15 March 2014[8]

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   SUI Yann Sommer 4 DF   SUI Philipp Degen 5 DF   SUI Arlind Ajeti 6 DF  AUT Aleksandar Dragović 7 MF   SUI David Degen 8 MF  CIV Serey Die 9 FW   SUI Marco Streller (Captain) 10 MF  ARG Matías Delgado 11 FW  PAR Raul Bobadilla 13 DF  BUL Ivan Ivanov 14 MF   SUI Valentin Stocker 15 DF   SUI Kay Voser 16 DF   SUI Fabian Schär 17 MF   SUI Endogan Adili 18 GK   SUI Germano Vailati 19 DF  SWE Behrang Safari 20 MF   SUI Fabian Frei

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  CHI Marcelo Díaz 22 MF  EGY Mohamed Salah 23 GK   SUI Mirko Salvi 24 FW  PRK Pak Kwang-Ryong 25 DF  CZE Marek Suchý 26 DF  ARG Gastón Sauro 27 DF   SUI Naser Aliji 28 MF   SUI Stephan Andrist 30 FW  CIV Giovanni Sio 32 FW  BIH Admir Seferagić 33 MF  EGY Mohamed Elneny 34 DF   SUI Taulant Xhaka 35 DF   SUI Fabian Ritter 36 FW   SUI Breel Embolo 37 DF   SUI Simon Dünki 38 FW   SUI Albian Ajeti 39 MF   SUI Davide Callà

Out on loan

24	FW	PRK	Pak Kwang-Ryong (at Vaduz[9] until 19 August 2013[10] and again from 1 January until 30 June 2014)[11]
-	MF	SUI	Pascal Schürpf (at Vaduz until 30 June 2014)[12]
-	DF	SUI	Simon Grether (at Winterthur until 30 June 2014)[9]
-	MF	SUI	Stjepan Vuleta (at Wacker Innsbruck until 30 June 2014)[13]
25	MF	SUI	Darko Jevtić (at Wacker Innsbruck from 2 September 2013 until 30 June 2014)[14]
35	DF	SUI	Fabian Ritter (at Winterthur until 30 June 2014)[15]
-	DF	SUI	Thibault Corbaz (at Biel until 30 June 2014)[15]

In

34	DF	SUI	Taulant Xhaka (return from loan to Grasshoppers)[16]
10	MF	ARG	Matías Emilio Delgado (from Al Jazira Club, free transfer)[17]
13	DF	BUL	Ivan Ivanov (from Partizan)[3]
19	DF	SWE	Behrang Safari (from RSC Anderlecht, n/a)[18]
30	FW	CIV	Giovanni Sio (from VfL Wolfsburg)[19]

Out

3	DF	KOR	Park Joo-Ho (to 1. FSV Mainz 05, n/a)[20]
6	DF	AUT	Aleksandar Dragović (to Dynamo Kyiv, €9 million)[21]
24	MF	CPV	Cabral (to Sunderland AFC, free transfer)[22]
27	DF	GER	Markus Steinhöfer (to Real Betis, free transfer)[23]
31	FW	CMR	Jacques Zoua (to Hamburger SV, free transfer)[24]
11	FW	ARG	Raul Bobadilla (to FC Augsburg, n/a)[25]

In

25	DF	CZE	Marek Suchý (on loan from Spartak Moscow)[26]
39	MF	SUI	Davide Callà (from Aarau n/a but estimated CHF 500,000)[27]

Out

22	MF	EGY	Mohamed Salah (to Chelsea,[28] n/a but estimated £13 Million)
28	MF	SUI	Stephan Andrist (to Aarau free transfer)[27]

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Preseason

26 June 2013 Pre-season	FC Basel	3 – 2	RB Leipzig	Walchsee
17:00	Streller  10' Andrist  71' Al. Ajeti  86'	(FCB Report) (in German)	32' Schulz  68' Frahn	Stadium: Sportgelände am Birkenmoos Attendance: 200 Referee: Peter Sippel

29 June 2013 Pre-season	FC Basel	2 – 0	SpVgg Unterhaching	Sportplatz Neuried
14:00	Jevtić  45' Al. Ajeti  90'	(FCB Report) (in German)		Attendance: 300 Referee: Karl Valentin

10 July 2013 Pre-season	Basel	1 – 3	Borussia Dortmund	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Schär  17'	(FCB Report) (in German)	11' Reus  27' Mkhitaryan  90' Hofmann	Attendance: 18,696 Referee: Alain Bieri

24 July 2013 Friendly	Basel	3 - 3	1. FSV Mainz 05	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00	Andrist  33' Degen  61' Schär  67'	(FCB Report) (in German)	50', 76', 84' Choupo-Moting	Attendance: 1,143 Referee: Sascha Amhof

Uhrencup

The Uhrencup is a club football tournament, held annually in Grenchen.

5 July 2013 Uhrencup Round 1	Basel	3 – 0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:30 CEST	Jevtić  7' Veljko Simic  68' Adili  78'	(FCB Report) (in German)		Attendance: 4,191 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

8 July 2013 Uhrencup Round 2	Basel	2 – 1	Red Star Belgrade	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:30 CEST	Stocker  80' Bobadilla  88'	(FCB Report) (in German)	42' Mladenović	Attendance: 4,563 Referee: Fedayi San

Winter break

11 January 2014 Friendly	FC Basel	1 – 0	Feyenoord	Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
15:00	Streller  17' P. Degen  29'	(FCB Report) (in German)		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Pérez

14 January 2014 Friendly	FC Basel	0 – 1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Estadio Nuevo Mirador, Algeciras, Spain
16:00		(Report Braunschweig) (in German) (FCB Report) (in German)	Ademi  39'	Attendance: 80

18 January 2014 Friendly	Hamburger SV	4 – 2	FC Basel	Imtech Arena, Hamburg
15:30	Çalhanoğlu  29' Jansen  32' Lasogga  59', 79'	(FCB Report) (in German)	13' Delgado  60' Sio	Attendance: 8,789 Referee: Florian Heft (Wietmarschen)

26 January 2014 Friendly	FC Basel	2 – 0	Servette	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Streller  39' Stocker  40'	(FCB Report) (in German)		Attendance: 1,753 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

Swiss Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

First half of season

13 July 2013 Round 1	Basel	3 – 1	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Salah  42'  23' Bobadilla  64' Streller  73'	(Report) (in German)	39' Ioniță  58' Callà  80' Garat	Attendance: 27,471 Referee: Stephan Studer

21 July 2013 Round 2	Grasshopper Club	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
16:00 CEST	Vilotic  12' Hajrovic  48' Khalifa  52'	(Report) (in German)	21' Schär  52' Xhaka  59' Frei  60' Dragovic	Attendance: 9,297 Referee: Alain Bieri

27 July 2013 Round 3	FC Basel	2 – 0	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Schär  32' (pen.) Stocker  62' Streller  82'	(Report) (in German)	61'  62' Chakhsi  69' Ekeng  73' Katz	Attendance: 24,951 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

3 August 2013 Round 4	FC St. Gallen	1 – 1	Basel	AFG Arena, St. Gallen
19:45 CEST	Janjatovic  82'	(Report) (in German)	43' Ajeti  60' Xhaka  70' Elneny	Attendance: 16,468 Referee: Stephan Klossner

11 August 2013 Round 5	FC Basel	1 – 2	FC Zurich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Streller  7' Xhaka  53' Schär  78'	(Report) (in German)	24' Reikan  58' Gavranović  78' da Costa	Attendance: 28,668 Referee: Sascha Kever

24 August 2013 Round 6	FC Luzern	1 – 1	FC Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
19:45	Lezcano  43' Sarr  51' Rangelov  90+3'	(Report) (in German)	17' Safari  32' Sio  34' Xhaka  85' Ivanov	Attendance: 15,211 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

1 September 2013 Round 7	FC Basel	2 – 1	BSC Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Frei  19' Schär  49' Voser  54' Sio  73' Streller  74'	(Report) (in German)	22' Nuzzolo  26' Sutter  26' Costanzo  48' von Bergen  71' Afum	Attendance: 32,190 Referee: Stephan Klossner

22 September 2013 Round 8	FC Sion	1 – 3	FC Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00	Léo Itaperuna  23' Kouassi  34'  50' Yartey  82' Basha  90'	(Report)(in German)	31' Stocker  45+2' Delgado  54' Díaz  67' Sio  77' Sommer  79' Streller	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Sascha Kever

24 September 2013 Round 9	FC Thun	0 – 2	FC Basel	Arena Thun, Thun
19:45	Ferreira  33'	(Report)(in German)	35' Safari  56' Stocker  46' Díaz	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Patrick Graf

28 September 2013 Round 10	FC Basel	2 – 2	FC Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Schär  43' Delgado  53' Stocker  57' Salah  65' Safari  90+3'	(Report) (in German)	3' Vanczák  78' Perrier  87' Assifuah	Attendance: 26,256 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

5 October 2013 Round 11	FC Lausanne	1 – 2	FC Basel	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:00	Khelifi  14' Katz  50' De Pierro  93' Chakhsi  93'	(Report) (in German)	39' (o.g.) Fickentscher  50' Sio  59' Ajeti  64' Ivanov  94' Safari	Attendance: 4,950 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

19 October 2013 Round 12	FC Basel	3 – 0	FC St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Frei  28' Streller  51' Xhaka  63'	Summary	4' Russo	Attendance: 29,440 Referee: Alain Bieri

27 October 2013 Round 13	Zürich	0 – 0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
16:00		Summary	84' Schär  88' Xhaka  90' Ajeti	Attendance: 11,778 Referee: Stephan Studer

2 November 2013 Round 14	Aarau	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:45	Lüscher  14' Hallenius  50' Jaggy  86' Martignoni  89'	Summary	90+3'  14' Streller  52' Delgado	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

23 November 2013 Round 15	FC Basel	4 – 1	FC Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Stocker  21' Ajeti  32' Voser  51' Streller  75' Andrist  90'	Summary	13' Sulmoni  84' Zuffi	Attendance: 25,560 Referee: Sascha Amhof

1 December 2013 Round 16	BSC Young Boys	2 – 2	FC Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Costanzo  21' Gajic  53'  37' Kubo  68'	Report	40', 44' Salah	Attendance: 23,221 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

7 December 2013 Round 17	Basel	1 – 1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Sio  3'  94'	(Report)	36'  33' I. Hajrović  90' Amir Abrashi	Attendance: 28,242 Referee: Stephan Klossner

14 December 2013 Round 18	Basel	1 – 1	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	D. Degen  10' Ajeti  45' Schär  36'  66'  62'	(Report)	27' Wiss  1' Rangelov  56'  88' Stahel	Attendance: 27,649 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Second half of season

2 February 2014 Round 19	Lausanne-Sport	1 – 3	Basel	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
13:45	Yaya  34' Ravet  39' Feindouno  51'  76' Facchinetti  90+1'	Summary	Mevlja  10' (o.g.) Frei  68' Degen  90+2'	Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Alain Bieri

8 February 2014 Round 20	Basel	3 – 2	BSC Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Die  28' Streller  43' Delgado  45' Mohamed Elneny  45+1' Xhaka  69' Díaz  80' Frei  89' (pen.)	Summary	Bertone  29' Gerndt  33' Frey  35' Rochat  62' Martínez  77' Vilotić  88'	Attendance: 27,225 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

15 February 2014 Round 21	Basel	1 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Xhaka  35' F. Frei  57' (pen.)	(Report)	23' Ferati  28' Rüfli  57' Kouassi	Attendance: 24,563 Referee: Stephan Studer

23 February 2014 Round 22	Grasshopper Club	1 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
16:00	Nzuzi  28' Grichting  39' Pavlović  51'  75'	Summary	Callà  37' Díaz  53' Stocker  57'  60' Mohamed Elneny  87' Frei  89'	Attendance: 11,700 Referee: Stephan Klossner

2 March 2014 Round 23	Thun	2 – 2	Basel	Arena Thun, Thun
13:45	Sulmoni  27' Ferreira  74' Wittwer  79' Ar. Ajeti  90+3' (o.g.)	Report	23' Streller  60' P. Degen  76' Sauro	Attendance: 6,639 Referee: Sandro Schärer

8 March 2014 Round 24	Basel	1 – 1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Callà  79'	(Report)	60' Besle  81' Karanović	Attendance: 26,643 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

16 March 2014 Round 25	Basel	5 – 0	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Suchý  8' Stocker  11' Bulvītis  14' (o.g.) P. Degen  84' Embolo  89'	(Report)		Attendance: 26,421 Referee: Stephan Klossner

22 March 2014 Round 26	Zurich	0 – 0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
16:00	Gavranović  32' Kecojević  56'  58' Rikan  84'	Summary	34' Sauro	Attendance: 14,749 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

30 March 2014 Round 27	Luzern	0 – 2	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00	Winter  44' Lustenberger  88'	Summary	Sio  29'  51', 90+2' Aliji  85' Xhaka  90'	Attendance: 15,170 Referee: Stephan Studer

6 April 2014 Round 28	Basel	0 – 0	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45	Schär  89'	Summary	Schneuwly  11' Schenkel  33' Wittwer  70' Faivre  79'	Attendance: 26,577 Referee: Amhof Sascha

12 April 2014 Round 29	Sion	0 – 1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
13:45	Fedele  20' Vaņins  22'	Report	22' Suchý  71' (pen.) F. Frei  85' Sauro	Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

16 April 2014 Round 30	Basel	4 – 2	Zurich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Sio  8', 71' Stocker  65' Delgado  74' Elneny  88'	Summary	Schönbächler  10' Buff  37' Gavranović  48' Pedro Henrique Konzen  73' Chikhaoui  78' Benito	Attendance: 27,423

27 April 2014 Round 31	Basel	1 – 1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Frei  7' Stocker  44' Die  73' Callà  80' Sio  85'	Summary	Grichting  7' Gashi  36' Dingsdag  55' Jahic  59'	Attendance: 34,172 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

4 May 2014 Round 32	St. Gallen	0 – 3	Basel	AFG Arena, St. Gallen
13:45	Vitkieviez  36' Nushi  76' Besle  90'	Summary	Elneny  13' Stocker  21', 56' Delgado  37'	Attendance: 18,346 Referee: Sascha Amhof

7 May 2014 Round 33	Basel	3 – 1	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Stocker  10' Schär  18' Suchý  33' Sio  70'	Summary	Rangelov  38' Remo Freuler  52'	Attendance: 25,677 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

11 May 2014 Round 34	BSC Young Boys	3 – 1	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Spycher  19' Steffen  37' Costanzo  65' Rochat  75'	Summary	Streller  77' Stocker  82' Alliji  90+1'	Attendance: 20,278 Referee: Stephan Klossner

15 May 2014 Round 35	Aarau	1 – 3	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:30	N'Ganga  12'	Report	28' Serey Die  34' Delgado  78' Stocker	Attendance: 8,000

18 May 2014 Round 36	Basel	4 – 2	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Al. Ajeti  8' Callà  59', 68' Serey Die  90+1'	(Report)	48' Tafer  70' Coly	Attendance: 32,412 (sold out) Referee: Fedayi San

League table

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	19	15	2	70	34	+36	72	11	6	1	41	18	+23	8	9	1	29	16	+13

Last updated: 18 May 2014.
Source: Fussballdaten.de

Swiss Cup

17 August 2013 Round 1	BSC Old Boys	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:00 CEST	Akdemir  34'  62' Müller  89'	(Report) (in German)	83' P. Degen  84' Sauro  95' Ivan Ivanov	Attendance: 4,384 Referee: Luca Gut

14 September 2013 Round 2	FC Münsingen	0 – 1	Basel	Sportanlage Sandreutenen, Münsingen
17:00 CEST	Suter  11' Fumaro  45'	(Report) (in German)	28' D. Degen  55' (pen.) Delgado  92' Ajeti	Attendance: 4,100 (Stadium record) Referee: Stephan Studer

10 November 2013 Round 3	FC Tuggen	1 - 3	Basel	Linthstrasse, Tuggen
14:30	Sandro Gugelmann  16' Baykal  38' Peters  53' Valon Ahmetaj  74'	Summary	Ajeti  15' Díaz  34'  82' Sio  45+2'  59' Salah  52' Sauro  53'	Attendance: 6,250 (Stadium record) Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

4 December 2013 Quarterfinal	Le Mont	Postponed	Basel	Terrain du Châtaignier, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne
19:30		(Report) (in German)

5 February 2014 Quarterfinal	Le Mont	1 – 6	Basel	St. Jakob-Park, Basel[7]
19:30	Gabriele  12' Mejri  61' Bouziane  89'	Report	6', 84' Andrist  8' Suchý  45' Streller  48' Frei  58' D. Degen	Attendance: 6,138 Referee: Patrick Graf

26 March 2014 Semifinal	Basel	1 - 0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Streller  78' Callà  80' Degen  81' Sommer  87'	(Report) (in German)	Lezcano  74' Freuler  90'	Attendance: 12,668 Referee: Alain Bieri

21 April 2014 Final	Zürich	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
14:00	Gavranović  100', 114'	Report	66' Sauro  99'  Sio	Attendance: 23'312 Referee: Patrick Graf

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

30 July 2013 1st Leg	Basel	1 – 0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Schär  38' Stocker  39' Safari  76' Ajeti  90+4'	Report	8' Yeini  38' Itzhaki  43' Tibi  90' Alberman  90+2' Ben Harush	Attendance: 12,353 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

6 August 2013 2nd Leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3 – 3	Basel	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
19:00	Carlos García  5' Prica  13' Schär  34' (o.g.) Zahavi  37' Radi  55' Yitzhaki  68' Alberman  13'	Report	5' (pen.) Schär  21' Salah  32' Díaz  40' Stocker  41' Xhaka  75' Salah	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Basel won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off round

21 August 2013 1st Leg	Ludogorets Razgrad	2 – 4	Basel	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
20:45	Marcelinho  23' Júnior Caiçara  34'  83' Stoyanov  50'	Report	12'  59' Salah  26'  64' Sio  69' Safari  81' Voser  84' (pen.) Schär	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

27 August 2013 2nd Leg	Basel	2 – 0 (6 – 2 agg.)	Ludogorets Razgrad	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Frei  11' Schär  24' Salah  39' Ajeti  44' Degen  79'	Report	63' Moti	Attendance: 15,733 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea	6	4	0	2	12	3	+9	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Schalke 04	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10
3	Basel	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8	Transfer to Europa League
4	Steaua București	6	0	3	3	2	10	−8	3

Source:

18 September 2013 1	Chelsea	1 – 2	Basel	London
20:45	van Ginkel  43' Oscar  45'	Report	64' Díaz  71' Salah  82' Streller	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,358 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Man of the Match: Mohamed Salah

1 October 2013 2	Basel	0 – 1	Schalke 04	Basel
20:45	Delgado  89'	Report	37' Aogo  38' Farfán  54' Draxler  65' Höger	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 33,251 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Man of the Match: Julian Draxler

22 October 2013 3	Steaua București	1 – 1	Basel	Bucharest
20:45	Georgievski  65' Szukała  79' Tatu  88'	Report	19' Schär  22' Voser  48' Díaz	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 23,899 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia) Man of the Match: Marcelo Díaz

6 November 2013 4	Basel	1 – 1	Steaua București	Basel
20:45	Ivanov  42' Schär  80' D. Degen  86' Sio  90+1'	Report	11' Szukała  17'  26' Piovaccari  41' Bourceanu	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 30,704[29] Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) Man of the Match: Alexandru Bourceanu

26 November 2013 5	Basel	1 – 0	Chelsea	Basel
20:45	Xhaka  37' Serey Die  63' Salah  87'	Report	65' Mikel  76' Ramires	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 35,208 Referee: Stephane Lannoy

11 December 2013 6	Schalke 04	2 – 0	Basel	Gelsenkirchen
20:45	Höwedes  29' Draxler  51' Matip  62'  57' Kolašinac  1'	Report	20' Voser  31' Ivanov  57' F. Frei  58' Schär  85' Sio	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 52,093[30] Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

The draw was held on 16 December 2013.[31] The first legs were played on 20 February and the second legs were played on 27 February 2014.[32]

20 February 2014 First leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0 - 0	Basel	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
21:05	Garcia  20' Micha  67' Einbinder  91'	Report	16' Sauro  65' Ajeti	Attendance: 13,519 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

27 February 2014 Second leg	Basel	3 - 0 (3 - 0 agg.)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Stocker  17' Serey Die  19' Streller  60', 71'	Report		Attendance: 15,212 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Basel won 3–0 on aggregate.

Round of 16

The draw was held on 16 December 2013.[31] The first legs were played on 13 March and the second legs were played on 20 March 2014.

13 March 2014 First leg	Basel	0 – 0	Red Bull Salzburg	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Serey Die  14' Sio  23' P. Degen  84'	Report	14' Hinteregger  20' Mané  70' Klein	Attendance: 17,027[33] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

20 March 2014 Second leg	Red Bull Salzburg	1 – 2 (1 – 2 agg.)	Basel	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
21:05	Soriano  22' Rodnei  62' Ramalho  78' Alan  54'  86' Leitgeb  90+1'	Report	9' Suchý  38' Sio  50'  9' Streller  54' Ar. Ajeti  60' Sauro  88' P. Degen	Attendance: 29,320 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 21 March 2014.[34] The first leg played on 3 April and the second leg played on 10 April 2014.[35]

3 April 2014 First leg	Basel	3 - 0	Valencia	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	Serey Die  13' Delgado  34'  38' Embolo  76' Stocker  90+1'	(UEFA Report) (FCB Report)(in German)	19' Senderos	Attendance: 350^[A] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

10 April 2014 Second leg	Valencia	5 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Mestalla, Valencia
21:05	Feghouli  27' Alcácer  38'  70'  113'  114' Vargas  42'  104' Keita  98' Bernat  115'  118' Guaita  117'	Report	24' Safari  61' Elneny  65' Schär  74'  100' Díaz  104'  105' Gastón Sauro  106' Xhaka	Attendance: 33,152 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

Notes

1. ^
   The Basel v Valencia match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by UEFA.[36]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		Swiss Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Yann Sommer	27	0	17	0	0	0	10	0
18	GK		Germano Vailati	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
23	GK		Mirko Salvi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF		Philipp Degen	17	1	10	0	3	0	4	1
5	DF		Arlind Ajeti	20	1	13	1	2	0	5	0
13	DF		Ivan Ivanov	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF		Kay Voser	27	1	17	1	1	0	9	0
16	DF		Fabian Schär	25	5	15	3	0	0	10	2
19	DF		Behrang Safari	18	0	10	0	1	0	7	0
26	DF		Gastón Sauro	12	0	5	0	3	0	4	0
27	DF		Naser Aliji	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF		Taulant Xhaka	27	2	15	2	2	0	10	0
35	DF		Fabian Ritter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		David Degen	10	0	6	0	3	0	1	0
8	MF		Serey Die	11	0	7	0	0	0	4	0
10	MF		Matías Delgado	21	1	13	0	2	1	6	0
14	MF		Valentin Stocker	26	5	14	4	2	0	10	1
20	MF		Fabian Frei	31	2	18	1	3	0	10	1
21	MF		Marcelo Díaz	18	4	9	1	1	1	8	2
28	MF		Stephan Andrist	9	1	5	1	3	0	1	0
33	MF		Mohamed Elneny	23	0	16	0	1	0	6	0
Forwards
9	FW		Marco Streller	23	9	14	8	1	0	8	1
30	FW		Giovanni Sio	18	7	9	4	2	1	7	2
-	FW		Admir Seferagic (U-21 Team)	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Basel but are no longer at the club
6	DF		Aleksandar Dragovic	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Raul Bobadilla	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0
22	MF		Mohamed Salah	29	10	18	4	1	1	10	5
24	FW		Pak Kwang-Ryong	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 26 January 2014, 18:05 (UTC)
Source: Squad statistics and Start formations
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

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