2011–12 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2011–12 season
Chairman Gisela Oeri
Manager Heiko Vogel (caretaker)
Ground St. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super League N/A
Swiss Cup Round 3
UEFA Champions League Last 16
Top goalscorer League: Alexander Frei (11)
All: Alexander Frei (15)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2010–11

The 2011–12 season is Fussball Club Basel 1893's 119th in existence and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. FC Basel started their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Switzerland, Germany, Georgia, France and Romania and played against Hertha Berlin and West Ham at the 2011 Uhrencup in Grenchen. Basel's aims for this season are the so-called "Title Hattrick", that is, three consecutive Swiss Super League championships, as well as winning the Swiss Cup and stay in the European Cup until at least February 2012.

Contents

Season overview

FC Basel entered the 2011–12 Swiss Super League as defending champions, saving their one-point margin on FC Zürich by winning 3-0 against FC Luzern on the last day of the 2010–11 Swiss Super League. They began their season on 16 July in Bern against BSC Young Boys. The first half of the domestic season ends on 11 December with the home match against Neuchâtel Xamax.

FC Basel's positioning in the 2010–11 Swiss Super League enters them directly into the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. The seeding for this stage took take place on 25 August in Monaco, the first match was the home game on 14 September.

Club

Management

Thorsten Fink started the season as Manager of the first team. His Assistant was Heiko Vogel and Fitness Coach was Nikola Vidović. On 13 October 2011, Fink left the club and signed a contract with Hamburger SV to manage the club through to 2014. As replacement his assistant Vogel was signed as caretaker Manager until the winter break.[1] Vogel's first three games in charge of the team were the Swiss Cup fixture on 15 October, which ended in a 5:1 away win against FC Schötz,[2] the Champions League Group C fixture on 18 October 2011, a 0:2 home defeat against Benfica,[3] and the 1:0 away win in the Super League against FC Zürich.[4] On the 7 December 2011 he guided FC Basel to the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League, defeating the 2011 runners up Manchester United by 2-1.[5] After 11 games, four of which in the Champions League, with eight wins, two draws and only one defeat, it was announced on 12 December that Vogel had signed as head coach and manager.[6]

Youth Team Coach at the start of the season was Patrick Rahmen. Rahmen moved with Fink to Hamburg as Assistant and therefore Carlos Bernegger took over the position with the U-21 team.

Position Staff
Manager Heiko Vogel
Assistant manager Marco Walker
Fitness Coach
Conditioning Coach
Goalkeeper Coach Romain Crevoisier
Technology and Analysis Nnamdi Aghanya
Team Administration Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach Carlos Bernegger
Youth Team Co-Coach Sandro Kamber

Last updated: 12 December 2011
Source: Transfermarkt.ch

Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK SUI Sommer 23 EU 2010 16 0 2015 Youth system
3 LB KOR Park J. H. 25 Non-EU 2011 0 0 2015
4 RB SUI Degen 29 EU 2011 0 0 2012 Free transfer Originally from youth system
5 CB SUI Ajeti 18 EU 2011 0 0 2013 Youth system Second nationality: Kosovo
6 CB AUT Dragović 21 EU 2011 17 0 2015
7 LM SUI Schürpf 22 EU 2011 16 3 2014 Youth system
8 DM SUI Huggel (VC) 34 EU 2007 207 43 2012 CHF0.65M Originally from youth system
9 FW SUI Streller (captain) 30 EU 2007 137 65 2014 CHF2M Originally from youth system
10 CM CIV Yapi 30 Non-EU 2010 44 1 2013
11 LM AUS Chipperfield 36 EU 2000 242 63 2012 Second nationality: Switzerland
13 FW SUI A. Frei 32 EU 2009 82 60 2012 CHF5.7M Originally from youth system
14 LM SUI Stocker 22 EU 2007 138 34 2014 Youth system
15 FB SUI Voser 25 EU 2011 0 0 2014
16 FB SUI T. Xhaka 20 EU 2010 8 0 2015 Youth system Second nationality: Kosovo
17 RM SUI Shaqiri 20 EU 2009 89 14 2014 Youth system Second nationality: Kosovo
18 GK SUI Herzog 31 EU 2011 0 0 2015
19 CB ARG D. Abraham 25 EU 2008 117 6 2012 CHF3.6M Second nationality: Italy
20 MF SUI F. Frei 23 EU 2011 63 2 2013 Originally from youth system
21 CB SUI Kusunga 24 EU 2010 12 0 2014 Second nationality: Angola
23 GK SUI Colomba 34 EU 2009 24 0 2012 Second nationality: Italy
24 DM SUI Cabral 23 EU 2009 77 2 2013 Second nationality: Cape Verde
26 MF SUI Buess 19 EU 2011 0 0 2012 Youth system
27 RWB GER Steinhöfer 26 EU 2011 20 0 2013 CHF0.12M
28 RW SUI Andrist 24 EU 2011 0 0 2014
29 CB CZE Kováč 32 EU 2011 0 0 2013
30 RM ZAM Tembo 22 Non-EU 2010 37 4 2014 CHF1.2M
31 FW CMR Zoua 20 Non-EU 2009 48 7 2013
33 CM LIE Wieser 19 EU 2010 2 0 2015 Youth system
34 CM SUI G. Xhaka 19 EU 2010 29 2 2015 Youth system
35 FW PRK Pak K. R. 19 Non-EU 2011 0 0 2016

Last updated: 17 September
Source:

Squad stats

Total Swiss Super League UEFA Champions League Swiss Cup
No.
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK SUI Sommer 24 24 17 6 1
27 RWB GER Steinhöfer 24 24 17 6 1
19 CB ARG D. Abraham 17 17 1 11 1 6
6 CB AUT Dragović 22 22 1 16 1 6
3 LB KOR Park 20 21 13 6 2
17 RM SUI Shaqiri 19 22 4 17 4 4 1
8 DM SUI Huggel 19 19 5 14 3 4 1 1 1
34 CM SUI G. Xhaka 15 20 1 11 1 6 3
20 CM SUI F. Frei 21 25 8 17 4 6 3 2 1
9 CF SUI Streller 22 22 9 17 7 5 2
13 CF SUI A. Frei 22 23 18 16 11 5 5 2 2
31 FW CMR Zoua 14 20 5 12 3 5 3 2
35 CF PRK Pak 2 14 2 10 3 1 2
24 DM SUI Cabral 11 17 1 10 1 5 2
15 FB SUI Voser 6 7 6 1
29 CB CZE Kováč 11 13 9 1 3
30 RW ZAM Tembo 2 5 5
28 RW SUI Andrist 5 9 3 7 1 2 2
7 LW SUI Schürpf 3 5 3 2
5 CB SUI Ajeti 2 3 1 2
10 CM CIV Yapi 2 2 2
23 GK SUI Colomba 3 4 1 3
16 FB SUI T. Xhaka 3 7 4 1 2
21 CB SUI Kusunga 2 7 4 2 1
11 LM SUI
AUS		 Chipperfield 5 13 1 5 5 3 1
4 RWB SUI Degen 2 1 1 1 1
26 MF SUI Buess 1 1
18 GK SUI Herzog
14 LM SUI Stocker 2 1 1
33 CM LIE Wieser

Last updated: 7 December
Source: [1]
Ordered by Starting 11 then appearances
0 shown as blank

Starting 11

This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4-4-2 formation.

No.
 Pos
 Nat
 Name
 GS Notes
1 GK SUI Sommer 24
27 RB GER Steinhöfer 24
19 CB ARG Abraham 17
6 CB AUT Dragović 22
3 LB KOR Park 20
17 RM SUI Shaqiri 19
34 CM SUI G. Xhaka 15
8 CM SUI Huggel 19
20 LM SUI F. Frei 21
9 CF SUI Streller 22
13 CF SUI A. Frei 23

Last updated: 11 December
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Players in / out

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
29 CB CZE Radoslav Kováč 32 EU West Ham United Transfer Y Summer 2013 N/A [2]
3 LB KOR Park Joo-Ho 25 Non-EU Júbilo Iwata Transfer Y Summer 2015 N/A [3]
15 FB SUI Kay Voser 25 EU Grasshopper Transfer Y Summer 2014 Free [4]
20 MF SUI Fabian Frei 23 EU St. Gallen Loan return Summer 2013 N/A [5]
7 LM SUI Pascal Schürpf 22 EU Lugano Loan return Summer 2014 N/A [6]
18 GK SUI Marcel Herzog 31 EU MSV Duisburg Transfer Y Summer 2012 Free [7]
35 FW PRK Pak Kwang-Ryong 19 Non-EU Wil Transfer Y Summer 2016 N/A [8]
28 RW SUI Stephan Andrist 24 EU Thun Transfer Y Summer 2014 N/A [9]
4 RB SUI Philipp Degen 29 EU Summer 2012 Free [10]

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
26 CB SUI Beg Ferati 25 EU SC Freiburg Contract termination N Summer Free [11]
1 GK ARG Franco Costanzo 31 EU Olympiacos Contract termination N Summer Free [12]
20 LWB SWE Behrang Safari 27 EU Anderlecht Contract termination N Summer Free [13]
35 FW GER Matthias Baron 23 EU Vaduz Contract termination N Summer Free [14]
— CB SUI Dominik Ritter 22 EU Winterthur Contract termination N Summer Free [15]
— FW SUI Orhan Mustafi 21 EU Grasshopper Transfer Y Summer N/A [16]
33 CM LIE Sandro Wieser 19 EU 1899 Hoffenheim Transfer Y Winter N/A [17]

Competitions

Pre-season

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Swiss Super League — 1st 16 July
UEFA Champions League Group stage Round of 16 14 September
Swiss Cup First Round Quarterfinals 17 September

Last updated: 7 December
Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

Main article: 2011–12 Swiss Super League

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Basel 18 11 5 2 38 17 +21 38 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Luzern 18 9 4 5 25 15 +10 31 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Sion 18 9 4 5 26 17 +9 31

Updated to games played on 11 December 2011
Source: Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
18 11 5 2 37 16 +21 38 7 1 1 23 7 +16 4 4 1 14 9 +5

Last updated: 11 December
Source: 2011–12 Swiss Super League

Results by round

First half of season
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Ground A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H H A
Result D W D D L L W W W D W W W W W W W D
Position 5 3 4 5 7 8 7 4 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 11 December.
Source: FCB.ch
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Second half of season
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Ground H A A H H A A H A A H A H H A H A H
Result
Position

Last updated: 19 December.
Source: FCB.ch
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Swiss Cup

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Benfica 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12
Basel 6 3 2 1 11 10 +1 11
Manchester United 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9
Oțelul Galați 6 0 0 6 3 11 −8 0

Knockout phase / Round of 16

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

References

  1. ^ Meister, Remo (13 October 2011). "Bernhard Heusler: "Ein weinendes Auge für Fink und ein lachendes für Vogel"" (in German). FC Basel 1893. http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/26760/26/7/7. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  2. ^ Meister, Remo (2011). "Der FCB steht nach dem 5:1-Sieg gegen den FC Schötz im Cup-Achtelfinal". FC Basel 1893. http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/26775. Retrieved 2011-10-15.  (German)
  3. ^ Rogers, Steven (2011). "Benfica beat Basel to go top of Group C". Eufa.com. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2012/matches/round%3D2000263/match%3D2007606/postmatch/report/index.html. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  4. ^ Meister, Remo (2011). "Xherdan Shaqiri schiesst den FC Basel auswärts zum Sieg über den FC Zürich". FC Basel 1893. http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/26841. Retrieved 2011-10-23.  (German)
  5. ^ "FC Basel 2 Manchester United 1". ESPN Soccernet. 7 December 2011. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=331192&cc=5739. Retrieved 7 December 2011. 
  6. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2011). "Der 36-jährige Heiko Vogel ist neuer Cheftrainer beim FC Basel 1893". FC Basel 1893. http://fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/27167/16/7. Retrieved 2011-12-12. 

External links

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