2016–17 FC Basel season
2016–17 season | |||
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Chairman | Bernhard Heusler | ||
Manager | Urs Fischer | ||
Ground | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | ||
Super League |
Season started on 23 July 2016 | ||
Swiss Cup |
Started on 13 August 2016 | ||
Champions League |
Eliminated at the end of group stage | ||
Average home league attendance | 26,484[1] | ||
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The 2016–17 FC Basel season is the 124th season in club history and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel are the reigning Swiss Super League champions. They prepared their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Germany, Russia and France as well as from Switzerland. The 2016–17 Swiss Super League season started on the week-end 23/24 July, the last round will be played on 2 June 2017. Basel started with a home game against Sion.
Basel were qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in the Group stage. The draw was held on 25 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Baesl were drawn into Group A along with Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Ludogorets Razgrad. The first game was at home against Razgrad on 13 September and the last being the home game against Arsenal on 6 December.
The draw for the first round of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup was held on 1 July 2016. The Super- and Challenge League clubs were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The lower division teams were granted home game advantage. The first round was played on the week-end 13/14 August 2016. The final will be played on 25 May 2017.
Club
Management
Urs Fischer has a running three-year contract as first team manager, which started in June 2015. His assistants are Werner Leuthard, Marco Walker and Markus Hoffmann. Massimo Colomba is the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System. The new coach of the Youth Team (U–21) will be Raphaël Wicky.
Position | Staff |
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Manager | Urs Fischer (since 18 June 2015) |
1 Assistant manager | Werner Leuthard |
2 Assistant manager | Markus Hoffmann |
3 Assistant manager | Marco Walker |
Goalkeeper Coach | Massimo Colomba |
Team Administration | Gustav Nussbaumer |
Youth Team Coach | Raphaël Wicky (from July 2016) |
Youth Team Co-Coach | Romain Villiger |
Last updated: 23 July 2016
Source: FCB Official Site
Further information
Chairman | Mr Bernhard Heusler |
Vice Chairman | Mr Adrian Knup |
Finances | Mr Stephan Werthmüller |
Sportdirector | Mr Georg Heitz |
Marketing | Mr René Kamm |
Ground (capacity and dimensions) | St. Jakob-Park (38,512[2]) (37,500 for international matches)[3] / 120x80 m) |
Last updated: 1 June 2016
Source: FCB Official Site
Overview
Offseason and preseason
At the end of the 2015–16 FC Basel season Walter Samuel and Philipp Degen ended their football careers. Behrang Safari left the club to continue his career by his home club Malmö FF. Breel Embolos transfer to Schalke 04 was confirmed by both teams on 26 June.[4][5] Despite the fact that he still had a valid contract Naser Aliji joined 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a free transfer.[6]
Basel announced on 31 August that the contract between them and the 26-year-old Egyptian international Ahmed Hamoudi had been resolved on mutual consent with immediate effect.[7] On 2 September Basel announced that Nicolas Hunziker had been loaned out to the Grasshoppers to gain playing experience.[8] That far during the current season Hunziker had played four games in the Promotion League with the FCB U-21 team, scoring five goals.
On 4 May Basel announced that they had signed 18 year old Paraguayan defender Blás Riveros from Olimpia Asunción on a five-year deal. Due to Riveros commitments with the Paraguay national football team and the Copa America, he was not be expected to join the Basel first team until the beginning of July.[9] On 10 May Basel also announced that they had signed Egyptian defender Omar Gaber from Zamalek on a four-year deal.[10][11] On 15 June Serbian goalkeeper Đorđe Nikolić transferred in from Jagodina, signing a four-year contract.[12] Basel announced on 28 June that they had signed Seydou Doumbia on loan from Roma until 30 June 2017.[13] Three further transfers in were Mohamed Elyounoussi[14] who signed in from Molde, Kevin Bua[15] who came from Zürich and Éder Balanta[16] who transferred in from River Plate. Each of whom signed a four-year deal. One former player transferred back in from VfB Stuttgart, Geoffroy Serey Die,[17] who had left the club a year and a half before due to differences with the former team manager Paulo Sousa.
Mid-season break
On 25 January 2017 Basel announced that Birkir Bjarnason had transferred out[18] and Aston Villa confirmed the move.[19] On 31 January 2017 Basel announced that Jean-Paul Boëtius was loaned out to K.R.C. Genk until the end of the season.[20]
The Campaign
Domestic League
- Fist half of season
Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship for the eighth consecutive time. The 2016–17 Swiss Super League season started on the week-end 23/24 July. Basel played at home game against Sion. Four of the new signings, Gabar, Balanta, Elyounoussi and Doumbia made their first team league debuts in the 3–0 home win.[21] Doumbia scored his first goal for his new club in the same game and just one week later on 31 July during the away game against Vaduz he scored his second. It was the last goal of the game and Basel won 5–1.[22] Basel took first position in the league table from the very beginning. In fact they started the season very well, winning each of their first seven games, scoring at least three goals in each fixture. After these seven games they were nine points clear of BSC Young Boys in second place and Luzern in third. They had scored 24 goals conceding just five. By the winter break Basel had extended their lead to 12 points ahead of the Young Boys who were in second place in the league table, winning 15, drawing two and only one defeat, scoring 49 and conceding just 15 goals in their 18 matches.
- Second half of season
The second half of season began on 4 February 2017. In their first game Elyounoussi scored a hat trick for Basel during the home game against Lugano. These were the first three goals and were scored during the first 36 minutes of the game that Basel won 4–0.[23]
Domestic Cup
Basel's clear aim for the 2016–17 Swiss Cup is to regain the title that they last won in 2011–12. The draw for the first round was held on 1 July 2016 and the team was drawn away against Rapperswil-Jona. The game was won 1–0, the goal being scored by Jean-Paul Boëtius in the 58th minute.[24] In the second round Basel were drawn away against Zug 94, the game played on 18 September, and also won 1–0, the goal scored by Daniel Høegh in the 45th minute. The third round was played on 26 October 2016 and Basel won 4–1 away against FC Tuggen Tuggenfrom the 1. Liga Promotion, the third highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid. The Qarterfinal will be played on 2 March 2017, Basel drawn at home against Zürich.[25]
Champions League
Basel entered into this season's Champions League in the Group stage. The draw was held on 25 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Basel were drawn into Group A along with Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Ludogorets Razgrad. The first game was at home against Razgrad on 13 September and the last being the home game against Arsenal on 6 December. The clubs initial aim is to remain in the competition after the group stage.
- Ludogorets Razgrad (13 September 2016)
The first game was played in St. Jakob-Park. Basel took control of the game from the start. But despite a few chances early in the game, Bjarnason (2), Steffen (6) and Delgado (7), Basel were not able to create many chanes against the massive Ludogorets Razgrad defence. Ludogorets waited for conter attacks. Basel's Janko injured himself and was replaced by Doumbia in the 40th minute. Ludogorets went into the lead just before half time breakaway goal by Brazilian forward Cafu. He ran on to a measured pass from Marcelinho, he turned Marek Suchý inside out and sloted in a low shot past Tomáš Vaclík (45). Basel created few clear scoring opportunities but were gifted a chance to equalize when Ludogorets goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov flapped at defender Michel Lang's cross. The ball dropped to Steffen, who volleyed into an unguarded net from a tight angle (79).[26]
- Arsenal (28 September 2016)
Basel's second game was away from home in the Emirates Stadium as guests of Arsenal Football Club. This was the first ever meeting between the clubs in European competition. Arsenal made two changes to the side that had beaten Chelsea in the Premier League on the previous Saturday, with David Ospina replacing Petr Čech between the posts. Replacing the injured Francis Coquelin in the centre of midfield, Granit Xhaka started against the team he began his career with and also faced his brother Taulant for the first time in club football. Mohamed Elneny was also brought on as a substitute against his former side. Urs Fischer, on the other hand, had shuffled his pack from their visit to St. Gallen at the weekend, with his front four completely changing. Theo Walcott scored a first half double, with a brace in assists from Sánchez securing a 2-0 win.[27] The first was a lightning break from Arsenal, a ball over the top found Alexis Sánchez in acres of space in the right hand channel and he deftly whiped in a volleyed cross which the Englishman made no mistake with, burying his header past Vaclík. The second was almost too easy for Arsenal, as they waltzed through the Basel defence again. Walcott strolled up to the edge of the box unchallenged, played a perfect one-two with Alexis Sánchez, who was standing with his back to goal, and clinically dispatched the return ball into the far corner, off the post. The home team were all over the visitors, and their one touch passing was sublime to watch. Walcott and Özil played back to Sánchez, but his shot was incredibly saved by Vaclík. Bellerín had a chance and again Vaclík did brilliantly to parry. It was completely and utterly one sided in North London and Basel looked shell shocked, especially during the first half.
- Paris Saint-Germain (19 October 2016)
Basel's second away game in the third round was in the Parc des Princes as guests of Paris Saint-Germain. This was also the first ever meeting between these two clubs in European competition. In the 5 Minute Delgado kicked a corner which was headed in to the middle by Bjarnason and Lang headed the ball onto the cross bar. Lang, Steffen and Doumbia missed good chances. Another chance for the visitors in the 36th Minute and Doumbia's angled header hit the post. In the 40th minute Blaise Matuidi's low cross was touched off by Edinson Cavani and Ángel Di María thundered his right-foot strike into the roof of the net.Lucas Moura put the hosts two goals up on 62 minutes. Suchý had a chance in the 66th minute but his header hit the cross bar, the third time basel struck the woodwork. In the 93rd miunte Cavani scored from the penalty spot to make the end result a very unlucky 0–3.
- Paris Saint-Germain (1 November 2016)
The return game was played two weeks later and Omar Gaber played his Champions League debut for the home team. Saint-Germain had the early goal chances but these were not enough to beat Tomáš Vaclík. After about 20 minutes Basel got into the match better, getting support up for their sole striker Doumbia Seydou. But Paris struck with impeccable timing as half-time approached. A corner was not cleared properly and Meunier latched onto the loose ball, driving a fierce shot at goal through a crowd of bodies. One of those is the unmarked Matuidi who, perhaps unintentionally, flicked the ball into the net (43 minute). In the second half Basel searched for their chances but had no luck. Just as it looked like a goal would not come from anywhere for Basel, it came practically out of nowhere. Substitute Luca Zuffi took aim from almost 40 metres out and suddenly everything had the desired impact. The substitute way out on the byline tried to pick out Marc Janko in the area with a cross, but instead he drifted a ball in that sailed over goalkeeper Alphonse Areola and into the net (76 minutes). In the 84th minute Serey Dié received a second yellow card and was sent off Despite this, only two minutes later Janko had the best chance for a winner for Basel but he missed the crossed ball. Thomas Meunier, however, scored that for Paris in the last minute of the game.[28]
- Ludogorets Razgrad (23 November 2016)
The return game against Ludogorets Razgrad was played in Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Basel fielded their strongest team, but Ludogorets had to withdraw midfielder Marcelinho with a hamstring injury. Ludogrets had 55% ball possession, but Basel created the most chances. Goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov made several fine stops to keep Basel at bay. However the game ended goalless and both teams collected their second point in the group stage. Basel coach Urs Fischer said after the match; "We gave our best, we had a good game, but we failed to convert our chances. There is one more game left, but it could have been much better if we had won tonight. We tried everything, I played with all my forwards, but that was not enough, unfortunately."[29]
- Arsenal (6 December 2016)
The situation before this last group stage match was clear, Basel had to obtain more points than Ludogorets Razgrad to qualify for the Europa League knock out stage and Arsenal had to obtain more points than Paris Saint-Germain to win the group. Two former Basel players were in the Arsenal team, Mohamed Elneny and Granit Xhaka whose elder brother Taulant lined up for the home team. The game was decided early, two defending mistakes soon after the kick-off gave Arsenal two goal scoring chances. Both of which were taken with ease and the visitors were leading by two goals after just quarter of an hour. Lucas Pérez's hat-trick in the 47th minute inspired Arsenal to a 4-1 triumph, with Alex Iwobi adding the fourth after 53 minutes. Basel substitute Doumbia grabbed a fine second-half consolation for hosts, but too late to make any change in the outcome. Paris's 2-2 draw with Ludogorets meant Arsenal win Group A, Basel finished bottom.[30]
Players
First team squad
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 23 July but subsequently left the club after that date.
- As of 23 July 2016 [31]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Loans
In on loan
88 | FW | Seydou Doumbia (on loan from Roma until 30 June 2017)[13] |
Out on loan
30 | MF | Cedric Itten (on loan at Luzern until 30 June 2017)[32] | |
22 | MF | Zdravko Kuzmanović (on loan at Málaga until 30 June 2017)[33] | |
23 | GK | Mirko Salvi (on loan at Lugano until 30 June 2017)[34] | |
20 | MF | Veljko Simić (on loan at Chiasso from 26 July 2016 until 30 June 2017)[35] | |
35 | FW | Nicolas Hunziker (on loan at Grasshopper Zürich until 30 June 2017)[8] | |
77 | FW | Jean-Paul Boëtius (on loan at K.R.C. Genk from 31 January until 30 June 2017)[20] | |
30 | DF | Eray Cümart (on loan at Lugano from 1 March until 30 June 2017)[36] |
Transfers summer 2016
In
4 | DF | Omar Gaber (from Zamalek)[11] | |
6 | MF | Serey Die (from VfB Stuttgart)[17] | |
13 | GK | Đorđe Nikolić (from Jagodina)[12] | |
23 | DF | Éder Álvarez Balanta (from River Plate)[16] | |
24 | FW | Mohamed Elyounoussi (from Molde)[14] | |
25 | DF | Blás Riveros (from Olimpia Asunción)[9] | |
33 | FW | Kevin Bua (from Zürich)[15] |
Out
4 | DF | Philipp Degen (end of career)[37] | |
6 | DF | Walter Samuel (end of career) | |
19 | DF | Behrang Safari (to Malmö FF free transfer) | |
24 | FW | Ahmed Hamoudi (contract resolved)[7] | |
27 | DF | Naser Aliji (to Kaiserslautern)[6] | |
36 | FW | Breel Embolo (to Schalke 04 for reportedly €25m)[5] |
Transfers winter 2016-17
Out
8 | MF | Birkir Bjarnason (to Aston Villa)[18] | |
29 | MF | Charles Pickel (to Grasshopper Club)[38] |
Results and Fixtures
Kickoff times are in CET
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre- and mid-season
25 June 2016 Pre-season | Basel | 2 – 4 | St. Gallen | Langensteinstadion, Waldshut-Tiengen |
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15:30 | Traoré 27' Callà 32' Manzambi 71' |
FCB Report | 29' Tafer 37' Hefti 42' Bunjaku 47' Aleksić 86' Mutsch 90+2' Chabbi |
Attendance: 400 Referee: Robert Kempter |
1 July 2015 Pre-season | FC Basel | 1 – 1 | 1860 München | Isarau Stadium Geretsried (Germany) |
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20:00 | Høegh 66' Callà 88' |
FCB Report | 83' 86' Mölders | Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
8 July 2016 Pre-season | Basel | 2 – 3 | Lausanne-Sport | Nachwuchs-Campus, Basel |
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18:30 | Cümart 4' Elyounoussi 49' |
FCB Report | 46' 87' Carlos Henrique 58' Margairaz 47' Musa Araz |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel) |
13 July 2016 Pre-season | Basel | 1 – 4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Stade St-Germain, Savièse |
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19:00 | Callà 69' | FCB Report | 15' (pen.) Dzyuba 35' García 75' 54' Ryazantsev 90' (pen.) Kerzhakov |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
16 July 2016 Pre-season | Basel | 0 – 1 | AS Monaco | Stade de Chailly, Montreux |
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15:00 | FCB Report | 33' Boschilia | Attendance: 700 Referee: Sébastien Pache |
19 July 2016 Pre-season | Basel | 3 – 3 | VfL Wolfsburg | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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18:30 | Janko 88' 69' Høegh 72' Elyounoussi 82' |
FCB Report | 29' Dost 55' Kruse 74' Brekalo 88' Möbius 88' Guilavogui |
Attendance: 7,619 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel) |
31 August 2016 Mid-season | Basel | 2 – 3 | FC Wohlen | Nachwuchs-Campus, Basel |
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Šporar 12' Ambre Nsumbu 36' |
FCB Report | 56' (pen.) Schultz 85' Marvin Graf 89' Yannick Schmid |
Attendance: 350 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
Winter break
10 January 2017 Friendly | Basel | 2 – 1 | Le Mont | Nachwuchs-Campus, Basel |
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16:00 | Šporar 44' Manzambi 90+1' |
FCB Report | 14' Touré | Attendance: 100 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel) |
14 January 2017 Friendly | Basel | 1 – 2 | St. Pauli | Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara |
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17:00 | Steffen 13' | (FCB Report) (in German) | 44' Flum 87' Gonther |
Attendance: 150 Referee: Moreno Munoz |
19 January 2017 Friendly | Basel | 2 – 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara |
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16:00 | Janko 32' Manzambi 70' Šporar 85' |
(FCB Report) (in German) | 18' Miranchuk 35' Mykhalyk 60' Galadzhan |
Attendance: 150 Referee: José Maria Sánchez |
25 January 2017 Friendly | Basel | 2 – 0 | Chiasso | Nachwuchs-Campus, Basel |
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15:00 | Bua 52' Manzambi 85' |
FCB Report | Attendance: 200 Referee: Stephan Klossner |
28 January 2017 Friendly | Basel | 1 – 0 | Esbjerg fB | Nachwuchs-Campus, Basel |
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14:30 | Elyounoussi 13' | FCB Report | Attendance: 500 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel) |
Swiss Super League
First half of season
24 July 2016 Round 1 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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16:00 | Suchý 9' Delgado 37' (pen.), 57' Doumbia 44' |
(FCB report) | 37' Konaté 83' Ziegler 88' Lacroix |
Attendance: 27,924 Referee: Stephan Klossner |
31 July 2016 Round 2 | Vaduz | 1 – 5 | Basel | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz |
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13:45 | Grippo 19' 31' Strohmaier 25' |
(FCB report) | 4' Janko 19' (pen.) Delgado 40' Balanta 42' Elyounoussi 89' Steffen 90+1' Doumbia |
Attendance: 5.680 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel) |
7 August 2016 Round 3 | Luzern | 2 – 3 | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
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13:45 | Hyka 18', 29' Kryeziu 33' |
(FCB report) | 4' Suchý 20' Xhaka 70', 74' Janko |
Attendance: 14,486 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
10 August 2016 Round 4 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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20:30 | Traoré 35' Zuffi 55' Bjarnason 59' Vilotić 71' (o.g.) |
(FCB report) | 88' Bertone | Attendance: 29,523 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn) |
20 August 2016 Round 5 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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20:00 | Xhaka 19' Balanta 37' Suchý 45' Steffen 48' Doumbia 53' Lang 60' Delgado 80' |
(FCB report) | 66' Rosseti 88' Golemić |
Attendance: 26,012 Referee: Pascal Erlachner |
28 August 2016 Round 6 | Thun | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stockhorn Arena, Thun |
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16:00 | Bürki 33' Sorgić 82' |
(FCB report) | 4' Lang 13' Janko 19' Zuffi 78' Callà |
Attendance: 5,793 Referee: Sébastien Pache |
10 September 2016 Round 7 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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20:00 | Bjarnason 29' Doumbia 31', 86' |
(FCB report) | 45+1' Sigurjónsson 57' Bamert |
Attendance: 28,825 Referee: Stephan Studer |
21 September 2016 Round 8 | Lausanne-Sport | 1 – 2 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
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20:30 | Margiotta 48' 36' Margairaz 90' |
(FCB report) | 67' Bjarnason 90+3' 73' Balanta |
Attendance: 6.154 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet |
24 September 2016 Round 9 | St. Gallen | 1 – 3 | Basel | kybunpark, St. Gallen |
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20:00 | Toko 1' Aratore 14' Haggui 77' Gelmi 89' |
(FCB report) | 26' Delgado 33' Traoré 55' Callà 76' (o.g.) Gelmi 90' (pen.) Doumbia |
Attendance: 14,257 Referee: Stephan Klossner |
1 October 2016 Round 10 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Thun | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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20:00 | Callà 90' | (FCB report) | 35' Tosetti 44' Hediger 56' Faivre 92' Facchinetti |
Attendance: 26,942 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
15 October 2016 Round 11 | Basel | 3 – 0 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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20:00 | Doumbia 25' Lang 55' Elyounoussi 89' |
(Report) | 68' Lustenberger | Attendance: 27,261 Referee: Stephan Klossner |
22 October 2016 Round 12 | Lugano | 2 – 2 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
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20:00 | Aguirre 38' Mariani 63' Alioski 75' (pen.) Salivi 85' Jozinović 90+2' |
(FCB report) | 51' Delgado 88' (pen.) 90+2' Callà |
Attendance: 4,406 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
29 October 2016 Round 13 | Grasshopper Club | 0 – 2 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
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20:00 | Bašić 6' Källström 86' |
(FCB report) | 17', 21' (pen.) Delgado 20' Lang |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer |
5 November 2016 Round 14 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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20:00 | Xhaka 41' Suchý 9+1' Janko 90+3' |
(Report) | 8' Gétaz 42' Margiotta 86' Monteiro |
Attendance: 25,372 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
19 November 2016 Round 15 | Basel | 6 – 0 | Vaduz | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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20:00 | Doumbia 10', 51' Elyounoussi 19' Lang 74' Bjarnason 77' Callà 90' |
(Report) | 3' Muntwiler | Attendance: 24,846 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel) |
27 November 2016 Round 16 | Sion | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
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16:00 | Salatić 19' Sierro 52' Karlen 72' |
(Report) | 34' Delgado 50' Steffen 70' Serey Die 77' 52', 89' Janko |
Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG) |
3 December 2016 Round 17 | Young Boys | 3 – 1 | Basel | Stade de Suisse, Bern |
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20:00 | Hoarau 6', 51' Nuhu 45' Mbabu 71' |
(Report) | 66' (pen.) Delgado | Attendance: 20,216 Referee: Harald Lechner |
10 December 2016 Round 18 | Basel | 1 – 0 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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20:00 | Janko 48' Xhaka 57' |
(Report) | 42' Al. Ajeti 55' Buess |
Attendance: 26,242 Referee: Pascal Erlachner |
Second half of season
4 February 2017 Round 19 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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20:00 | Elyounoussi 2', 23', 36' Balanta 45' Janko 85' |
FCB Report | 11' Alioski | Attendance: 23,439 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
11 February 2017 Round 20 | Thun | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stockhorn Arena, Thun |
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17:45 | Schindelholz 29' Facchinetti 34' Rapp 56' |
(Report) | 73' Xhaka 74' Elyounoussi 79' (o.g.) Schindelholz 90+2' Vaclík 90+3' Doumbia |
Attendance: 5,707 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
19 February 2017 Round 21 | Basel | 4 – 3 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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13:45 | Doumbia 11', 71' Akanji 74' Janko 84' |
FCB Report | 9', 68' (pen.) Kololli 15' Gétaz 39' Campo |
Attendance: 23,974 Referee: Sascha Amhof |
26 February 2017 Round 22 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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13:45 | Suchý 19' Janko 34', 81' Steffen 67' |
FCB Report Report |
19' Grether 36' Affolter 75' Neumayr 76' Itten |
Attendance: 24,894 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG) |
5 March 2017 Round 23 | Vaduz | 1 – 1 | Basel | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz |
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13:45 | Avdijaj 31' Muntwiler 59' Bühler 83' |
(Report) | 27' Zuffi 90+2' Doumbia |
Attendance: 4,345 Referee: Lionel Tschudi |
12 March 2017 Round 24 | Sion | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
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16:00 | Konaté 61' | (Report) | 48' Traoré 55' Lang |
Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Dominik Ouschan |
18 March 2017 Round 25 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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20:00 | Zuffi 6' Xhaka 89' |
FCB Report | 27' Dabbur 57' Lavanchy |
Attendance: 26,027 Referee: Stephan Klossner |
1 April 2017 Round 26 | St. Gallen | 0 – 3 | Basel | AFG Arena, St. Gallen |
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20:00 | Barnetta 58' | (Report) | 7', 55' Akanji 20' Janko 27' Steffen 41' Riveros |
Attendance: 18,509 Referee: Daniel Stefanski |
9 April 2017 Round 27 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
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16:00 | Xhaka 24' Elyounoussi 54' Riveros 75' Akanji 90' |
FCB Report | Ravet 18' Frey 51' Assalé 75' |
Attendance: 30,817 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn) |
15 April 2017 Round 28 | Lausanne-Sport | 0 – 4 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
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20:00 | FCB Report | Lang 37' Elyounoussi 40', 82' Steffen 45' Šporar 59' |
Attendance: 5,855 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
22 April 2017 Round 29 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Vaduz | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:00 | Suchý 39' Delgado 41' Elyounoussi 63' Janko 86' Doumbia 90+2' |
FCB Report | Brunner 11' Borgmann 60' Kukuruzović 78' |
Attendance: 23,999 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel) |
28 April 2017 Round 30 | Luzern | 1 – 2 | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
---|---|---|---|---|
19:45 | Costa 41' M. Schneuwly 88' |
FCB Report | Doumbia 3' Traoré 36' Steffen 71' Suchý 76' |
Attendance: 14,823 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
7 May 2017 Round 31 | Lugano | 2 – 2 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
---|---|---|---|---|
13:45 | Alioski 60' (pen.) Sadiku 78', 80' 79' |
(Report) | 12' Fransson 54' 56' Zuffi 68' Callà |
Attendance: 6,151 Referee: Sandro Schärer |
14 May 2017 Round 32 | Basel | 3 – 3 | Thun | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
---|---|---|---|---|
13:45 | Steffen 20' 24' Janko 45' Elyounoussi 76' Suchý 86' Serey Die 79' 90' |
FCB Report | 17', 64', 90+4' Sorgić 68' Tosetti 86' Facchinetti |
Attendance: 26,844 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
18 May 2017 Round 33 | Basel | 2 – 2 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
---|---|---|---|---|
19:45 | Janko 33' Doumbia 89' |
FCB Report | 39' 72' Akolo 63' Konaté 73' Bia 84' Maceiras 90+4' Constant |
Attendance: 23,339 Referee: Markus Hameter |
21 May 2017 Round 34 | Young Boys | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stade de Suisse, Bern |
---|---|---|---|---|
16:00 | Assalé 9' Schick 53' |
(Report) | 3' Doumbia | Attendance: 18,383 Referee: Sascha Amhof |
28 May 2017 Round 35 | Grasshopper Club | 1 – 3 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
---|---|---|---|---|
16:00 | Sigurjónsson 21' Caio 65' 64' |
(Report) | 42' Akanji 86', 88' Doumbia |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG) |
2 June 2017 Round 36 | Basel | 4 – 1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Doumbia 14', 87' Steffen 58' Janko 90+1' |
FCB Report | 26' Danijel Aleksić | Attendance: 30,657 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Basel (C) | 36 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 92 | 35 | +57 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Young Boys | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Lugano | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
4 | Sion | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
5 | Luzern | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 66 | −4 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
6 | Thun | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 45 | |
7 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 41 | |
8 | Grasshopper | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 38 | |
9 | Lausanne-Sport | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 35 | |
10 | Vaduz (R) | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 45 | 78 | −33 | 30 | Relegation to the Swiss Challenge League and qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.[39]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- ↑ Since Basel, the winner of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, qualified for the Champions League group stage, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the next best-placed team (in this case to the third-placed team) and all other spots were adjusted accordingly.
- ↑ Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup.
Swiss Cup
The draw for the first round was held on 1 July 2016. The Super- and Challenge League clubs were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The lower division teams were granted home advantage and Basel were therefore drawn away, in Rapperswil. The home advantage was also granted to the team from the lower league in the second and third rounds.
14 August 2016 Round 1 | Rapperswil-Jona | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Grünfeld, Rapperswil |
---|---|---|---|---|
15:30 | Polverino 72' Kllokoqi 72' Teixeira 85' |
(FCB Report) | 58' Boëtius 82' Suchý |
Attendance: 4,350 (Stadium record) Referee: Urs Schnyder |
18 September 2016 Round 2 | Zug 94 | 0 – 1 | Basel | Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug |
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15:30 | (FCB Report) | 45' Høegh | Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
26 October 2016 Round 3 | Tuggen | 1 – 4 | Basel | Linthstrasse, Tuggen |
---|---|---|---|---|
19:30 | Zverotic 37' Erzan Murtisi 38' Dominik Schiendorfer 45+1' Jusuf Shala 90' |
(FCB report) (SFV report) |
8', 16' (pen.) Boëtius 35' Lang 44' Balanta |
Attendance: 4,150 Referee: Sascha Amhof |
2 March 2017 Quarterfinal | Basel | 3 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Janko 20' Xhaka 28', 56' Lang 41' Steffen 8' 78' |
(FCB report) (SFV report) |
3' Buff 14' Nef 15' Brunner 58' Voser 82' Schönbächler |
Attendance: 25,259 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn) |
5 April 2017 Semifinal | Winterthur | 1 – 3 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
---|---|---|---|---|
18:45 | Gazzetta 24' Cani 88' Hebib 89' |
(FCB report) (SFV report) |
54' (pen.) Delgado 56' Janko 85' Akanji 90+4' Fransson |
Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Sascha Amhof |
25 May 2017 Final | FC Basel | 3 – 0 | Sion | Stade de Genève, Lancy |
---|---|---|---|---|
16:00 | Doumbia 44' Delgado 47' Traoré 62' Lang 77' 89' Xhaka 79' |
(FCB report) (SFV report) |
37' Salatic 90+5' Lüchinger |
Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Stephan Klossner [40] |
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Basel were qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League in the Group stage. The draw was held on 25 August 2016, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Basel were drawn into Group A along with Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Ludogorets Razgrad. The first match was at home game against Razgrad.
- Matches
13 September 2016 Round 1 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Steffen 65' 80' | EUFA report FCB report (in German) |
45' Cafu 67' Wanderson 77' Natanael |
Attendance: 30,852[41] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov |
28 September 2016 Round 2 | Arsenal | 2 – 0 | Basel | Emirates Stadium, London |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Walcott 7', 26' | EUFA report FCB report (in German) |
21' Suchý 85' Elyounoussi |
Attendance: 59,993[42] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
19 October 2016 Round 3 | Paris Saint-Germain | 3 – 0 | Basel | Parc des Princes, Paris |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Di María 40' Lucas 62' Rabiot 64' Cavani 90+3' (pen.) |
EUFA report FCB report (in German) |
66' Steffen 76' Lang |
Attendance: 46,488[43] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany) |
1 November 2016 Round 4 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Steffen 45+2' Zuffi 76' Serey Die 77', 85' |
EUFA report FCB report (in German) |
43' Matuidi 86' Verratti 88' Kurzawa 90' Meunier |
Attendance: 34,639[44] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) |
23 November 2016 Round 5 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 0 – 0 | Basel | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia[A] |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Xhaka 63' Suchý 81' Traoré 87' |
EUFA report FCB report (in German) |
40' Anicet Abel 91' Cicinho |
Attendance: 20,821[45] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England) |
6 December 2016 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 4 | Arsenal | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Balanta 66' Doumbia 78' |
EUFA report | 8', 16', 47' Pérez 36' Gibbs 53' Iwobi |
Attendance: 36,000[46] Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal) |
- Notes
- ^ Ludogorets Razgrad play their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia instead of their regular stadium, Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad.
- Final group table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 | |
3 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League |
4 | Basel | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 2 |
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