2000–01 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2000–01 season
Chairman	René C. Jäggi
Manager	Christian Gross
Ground	Stadion Schützenmatte until 10.12.2000; St. Jakob-Park from 15.03.2001
Nationalliga A	Qualifying Phase 5th
Nationalliga A	Champions Group 4th
Swiss Cup	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	League: Jean-Michel Tchouga (13); All: Jean-Michel Tchouga (20)
Highest home attendance	33,433; Lausanne-Sport (15.03.2001); St. Gallen (14.04.2001); Grasshopper Club (15.05.2001)
Average home league attendance	15,152
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 107th season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their seventh consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman for the fifth year. FC Basel played their home games in the alternate Stadion Schützenmatte while the new stadium was being built and as of 15 March 2001 in the brand new St. Jakob-Park.

Overview

Christian Gross was the first team trainer for the second season. Still forming his team, Basel made a number of signings before the season started. Goalkeeper Miroslav König, André Muff and Hakan Yakin signed in from Grasshopper Club. The two strikers Hervé Tum, from Sion, and Jean-Michel Tchouga, from Yverdon-Sports, joined to strengthen the attack. Ivan Ergic joined from Juventus and Carlos Varela was loaned from Servette.

In the other direction Luís Calapes moved to Xamax, Didier Tholot and Thomas Häberli to Young Boys and Agent Sawu to Wil. Also Pascal Zuberbühler went on a one-year loan to Bayer Leverkusen, Marco Tschopp on a one-year loan to Xamax and Edmond N'Tiamoah on a six-month loan to SR Delémont.

The Campaign

Friendly games

Basel entered the Sempione Cup, which was played in Balsthal. The first match against Brazilian team Ituano FC was won and the second match against Turkish team Besiktas Istanbul ended in a draw. Basel were placed second in the final classification.^[2]

Domestic League

The Qualification Round to the League season 2000–01 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) then competed in the Championship Playoff Round. The regular season started on 15 July and ended on 10 December. The championship play-offs began on 25 February 2001 and ended on 26 May. The teams aim was to end the qualification round in the top four table and in the championship to reach the 2001–02 UEFA Cup. Basel started the regular season with three wins and three defeats, but then became somewhat more consistent, being defeated just once in the following 12 matches. The end of the first half of the regular season ended very disappointing as the team lost four of the last five games and slipped to fifth position in the league table.

Basel were able to play the games of the Championship Group in the new stadium, the St. Jakob-Park opened on 15 March 2001. It was sold out with 33,433 spectators on three occasions, Lausanne-Sport (15.03.2001), St. Gallen (14.04.2001) and Grasshopper Club (15.05.2001)^[3] The team were more consistent in the championship, they were only beaten twice. But they only won four matches (eight draws), goal scoring was very rare. Basel ended the season in fourth position in the league table, thus qualifying for the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup.^[4]

Domestic Cup

The Swiss Cup started for Basel in the Round of 32 on 18 February 2001. Basel defeated lower class Etoile Carouge, but only after a penalty shoot out. In the next round they were drawn against and beat lower classed Bellinzona, but only narrowly. In the quarterfinals Basel were defeated by Lausanne-Sport, again after another penalty shoot out.^[4]

Europe

Basel were qualified for the UEFA Cup and in the qualifying round they beat Folgore 12–1 on aggregate. In the first round they beat Brann Bergen with an aggregate score of 7–6. In the second round Basel were tied against Feyenoord. Feyenoord won both matches and so the European season came to an end for Basel before Christmas.^[5]

Players

First team squad

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It includes all players that were in the squad the day the season started on 15 July 2000 but subsequently left the club after that date and it includes all players that transferred in during the season.

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	SVK	Miroslav König
1	GK	SUI	Pascal Zuberbühler
2	DF	SUI	Massimo Ceccaroni
3	DF	SUI	Philippe Cravero
4	DF	SUI	Alexandre Quennoz
5	DF	GER	Oliver Kreuzer
6	MF	SUI	Benjamin Huggel
7	FW	CMR	Jean-Michel Tchouga
8	MF	ESP	Carlos Varela
9	FW	RSA	George Koumantarakis
10	MF	SUI	Didier Tholot
11	FW	TUR	Cetin Güner
12	DF	SUI	Sébastien Barberis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	SUI	Nenad Savić
16	MF	TOG	Yao Aziawonou
17	MF	SUI	Mario Cantaluppi
18	GK	SUI	Romain Crevoisier
19	DF	SUI	André Muff
20	DF	SUI	Ivan Knez
21	MF	ITA	Feliciano Magro
22	DF	SCG	Ivan Ergic
23	DF	SUI	Murat Yakin
24	DF	SUI	Thierry Ebe
25	GK	CIV	Slaven Matan
26	FW	FRA	Edmond N'Tiamoah
28	MF	SUI	Hakan Yakin
29	FW	CMR	Hervé Tum

Transfers in

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	SVK	Miroslav König (from Grasshopper Club)
7	FW	CMR	Jean-Michel Tchouga (from Yverdon-Sports)
8	MF	ESP	Carlos Varela (on loan from Servette)
16	MF	TOG	Yao Aziawonou (from Sion)
18	GK	SUI	Romain Crevoisier (from SC Kriens)
19	DF	SUI	André Muff (from Grasshopper Club)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ITA	Feliciano Magro (on loan from Udinese)
22	DF	SCG	Ivan Ergic (from Juventus)
23	DF	SUI	Murat Yakin (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
24	DF	SUI	Thierry Ebe (on loan from Etoile Carouge)
26	FW	FRA	Edmond N'Tiamoah (from youth team)
28	MF	SUI	Hakan Yakin (from Grasshopper Club)
29	FW	CMR	Hervé Tum (from Sion)

Transfers out

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	Pascal Zuberbühler (loan to Bayer Leverkusen)
3	DF	SUI	Luís Calapes (to Xamax)
8	MF	SUI	Raphael Kehrli (to Luzern)
10	MF	SUI	Didier Tholot (to Young Boys)
11	FW	TUR	Cetin Güner (to Gaziantepspor)
13	DF	SUI	Marco Tschopp (one year loan to Xamax)
18	GK	SUI	Oliver Stöckli (retired)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	SUI	Thomas Häberli (to Young Boys)
26	FW	GHA	Edmond N'Tiamoah (loan to SR Delémont)
27	FW	ZIM	Agent Sawu (to Wil)
29	FW	SUI	Urs Güntensperger (end of career, to FC Horgen)
—	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Rytchkov (end of contract, free agent)
—	FW	SUI	Deniz Mendi (end of contract to Young Boys)
—	FW	FRA	Olivier Boumelaha (to St. Gallen)

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

28 June 2000 Pre-season	Basel	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Im Nau, Laufen
19:00		Summary	31' (0:1) Ivanov	Attendance: 200 Referee: Dieter Schoch

1 July 2000 Pre-season	Winterthur	0 – 0	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00		Summary	69' Savić	Attendance: 600 Referee: Büchel

2 July 2000 Pre-season	Wangen bei Olten	0 – 5	Basel	Chrüzmat, Wangen bei Olten
16:00		Summary	4' (0:1) Tchouga 28' (0:2) Tchouga 41' (0:3) Muff 49' (0:4) Huggel 76' (0:5) N'Tiamoah	Attendance: 1,550 Referee: René Rogalla

6 July 2000 Sempione-Cup	Basel	2 – 1	Ituano	Moos, Balsthal
20:00	Tchouga 24' (1:0) Tchouga 33' (2:1) Savić 73'	Summary	26' (1:1) Valdomiro 32' Careca	Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)
Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.^[2]

8 July 2000 Sempione-Cup	Basel	2 – 2	Besiktas Istanbul	Moos, Balsthal
19:30	Kreuzer 22' (pen. 1:0) Barberis 86' (2:2)	Summary	40' (1:1) Karhan 53' (1:2) Mehmet 83' Eren	Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Roland Beck
Note: The Sempione Cup was a club tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.^[2]

26 July 2000 Mid-season	Basel	1 – 2	Galatasaray	Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
19:30	Tholot 45' (1:0)	Summary	28' Emre B 87' (1:1) Ökan 90+5' (1:2) Faruk	Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

Winter break and mid-season

17 January 2001 Winter break	Borussia Dortmund	4 – 1	Basel	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
19:00	Kohler 29' (1:0) Reina 51' (2:1) Reina 55' (3:1) Krontiris 82' (4:1)	Summary	34' (1:1) Magro	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Detlef Scheppe (Wenden)

19 January 2001 Winter break	VfL Bochum	5 – 2	Basel	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
19:00	Christiansen 3' (1:0) Baştürk 10' (2:0) Christiansen 22' (3:0) Drinčić 40' (pen. 4:0) Milinović 61' Freier 88' (5:2)	Summary	57' Barberis 69' (4:1) 85' (o.g. 4:2) Mamić	Attendance: 1,864 Referee: Markus Weber

21 July 2001 Winter break	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2 – 1	Basel	BayArena, Leverkusen
15:30	Berbatov 46' (1:1) Kirsten 48' (2:1) Neuendorf 72'	Summary	45' (0:1) Tum	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rainer Werthmann

29 January 2001 Training camp	Oman	1 – 4	Basel	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
	75' (1:3)	Summary	13' (0:1) Tchouga 41' (0:2) Tchouga 70' (pen. 0:3) Kreuzer 80' (1:4) Varela	Attendance: 400

2 February 2001 Training camp	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 3	Basel	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
	Bogatiev 62' (1:0) Schitkow 72'	Summary	72' (1:1) Barberis 77' (1:2) Tum 90' (1:3) Ergic	Attendance: 25 Referee: Mohammed Ali Mushiri

4 February 2001 Training camp	Sparta Prague	3 – 0	Basel	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Obajdin 21' (1:0) Obajdin 30' (2:0) Obajdin 68' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 20,000

7 February 2001 Winter break	Basel	1 – 1	Xamax	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
12:15	Cantaluppi 64' (1:1)	Summary	55' (0:1) Geijo	Attendance: 300 Referee: Claudio Circhetta
Note: Minute of silence in honor of the late former FCB coach Emil Müller.

10 February 2001 Winter break	Yverdon-Sports	2 – 3	Basel	Stade Municipal, Yverdon
	Gohouri 2' (1:0) Gil 45' (2:1)	Summary	25' (1:1) Magro 52' (2:2) Magro 72' (2:3) Tchouga	Attendance: 450 Referee: Guido Wildhaber
Note: no yellow cards given

13 February 2001 Winter break	Basel	5 – 0	Solothurn	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
12:15	Tum 7' (1:0) Magro 25' (2:0) Magro 39' (3:0) H. Yakin 74' (4:0) Magro 90+1' (5:0)	Summary		Attendance: 500 Referee: Martin Salm
Note: no yellow cards given

23 March 2001 Mid-season	Basel	1 – 2	Aarau	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
18:00	Savić 51' (1:0)	Summary	58' (1:1) Didi 75' (1:2) Didi	Attendance: 200 Referee: Martin Salm
Note: no yellow cards given

28 March 2001 Mid-season	Basel	3 – 3	Wangen bei Olten	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
12:00	M. Yakin 29' (1:0) Savić 45' (2:0) Muff 75' (3:1)	Summary	61' (2:1) Renfer 82' (pen. 3:2) Renfer 90+2' (3:3) Souffa	Attendance: 200 Referee: Claudio Circhetta
Note: no yellow cards given

3 April 2001 Mid-season	SC Dornach	0 – 8	Basel	Gigersloch, Dornach
		Summary	20' (0:1) H. Yakin 22' (0:2) H. Yakin 26' (0:3) Savić 42' (0:4) Savić 47' (pen. 0:5) H. Yakin 52' (0:6) Savić 72' (0:7) H. Yakin 78' (0:8) Barberis	Attendance: 300 Referee: Umherr
Note: no yellow cards given

18 April 2000 Mid-season	Basel	7 – 0	SC Baudepartement Basel	Stadion Rankhof, Basel
	Ebe 5' (1:0) Neri 9' (2:0) Tchouga 14' (3:0) Magro 16' (4:0) Spallino 46' (5:0) Cravero 65' (6:0) Becirevic 89' (7:0)	Summary		Attendance: 40 Referee: Antonio Caselle

1 May 2001 Mid-season	Basel	5 – 1	Solothurn	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
12:00	Ebe 8' (1:0) Savić 32' (2:0) P. Degen 39' (3:0) Streller 46' (4:0) Streller 71' (5:0)	Summary	76' (5:1) Geisbühler	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Nationalliga A

Qualifying Phase

15 July 2000 Round 1	Basel	4 – 1	Sion	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:00	Tchouga 12', 61', 67', 76' Cravero 14' Ceccaroni 45'	Summary	35' Deumi 57' 37' Fayolle 53' Grichting	Attendance: 5,491 Referee: Urs Meier

19 July 2000 Round 2	Xamax	2 – 0	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
19:30	Buess 33' Bühler 37' Alex 50' Diop 80' Zambaz 90+4'	Summary	39' Huggel 40' Calapes 90+1' Tchouga	Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Gilles Golay

22 July 2000 Round 3	Basel	7 – 4	Luzern	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30	Huggel 7', 73' Kreuzer 9' (pen.) Tchouga 14', 60', 85' (pen.) Muff 51' Tholot 74' 65' Varela 59'	Summary	26' A. Frei 29', 35', 66' 85' Wyss 36' Blunschi 43' Feuz 53' Arnold 59' Spycher 85' Gordier	Attendance: 8,207 Referee: Dieter Schoch

29 July 2000 Round 4	Basel	1 – 0	Grasshopper Club	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:00	Cantaluppi 16' Zanni 48' (o.g.) Savić 69'	Summary	41' Smiljanić 69' Cabanas 69' 82' Schwegler 90+4' Huber	Attendance: 7,112 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik

5 August 2000 Round 5	Yverdon-Sports	1 – 0	Basel	Stade Municipal, Yverdon
19:30	Costantino 67'	Summary		Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Marcus Nobs

13 August 2000 Round 6	Basel	2 – 3	Lugano	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15	Kreuzer 5' Tchouga 27' Tholot 51' Huggel 67'	Summary	16' 19' Bullo 29', 44' 67' Giménez 70' Zagorčić	Attendance: 6,236 Referee: Roland Beck

19 August 2000 Round 7	Servette	1 – 1	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
19:30	Lonfat 84'	Summary	25' Tchouga 44' Cantaluppi 66' Huggel 90+3' König 90+4' Kreuzer	Attendance: 4,815 Referee: Urs Meier

27 August 2000 Round 8	Basel	2 – 2	St. Gallen	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15	Magro 21', 49' Tchouga 55'	Summary	33' Nixon 57' Jairo 59' Walker 73' Zellweger 74' Amoah	Attendance: 6,208 Referee: Massimo Busacca

5 September 2000 Round 9	Aarau	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30	Pavlicevic 3'	Summary	26' Cantaluppi 36' Tchouga	Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Nicole Petignat

8 September 2000 Round 10	Basel	1 – 1	Zürich	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30	Cantaluppi 42' Kreuzer 64' (pen.) Quennoz 72'	Summary	21' Hellinga 50' Giannini 76' Kawelaschwili	Attendance: 7,186 Referee: Reto Rutz

17 September 2000 Round 11	Lausanne-Sport	3 – 0	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:15	Thiaw 17' Kuźba 64', 68' (pen.)	Summary	17' Tchouga 68' Kreuzer	Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Roland Beck

23 September 2000 Round 12	Sion	1 – 1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
19:30	Enílton 82' (pen.)	Summary	70' Savić 84' Cravero	Attendance: 6,800 Referee: René Rogalla

1 October 2000 Round 13	Basel	5 – 1	Xamax	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15	Huggel 4' Cantaluppi 59' 19' Tchouga 55' Muff 78' Varela 85'	Summary	7' Keller 39' Buess 70' 59' Camara 72' Atouba	Attendance: 6,031 Referee: Fabian Schmid

14 October 2000 Round 14	Luzern	0 – 2	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
19:30	Amarildo 45'	Summary	15', 35' Koumantarakis 18' Cravero 47' Kreuzer 53' Huggel 82' Magro 85' Tchouga	Attendance: 8,169 Referee: Carlo Bertolini

22 October 2000 Round 15	Grasshopper Club	1 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
16:15	Esposito 13' H. Yakin 84' 31'	Summary	2' Ceccaroni 15' Tholot 27' Varela 49' Magro 51' Savić	Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Philippe Leuba

29 October 2000 Round 16	Basel	2 – 1	Yverdon-Sports	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15	Cantaluppi 64' Kreuzer 67' (pen.) Ergić 74' Tholot 80' Tchouga 86' Cravero 90+3'	Summary	32' Jenny 46' Peço 72' Costantino	Attendance: 6,035 Referee: Guido Wildhaber

4 November 2000 Round 18	Basel	4 – 2	Servette	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:30	Cantaluppi 16' Muff 46', 47' Tholot 76' Barberis 89'	Summary	22' 57' Ippoliti 35' 56' Petrov 81' Lachor 87' Pizzinat	Attendance: 5,113 Referee: Nicole Petignat

12 November 2000 Round 17	Lugano	1 – 0	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:30	Lubamba 40' Giménez 60' Biaggi 77'	Summary	49' Magro 75' Cantaluppi 90' Kreuzer	Attendance: 5,250 Referee: Günter Benkö

19 November 2000 Round 19	St. Gallen	4 – 0	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15	Nixon 24', 75' Müller 45' Amoah 68'	Summary	9' Tchouga 45' Cantaluppi 81' Magro 90+1' Kreuzer	Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Gerald Lehner

26 November 2000 Round 20	Basel	5 – 2	Aarau	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15	Koumantarakis 24' Huggel 37' 30', 47' Varela 39' Tchouga 65' Tholot 85'	Summary	7', 54' Wiederkehr 34' Hamdzic 50' Didi	Attendance: 6,251 Referee: Massimo Busacca

3 December 2000 Round 21	Zürich	2 – 0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:15	Kavelashvili 33' (pen.) Quentin Jamarauli 68' Fischer	Summary	14' Varela 21' Barberis 32' Cantaluppi	Attendance: 8,900 Referee: Urs Meier

10 December 2000 Round 22	Basel	2 – 3	Lausanne-Sport	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:15	Ergić 9' Kreuzer 11' Quennoz 19' Savić 44' Barberis 59'	Summary	22' Santini 27' 87' Lombardo 43', 63' Kuźba 60' Baudry 87' Thiaw	Attendance: 7,153 Referee: Reto Rutz

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lugano	22	12	6	4	33	16	+17	42	Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2	St. Gallen	22	11	7	4	43	18	+25	40
3	Grasshopper	22	11	3	8	46	25	+21	36
4	Lausanne-Sport	22	11	2	9	37	34	+3	35
5	Basel	22	10	4	8	42	36	+6	34
6	Servette	22	9	6	7	34	26	+8	33
7	Sion	22	9	5	8	27	31	−4	32
8	Zürich	22	8	7	7	36	29	+7	31
9	Aarau	22	6	6	10	31	43	−12	24	Continue to promotion/relegation round
10	Yverdon-Sport	22	5	6	11	27	43	−16	21
11	Xamax	22	6	2	14	21	53	−32	20
12	Luzern	22	5	4	13	27	50	−23	19

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Champions Group

25 February 2001 Round 1	Servette	3 – 0	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
16:15	Wolf 11' Petrov 15' A. Frei 3' Oruma	Summary	19' Varela	Attendance: 4,439 Referee: Dieter Schoch

11 March 2001 Round 2	Grasshopper Club	0 – 0	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
16:15		Summary	33' Ceccaroni	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Marcus Nobs

15 March 2001 Round 3	Basel	0 – 0	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Cantaluppi 78' H. Yakin 89'	Summary	29' Puce 40' Horjak 51' Hellebuyck 90' Meyer	Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca

18 March 2001 Round 4	Basel	4 – 1	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:15	Tum 51', 62' Magro 9' 56' Varela 58'	Summary	5' Bastida 22' Giménez 45' Gaspoz 51' Brunner	Attendance: 24,300 Referee: Philippe Leuba

1 April 2001 Round 5	Zürich	0 – 0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:15	Quentin 10'	Summary	15' Kreuzer 27' Ceccaroni 26' Varela 78' Muff	Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Roland Beck

7 April 2001 Round 6	Basel	2 – 1	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Tchouga 8' Varela 51' M. Yakin 76'	Summary	11' Furo 41' Piffaretti 90+2' Sirufo	Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Nicole Petignat

14 April 2001 Round 7	Basel	1 – 1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Kreuzer 30' Ceccaroni 47' Tum 52' Cantaluppi 67' Huggel 86'	Sumarry	13' Winkler 56' 87' Gane	Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Carlo Bertolini

22 April 2001 Round 8	St. Gallen	3 – 2	Basel	Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15	Winkler 25' Zwyssig 30' Jefferson 36' Nixon 50' 46' Zellweger 90+5'	Summary	1' Barberis 12' 25' Savić 45' 73' Cravero 51' M. Yakin 58' Huggel 60' Varela 83' 70' H. Yakin	Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Dieter Schoch

28 April 2001 Round 9	Sion	0 – 1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
19:30	Grichting 44' Perdichizzi 52' Furo 53' Đurišić 90+2'	Summary	12' Tum 40' H. Yakin	Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Urs Meier

6 May 2001 Round 10	Basel	2 – 1	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:15	Huggel 6' H. Yakin 65' Savić 67'	Summary	11' 54' Renato 71' Chihab>	Attendance: 31,041 Referee: Marcus Nobs

13 May 2001 Round 11	Lugano	1 – 1	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:15	Giménez 9' Rota 17' Zagorčić 44'	Summary	28' Huggel 36' H. Yakin 66' Barberis 86' Kreuzer	Attendance: 7,250 Referee: Bernhard Brugger

15 May 2001 Round 12	Basel	3 – 3	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Tum 21' Magro 55' 62', 75'	Summary	10' Cabanas 19' Diop 45' Haas 53' Tararache 60' Smiljanić 90+1' Núñez 90+2' 51' Camara	Attendance: 33,433 (sold out) Referee: Roland Beck

19 May 2001 Round 13	Lausanne-Sport	1 – 1	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:15	Meyer 12' Karlen 32' Lutsenko 66' Kuźba 83' (pen.)	Summary	43' Huggel 75' Ergić	Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Urs Meier

26 May 2001 Round 14	Basel	1 – 1	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Varela 59' M. Yakin 74' Barberis 79'	Summary	51' A. Frei	Attendance: 21,852 Referee: Philippe Leuba

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper (C)	14	8	4	2	29	14	+15	18	46	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Lugano	14	5	5	4	24	19	+5	21	41	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	St. Gallen	14	6	2	6	23	28	−5	20	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Basel	14	4	8	2	18	16	+2	17	37	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	Servette	14	5	5	4	26	19	+7	17	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
6	Lausanne-Sport	14	4	3	7	15	27	−12	18	33	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7	Sion	14	4	4	6	16	22	−6	16	32
8	Zürich	14	3	3	8	12	18	−6	16	28

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ As 2000–01 Swiss Cup winner.

Swiss Cup

18 February 2001 Round of 32	Etoile Carouge	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (8 – 9 p)	Basel	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
15:00	Ebe 33' Villiot 66' Besseyre 84' Iglesias 111'	Summary	37' Cantaluppi H. Yakin	Attendance: 1,185 Referee: Guido Wildhaber
	Penalties
	Derivaz Villiot Ballon Bell Boughanem Braizat Stilz Daquin Morisod Iglesias		H. Yakin Knez Tchouga Cantaluppi Magro Muff Savić Cravero Tum Ceccaroni

4 March 2001 Round of 16	Bellinzona	2 – 3	Basel	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
14:30	Tarone 18' Manfreda 52' Edusei 56' Tsawa 76' Bugnard 89'	Summary	31', 76' Tchouga 50' H. Yakin 70' Magro	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Urs Meier

11 April 2001 Round Quarterfinal	Lausanne-Sport	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (7 – 6 p)	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30	Christ 47' Meyer 71' 83' Simon 76'	Summary		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Reto Rutz
	Penalties
	Lombardo Christ Simon Puce Santini Hellebuyck Panow		M. Yakin Cantaluppi Ergić Kreuzer Huggel Savić Ceccaroni

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

10 August 2000 1st leg	Folgore	1 – 5	Basel	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
20:00	Rossi 55' S. Bianchi 73' Zanotti 79' (1:5)	Uefa summary FCB summary	13' (0:1) Tchouga 22' (0:2) Tchouga 40' Muff 48' (0:4) Magro 77' (0:5) Magro	Attendance: 1,584 Referee: José Luis Mengual Prades (Andorra)

24 August 2000 Return leg	Basel	7 – 0 (12 – 1 agg.)	Folgore	Hardturm, Zürich
20:00	Muff 7' (1:0) Magro 19' (2:0) Magro 21' (3:0) Cantaluppi 30' (4:0) Tholot 39' (5:0) Koumantarakis 81' (6:0) Tholot 85' (7:0)	UEFA summary FCB summary	40' Zanotti 81' Della Torre	Attendance: 2,113 Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)

Basel win 12-1 on aggregate

First round

12 September 2000 1st leg	Basel	3 – 2	Brann	Hardturm, Zürich
18:00	Magro 7' (1:0) Magro 26' Tchouga 53' (2:1) Kreuzer 86' (pen. 3:2)	UEFA summary FCB summary	37' Ylönen 47' (1:1) Ludvigsen 71' Karadas 72' (2:2) Helstad	Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)

28 September 2000 Return leg	Brann	4 – 4 (6 – 7 agg.)	Basel	Brann Stadion, Bergen
19:30	Karadas 4' (1:0) Brendesæter 9' (2:0) Terehhov 31' (3:1) Karadas 40' (4:1) Brendesæter 61'	UEFA summary FCB summary	20' (2:1) Tchouga 40' Cantaluppi 59' (o.g. 4:2) Wassberg 61' (pen. 4:3) Kreuzer 75' Varela 90' (4:4) Muff	Attendance: 4,176 Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.

Second round

26 October 2000 1st leg	Basel	1 – 2	Feyenoord	Hardturm, Zürich
21:00	Tchouga 13' Varela 22' Tchouga 62' (1:1)	UEFA summary FCB summary	60' (0:1) Kalou 70' Paauwe 84' (1:2) Bosvelt	Attendance: 9,700 Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

9 November 2000 Return leg	Feyenoord	1 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Basel	De Kuip, Rotterdam
20:00	Kalou 3' (1:0)	UEFA summary FCB summary	79' Muff	Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Feyenoord win 3–1 on aggregate

References

^ ^a ^b Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2018-11-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c Garin, Erik (2004). "Sempione Cup (Switzerland)". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Zuschauer saison 2000/01". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
^ ^a ^b Erik Garin, Karel Stokkermans and Antonio Zea. "Switzerland 2000/01". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
^ "Uefa Cup 2000–01 – Overview". uefa.com. 2000. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

Sources

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Die ersten 125 Jahre / 2018. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
2000–01 at "Basler Fussballarchiv” homepage
2000–01 at Joggeli.ch
2000–01 at RSSSF

External links

FC Basel official site

[table_note_res_UC10.56515415877344-6] As 2000–01 Swiss Cup winner.

[fussballstarbasel-1] Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2018-11-16.

[sempione_1-2] Garin, Erik (2004). "Sempione Cup (Switzerland)". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-2000/01-3] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Zuschauer saison 2000/01". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

[rsssf-Switzerland_2000/01-4] Erik Garin, Karel Stokkermans and Antonio Zea. "Switzerland 2000/01". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

[Uefa-Uefa_Cup_2000–01-5] "Uefa Cup 2000–01 – Overview". uefa.com. 2000. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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