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FC Basel
2007–08 season
ChairmanSwitzerland Mrs Gisela Oeri
ManagerSwitzerland Christian Gross
Swiss Super League1st
Swiss CupWinners
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Switzerland Marco Streller (12)

All:
Switzerland Marco Streller (17)
Highest home attendanceSwiss Super League
38,015 vs Young Boys
(10 May 2008)
UEFA Cup
16,360 vs Sporting CP
(13 February 2008)
Lowest home attendanceSwiss Super League
17,845 vs Xamax
(9 February 2008)
UEFA Cup
9,203 vs Mattersburg
(16 August 2007)

FC Basel started the season, the 115th season in their existence and 13th consecutive in the top flight of Swiss football, with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league teams as well as Austrian Bundesliga, German Bundesliga, Scottish Premier League and French Ligue 1 clubs. FCB were looking to win the Swiss championship title for the first time since 2005 and regain the cup title that they won the year before. They also had the opportunity to compete in the UEFA Cup.

Overview

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At the beginning of the 2007–08 season, FC Basel strengthened their team by signing Swiss internationalists Benjamin Huggel from Eintracht Frankfurt, Marco Streller from VfB Stuttgart and David Degen on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach. Portuguese professional Carlitos transferred from Benfica in for an estimated €1.5 million (CHF 1,610,000). Five young talents were brought up from the Under-21 team. In the other direction, fans' favourites Ivan Rakitić transferred to FC Schalke 04 (for an estimated CHF 4,830,000) and Mladen Petrić joined Borussia Dortmund (for an estimated CHF 5,635,000). The influential defender Boris Smiljanić returned to his former club Grasshopper-Club Zürich.

During the Winter break the highly rated Switzerland U-21 defender Beg Ferati arrived at St. Jakob-Park from feeder club FC Concordia Basel on a three-and-a-half-year contract. He was joined by midfielder Marko Perović from Red Star Belgrade and veteran striker Vratislav Lokvenc joined on loan from Red Bull Salzburg. Also during the Winter break Caicedo transferred to Manchester City on a four-and-a-half year deal with a £5.2 million transfer fee (CHF 10 million), which made his sale one of the highest transfers in the history of the Swiss League.

The Campaign

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Domestic League

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Basel's priority aim for the season was to win the league championship. The Swiss Super League season began on 22 Juli 2007. Basel's first game was at home to FC Zürich which was won 1–0. In the fourth and sixth round of the championship Basel suffered two defeats, against BSC Young Boys and Grasshopper Club and slid down to the fourth position in the league table. It took them two months before they climbed back to the leading position. Basel stayed at the top of the table until virtually the end of the championship, slipping to second position twice, but they were strong enough to regain the lead. Basel won the Swiss Super League for the first time since 2005 on the 10 May 2008 at St. Jakob-Park after a 2-0 win over their main title threats BSC Young Boys.

The championship decision was made in the last game of the season. Basel needed only a point from the match to win the Championship, however if Young Boys won then they would have become champions. This was exactly the same situation as the end of the 2005/06 season, then the final match was between Basel and FC Zürich then. The painful memories of losing the league on the last day of the season in 2006 and the resulting 2006 Basel hooligan incident seemed to spur FCB on. Basel took an early lead through Valentin Stocker and a second goal scored by Marco Streller just a few minutes later wrapped up the victory well before half time.

Domestic Cup

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Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup was to retain the title that they had won the year before. FC Basel entered the into the Swiss Cup 2007–08 in the round of 64 on 19 September 2007 and were paired away against FC Léchelles who they beat 9-0 . They then faced SC Binningen away from home on 20 October. Basel won the match 6-1. They then faced a much tougher test in the third round, in the form of Grasshopper-Club Zürich at the Letzigrund, on 25 October but still won 1-0. On 15 December Stade Nyonnais travelled to St. Jakob-Park for the Quarter-final, only to lose 2-0, with both goals coming from Eren Derdiyok. The Semi-final saw Basel beat FC Thun 1-0 on 27 February 2008. FC Basel won the Swiss Cup for the second consecutive season after beating second-tier side AC Bellinzona 4-1 at St. Jakob-Park on Sunday 6 April. Eren Derdiyok gave Basel the lead in the first half before Bellinzona equalised through Christian Pouga in the second. Daniel Majstorović restored the lead for Basel with a header and Swiss internationalists Marco Streller and Benjamin Huggel scored one goal each to make the final scoreline 4-1 in Basel's favour.

Europe

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Because Basel entered the 2007–08 UEFA Cup in the second qualifying round, their aim was to reach the group stage. Basel faced a tough opponent in the form of SV Mattersburg of Austria. Basel won the tie off with a 4-0 away win after a 2-1 victory at St. Jakob-Park. In the next round Basel were drawn against Bosnian minnows FK Sarajevo in the first round, a tie that Basel won 8-1 on aggregate. Basel were then drawn into a 'death group' (Group D) alongside SK Brann, NK Dinamo Zagreb, Hamburger SV and Stade Rennais FC, all of which were ranked within the top 3 of their own leagues at the start of the stage.

Due to the fact that they had reached the group satge their aim was modified and was set as to remain in the competition over the winter break. Basel won their first UEFA Cup group game against Rennes at home 1-0 thanks to a Marco Streller header. Their next game was away to Dinamo Zagreb in which Basel earned a valuable away point thanks to on form goalkeeper Franco Costanzo who kept the game at 0-0 for 90 minutes. They then faced Brann at St. Jakob-Park where they won 1-0 through a Carlitos free-kick and were highly praised for playing attractive and flowing football. Basel then went to Germany to face Hamburg at the HSH Nordbank Arena where they were fortunate to come away with a 1-1 draw. The goals courtesy of the two captains Basle's Ivan Ergić and Hamburg's Ivica Olić. Basel then faced Sporting Clube de Portugal in the round of 32 after qualifying in second position in the group alongside 1st placed Hamburg and 3rd placed Brann. Sporting Lisbon finished third in their group in the UEFA Champions League, which is why they were dropped into the UEFA Cup. The first leg took place on the 13th of February in Lisbon where the first choice goalkeeper, Franco Costanzo, suffered an injured and Basel lost 2-0. The second leg did not fair any better for Basel. Costanzo was still injured and Basel lost 3-0 on the 21 February in the home match, resulting in them being knocked out.

This rounded off a highly successful season for Basel as they conquered on the domestic front, winning both the Swiss Super League and Swiss Cup, and reaching the last 32 of the UEFA Cup. Next season they will have the opportunity to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

Club

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The Management

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Position Staff
Manager   Christian Gross
Assistant manager   Fritz Schmid
Fitness Coach   Thomas Grüter
Fitness Coach   Romain Crevoisier
Youth Team Coach   Patrick Rahmen
Youth Team Co-Coach   Sandro Kamber

Last updated: 17 May 2008
Source: Transfermatkt

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Novartis

 
 
 
 
 
 
Home[2]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away[2]

Source: Homepage FCB

Other information

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Chairman   Mrs Gisela Oeri
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (42,500 / 120x80 m)

Source: Homepage FCB

Players

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First team squad

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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   ARG Franco Costanzo
3 DF   SUI Ronny Hodel
4 DF   SUI Michel Morganella
5 DF   SWE Daniel Majstorović (vicecaptain)
6 DF   JPN Kōji Nakata
8 MF   SUI Benjamin Huggel
9 FW   ARG César Carignano
9 MF   SRB Marko Perović
10 FW   SUI Marco Streller
11 MF   AUS Scott Chipperfield
12 MF   SEN Papa Malick Ba
14 MF   SUI Valentin Stocker
15 MF   LIE Franz Burgmeier
16 MF   SUI Fabian Frei
17 DF   SUI Patrik Baumann
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK   LBR Louis Crayton
19 FW   CZE Vratislav Lokvenc
20 MF   ARG Caicedo
21 DF   FRA François Marque
22 MF   SRB Ivan Ergić (captain)
23 FW   BRA Eduardo
24 MF   SUI Cabral
25 GK   SUI Jayson Leutwiler
(25) GK   SUI Riccardo Meili
28 DF   SUI Beg Ferati
30 MF   POR Carlitos
31 FW   SUI Eren Derdiyok
32 DF   SUI Reto Zanni (vicecaptain)
34 GK   SUI Oliver Stöckli
37 MF   SUI David Degen

Multiple Nationality

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Transfers summer 2007

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3 DF   SUI Ronny Hodel (from Young Boys - for 483,000 SFr)[3]
4 DF   SUI Michel Morganella (from FC Basel II (U21))[4]
8 MF   SUI Benjamin Huggel (from Eintracht Frankfurt - for 805,000 SFr)[5]
10 FW   SUI Marco Streller (from Stuttgart - for 2,415,000 SFr)[6]
14 MF   SUI Valentin Stocker (from FC Basel II (U21))[7]
16 MF   SUI Fabian Frei (from FC Basel II (U21))[7]
24 MF   SUI Cabral (from Lausanne-Sport - free transfer)[8]
25 GK   SUI Jayson Leutwiler (from FC Basel II (U21))[7][9][10]
30 MF   POR Carlitos (from Benfica - for 1,610,000 SFr)[11]
31 FW   SUI Eren Derdiyok (from FC Basel II (U21))
9 FW   ARG César Carignano (return from loan to América)[7]

In on loan

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7 MF   SUI David Degen (loan from Mönchengladbach - Loan)[12]
(25) GK   SUI Riccardo Meili (on loan from FC Concordia Basel 18 July to 7 August)[9][10]
MF   BIH Damir Džombić (to FC Vaduz)[7]
FW   BRA Cristiano (to Willem II Tilburg)[13]
MF   AUS Mile Sterjovski (to Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ - free transfer)[7]
FW   CRO Mladen Petrić (to Borussia Dortmund - 5,635,000 SFr)[14]
MF   CRO Ivan Rakitić (to FC Schalke 04 - for 4,830,000 SFr)[15]
FW   RSA Delron Buckley (returned to Borussia Dortmund after loan)[7]
DF   SUI Boris Smiljanić (to Grasshopper-Club Zürich - 966,000 SFr)[16]

Out on loan

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(25) GK   SUI Yann Sommer (on loan to FC Vaduz)[17]
29 MF   SUI Simone Grippo (on loan to FC Concordia Basel) [7][18]
(25) GK   SUI Jayson Leutwiler (on loan to FC Concordia Basel 18 July to 7 August)[9][10]

Transfers winter 2007-08

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9 MF   SRB Marko Perović (from Red Star Belgrade)[19][20]

In on loan

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19 FW   CZE Vratislav Lokvenc (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg from 14 February until 30 June 2008)[21]
34 GK   SUI Oliver Stöckli (on loan from FC Winterthur from 19 February until 30 June 2008)[22]
9 FW   ARG César Carignano (released from contract)[23]
20 MF   ARG Caicedo (to Manchester City)[19][20]
-- FW   SUI Danijel Subotić (to Portsmouth F.C.)[24]

Out on loan

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17 DF   SUI Patrik Baumann (on loan to FC Concordia Basel 1 January to 30 June)[25]
15 MF   LIE Franz Burgmeier (on loan to Thun 5 January to 30 June)[26]

Results and fixtures

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Friendly matches

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Pre-season/First half of season friendlies

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27 June 2007 Pre-season Basel   2 – 0   Wil San Gian, Celerina
F. Frei   1'
Stocker   32'
Report (in German) Attendance: 600
Referee: Patrick Collet
30 June 2007 Pre-season Basel   1 – 3   Concordia Basel
Chipperfield   1'
Report (in German)   37' Fabio Kolling
  38', 53' Sprunger
Attendance: 3,000
3 July 2007 Uhrencup
Round 1
Basel   3 – 1   Red Bull Salzburg Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
F. Frei   21'
Eduardo   71', 80'
Report (in German)   83' (pen.) Santos Attendance: 2,754
Referee: Nicole Petignat
5 July 2007 Uhrencup
Round 2
Basel   0 – 1   Celtic Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
[ Report] (in German)   42' Miller Attendance: 8,612
Referee: Guido Wildhaber
7 July 2007 Pre-season Basel   1 – 1   Luzern Seefeld, Horw
Eduardo   82' Report (in German)   54' Lustrinelli Attendance: 3,126
Referee: Guido Wildhaber
11 July 2007 Pre-season Basel   1 – 2   RC Lens Stampfi, Rothrist
Derdiyok   20' [ Report] (in German)   31' Monterrubio
  49' Sablé
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nicole Petignat
14 July 2007 Pre-season Basel   2 – 0   Werder Bremen Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Liechtenstein
Huggel   27'
F. Frei   29'
Report (in German) Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Nicole Petignat
11 September 2007 Friendly SC Dornach   1 – 5   Basel Gigersloch, Dornach
Dario Di Giovine   66' (Report) (in German)   3', 12' Carlitos
  25' (pen.) Ergić
  27' Chipperfield
  83' Halimi
Attendance: 500
Referee: Claudio Circhetta
16 October 2007 Friendly FC Rothrist   0 – 11   Basel Sportplatz Stampfi
Report   14', 31' Eduardo
  16' Ergić
  22' Nakata
  24', 45' Caicedo
  37' (o.g.) Della Porta
  48' (o.g.) Mijatovic
  67' F. Frei
  81' Carlitos
  86' Ivo Pedro
Attendance: 380
Referee: Sascha Amhof
20 November 2007 Friendly FC Solothurn   1 – 5   Basel Stadion FC Solothurn
Hasler   56' Report   25', 80' Carlitos
  50' Ergić
  69'
  54' F. Frei
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Daniel Käser

Winter break/Second half of season friendlies

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12 January 2008 Winter break friendly Basel   6 – 0   FC Solothurn Schützenmatte, Basel
Eduardo   8'
D. Degen   25', 26', 43'
Caicedo   29'
Derdiyok   87'
Report Attendance: 650
Referee: M. Schneider
17 January 2008 Winter break friendly VfL Bochum   2 – 2   Basel Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
Šesták   8'
Mięciel   70'
Report (in German)   50' Derdiyok
  90+1' (pen.) Majstorović
Attendance: 250
Referee: Sanchez Canovas Edward (Alicante)
20 January 2008 Winter break friendly TSG 1899 Hoffenheim   3 – 2   Basel Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
Teber   4'
Carlos Eduardo   22' (pen.)
Chinedu Obasi   40'
Report (in German)   35' Marque
  71' (pen.) D. Degen
Attendance: 100
Referee: Lopez Martinez (Murcia)
22 January 2008 Winter break friendly Wisła Kraków   2 – 1   Basel Stadium Campoamor , Alicante
Brozek   28'
Zienzczuk   49'
Report (in German)   63.' (o.g.) Júnior Díaz Attendance: 50
Referee: Canovas Edward (Alcante)
25 January 2008 Winter break friendly Schalke 04   1 – 0   Basel Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Asamoah   44' Report (in German) Attendance: 39,158
Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)
29 January 2008 Winter break friendly Basel   1 – 0   Yverdon-Sport Schützenmatte, Basel
Caicedo   81'
Report Attendance: 250
Referee: Claudio Circhetta
12 March 2008 Friendly Basel   1 – 3   Sochaux Espace 2000, Bartenheim
D. Degen   53'
Lokvenc   76'
Report   34' Traoré
  64' Dramé
  67' Sène
  84' Pancrate
Attendance: 150
Referee: Fatih Kiligoglu (Strasbourg)

Swiss Super League 2007–08

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for main article, see 2007–08 Swiss Super League

First half of season

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22 Juli 2007 Round 1 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Streller   69'
Burgmeier   88'
(Report) (in German)   26' Rochat
  91' Tico
Attendance: 27,680
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
25 July 2007 Round 2 St. Gallen 0 – 3 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
Gelabert   59'   78'
Marazzi   61'
Report (in German)   16' Chipperfield
  26', 45' Derdiyok
  40' Marque
  49' Ba
  51' Majstorović
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Jérôme Laperrière
28 July 2007 Round 3 Basel 1 – 1 Aarau St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Zanni   47'
Chipperfield   64'
Report   45' Rogério
  88' Mesbah
Attendance: 20,841
Referee: Bruno Grossen
5 August 2007 Round 4 BSC Young Boys 5 – 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
João Paulo   2', 57'
Schneuwly   11'
Raimondi   17'
Frimpong   71', 75'
(Report) (in German)   12' Nakata
  19' Zanni
  34' Majstorović
  80' Costanzo
  87' Chipperfield
Attendance: 25,020
Referee: Massimo Busacca
11 August 2007 Round 5 Basel 3 – 2 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Majstorović   28'
Eduardo   39'
Carlitos   83'
Ergić   91'
Report   44' Reset
  54' Obradović
  69' Vanczák
  75' M'Futi
  84' Chedli
Attendance: 23,583
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann
19 August 2007 Round 6 Grasshopper Club 2 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zurich
Touré   25'
Smiljanić   45'
Eduardo   68'   63'
(Report) (in German)   63' Zanni
  66' Majstorović
  81' Huggel
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Jérôme Laperrière
25 August 2007 Round 7 Luzern 2 – 4 Basel Stadion Allmend Luzern
Lustrinelli   18'   13'
Cantaluppi   31'
Report(in German)   22' (pen.) Majstorović
  27' Streller
  56' (63) Chipperfield
  73' Morganella
Attendance: 10,287
Referee: Massimo Busacca
2 September 2007 Round 8 Basel 2 – 1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Caicedo   44'
Chipperfield   75'   91'
(Report)(in German)   70' Faye
  73' Glarner
Attendance: 22,119
Referee: Daniel Wermelinger
23 September 2007 Round 9 Xamax 0 – 3 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
Everson   74'
Rak   74'
Report(in German)   10' Zanni
  20' Carlitos
  76' Ergić
  90+3' (pen.)   63' Huggel
Attendance: 11,997
Referee: Guido Wildhaber
26 September 2007 Round 10 Zurich 2 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zurich
Chikhaoui   62'
Raffael   75'
Hassli   90+2'
Report(in German)   33' D. Degen
  60' Huggel
  67' Eduardo
  77' Streller
  88' Majstorović
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Massimo Busacca
30 September 2007 Round 11 Basel 3 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Streller   2', 65'
Caicedo   75'   75'
(Report)(in German)   20' Garat
  21' Muntwiler
  27'   52' Longo
  71' Fernando
Attendance: 23,491
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
7 October 2007 Round 12 Aarau 0 – 3 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Report(in German)   17' Nakata
  37' Eduardo
  41' Streller
  42' Majstorović
Attendance: 8,900
Referee: Sascha Kever
28 October 2007 Round 13 Basel 4 – 0 BSC Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Majstorović   17' (pen.)
Caicedo   30'
Streller   24'
Chipperfield   52'
Carlitos   74'
(Report)(in German)   26'   31' Varela
  45' Regazzoni
  46' Zayatte
  84' João Paulo
Attendance: 24,720
Referee: Massimo Busacca
31 October 2007 Round 14 Sion 1 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
Galindo   55'
Saborío   57'
Obradovic   66'
Alioui   69'
Report(in German)   43' Streller
  46' Caicedo
  57' Eduardo
  84' Costanzo
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Nicole Petignat
3 November 2007 Round 15 Basel 2 – 0 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Majstorović   25'
Marque   30'
D. Degen   44'
Caicedo   90+2'
(Report)   24' Feltscher
  40' Bobadilla
  87' Smiljanić
Attendance: 24.851
Referee: Guido Wildhaber
11 November 2007 Round 16 Basel 3 – 2 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Streller   3'
Caicedo   15'
Majstorović   44'
D. Degen   56'
(Report)   27'   81' Marić
  49' Wiss
  62' Tchouga
Attendance: 21,575
Referee: René Rogalla
2 December 2007 Round 17 Thun 0 – 2 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
Lüthi   59' (Report) (in German)   27' Eduardo
  74' Carlitos
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann
9 December 2007 Round 18 Basel 0 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Ba   28'
Huggel   36'
Nakata   58'
Carlitos   72'
(Report)   32' Everson
  40' Jenny
  65' (pen.) Rossi
Attendance: 22,022
Referee: Bruno Grossen

Second half of season

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3 February 2008 Round 19 BSC Young Boys 2 – 0 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
Baykal   15'
Häberli   48'
Hochstrasser   69'
H. Yakin   68'   78' (pen.)
Doubai   75'
Hodel   92'
(Report) (in German)   75'   79' Majstorović Attendance: 19,768
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
9 Februar 2008 Round 20 Basel 3 – 0 Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Carlitos   9'
Zanni   19'
Huggel   74'
Marque   77'
Quennoz   45'   93'
Perović   94'
(Report)   77' Rossi
  79' Zuberbühler
Attendance: 17,845
Referee: Jérôme Laperrière
17 Frebruary 2008 Round 21 Zurich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zurich
Stucki   29'
Tihinen   45'
Chikhaoui   38'   91' (pen.)
Abdi   78'   92'
Report(in German)   41'   37' Derdiyok
  64' Perović
  84' Carlitos
  94' Huggel
Attendance: 14,100
Referee: Massimo Busacca
24 February 2008 Round 22 Basel 2 – 1 Aarau St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Majstorović   14' (pen.)
Eduardo   49'
Perović   65'
Carlitos   71'
Crayton   83'
Report   13' Christ
  27' Page
  88' Mutsch
Attendance: 20,521
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
2 March 2008 Round 23 Thun 1 – 3 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
16:00 Burgmeier   27'
Zakrzewski   58'
(Report) (in German)   66', 79', 88' Derdiyok Attendance: 5,050
Referee: Guido Wildhaber
9 March 2008 Round 24 Basel 2 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Eduardo   16'
Marque   18'
Carlitos   13'   48'
Hodel   77'
(Report)(in German)   7' Muntwiler
  53' Gelabert
  64' Schneider
Attendance: 23,491
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann
16 March 2008 Round 25 Sion 4 – 2 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
Domínguez   11', 66'
M'Futi   17'
Saborío   44'
Reset   82'
Report(in German)   27' Eduardo
  53'   63' Stocker
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: René Rogalla
19 March 2008 Round 26 Basel 2 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Ergić   25'
Eduardo   36'
Ba   30'
(Report)   19' Feltscher
  42' Jakupović
  67' Cabanas
  82' Colina
Attendance: 22,019
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
22 March 2008 Round 27 Basel 1 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Majstorović   45' (pen.)
Costanzo   94'
(Report)   75' Diarra Attendance: 20,331
Referee: Daniel Wermelinger
29 March 2008 Round 28 Luzern 1 – 0 Basel Stadion Allmend Luzern
Lustrinelli   62' Report(in German)   24' Stocker
  79' Zanni
Attendance: 11,623
Referee: Bruno Grossen
2 April 2008 Round 29 Grasshopper Club 1 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zurich
Bobadilla   79'   91' (Report) (in German)   60' Majstorović
  64' Marque
  70' Derdiyok
  89' Huggel
  92' Streller
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Sascha Kever
13 April 2008 Round 30 Basel 1 – 1 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Eduardo   6'
Marque   27'
Streller   31'
Huggel   74'
Report   28' Brellier
  52' Nwaneri
  62' Kali
  68' Saborío
  89' Sarni
Attendance: 23,113
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik (Austria)
16 April 2008 Round 31 St. Gallen 1 – 4 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
Aquirre   32' (pen.)
Callà   54'
Koubský   59'
Zé Vítor   62'
Report (in German)   10' Carlitos
  37' Majstorović
  43'   39' D. Degen
  77' Derdiyok
  90' Perović
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
19 April 2008 Round 32 Basel 3 – 1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Ergić   10'
Majstorović   17' (pen.)
Perović   67'
D. Degen   66'   77'
(Report)(in German)   16' Stulz
  27' Andrist
  38' (pen.) Scarione
Attendance: 19,437
Referee: Stephan Studer
26 April 2008 Round 33 Aarau 2 – 2 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
17:45 Rogério   50'
Sermeter   64' (pen.)
Report(in German)   19' Streller
  63' Costanzo
  70' Ergić
Attendance: 7,900
Referee: Jérôme Laperrière
2 May 2007 Round 34 Basel 4 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Streller   16'
Stocker   21'
Majstorović   54'   50' (pen.)
Huggel  44'   78'
(Report) (in German)   19' Stahel
  38' Tico
  46' Rochat
  53' Abdi
Attendance: 29,098
Referee: Sascha Kever
6 May 2007 Round 35 Xamax 2 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
20:45 Rossi   22'   20'
El Haimour   23'
Nuzzolo   38'
Coly   52'
Rak   76'
Report(in German)   10' Ba
  70' Zanni
  72'   72' Majstorović
  91' Ergić
Attendance: 8,454
Referee: Stephan Studer
10 May 2008 Round 36 Basel 2 – 0 BSC Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Stocker   32'   19'
Streller   16'   23'
(Report) (in German)   19'Ghezal
  60' Schwegler
  81' Alberto Regazzoni
  82' Zayatte
  83' Hochstrasser
Attendance: 38,015
Referee: Massimo Busacca

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 22 8 6 73 39 +34 74 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Young Boys 36 21 7 8 82 49 +33 70 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Zürich 36 15 11 10 58 43 +15 56
4 Grasshopper 36 15 9 12 57 49 +8 54 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Aarau 36 11 14 11 47 48 −1 47
6 Luzern 36 10 14 12 40 49 −9 44
7 Sion 36 11 10 15 48 51 −3 43
8 Neuchâtel Xamax 36 10 11 15 48 55 −7 41
9 St. Gallen (R) 36 9 7 20 39 69 −30 34 Qualification to relegation play-off
10 Thun (R) 36 6 9 21 30 70 −40 27 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Season Progression Chart

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Swiss Cup 2007–08

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for main article, see Swiss Cup 2007–08

16 September 2007 Round 1 FC Léchelles 0 – 9 Basel Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
(Report) (in German)   7', 64' Carlitos
  21', 62' Chipperfield
  32' Ergić
  57' D. Degen
  66', 69' Eduardo
  75' Nakata
Attendance: 3,549
Referee: Guido Wildhaber
20 October 2007 Round 2 SC Binningen 1 – 6 Basel Spiegelfeld, Binningen
Tobias Fumagalli   35' (Report) (in German)   7', 47' Ergić
  23' Eduardo
  39' Carlitos
  72' D. Degen
  82' Huggel
Attendance: 6,450
Referee: Claudio Circhetta
25 November 2007 Round 3 Grasshopper Club 0 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zurich
Rinaldo   19' (Report) (in German)   2' Zanni
  56' D. Degen
  58' Streller
  65' Eduardo
  66' Carlitos
  90' (pen.) Majstorović
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Jérôme Laperrière
15 December 2007 Quarterfinal Basel 2 – 0 Stade Nyonnais St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Derdiyok   53', 90'
Carlitos   83'
(Report)   39' Germanier
  52' Roux
Attendance: 8,430
Referee: Guido Wildhaber
27 February 2008 Semifinal Basel 1 – 0 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Lokvenc   12'
D. Degen   91'
(Report)(in German)   22' Zakrzewski
  33' Gavatorta
  73' Burgmeier
Attendance: 10,759
Referee: René Rogalla
6 April 2008 Final AC Bellinzona 1 – 4 Basel St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Carbone   20'
Pouga   58'
(Report)(in German)   30' Derdiyok
  62' Marque Majstorović
  64' Streller
  66' Huggel
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Münsingen)

UEFA Cup 2007–08

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For more information, see 2007–08 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

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For more information, see 2007–08 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds

16 August 2007 First leg Basel   2 – 1   Mattersburg St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 CET Ergić   23'
Caicedo   53'
Report   20' (og) Nakata Attendance: 9,203
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
30 August 2007 Second leg Mattersburg   0 – 4   Basel Pappelstadion, Mattersburg
18:15 CET Report   22' Caicedo
  36' Ergić
  41' Streller
  53' Carlitos
Referee: Selçuk Dereli

Basel win 6-1 on aggregate

First round

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20 September 2007 1st Leg Sarajevo   1 – 2   Basel Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo
Milošević   90+3'   11' Carlitos
  63' Ergić
Referee: Romans Lajuks
4 October 2007 2nd leg Basel   6 – 0   Sarajevo St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Carlitos   8', 9'
Streller   19', 29'
Huggel   75'
Caicedo   90+1'
(Report) (in German)   21' Bučan
  66' Kurto
Attendance: 15,124
Referee: Gomes

Group stage

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Group D
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25 October 2007 Round 1 Basel   1 – 0   Rennes St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Streller   55' (Report) Attendance: 11,407
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
8 November 2007 Round 2 Dinamo Zagreb   0 – 0   Basel Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
20:15 (Report) Attendance: 22,345
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
5 December 2007 Round 4 Basel   1 – 0   Brann St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Carlitos   40' (Report) Attendance: 13,731
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)
20 December 2007 Round 5 Hamburg   1 – 1   Basel HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
20:45 Kompany  31'
Olić   73'
(Report)   20'   49' Zanni
  43' Huggel
  58' Ergić
  88' Costanzo
Attendance: 48,917
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)
Final table
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HSV BAS BRA DZ REN
1   Hamburg 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 3–0
2   Basel 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2 8 1–0 1–0
3   Brann 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4 0–1 2–1
4   Dinamo Zagreb 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2 0–2 0–0
5   Rennes 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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13 February 2008 1st Leg Sporting CP   2 – 0   Basel Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:45 Vukcevic   8', 58' (Report)   29' Carlitos Attendance: 16,639
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
21 February 2008 2nd Leg Basel   0 – 3   Sporting CP St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00 (Report) Pereirinha   2'
Liédson   41', 51'
  80' Abel
Attendance: 16,360
Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

Sporting won 5–0 on aggregate.

Overall

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Basel participated in the following major competitions: the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Cup.

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Swiss Super League Winner 22 July 2007 10 May 2008
Swiss Cup Round of 64 Winner 16 September 2007 6 April 2008
UEFA Cup Second qualifying round Round of 32 16 August 2007 21 February 2008

Source: Competitions

Statistics 2007–08 Season

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Total Goalscorers

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Updated to games played 10 May 2008

Swiss Super League Goalscorers/Assists

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Updated to games played 10 May 2008

Swiss Cup Goalscorers

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Updated to games played 6 April 2008

European Goalscorers

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Updated to games played 21 February 2008

Honours and awards

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References

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