2014–15 FC Basel season

The 2014–15 FC Basel season is the 122nd season in club history and the club's 20th 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 Switzerland, Austria and Czech Republic. Their 2014–15 Swiss Super League season began on 19 July with an away game against Aarau. Basel qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, starting in the group stage. They were drawn in Group B against Real Madrid, Liverpool and Ludogorets Razgrad and started on 16 July with an away tie against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. In the first round of the 2014–15 Swiss Cup, played on 23 August 2014, Basel were drawn away against CS Italia. The final was played on 7 June 2015.

FC Basel
2014–15 season
Chairman Bernhard Heusler
Manager Paulo Sousa
GroundSt. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super LeagueChampions
Swiss CupRunners-up
Champions LeagueGroup stage 2nd
Eliminated in
Round of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Gashi (21)
All: Gashi (25)
Highest home attendanceSwiss League:
33,372 vs. Zürisch
(9 August 2014)
Champions League:
36,000 vs. Liverpool
(1 October 2014)
36,000 vs. Real Madrid
(26 November 2014 )
Lowest home attendanceSwiss League:
25,304 vs. Vaduz
(28 February 2015)
Champions League:
34,464 vs. Porto
(28 February 2015)

Club

Management

Basel's team manager was Paulo Sousa. On 28 May 2014, Basel announced he had signed a three-year contract.[1] His assistants were Ignacio Torreño, Víctor Sánchez and Manuel Cordeiro, all three of which were brought in by Sousa. Massimo Colomba remained the goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni was head of the FCB Youth System, while the head coach of the Youth Team (U–21) was Thomas Häberli.

Position Staff
Manager Paulo Sousa
since 18 June 2014
1 Assistant manager Ignacio Torreño
2 Assistant manager Víctor Sánchez
3 Assistant manager Manuel Cordeiro
Goalkeeper Coach Massimo Colomba
Team Administration Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach Thomas Häberli
Youth Team Co-Coach Roland Heri

Last updated: 1 July 2014
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[2])
(37,500 for international matches)[3] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 1 July 2014
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview

Offseason and preseason

At the end of the 2013–14 FC Basel season, four first-team players left the club to continue their careers elsewhere: Yann Sommer to Borussia Mönchengladbach; Valentin Stocker to Hertha BSC; Kay Voser to Fulham; and Admir Seferagić to Schaffhausen. Moreover, David Degen retired from football. Basel's four biggest signings for the beginning of the new season were Tomáš Vaclík from Sparta Prague; Yoichiro Kakitani from Cerezo Osaka; Derlis González from Benfica; and Shkëlzen Gashi from Grasshopper. Also new to the team were Luca Zuffi, who transferred from Thun, and Walter Samuel, who joined from Internazionale on a free transfer.

Midseason

During the winter break, two team members transferred to Bundesliga clubs: Serey Dié to VfB Stuttgart and Marcelo Díaz to Hamburger SV. Two further players were loaned out: Naser Aliji to Vaduz from 17 January until 30 June 2015, and Giovanni Sio to Bastia from 1 February until 30 June 2015. In the other direction, on 10 January, Basel announced that left-back Adama Traoré had joined from Vitória de Guimarães, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.[4]

The campaign

Domestic league

Basel's primary objective for the season was to win the Swiss Super League for the sixth-straight year. Basel's 2014–15 Swiss Super League season began well with an away victory on 19 July against Aarau. Basel won their next three matches as well, two at home against Luzern and Zürich and one away against Thun. However, this run was stopped in the fifth round after Basel lost 2–0 at home to St. Gallen, with Albert Bunjaku scoring both goals for the guests. Two further victories, away against Sion in the Stade Tourbillon and at home against Young Boys, were followed by a defeat at the Letzigrund against Grasshopper. At this time, criticism started mounting against new manager Paulo Sousa from the local press, in part due to his continual squad rotation. A home win against Vaduz was followed by a disappointing home draw against Thun and an upsetting defeat against St. Gallen at the AFG Arena. By this time, criticism had risen to its highest, even from the local fan clubs. However, following four wins from the following five league matches, the negative voices slowly changed into a positive direction. In round 17, as league leaders, Basel played the away tie against second-placed Zürich and won 2–1; Shkëlzen Gashi scored both goals. At the end of the first half of the season, Basel, with 41 points, led the league table, eight points ahead of their nearest rivals Zürich and the Young Boys.

Domestic cup

Basel's clear aim for the 2014–15 Swiss Cup was to regain the title. In the previous two seasons, they had ended both cup competitions as runners-up. They started in the first round on 23 August with the away tie in Geneva against CS Italien, a team from the 2. Liga (the sixth tier of the Swiss football league system). Matías Delgado, Breel Embolo, Fabian Frei and Shkëlzen Gashi scored the goals, in that order, as Basel won 4–0 to proceed into the second round. In the away tie, on 20 September, they also won 4–0 against Winterthur, the first goal being scored by Mohamed Elneny and the other three from Embolo. The third round tie on 29 October saw Basel play away against Wohlen, who were then the Swiss Challenge League leaders. The small Stadion Niedermatten was sold out with over 4,000 fans present, as Yoichiro Kakitani, Giovanni Sio and again Embolo scored the goals as Basel won 3–1. The quarter-finals were played on 4 March 2015 and Basel were drawn with an away match against Münsingen. This was won 6–1 with Kakitani scoring three goals. The semi-final was played at the AFG Arena against St. Gallen on 8 April. Goal scorers were Džengis Čavušević for St. Gallen, Gashi (twice) as well as an own goal from Mario Mutsch for Basel as Basel won 3–1. The Final will be played on 7 June 2015 in St. Jakob-Park against Sion.

Champions League

Basel entered into the Champions League in the group stage. Their initial aim is to remain in the competition and reach the knockout phase. Basel were drawn into Group B against Real Madrid, Liverpool and Ludogorets Razgrad.

Real Madrid (16 September 2014)

Basels first game was on 16 September, the away tie against Real in the stadium Santiago Bernabéu. This first tie turned out very bad for Basel, Marek Suchý with an own goal after just 14 minutes started a bad phase, then Bale (30th min.), Ronaldo (31) and Rodríguez (37) scored further goals to put Real four goals ahead within just a few minutes. Although González (38) pulled one back soon after, Benzema (79) netted the last and Basel lost 1–5. Despite the fact that Basel had 48% ball possession, they were never really in the game.

Liverpool (1 October 2014)

The second tie was on 1 October at home to Liverpool. In front of a full house Streller scored the only goal of the game in the 58th minute and Basel won 1–0. According to the UEFA report[5] Basel had more ball possession (56%), more corners (8–4), less offsides (2–7), fewer yellow cards (1–3), fewer fouls (9–10) and more passes (430–322).

Ludogorets Razgrad (22 October 2014)

On 22 October Basel played their third tie away from home against Ludogorets Razgrad. After a good start by Basel, they were up against difficulties as from the 18th minute because Geoffroy Serey Die was shown a red card for a challenge on Cosmin Moţi. Basel fought well and it looked like it would end in a goalless draw until in the 92nd minute as Wanderson slipped a pass to Yordan Minev on the left. The full-back cut inside his marker onto his right foot and drilled at goal low from 20 metres, the ball sliding into the near corner with goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík caught wrongfooted. Ludogorets Razgrad won the game 1–0. At the end of the day, because Liverpool lost at home against Real, three teams were then equal on three points, Basel, Liverpool and Ludogorets Razgrad.[6]

Ludogorets Razgrad (4 November 2014)

The return match against Ludogorets Razgrad was on 4 November. Breel Embolo (34), Derlis González (41), Shkëlzen Gashi (59) and Marek Suchý (65) scored the goals as Basel played their best game in the Champions League and won 4–0.[7]

Real Madrid (26 November 2014)

The return match against Real Madrid was three weeks after the Ludogorets Razgrad game on 26 November. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal of the match as Real Madrid secured the top position in Group B and maintained their 100% record with the victory against Basel.

Liverpool (9 December 2014)

Basel's last game in the group stage was the away tie in Anfield against Liverpool. In second position in the group and with a two-point advantage over the Reds, Basel only needed the draw to secure their first knockout-stage appearance since season 2011/12. Liverpool required all three points to reach the round of 16 for the first time since 2008/09. Fabian Frei scored for Basel after 25 minutes, a low left footed shot, after receiving the pass from Luca Zuffi he fired in from just outside the box. Basel dominated the first half and thoroughly deserved to be in the lead. Liverpool's Lazar Marković was sent off in the 60th minute after he threw his hand into Behrang Safari's face. In the 81st minute Steven Gerrard scored the equalizer from a direct free-kick. But Basel held on until the final whistle and the one all draw saw them advance to the Champions League knockout phase, while Liverpool fell into the UEFA Europa League knockout phase.[8]

Champions League knockout phase

Basel's initial Champions League aim, to remain in the competition and reach the knockout phase was achieved herewith. With the draw to the round of 16 there were indeed hopes that the could reach the next round and the next aim was communicated as reaching the quarterfinals.

Porto (18 February 2015)

Basel were drawn with the first game at home in the St. Jakob-Park to Porto. It was great atmosphere in the stadium even before the teams emerged from the tunnel. There was a decent-sized pocket of Porto fans, but they did well to make themselves heard. The attendance was a total of 34,464 spectators. Basel started the game well and in the eleventh minute Fabian Frei floated a long ball over the top of the defence and Derlis Gonzalez controlled the ball well, his finish was clever with the outside of his right boot and it's ramped up the noise even further. It was Gonzalez's third Champions League goal of the season. Porto responded and took control of the match, suddenly the game had greater fluidity. Porto had up to 60% ball possession, they created chances, but Basel held on well. Eventually Portos efforts paid off as they were awarded a penalty in the 79' minute, Danilo scored from the spot. It was a precise penalty into the bottom corner to Tomáš Vaclík's right and Porto got the away goal that they so badly wanted. A total of nine yellow cards were given during the match. At the end both teams seemed content to go into the return fixture at 1–1. The furious, physical nature of the game had evaporated somewhat as the game approached the final whistle.[9]

Porto (10 March 2015)

Before this second leg, all talk was about how Porto would cope without Jackson Martínez, after their forward and captain was ruled out for "several weeks" with a groin problem. But the second leg in Estádio do Dragão started badly for Basel. Yacine Brahimi superbly executed a free kick in the 14th minute to put Porto one up. Any hopes that Basel had were vanquished soon after half-time as Héctor Herrera made it 2–0, bending in a shot from the edge of the penalty area. Casemiro scored with a wonderful free-kick just a few minutes later. Finally, it was Vincent Aboubakar's fine shot, after he turned around Walter Samuel, before rifling in from over 20 Meters with some 14 minutes left that gave the 4–0 end result. Samuel, who conceded the set piece for the opening goal, ended the evening with another low because he was sent off. The second leg was fairer than the physically aggressive first leg, a total of four yellow cards and one red were shown during the return match.[10]

Basel's Champions League aims ended here, but the Champion League campaign can be described as being a very successful adventure.

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 19 July but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 1 July 2014[11]

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   SUI Philipp Degen
5 DF   SUI Arlind Ajeti
6 DF  ARG Walter Samuel
7 MF   SUI Luca Zuffi
8 MF  CIV Serey Die
9 FW   SUI Marco Streller (Captain)
10 MF  ARG Matías Delgado
11 MF  ALB Shkëlzen Gashi
13 DF  BUL Ivan Ivanov
14 FW  JPN Yoichiro Kakitani
16 DF   SUI Fabian Schär
17 DF  CZE Marek Suchý
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK   SUI Germano Vailati
19 DF  SWE Behrang Safari
20 MF   SUI Fabian Frei (vice-captain)
21 MF  CHI Marcelo Díaz
23 GK   SUI Pascal Albrecht
24 FW  EGY Ahmed Hamoudi
25 FW  PAR Derlis González
26 DF  ARG Gastón Sauro
27 DF   SUI Naser Aliji
30 FW  CIV Giovanni Sio
33 MF  EGY Mohamed Elneny
34 MF  ALB Taulant Xhaka
36 FW   SUI Breel Embolo
39 MF   SUI Davide Callà

Out on loan
— MF   SUI Darko Jevtić (on loan at Lech Poznań from 11 June 2014 until 30 June 2015) [12]
— GK   SUI Mirko Salvi (on loan at Biel from 1 July 2014 until 30 June 2015) [13]
26 DF  ARG Gastón Sauro (on loan at Calcio Catania from 21 August 2014 until 30 June 2015) [14]
— DF   SUI Michael José Gonçalves (on loan at Wil from 12 January until 30 June 2015) [15]
27 DF   SUI Naser Aliji (on loan at Vaduz from 17 January until 30 June 2015) [16]
30 FW  CIV Giovanni Sio (on loan to Bastia from 1 February until 30 June 2015) [17]

Transfers summer 2014

In
1 GK  CZE Tomáš Vaclík (from Sparta Prague) [18]
6 DF  ARG Walter Samuel (from Inter Milan Free transfer) [19]
7 MF   SUI Luca Zuffi (from FC Thun)
11 MF  ALB Shkëlzen Gashi (from Grasshopper Club Zürich) [20]
14 FW  JPN Yoichiro Kakitani (from Cerezo Osaka)
25 FW  PAR Derlis González (from S.L. Benfica)

Out
— GK   SUI Yann Sommer (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)
— MF   SUI David Degen (end of football career) [21]
— MF   SUI Valentin Stocker (to Hertha BSC)
— DF   SUI Kay Voser (to Fulham) [22]
— FW  BIH Admir Seferagić (to Schaffhausen) [13]

Transfers winter 2014/15

In
3 DF  CIV Adama Traoré (from Melbourne Victory) [4]

Out
8 MF  CIV Serey Die (to VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga) [23]
21 MF  CHI Marcelo Díaz (to Bundesliga club Hamburger SV) [24]

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Preseason
24 June 2014 (2014-06-24) Pre-seasonFC Basel 3 – 1[A] SolothurnStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
20:00
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    Note: The match was played over 2x 30 Minutes
 Ar. Ajeti  24'
Sauro  38'
Embolo  57'		 Report (in German)  23' Sasso Attendance: 750
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
27 June 2014 Pre-seasonFC Köniz 1 – 3 BaselSportplatz Liebefeld, Köniz
 73' Tugai Report  5' Delgado
 32' Zuffi
 53' Al. Ajeti		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Lukas Fänhdrich
3 July 2014 Pre-seasonWacker Innsbruck 0 – 3 BaselTivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
Željko Đokić  77' Report  15' F. Frei
 43' Streller
 52' Embolo		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Andreas Heiss
8 July 2014 Pre-seasonBasel 0 – 4 Sparta PragueRottach-Egern, Germany
18:00 CEST Report  5', 8' (pen.) Hušbauer
 46' Holek
 59' Nhamoinesu		 Attendance: 100
Referee: Peter Sippel
12 July 2014 Pre-seasonBasel 2 – 1 Terek GroznyNeuried bei München, Germany
Streller  28'
Zuffi  85' (pen.)		 (Report)  51' Aílton
 67' Kydriashov		 Attendance: 250
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
15 July 2014 Pre-seasonBasel 1 – 2 SchaffhausenStadion Rankhof, Basel
Safari  83' (Report)  21' Almerares
 22' Tadić		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

Winter break
10 January 2015 FriendlyBasel 9 – 0 FC HégenheimFC Basel Campus, Basel
Streller  7'
P. Degen  12'
González  27'
Gashi  37'
Sio  52'
Díaz  54'
Al. Ajeti  78'
Elneny  87'
Embolo  89' (pen.)		 (FCB Report) (in German) Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland)
13 January 2015 FriendlyBasel 2 – 2 Karlsruher SCMarbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:15 Streller  15'
Samuel  86'		 (FCB Report) (in German)  8' Yamada
 70' Gordon		 Attendance: 100
Referee: Juan Antonio Vargas (Spain)
16 January 2015 FriendlyBasel 2 – 1 Fortuna DüsseldorfMarbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
17:00 Delgado  22'
Kakitani  44'		 (FCB Report) (in German)  8' Liendl Attendance: 600
Referee: Juan Antonio Vargas (Spain)
20 January 2015 FriendlyBasel 3 – 2 Dynamo KyivMarbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:00 Embolo  67', 80'
Delgado  89' (pen.)		 (FCB Report) (in German)  10' Vida
 65' Teodorczyk		 Attendance: 20
Referee: Velazquez (Spain)
24 January 2015 FriendlyBasel 2 – 0 SC FreiburgStadion Schützenmatte, Basel
14:30 Streller  33'
Elneny  40'		 (FCB Report) (in German) Attendance: 1,828
Referee: Fabian Hänggi
27 January 2015 FriendlyBasel 2 – 1 SchaffhausenFC Basel Campus, Basel
14:00 Delgado  11' (pen.)
Kakitani  14'		 (FCB Report) (in German)  6' Tadić Attendance: 400
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
30 January 2015 FriendlyEintracht Braunschweig 2 – 0 BaselEintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
18:30 Nielsen  63'
Zuck  71'		 (FCB Report) (in German) Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Harm Osmers

Mid season
27 March 2015 FriendlyBasel 4 – 0 Old BoysFC Basel Campus, Basel
15:30 Streller  19'
Korkmaz  31'
Hayoz  83'
Kakitani  86'		 (FCB Report) (in German) Attendance: 200
Referee: Zenel Musa (Switzerland)

Swiss Super League
Main article: 2014–15 Swiss Super League

First half of season
19 July 2014 Round 1Aarau1 – 2BaselStadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
17:45 Schultz  85' Summary
FCB report (in German)		  15' Embolo
 38'  76' Aliji
 78' Frei		 Attendance: 3,644
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
27 July 2014 Round 2Basel3 – 0LuzernSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Streller  22'
Gashi  39'
Xhaka  58'
Callà  90+4'		 Summary  56' Lustenberger
 67' Jantscher
 73' Lezcano		 Attendance: 29,410
Referee: Sascha Amhof
2 August 2014 Round 3Thun2 – 3BaselArena Thun, Thun
17:45 Kaluđerović  49'
Sadik  84'
Schindelholz  87'		 Summary  19'  85' Streller
 27'  59' Gashi
 74' González
 88' Schär		 Attendance: 9,214
Referee: Alain Bieri
9 August 2014 Round 4Basel4 – 1ZurichSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Gashi  24'
Suchý  34'
Zuffi  39'
González  44'
Díaz  67'
Schär  71'
Kakitani  74'
Xhaka  81'
Delgado  87'		 Summary  27' Chikhaoui
 55' Chermiti
 62' Yapi Yapo
 90+4' Kecojević		 Attendance: 33,372
Referee: Stephan Klossner
14 August 2014 Round 5Basel0 – 2St. GallenSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Delgado  61' FCB Report (in German)  29' Facchinetti
 40', 44' Bunjaku
 67' Rodriguez
 80' Herzog		 Attendance: 27,483
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
17 August 2014 Round 6Sion2 – 3BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
13:45 Vanczák  9'
Herea  69'
Carlitos  75' (pen.)
Rüfli  90+2'		 Summary  7' Elneny
 19' Gashi
 31' Suchý
 59' Streller
 84' (o.g.) Vaņins
 90+2' P. Degen		 Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Stephan Studer
31 August 2014 Round 7Basel3 – 1BSC Young BoysSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 González  4'
Streller  20'
Kakitani  81'		 FCB Report (in German)  32' Nuzzolo Attendance: 31,103
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
13 September 2014 Round 8Grasshopper Club3 – 1BaselLetzigrund, Zurich
17:45 Ngamukol  12'
Dingsdag  45'
Lang  72'		 FCB Report (in German)  35' Safari
 39' Zuffi
 37' Díaz
 73' Delgado
 80'  83' Callà		 Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Sascha Amhof
23 September 2014 Round 9Basel3 – 1VaduzSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Zuffi  2'
Xhaka  76'
Streller  80'
Hamoudi  90+3'		 Summary
FCB Report (in German)		  11' (pen.)  48' Lang
 44' Kaufmann		 Attendance: 25,347
Referee: Sandro Schärer
27 September 2014 Round 10Basel1 – 1ThunSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Elneny  47'
Xhaka  51'
Hamoudi  60'		 Summary  31' Schindelholz
 36' González
 77' Glarner
 90' Sadik		 Attendance: 26,854
Referee: Stephan Klossner
4 October 2014 Round 11St. Gallen2 – 1BaselAFG Arena, St. Gallen
20:00 Čavušević  85'
Bunjaku  90'  90+3'		 Summary  35' Suchý
 56' Callà
 90+4' González		 Attendance: 16,366
Referee: Sascha Amhof
18 October 2014 Round 12Young Boys0 – 1BaselStade de Suisse, Bern
20:00 Renato Steffen  45'
Guillaume Hoarau  69'
Moreno Costanzo  90+1'		 (Report)  31' Gashi
 51' Aliji
 70' P. Degen
 74' Vaclík		 Attendance: 22,002
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
25 October 2014 Round 13Basel1 – 1SionSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Xhaka  47'
Sio  64'
P. Degen  91'
Schär  94'		 (Report)  51'  41' Moussa Konaté
 88' Akolo
 92' Kouassi		 Attendance: 26,722
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
1 November 2014 Round 14Basel2 – 0Grasshopper ClubSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Gashi  61'  23'
González  47'		 (Report)  39' Kahraba
 74' Daniel Pavlović
 81' Michael Dingsdag		 Attendance: 29,339
Referee: Sascha Amhof
9 November 2014 Round 15Vaduz0 – 4BaselRheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
13:45 Stahel  3'
Muntwiler  26'		 (Report)  27' Díaz
 38' Schär
 45+2', 49' Embolo
 76' Gashi		 Attendance: 6,733 (sold out)
Referee: Pascal Erlachner
23 November 2014 Round 16Basel3 – 0AarauSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45 Gashi  17', 86'
Díaz  56'
Embolo  90+1'		 (Report)  39' Luca Radice
 77' Andrist		 Attendance: 28,742
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
30 November 2014 Round 17Zurich1 – 2BaselLetzigrund, Zurich
16:00 Kecojević  75'
Chikhaoui  88' (pen.)		 (Report)  41', 90+4'  53' Gashi
 86' Díaz		 Attendance: 16,302
Referee: Stephan Studer
6 December 2014 Round 18Luzern0 – 3BaselSwissporarena, Luzern
17:45 Samuel  19'
Delgado  55', 61'
Embolo  90+3'		 (Report)  16' Affolter
 17' Jantscher		 Attendance: 11,830
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Second half of season
8 February 2015 Round 19Grasshopper Club2 – 4BaselLetzigrund, Zurich
16:00 CET Abrashi  31'
Dabour  48'
Bauer  56'
Lang  74'		 Summary Elneny  28'
Gashi  69'
Streller  72'
Callà  81'
González  84'
Delgado  86'		 Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Alain Bieri
14 February 2015 Round 20Basel1 – 1SionSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 CET Vaclík  45+1'
Gashi  68'		 (Report)  6' Fernandes
 45+1' (pen.) Pa Modou
 56' Salatić
 70' Lacroix
 74' Akolo
 78'  90' Perrier
 86' Ziegler		 Attendance: 25,363
Referee: Sascha Amhof
22 February 2015 Round 21Young Boys4 – 2BaselStade de Suisse, Bern
16:00 Gerndt  10', 27'
Lecjaks  16'
Gajić  60'
Vilotić  76'
Hadergjonaj  84'
Hoarau  24'  92'		 (Report)  15' González
 41' Safari
 71'  88' Gashi
 90' Traoré
 91' Streller		 Attendance: 17,420
Referee: Stephan Klossner
28 February 2015 Round 22Basel1 – 0VaduzSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00  23'
F. Frei  48'  41'
Suchý  80'		 (Report)  42' Neumayr Attendance: 25,304
Referee: Fedayi San
7 March 2015 Round 23Basel3 – 0ThunSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Xhaka  41'
Gashi  58'  45+1'
Streller  52'		 (Report)  40' Ferreira Attendance: 26.354
Referee: Pascal Erlachner
15 March 2015 Round 24St. Gallen2 – 2BaselAFG Arena, St. Gallen
16:00 Sikorski  16'
Mutsch  17'
Tréand  42'
Janjatović  69'		 (Report)  9' Delgado
 34' Callà
 66' Traoré
 69' Xhaka
 74' Embolo
 89' Streller		 Attendance: 17,457
Referee: Sandro Schärer
21 March 2015 Round 25Luzern1 – 4BaselSwissporarena, Luzern
17:45 Omlin  48'
Bozanic  48'
Puljić  52'
Lustenberger  81'		 (Report)  31' Xhaka
 32'  49' Gashi
 47' (pen.) Delgado
 81' P. Degen
 87' Callà		 Attendance: 13,002
Referee: Stephan Studer
4 April 2015 Round 26Basel6 – 0AarauSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Delgado  6' (pen.), 36'
Streller  16', 33'
Gashi  22', 63'
Samuel  70'
Hamoudi  79'		 (Report)  27' Lüscher
 71' Andrist		 Attendance: 26,979
Referee: Sandro Schärer
12 April 2015 Round 27Basel5 – 1ZurichSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Gashi  44'  24'
Streller  44'
Embolo  45+1', 47', 78'
Djimsiti  88'		 (Report)  27' Kajević
 32' Gavranović
 38' Davide Chiumiento
 44' Rikan
 70' Kecojević
 71'  8' Etoundi		 Attendance: 32,042
Referee: Sascha Amhof
18 April 2015 Round 28Sion0 – 1BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
17:45 Kouassi  34'
Zverotić  80'
Ziegler 86'		 (Report)  28' Schär
 34' Embolo
 68' Callà
 71' F. Frei
 73' Suchý
 81' González		 Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
26 April 2015 Round 29Basel1 – 2LuzernSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45 Suchý  25'
Delgado  37'		 (Report)  1' Lezcano
 32' Schneuwly
 36' Thiesson
 83' Lustenberger		 Attendance: 28,897
Referee: Stephan Studer
29 April 2015 Round 30Vaduz1 – 3BaselRheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:45 Muntwiler  34'
Sara  46'
Pak  66'		 (Report)  30' Streller
 45+1' (pen.) González
 82' Zuffi		 Attendance: 5,248
Referee: Sascha Amhof
2 May 2015 Round 31Basel2 – 1Grasshopper ClubSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Elneny  55'
Callà  34'  59'		 (Report)  45+1' Ravet
 1' Gülen		 Attendance: 28,852
Referee: Stephan Klossner
10 May 2015 Round 32Zurich1 – 2BaselLetzigrund, Zurich
16:00 Rikan  28'
Nef  77'
Kecojević  86'		 (Report)  42' Callà
 90+2' Suchý		 Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
17 May 2015 Round 33Basel0 – 0Young BoysSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Xhaka  25'
Suchý  45'
Traoré  71'		 Summary Lecjaks  15'
von Bergen  37'
Vitkieviez  90+1'		 Attendance: 34,231
Referee: Sascha Amhof
20 May 2015 Round 34Aarau2 – 1BaselStadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:30 Mohamed Elneny  5' (o.g.)
Djurić  49'
Burki  71'
Jaggy  89'		 Summary Ajeti  42'
Sameul  61'
Embolo  62'		 Attendance: 4,551
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer
25 May 2015 Round 35Thun2 – 2BaselArena Thun, Thun
16:00 Sadik  16', 86'
Frontino  60'		 (Report) Hamoudi  67'
Gashi  73' (pen.)
Kakitani  75'
Huser  90'		 Attendance: 8,717
29 May 2015 Round 36Basel4 – 3St. GallenSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Streller  17'
Samuel  85'  49'
Schär  53'
Zuffi  78'
Al. Ajeti  87'		 FCB Report  30' Mathys
 38'  53' Aleksić
 54' Aratore
 75' Tréand		 Attendance: 33,403
Referee: Stephan Studer

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 24 6 6 84 41 +43 78 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Young Boys 36 19 9 8 64 45 +19 66
3 Zürich 36 15 8 13 55 48 +7 53 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Thun 36 13 13 10 47 45 +2 52 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 12 11 13 54 46 +8 47
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 24 6 6 84 41  +43 78 12 4 2 43 15  +28 12 2 4 41 26  +15

Last updated: 29 May 2015.
Source: Fussballdaten.de

Swiss Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Swiss Cup
23 August 2014 Round 1CS Italien (GE)0 – 4BaselStade des Arberes, Meyrin
17:00 Antonili  23'
Blanco  82'		 (Report) (in German)  7' Delgado,
 30' Embolo,
 53' F. Frei,
 90+3' Gashi		 Attendance: 2,650
Referee: Nicolas Jancevski
20 September 2014 Round 2Winterthur0 – 4BaselSchützenwiese, Winterthur
14:00 Bengondo  15'
Iapichino  71'		 (Report)  32'  45' Elneny
 36', 41', 67' Embolo
 65' Díaz		 Attendance: 5,000 (sold out)
Referee: Stephan Studer
29 October 2014 Round 3Wohlen1 – 3BaselStadion Niedermatten, Wohlen
19:30 Brahimi  61'  15' (Report)  11' Kakitani
 41' Sio
 90+1'  90+2' Embolo		 Attendance: 4,100 (sold out)
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
4 March 2015 QuarterfinalFC Münsingen1 – 6BaselSportanlage Sandreutenen, Münsingen
19:30 Max Dreier  37'
Antonius Dreier  40'
Christian Plüss  81'		 (Report)  6' Hamoudi
 24', 43', 59' Kakitani
 34' Embolo
 41' Delgado
 65' Samuel		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
8 April 2015 SemifinalSt. Gallen1 – 3FC BaselAFG Arena, St. Gallen
20:15 Mutsch  34'
Everton Bilher  39'  90+2'
Dejan Janjatović  50'
Čavušević  87'
Stéphane Besle  89'		 (Report)  14', 60' Gashi
 18' Embolo
 44' (o.g.) Mutsch
 90+2' Callà		 Attendance: 16,690
Referee: Stephan Klossner
7 June 2015 FinalFC Basel0 – 3FC SionSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
14:00

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

Group stage
Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RM BSL LIV LUD
1 Real Madrid 6 6 0 0 16 2 +14 18 Advance to knockout phase — 5–1 1–0 4–0
2 Basel 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 0–1 — 1–0 4–0
3 Liverpool 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 1–1 — 2–1
4 Ludogorets Razgrad 6 1 1 4 5 14 −9 4 1–2 1–0 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
16 September 2014 Round 1Real Madrid 5 – 1 BaselSantiago Bernabéu, Madrid
20:45 Suchý  14' (o.g.)
Bale  30'
Ronaldo  31'
Rodríguez  37'
Benzema  79'
Pepe  85'		 Report  38' González
 55' Elneny
 60' Samuel
 90+1' Xhaka		 Attendance: 65,364[25]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
1 October 2014 Round 2Basel 1 – 0 LiverpoolSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Streller  52'
Suchý  60'		 Report  9' Sterling
 54' Gerrard
 71' Balotelli		 Attendance: 36,000[26] (sold out)
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
22 October 2014 Round 3Ludogorets Razgrad 1 – 0 BaselVasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia[A]
20:45 Moți  86'
Minev  24'  90+2'
Espinho  90+3'		 Report  18' Serey Die
 43' Xhaka
 45+2' González
 67' Embolo
 85' F. Frei (C)
 90+3' Schär		 Attendance: 29,150[27]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
4 November 2014 Round 4Basel 4 – 0 Ludogorets RazgradSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Embolo  34'
González  42'  41'
Gashi  59'
Suchý  65'		 Report  84' Marcelinho Attendance: 35,272[28]
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
26 November 2014 Round 5Basel 0 – 1 Real MadridSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 P. Degen  44'
Suchý  53'
Schär  80'		 Report  35' Ronaldo
 43' Sergio Ramos
 48' Coentrão		 Attendance: 36,000[29] (sold out)
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
9 December 2014 Round 6Liverpool 1 – 1 BaselAnfield, Liverpool
20:45 Leiva  47'
Marković  60'
Lovren  66'
Moreno  77'
Gerrard  81'		 Report  25' Frei
 80' Schär		 Attendance: 43,290[30]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Notes
  1. ^
    Ludogorets Razgrad play their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia instead of their regular stadium, Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad.

Round of 16
Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 15 December 2014. The first legs of the knockout phase were played on 17, 18, 24 and 25 February, and the second legs played on 10, 11, 17 and 18 March 2015.

18 February 2015 First legBasel 1 – 1 PortoSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 González  11'
F. Frei  22'
Elneny  26'
Samuel  46'
Gashi  57'
Suchý  62'		 Report  29' Casemiro
 36' Torres
 51' Sandro
 79' (pen.)  87' Danilo		 Attendance: 34,464[31]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
10 March 2015 Second legPorto 4 – 0 BaselEstádio do Dragão, Porto
20:45 Brahimi  14'
Herrera  47'
Casemiro  56'
Aboubakar  76'		 Report Attendance: 43,108[32]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Porto won 5–1 on aggregate.

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