2011–12 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2011–12 season
Chairman Switzerland Bernhard Heusler
Manager Germany Heiko Vogel
Ground St. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super League Champions
Swiss Cup Winners
UEFA Champions League Last 16
Top goalscorer League: Alexander Frei (24)
All: Alexander Frei (42)
Highest home attendance Swiss Super League:
36,000 vs. Lausanne-Sport
(29 April 2012)
36,000 vs. BSC Young Boys
(23 May 2012)
Champions League:
36,894 vs. Manchester United
(7 December 2011)
Lowest home attendance Swiss Super League:
25,762 vs. Sion
(5 February 2012)
Swiss Cup:
8,028 vs. Lausanne-Sport
(21 March 2012)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2011–12 season is FC Basel'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. This season Basel got the so-called "Title Hattrick", that is, three consecutive Swiss Super League championships, they'll play the Swiss Cup-Final against FC Luzern and stayed in the European Cup until March 2012 losing against the UEFA Champions League Finalists FC Bayern Munich 1-7 on aggregate.

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 start of the season was poor, with three draws and two defeats in the first six league matches. The team refound their strengths and things changed to the better. Basel then won ten and drew the other two of the next twelve games. The first half of the domestic season ended on 11 December with the home match against Neuchâtel Xamax. To this point Basel were League leaders.

FC Basel's positioning in the 2010–11 Swiss Super League enterd them directly into the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. The seeding and draw for this stage took take place on 25 August in Monaco. Basel were drawn in Group C with Benfica, Manchester United and Oțelul Galați, the first match was a home game on 14 September. Basel played very impressive away games remaining undefeated, winning in Rumania and drawing in Lisabon and Manchester. They completed the Group in second position after a decisive home win against Manchester 2-1, thus qualified for the Knockout phase (Round of 16). In the Knockout round Basel were against Bayern Munich. They won the home tie in St. Jakob Park 1-0, a goal from Valentin Stocker in the 86' minute, but lost the second leg in Munich 0-7, thus being knocked out of the Champions League.

On 16 January 2012, club vice-president Bernhard Heusler took over the chairman position from Gisela Oeri.

FC Basel continued their undefeated run in the domestic season and equaled the Swiss record of longest undefeated run (26 games) in the Swiss league (previously held by Grasshopper Zürich) ironically by beating Grasshopper 6-3 on the 12th May 2012.[1] Although they couldn't surpass the record, they still managed to defend their Axpo Super League title after losing to Young Boys 2-1 on the final day of the season.[2] As they have done in previous seasons, the title win was celebrated at Barfüsserplatz later that night.[3] After retaining 1st place, FC Basel will enter the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second Round.

The Swiss Cup was retained after a 4-2 penalty shootout win, following a 1-1 draw in normal time. FC Basel won their 11th Swiss Cup.[4]

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.[5] 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,[6] the Champions League Group C fixture on 18 October 2011, a 0:2 home defeat against Benfica,[7] and the 1:0 away win in the Super League against FC Zürich.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] A few days later it was also announced that Markus Hoffmann had been signed as further assistant.[11]

Results and Fixtures

Friendlies

Pre-season

Uhrencup

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

Winter break

Swiss Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

As Neuchâtel Xamax had their license revoked during the winter break, the club's second-half matches were entirely cancelled. The second half of the season is being competed with only nine clubs. These will play another double round-robin schedule. Each of the nine clubs will have played 34 matches at the end of the season.[12]

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Swiss Cup

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Knockout phase

Players

Squad and statistics

Total Swiss Super League UEFA Champions League Swiss Cup
No.
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
1 GKSwitzerland Yann Sommer 25 25 18 6 1
27 RWBGermany Markus Steinhöfer 25 25 18 6 1
19 CBArgentina David Abraham 17 17 1 11 1 6
6 CBAustria Aleksandar Dragović 23 23 1 17 1 6
3 LBSouth Korea Park Joo-Ho 20 21 13 6 2
17 RMSwitzerland Xherdan Shaqiri[15] 20 23 4 18 4 4 1
8 DMSwitzerland Benjamin Huggel 20 20 5 15 3 4 1 1 1
34 CMSwitzerland Granit Xhaka[16] 16 21 1 12 1 6 3
20 CMSwitzerland Fabian Frei 22 26 8 18 4 6 3 2 1
9 CFSwitzerland Marco Streller 23 23 9 18 7 5 2
13 CFSwitzerland Alexander Frei 24 24 18 17 11 5 5 2 2
31 FWCameroon Jacques Zoua 14 21 5 13 3 5 3 2
35 CFNorth Korea Pak Kwang-Ryong 2 14 2 10 3 1 2
24 DMSwitzerland Cabral[17] 11 17 1 10 1 5 2
15 FBSwitzerland Kay Voser 6 7 6 1
29 CBCzech Republic Radoslav Kováč 12 14 10 1 3
30 RWZambia Fwayo Tembo 2 5 5
28 RWSwitzerland Stephan Andrist 5 9 3 7 1 2 2
7 LWSwitzerland Pascal Schürpf 3 5 3 2
5 CBSwitzerland Arlind Ajeti 2 3 1 2
10 CMIvory Coast Gilles Yapi Yapo 2 2 2
23 GKSwitzerland Massimo Colomba 3 4 1 3
16 FBSwitzerland Taulant Xhaka[18] 3 7 4 1 2
21 CBSwitzerland Genséric Kusunga 2 7 4 2 1
11 LMSwitzerland
Australia		 Scott Chipperfield 5 13 1 5 5 3 1
4 RWBSwitzerland Philipp Degen 1 3 1 2 1 1
26 MFSwitzerland Roman Buess 1 1
18 GKSwitzerland Marcel Herzog
14 LMSwitzerland Valentin Stocker 2 1 1
33 CMLiechtenstein Sandro Wieser

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

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
29 CB Czech Republic Radoslav Kováč 35EU West Ham United England Transfer Green tick Summer 2013 N/A
3 LB South Korea Park Joo-Ho 28Non-EU Júbilo Iwata Japan Transfer Green tick Summer 2015 N/A
15 FB Switzerland Kay Voser 28EU Grasshopper Club Zürich Transfer Green tick Summer 2014 Free
20 MF Switzerland Fabian Frei 26EU St. Gallen Loan return → Summer 2013 N/A
7 LM Switzerland Pascal Schürpf 25EU Lugano Loan return → Summer 2014 N/A
18 GK Switzerland Marcel Herzog 34EU MSV Duisburg Germany Transfer Green tick Summer 2012 Free
35 FW North Korea Pak Kwang-Ryong 22Non-EU Wil Transfer Green tick Summer 2016 N/A
28 RW Switzerland Stephan Andrist 27EU Thun Transfer Green tick Summer 2014 N/A
4 RB Switzerland Philipp Degen 32EU Template:Fb team Unattached Summer 2012 Free

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
26 CB Switzerland Beg Ferati 28EU Freiburg Germany Contract termination Red X Summer Free
1 GK Argentina Franco Costanzo 34EU Olympiacos Greece Contract termination Red X Summer Free
20 LWB Sweden Behrang Safari 30EU Anderlecht Belgium Contract termination Red X Summer Free
35 FW Germany Matthias Baron 26EU Vaduz Liechtenstein Contract termination Red X Summer Free
— CB Switzerland Dominik Ritter 25EU Winterthur Contract termination Red X Summer Free
— FW Switzerland Orhan Mustafi 25EU Grasshopper Transfer Green tick Summer N/A
33 CM Liechtenstein Sandro Wieser 22EU 1899 Hoffenheim Germany Transfer Green tick Winter N/A
30 MF Zambia Fwayo Tembo 25Non-EU ES Sahel Tunisia Out on loan → Winter Free
7 LM Switzerland Pascal Schürpf 25EU Aarau Out on loan → Winter Free
16 FB Switzerland Taulant Xhaka 24EU Grasshopper Out on loan → Winter Free

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Germany Heiko Vogel
Assistant manager Switzerland Marco Walker
Assistant manager Austria Markus Hoffmann
Fitness coach Croatia Nikola Vidović
Conditioning coach Switzerland Marco Walker
Goalkeeper coach Switzerland Romain Crevoisier
Technology and analysis Scotland Nnamdi Aghanya
Team administration Switzerland Gustav Nussbaumer

Last updated: 1 July 2011
Source: FCB Official Site

References

  1. ↑ Meister, Remo (12 May 2012). "Spektakulärer 6:3-Sieg über GC" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Meister, Remo (23 May 2012). "Die emotionale Dernière gegen die Young Boys und die Meisterfeier im Zeitraffer" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Grossenbacher, Sacha (24 May 2012). "Bilder von der Meisternacht" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Weber, Dominik (16 May 2012). "FCB holt 11. Cupsieg! Dramatischer 5:3-Erfolg nach Penaltyschiessen" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Meister, Remo (13 October 2011). "Bernhard Heusler: "Ein weinendes Auge für Fink und ein lachendes für Vogel"" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  6. ↑ Meister, Remo (2011). "Der FCB steht nach dem 5:1-Sieg gegen den FC Schötz im Cup-Achtelfinal" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  7. ↑ Rogers, Steven (2011). "Benfica beat Basel to go top of Group C". Eufa.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  8. ↑ Meister, Remo (2011). "Xherdan Shaqiri schiesst den FC Basel auswärts zum Sieg über den FC Zürich" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  9. ↑ "FC Basel 2 Manchester United 1". ESPN Soccernet. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  10. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2011). "Der 36-jährige Heiko Vogel ist neuer Cheftrainer beim FC Basel 1893". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  11. ↑ Mesiter, Remo (2012). "Bernhard Heusler: "Der FC Basel will weiterhin als Einheit auftreten"" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Suisse Football League (2012). "Neuchâtel Xamax FC" (in German). Suisse Football League. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 FC Basel 1893 (2012). "Die Partie Lausanne-Sport–FC Basel 1893 wird am 4. April 2012 nachgeholt" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  14. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2012). "Cup-Halbfinal neu am 15. April 2012" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  15. ↑ Shaqiri was born in Gnjilane, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but was raised in Basel, Switzerland.
  16. ↑ Granit Xhaka was born in Gnjilane, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but was raised in Switzerland.
  17. ↑ Cabral was born in Praia, Cape Verde.
  18. ↑ Taulant Xhaka was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but was raised in Switzerland.

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