2016–17 FC Basel season

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 was played on 2 June 2017. Basel started with a home game against Sion.

FC Basel
2016–17 season
Chairman Bernhard Heusler
Manager Urs Fischer
GroundSt. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super LeagueChampions
Swiss CupWinners
Champions LeagueEliminated at the end of the group stage
Top goalscorerSeydou Doumbia (20)
Highest home attendance30,817 vs Young Boys 9 April 2017[1]
Lowest home attendance23,339 vs Sion 18.05.17
Average home league attendance26,484[2]

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 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 was played in Stade de Genève 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) was Raphaël Wicky.

Position Staff
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[3])
(37,500 for international matches)[4] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 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.[5][6] Despite the fact that he still had a valid contract Naser Aliji joined 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a free transfer.[7]

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.[8] On 2 September Basel announced that Nicolas Hunziker had been loaned out to the Grasshoppers to gain playing experience.[9] 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 expected to join the Basel first team until the beginning of July.[10] On 10 May Basel also announced that they had signed Egyptian defender Omar Gaber from Zamalek on a four-year deal.[11][12] On 15 June Serbian goalkeeper Đorđe Nikolić transferred in from Jagodina, signing a four-year contract.[13] Basel announced on 28 June that they had signed Seydou Doumbia on loan from Roma until 30 June 2017.[14] Three further transfers in were Mohamed Elyounoussi[15] who signed in from Molde, Kevin Bua[16] who came from Zürich and Éder Balanta[17] 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,[18] 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[19] and Aston Villa confirmed the move.[20] On 31 January 2017 Basel announced that Jean-Paul Boëtius was loaned out to K.R.C. Genk until the end of the season.[21]

The Campaign

Domestic League
First 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.[22] 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.[23] 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.[24] Basel won nine, drawing three during February, March and April to move clear at the top of the table. Despite that they suffered a defeat in the Stade de Suisse in round 34 against second placed Young Boys, Basel ended the season 17 points clear of their rivals.

Basel were victors in 26 matches, drew eight and suffered only two defeats in the 36 Super League matches, gaining a total of 86 points. The team scored 92 goals (league's highest scorers) with 35 goals against (league's best defence) and ended with a goal difference of +57. Basel's Seydou Doumbia was the club and the Super League top goalscorer with 20 goals. Marc Janko scored 13, both Matías Delgado and Mohamed Elyounoussi ended the season with ten goals. Elyounoussi was the team's top final pass giver with 13 assists.

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.[25] 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 Tuggen from the 1. Liga Promotion, the third highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid. The Quarterfinal was played on 2 March 2017. Basel, drawn at home against Zürich, won the game 3–1.[26] In the semifinal they were drawn away against lower tier FC Winterthur, winning 3–1. The final was played in Stade de Genève on 25 May 2017. Basel's opponents were FC Sion, who to that time had won all he 13 previous finals that they had appeared in. Basel won the final 3–0, the goals being scored by Seydou Doumbia, Matías Delgado and Taulant Xhaka.[27]

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 club's initial aim was 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 chances against the massive Ludogorets Razgrad defence. Ludogorets waited for counterattacks. Basel's Janko injured himself and was replaced by Doumbia in the 40th minute. Ludogorets went into the lead just before half time, a breakaway goal by Brazilian forward Cafu. He ran on to a measured pass from Marcelinho, he turned Marek Suchý inside out and slotted 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).[28]

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.[29] 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 whipped 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 minute 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.[30]

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."[31]

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.[32]

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[33]

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  CZE Tomáš Vaclík
3 DF  CIV Adama Traoré
4 DF  EGY Omar Gaber
5 DF   SUI Michael Lang
6 MF  CIV Serey Die
7 MF   SUI Luca Zuffi
8 MF  ISL Birkir Bjarnason
9 FW  SVN Andraž Šporar
10 MF  ARG Matías Delgado (Captain)
11 MF   SUI Renato Steffen
13 GK  SRB Đorđe Nikolić
15 MF  SWE Alexander Fransson
16 DF   SUI Manuel Akanji
17 DF  CZE Marek Suchý (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK   SUI Germano Vailati
20 MF   SUI Dereck Kutesa
21 FW  AUT Marc Janko
23 DF  COL Éder Álvarez Balanta
24 FW  NOR Mohamed Elyounoussi
25 DF  PAR Blás Riveros
26 DF  DEN Daniel Høegh
29 MF   SUI Charles Pickel
30 DF   SUI Eray Cümart
33 FW   SUI Kevin Bua
34 MF  ALB Taulant Xhaka
35 FW   SUI Nicolas Hunziker
39 MF   SUI Davide Callà
77 FW  NED Jean-Paul Boëtius
88 FW  CIV Seydou Doumbia

Loans

In on loan
88 FW  CIV Seydou Doumbia (on loan from Roma until 30 June 2017) [14]

Out on loan
30 MF   SUI Cedric Itten (on loan at Luzern until 30 June 2017) [34]
22 MF  SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović (on loan at Málaga until 30 June 2017) [35]
23 GK   SUI Mirko Salvi (on loan at Lugano until 30 June 2017) [36]
20 MF  SRB Veljko Simić (on loan at Chiasso from 26 July 2016 until 30 June 2017) [37]
35 FW   SUI Nicolas Hunziker (on loan at Grasshopper Zürich until 30 June 2017) [9]
77 FW  NED Jean-Paul Boëtius (on loan at K.R.C. Genk from 31 January until 30 June 2017) [21]
30 DF   SUI Eray Cümart (on loan at Lugano from 8 March until 30 June 2017) [38]

Transfers summer 2016

In
4 DF  EGY Omar Gaber (from Zamalek) [12]
6 MF  CIV Serey Die (from VfB Stuttgart) [18]
13 GK  SRB Đorđe Nikolić (from Jagodina) [13]
23 DF  COL Éder Álvarez Balanta (from River Plate) [17]
24 FW  NOR Mohamed Elyounoussi (from Molde) [15]
25 DF  PAR Blás Riveros (from Olimpia Asunción) [10]
33 FW   SUI Kevin Bua (from Zürich) [16]

Out
4 DF   SUI Philipp Degen (end of career) [39]
6 DF  ARG Walter Samuel (end of career)
19 DF  SWE Behrang Safari (to Malmö FF free transfer)
24 FW  EGY Ahmed Hamoudi (contract resolved) [8]
27 DF  ALB Naser Aliji (to Kaiserslautern) [7]
36 FW   SUI Breel Embolo (to Schalke 04 for reportedly €25m) [6]

Transfers winter 2016-17

Out
8 MF  ISL Birkir Bjarnason (to Aston Villa) [19]
29 MF   SUI Charles Pickel (to Grasshopper Club) [40]

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season
25 June 2016 Pre-seasonBasel 2 – 4 St. GallenLangensteinstadion, Waldshut-Tiengen
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 (2015-07-01) Pre-seasonFC Basel 1 – 1 1860 MünchenIsarau Stadium Geretsried (Germany)
20:00 Høegh  66'
Callà  88'		 FCB Report  83'  86' Mölders Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Robert Hartmann
8 July 2016 Pre-seasonBasel 2 – 3 Lausanne-SportNachwuchs-Campus, Basel
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-seasonBasel 1 – 4 Zenit Saint PetersburgStade St-Germain, Savièse
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-seasonBasel 0 – 1 AS MonacoStade de Chailly, Montreux
15:00 FCB Report  33' Boschilia Attendance: 700
Referee: Sébastien Pache
19 July 2016 Pre-seasonBasel 3 – 3 VfL WolfsburgSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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-seasonBasel 2 – 3 FC WohlenNachwuchs-Campus, Basel
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 FriendlyBasel 2 – 1 Le MontNachwuchs-Campus, Basel
16:00 Šporar  44'
Manzambi  90+1'		 FCB Report  14' Touré Attendance: 100
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
14 January 2017 FriendlyBasel 1 – 2 St. PauliMarbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
17:00 Steffen  13' (FCB Report) (in German)  44' Flum
 87' Gonther		 Attendance: 150
Referee: Moreno Munoz
19 January 2017 FriendlyBasel 2 – 1 Lokomotiv MoscowMarbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
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 FriendlyBasel 2 – 0 ChiassoNachwuchs-Campus, Basel
15:00 Bua  52'
Manzambi  85'		 FCB Report Attendance: 200
Referee: Stephan Klossner
28 January 2017 FriendlyBasel 1 – 0 Esbjerg fBNachwuchs-Campus, Basel
14:30 Elyounoussi  13' FCB Report Attendance: 500
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)

Swiss Super League
Main article: 2016–17 Swiss Super League

First half of season
24 July 2016 Round 1Basel3 – 0SionSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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 2Vaduz1 – 5BaselRheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
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 3Luzern2 – 3BaselSwissporarena, Luzern
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 4Basel3 – 0Young BoysSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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 5Basel4 – 1LuganoSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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 6Thun0 – 3BaselStockhorn Arena, Thun
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 7Basel3 – 1Grasshopper ClubSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Bjarnason  29'
Doumbia  31', 86'		 (FCB report)  45+1' Sigurjónsson
 57' Bamert		 Attendance: 28,825
Referee: Stephan Studer
21 September 2016 Round 8Lausanne-Sport1 – 2BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
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 9St. Gallen1 – 3Baselkybunpark, St. Gallen
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 10Basel1 – 1ThunSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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 11Basel3 – 0LuzernSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Doumbia  25'
Lang  55'
Elyounoussi  89'		 (Report)  68' Lustenberger Attendance: 27,261
Referee: Stephan Klossner
22 October 2016 Round 12Lugano2 – 2BaselCornaredo, Lugano
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 13Grasshopper Club0 – 2BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Bašić  6'
Källström  86'		 (FCB report)  17', 21' (pen.) Delgado
 20' Lang		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sandro Schärer
5 November 2016 Round 14Basel2 – 1Lausanne-SportSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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 15Basel6 – 0VaduzSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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 16Sion1 – 2BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
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 17Young Boys3 – 1BaselStade de Suisse, Bern
20:00 Hoarau  6', 51'
Nuhu  45'
Mbabu  71'		 (Report)  66' (pen.) Delgado Attendance: 20,216
Referee: Harald Lechner
10 December 2016 Round 18Basel1 – 0St. GallenSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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 19Basel4 – 0LuganoSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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 20Thun0 – 2BaselStockhorn Arena, Thun
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 21Basel4 – 3Lausanne-SportSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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 22Basel3 – 1LuzernSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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 23Vaduz1 – 1BaselRheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
13:45 Avdijaj  31'
Muntwiler  59'
Bühler  83'		 (Report)  27' Zuffi
 90+2' Doumbia		 Attendance: 4,345
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
12 March 2017 Round 24Sion0 – 1BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00 Konaté  61' (Report)  48' Traoré
 55' Lang		 Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Dominik Ouschan
18 March 2017 Round 25Basel1 – 0Grasshopper ClubSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Zuffi  6'
Xhaka  89'		 FCB Report  27' Dabbur
 57' Lavanchy		 Attendance: 26,027
Referee: Stephan Klossner
1 April 2017 Round 26St. Gallen0 – 3BaselAFG Arena, St. Gallen
20:00 Barnetta  58' (Report)  7', 55' Akanji
 20' Janko
 27' Steffen
 41' Riveros		 Attendance: 18,509
Referee: Daniel Stefanski
9 April 2017 Round 27Basel1 – 1Young BoysSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
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 28Lausanne-Sport0 – 4BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00 FCB Report Lang  37'
Elyounoussi  40', 82'
Steffen  45'
Šporar  59'		 Attendance: 5,855
Referee: Urs Schnyder
22 April 2017 Round 29Basel2 – 2VaduzSt. 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 30Luzern1 – 2BaselSwissporarena, 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 31Lugano2 – 2BaselCornaredo, 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 32Basel3 – 3ThunSt. 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 33Basel2 – 2SionSt. 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 34Young Boys2 – 1BaselStade de Suisse, Bern
16:00 Assalé  9'
Schick  53'		 (Report)  3' Doumbia Attendance: 18,383
Referee: Sascha Amhof
28 May 2017 Round 35Grasshopper Club1 – 3BaselLetzigrund, 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 36Basel4 – 1St. GallenSt. 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
Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.[41]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, Basel, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Swiss Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Swiss Cup
Main article: 2016–17 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 1Rapperswil-Jona0 – 1BaselStadion 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 2Zug 940 – 1BaselHerti Allmend Stadion, Zug
15:30 (FCB Report)  45' Høegh Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
26 October 2016 Round 3Tuggen1 – 4BaselLinthstrasse, 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 QuarterfinalBasel3 – 1ZürichSt. 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 SemifinalWinterthur1 – 3BaselSchützenwiese, 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 FinalFC Basel3 – 0SionStade 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 [42]

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Group stage
Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group A

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 (2016-09-13) Round 1Basel 1 – 1 Ludogorets RazgradSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Steffen  65'  80' UEFA report
FCB report (in German)		  45' Cafu
 67' Wanderson
 77' Natanael		 Attendance: 30,852[43]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov
28 September 2016 (2016-09-28) Round 2Arsenal 2 – 0 BaselEmirates Stadium, London
20:45 Walcott  7', 26' UEFA report
FCB report (in German)		  21' Suchý
 85' Elyounoussi		 Attendance: 59,993[44]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) Round 3Paris Saint-Germain 3 – 0 BaselParc des Princes, Paris
20:45 Di María  40'
Lucas  62'
Rabiot  64'
Cavani  90+3' (pen.)		 UEFA report
FCB report (in German)		  66' Steffen
 76' Lang		 Attendance: 46,488[45]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
1 November 2016 (2016-11-01) Round 4Basel 1 – 2 Paris Saint-GermainSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Steffen  45+2'
Zuffi  76'
Serey Die  77'  85'		 UEFA report
FCB report (in German)		  43' Matuidi
 86' Verratti
 88' Kurzawa
 90' Meunier		 Attendance: 34,639[46]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
23 November 2016 (2016-11-23) Round 5Ludogorets Razgrad 0 – 0 BaselVasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia[A]
20:45 Xhaka  63'
Suchý  81'
Traoré  87'		 UEFA report
FCB report (in German)		  40' Anicet Abel
 91' Cicinho		 Attendance: 20,821[47]
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
6 December 2016 (2016-12-06) Round 6Basel 1 – 4 ArsenalSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Balanta  66'
Doumbia  78'		 UEFA report  8', 16', 47' Pérez
 36' Gibbs
 53' Iwobi		 Attendance: 36,000[48]
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Notes
  1. ^
    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
Source: UEFA

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