2009–10 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2009–10 season
Chairman Gisela Oeri
Manager Thorsten Fink
Swiss Super League 1st
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.

Contents

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.

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Thorsten Fink
Assistant manager Heiko Vogel
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: Transfermarkt.ch

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Novartis

Home[1]
Away

Source: Official Site

Other information

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

Source: Official Site

First team

As of 7 October 2009, accounting for official transfers[2]: Note: Flags indicate national team as has been 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 – 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 2009–10

For more information, see Swiss Super League 2009–10

First half of season

Second half of season

Swiss Cup

For more information, see 2009–10 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 2009–10

UEFA Europa League

For more information, see 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Qualifing rounds

Basel won 7–1 on aggregate.

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Basel won 8–2 on aggregate.

Group stage, group E

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

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

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