2017–18 FC Basel season

The 2017–18 FC Basel season was the 125th season in club history and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were the reigning Swiss Super League champions. The season started on the weekend of 22–23 July 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018.[1] They were also the Swiss Cup holders. The first round of the Swiss Cup was played on 13 August 2017. Basel were also qualified for this season's Champions League in the Group stage. The first round was played on 12 September 2017.

FC Basel
2017–18 season
Chairman Bernhard Burgener
Manager Raphaël Wicky
GroundSt. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League2nd
Swiss CupSemifinals
Champions LeagueRound of 16

Club

Management

Raphaël Wicky was appointed as new first team manager and was given a two-year contract with an option for a third year. His assistant is Massimo Lombardo and further members of the training staff are Werner Leuthard and Marco Walker. Massimo Colomba is the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System.

Position Staff
Manager Raphaël Wicky
Assistant manager Massimo Lombardo
Assistant manager
& Fitness Coach		 Marco Walker
Goalkeeper Coach Massimo Colomba
Fitness Coach Werner Leuthard
Team leader Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach Arjan Peço
Youth Team Co-Coach Toni Membrino
Youth Team Co-Coach Michaël Bauch

Source: FCB Official Site

Further information

The FC Basel annual general meeting took place on 9 June 2017. The previous board of directors under president Bernhard Heusler with sportdirector Georg Heitz, vice-president Adrian Knup, financial manager Stephan Werthmüller and marketing manager René Kamm stepped back. Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser remained on the board. Bernhard Burgener took over as chairman and Marco Streller as sportdirector. [2] Peter von Büren was voted as financial manager and Patrick Jost in marketing.

Chairman Bernhard Burgener
Vice Chairman
Finances Peter von Büren
Sportdirector Marco Streller
Marketing Patrick Jost
Direktor Reto Baumgartner
Direktor Dominik Donzé
Direktor Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (38,512[3]
(37,500 for international matches)[4] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 10 June 2017
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview

Offseason and preseason

At the end of the 2016–17 FC Basel season Marc Janko left the club and joined Czech First League club Sparta Prague. Daniel Høegh also left the club and joined SC Heerenveen of the Dutch Eredivisie[5] On 23 June 2017 Basel announced that Jean-Paul Boëtius had been transferred to Dutch club Feyenoord.[6] Seydou Doumbia's loan came to an end and Basel neither wanted to prolong nor enter the option to buy him. Adama Traoré left the club mid-August because he no longer played a part in the teams planning.

In the other direction Basel were not too busy on the transfer market. On 14 June 2017 Basel announced that they had signed Ricky van Wolfswinkel from SBV Vitesse.[7] A few days later, on 20 June, the club announced that they had loaned Dimitri Oberlin from Red Bull Salzburg.[8]

First half of season

During the season, on 13 September 2017 Basel announced that they had recalled striker Cedric Itten from the loan to Luzern.[9] Then following the injury suffered by Ricky van Wolfswinkel Basel were forced to hire another striker and on 2 October 2017 they announced that Albian Ajeti had been signed a five-year contract.[10]

Mid-season break

During the winter mid-season break there was also quite some movements on the transfer market. On 23 December 2017 FC Basel announced that Fabian Frei would return to the club, signing a four and a half year contact dated up until June 2022.[11] On 27 December the club announced that Samuele Campo, a former Basel youth player, was also returning, signing a four and a half year contact dated up until June 2022.[12] Furthermore, on 10 January 2018 the club announced that another former Basel player Valentin Stocker was also returning. Stocker signed a three and a half year contact dated up until June 2021.[13]

In the other direction, also on 10 January, Basel announced that Renato Steffen had left the club.[14] Steffen signed a three and a half year deal with VfL Wolfsburg. The transfer fee was reported as being 1.75 million Euro.[15] Just a few days later Basel announced that Akanji had transferred to Borussia Dortmund.[16] The transfer fee was reported as being 21.5 million Euro. He signed a four and a half year contract dated until June 2022.[17]

The Campaign

Domestic League

The season started on the weekend of 22–23 July 2017. Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship for the ninth consecutive time. Their first game was the match against Young Boys in Stade de Suisse which ended in a 0–2 defeat. Following three victories Basel played four games without a win (two draws, two defeats) and slipped down to fourth position in the league table. Following this poor start the following game was at home against Zürich. The game was a passionate battle and the home club titled their report: A passionately fighting FCB wins against FCZ 1:0.[18] The game changed the run of the season and afterwards the team won six and drawing three of the next nine games. By the mid-season break Basel had narrowed the gap to table leaders Young Boys to just two points, third placed Zürich were twelve points adrift.

Domestic Cup

Basel are the Swiss Cup holders. Basel's clear aim for the cup is to defend their title. The first round of the Swiss Cup started on 13 August 2017. In the first three rounds Basel were drawn away against lower tier teams, winning against FC Wettswil-Bonstetten, FC Chiasso and FC Rapperswil-Jona. Basel were then drawn at home against Luzern in the quarter-final. This was won 2–1 and Basel advance to the semi-final in the Stade de Suisse against Young Boys on 27 February 2018.

Champions League

Basel entered into this season's Champions League in the Group stage. They were drawn into Group A along with Manchester United, Benfica and CSKA Moscow. Basels initial aim is to remain in a European competition after the Champions League group stage. The first match was the away game against Manchester United. Basel were previously drawn with both Benfica and United in 2011–12 and on this occasion, United finished third in the group and dropped down to the UEFA Europa League.

Manchester United (12 September 2017)

The first game was played in Old Trafford, in proper Manchester weather in Manchester. Basel were sitting deep, with their three centre-backs, as United took control of the game from the very start. Marouane Fellaini came off the bench after 19 minutes to replace the injured Paul Pogba and opened the scoring with a powerful header in the 35 minute, which was only part of his Man of the Match performance. Basel played better after the opening goal and even at the beginning of the second half created their chances. But it was also a particularly special night for Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford, both of whom found the net on their Champions League debuts with second-half strikes. United took a corner short, Daley Blind to Juan Mata and when Blind took the return he crossed for Lukaku who outjumped Balanta to power home. in the 85 minute Fellaini crossed, the ball was missed by Mkhitaryan and Suchý before Rashford, opening his body, sidefooted into the ground and high into the net.[19]

Benfica (27 September 2017)

Basel ran out 5–0 victors at St. Jakob-Park in Basel against Portuguese side Benfica on Wednesday 27 September in an emphatic and much-needed victory for the Swiss club in the Champions League. Basel controlled the game from the start, Michael Lang (2) and Dimitri Oberlin (20) gave Basel a two-goal lead in the first half. Oberlin showed his amazing speed as he scored this goal. He made a clearance from a Benfica corner before covering the length of the pitch in mere seconds. Impressively, the 20-year-old composed himself after the run upon receiving the pass from Renato Steffen before sending the ball past the goalkeeper Júlio César.[20] Ricky van Wolfswinkel then added a third in the second half (60) with a penalty, before birthday-boy Oberlin scored his second (69) and Blas Riveros's goal in the 76 minute completed the rout. Benfica were reduced to 10-men when André Almeida was sent off for foul play in the 63 minute.[21]

CSKA Moscow (18 October 2017)

Match three of the Group Stage took Basel to the away game in the VEB Arena against CSKA Moscow. The game started slowly, the teams getting to know each other, indeed both teams looked very cautious in the beginning. But Basel took control after about ten minutes. Taulant Xhaka missed his first chance, but in the 29 minute he scored his first European goal in his 47th European match. The Albanian international cruised through the CSKA defence and shot the ball into the back of the net, a right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. There was little reaction from CSKA players after conceding. Quite the contrary - the visitors grew in confidence and took more control. At the end of an energetic first half, the visitors had the majority of the possession. The hosts matched the energy of the Swiss side, but had not been able to make more than one attempt on goal (off target). It was a deserved lead at half-time and Basel looked the more dangerous in the second half. Ten minutes into the second half the assistant referee canceled out Basel's second goal for offside, after referee Björn Kuipers initially pointed to the centre circle. The decision came about 40 seconds after the visitors started their celebrations. Towards the end of the game Basel made themselves good chances. Dimitri Oberlin missed the target on two occasions, until eventually in the 90 minute he didn't miss. The Switzerland U21 international made his run from the halfway line and finished with composure, slotting it calmly in the corner of goal.[22]

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 22 July 2017 but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 2 October 2017[23]

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 (Vice-Captain)
6 MF   SUI Fabian Frei
7 MF   SUI Luca Zuffi
9 FW  NED Ricky van Wolfswinkel
10 MF   SUI Samuele Campo
11 MF   SUI Renato Steffen
13 GK   SUI Mirko Salvi
14 GK   SUI Valentin Stocker
15 MF  SWE Alexander Fransson
17 DF  CZE Marek Suchý (Captain)
18 GK   SUI Germano Vailati
19 FW   SUI Dimitri Oberlin
20 MF  CIV Serey Dié
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   SUI Albian Ajeti
23 DF  COL Éder Álvarez Balanta
24 MF  NOR Mohamed Elyounoussi
25 DF  PAR Blás Riveros
27 FW   SUI Neftali Manzambi
28 DF  ITA Raoul Petretta
30 MF   SUI Cedric Itten
31 MF   SUI Dominik Robin Schmid
33 MF   SUI Kevin Bua
34 MF  ALB Taulant Xhaka (Vice-Captain)
35 DF  POR Pedro Pacheco
36 DF   SUI Manuel Akanji
37 FW  FRA Afimico Pululu
39 MF   SUI Davide Callà
- MF  ARG Matías Delgado
- GK  SRB Đorđe Nikolić
- MF   SUI Dereck Kutesa

Loans

In on loan
19 FW   SUI Dimitri Oberlin (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg until 30 June 2018) [8]

Out on loan
22 MF  SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović (on loan at Málaga until 30 June 2018) [24]
- DF   SUI Eray Cümart (on loan at Sion 30 June 2018) [25]
20 MF   SUI Dereck Kutesa (on loan to Luzern from 14 September until 30 June 2018) [26]
30 MF   SUI Cedric Itten (on loan at Luzern (ended early, on 13 September 2017)) [27][9]
- FW  SVN Andraž Šporar (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2018) [28]
- MF   SUI Robin Huser (on loan at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2018) [29]
- GK  SRB Đorđe Nikolić (on loan to Schaffhausen until 30 June 2018) [30]

Transfers summer 2017

In
9 FW  NED Ricky van Wolfswinkel (from SBV Vitesse) [7]
13 GK   SUI Mirko Salvi (return from Lugano end of loan)

Out
-- MF  SRB Veljko Simić (released) [31]
-- FW   SUI Nicolas Hunziker (to Thun) [32]
3 DF  CIV Adama Traoré (to Göztepe S.K.) [33]
10 MF  ARG Matías Delgado (retired) [34]
21 FW  AUT Marc Janko (to Sparta Prague) [35]
26 DF  DEN Daniel Høegh (to SC Heerenveen) [36]
77 FW  NED Jean-Paul Boëtius (to Feyenoord) [6]
88 FW  CIV Seydou Doumbia (end of loan) [37]

Transfers winter 2017-18

In
3 DF   SUI Léo Lacroix (from AS Saint-Étienne on loan)
6 MF   SUI Fabian Frei (from Mainz 05)
10 MF   SUI Samuele Campo (from Lausanne-Sport)
14 MF   SUI Valentin Stocker (from Hertha BSC)

Out
11 MF   SUI Renato Steffen (to VfL Wolfsburg)
36 DF   SUI Manuel Akanji (to Borussia Dortmund)

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season
30 June 2017 Pre-seasonBasel 4 – 1 RosenheimSportplatz Birkenmoos, Rottach-Egern
18:30 Dominik Robin Schmid  18'
Steffen  57'
van Wolfswinkel  59', 89'		 Report  55' Valentin Hauswirth Attendance: 120
Referee: Matthias Zacher
5 July 2017 Pre-seasonBasel 0 – 0 WilYouth-Campus, Basel
17:00 Report Attendance: 700
Referee: Fedayi San
8 July 2017 Pre-seasonBasel 2 – 0 XamaxYouth-Campus, Basel
11:00 Delgado  29'
Kutesa  37'
Bua  73'		 Report  25' Di Nardo Attendance: 900
Referee: Adrien Jaccotet
12 July 2017 Pre-seasonBasel 3 – 2 Athletic Club BilbaoStade du Christ-Roi, Lens, Switzerland
19:00
15 July 2017 Pre-seasonBasel 3 – 2 SportingStade des Grèves, Delley-Portalban
19:00 Delgado  37'  34' (pen.)
Steffen  43'
Bua  79'		 Report  28' (pen.) Dost
 39' Ruiz
 77' Pereira		 Attendance: 3500
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
30 August 2017 Mid-seasonBasel 6 – 1 WohlenYouth-Campus, Basel
11:00 van Wolfswinkel  3', 36'
Steffen  13', 43'
Zuffi  41'
Pululu  56'
Adamczyk  64'		 Report  16' Marko Bicvic
 51' Sadrijaj		 Attendance: 350
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
4 October 2017 Mid-seasonBasel 1 – 2 SchaffhausenYouth-Campus, Basel
11:00 Okafor  4' FCB Report  14' Dangubic
 27' Tranquilli		 Attendance: 300
Referee: Tomas Superczynsk

Winter break
14 January 2018 TestBasel1 – 1Tianjin QuanjianMarbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:00 Okafor  31' Report  44' Zheng Dalun Attendance: 200
Referee: Jose Maria Aranda Delgado
17 January 2018 TestBasel1 – 2Viktoria PlzeňMarbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:00 Bua  17' Report  49' (pen.) Bakoš
 56' Čermák		 Attendance: 50
Referee: Juan Gabriel Gallegos Gimenez
20 January 2018 TestBasel2 – 4SK Sturm GrazMarbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:00 Elyounoussi  43', 45' Report  5' Koch
 30' Alar
 41' Huspek
 56' Lovrić		 Attendance: 60
Referee: Sergio Gutierez Perez
24 January 2018 TestBasel1 – 0WinterthurYouth-Campus, Basel
11:00 van Wolfswinkel  55' Report Attendance: 300
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
27 January 2018 TestBasel1 – 0LuzernSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
13:30 Al. Ajeti  62' Report Attendance: 3,290
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)

Swiss Super League

First half of season
22 July 2017 Round 1Young Boys2 – 0BaselStade de Suisse, Bern
19:00 Hoarau  16'
Nuhu  53'
Ravet  58'
Sanago  79'
Sulejmani  80'		 Report  4' Delgado
 32' Elyounoussi
 45' Suchý
 69' Lang
 79' Balanta
 90+2' Steffen		 Attendance: 31,500 (sold out)
Referee: Stephan Klossner
30 July 2017 Round 2Basel3 – 1LuzernSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Elyounoussi  14'
Bua  22'
 33' Akanji
van Wolfswinkel  79'		 Report  33' Kryeziu
 50' Custodio
 54' (o.g.) Elyounoussi
 68' Juric		 Attendance: 27,416
Referee: Fedayi San
5 August 2017 Round 3Thun0 – 3BaselStockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00 Bürgy  66' Report  3' van Wolfswinkel
 29' Bua
 71' Steffen
 88' Vaclík
 90+6' Oberlin		 Attendance: 7,227
Referee: Alain Bieri
10 August 2017 Round 4Basel3 – 2Grasshopper ClubSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Vilotić  29' (o.g.)
van Wolfswinkel  43', 60' (pen.)
Balanta  84'		 Report  59' Zesiger
 70' Andersen
 77'  75' Vilotić		 Attendance: 26,317
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
20 August 2017 Round 5Basel1 – 1LuganoSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 van Wolfswinkel  62' (pen.) Report  62' Piccinocchi
 86' Antonio de Sousa
 89' Mihajlović		 Attendance: 26,994
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
27 August 2017 Round 6Sion1 – 1BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00 Zock  19'
Matheus Cunha  47'
Schneuwly  89'		 Report  7' van Wolfswinkel
 21' Steffen
 28' Suchý
 34' Xhaka		 Attendance: 10,900
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
9 September 2017 Round 7Basel1 – 2Lausanne-SportSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Wolfswinkel  30' (pen.)
Suchy  53'  53'
Steffen  72'		 FCB Report Maniere  29'
Getaz  32'  71'
Kololli  55'
Geissmann  80'
Maccoppi  85'
Monteiro  91'
Castella  93'		 Attendance: 23,686
Referee: Pascal Erlachner
20 September 2017 Round 8St. Gallen2 – 1BaselKybunpark, St. Gallen
19:00 Aratore  15'
Aleksić  45'  25'
Lüchinger  52'
Hefti  55'
Wiss  81'		 FCB Report  31' Xhaka
 89' Oberlin
 89' Zuffi		 Attendance: 12,214
Referee: Stephan Klossner
23 September 2017 Round 9Basel1 – 0ZürichSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Oberlin  62'
Zuffi  71'
Lang  80'
Xhaka  90+1'		 FCB report  41' Sarr Attendance: 29,584
Referee: Sandro Schärer Buttikon
30 September 2017 Round 10Grasshopper Club0 – 0BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
19:00 Bergström 9' FCB report  33' Xhaka
 63' Akanji		 Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
14 October 2017 Round 11Lugano0 – 4BaselCornaredo, Lugano
19:00 Mariani  33'
Amuzie  85'		  19' Petretta
 39' Al. Ajeti
 74' Elyounoussi
 86' Itten		 Attendance: 3,627
Referee: Pascal Erlachner
21 October 2017 Round 12Basel2 – 1ThunSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Zuffi  36'
Al. Ajeti  62'
Suchý  67'		 FCB report  26' Hediger
 68' (pen.) Costanzo
 70' Kablan
 77' Tosetti		 Attendance: 24,559
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
28 October 2017 Round 13Zürich0 – 0BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
19:00 Jagne  8'
Brunner  41'
Pálsson  61'
Bangura  82'		 FCB report
Report		 Suchý  3'
Xhaka  31'
Oberlin  53'		 Attendance: 15,023
Referee: Stephan Klossner
5 November 2017 Round 14Basel1 – 1Young BoysSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Dié  54'  57'
Callà  78'		 FCB report
Report		 Benito  40'
Nuhu  59'
Aebischer  65'
Nsamé  80'		 Attendance: 32,456
Referee: Sandro Schärer
18 November 2017 Round 15Basel5 – 1SionSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Lang  56'
Elyounoussi  57'
Steffen  72' (pen.)
Bua  76' (pen.), 90+2'		 FCB Report  3' Schneuwly
 14' Uçan
 21'
 53'  71' Bamert
 74' Mitryushkin
 78' Kasami		 Attendance: 24,212
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
25 November 2017 Round 16Luzern1 – 4BaselSwissporarena, Luzern
19:00 Shkelqim Demhasaj  19'
Grether  52'
Ziegler  56'
Kryeziu  86'		 FCB report  30', 90+2' Lang
 50' Xhaka
 69' Oberlin
 81' Itten		 Attendance: 10,109
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
2 December 2017 Round 17Lausanne-Sport1 – 4BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:00 Maccoppi  55'
Zeqiri  79'		 FCB report  7' Elyounoussi
 39' Al. Ajeti
 63' Lang
 66' Steffen		 Attendance: 3,956
Referee: Urs Schnyder
9 December 2017 Round 18Basel3 – 0St. GallenSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Al. Ajeti  20', 65'
Steffen  62'
Akanji  72'		 FCB report  28' Wiss
 67' Aratore		 Attendance: 24,812
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

Second half of season
17 December 2017 Round 19Grasshopper Club0 – 2BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Qollaku  79'
Vilotić  88'		 FCB report  25' Elyounoussi
 59'  79' Steffen		 Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Stephan Klossner
4 February 2018 Round 20Basel0 – 1LuganoSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Elyounoussi 27'
Suchý  45'
Xhaka  60'		 Report  6' Gerndt
 24' Rouiller
 60' Črnigoj		 Attendance: 23,841
Referee: Sandro Schärer Buttikon
10 February 2018 Round 21Thun0 – 2BaselStockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00 Righetti  32'
Glarner  90+4'		 Report  42' Oberlin
 59' Petretta
 90'  88' Bua		 Attendance: 5,607
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
17 February 2018 Round 22Basel0 – 2St. GallenSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 van Wolfswinkel 24'
Serey Die  26'
Suchý  57'
Xhaka  90+1'		 Report  23' Hefti
 52' Barnetta
 53', 86' Itten		 Attendance: 22,988
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
24 February 2018 Round 23Lausanne-SportPPBaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:00 Referee: Urs Schnyder
3 March 2018 Round 24BaselPPZürichSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
11 March 2018 Round 25Luzern1 – 0BaselSwissporarena, Luzern
16:00 Knezevic  36'
Gvilia  46'
Kryeziu 74'		 Report  21' Bua
 32' Riveros
 57' Suchý
 92' Al. Ajeti
 93' Oberlin		 Attendance: 11,749
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
14 March 2018 Round 23Lausanne-Sport1 – 1BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
18:45 Schmid  16'
Monteiro  76'
Enzo  84'
Rapp 89'		 Report  40' Oberlin
 60' Lang
 88' Stocker
 89' Serey Die		 Attendance: 3,159
Referee: Pascal Erlachner
18 March 2018 Round 26Basel1 – 0SionSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Al. Ajeti  46'  69'
Lacroix  87'		 Report  79' Cunha Attendance: 24,717
Referee: Urs Schnyder
2 April 2018 Round 27Young Boys2 – 2BaselStade de Suisse, Bern
16:00 Hoarau  24'
Nuhu  40'
Fassnacht  56'		 Report  36' Stocker
 39' Xhaka
 47' Suchý
 50' Zuffi
 59' Elyounoussi		 Attendance: 31,120 (sold out)
Referee: Frank Schneider (Strassburg)
7 April 2018 Round 28Lugano0 – 1BaselCornaredo, Lugano
16:00 Rouiller  45' Report  18' Elyounoussi
 26' Suchý
 86' Xhaka
 90' Stocker		 Attendance: 4,746
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)
11 April 2018 Round 24Basel3 – 0ZürichSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:45 Riveros  16'
Xhaka  66'
F. Frei  69'
Stocker  71'
Campo  79'
van Wolfswinkel  84'
Petretta  90+2'		 FCB Report  61' Nef
 73' Schättin		 Attendance: 27,137
Referee: Stephan Klossner
15 April 2018 Round 29Basel2 – 1Lausanne-SportSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Bua  11'
 60'
Al. Ajeti  90+2'		 FCB Report  24' Loosli
 55'  82' Gétaz
 63' Margiotta
 90' Castella		 Attendance: 23,649
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
18 April 2018 Round 30Basel1 – 0Grasshopper ClubSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Stocker  43'
Bua  58'
Elyounoussi  75'
Manzambi  83'		 FCB Report  28' Bergström
 45' Doumbia		 Attendance: 23,487
Referee: Pascal Erlachner
22 April 2018 Round 31Sion2 – 2BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00 Carlitos  42' (pen.)
Kasami  44'
Cunha  47'		 FCB Report  11', 52' van Wolfswinkel
 18' Campo
 60' Lacroix
 63' Lang
 78' F. Frei		 Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Stephan Klossner
29 April 2018 Round 32Basel6 – 1ThunSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Stocker  7'
Campo  13'
Manzambi  47'
van Wolfswinkel  49'  57'
Al. Ajeti  75', 86'		 FCB Report  40' Sorgić
 58' Gelmi		 Attendance: 25,229
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
6 Mai 2018 Round 33St. Gallen2 – 4BaselKybunpark, St. Gallen
16:00 Buess  8'
Sigurjónsson  61'
Wittwer  74'
Toko  76'		 FCB Repot  30' Serey Die
 43', 58'  65' Elyounoussi
 70' Campo
 87' Al. Ajeti		 Attendance: 15,594
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
10 Mai 2018 Round 34BaselvYoung BoysSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00
13 Mai 2018 Round 35ZürichvBaselLetzigrund, Zürich
16:00
19 Mai 2018 Round 36BaselvLuzernSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 26 6 4 84 41 +43 84 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Basel 36 20 9 7 72 36 +36 69 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Luzern 36 15 9 12 51 51 0 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Zürich 36 12 13 11 50 44 +6 49 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 St. Gallen 36 14 3 19 52 72 −20 45 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[38]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Zürich qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Swiss Cup.

Swiss Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Swiss Cup

The draw for the first round was held on 28 June 2017. 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. The home advantage was also granted to the team from the lower league in the second and third rounds.

13 August 2017 Round 1FC Wettswil-Bonstetten0 – 2BaselSportanlage Moos, Wettswil am Albis
14:30 Studer  61'
Schneebeli  83'		 FCB report
SFV summary		  37' Callà
 38' Xhaka
 86' Zuffi		 Attendance: 4,257 (sold out) Stadium record
Referee: Sandro Schärer Buttikon
17 September 2017 Round 2Chiasso0 – 1BaselStadio Comunale (Chiasso)
16:00 Jetmir Krasniqi  25'
Eris Abedini  30'
Said  49'
Simone Belometti  49'		 FCB report  20' Suchý
 82' Itten		 Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
25 October 2017 Round 3Rapperswil-Jona1 – 2BaselStadion Grünfeld, Rapperswil
20:00 da Silva  32'
Berkay Sülüngöz  34'
Dominik Schwizer  53'		 FCB report  32' Al. Ajeti
 59' Oberlin		 Attendance: 3,904
Referee: Sandro Schärer Buttikon
29 November 2017 Quarter-finalBasel2 – 1FC LuzernSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Lang  13', 52'
Elyounoussi  41'		 FCB report
Report		  22' Schürpf
 41' Silvan Sidler
 60' Voca
 77' Schulz		 Attendance: 7,715
Referee: Sandro Schärer Buttikon
27 February 2018 Semi-finalYoung Boys2 – 0BaselStade de Suisse, Bern
20:15
FCB Report
Report		 Attendance: 23,519
Referee: Stephan Klossner

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League

Group stage
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group A

Basel were qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League in the Group stage. The draw was held on 24 August 2017, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Basel were drawn into Group A along with Manchester United, Benfica and CSKA Moscow. The first match was the away game against Manchester United.

Matches
12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) Round 1Manchester United 3 – 0 BaselOld Trafford, Manchester
20:45 Fellaini  35'
Young  38'
Lukaku  53'
Blind  58'
Rashford  84'		 Report Balanta  28'
Lang  61'
Xhaka  82'		 Attendance: 73,854
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) Round 2Basel 5 – 0 BenficaSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Lang  2'
Oberlin  20', 69'
Akanji  45+1'
Petretta  50'
Xhaka  59'
Van Wolfswinkel  60' (pen.)
Riveros  76'		 UEFA report
FCB report		  55' Živković
 59' Salvio
 63' André Almeida		 Attendance: 34,111
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) Round 3CSKA Moscow 0 – 2 BaselVEB Arena, Moscow
20:45 Natkho  70' UEFA report
FCB Report		  29' T. Xhaka
 90+3' D. Oberlin		 Attendance: 27,996
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) Round 4Basel 1 – 2 CSKA MoscowSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Zuffi  32'
Xhaka  60'
Balanta  74'		 UEFA report
FCB Report		  49' Natkho
 65' Dzagoev
 79' Wernbloom
 84' Fernandes		 Attendance: 33,033
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) Round 5Basel 1 – 0 Manchester UnitedSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Lang  89' FCB report
UEFA report		  83' Darmian Attendance: 36,000 (sold out)
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) Round 6Benfica 0 – 2 BaselEstádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:45 Samaris  68' FCB report
UEFA report		  5' Elyounoussi
 9' Xhaka
 63' Akanji
 65' Oberlin
 75' Petretta		 Attendance: 22,470
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
Group table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester United 6 5 0 1 12 3 +9 15 Advance to knockout phase
2 Basel 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12
3 CSKA Moscow 6 3 0 3 8 10 −2 9 Transfer to Europa League
4 Benfica 6 0 0 6 1 14 −13 0
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Round of 16
13 February 2018 First legBasel 0 – 4 Manchester CityBasel, Switzerland
20:45 CET Xhaka  38'
Serey Die  89'		 UEFA report
FCB report		  14', 53'  89' Gündoğan
 18' B. Silva
 23' Agüero
 59' Fernandinho		 Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 36,000[39]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
7 March 2018 Second legManchester City 1 – 2
(5 – 2 agg.)		 BaselManchester, England
20:45 CET Jesus  77'  8' UEFA Report
FCB Report		  17' Elyounoussi
 44' Lacroix
 71' Lang		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 49,411
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

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