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FC Basel
2021–22 season
FC Basel Logo
OwnerFCB Holding
David Degen
Club presidentReto Baumgartner
Head coachPatrick Rahmen
StadiumSt. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super League2021–22 Swiss Super League Tbd
Swiss CupThird round Tbd
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueEuropa Conference League second qualifying round Tbd
Top goalscorerLeague:

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The 2021–22 season is FC Basel's 128th season in their existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2021–22 Swiss Super League season starts on the weekend 23 to 25 July 2021 and will end on 21 May 2022. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel will also participate in 2021–22 Swiss Cup and will start in the third round on 14/15 August 2021, the final will take place on 5 May 2022. Basel are also qualified for the newly created 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League. They will start in the second qualifying round and the matches take place on 22 July 2021

Club

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FC Basel Holding AG

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The FC Basel Holding AG owns 75% of the club FC Basel (FC Basel 1893 AG) and the other 25% is owned by the club members. On 11 May 2021 the FC Basel Holding AG chairman Bernhard Burgener and board member David Degen announced a transfer of ownership rights after months of massiv fan protests. The new situation meant Degen owned 92% of the shares and about 8% is held by four small investors.[1] At the ordinary general meeting of FC Basel Holding AG on June 15, 2021, Bernhard Burgener, Peter von Büren and Karl Odermatt stood down from the board of directors. A new board of directors stood for election. Since that date the board consists of Reto Baumgartner (president), Dani Büchi (delegate of the board), David Degen (vice-president), Johannes Barth, Marco Gadola, Christian Gross, Sophie Herzog and Andreas Rey.[2]

Club management

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The club's 127th AGM is due to take place in written form, during the week from Saturday 5 June and Friday 11 June. The results were communicated on Monday 14 June. On 13 April 2021 the club announced their proposal for the club management.[3] Club chairman Reto Baumgartner and the two directors, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser, remained in the board and three new members were elected. These three being Carol Etter (sports lawyer), Edward Turner (financial specialist) and Tobias Adler (marketingspecialist). Their exact roles are to be decided. Carol Etter was elected as delegate of the board, to represent the club at the meetings of the Holding.[4]

Club chairman   Reto Baumgartner (to date)
Director   Dominik Donzé (to date)
Director   Benno Kaiser (to date)
Director   Carol Etter (new)
Director   Edward Turner (new)
Director   Tobias Adler (new)
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (38,512[5]
(37,500 for international matches)[6] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 18 November 2020
Source: FCB Official Site


Team management

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On 20 May 2021 the club announced that Patrick Rahmen had signed a new contract that made him head coach of the new FCB first team. Since 6 April he had been interim coach. Assistant coach Ognjen Zaric also prolonged his contract for the new season. Massimo Colomba stayed with the club as Goalkeeper Coach.[7] On 15 June 2021 the club announced, that Michael Silberbauer had been hired on a deal for the 2021-22 season, as the clubs new assistant coach under head coach Rahmen.[8]

Youth coach Matthias Kohler was trainer of the U-21, but he left the club on 8 June 2021. He was replaced by Marco Schällibaum. Schällibaum continued with the two existing assistants, Daniel Stucki and Michaël Bauch.[9]

Position Staff
Manager   Patrick Rahmen
Assistant coach   Michael Silberbauer
Assistant coach   Ognjen Zaric
Goalkeeper Coach   Massimo Colomba
Team leader   Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team U-21 Coach   Marco Schällibaum
Youth Team U-21 Co-coach   Daniel Stucki
Youth Team U-21 Co-coach   Michaël Bauch

Overview

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Off and pre-season

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On the day after the last match of the previous season, 22 May 2021, the club announced a number of changes in their first team squad. Per 30 June 2021 the contracts of Luca Zuffi, Aldo Kalulu, Jasper van der Werff, Elis Isufi and Jozef Pukaj will expire and will not be renewed. In addition, the purchase options in the loan contracts will not drawn for Timm Klose, Amir Abrashi and Jorge Marco de Oliveira Moraes.[10]

Between the years 2014 and 2021 Luca Zuffi played seven seasons for Basel in a total of 327 games scoring a total of 40 goals. Exactly 200 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 22 in the Swiss Cup, 30 in the UEFA Champions League, 19 in the UEFA Europa League and 56 were friendly games. He scored 27 goals in the domestic league, two in the domestic cup, four in the Champions League, three in the Europa League and the other four were scored during the test games. With the club, Zuffi won the championship three times and the Swiss Cup twice.[11] The return of Klose to his club of origin was sportingly not a lucky one. Klose could not bring the sporting performance that had been expected. In his one season with the club Klose played a total of 37 games for Basel scoring a total of two goals. 28 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, one in the Swiss Cup and eight were friendly games. He scored both his goals in the domestic league.[12] During the home match on 16 December 2020 against Young Boys Jorge had been injured and had to be substituted out in the 62nd minute. The injury turned out to be difficult and required an opperation and this put him out for the rest of the season. In his one season with the club Jorge played a total of seven games for Basel without scoring a goal. Five of these games were in the Nationalliga A and two were friendly games.[13]

On 2 June the club announced that Julian Von Moos would be loaned out SBV Vitesse for the season with an option for a definate move. Vitesse play in the highest tier of Dutch football, the Eredivisie.[14]

The Campaign

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Domestic League

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The 2021–22 Swiss Super League season starts on the weekend of 23 to 25 July 2021 and will end on 21 May 2022.

Domestic Cup

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Basel will also participate in 2021–22 Swiss Cup and will start in the third round on 14/15 August 2021, the final will take place on 5 May 2022.

Europa Conference League

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Basel are also qualified for the newly created 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League and they will start in the second qualifying round. The draw for this was held on 16 June 2021 and the first leg matches will take place on 22 July 2021 and the return leg will be played one week later on 29 July.[15] Basel were drawn against the winners of the match between Sfîntul Gheorghe and Partizani.

Players

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First-team squad

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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 the weekend 23 to 25 July 2021, but subsequently left the club after that date.

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   SRB Đorđe Nikolić
3 DF   POR Gonçalo Cardoso (on loan from West Ham)
4 DF   SUI Eray Cömert
5 DF   SUI Silvan Widmer
8 MF   SUI Yannick Marchand
9 FW   NED Ricky van Wolfswinkel
10 MF   SUI Samuele Campo (loan to Darmstadt 98)
11 FW   ANG Afimico Pululu
13 GK   AUT Heinz Lindner
14 MF   SUI Valentin Stocker (captain)
19 FW   SUI Darian Males (on loan from Inter Milan)
20 MF   SUI Fabian Frei (vice-captain)
22 MF   SUI Orges Bunjaku
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   SUI Pajtim Kasami
24 FW   SUI Tician Tushi (loan to FC Wil)
28 DF   ITA Raoul Petretta
30 MF   KOS Edon Zhegrova
31 FW   SUI Carmine Chiappetta
32 MF   SUI Yannick Marchand
34 MF   ALB Taulant Xhaka (vice-captain)
39 DF   SUI Louis Lurvink (from U-21)
46 GK   SUI Felix Gebhardt
72 MF   ITA Andrea Padula
76 MF   SUI Albian Hajdari (on loan from Juventus)
77 FW   SEN Kaly Sene
98 FW   BRA Arthur Cabral

Transfers summer 2020

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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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF   ALB Amir Abrashi (end of loan from Freiburg)[10]
7 MF   SUI Luca Zuffi (end of contract)[10]
18 FW   SUI Julian Von Moos (on loan to SBV Vitesse)[14]
21 DF   SUI Jasper van der Werff (end of loan from Red Bull Salzburg)[10]
17 DF   SUI Timm Klose (end of loan from Norwich City)[10]
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF   FRA Aldo Kalulu (end of contract)[10]
44 GK   SUI Jozef Pukaj (end of contract)[10]
47 DF   SUI Elis Isufi (end of contract)[10]
96 DF   BRA Jorge (end of loan from Monaco)[10]

Results and fixtures

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Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Preseason

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Swiss Super League

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First half of season

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25 July 2021 Tbd v

Swiss Cup

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Tbd v

Europa Conference Leaguee

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Second qualifying round

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ FC Basel Holding AG (11 May 2021). "Besitzverhältnisse geklärt – Degen übernimmt die Aktien von Burgener". Ownership clarified - Degen takes over the shares from Burgener. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  2. ^ FC Basel 1893 (15 June 2021). "Verwaltungsräte der FCB Holding und der AG gewählt". Board members of FCB Holding and AG elected. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2021-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ FC Basel 1893 (13 April 2021). "Vorschlag für die Erweiterung des Vereinsvorstand". Proposal for the expansion of the club's board. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2021-04-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ FC Basel 1893. "Grosse zustimmung für Vorstand und Verwaltungsrat". Great approval for the Board of Management and the Administrative Board. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2021-06-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "The largest stadium in Switzerland". FC Basel 1893. 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  6. ^ https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf
  7. ^ FC Basel 1893 (20 May 2020). "Patrick Rahmen unterschreibt Cheftrainer Vertrag". Patrick Rahmen signs contract as head coach. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2021-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ FC Basel 1893. "Michael Silberbauer wird Assistenztrainer beim FCB". Michael Silberbauer becomes assistant coach for FCB. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2021-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ FC Basel 1893. "Das sind die Trainer der FCB Formation der Saison 2020/2021". These are the coaches of the FCB formation for the 2020/2021 season. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2021-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i FC Basel 1893 (22 May 2021). "Kadersituation per Ende Saison". Squad situation at the end of the season. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2021-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (22 May 2021). "Luca Zuffi - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  12. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (22 May 2021). "Timm Klose - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  13. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (22 May 2021). "Jorge - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  14. ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (2 June 2021). "Julian von Moos leihweise zum SBV Vitesse". Julian von Moos on loan to SBV Vitesse. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2021-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ uefa.com (3 December 2020). "UEFA Europa Conference League: all you need to know". uefa.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.

Sources

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[[Category:FC Basel seasons]] [[Category:Swiss football clubs 2021–22 season|Basel]] [[Category:2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League participants seasons|Basel]]