2012–13 FC Basel season

The 2012–13 FC Basel season is the 120th season in club history and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel started their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Switzerland, Romania and Germany. Their 2012–13 Swiss Super League season began on 13 July with the away tie against Servette FC and they started in the 2012–13 Swiss Cup first round on 15 September with the away game against FC Amriswil. Basel entered the Champions League in the qualifying phase and were drawn against Estonian club Flora Tallinn. This and the following qualifying round were overstood, however in the play-off round Basel lost both games against CFR Cluj and were knocked out.

FC Basel

2012–13 season
Chairman	Bernhard Heusler
Manager	Murat Yakin
Ground	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League	Champions
Swiss Cup	Runner-Up
Champions League	Eliminated in play-off round
Europa League	advanced to Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Streller (14) All: Marco Streller (21)
Highest home attendance	Swiss Super League: 35,171 vs. Lausanne (16 May 2013) UEFA Europa League 36,000 vs. Chelsea (25 April 2013)
Lowest home attendance	Swiss Super League: 24,265 vs. Sion (9 February 2013) UEFA Europa League 12,743 vs. Videoton (8 November 2012)
Home colours Away colours

Following a poor start to the season it was announced on 15 October 2012 that Vogel had been replaced by Murat Yakin as manager[1] Following the out in the Champions League Basel played in the Europa League group stage and were drawn into Group G along with Sporting Clube de Portugal, K.R.C. Genk and Videoton FC. They finished the Group in second position and advanced to the knockout phase round of 32. Here they were drawn against the Ukrainian Premier League team Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Basel won 3–1 on aggregate. In the round of 16 they were drawn against Zenit St. Petersburg and, despite being the underdogs, Basel advanced by winning 2–1 on aggregate. Thus they qualified for the quarter-finals and were drawn against Tottenham Hotspur, whom they beat 4–1 on penalties after a 4-4 aggregate draw to progress to the semi-finals. The draw for the semi-final matched Basel against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea.

Club

Management

First team manager at the start on the season was Heiko Vogel. His assistants were Marco Walker and Markus Hoffmann. Massimo Colomba retired as a player and was appointed as the new Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni was appointed as the new head of the FCB Youth System. Coach of the Youth Team (U–21) was Carlos Bernegger and Benjamin Huggel, who also retired as player, was appointed as his new assistant.

On 15 October 2012 it was announced that Vogel had been replaced by Murat Yakin as manager,[1] but that the assistants would all remain in their respective positions. On 7 April 2013 it was announced that Carlos Bernegger was released from his still running contract (that was valid until June 2015) so that he could sign a contract with FC Luzern as first team manager.[2] Bernegger started his new job on 8 April and was replaced ad-interim by the Youth Section boss Ceccaroni.

Position	Staff
Manager	Heiko Vogel until 15 October 2012
Manager	Murat Yakin from 15 October 2012
1 Assistant manager	Marco Walker
2 Assistant manager	Markus Hoffmann
Goalkeeper Coach	Massimo Colomba
Team Administration	Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach	Carlos Bernegger until 7 April 2013
Youth Team Coach ad-interim	Massimo Ceccaroni from 8 April 2013
Youth Team Co-Coach	Benjamin Huggel

Last updated: 1 July 2012
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
Director	Mr Reto Baumgartner
Director	Mr Dominik Donzé
Director	Mr Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (38,512[3]) (37,500 for international matches[4] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 1 July 2012
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview

Offseason and preseason

Basel's biggest signings of the 2012–13 season were Mohamed Salah, who transferred in from Arab Contractors,[5] and Marcelo Díaz, who came from Universidad de Chile. Díaz was transferred to Basel in a US$4 million deal and signed a four-year contract.[6] David Degen also returned to his home club after spending four seasons with BSC Young Boys. Stjepan Vuleta, Simon Grether and Mirko Salvi signed from the youth academy.[7]

Xherdan Shaqiri left the club and signed a four-year contract with Bayern Munich.[8] The transfer fee was not disclosed by the two clubs.[8] Granit Xhaka also left FC Basel and signed a five-year contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach.[9] The transfer fee was not disclosed.[9] It was also announced that Getafe signed David Abraham in a free transfer and gave him a four-year contract.[10]

The two long time and very experienced players Benjamin Huggel and Scott Chipperfield retired from professional football during the summer break. Huggel was appointed as Assistant Youth Team (U–21) Coach. Chipperfield joined FC Aesch in the sixth tier of the Swiss Football League as Player-coach.

Winter break

Basel started the preparation for the second half of the season on 4 January 2013. They played a friendly on 12 January against Bayern Munich and spent their training camp in Marbella from 14 to 24 January. Here they played four trials, the last being the 2–1 win against the Chinese national team.

On 13 December 2012 FC Basel announced that they had signed Serey Die on a three and a half-year contract[11] and on 17 December 2012 they also announced that Endogan Adili had also been signed on a three and a half-year contract, with an additional one-year option.[12] On 3 January 2013 it was announced that Raúl Bobadilla had been signed on a contract until 2017.[13] On 29 January 2013 it was announced that Basel had signed Mohamed Elneny on loan until the end of the season.[14][15]

In the other direction, it was also announced that Radoslav Kováč was given a free transfer to Slovan Liberec.[16] During January it was also announced that some of the youngsters would be loaned out to lower league clubs, Pak Kwang-Ryong[17] Simon Grether and Pascal Schürpf[18] to Bellinzona, Stjepan Vuleta to Wil[19] and Marco Aratore to Winterthur[20] so that they could all gain playing experience.

Domestic League

Basel's priority aim for the season is to win the league championship for the fourth time in a row. Basel's 2012–13 Swiss Super League season began on 13 July 2012 with the away tie against Servette FC.[21] The season started poorly, Basel won just three of their first nine games, drawing five with one defeat. They were in fourth position in the league table, eight points behind the leaders Grasshoppers, this even increased to eleven points just three weeks later. However, following the Management change in October, the team spirits improved and they played better. They ended the first half of the season in second position, had reduced the arrears to four points and had moved one point ahead of Sion and St. Gallen.

In the second half of the season FC Sion lost their momentum completely and St. Gallen also lost contact to the first two positions in the league table. The Grasshoppers and Basel distanced themselves continually, but remained within a few points of each other. Basel took over the lead in the championship table and, mid-way through the second half of the season, started to open a gap to their last remaining rivals. Despite Grasshoppers winning the direct league fixture against Basel three games before the end of the season, Basel had acquired enough points to finish three points ahead of them and to win their fourth title in a row.[22] Basel thus achieved their main aim that they had set for the season, in fact the league campaign can be described as being a successful one.

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup is to retain the title. The Cup holders started in the 2012–13 Swiss Cup first round on 15 September with the away game against FC Amriswil, a team from the OFV (Ostschweizer Fussballverband) Regional 2. Liga and this tie was won 6–1. In the second round they were drawn away against FC Chiasso, this tie was won 4–1. For the third round tie Basel were drawn, again away from home, against Locarno and passed into the next round with a 3–2 victory, but needed (a.e.t.)for the winning goal.

The Quarterfinals were played on 27 February 2013 and Basel were drawn away from home against FC Thun in a tie that was won 2–1, yet again this victory need extra time. Drawn away in the semifinal against Sion on 17 April 2013 Basel advanced to the final thanks to the only goal of the game scored by Valentin Stocker. The final was played on Whit Monday in the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in Bern. The opponents were the Grasshoppers. Basel lost the Final 3–4 on penalties, the game had ended 1-1 after extra time. Basel missed their aimed cup win, but the cup campaign can be described as being a successful one.

Champions League

Because Basel entered the Champions League in the qualifying phase their initial aim is to reach the group stage. They were drawn against Estonian club Flora Tallinn winning 5–0 on aggregate and in the third round they were drawn against Norwegian club Molde FK winning 2–1 on aggregate. However, in the play-off round Basel lost both games against CFR Cluj from Rumainia (being knocked out 3–1 on aggregate). Therefore, the initial aim was failed.

Europa League

Because the losing teams from the Champions League play-off round were eligible for the group stage of the Europa League, Basels next aim was to remain in this European competition over the winter break. Basel were drawn into Group G along with Sporting Clube de Portugal, K.R.C. Genk and Videoton FC. As they finished the Group in second position they advanced to the knockout phase round of 32. Therefore, their second aim was achieved. In the round of 32 Basel were drawn against the Ukrainian Premier League team Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Basel progressed 3–1 on aggregate, winning the home tie and drawing away. Their aims were subsequently revised again and this aim was stated as reaching the quarter-finals.

In the round of 16 they were drawn against Zenit St. Petersburg and despite being the underdogs, by winning 2–1 on aggregate, they qualified for the next round. Basel were drawn against Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-final. Spurs were beaten 4–1 in a penalty shoot-out after a 4-4 aggregate draw to progress to the semi-finals.[23] The draw for the semi-final matched the against reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea. Both games in the tie ended with a defeat, 1–2 in Basel 1–3 in London. Despite these two defeats Basel's European aims were achieved, in fact the campaign can be described as a very successful one.

Players

First team squad

As of 1 July 2012[24]

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 Yann Sommer 3 DF  KOR Park Joo-Ho 4 DF   SUI Philipp Degen 5 DF   SUI Arlind Ajeti 6 DF  AUT Aleksandar Dragović 7 MF   SUI David Degen 8 MF  CIV Serey Die 9 FW   SUI Marco Streller (Captain) 10 MF  CIV Gilles Yapi Yapo 11 MF   SUI Endogan Adili 13 FW   SUI Alexander Frei 14 MF   SUI Valentin Stocker 15 DF   SUI Kay Voser 16 DF   SUI Fabian Schär 17 FW  ARG Raúl Bobadilla

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK   SUI Germano Vailati 19 MF   SUI Simon Grether 20 MF   SUI Fabian Frei 21 MF  CHI Marcelo Díaz 22 FW  EGY Mohamed Salah 23 GK   SUI Mirko Salvi 24 MF   SUI Cabral 25 MF   SUI Darko Jevtić 26 DF  ARG Gastón Sauro 27 DF  GER Markus Steinhöfer 29 DF  CZE Radoslav Kováč 30 FW   SUI Stjepan Vuleta 31 FW  CMR Jacques Zoua 33 MF  EGY Mohamed Elneny 35 FW  PRK Pak Kwang-Ryong

Out on loan

—	FW	SUI	Marco Aratore (at Aarau which ended 3 August)
—	FW	SUI	Marco Aratore (at Winterthur from 17 January 2013 until 30 June 2013)[20]
—	MF	SUI	Pascal Schürpf (at Aarau which ended 3 August)
—	MF	SUI	Pascal Schürpf (to Bellinzona from 31 January until 30 June 2013)[18]
—	DF	SUI	Taulant Xhaka (at Grasshopper until 30 June 2013)
—	DF	SUI	Genséric Kusunga (at Servette until 30 June 2013)
—	MF	SUI	Stephan Andrist (at Luzern until 30 June 2013)
35	FW	PRK	Pak Kwang-Ryong (at Bellinzona, from 11 Januar 2013 until 30 June 2013)[17]
19	MF	SUI	Simon Grether (to Bellinzona from 31 January until 30 June 2013)[18]
30	FW	SUI	Stjepan Vuleta (to Wil from 5 February 2013 until 30 June 2013)[19]

In

7	MF	SUI	David Degen (from BSC Young Boys)
18	GK	SUI	Germano Vailati (from St. Gallen)
19	MF	SUI	Simon Grether (from Basel U-21)
21	MF	CHI	Marcelo Díaz (from Universidad de Chile)
22	FW	EGY	Mohamed Salah (from Arab Contractors)
23	GK	SUI	Mirko Salvi (from Basel U-21)

Out

—	MF	SUI	Xherdan Shaqiri (to Bayern Munich - €10 million)
—	MF	SUI	Granit Xhaka (to Borussia Mönchengladbach - €8.5 million)
—	GK	SUI	Marcel Herzog (to St. Gallen - n/a)
—	DF	ARG	David Abraham (to Getafe - Free transfer)
—	MF	SUI	Benjamin Huggel (Retired)
—	MF	AUS	Scott Chipperfield (Retired)
—	GK	SUI	Massimo Colomba (Retired)

In

8	MF	CIV	Serey Die (from FC Sion - n/a)[11]
11	MF	SUI	Endogan Adili (from Grasshopper Club Zürich - n/a)[12]
17	FW	ARG	Raúl Bobadilla (from BSC Young Boys - n/a)[13]
33	MF	EGY	Mohamed Elneny (from Arab Contractors on loan)

Out

29

DF

CZE

Radoslav Kováč (to Slovan Liberec free transfer)[16]

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Preseason

23 June 2012 Pre-season	FC Basel	2–4	Steaua București	Sportgelände am Birkenmoos, Rottach-Egern
14:00 CEST	Salah  23' Andrist  83' (pen.)	(Report) (in German)	14' Rusescu  16'Rocha  49' F. Costea  49' Nikolić	Attendance: 400 Referee: Peter Sippel

26 June 2012 Pre-season	FC Basel	2–0	SpVgg Unterhaching	Sportplatz Warngau, Warngau
14:00	Streller  42', 55' Cabral  78'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 400 Referee: Christian Leicher (Landshut)

28 June 2012 Pre-season	FC Rottach-Egern	0–10	FC Basel	Sportgelände am Birkenmoos, Rottach-Egern
18:00		(Report) (in German)	Pak  7' Degen  24', 41' Frei  28', 83' Dragović  59', 86' Andrist  60' Vuleta  68' Zoua  88'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Michael Krische

4 July 2012 Pre-season	FC Aarau	1–2	FC Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
18:00	Calla  80' (pen.)	(Report) (in German)	15' Streller  86' Zoua	Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Rene Erlachner

8 July 2012 Pre-season	Basel	0–1	Standard Liège	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30		(Report) (in German)	86' Ajdarević	Attendance: 1,523 Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

7 September 2012 Friendly	Basel	2–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
18:30	P. Degen  50' Admir Seferagic  88'	(Report) (in German)	6' Baumjohann  43' Nsor  77' Mohammadou Idrissou	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Stephan Klossner

12 October 2012[25] Friendly	FC Basel	7–0	FC Wohlen	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Zoua  7', 51' Vuleta  30', 49' Frei  39' Yapi Yapo  52' Jevtić  88'	Report		Attendance: 350 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

Winter break

12 January 2013 Friendly	Basel	0 – 3	Bayern Munich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30		(Report) (in German)	7' Mandžukić  11' Schweinsteiger  14' Ribéry	Attendance: 30,080 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

18 January 2013 Friendly	Basel	1 – 1	Steaua București	Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
19:30	D. Degen  11' Zoua  91'	(Report) (in German)	80' Pintilii	Attendance: 400 Referee: Javier Moreno Muñoz

21 January 2013 Friendly	Basel	2 – 2	Ferencváros Budapest	Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:00	El-Nenny  44' D. Degen  45' Dragović  68'	(Report) (in German)	73', 86' Čukić	Attendance: 65 Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok, South Korea

23 January 2013 Friendly	Basel	0 – 1	Dynamo Kiev	Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:30		(Report) (in German)	43' Kranjčar	Attendance: 100 Referee: Kim Sung He, South Korea

24 January 2013 Friendly	Basel	2 – 1	China	Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
17:00	Díaz  17' F. Frei  63'	(Report) (in German)	72' Gao Lin	Attendance: 100 Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok, South Korea

30 January 2013 Friendly	Basel	2 – 0	Vaduz	Leichtathletik-Stadion St. Jakob, Basel
15:00	Stocker  24' Zoua  49'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 500 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

2 February 2013 Friendly	Basel	0 – 2	Biel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
15:30		(Report) (in German)	6', 62' Coly  34' Doudin	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Sascha Amhof

6 February 2013 Friendly	Basel	Cancelled[26]	Bellinzona	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
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Swiss Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

First half of season

13 July 2012[21] Round 1	Servette FC	0 – 1	FC Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
19:45		(Report) (in German)	59' D. Degen	Attendance: 8,132 Referee: Sascha Kever

21 July 2012 Round 2	FC Basel	2 – 2	FC Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	A. Frei  61' Streller  81'	(Report) (in German)	18', 66' Lezcano	Attendance: 29,256 Referee: Alain Bieri

28 July 2012 Round 3	Grasshopper Club	2 – 2	FC Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
19:45	Ben Khalifa  29' Brahimi  82'	(Report) (in German)	15' A. Frei  47' Yapi	Attendance: 7,050 Referee: Sascha Amhof

4 August 2012 Round 4	FC Sion	1 – 1	FC Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
19:45	Kováč  48'	(Report) (in German)	80' Itaperuna	Attendance: 14,850 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

12 August 2012 Round 5	FC Basel	3 – 1	FC Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Streller  9' (pen.), 31' Stocker  42'	(Report) (in German)	22' Faivre  35' Schirinzi	Attendance: 27,422 Referee: Stephan Klossner

18 August 2012 Round 6	FC Basel	2 – 0	FC Lausanne	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Streller  43' Salah  82'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 26,627 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Münsingen)

25 August 2012 Round 7	FC St. Gallen	2 – 1	FC Basel	AFG Arena, St. Gallen
19:45 CEST	Čavušević  51' Regazzoni  72'	Report	Zoua  10'	Attendance: 18,841 Referee: Stephan Studer

2 September 2012 Round 8	FC Basel	0 – 0	FC Zurich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00		Report		Attendance: 30,423 Referee: Damien Carrel

23 September 2012 Round 9	BSC Young Boys	1 – 1	FC Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:15	Zárate  49'	Report	Streller  73'	Attendance: 22,757 Referee: Stephan Studer

26 September 2012 Round 10	FC Basel	4 – 1	FC Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	D. Degen  42', 55' Stocker  74' Sauro  80'	Report	Gattuso  43'	Attendance: 27,575 Referee: Alain Bieri

29 September 2012 Round 11	FC Lausanne	1 – 1	FC Basel	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:45	Moussilou  63'	Report	Salah  2'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stephan Klossner

7 October 2012 Round 12	FC Basel	3 – 2	Servette FC	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Schär  36' D. Degen  37' Streller  52'	(Report) (in German)	Tréand  12' Lang  65'	Attendance: 27,199 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

20 October 2012 Round 13	FC Luzern	1 – 0	FC Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00	Jahmir Hyka  60'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 16,253 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik (AUT)

27 October 2012 Round 14	FC Zürich	1 – 2	FC Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
	Gavranović  87'	(Report) (in German)	60' Schär  29' A. Frei	Attendance: 12,321 Referee: Sascha Kever

3 November 2012 Round 15	FC Basel	2 – 0	BSC Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Yapi  27' Streller  39'	(Report) (in German)	14' Nuzzolo  28'Wölfli  53' Ojala	Attendance: 30,057 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

17 November 2012 Round 16	FC Basel	4 – 0	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:00	D. Degen  7' Streller  57' (pen.) A. Frei  72', 79'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 32,060 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

24 November 2012 Round 17	FC Thun	3 – 2	FC Basel	Arena Thun, Thun
16:00	Ngamukol  5', 88' Wittwer  64' Hediger  91' Faivre  93'	(Report) (in German)	32' F. Frei  39' Streller  91' Cabral	Attendance: 7,042 Referee: Stephan Studer

1 December 2012 Round 18	FC Basel	1 – 0	FC St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	P. Degen  40' Streller  67' (pen.)	Report (in German)	57' Montandon  76' Mathys	Attendance: 30,062 Referee: Sascha Kever

Second half of season

9 February 2013 Round 19	Basel	3 – 0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Streller  45' P. Degen  50' Salah  52' Stocker  58'	Report (in German)	44' Gattuso  50' Dingsdag  57' Fernandes  64' 'Djeng	Attendance: 24,265 Referee: Stephan Studer

17 February 2013 Round 20	Lausanne-Sport	1 – 2	Basel	Pontaise, Lausanne
13:45	Marazzi  39' Malonga  53' Rodrigo  62'	Report (in German)	34' Stocker  42'  53' Díaz  60' Sauro	Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Sascha Amhof

24 February 2013 Round 21	Basel	0 – 0	Grasshopper Club Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Dragović  21' Cabral  66' Streller  82' Schär  90+4'	(Report) (in German)	17' Ben Khalifa  27' Abrashi  61' Hajrović  90+4' Zuber	Attendance: 27'653 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

3 March 2013 Round 22	Servette	1 – 2	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
13:45	Kossoko  16' Karanović  45+1' Kouassi  61'	(Report) (in German)	19' F. Frei  29', 63'  48'  64' Dragović  45' Zoua	Attendance: 7,519 Referee: Sascha Amhof

10 March 2013 Round 23	Basel	3 – 0	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	A. Frei  37' Cabral  41' Streller  62' Schär  85'	(Report) (in German)	84' Doubai	Attendance: 27,818 Referee: Sascha Kever

16 March 2013 Round 24	Basel	1 – 0	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45	Zoua  36' Dragović  78' Streller  81' Park  88'	(Report) (in German)	40' Krstić  82' Demiri	Attendance: 25,440 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

1 April 2013 Round 25	Luzern	0 – 4	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
13:45	Muntwiler  29' Puljić  41' Hyka  55' Lustenberger  65'	(Report) (in German)	34' Serey Die  64' Díaz  71' Salah  83' P. Degen  92' Bobadilla	Attendance: 17,000 (sold out) Referee: Stephan Studer

7 April 2013 Round 26	St. Gallen	1 – 1	Basel	AFG Arena, St. Gallen
	Wüthrich  50' Nushi  60'	(Report) (in German)	2' Serey Die  12' Yapi  52' Streller	Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

14 April 2013 Round 27	Basel	3 – 1	Zurich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45	A. Frei  55' Schär  87' (pen.) Salah  88'	(Report) (in German)	25' Drmić	Attendance: 32,328 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Österreich)

21 April 2013 Round 28	Thun	2 – 2	Basel	Arena Thun, Thun
13:45	Demiri  60' Zuffi  70'	(Report) (in German)	25' Park  65' Díaz  69' Schär	Attendance: 5,791 Referee: Sébastien Pache

27 April 2013 Round 29	Basel	0 - 3	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45	Sauro  64' Zoua  79'	(Report) (in German)	14' Gygax  44' Hochstrasser  70' Winter  76' Puljić	Attendance: 28,440 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

4 May 2013 Round 30	Sion	0 - 1	Basel	Tourbillon, Sion
13:45	Dingsdag  51'  90+3'	(Report) (in German)	Díaz  44'	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Sascha Kever

8 May 2013 Round 31	Zürich	3 - 1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
20:30	Gajić  69' Schönbächler  67' Gavranović  91' Pedro Henrique  91'  93' Ph. Koch  93'	(Report) (in German)	8' Stocker  30' F. Frei  44' Streller	Attendance: 14,062 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

11 May 2013 Round 32	Basel	2 - 0	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45	Stocker  32' Dragović  42'	(Report) (in German)	56' Rüfli	Attendance: 26,787 Referee: Stephan Klossner

16 May 2013 Round 33	Basel	2 - 0	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	F. Frei  20', 60'	(Report) (in German)	47' Sanogo	Attendance: 35,171 (sold out) Referee: Sascha Amhof

25 May 2013 Round 34	Grasshopper	1 - 0	Basel	Zurich
16:15	Anatole  90+4'	(Report) (in German)	56' F. Frei	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 17'100 Referee: Sascha Kever

29 May 2013 Round 35	Young Boys	0 - 1	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
	Veškovac  55' Bürki  72'  73' Nef  88'	(Report) (in German)	55' (pen.)  55' F. Frei  60' Stocker	Attendance: 19,322 Referee: Sascha Kever

1 June 2013 Round 36	Basel	1 - 0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Bobadilla  22'	(Report) (in German)	38' Janjatović	Attendance: 34,060 (sold out) Referee: Stephan Studer

League table

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	14	7	3	43	20	+23	49	10	3	0	28	6	+22	4	4	3	15	14	+1

Last updated: 21 March 2013.
Source: Fussballdaten.de

Swiss Cup

15 September 2012 Round 1	FC Amriswil	1 – 6	Basel	Sportanlage Tellenfeld, Amriswil
16:30 CEST	Contartese  74'	(Report) (in German)	14', 32' Zoua  30' F. Frei  43', 84' A. Frei  79' Cabral  90' Salah	Attendance: 5,153 Referee: Winter

11 November 2012 Round 2	Chiasso	1 – 4	Basel	Stadio Comunale, Chiasso
14:30	Pimenta  38'	(Report) (in German)	1' F. Frei  19', 65' Zoua  67' Díaz	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sebastian Pache

9 December 2012 Round 3	Locarno	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stadio Comunale Lido, Locarno
14:30	Mazzola  50', 55'	(Report) (in German)	43', 75' Salah  117' Stocker	Attendance: 2,630 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

27 February 2013 Quarterfinal	FC Thun	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	FC Basel	Arena Thun, Thun
19:45	Renato Steffen  55' Nelson Ferreira  72'  88' Schneuwly  79'	(Report) (in German)	11' D. Degen  12', 115' A. Frei  42' Sauro  55' Steinhöfer  78' Díaz	Attendance: 3,664 Referee: Alain Bieri

17 April 2013 Semifinal	FC Sion	0 – 1	FC Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:45	Gattuso  35' Regazzoni  29'	(Report) (in German)	29' Salah  73' Stocker	Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

20 May 2013 Final	FC Basel	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Grasshoppers	Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern
16:00	Schär  28' Dragović  57' Steinhöfer  71' Elneny  91'	Summary	29' Gashi  75' Hajrović	Attendance: 27,290 Referee: Stéphan Studer
	Penalties
	Schär F. Frei Steinhöfer Díaz Bobadilla		Salatić Hajrović Lang Feltscher Vilotić

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

17 July 2012 1st Leg	Flora Tallinn	0 – 2	FC Basel	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
17:45 CET		Report (in German)	A. Frei  65', 86' (pen.)	Attendance: 3.123 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

24 July 2012 2nd Leg	FC Basel	3 – 0 (5 – 0 agg.)	Flora Tallinn	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 CET	Zoua  9', 31' Díaz  62'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 20.467 Referee: Artur Soares (Portugal)

Third qualifying round

1 August 2012 1st Leg	Molde FK	0 – 1	FC Basel	Aker Stadion, Molde
19:00 CET	Angan  27'	(Report) (in German)	78' Zoua	Attendance: 6.564 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

8 August 2012 2nd Leg	FC Basel	1 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Molde FK	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 CET	D. Degen  75'	(Report) (in German)	32' Berget	Attendance: 18,567 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Playoff round

21 August 2012 1st Leg	FC Basel	1 – 2	CFR Cluj	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 CET	Streller  44'	Report (in German)	66', 71' Sougou	Attendance: 16,651 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

29 August 2012 2nd Leg	CFR Cluj	1 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	FC Basel	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
20:45 CET	Kapetanos  20'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 15,481 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

20 September 2012 Round 1	Sporting CP	0 – 0	Basel	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05		Report		Attendance: 22,325 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

4 October 2012 Round 2	Basel	2 – 2	Genk	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Streller  71' (pen.), 84'	Report	De Ceulaer  10' Vossen  38'	Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

25 October 2012 Round 3	Videoton	2 – 1	Basel	Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár
19:00	Schär  2' (o.g.) Caneira  32'	Report	90+1' Schär	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

8 November 2012 Round 4	Basel	1 – 0	Videoton	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	Streller  80'	Report		Attendance: 12,743 Referee: Evgeniy Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

22 November 2012 Round 5	Basel	3 – 0	Sporting CP	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Schär  22' Stocker  67' D. Degen  70'	Report		Attendance: 15,666 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

6 December 2012 Round 6	Genk	0 – 0	Basel	Cristal Arena, Genk
21:05		Report		Attendance: 11,974 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Genk	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Basel	6	2	3	1	7	4	+3	9
3	Videoton	6	2	0	4	6	8	−2	6
4	Sporting CP	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5

Source:

Knockout phase

Round of 32

14 February 2013 First leg	Basel	2 – 0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	Stocker  23' Park  49' P. Degen  52' Serey Die  54' Streller  67'	Report	70' Mazuch  79' Mandzyuk	Attendance: 8,314[27] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

21 February 2013 Second leg	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1 – 1	Basel	Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk
19:00	Fedetskiy  14' Cheberyachko  32' Strinić  35' Kalinić  63' Seleznyov  76' (pen.)	Report	13' Serey Die  33' Cabral  37' Schär  75' F. Frei  81' (pen.) Schär	Attendance: 26,501[28] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Basel won 3–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

7 March 2013 First leg	Basel	2 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	P. Degen  30' Serey Die  53' Díaz  72'  83' A. Frei  90+4' (pen.)	Report	19' Witsel	Attendance: 15,008[29] Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

14 March 2013 Second leg	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0	Basel	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
18:00	Kerzhakov  15' Witsel  78' 30' Denisov  72' Shirokov  78'	Report	41'  45' Díaz  56' P. Degen  78' F. Frei  85' Park	Attendance: 19,500[30] Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

4 April 2013 First leg	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 2	Basel	White Hart Lane, London
21:05	Gallas  29' Adebayor  40' Sigurðsson  58' Parker  54'	Report	30' Stocker  34'  47' F. Frei	Attendance: 32,136[31] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

11 April 2013 Second leg	Basel	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Tottenham Hotspur	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	Salah  27' Dragović  49' Serey Die  58' Streller  93' Elneny  103'	Report	23', 83' Dempsey  39' Naughton  46' Dembélé  93' Dawson  93' Walker	Attendance: 38,500[32] Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
	Penalties
	Schär Streller F. Frei Díaz		Huddlestone Sigurðsson Adebayor

4–4 on aggregate. Basel won 4–1 on penalties.

Semi-finals

25 April 2013 First leg	Basel	1 - 2	Chelsea	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	Dragović  70' D. Degen  80' Schär  89'  87' (pen.)	Report	12' Moses  68' A. Cole  87' Azpilicueta  90+4'  83' David Luiz	Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

2 May 2013 Second leg	Chelsea	3 – 1 (5 – 2 agg.)	Basel	Stamford Bridge, London
21:05	Torres  50' Moses  52' Azpilicueta  55' David Luiz  59'	Report	45+1' Salah  66' Schär  68' Steinhöfer  88' Serey Die	Attendance: 39,403 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Chelsea won 5–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

All the information to the squad statistics during the season, including matches played and goals scored.

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Sommer	32	EU	2010	59	0	2015	Youth system
3	LB		Park J. H.	34	Non-EU	2011	39	0	2015
4	RB		P. Degen	37	EU	2011	12	2	2015	Free transfer	Originally from youth system
5	CB		Ajeti	27	EU	2011	1	0	2014	Youth system	Second nationality: Kosovo
6	CB		Dragović	29	EU	2011	56	1	2015		Second nationality: Serbia
7	RM		D. Degen	37	EU	2012	0	0	2015	CHF .8M	Originally from youth system
9	FW		Streller (captain)	39	EU	2007	177	83	2014	CHF2M	Originally from youth system
10	CM		Yapi	39	Non-EU	2010	62	1	2013
13	FW		A. Frei	41	EU	2009	125	93	2012	CHF5.7M	Originally from youth system
14	LM		Stocker	31	EU	2007	159	39	2014	Youth system
15	FB		Voser	34	EU	2011	7	0	2014
19	MF		Grether	28	EU	2012	0	0	2014	Youth system
20	MF		F. Frei	32	EU	2011	106	11	2013		Originally from youth system
21	CB		Kusunga	32	EU	2010	21	0	2014		Second nationality: Angola
22	ST		Salah	28	Non-EU	2012	0	0	2016
23	GK		Salvi	26	EU	2012	0	0	2015		Second nationality: Italy
24	DM		Cabral	32	EU	2009	107	3	2013		Second nationality: Cape Verde
25	MF		Jevtić	28	EU	2012	12	0		Youth system
27	RWB		Steinhöfer	34	EU	2011	61	1	2013	CHF0.12M
28	RW		Andrist	33	EU	2011	19	4	2014
29	CB		Kováč	41	EU	2011	21	0	2013
30	FW		Vuleta	27	EU	2012	0	0
31	FW		Zoua	29	Non-EU	2009	85	16	2013
35	FW		Pak K. R.	28	Non-EU	2011	17	3	2016
?	MF		Diaz	34	Non-EU	2012	0	0	2016
?	GK		Vailati	40	EU	2012	0	0	2016

• Last updated: 28 June
• Source:

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		Swiss Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Yann Sommer	58	0	36	0	3	0	5	0	14	0
18	GK		Germano Vailati	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK		Mirko Salvi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Park Joo-Ho	37	1	19+2	1	2	0	5	0	9	0
4	DF		Philipp Degen	34	3	19+2	3	3	0	1	0	9	0
5	DF		Arlind Ajeti	6	0	2+2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
6	DF		Aleksandar Dragović	54	4	32	3	3	0	6	0	13	1
15	DF		Kay Voser	19	0	11+2	0	2	0	1	0	2+1	0
16	DF		Fabian Schär	38	8	21	4	3	0	0+1	0	12+1	4
26	DF		Gastón Sauro	29	1	14+2	1	2+1	0	6	0	3+1	0
27	DF		Markus Steinhöfer	48	1	23+6	0	1+2	1	5	0	8+3	0
Midfielders
7	MF		David Degen	45	5	17+9	3	1+1	0	6	1	7+4	1
8	MF		Serey Die	24	1	12+2	1	3	0	0	0	7	0
10	MF		Gilles Yapi Yapo	17	2	12	2	1	0	3	0	1	0
11	MF		Endogan Adili	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Valentin Stocker	51	11	29+2	6	2+1	2	3+1	0	13	3
20	MF		Fabian Frei	46	6	24+3	4	2+1	1	1+2	0	8+5	1
21	MF		Marcelo Díaz	47	7	19+7	4	3+1	1	6	1	8+3	1
24	MF		Cabral	44	0	23+4	0	1+1	0	5	0	9+1	0
25	MF		Darko Jevtić	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Mohamed Elneny	26	0	7+8	0	3	0	0	0	5+3	0
Forwards
9	FW		Marco Streller	52	19	30+2	14	2+1	0	6	1	11	4
13	FW		Alexander Frei	30	12	16+2	7	2	2	2+2	2	4+2	1
17	FW		Raúl Bobadilla	11	1	6+4	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Mohamed Salah	48	9	12+17	5	2+1	2	1+1	0	10+4	2
31	FW		Jacques Zoua	41	6	7+17	1	1+1	2	2+3	3	1+9	0
Players away from the club on loan:
19	MF		Simon Grether	4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	FW		Stjepan Vuleta	5	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
35	FW		Pak Kwang-Ryong	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Basel no longer at the club:
29	DF		Radoslav Kováč	6	1	4+1	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Last updated: 29 May 2012
Source: Squad statistics and Start formations
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

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