2023–24 FC Basel season
The 2023–24 season is FC Basel's 130th season in their existence and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2023–24 Swiss Super League season starts in July 2023 and will end in May 2024. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participate in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, starting in the third round. Basel also qualified for the 3rd edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League, beginning play in the second qualifying round where they are seeded.
2023–24 season | |||
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Owner | FCB Holding David Degen | ||
Club president | Reto Baumgartner | ||
Head coach | Timo Schultz | ||
Ground | St. Jakob-Park | ||
Swiss Super League | 12th | ||
Swiss Cup | Third round | ||
UEFA Europa Conference League | Second qualifying round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Fabian Frei (3) All: Đorđe Jovanović (4) | ||
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Club
FC Basel Holding AG
The FC Basel Holding AG owns 75% of FC Basel 1893 AG and the other 25% is owned by the FC Basel 1893 club members. The club FC Basel 1893 functions as a base club independent of the holding company and the AG. FC Basel 1893 AG is responsible for the operational business of the club, e.g. the 1st team, a large part of the youth department and the back office are affiliated there. All decisions that affect the club FC Basel 1893 are made within the AG.
On 20 June 2022 the AGM of the FC Basel Holding AG and the FC Basel 1893 AG were held and the both boards were confirmed. The Holding AG with following members: David Degen (president), Dan Holzmann, Ursula Rey-Krayer and Andreas Rey (vice-president). FC Basel 1893 AG with following members: David Degen (president), Carol Etter (delegate of the club FC Basel), Dan Holzmann, Ursula Rey-Krayer and Andreas Rey (vice-president).
Club management
The club AGM tool place on 15 May 2023. With the exception of Benno Kaiser, who left the board of directors voluntarily, the entire board was re-elected with large majorities. Kaiser has held various positions on the FCB board since 2009.[1]
The board of directors of the club are:
Club chairman | Reto Baumgartner |
Director | Dominik Donzé |
Director | Carol Etter |
Director | Edward Turner |
Director | Tobias Adler |
Ground (capacity and dimensions) | St. Jakob-Park (37,994[2] (37,500 for international matches) / 120x80 m) |
Updated to match played 15 May 2023
Source: FCB Official Site
Team management
On 28 November 2022 FCB had announced that they had taken Heiko Vogel under contract as their new sporting director, as per 1 January 2023. After the end of their previous season, in which Vogel had taken over in charge of the coaching of their first team following the dismissal of Alexander Frei in February, Vogel continued in his role as as sports director for this season.[3]
On 12 May 2023 the club announced that Timo Schultz had been signed a contract as head coach of the new FCB first team.[4] On 22 May they announced that the entire trainer staff had been appointed. Loïc Favé would join Davide Callà as assistant coach and Johannes Wieber would become athletic coach, Gabriel Wüthrich remained goalkeeper coach.[5] On 23 May the club announced that the new coach of the U-21 is the ex-footballer Dennis Hediger, who had been the coach of the U-18 team the previous season.[6] Appointed a his assistant coaches were Marco Aratore and Michaël Bauch.[7]
On 29 September the club announced that they were parting with coach Schultz, together with his assistant Loïc Favé, and that he would be replaced by the current sport director Heiko Vogel.[8]
Position | Staff |
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Head coach | Timo Schultz until 29 September 2023 |
Head coach | Heiko Vogel from 29 September |
Assistant coach | Davide Callà |
Assistant coach | Loïc Favé until 29 September |
Athletics coach | Johannes Wieber |
Goalkeeper coach | Gabriel Wüthrich |
Youth Team U-21 coach | Dennis Hediger |
Youth Team U-21 co-coach | Marco Aratore |
Youth Team U-21 co-coach | Michaël Bauch |
Source: FCB Official Site
Overview
Off and pre-season
On 1 June 2023 the club announced the dates for the run in to the new season, these were 20 June; press conference with the new head coach, 21 June start in the first teams training and 24 June until 1 July a summer trainings camp in Seefeld in Tirol in Austria.[9]
The Campaign
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 16 July 2023, but subsequently left the club after that date.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players in on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers summer 2023
- In
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- Out
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Results and fixtures
Kickoff times are in CET.
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season
27 June 2023 Friendly | CSKA Sofia | 1−0 | Basel | Sportplatz, Kematen in Tirol, Austria |
13:00 | Heintz 47' Turitsov 59' |
FCB report |
8 July 2023 Friendly | Vaduz | 1−2 | Basel | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz |
14:00 | Chabbi 73' | FCB report | 34' Frei 47' Augustin |
Attendance: 1,391 |
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards |
16 July 2023 Friendly | Basel | 1–3 | Benfica | Basel, Switzerland |
16:00 WEST (UTC+02:00) | Calafiori 76' Onyegbule 81' |
FCB report | Di María 24' Ramos 29' Jurásek 41' Schjelderup 76' |
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 22,072[39] Referee: Mirel Turkes |
18 July 2023 Friendly | Old Boys | 0−3 | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
19:00 | FCB report | 35' Kade 39' Kade 55' Djiga |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hajrim Qovanaj | |
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards |
Mid-season
8 September 2023 Friendly | Metz | 1−1 | Basel | Longeville-lès-Metz, France |
13:00 | Elisor 29' | FCB Report | 37' Dubasin | Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien |
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards |
12 October 2023 Friendly | SC Freiburg | 2−2 | Basel | Freiburg, Germany |
14:00 | Ginter 62' Avdullahu 90+2' (o.g.) |
FCB report | 9' Frei 19' Gauto 22' Barry 24' Lang 60' Xhaka 76' Comas 90' Senaya |
Stadium: Training pitch by the Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
Note: Played behind closed doors |
Swiss Super League
The 2023–24 Super League season is the 127th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland. The Swiss Football League (SFL) drew and published the fixtures of the first 22 rounds on 21 June 2023,[40] together with the match times for the first eleven rounds.[41]
First half of season
22 July 2023 Round 1 | St. Gallen | 2–1 | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
18:00 | Görtler 14' Geubbels 38' Möller 71' Akolo 72' Sutter 77' Görtler 86' |
FCB report | 33' 69' Barry 45' Frei |
Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Fedayi San |
30 July 2023 Round 2 | Basel | 5–2 | Winterthur | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | D. Schmid 35' van Breemen 41' Millar 55' Ndoye 58' Augustin 63' Frei 90+1' Frei 90+3' (pen.) |
FCB report | 8' Di Giusto 23' Y. Schmid 33' Sidler 65' Buess 80' Stillhart 87' Schneider |
Attendance: 21,370 Referee: Luca Cibelli |
6 August 2023 Round 3 | Grasshopper Club | 3–1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:30 | de Carvalho 7' Morandi 16' Dadashov 38' |
FCB report SFL summary |
18' Comas | Attendance: 7,914 Referee: Luca Piccolo |
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards |
13 August 2023 Round 4 | Basel | 1–2 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
14:15 | Hunziker 18' Burger 71' |
FCB report SFL summary |
4' Dussenne 6' Sène 44' Sène 71' Baldé 90+3' Baldé |
Attendance: 20,490 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
3 September 2023 Round 6 | Basel | 2–2 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Veiga 73' Sigua 78' Sigua 90+5' Xhaka 90+6' van Breemen 90+8' |
FCB report | 43' 45' (o.g.) Barišić 48' Okita 90+3' Santini 90+8' Guerrero |
Attendance: 27,744 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
24 September 2023 Round 7 | Yverdon | 3–2 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
14:15 | Tasar 12' Mahious 20' Loucif 21' Liziero 47' Beyer 77' Mahious 80' Corness 82' Rodrigues 90+3' |
FCB report | 27' Malone 36' Demir 39' Dräger 87' (pen.) Augustin |
Attendance: 4,200 (sold out) Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
28 September 2023 Round 8 | Basel | 1–1 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:30 | van Breemen 25' Jovanović 60' |
FCB report | 81' Jashari 90' Beka |
Attendance: 20,566 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel) |
1 October 2023 Round 9 | Basel | 0–3 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Jovanović 33' Veiga 70' Augustin 70' Callà (assistant coach) 74' Comas 90+5' |
FCB report | 21' Ajdini 43' Abdallah 59' Bamba 68' Mahmoud 70' Qarri 90+4' Qarri 90+6′ Danho |
Attendance: 21,004 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
8 October 2023 Round 10 | Young Boys | 3–0 | Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
16:30 | Nsame 3' Niasse 11' Garcia 39' Itten 79' Camara 89' Benito 90' |
FCB report | Attendance: 31,500 (sold out) Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) |
21 October 2023 Round 11 | Basel | v | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:30 |
29 October 2023 Round 12 | Lausanne-Sport | v | Basel | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne |
14:15 |
5 November 2023 Round 13 | Basel | v | Yverdon | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 |
11/12 November 2023 Round 14 | Servette | v | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
25/26 November 2023 Round 15 | Basel | v | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
2/3 December 2023 Round 16 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | v | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
9/10 December 2023 Round 17 | Basel | v | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16/17 December 2023 Round 18 | Luzern | v | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
20/21 January 2024 Round 19 | Zürich | v | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
27/28 January 2024 Round 20 | Basel | v | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
30 Jan./1 Feb. 2024 Round 21 | Winterthur | v | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
3/4 February 2023 Round 22 | Basel | v | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Second half of season
The fixtures for the second half of the season will be announced at a latter date.
Swiss Cup
The matches of the first round were drawn on 3 July 2023. Representatives of the Swiss Football League (SL and ChL) could not be drawn against each other. Furthermore, in the first round, the matchups are regionally restricted. Home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league.[42]
20 August 2023 Round 1 | FC Saint-Blaise | 1–8 | Basel | La Fongière, Saint-Blaise |
14:00 | Toitot 15' Economidis 62' Pennarossa 74' |
FCB report ASF/SFV summary |
9' Millar 21' Millar 30' Malone 36' Djiga 41' van Breemen 51' Hunziker 63' (pen.) Jovanović 68' Zé |
Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel) |
16 September 2023 Round 2 | FC Bosporus | 0–8 | Basel | Fussballfeld Wyler, Bern |
19:30 | Mulaj 32' Rebronja 54' Eryilmaz 64' |
FCB report ASF/SFV summary |
4' Malone 11' Jovanović 33' Demir 54' Gauto 72' Gauto 86' Dubasin 87' Avdullahu 90' Jovanović |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: David Huwiler |
31 October 2023 Round 3 | Kriens | v | Basel | Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens |
UEFA Europa Conference League
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.
27 July 2023 1st leg | Basel | 1–3 | Tobol | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
19:30 | Barry 25' Calafiori 45+1' 68' Barry 56' |
FCB report UEFA summary |
44' Ilić 45+1' Zharynbetov 57' (pen.) Déblé 62' Orazov 71' Chesnokov |
Attendance: 12,287[43] Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal) |
3 August 2023 2nd leg | Tobol | 1–2 | Basel | Central Stadium, Kostanay |
16:00 | Vukadinović 10' Déblé 43' (pen.) Chesnokov 59' Asrankulov 82' |
FCB report UEFA summary |
26' Kade 32' (pen.) Augustin 45' Frei 76' Comas 87' Augustin |
Attendance: 8,420 Referee: Lazar Lukić (Serbia) |
Tobol won 4–3 on aggregate.
Notes
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- [ Switzerland 2023–24 at RSSSF]