FC Basel season 2008-09

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FC Basel
Season 2008–09
Manager	Christian Gross
Chairman	Mrs Gisela Oeri
League	Swiss Super League 2007-08
Final league position	Champions
Swiss Cup 2007-08	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: -- (--) All: -- (--)
Highest home attendance	--,--- vs -- (--)
Lowest home attendance	--,--- vs -- (--)

FC Basel started the season of with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league teams as well as English Premier League and the German Bundesliga clubs. The Goals for FC Basel during the 2008-09 season were looking hold there league and cup titles as well as qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

Contents 1 Overall season 2 Club 2.1 The Management 2.2 Kit 2.3 Other Information 2.4 First Team 2.5 First Team 2.6 Multiple Nationality 3 2007-08 Summer transfers: 3.1 In: 3.2 Out: 3.3 Out on loan: 4 Pre-Season 5 References

[edit] Overall season

After last season, where Basel dominated on the domestic front, winning both the Swiss Super League and Swiss Cup, and reaching the last 32 of the UEFA Cup. This season they will have the oppertunity to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. Also the opening game will be in Bern on 18 July 2008 against BSC Young Boys

[edit] Club

[edit] Other Information

Chairman	Mrs Gisela Oeri
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (42,500 / 120x80 m)

Source: [3]

[edit] First Team

[edit] First Team

As of 9 June 2008, accounting for official transfers^[2]:

No. Position Player 1 GK Franco Costanzo 3 DF Ronny Hodel 4 DF Michel Morganella 8 MF Benjamin Huggel 9 MF Marko Perović 10 FW Marco Streller 11 MF Scott Chipperfield 12 MF Papa Malick Ba 14 MF Valentin Stocker 15 MF Franz Burgmeier 16 MF Fabian Frei 17 DF Patrik Baumann 18 GK Louis Crayton 21 DF François Marque

No. Position Player 22 MF Ivan Ergić (captain) 23 FW Eduardo 24 MF Cabral 25 GK Jayson Leutwiler 28 DF Beg Ferati 30 MF Carlitos 31 FW Eren Derdiyok 32 DF Reto Zanni (vice-captain) -- GK Yann Sommer -- MF Jürgen Gjasula -- MF Samet Gündüz -- MF Pascal Schürpf -- FW Orhan Mustafi

[edit] Multiple Nationality

• 1 Franco Costanzo
• 9 Marko Perović
• 11 Scott Chipperfield
• 18 Louis Crayton
• 22 Ivan Ergić
• 24 Cabral
• 28 Beg Ferati
• 31 Eren Derdiyok
• -- Jürgen Gjasula
• -- Samet Gündüz
• -- Orhan Mustafi

[edit] 2007-08 Summer transfers:

[edit] In:

9		MF	Marko Perović (from Red Star Belgrade)
15		MF	Franz Burgmeier (loan return from FC Thun)
17		DF	Patrik Baumann (loan return from FC Concordia Basel)
25		GK	Yann Sommer (loan returen from FC Vaduz)
29		MF	Simone Grippo (loan return from FC Concordia Basel)
--		MF	Jürgen Gjasula (from FC St. Gallen - free transfer)
--		FW	Orhan Mustafi (from FC Zürich - free transfer)
--		MF	Samet Gündüz (from Basel U-21)
--		MF	Pascal Schürpf (from Basel U-21)

[edit] Out:

5		DF	Daniel Majstorović (to AEK Athens F.C.)
6		DF	Kōji Nakata (to Kashima Antlers)
7		MF	David Degen (loan return to Borussia Mönchengladbach)
19		FW	Vratislav Lokvenc (loan return to FC Red Bull Salzburg)
34		GK	Oliver Stöckli (loan return to FC Winterthur)

[edit] Out on loan:

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[edit] Pre-Season

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score
23.Jun.2008	Lugano	-	Basel	-
28.Jun.2008	FC Wil	-	Basel	-
2.Jul.2008	BSC Old Boys	-	Basel	-
5.Jul.2008	Shakhtar Donetsk	-	Basel	-
10.Jul.2008	Manchester City	-	Basel	-
12.Jul.2008	Borussia Dortmund	-	Basel	-

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[edit] References

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