2017–18 FC Basel season

FC Basel

2017–18 season

Chairman

Bernhard Burgener

Manager

Raphaël Wicky

Ground

St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland

Super League

Season starts on
22 July 2017

Swiss Cup

Starts on
13 August 2017

Champions League

starting in group stage

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2018–19 →

The 2017–18 FC Basel season is the 125th season in club history and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel are the reigning Swiss Super League champions. The season will start on the weekend of 22-23 July 2017 and end on 19 May 2018.^[1] They are also the Swiss Cup holders. The first round of the Swiss Cup starts on 13 August 2017.

Club

Management

Raphaël Wicky was appointed as new first team manager and was given a two-year contract with an option for a third year. His assistant is Massimo Lombardo and further members of the training staff are Werner Leuthard and Marco Walker. Massimo Colomba is the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System.

Position	Staff
Manager	Raphaël Wicky
Assistant manager	Massimo Lombardo
Assistant manager & Fitness Coach	Marco Walker
Goalkeeper Coach	Massimo Colomba
Fitness Coach	Werner Leuthard
Team leader	Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach	Arjan Peço
Youth Team Co-Coach	Toni Membrino
Youth Team Co-Coach	Michaël Bauch

Last updated: 23 July 2016
Source: FCB Official Site

Further information

The FC Basel annual general meeting took place on 9 June 2017. The previous board of directors under president Bernhard Heusler with sportdirector Georg Heitz, vice-president Adrian Knup, financial manager Stephan Werthmüller and marketing manager René Kamm stepped back. Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser remained on the board. Bernhard Burgener took over as chairmann and Marco Streller as sportdirector. ^[2] Peter von Büren was voted as financial manager and Patrick Jost in marketing.

Chairman	Mr Bernhard Burgener
Vice Chairman
Finances	Mr Peter von Büren
Sportdirector	Mr Marco Streller
Marketing	Mr Patrick Jost
Direktor	Mr Reto Baumgartner
Direktor	Mr Dominik Donzé
Direktor	Mr Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (38,512^[3]) (37,500 for international matches)^[4] / 120x80 m)

Last updated: 10 June 2017
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview

Offseason and preseason

At the end of the 2016–17 FC Basel season Marc Janko left the club and joined Czech First League club Sparta Prague. Daniel Høegh also left the club and joined SC Heerenveen of the Dutch Eredivisie^[5] On 23 June 2017 Basel announced that Jean-Paul Boëtius had been transferred to Dutch club Feyenoord.^[6]

On 14 June 2017 Basel announced that they had signed Ricky van Wolfswinkel from SBV Vitesse.^[7]

The Campaign

Domestic League

The season will start on the weekend of 22-23 July 2017. Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship for the ninth consecutive time.

Domestic Cup

Basel are the Swiss Cup holders. The first round of the Swiss Cup starts on 13 August 2017. Basel's clear aim for the cup is to defend their title.

Champions League

Basel enter into this season's Champions League in the Group stage.

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 22 July 2017 but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 5 August 2017 ^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Tomáš Vaclík
3	DF	Adama Traoré
4	DF	Omar Gaber
5	DF	Michael Lang (Vice-Captain)
6	MF	Serey Dié
7	MF	Luca Zuffi
9	FW	Ricky van Wolfswinkel
10	MF	Matías Delgado
11	MF	Renato Steffen
--	GK	Đorđe Nikolić
13	GK	Mirko Salvi
15	MF	Alexander Fransson
17	DF	Marek Suchý (Captain)
18	GK	Germano Vailati

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Dimitri Oberlin
20	MF	Dereck Kutesa
23	DF	Éder Álvarez Balanta
24	MF	Mohamed Elyounoussi
25	DF	Blás Riveros
27	FW	Neftali Manzambi
28	DF	Raoul Petretta
31	MF	Dominik Schmid
33	MF	Kevin Bua
34	MF	Taulant Xhaka (Vice-Captain)
35	DF	Pedro Pacheco
36	DF	Manuel Akanji
39	MF	Davide Callà
--	FW	Afimico Pululu

Loans

Out on loan

-	DF	Eray Cümart (on loan at Sion 30 June 2018)^[9]
-	MF	Cedric Itten (on loan at Luzern until 30 June 2018)^[10]
-	FW	Andraž Šporar (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2018)^[11]
-	MF	Robin Huser (on loan at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2018)^[12]

Results and Fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

30 June 2017 Pre-season	Basel	4 – 1	Rosenheim	Sportplatz Birkenmoos, Rottach-Egern
18:30	Dominik Robin Schmid 18' Steffen 57' van Wolfswinkel 59', 89'	Report	55' Valentin Hauswirth	Attendance: 120 Referee: Matthias Zacher

5 July 2017 Pre-season	Basel	0 – 0	Wil	Youth-Campus, Basel
17:00		Report		Attendance: 700 Referee: Fedayi San

8 July 2017 Pre-season	Basel	2 – 0	Xamax	Youth-Campus, Basel
11:00	Delgado 29' Kutesa 37' Bua 73'	Report	25' Di Nardo	Attendance: 900 Referee: Adrien Jaccotet

12 July 2017 Pre-season	Basel	3 – 2	Athletic Club Bilbao	Stade du Christ-Roi, Lens, Switzerland
19:00

15 July 2017 Pre-season	Basel	3 – 2	Sporting	Stade des Grèves, Delley-Portalban
19:00				Attendance: 3500

Swiss Super League

First half of season

22 July 2017 Round 1	Young Boys	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
19:00	Hoarau 16' Nuhu 53' Ravet 58' Sanago 79' Sulejmani 80'	Report	4' Delgado 32' Elyounoussi 45' Suchý 69' Lang 79' Balanta 90+2' Steffen	Attendance: 31,500 (sold out) Referee: Stephan Klossner

30 July 2017 Round 2	Basel	3 – 1	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Elyounoussi 14' Bua 22' 33' Akanji van Wolfswinkel 79'	Report	33' Kryeziu 50' Custodio 54' (o.g.) Elyounoussi 68' Juric	Attendance: 27,416 Referee: Fedayi San

5 August 2017 Round 3	Thun	0 – 3	Basel	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00	Bürgy 66'	Report	3' van Wolfswinkel 29' Bua 71' Steffen 88' Vaclík 90+6' Oberlin	Attendance: 7,227 Referee: Alain Bieri

10 August 2017 Round 4	Basel	3 – 2	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Vilotić 29' (o.g.) van Wolfswinkel 43', 60' (pen.) Balanta 84'	Report	59' Zesiger 70' Andersen 77' 75' Vilotić	Attendance: 26,317 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)

20 August 2017 Round 5	Basel	v	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00

27 August 2017 Round 6	Sion	v	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00

9 September 2017 Round 7	Basel	v	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00

20 September 2017 Round 8	St. Gallen	v	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
19:00

23 September 2017 Round 9	Basel	v	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00

30 September 2017 Round 10	Grasshopper Club	v	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich

14 October 2017 Round 11	Lugano	v	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano

21 October 2017 Round 12	Basel	v	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

28 October 2017 Round 13	Zürich	v	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich

4 November 2017 Round 14	Basel	v	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

18 November 2017 Round 15	Basel	v	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

25 November 2017 Round 16	Luzern	v	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern

2 December 2017 Round 17	Lausanne-Sport	v	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

9 December 2017 Round 18	Basel	v	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Second half of season

16 December 2017 Round 19	Grasshopper Club	v	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich

3 February 2018 Round 20	Basel	v	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

10 February 2018 Round 21	Thun	v	Basel	Stockhorn Arena, Thun

17 February 2018 Round 22	Basel	v	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

24 February 2018 Round 23	Lausanne-Sport	v	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

3 March 2018 Round 24	Basel	v	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

10 March 2018 Round 25	Luzern	v	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern

17 March 2018 Round 26	Basel	v	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

31 March 2018 Round 27	Young Boys	v	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern

7 April 2018 Round 28	Lugano	v	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano

14 April 2018 Round 29	Basel	v	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

18 April 2018 Round 30	Basel	v	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

21 April 2018 Round 31	Sion	v	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion

28 April 2018 Round 32	Basel	v	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

5 Mai 2018 Round 33	St. Gallen	v	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen

9 Mai 2018 Round 34	Basel	v	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

13 Mai 2018 Round 35	Zürich	v	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich

19 Mai 2018 Round 36	Basel	v	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zürich	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	10	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Young Boys	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Basel	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	9	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Luzern	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Sion	4	2	0	2	2	4	−2	6
6	St. Gallen	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
7	Lugano	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
8	Thun	4	1	0	3	5	6	−1	3
9	Lausanne-Sport	4	0	1	3	5	10	−5	1
10	Grasshopper	4	0	1	3	4	11	−7	1	Relegation to the Swiss Challenge League

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2017. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[13]

Swiss Cup

The draw for the first round was held on 28 June 2017. 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. The home advantage was also granted to the team from the lower league in the second and third rounds.

13 August 2017 Round 1	FC Wettswil-Bonstetten	v	Basel	Sportanlage Moos, Wettswil am Albis
14:30		[ (Report)]

Sources and References

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↑ "Boetius wechselt zu Feyenoord Rotterdam". FC Basel 1893. 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
↑ "Der FCB verpflichtet Ricky van Wolfswinkel". FC Basel 1893. 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
↑ "Das Kader – Spielerportraits" [The Team – Player Portraits]. FC Basel 1893 (in German). fcb.ch. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
↑ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Eray Cümart leihweise zum FC Sion". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
↑ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Der FCB verlängert den Vertrag mit Cedric Itten" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
↑ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Andraz Sporar leihweise zu Arminia Bielefeld". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
↑ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Robin Huser leihweise zum FC Winterthur". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
↑ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

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2017–18 in Swiss football

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Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

Swiss Cup

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League
Women	Women's Champions League

Related to
national teams

Men	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group B) 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification (Group 8)
Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 (Group C) 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (Group 2) 2017 Cyprus Cup

Club seasons
Super League	Basel Grasshopper Club Lausanne Lugano Luzern St. Gallen Sion Thun Vaduz Young Boys
Challenge League	Aarau Chiasso Neuchâtel Rapperswil-Jona Schaffhausen Servette Vaduz Wil Winterthur Wohlen

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