2001–02 FC Basel season
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.
2001–02 season | |
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Chairman | |
Manager | |
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 (02.12.2001) 33,433 vs (14.04.2002) 33,433 vs (27.04.2002) 33,433 vs (08.05.2002) |
Lowest home attendance | 17,844 vs (11.07.2001) 6,843 vs (01.07.2001) |
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 |
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Manager | |
Assistant manager | until 2 Jan. 2002[6] |
Assistant manager | from 2 Jan. 2002[6] |
Fitness Coach | |
Goalkeeper Coach | |
Team Administrator | |
Youth Team Coach U-21 | |
Youth Team co-Coach |
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 | |
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.
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Out on loan
19 | FW | André Muff (to Lugano from 14 July 2001) [7] | |
— | FW | Marco Streller (to Concordia from August 2001) | |
— | GK | Miroslav König (to Concordia from 5 September 2001[8] until 15 October 2001) [9] | |
25 | GK | Marcel Herzog (to Concordia from 15 October 2001) [9] | |
16 | MF | Yao Aziawonou (to FC Thun (loan) from 21 January 2002) [10] until 12 March 2002[11] |
Transfers Summer 2001
In
1 | GK | Pascal Zuberbühler (from Bayer Leverkusen return after loan) [12] | |
25 | GK | Marcel Herzog (from Concordia Basel) [13] | |
26 | MF | Scott Chipperfield (from Wollongong Wolves) [2] | |
13 | FW | Christian Eduardo Giménez (from Concordia Basel) [3] |
Out
21 | MF | Feliciano Magro (to Udinese end of loan) [14] |
Transfers Winter 2001-02
In
24 | DF | Timothée Atouba (from Neuchâtel Xamax) [10] | |
28 | DF | Marco Zwyssig (from FC Tirol Innsbruck) [10] |
Results and fixtures
Friendlies
Pre-season/First Half Season friendlies
20 June 2001 Pre-season | Thun | 1 – 2 | Stadion Lachen, Thun | |
Rama |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 600 |
23 June 2001 Pre-season | Young Boys | 2 – 1 | Sportplatz, Pieterlen | |
Berisha Türker |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 600 |
26 June 2001 Pre-season | Yverdon-Sport | 0 – 1 | Sportplatz, Laufen | |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 600 |
5 October 2001 Friendly | Basel | 1 – 0 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
Tchouga |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Guido Wildhaber |
13 November 2001 Friendly | BSC Old Boys | 1 – 5 | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel | |
Thomas Koster |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 70 |
Winter Break/Second Half Season friendlies
19 January 2002 Winter break | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1 – 2 | Betzenberg, Kaiserslautern | |
Knavs |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 2,376 |
24 January 2002 Winter break | Basel | 2 – 0 | Europa-Stadion, Rheinfelden | |
Koumantarakis Cravero |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 500 Referee: Volker Scherrer |
29 January 2002 Winter break | Basel | 6 – 2 | Estadio Municipal, Maspalomas | |
Giménez Ergić Tum |
Report (in German) |
31 January 2002 Winter break | Basel | 3 – 1 | Estadio Municipal, Maspalomas | |
Chipperfield Tum Koumantarakis |
Report (in German) |
4 February 2002 Winter break | AC Bellinzona | ? – ? | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
9 February 2002 Winter break | Lausanne-Sport | 0 – 0 | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona | |
Report (in German) |
12 February 2002 Winter break | Basel | 3 – 2 | Estadio Municipal, Maspalomas | |
Koumantarakis Ergić Varela |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 400 |
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 Duruz Marazzi Poueys Ojong |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 6,250 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
11 July 2001 Round 2 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Tum Ergić Huggel |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 17,844 Referee: Beck |
18 July 2001 Round 3 | St. Gallen | 3 – 3 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
Jefferson Jairo Dal Santo |
Report (in German) | 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 Quennoz |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Etter |
4 August 2001 Round 6 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel |
Arifović Simo |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Urs Meier |
11 August 2001 Round 7 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Varela Chipperfield Giménez Ergić Huggel |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 24,831 Referee: Salm |
18 August 2001 Round 8 | Aarau | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
Okpala |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca |
25 August 2001 Round 9 | Basel | 5 – 1 | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Koumantarakis Giménez M. Yakin H. Yakin |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 19,110 Referee: Marcus Nobs |
8 September 2001 Round 10 | Grasshoppers | 1 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
Núñez Benjani Mwaruwari |
Report (in German) | 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 Chipperfield Koumantarakis |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 20,691 Referee: Urs Meier |
22 September 2001 Round 12 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Giménez Duruz M. Yakin Varela Tcheutchoua |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 19,258 Referee: René Rogalla |
26 September 2001 Round 4 | Basel | 3 – 1 | Lausanne Sports | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Giménez H. Yakin X. Margairaz |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 18,235 Referee: Guido Wildhaber |
1 October 2001 Round 13 | Servette | 1 – 4 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
Fournier Oruma Dill |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 6,878 Referee: Reto Rutz |
10 October 2001 Round 14 | Basel | 2 – 2 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
H. Yakin Barberis |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 31,124 Referee: Philippe Leuba |
14 October 2001 Round 15 | Lausanne Sports | 2 – 4 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
Zambaz Chavériat Simon |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 2,450 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
20 October 2001 Round 16 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
H. Yakin Ergić Huggel |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 28,481 Referee: Urs Meier |
27 October 2001 Round 17 | Basel | 5 – 1 | Neuchâtel Xamax | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Giménez Barberis Huggel Chipperfield |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 21,763 Referee: Massimo Busacca |
3 November 2001 Round 18 | Young Boys | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Neufeld, Bern |
Malacarne Tikva |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 10,600 (sold out) Referee: Nicole Petignat |
17 November 2001 Round 19 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Aarau | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Cravero Koumantarakis Varela |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 22,573 Referee: Reto Rutz |
25 November 2001 Round 20 | Lugano | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano |
Rothenbühler |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 6,600 Referee: Philippe Leuba |
2 December 2001 Round 21 | Basel | 4 – 5 | Grasshoppers | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
H. Yakin Giménez Varela |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Beck |
9 December 2001 Round 22 | Luzern | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
Blunschi Pinelli Enrique Meier |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 7,509 Referee: Nicole Petignat |
League table qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | FC Basel | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 43 |
2 | AC Lugano | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 38 |
3 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 37 |
4 | FC St. Gallen | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 35 |
5 | Servette FC | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 34 |
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 Gaspoz Rota Rossi |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Guido Wildhaber |
2 March 2002 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Koumantarakis Quennoz H. Yakin |
Report (in German) | 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 Cantaluppi Savić |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 30,521 Referee: Philippe Leuba |
16 March 2002 Round 5 | Basel | 4 – 0 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
H. Yakin Chipperfield Ergić |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 24,407 Referee: Stefan Messner |
24 March 2002 Round 6 | Grasshoppers | 1 – 0 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
Eduardo Núñez Baturina Jaggy Marc Hodel |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca |
1 April 2002 Round 7 | Servette | 1 – 2 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
Comisetti Fournier Lonfat |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 6,150 Referee: Urs Meier |
4 April 2002 Round 3 | St. Gallen | 1 – 3 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
Di Jorio |
Report (in German) | Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
7 April 2002 Round 8 | Basel | 3 – 2 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Barberis Ergić Giménez Hilton |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 26,001 Referee: Reto Rutz |
14 April 2002 Round 9 | Basel | 4 – 1 | Grasshoppers | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
H. Yakin Giménez Tum M. Yakin Ergić |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Marcus Nobs |
20 April 2002 Round 10 | Sion | 0 – 3 | Basel | Tourbillon, Sion |
Duruz Beney Tcheutchoua |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Salm |
24 April 2002 Round 11 | Young Boys | 0 – 3 | Basel | Stadion Neufeld, Bern |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 11,600 (sold out) |
27 April 2002 Round 12 | Basel | 1 – 2 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Chipperfield Varela Zanni |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Urs Meier |
4 May 2002 Round 13 | Zürich | 3 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
Kavelashvili Keller Pallas Akalé Magro Keita Gygax |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Schoch |
8 May 2002 Round 14 | Basel | 4 – 3 | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Giménez Cantaluppi Ergić Tum |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Nicole Petignat |
League table championship
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | FC Basel (C) | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 55 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
3 | AC Lugano[lower-alpha 1] (R) | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
4 | Servette FC | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 38 | |
5 | FC Zürich | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 35 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
- 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 |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 5,431 Referee: Claudio Circhetta |
17 February 2002 Round 2 | Colombier | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stade des Chézards, Colombier, Switzerland |
Report (in German) | Giménez |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Florian Etter |
21 March 2002 Quarterfinal | Zürich | 1 – 4 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
Akalé Luca Iodice Chassot |
Report (in German) | 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 Giménez Yao Cravero Atouba Koumantarakis |
Report (in German) | Attendance: 25,381 Referee: Massimo Busacca | ||
Penalties | ||||
M. Yakin Zwyssig Giménez Koumantarakis Zuberbühler Chipperfield |
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Second round
1 July 2001 First leg | Basel | 3 – 0 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
15:00 | Magro Tchouga Tum |
Report | Attendance: 6,843 Referee: Yuri Klyuchnikov (Russia) |
8 July 2001 Second leg | Grindavík | 0 – 2 | Grindavíkurvöllur, Grindavík | |
16:00 | Report | Attendance: 700 Referee: Zbigniew Marczyk (Poland) |
Basel won 5–0 on aggregate.
Third round
14 July 2001 First leg | Basel | 2 – 1 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
19:30 | Koumantarakis H. Yakin |
Report | Attendance: 8,059 Referee: José Mendes Pratas (Portugal) |
21 July 2001 Second leg | Heerenveen | 2 – 3 | Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen | |
19:30 | Allbäck Jensen Venena Lurling |
Report | Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Stéphane Moulin (France) |
Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.
Semifinal
25 July 2001 First leg | Basel | 3 – 0 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
19:30 | Giménez M. Yakin H. Yakin |
Report | Attendance: 14,872 Referee: Ferenc Bede (Hungary) |
1 August 2001 Second leg | Lausanne-Sport | 2 – 2 | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne | |
16:30 | Thiaw |
Report | Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Vasily Melnichuk (Ukraine) |
Basel won 5–2 on aggregate.
Final
7 August 2001 First leg | Basel | 1 – 1 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |
19:30 | Giménez |
Report | Attendance: 25,879 Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium) |
21 August 2001 Second leg | Aston Villa | 4 – 1 | Villa Park, Birmingham | |
19:45 | Vassell Ángel Stone Ginola |
Report | Attendance: 39,513 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) |
Aston Villa won 5–2 on aggregate.
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- Switzerland 2001–02 at RSSSF
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