2001–02 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2001–02 season
Chairman	René C. Jäggi
Manager	Christian Gross
Nationalliga A	Champions
Swiss Cup	Winners
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Finalist
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Giménez (26); All: Christian Giménez (32)
Highest home attendance	33,433 vs; Grasshoppers; (02.12.2001); 33,433 vs; Grasshoppers; (14.04.2002); 33,433 vs; St. Gallen; (27.04.2002); 33,433 vs; Lugano; (08.05.2002)
Lowest home attendance	17,844 vs; Servette; (11.07.2001); 6,843 vs; Grindavík; (01.07.2001)

The 2001–02 season was the Fussball Club Basel 1893's 109th season in their existence and their 8th consecutive season in the Nationalliga A, the top flight of Swiss football.

Overview

The Club's main aim for the 2001–02 season was to win the Swiss Nationalliga A championship title. The second aim was to win the cup title. Their third aim was to stay in the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup as long as possible, if possible win the final and thus to advance to the UEFA Cup.

New with profession contracts for the new season, and brought up from their reserve team, were Philipp Degen and Marco Streller. Further, Pascal Zuberbühler returned from a one-year loan with Bayer Leverkusen.[1] Basel's biggest signing for the new season were Scott Chipperfield, who came from Wollongong Wolves,[2] and Christian Eduardo Giménez, who was signed from Lugano.[3] Basel started the season of with various warm-up matches. These included teams from the Nationalliga A and the Nationalliga B.

The Campaign

Domestic League

The Qualification Round to the League season 2002–03 was contested by twelve teams and started on 4 July 2001. The season started in the worst possible way, Basel were beaten 8–1 in the away game against FC Sion. The afore mentioned Marco Streller was to play his League debut in St. Jakob-Park being substituted in during the 66th Minute on 11 July 2001 in the 3–1 home win against Servette. Unluckily in the last minute of the game he scored an own goal.[4] It was to remain his only game for Basel in this season because he was loaned to feeder club FC Concordia Basel for the rest of the season. Christian Eduardo Giménez was to play his debut on 18 July in the 3–3 draw with St. Gallen and his first goal for the club was to follow during the 3–1 home win against the Young Boys on the 11 August. Giménez was to end the season as the top scorer in the Swiss league.

After five games Basel were straggling after achieving just one win and one draw, opposed to three defeats. Hereafter things turned for the better and despite two further defeats, and despite that these were in the two matches against the reigning title holders Grasshopper Club Zürich, Basel ended the qualification leading the league table.

The first eight teams of the qualification then competed in the Championship Playoff Round, which started in the new year. Each team took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained during the Qualification as Bonus with them. With ten wins and just one defeat in the first eleven games, Basel pulled away at the top of the table to win the championship three games before the end of the season.[5] Basel thus achieved their main aim for the season. This was their first title after 22 years of waiting.

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup was to win the title, especially because the final was to be played in St. Jakob-Park. In the round of 32 and the round of 16 Basel were drawn with an away game against lower league teams Concordia and Colombier, both games were won without conceding a goal. In the quarterfinal Zürich were beaten 4–1 away from home. The semifinal against Young Boys ended in a draw after extra time, but Basel won after penalties. The Final was won in extra time against the Grasshoppers thanks to a penalty scored by Murat Yakin after Boris Smiljanić cleared a ball on the line with his hand. Basel thus also achieved their second aim.

Europe

In the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup, which started for Basel on the first of July, Basel were drawn against Iceland's Grindavík. With two victories Basel won 5–0 on aggregate. The next round saw them matched against SC Heerenveen, a Dutch club from the Eredivisie. Again two straight wins saw Basel advance with a 5–3 aggregate. The semifinal was an all Swiss affair with local rivals Lausanne being beaten 5–2 on aggregate. The Finals were played against Aston Villa, which the Premier League team won 5–2 on aggregate. Basel achieved their minimum aim for this competition.

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Christian Gross
Assistant manager	Ruedi Zbinden until 2 Jan. 2002[6]
Assistant manager	Fritz Schmid from 2 Jan. 2002[6]
Fitness Coach	Harry Körner
Goalkeeper Coach	Thomas Grüter
Team Administrator	Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach U-21
Youth Team co-Coach	Pascal Burger

Last updated: 2 January 2002
Source: FC Basel Marketing AG (2001). Rotblau: FC Basel 1893, Das Magazin. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISSN 1660-0878.

Other information

Chairman	Mr René C. Jäggi
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (33,333 / 120x80 m)

Source: Homepage FCB

Players

First team squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	Pascal Zuberbühler
2	DF	SUI	Massimo Ceccaroni
3	DF	SUI	Philippe Cravero
4	DF	SUI	Alexandre Quennoz
5	DF	GER	Oliver Kreuzer
6	MF	SUI	Benjamin Huggel
7	FW	CMR	Jean-Michel Tchouga
8	FW	ESP	Carlos Varela
9	MF	RSA	George Koumantarakis
10	MF	SUI	Hakan Yakin
11	FW	CMR	Hervé Tum
12	MF	SUI	Sébastien Barberis
13	FW	ARG	Christian Eduardo Giménez
14	FW	SUI	Nenad Savic


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	SUI	Murat Yakin
16	MF	TOG	Yao Aziawonou
17	MF	SUI	Mario Cantaluppi
18	GK	SUI	Romain Crevoisier
19	FW	SUI	André Muff
20	DF	SUI	Iván Knez
21	MF	ITA	Feliciano Magro
22	MF	SCG	Ivan Ergić
24	DF	CMR	Timothée Atouba
25	GK	SUI	Marcel Herzog
26	MF	AUS	Scott Chipperfield
28	DF	SUI	Marco Zwyssig
—	FW	SUI	Marco Streller
—	DF	SUI	Philipp Degen

Out on loan

19	FW	SUI	André Muff (to Lugano from 14 July 2001)[7]
—	FW	SUI	Marco Streller (to Concordia from August 2001)
—	GK	SVK	Miroslav König (to Concordia from 5 September 2001[8] until 15 October 2001)[9]
25	GK	SUI	Marcel Herzog (to Concordia from 15 October 2001)[9]
16	MF	TOG	Yao Aziawonou (to FC Thun (loan) from 21 January 2002)[10] until 12 March 2002[11]

In

1	GK	SUI	Pascal Zuberbühler (from Bayer Leverkusen return after loan)[12]
25	GK	SUI	Marcel Herzog (from Concordia Basel)[13]
26	MF	AUS	Scott Chipperfield (from Wollongong Wolves)[2]
13	FW	ARG	Christian Eduardo Giménez (from Concordia Basel)[3]

Out

21

MF

ITA

Feliciano Magro (to Udinese end of loan)[14]

In

24	DF	CMR	Timothée Atouba (from Neuchâtel Xamax)[10]
28	DF	SUI	Marco Zwyssig (from FC Tirol Innsbruck)[10]

Out

20

DF

SUI

Iván Knez (contract ended[10] to Rapid Wien)[15]

Results and fixtures

Pre-season/First Half Season friendlies

20 June 2001 Pre-season	Thun	1 – 2	Basel	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Rama 71'	Report (in German)	20' Tum 84' Tchouga	Attendance: 600

23 June 2001 Pre-season	Young Boys	2 – 1	Basel	Sportplatz, Pieterlen
	Berisha 47' Türker 58'	Report (in German)	35' Tchouga	Attendance: 600

26 June 2001 Pre-season	Yverdon-Sport	0 – 1	Basel	Sportplatz, Laufen
		Report (in German)	38' Tchouga	Attendance: 600

5 October 2001 Friendly	Basel	1 – 0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Tchouga 44'	Report (in German)	16' Dominguez	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

13 November 2001 Friendly	BSC Old Boys	1 – 5	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
	Thomas Koster 46'	Report (in German)	10' Tchouga 13' Wagner 25' Yao 30' Tum 44' Banholzer	Attendance: 70

Winter Break/Second Half Season friendlies

19 January 2002 Winter break	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 2	Basel	Betzenberg, Kaiserslautern
	Knavs 49'	Report (in German)	39' Ergić 61' Koumantarakis 85' Knez	Attendance: 2,376

24 January 2002 Winter break	Basel	2 – 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Europa-Stadion, Rheinfelden
	Koumantarakis 37' Cravero 53'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 500 Referee: Volker Scherrer

29 January 2002 Winter break	Basel	6 – 2	Las Palmas	Estadio Municipal, Maspalomas
	Giménez Ergić Tum	Report (in German)

31 January 2002 Winter break	Basel	3 – 1	Las Palmas	Estadio Municipal, Maspalomas
	Chipperfield Tum Koumantarakis	Report (in German)

4 February 2002 Winter break

AC Bellinzona

? – ?

Basel

Stadio Comunale Bellinzona

9 February 2002 Winter break	Lausanne-Sport	0 – 0	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
		Report (in German)

12 February 2002 Winter break	Basel	3 – 2	Thun	Estadio Municipal, Maspalomas
	Koumantarakis 48' Ergić 61' Varela 80'	Report (in German)	54' Matić 76'	Attendance: 400

19 February 2002 Winter break	Basel	3 – 0	Aarau	Rankhof Stadium, Basel
	Tum 9', 51' H. Yakin 12'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 300

Nationalliga A 2001–02

Qualification Round

The Qualification Round to the League season 2002–03 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) were then to compete in the Championship Playoff Round. The teams in ninth to twelfth position completed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B Playoff round.

4 July 2001 Round 1	Sion	8 – 1	Basel	Tourbillon, Sion
	Moreira 6' Duruz 29' Marazzi 52' Poueys 55', 59', 62' Ojong 79', 81', 86'	Report (in German)	12' Cravero 34' 38' H. Yakin 48' Koumantarakis	Attendance: 6,250 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

11 July 2001 Round 2	Basel	3 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Tum 6' Ergić 10' Huggel 19'	Report (in German)	53' Thurre 90' (o.g.) Streller	Attendance: 17,844 Referee: Beck

18 July 2001 Round 3	St. Gallen	3 – 3	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
	Jefferson 10' Jairo 60' Dal Santo 66'	Report (in German)	5' Ergić 15' M. Yakin 57' Kreuzer	Attendance: 11,300 (sold out)

21 July 2001 Round 4	Basel	Postponed	Lausanne Sports	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
		[ (Report)] (in German)

28 July 2001 Round 5	Zürich	2 – 0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Kavelashvili 31' Quennoz 83' (o.g.)	Report (in German)	45' Varela 80' M. Yakin	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Etter

4 August 2001 Round 6	Neuchâtel Xamax	1 – 0	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Arifović 36' Simo 44'	Report (in German)	11' Atouba 49' Chipperfield 55' 76' M. Yakin	Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Urs Meier

11 August 2001 Round 7	Basel	3 – 1	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Varela 8' Chipperfield 15 ' Giménez 31' Ergić 37' Huggel 84'	Report (in German)	50' Berisha 72' Erich Hänzi	Attendance: 24,831 Referee: Salm

18 August 2001 Round 8	Aarau	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
	Okpala 55'	Report (in German)	69' Kreuzer	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca

25 August 2001 Round 9	Basel	5 – 1	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Koumantarakis 11' Giménez 13', 52', 89' M. Yakin 63' H. Yakin 68'	Report (in German)	4' Joël Magnin 11' Ludovic Magnin 74' Bullo	Attendance: 19,110 Referee: Marcus Nobs

8 September 2001 Round 10	Grasshoppers	1 – 0	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Núñez 33' Benjani Mwaruwari	Report (in German)	23' M. Yakin 45' Giménez 73' Koumantarakis	Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Beck

12 September 2001 Round 4

Basel

Postponed[16]

Lausanne Sports

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

16 September 2001 Round 11	Basel	4 – 1	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 45', 71' Chipperfield 62' Koumantarakis 91'	Report (in German)	21' Gian 27' Hodel 50' Wiederkehr 82' Varela	Attendance: 20,691 Referee: Urs Meier

22 September 2001 Round 12	Basel	2 – 1	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 44' Duruz 70' M. Yakin 75' Varela 80' Tcheutchoua 89' (o.g.)	Report (in German)	21' Vernaz 45' 59' Deumi 65' 56' Poueys 75' Moreira 86' Hottiger	Attendance: 19,258 Referee: René Rogalla

26 September 2001 Round 4	Basel	3 – 1	Lausanne Sports	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 58' 4' H. Yakin 29' X. Margairaz 66' (o.g.)	Report (in German)	9' X. Margairaz 42' Chaveriat 67' Gobet 74' S. Margairaz 74' Karlen	Attendance: 18,235 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

1 October 2001 Round 13	Servette	1 – 4	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
	Fournier 17' Oruma 18' Dill 93'	Report (in German)	12', 71' Giménez 42' Chipperfield 46' H. Yakin 70' Cantaluppi	Attendance: 6,878 Referee: Reto Rutz

10 October 2001 Round 14	Basel	2 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	H. Yakin 4', 96' Barberis 50'	Report (in German)	34' Guido 61', 92' 87' Gane 64' 96' Patrick Winkler	Attendance: 31,124 Referee: Philippe Leuba

14 October 2001 Round 15	Lausanne Sports	2 – 4	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
	Zambaz 10' Chavériat 12' Simon 21'	Report (in German)	11' (pen.) Kreuzer 31', 47' Giménez 34' H. Yakin 37' Varela	Attendance: 2,450 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

20 October 2001 Round 16	Basel	2 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	H. Yakin 51' Ergić 59' Huggel 88'	Report (in German)	37' Guerrero 39' Fischer 65' Heldmann 81' Keita	Attendance: 28,481 Referee: Urs Meier

27 October 2001 Round 17	Basel	5 – 1	Neuchâtel Xamax	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 10', 34', 68', 80' Barberis 15' Huggel 30' Chipperfield 46'	Report (in German)	73' Alex	Attendance: 21,763 Referee: Massimo Busacca

3 November 2001 Round 18	Young Boys	2 – 2	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Malacarne 55' 9' Tikva 20'	Report (in German)	6' Chipperfield 33' Giménez 58' H. Yakin 77' 86' Varela	Attendance: 10,600 (sold out) Referee: Nicole Petignat

17 November 2001 Round 19	Basel	1 – 0	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Cravero 14' Koumantarakis 51' Varela 59'	Report (in German)	35' de Napoli	Attendance: 22,573 Referee: Reto Rutz

25 November 2001 Round 20	Lugano	1 – 2	Basel	Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
	Rothenbühler 90+1'	Report (in German)	13' 26' 82' Koumantarakis 20' Aziawonou 43' Cravero 84' H. Yakin	Attendance: 6,600 Referee: Philippe Leuba

2 December 2001 Round 21	Basel	4 – 5	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	H. Yakin 8' Giménez 40', 74' Varela 65' 80'	Report (in German)	12' 14' Diop 15', 65' Cabanas 39', 50' 65' Núñez	Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Beck

9 December 2001 Round 22	Luzern	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
	Blunschi 47' Pinelli 53' Enrique 64' Meier 84'	Report (in German)	32' M. Yakin 57' Varela 64' Koumantarakis 86' Tum	Attendance: 7,509 Referee: Nicole Petignat

League table qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Basel	22	13	4	5	52	37	+15	43
2	Lugano	22	11	5	6	39	33	+6	38
3	Grasshopper	22	11	4	7	50	33	+17	37
4	St. Gallen	22	9	8	5	38	32	+6	35
5	Servette	22	9	7	6	36	29	+7	34

Source: RSSSF

Championship Playoff Round

The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) competed in the Championship Playoff Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as Bonus with them.

24 February 2002 Round 1	Lugano	2 – 5	Basel	Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
	Sutter 4' Gaspoz 38' 68' Rota 70' Rossi 70'	Report (in German)	3' Zwyssig 9' Chipperfield 43' M. Yakin 44' Koumantarakis 68' H. Yakin 71', 73' Giménez	Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

2 March 2002 Round 2	Basel	1 – 0	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Koumantarakis 61' Quennoz 78' H. Yakin 79'	Report (in German)	9' Keller 27' Burki 31' Hellinga 55' Guerrero	Attendance: 25,871

6 March 2002 Round 3	St. Gallen	Postponed[17]	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
				Referee: Carlo Bertolini

9 March 2002 Round 4	Basel	2 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 36' Cantaluppi 45+1' Savić 81' 81'	Report (in German)	84' Vonlanthen	Attendance: 30,521 Referee: Philippe Leuba

16 March 2002 Round 5	Basel	4 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	H. Yakin 17', 35' Chipperfield 45' 60' Ergić 74'	Report (in German)	19' Moreira 21' 21' Hottiger 21' Grichting 39' M'Futi 59' Piffaretti	Attendance: 24,407 Referee: Stefan Messner

24 March 2002 Round 6	Grasshoppers	1 – 0	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
	Eduardo 8' Núñez 69' Baturina 75' Jaggy 77' Marc Hodel 86'	Report (in German)	55' Koumantarakis 65' Quennoz	Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca

1 April 2002 Round 7	Servette	1 – 2	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
	Comisetti 3' Fournier 14' 43' 41' Lonfat 70'	Report (in German)	14' (pen.) M. Yakin 20' Atouba 28' 60' Yao	Attendance: 6,150 Referee: Urs Meier

4 April 2002 Round 3	St. Gallen	1 – 3	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
	Di Jorio 40' 44'	Report (in German)	54', 56' M. Yakin 60' Chipperfield 70' Zwyssig	Referee: Carlo Bertolini

7 April 2002 Round 8	Basel	3 – 2	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Barberis 13' Ergić 45' Giménez 58' Hilton 88' (o.g.)	Report (in German)	9' Miéville 39' A. Frei 47' Hilton 83' Jaquet 92' Oruma	Attendance: 26,001 Referee: Reto Rutz

14 April 2002 Round 9	Basel	4 – 1	Grasshoppers	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	H. Yakin 2' Giménez 47' Tum 84' M. Yakin 84' 87' Ergić 89'	Report (in German)	15' Marc Hodel 56' Cabanas	Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Marcus Nobs

20 April 2002 Round 10	Sion	0 – 3	Basel	Tourbillon, Sion
	Duruz 24' Beney 29' Tcheutchoua 34'	Report (in German)	3' 41' Koumantarakis 17' Giménez 69' Quennoz	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Salm

24 April 2002 Round 11	Young Boys	0 – 3	Basel	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
		Report (in German)	11' (o.g.) Berisha 14' Tum 77' Koumantarakis	Attendance: 11,600 (sold out)

27 April 2002 Round 12	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Chipperfield 12' Varela 78' Zanni 80'	Report (in German)	34' Jairo 6' Alex 71' Gane 80' Chaile	Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Urs Meier

4 May 2002 Round 13	Zürich	3 – 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Kavelashvili 54' 9' Keller 26' Pallas 32' Akalé 82' Magro 83' Keita 84' Gygax 87'	Report (in German)	19' Cantaluppi 33' Barberis 55'Savić	Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Schoch

8 May 2002 Round 14	Basel	4 – 3	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Giménez 7' Cantaluppi 23' Ergić 79' Tum 85'	Report (in German)	21', 48' Joël Magnin 55' Morf 62' Gaspoz 71' Rossi 75' Rothenbühler	Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Nicole Petignat

League table championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	14	11	0	3	36	16	+20	55	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Grasshopper	14	7	5	2	28	17	+11	45	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Lugano[lower-alpha 1] (R)	14	7	2	5	23	19	+4	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Servette	14	6	3	5	25	23	+2	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Zürich	14	6	2	6	14	17	−3	35	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Lugano and Sion did not obtain a 1st level license for the 2002/03 season, like Lausanne; these three clubs are relegated to the NL B and their NL A places filled by Aarau, Delémont and Luzern.

Swiss Cup

10 November 2001 Round 1	Concordia	0 – 5	Basel	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Ribeiro 45'	Report (in German)	21' Barberis 25' Quennoz 41' Koumantarakis 59' Giménez 75', 91' Tum	Attendance: 5,431 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

17 February 2002 Round 2	Colombier	0 – 1	Basel	Stade des Chézards, Colombier, Switzerland
		Report (in German)	53' H. Yakin Giménez 56' 59'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Florian Etter

21 March 2002 Quarterfinal	Zürich	1 – 4	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
	Akalé 88' 24' Luca Iodice Chassot	Report (in German)	17' Koumantarakis 44' Ergić 84' Varela 87' Chipperfield	Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

11 April 2002 Semifinal	Basel	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Varela 13' Giménez 23' Yao 58' Cravero 69' Atouba 90' Koumantarakis 114'	Report (in German)	51' Joel Descloux 73' Collaviti 77' Tikva	Attendance: 25,381 Referee: Massimo Busacca
	Penalties
	M. Yakin Zwyssig Giménez Koumantarakis Zuberbühler Chipperfield		Erich Hänzi Tikva Joel Descloux Petrosyan Reto Burri Berisha

12 May 2002 Final	Grasshoppers	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Basel	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
	Petrić 91' 38' Schwegler 28' Castillo 78' Cabanas 82' Smiljanić 42' 112'	Report (in German)	2' Tum 113' (pen.) 43' M. Yakin 114' Barberis	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Philippe Leuba

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Second round

1 July 2001 (2001-07-01) First leg	Basel	3 – 0	Grindavík	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
15:00	Magro 92' 4' Tchouga 18' Tum 60'	Report		Attendance: 6,843 Referee: Yuri Klyuchnikov (Russia)

8 July 2001 (2001-07-08) Second leg	Grindavík	0 – 2	Basel	Grindavíkurvöllur, Grindavík
16:00		Report	14', 80' Muff	Attendance: 700 Referee: Zbigniew Marczyk (Poland)

Basel won 5–0 on aggregate.

Third round

14 July 2001 (2001-07-14) First leg	Basel	2 – 1	Heerenveen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Koumantarakis 12' H. Yakin 20'	Report	56' Nurmela	Attendance: 8,059 Referee: José Mendes Pratas (Portugal)

21 July 2001 (2001-07-21) Second leg	Heerenveen	2 – 3	Basel	Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
19:30	Allbäck 4' Jensen 37' Venena 54' Lurling 75'	Report	10' Koumantarakis 24' H. Yakin 32' Kreuzer 64' Zuberbühler 69' Tum	Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Stéphane Moulin (France)

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semifinal

25 July 2001 (2001-07-25) First leg	Basel	3 – 0	Lausanne	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Giménez 19', 21' M. Yakin 42' H. Yakin 45'	Report	42' Margairaz	Attendance: 14,872 Referee: Ferenc Bede (Hungary)

1 August 2001 (2001-08-01) Second leg	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 2	Basel	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:30	Thiaw 51' 54' 8', 45'	Report	18' Tum 62' Varela	Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Vasily Melnichuk (Ukraine)

Basel won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

7 August 2001 (2001-08-07) First leg	Basel	1 – 1	Aston Villa	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Giménez 74'	Report	58' Merson 76' Vassell 77' Wright	Attendance: 25,879 Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

21 August 2001 (2001-08-21) Second leg	Aston Villa	4 – 1	Basel	Villa Park, Birmingham
19:45	Vassell 45' Ángel 55', 78' Stone 81' Ginola 84'	Report	30' Chipperfield 67' Varela	Attendance: 39,513 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Aston Villa won 5–2 on aggregate.

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 2001–02 at RSSSF

Weber, Dominik. (2001). "FCB stellte die Mannschaft vor" (in German). football.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2001-06-25.
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FC Basel 1893 (2001). "Basel trennt sich von Magro" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2001-07-01.
FC Basel 1893. "Ivan Knez zu Rapid Wien" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2002-01-27.
FC Basel 1893 (2001). "FCB - Lausanne abgesagt" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2001-09-11.
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External links

FC Basel official site

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[table_note_LUG0.57922522378118-18] Lugano and Sion did not obtain a 1st level license for the 2002/03 season, like Lausanne; these three clubs are relegated to the NL B and their NL A places filled by Aarau, Delémont and Luzern.

[fcb_2001-06-25-1] Weber, Dominik. (2001). "FCB stellte die Mannschaft vor" (in German). football.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2001-06-25.

[fcb_2001-06-27-2] Weber, Dominik (2001). "FCB verpflichtet Scott Chipperfield" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2001-06-27.

[fcb_2001-07-13-3] Weber, Dominik. (2001). "Verpflichtung von Gimenez fast sicher" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2001-07-13.

[fcb_2001-07-11-4] Weber, Eugen (11 July 2001). "3:1 gegen Servette Genf" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2001.

[fcb_2002-04-24-5] Weber, D. (2002). "FCB IST SCHWEIZER MEISTER" (in German). football.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2002-04-24.

[fcb_9-6] FC Basel 1893. "Fritz Schmid neuer FCB-Assistenzstrainer" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2002-01-02.

[fcb_1-7] Weber, Eugen (2001). "André Muff zu Lugano" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2001-07-14.

[fcb1-8] FC Basel 1893 (2001). "König leihweise zu Congeli" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2001-09-05.

[fcb_8-9] Weber, Dominik (2001). "König zurück zum FCB" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2001-10-15.

[fcb_10-10] FC Basel 1893. "Zwyssig und Atouba zum FC Basel" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2002-01-24.

[fcb2002-03-12-11] Weber, Dominik (2002). "Yao zurück zum FCB". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2002-03-12.

[fcb_2-12] Weber, Dominik (2001). "Trainingsauftakt mit Zubi" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2001-06-14.

[fcb_3-13] Weber, Dominik (2001). "Herzog dritter FCB-Goalie" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2001-06-16.

[fcb_5-14] FC Basel 1893 (2001). "Basel trennt sich von Magro" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2001-07-01.

[fcb_11-15] FC Basel 1893. "Ivan Knez zu Rapid Wien" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2002-01-27.

[fcb_7-16] FC Basel 1893 (2001). "FCB - Lausanne abgesagt" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2001-09-11.

[fcb2002-03-03-17] Weber, Dominik (2002). "FCSG - FCB wegen Flutlichtausfall abgesagt!". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2002-03-06.