2019–20 FC Basel season

The 2019–20 FC Basel season was the 126th season in the club's history and the 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The domestic league season started on the weekend of 19–21 July 2019. Basel were runners-up in the previous Super League season and were therefore qualified for 2019–20 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. Basel competed in round 1 of the 2019–20 Swiss Cup on 17 August 2019.

FC Basel
2019–20 season
Chairman Bernhard Burgener
Manager Marcel Koller
GroundSt. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League3rd
Swiss CupSemi-finals
Europa LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Arthur Cabral (14)
All: Arthur Cabral (18)
Highest home attendance30,965 on 1 December 2019
vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance1,000 on 28 June,
4/11/14/26 July and
3 August 2020
Average home league attendance15,117

Club

Management

Marcel Koller was the first team manager, Thomas Janeschitz and Carlos Bernegger were his assistants and Massimo Colomba was Goalkeeper Coach.

Position Staff
Manager Marcel Koller
Assistant manager Thomas Janeschitz
Assistant manager Carlos Bernegger
Goalkeeper Coach Massimo Colomba
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 125th annual general meeting took place on Tuesday 4 June 2019. The board of directors under president Bernhard Burgener were sport director Marco Streller, financial manager Peter von Büren, marketing manager Patrick Jost, as well as the three directors Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser who remained on the board. Roland Heri was voted onto the board as CEO. On 14 June Streller quit his job as sportdirector. On 20 June Ruedi Zbinden was named as his successor.

Chairman Bernhard Burgener
Sportdirector Marco Streller until 14 June 2019
Ruedi Zbinden from 20 June 2019
COO Roland Heri
Finances Peter von Büren
Marketing Patrick Jost
Direktor Reto Baumgartner
Direktor Dominik Donzé
Direktor Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (38,512[1]
(37,500 for international matches)[2] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 22 June 2019
Source: FCB Official Site


Overview

Offseason and preseason

There were only a few changes in the squad during the summer break. Alderete was signed in from Huracán, Arthur Cabral was loaned in from Palmeiras and Edon Zhegrova was on loan from Genk.Marek Suchý and Serey Dié left the club due to end of contract. Dimitri Oberlin was loaned out to Empoli, Aldo Kalulu to Swansea City and Dominik Schmid to Wil until the end of the season. Soon after the season started on 8 August Albian Ajeti was sold to West Ham United.[3]

The Campaign

Domestic League

The season started on the weekend of 20–21 July 2019. Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship. The season started out well, despite the fact that Basel lost their first home game at St. Jakob-Park against St. Gallen, after 11 rounds they were leading the table having won eight of these rounds. There after, however, they were defeated in three consecutive away games and thus slipped to second position in the table before the winter break. At the start of the second half of season the team suffered two straight off defeats against reigning Swiss champions Young Boys and the upstriving team St. Gallen who then rose to the top of the league table. Following a home defeat against bottom of the table Thun, Basel lost contact to the top two teams. On 28 February Swiss Football League postponed all Super and Challenge League matches of matchdays 24, 25 and 26. Postponement came after the Swiss Federal Council banned all major events until 15 March due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[4]

On 13 March Super and Challenge League football was halted until mid June.[5] Following this COVID-19 break Basel could not close the gap to the table top and therefore ended their season in third position, 14 points behind defending champions Young Boys who successfully retained the title.[6]

Arthur Cabral was the teams top league goal scorer, he netted 14 goals. Kemal Ademi was the teams second best league goal scorer with 13, Fabian Frei scored 10 goals and Valentin Stocker netted eight. Fabian Frei and Eray Cömert were the two players with the most appearances, they both played 33 of the 36 league matches. Goalkeeper Jonas Omlin and the two defenders Silvan Widmer and Taulant Xhaka each played 32 league matches.[7]

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the cup is to win the title. The first round of the Swiss Cup was played on the week-end 16/17/18 August. Up until the quarter finals the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Basel play their first-round game on 18 August away from home against sixth tier Pully Football. Despite a straight red card against Raoul Petretta Basel won the game by four goals to one.[8] In round 2 Basel were drawn away against FC Meyrin. Basel won 3–0 and advanced to the next round.[9] In round 3 Basel were drawn away against Stade Lausanne, Basel won this game 2–1 and advanced to the quarter-final.[10] The quarter-final against Lausanne-Sport was originaly scheduled for 3 March, but eventually played on 14 June. Basel won the game 3–2 after extra time.[11]

Champions League

Basel were qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying phase (League Path) in the second qualifying round. Here they were drawn against PSV Eindhoven from the Netherlands and won on the away goals rule after the two games ended with a 4–4 aggregate score.[12]

After winning the second qualifying round, Basel qualified for the third qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 22 July 2019 and Basel were drawn against Austrian team LASK. But Basel lost both legs and were knocked out of the competition.[13]

Europa League

Following their elimination in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, Basel were qualified for the Europa League group stage. Here they were drawn into group C together with Russian team Krasnodar, Turkish team Trabzonspor and the Spanish team Getafe. Basel won four of the group games, drew the away match in Turkey and lost the match in Russia. With 13 points they were top place in the group.[14]

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 2019 but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 6 July 2019[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Jonas Omlin (vice-captain)
3 DF  GRE Konstantinos Dimitriou
4 DF   SUI Eray Cömert
5 DF   SUI Silvan Widmer
6 DF  PAR Omar Alderete
7 MF   SUI Luca Zuffi
8 MF  SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović
9 FW  NED Ricky van Wolfswinkel
10 MF   SUI Samuele Campo
11 FW   SUI Noah Okafor
13 GK  SRB Đorđe Nikolić
14 MF   SUI Valentin Stocker (captain)
15 DF  PAR Blás Riveros
18 FW   SUI Julian Von Moos
19 FW  ANG Afimico Pululu
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   SUI Fabian Frei
22 FW   SUI Albian Ajeti
23 DF  COL Éder Álvarez Balanta
23 MF   SUI Lirik Vishi (from U-21[16])
26 MF  FRA Aldo Kalulu
28 DF  ITA Raoul Petretta
30 MF  KVX Edon Zhegrova (on loan from Genk)
32 MF   SUI Yannick Marchand
33 MF   SUI Kevin Bua
34 MF  ALB Taulant Xhaka (vice-captain)
36 MF   SUI Robin Huser
43 DF   SUI Yves Kaiser
44 GK   SUI Jozef Pukaj
98 FW  BRA Arthur Cabral (on loan from Palmeiras)
99 FW  GER Kemal Ademi

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF   SUI Alessandro Stabile
No. Pos. Nation Player
41 FW   SUI Tician Tushi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   SUI Dimitri Oberlin (at Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2020)
26 MF  FRA Aldo Kalulu (at Swansea City until 30 June 2020)
31 MF   SUI Dominik Schmid (at Wil until 30 June 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 DF  POR Pedro Pacheco (at Rapperswil-Jona until 30 June 2019)
38 MF   SUI Martin Liechti (at Aarau until 30 June 2019)
— MF  KVX Gëzim Pepsi (at Aarau until 30 June 2020)

Transfers summer 2018

In
6 DF  PAR Omar Alderete (from Huracán)
37 FW  FRA Afimico Pululu (returned end of loan)
98 FW  BRA Arthur Cabral (on loan from Palmeiras)

Out
17 DF  CZE Marek Suchý (End of contract)
19 FW   SUI Dimitri Oberlin (out on loan to Empoli)
20 MF  CIV Serey Dié (End of contract)

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Preseason
22 June 2019 Pre-seasonBasel 4 – 2 KriensYouth-Campus, Basel
15:00 Pululu  53'
von Moos  56'
Pululu  76'
Pululu  87'		 FCB Report  19' Dzonlagic
 34' Hoxha		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Nico Gianforte
26 June 2019 Pre-seasonTSV 1860 Munich 1 – 5 BaselWaldstadion Germering-Unterpfaffenhofen
19:00 Wein  31'
Seferings  35'
Dressel  61' (1:3)
Böhnlein 63'		 FCB Report  13' (0:1) Campo
Petretta  16'
 32' (0:2) Bua
 42' (0:3) F. Frei
Zhegrova  67' (1:4)
Tushi  (1:5)		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Tobias Schultes Betzigau
3 July 2019 Pre-season1. FC Nürnberg 0 – 4 BaselSportpark am Amperknie Allershausen
19:00 FCB Report  54' (0:1) Riveros
 64' (0:2) Widmer
 74' (pen.) Pululu
 75' (0:4) Pululu		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Michael Bacher
9 July 2019 Pre-seasonBasel 4 – 1 Lausanne-SportWaldäcker, Herzogenbuchsee
18:00 Al. Ajeti  7' (1:0)
Cömert  32'
F. Frei  56' (2:0)
Riveros  76' (3:1)
Ademi  90' (4:1)		 FCB Report  34' Nanizayamo
 65' Cabral
 69' (2:1) Oliveira		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
13 July 2019 Pre-seasonBasel 2 – 3 VfB StuttgartSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Grözinger  3' (o.g. 1:0)
Balanta  33'
van Wolfswinkel  35' (2:1)
Stocker  88'		 FCB report  12' Karazor
 28' (1:1) Ascacíbar
 33' Didavi
 43' (2:2) Kamiński
 71' (2:3) González		 Attendance: 9,867
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)

Winter break
10 January 2020 TestBasel 3 – 2 Fortuna DüsseldorfMarbella Football Center, Marbella
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 190
Referee: José María Aranda Delgado
13 January 2020 TestBasel 0 – 2 VfB StuttgartLa Quinta Football Fields, Marbella
16:00 FCB report  49' González
 51' Al Ghaddioui		 Attendance: 150
Referee: Manuel Sánchez Trobar
16 January 2020 TestBasel 1 – 0 FCSBEstadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella
10:30 Zhegrova  85' FCB report Răzvan Oaidă  41' Attendance: 40
Referee: Guillermo Paradas Mazuela
19 January 2020 TestBasel 0 – 2 Hamburger SVSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
15:00 FCB report  10' Jeremy Dudziak
 66' David
 71' Sonny Kittel		 Attendance: 6,489
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Swiss Super League
Main article: 2019–20 Swiss Super League

First half of season
19 July 2019 Round 1Sion1 – 4BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00
  • Patrick  35'
  • Zock  68'
 Report
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Sandro Schärer
27 July 2019 Round 2Basel1 – 2St. GallenSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00
Report
Attendance: 21,932
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
3 August 2019 Round 3Thun2 – 3BaselStockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00
Report
Attendance: 6,266
Referee: Stephan Klossner
10 August 2019 Round 4Basel3 – 1ServetteSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00
Report
Attendance: 21,532
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
24 August 2019 Round 5Xamax0 – 3BaselStade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
19:00 FCB report
Attendance: 6,364
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
1 September 2019 Round 6Basel2 – 1LuganoSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 21,912
Referee: Lukas Fahndrich
22 September 2019 Round 7Young Boys1 – 1BaselStade de Suisse, Bern
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Sandro Schärer
25 September 2019 Round 8Basel4 – 0ZürichSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00
FCB report
Attendance: 22,760
Referee: Alain Bier
29 September 2019 Round 9Basel3 – 0LuzernSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00
Report Attendance: 23,768
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
6 October 2019 Round 10St. Gallen0 – 0BaselKybunpark, St. Gallen
16.00
Report
Referee: Stephan Klossner
19 October 2019 Round 11Basel3 – 1ThunSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19.00
Report
Attendance: 21,503
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
27 October 2019 Round 12Zürich3 – 2BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
16.00 Sohm  12'
Nathan  15'
Tosin  19'
Schönbächler  33'
Domgjoni  36'
Kramer  61'
Kololli  87'		 FCB report  15' (pen.) Campo
 48' Cömert
 50' Pululu
 67' Stocker
 74' Petretta
 94' Ademi		 Attendance: 11,101
Referee: Urs Schnyder
3 November 2019 Round 13Basel1 – 1XamaxSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Alderete  42'
Ademi  74'		 FCB report  29'  24' Nuzzolo
 36' Xhemajli
 51' Doudin
 86' Gomes
 88' Seydoux
 91' Mveng
 93' Minder		 Attendance: 18,003
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
10 November 2019 Round 14Lugano0 – 3BaselCornaredo, Lugano
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 3,620
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
23 November 2019 Round 15Servette2 – 0BaselStade de Genève, Geneva
19:00
FCB report
Attendance: 10,400
Referee: Karim Abed
1 December 2019 Round 16Basel3 – 0Young BoysSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 30,965
Referee: Stephan Klossner
8 December 2019 Round 17Basel4 – 0SionSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 22,274
Referee: Fedayi San
15 December 2019 Round 18Luzern2 – 1BaselSwissporarena, Luzern
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 10,073
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Second half of season
26 January 2020 Round 19Young Boys2 – 0BaselStade de Suisse, Bern
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
2 February 2020 Round 20Basel1 – 2St. GallenSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 20,527
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
8 February 2020 Round 21Zürich0 – 4BaselLetzigrund, Zürich
19:00
FCB report
Attendance: 10,870
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
15 February 2020 Round 22Basel0 – 1ThunSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00
FCB report
Attendance: 20,675
Referee: Alain Bieri
23 February 2020 Round 23Basel2 – 2ServetteSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 20,265
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
21 June 2020[note 1] Round 24Luzern2 – 1BaselSwissporarena, Luzern
16:00
FCB Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fedayi San
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 1 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
24 June 2020[note 1] Round 25Xamax1 – 2BaselStade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
18:15
FCB Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 8 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
28 June 2020[note 1] Round 26Basel2 – 0SionSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00
FCB Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sandro Schärer
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 15 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
1 July 2020[note 1] Round 27Lugano2 – 1BaselCornaredo, Lugano
18:15 Lovrić  45'
Gerndt  73'
Holender  79'
Sabbatini  85'
Marić  89'
Yao  90+4'		 FCB report  26' Alderete
 67' Petretta
 82' Stocker
 85' Cabral
 89' Alderete
 90' Cabral		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 22 March, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
4 July 2020[note 1] Round 28Basel2 – 0XamaxSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:15
FCB report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 4 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
8 July 2020[note 1] Round 29Sion1 – 0BaselStade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30
FCB report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 11 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
11 July 2020[note 1] Round 30Basel3 – 2Young BoysSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30
FCB report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sandro Schärer
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 18 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
14 July 2020[note 1] Round 31Basel4 – 0ZürichSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30
FCB report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Fedayi San
Note: The match was originally due to be played on 24 April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
19 July 2020[note 1] Round 32Servette2 – 2BaselStade de Genève, Geneva
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: The match was originally due to be played in April, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
22 July 2020[note 1] Round 33St. Gallen0 – 5BaselKybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30
FCB report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
26 July 2020[note 1] Round 34Basel4 – 4LuganoSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
31 July 2020[note 1] Round 35Thun0 – 0BaselStockhorn Arena, Thun
20:30 FCB report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alain Bieri
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
3 August 2020[note 1] Round 36Basel0 – 0LuzernSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 FCB report Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.

Final league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 23 7 6 80 41 +39 76 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 St. Gallen 36 21 5 10 79 56 +23 68 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3 Basel 36 18 8 10 74 38 +36 62 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Servette 36 12 13 11 57 48 +9 49 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5 Lugano 36 11 14 11 46 46 0 47
6 Luzern 36 13 7 16 42 50 −8 46
7 Zürich 36 12 7 17 45 72 −27 43
8 Sion 36 10 9 17 40 55 −15 39
9 Thun (Q) 36 10 8 18 45 67 −22 38 Qualification to relegation play-offs
10 Neuchâtel Xamax (R) 36 5 12 19 33 68 −35 27 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
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.[17]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Swiss Cup
Main article: 2019–20 Swiss Cup

The draw for the first round was held in June 2018. The Super League 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.

17 August 2019 Round 1Pully Football1 – 4BaselCentre sportif de Rochettaz,Pully
17.00
  • Favre  45+1'
 FCB report
SFV report
Attendance: 2,000
15 September 2019 Round 2Meyrin FC0 – 3BaselStade des Arbères,Meyrin
19.00 FCB report
SFV report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Luca Piccolo
30 October 2019 Round 3Stade Lausanne1 – 2BaselCenter Sportiv de Colovra,Lausanne
20.00
  • Eleouet  63'
 FCB report
SFV report
Attendance: 750
Referee: Stephan Klossner
3 March 2020[note 1] Quarter-finalsLausanne-SportP – PBaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20.00
Note: The match was originally due to be played in May, but the season was suspended due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland and later rescheduled.
14 June 2020 Quarter-finalsLausanne-Sport2 – 3 (a.e.t.)BaselOlympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:00
FCB report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
25 August 2020 Semi-finalsBaselvFC WinterthurSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
--:-- Attendance: 0

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Basel were qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying phase (League Path) in the second qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 19 June 2019.

23 July 2019 First legPSV Eindhoven 3 – 2 BaselPhilips Stadion, Eindhoven
20:00
Report
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
30 July 2019 Second legBasel 2 – 1
(4a – 4 agg.)		 PSV EindhovenSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00
Report
Attendance: 29,216
Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)

After winning the second qualifying round, Basel qualified for the third qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 22 July 2019.

7 August 2019 First legBasel 1 – 2 LASKSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00
Report
Attendance: 20,470
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
13 August 2019 Second legLASK 3 – 1
(5 – 2 agg.)		 BaselLinzer Stadion, Linz
20:30
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Group stage
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage

Following their elimination in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, Basel were qualified for the Europa League group stage.

Group C matches
19 September 2019 (2019-09-19) Matchday 1Basel 5 – 0 KrasnodarSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55
Report
Attendance: 14,127
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) Matchday 2Trabzonspor 2 – 2 BaselŞenol Güneş Stadium, Trabzon
21:00 (22:00 TRT)
Report
Attendance: 23,867
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
24 October 2019 (2019-10-24) Matchday 3Getafe 0 – 1 BaselColiseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe
21:00
Report
Attendance: 6,213
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)
7 November 2019 (2019-11-07) Matchday 4Basel 2 – 1 GetafeSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55
Report
Attendance: 26,298
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) Matchday 5Krasnodar 1 – 0 BaselKrasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar
16:50 (18:50 MSK)
Report
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
12 December 2019 (2019-12-12) Matchday 6Basel 2 – 0 TrabzonsporSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55
Report
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)
Group C table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BSL GET KRA TRA
1 Basel 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 5–0 2–0
2 Getafe 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 12 0–1 — 3–0 1–0
3 Krasnodar 6 3 0 3 7 11 −4 9 1–0 1–2 — 3–1
4 Trabzonspor 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1 2–2 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Round of 32
20 February 2020 First legAPOEL 0 – 3 BaselGSP Stadium, Nicosia
21:00
Report
Attendance: 8,191
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
27 February 2020 Second legBasel 1 – 0
(4 – 0 agg.)		 APOELSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00
Report
Attendance: 14,428
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Round of 16
12 March 2020 First legEintracht Frankfurt 0 – 3 BaselWaldstadion, Frankfurt
18:55
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Attendance: 0[19]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
19 March 2020[note 2] Second legBasel Postponed Eintracht FrankfurtSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:55
6 August 2020[23] Second legBasel 1 – 0
(4 – 0 agg.)		 Eintracht FrankfurtSt. Jakob-Park, Basel[25]
21:00
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Attendance: 0[27]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Quarter-finals
11 August 2020 Quarter-finalsShakhtar Donetsk 4 – 1 BaselArena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
21:00
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Attendance: 0[28]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
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See also

Notes
  1. All matches in Switzerland between 28 February and end of May were postponed due to outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland.
  2. The match between Basel and Eintracht Frankfurt, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, 21:00 CET in Basel, was indefinitely postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Switzerland.[20]

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  3. BBC. "Albian Ajeti: West Ham sign Basel striker for £8m". bbc.com. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  4. "Bundesrat streicht Grossanlässe: Fussballpartien am Wochenende abgesagt – Geisterspiele im Eishockey". Bluewin. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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  8. Herklotz, Guido. "Der FCB qualifiziert sich für die nächste Cup-Runde". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
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  11. Schweizerische Fussballverband (2020). "FC Lausanne-Sport - FC Basel 1893". Schweizerische Fussballverband (SFV). Retrieved 2019-08-18.
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  14. "Europa League Group standings". uefa.com. 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
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  18. "Dringende Info: Frankfurt–FCB findet ohne Zuschauer statt" [Urgent Info: Frankfurt–FCB takes place without spectators]. FC Basel (in German). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  19. The match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Basel in Frankfurt was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[18]
  20. "Coronavirus: UEL-Achtelfinal vom 19. März kann nicht in Basel stattfinden" [Coronavirus: UEL round of 16 match on 19 March cannot take place in Basel]. FC Basel (in German). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  21. "All of next week's UEFA matches postponed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  22. "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  23. All of the round of 16 second leg matches, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March 2020, were indefinitely postponed due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Europe.[21] The match was rescheduled on 17 June to 6 August.[22]
  24. "Return leg against Basel to be played in Frankfurt". Eintracht Frankfurt. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  25. The Basel v Eintracht Frankfurt match, originally scheduled to be played at St. Jakob-Park, Basel, was meant to be played at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Switzerland,[24] but was postponed again on 13 March.
  26. "Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  27. The match between Basel and Eintracht Frankfurt in Basel was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Switzerland.[26]
  28. The match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Basel in Gelsenkirchen was played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[26]
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