List of FC Basel seasons

For details of the current season, see 2010–11 FC Basel season.

This is a list of seasons played by FC Basel in Swiss and European football, from the club's founding in 1893 to the present. It details FC Basel's record in each major competition entered including different divisions of the Swiss Football League, the Swiss Cup, the Swiss League Cup, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and various UEFA competitions. Although the first season of Swiss football occurred in 1897–98, FC Basel did not take part until the following season in 1898–99. The club did not compete the next season, but has participated in every season since 1900–01. The club won its first major trophy in 1932–33, when it won the Swiss Cup, and its first Swiss league title in 1952–53. To date FC Basel has won 13 league titles, 10 Swiss Cups, and 1 Swiss League Cup.

Seasons

From its inception in the 1897–98 season to the 1932–33 season, the Swiss Championship (known originally as "Serie A", then "1st League", then "Nationalliga") consisted of teams playing in regional groups, followed by either a play-off match of the top 2 teams, or a championship play-off group involving the top several teams. The 1932–33 season also contained an intermediate championship called the "Challenge National" where the teams in each of the 2 groups played the teams in the other group, followed by a play-off match between the group winners. In 1933–34, the different regional groups were combined into a single league to determine the championship, and this league format has been maintained until the present. However, it was not until the 1944–45 season that the 2nd division of Swiss football was similarly organised, with the adoption of the names "Nationalliga A" and "Nationalliga B" for the top 2 divisions. Since 2003–04 these divisions have been known as the "Swiss Super League" and the "Swiss Challenge League" respectively.

Season League[1][2][3][4] Swiss Cup[5][6][3][4] Swiss League Cup[7] Europe[8][9][10][11][12] Top scorer[13]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Player(s) Goals
1893–98 FC Basel did not play competitive football
1898–99 Serie A Central 2 0 1 1 2 3 n/a 2nd
1899–1900 FC Basel did not play competitive football
1900–01 Serie A East 10 2 2 6 21 35 6 5th
1901–02 Serie A Central 7 5 0 2 15 7 10 2nd
1902–03 Serie A Central 8 3 0 5 13 20 6 3rd
1903–04 Serie A Central 10 5 2 3 28 25 12 3rd
1904–05 Serie A Central 8 2 0 6 18 20 4 4th
1905–06 Serie A Central 6 2 0 4 11 17 4 4th
1906–07 Serie A Central 8 5 0 3 30 20 10 1st
Serie A Final 2 0 0 2 3 0 8 3rd
1907–08 Serie A East 14 6 2 6 40 39 14 3rd
1908–09 Serie A East 14 4 3 7 39 57 11 6th
1909–10 Serie A Central 10 4 2 4 24 24 10 5th
1910–11 Serie A Central 12 5 1 6 32 36 11 3rd
1911–12 Serie A Central 14 5 2 7 30 34 12 5th
1912–13 Serie A Central 14 7 2 5 46 30 16 4th
1913–14 Serie A Central 14 9 1 4 63 33 19 2nd
1914–15 Serie A Central A 6 2 1 3 15 14 5 3rd
1915–16 Serie A Central 14 4 1 9 30 39 9 7th
1916–17 Serie A Central 15 5 5 2 31 20 15 2nd
1917–18 Serie A Central 12 7 3 2 31 19 17 2nd
1918–19 Serie A Central 14 5 3 6 27 26 13 5th
1919–20 Serie A Central 14 7 4 3 32 20 18 2nd
1920–21 Serie A Central 15 3 2 10 20 29 8 7th
1921–22 Serie A Central 14 6 3 5 20 21 15 3rd
1922–23 Serie A Central 14 6 3 5 17 22 15 4th
1923–24 Serie A Central 16 8 2 6 16 15 18 3rd
1924–25 Serie A Central 16 7 5 4 15 13 19 4th
1925–26 Serie A Central 16 7 6 3 26 14 20 2nd Round 2
1926–27 Serie A Central 16 8 3 5 29 26 19 4th Round 1
1927–28 Serie A Central 16 10 1 5 27 21 21 3rd Round 1
1928–29 Serie A Central 16 8 4 4 48 32 20 2nd Round 2
1929–30 Serie A Central 16 10 4 2 51 18 22 1st Round 3
Serie A Final 4 1 0 3 2 8 2 4th
1930–31 1st League Central 18 11 2 5 48 28 24 2nd Round 1
1st League Final 4 1 1 2 7 11 3 5th
1931–32 Nationalliga Group 1 16 7 1 8 35 48 15 7th Semi-finals
1932–33 Challenge National 7 3 2 2 42 29 8 5th Winners
Nationalliga Group 1 14 7 4 3 42 29 18 2nd
1933–34 Nationalliga 30 15 6 9 89 64 36 5th Quarter-finals
1934–35 Nationalliga 26 12 4 10 61 50 28 5th Semi-finals
1935–36 Nationalliga 26 8 4 14 51 59 20 10th Round 1
1936–37 Nationalliga 24 8 4 12 30 42 20 11th Round 1
1937–38 Nationalliga 22 12 3 7 48 31 27 4th Round 3
1938–39 Nationalliga 22 5 5 12 29 36 15 12th Round 5
1939–40 1st League Group 3 12 9 2 1 38 16 20 1st Round 4
1st League title play-off 6 4 1 1 14 10 n/a 1st[14]
1940–41 1st League Central 14 11 2 1 44 19 24 1st Round 4
1st League play-off 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 3rd
1941–42 1st League East 22 18 3 1 77 15 39 1st Runners-up
1st League play-off 2 1 1 0 3 1 n/a 1st[15]
1942–43 Nationalliga 26 7 4 15 29 57 18 13th Quarter-finals
1943–44 Nationalliga 26 9 8 9 42 38 26 9th Runners-up
1944–45 Nationalliga A 26 6 6 14 45 59 18 13th Round 5
1945–46 Nationalliga B 26 19 5 2 87 21 43 1st Round 5
1946–47 Nationalliga A 26 12 5 9 60 45 29 4th Winners
1947–48 Nationalliga A 26 7 10 9 44 51 24 10th Quarter-finals
1948–49 Nationalliga A 26 13 7 6 58 37 33 2nd Round 5
1949–50 Nationalliga A 26 14 5 7 48 40 33 2nd Semi-finals
1950–51 Nationalliga A 26 12 4 10 62 51 28 4th Round 5
1951–52 Nationalliga A 26 14 3 9 68 47 31 4th Semi-finals
1952–53 Nationalliga A 26 17 8 1 72 38 42 1st Quarter-finals
1953–54 Nationalliga A 26 11 2 13 55 62 24 8th Round 4
1954–55 Nationalliga A 26 10 4 12 47 52 24 9th Round 5
1955–56 Nationalliga A 26 10 6 10 47 50 26 7th Quarter-finals Fairs Cup – GS[16]
1956–57 Nationalliga A 26 15 4 7 53 38 34 4th Round 4
1957–58 Nationalliga A 26 9 6 11 59 53 24 9th Round 4
1958–59 Nationalliga A 26 11 5 10 54 48 27 6th Round 4 Fairs Cup – R1[16]
1959–60 Nationalliga A 26 6 10 10 46 55 22 10th Round 5
1960–61 Nationalliga A 26 13 2 11 42 36 28 5th Round 3 Fairs Cup – R1[16]
1961–62 Nationalliga A 26 10 8 8 51 54 28 7th Quarter-finals Fairs Cup – R1[16]
1962–63 Nationalliga A 26 10 6 10 59 51 26 6th Winners Fairs Cup – R1[16]
1963–64 Nationalliga A 26 10 6 10 42 48 26 7th Round 5 Cup Winners' Cup – Prelim
1964–65 Nationalliga A 26 11 5 10 44 54 27 8th Semi-finals Fairs Cup – R2
1965–66 Nationalliga A 26 10 7 9 64 57 27 6th Semi-finals Fairs Cup – R2
1966–67 Nationalliga A 26 16 8 2 61 20 40 1st Winners Fairs Cup – R1
1967–68 Nationalliga A 26 13 5 8 49 33 31 5th Round 5 European Cup – R1
1968–69 Nationalliga A 26 13 10 3 48 28 36 1st Quarter-finals Fairs Cup – R1
1969–70 Nationalliga A 26 15 7 4 59 23 37 1st Runners-up European Cup – R1
1970–71 Nationalliga A 26 18 6 2 67 26 42 2nd[17] Quarter-finals European Cup – R2
1971–72 Nationalliga A 26 18 7 1 66 28 43 1st Runners-up UEFA Cup – R1
1972–73 Nationalliga A 26 17 5 4 57 30 39 1st Runners-up Winners European Cup – R1
1973–74 Nationalliga A 26 13 3 10 57 39 29 5th Quarter-finals Round 1 European Cup – QF
1974–75 Nationalliga A 26 11 9 6 49 33 31 4th Winners Semi-finals
1975–76 Nationalliga A 26 13 8 5 59 38 34 3rd Round 5 Semi-finals Cup Winners' Cup – R1
1976–77 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 14 5 3 54 30 33 2nd Round 5 Round 2 UEFA Cup – R2
Nationalliga A Final 10 5 2 3 19 16 29[18] 1st[19]
1977–78 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 12 4 6 53 34 28 4th Semi-finals Semi-finals European Cup – R1
Nationalliga A Final 10 5 3 2 21 14 27[20] 3rd
1978–79 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 10 6 6 36 29 26 4th Quarter-finals Runners-up UEFA Cup – R1
Nationalliga A Final 10 2 1 7 18 24 18[21] 6th
1979–80 Nationalliga A Qualifying 26 15 7 4 67 27 37 2nd Round 5 Round 1
Nationalliga A Final 10 6 2 2 24 11 33[22] 1st
1980–81 Nationalliga A 26 9 10 7 48 44 28 6th Quarter-finals Round 1 European Cup – R2
1981–82 Nationalliga A 30 11 6 13 47 51 28 8th Runners-up Quarter-finals
1982–83 Nationalliga A 30 10 5 15 47 56 25 11th Round 5
1983–84 Nationalliga A 30 11 6 13 55 59 28 9th Round 4
1984–85 Nationalliga A 30 11 9 10 46 49 31 8th Round 5
1985–86 Nationalliga A 30 10 10 10 44 40 30 10th Semi-finals
1986–87 Nationalliga A 30 9 6 15 49 62 24 12th Round 5
Relegation/Promotion play-offs 4 1 2 1 12 6 n/a n/a[23]
1987–88 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 4 5 13 27 55 13 11th Round 3
Promotion Group A 14 5 4 5 27 20 14 5th
1988–89 Nationalliga B Qualifying East 22 14 4 4 48 23 32 1st Quarter-finals
Promotion Group A 14 4 6 4 19 21 14 4th
1989–90 Nationalliga B Qualifying West 22 11 5 6 40 29 27 5th Quarter-finals
Promotion Group A 14 6 5 3 27 17 17 3rd
1990–91 Nationalliga B Qualifying South East 22 9 8 5 40 30 26 4th Round 2
Promotion Group A 14 4 4 6 18 17 12 4th
1991–92 Nationalliga B Qualifying West 22 13 5 4 42 30 31 1st Quarter-finals
Promotion Group A 14 4 6 4 20 22 14 4th
1992–93 Nationalliga B Qualifying West 22 16 4 2 54 10 36 2nd Quarter-finals
Promotion Group A 14 7 4 3 25 17 18 4th
1993–94 Nationalliga B Qualifying West 18 12 1 5 39 14 25 2nd Semi-finals
Promotion Group 14 7 6 1 22 7 20 1st
1994–95 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 6 8 8 18 15 20 7th Round 5
Nationalliga A Final 14 7 0 7 20 19 24[24] 7th
1995–96 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 9 3 10 23 29 30 5th Quarter-finals
Nationalliga A Final 14 3 4 7 14 20 28[25] 6th
1996–97 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 5 10 7 32 33 25 8th Round 5 Intertoto Cup – GS
Nationalliga A Final 14 3 2 9 16 28 24[26] 8th
1997–98 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 5 4 13 28 46 19 11th Round 6
Promotion/Relegation Play-off 14 6 4 4 27 22 22 3rd
1998–99 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 8 4 10 21 34 28 6th Round 5
Nationalliga A Final 14 5 4 5 18 19 33[27] 5th
1999–2000 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 9 10 3 31 21 37 2nd Quarter-finals Intertoto Cup – R3
Nationalliga A Final 14 5 6 3 16 16 40[28] 3rd
2000–01 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 10 4 8 42 36 34 5th Quarter-finals UEFA Cup – R2
Nationalliga A Final 14 4 8 2 18 16 37[29] 4th
2001–02 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 13 4 5 52 37 43 1st Winners Intertoto Cup – F[30]
Nationalliga A Final 14 11 0 3 36 16 55[31] 1st
2002–03 Nationalliga A Qualifying 22 14 5 3 57 25 47 2nd Winners Champions League – GS2
Nationalliga A Final 14 10 2 2 38 17 56[32] 2nd
2003–04 Super League 36 26 7 3 86 32 85 1st Round 3 UEFA Cup – R2
2004–05 Super League 34 21 7 6 81 45 70 1st Round 3 Champions League – QR3
UEFA Cup – Rof32
2005–06 Super League 36 23 9 4 87 42 78 2nd Round 3 Champions League – QR3
UEFA Cup – QF
2006–07 Super League 36 22 8 6 77 40 74 2nd Winners UEFA Cup – GS Mladen Petrić 26
2007–08 Super League 36 22 8 6 73 39 74 1st Winners UEFA Cup – Rof32 Marco Streller 17
2008–09 Super League 36 22 6 8 72 44 72 3rd Semi-finals Champions League – GS Eren Derdiyok 14
2009–10 Super League 36 25 5 6 90 46 80 1st Winners Europa League – GS Marco Streller 30

Key

  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position
  • F = Finals[30]
  • GS = Group stage
  • GS2 = Second group stage
  • Prelim = Preliminary round
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • QR1 = First qualifying round
  • QR2 = Second qualifying round
  • QR3 = Third qualifying round
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • R6 = Round 6
  • Rof32 = Round of 32
  • SF = Semi-finals
Winners† Runners-up Promoted Relegated

†Text in bold italics indicates FC Basel was promoted in addition to being Champion of the division.

References

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  13. ^ Goals in all competitions (different divisions of the Swiss Football League, the Swiss Cup, the Swiss League Cup, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and all UEFA competitions) are counted.
  14. ^ There was no promotion or relegation this season due to World War II
  15. ^ Basel won a two-legged promotion play-off against the winners of the 1st League West, FC Bern, drawing the first match 0–0 and winning the second match 3–1.
  16. ^ a b c d e The Basel sides which participated in the first five editions of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup were not FC Basel teams, but "Basel XI" teams, which included players who played for FC Basel as well as players from other clubs.
  17. ^ Basel finished the league in first place, level on points with Grasshopper Club Zürich, but lost a Championship play-off match to Grasshopper Club 4–3 after extra time.
  18. ^ 17 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
  19. ^ Basel finished level on points with Servette FC Genève. Basel defeated Servette 2–1 in a Championship play-off match.
  20. ^ 14 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
  21. ^ 13 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
  22. ^ 19 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
  23. ^ Four teams from the Nationalliga A and four teams from the Nationalliga B contested a play-off round to determine two places in next season's Nationalliga A. Basel defeated FC Bulle 5–3 on penalties in a two-legged promotion/relegation play-off semi-final, after both matches finished 2–2. Basel then defeated FC Wettingen 8–2 on aggregate (7–0 and 1–2) in one of the two promotion/relegation finals.
  24. ^ 10 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
  25. ^ 15 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
  26. ^ 13 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
  27. ^ 14 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
  28. ^ 19 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
  29. ^ 17 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
  30. ^ a b As the Intertoto Cup was a tournament for the purpose of enabling several teams to qualify for the UEFA Cup, there were multiple "finals" of each year's competition and consequently several winners of each year's tournament.
  31. ^ 22 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
  32. ^ 24 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
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