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2007–08 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
2007–08 season
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ChairmanSwitzerland Gisela Oeri
ManagerSwitzerland Christian Gross
Swiss Super LeagueChampions
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)
Average home league attendance23,539
Biggest win4–0 on 8 October 2007
vs Young Boys
4–0 on 2 May 2008
vs Zürich
Biggest defeat1–5 on 5 August 2007
away vs Young Boys

FC Basel started the 2007–08 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, 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. 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 Schalke 04 (for an estimated CHF 4,830,000) and Mladen Petrić joined Borussia Dortmund (for an estimated CHF 5,635,000). Influential defender Boris Smiljanić returned to his former club, Grasshoppers.

During the winter break, highly rated Switzerland U-21 defender Beg Ferati arrived at St. Jakob-Park from feeder club 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, on loan from Red Bull Salzburg. Also during the winter break Felipe 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 for the season was to win the league championship. The Swiss Super League season began on 22 July. 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, 1–5 against BSC Young Boys and 0–2 against 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. In this period they won nine and drew two of eleven games. Basel suffered a home defeat against Xamax directly before the winter break and the suffered another defeat in the away match against Young Boys directly as the second half of the season began. Nevertheless Basel stayed in top position in the league table until virtually the end of the championship, slipping to second position twice. The first time as they lost an away match against Luzern and the second time after an away draw against Aarau. In the last eight games of the season, Basel achieved only four victories and four draws. But the team played 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. FCB needed only a point from the match to win the Championship, however if YB 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 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.[1]

FCB obtained 74 points to win the championship and qualify for Champions League second qualifying round. They were four points above YB with 70 points and 18 points ahead of third placed FCZ, who obtained 56 points. These two teams qualified to UEFA Cup second qualifying round. The bottom placed Thun suffered relegation and second last St. Gallen advanced to the relegation/promotion play-pff against Bellinzona. Bellinzona won the play-off and were promoted FCSG suffered relegation. [2]

Domestic Cup

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Basel's clear aim for the 2007–08 Swiss Cup was to retain the title that they had won the year before. The 10 clubs from the Swiss Super League as well as the 17 clubs of the Swiss Challenge League qualified directly for the cup and entered in the round of 64.

FC Léchelles

Basel were paired away against 5th tier FC Léchelles on 19 September 2007 and won with ease. Carlitos, Scott Chipperfield and Eduardo each scored two goals and David Degen, Kōji Nakata and team captain Ivan Ergić each scored one as Basel achieved the end result 9–0.[3]

SC Binningen

They then faced local club SC Binningen, also from the 5th tier, away from home at the newly built Spiegelfeld stadium, on 20 October. This time captain Ivan Ergić scored two goals and David Degen, Carlitos, Eduardo and Benjamin Huggel each added another as Basel cruised to a 6–1 victory.[4]

Grasshopper Club

Basel then faced a much tougher test in the third round. An away match against the Grasshoppers at the Letzigrund on 25 October. The game was equally balanced in a first half low on events. The best chance came from a bicycle kick from Scott Chipperfield. In the second half Basel put on the pressure and after 55 minutes were not awarded a penalty despite a foul on Streller. But nonetheless Basel won 1–0. The goal coming from the penalty spot, scored by Daniel Majstorović after a hand-ball from Guillermo Vallori.[5]

Stade Nyonnais

On 15 December, third tier Stade Nyonnais travelled to St. Jakob-Park for the quarter-final. Basel played with second goalkeeper Louis Crayton in place of Franco Costanzo, who was rested in advance of the Uefa Cup game against Hamburger SV, which was a few days later. But it was the Nyonnaise keeper Mathey who stole the show, saving four, five good attempts alone in the first half. He kept the game goalless to halftime. Stade Nyonnais fought hard as Basel added more pressure. Eren Derdiyok eventually put the hosts one up in the 53rd minute and they kept pressing giving keeper Mathey more chances to show his abilities. Derdiyok finished the game off with another goal in the 90th minute.[6]

Thun

The semi-final saw Basel beat FC Thun 1–0 on 27 February. Again played in the St. Jakob-Park Vratislav Lokvenc, who was on loan from Red Bull Salzburg scored the only game of the match as early as the 12th minute.[7]

Bellinzona

Basel were heavy favourites before the kick-off, not just because they were facing a lower league side but as the cup final was also being held in their home stadium, which is where UEFA Euro 2008 kicked off nine weeks later. It was Bellinzona, though, who had the better of the opening stages with Basel goalkeeper Franco Costanzo called into action several times. However, Eren Derdiyok scored the opening goal on 31 minutes to calm down things for the Swiss league leaders. Bellinzona equalised after 58 minutes through Christian Pouga but their euphoria was short-lived as they conceded three times in as many minutes to lose any chance of causing an upset. Four minutes later Daniel Majstorovic headed in, substitute Marco Streller made it 3-1 and fellow Swiss international Benjamin Huggel put the match beyond doubt in the 66th minute to make the final scoreline 4–1 in Basel's favour. Basel won the Swiss Cup for the second consecutive season after beating second-tier side AC Bellinzona 4–1 at St. Jakob-Park on 6 April 2008.[8]

Conclusion

Basel's aim for the Swiss Cup was to retain the title and this was achieved with ease.

Europe

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Because Basel entered the 2007–08 UEFA Cup in the second qualifying round, the club set their aim as to reach the group stage. The draw was held on Friday, 3 August 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. It was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football. The matches were to be played on 16 and 30 August 2007.

Mattersburg

Basel were drawn against a tough opponent in the form of SV Mattersburg of Austria. Mattersburg were Austrian league leaders at the time, with an unbeaten run. The first leg was held at the St. Jakob-Park on 16 August 2007 under referee Martin Ingvarsson of the Swedish Football Association. Basel began strongly, had their fifth corner in the twelfth minute but Scott Chipperfield's good shot was deflected only a short distance wide of the goal. Mattersburg's defender Cem Atan saw his second yellow card after just 17 minutes and was sent off. Nevertheless it was the Austrian team who shortly afterwards took the lead. Basel's defender Nakata deflected a shot into their own goal after 20 minutes. Basel's reply was immediate, capitan Ergić equalised just three minutes later. Mattersburg goalkeeper Robert Almer played strongly, showing six or seven good saves and denying Basel the lead. This eventually came in the 57th minute from Caicedo. Mattersburg were overwhelmed but their keeper kept showing good work. In the end the 2–1 victory meant a lot of work, but too little yield.[9]

Return match

Basel won the tie straight off with an easy away win in the Pappelstadion on 30 August, under referee Selçuk Dereli from the Turkish Football Federation. Felipe Caicedo put the visitors one up after 22 minutes, captain Ergić added a second after 36 and Streller netted the third after 40. Basel had decided the game before half time and they played the rest of the game in a lower gear. Eight minutes after the break Carlitos increased the score to the final score of 4–0 and 6–1 on aggregate.[10]

FK Sarajevo

In the next round, Basel were drawn against Bosnian minnows FK Sarajevo in the first round. The first leg was played on 20 September in front of 6,000 spectators in the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium in Sarajevo under referee Lajuks of the Latvian Football Federation. Carlitos put the visitors in the lead in the 11th minute and captain Ergić added a second after 63 minutes. Basel again played the rest of the game in a lower gear. In the third minute of added time Semjon Milošević scored for the hosts, but this was much too late to make a difference.[11]

Return match

The return leg was played on 4 October in the St. Jakob-Park. Basel started quickly. Carlitos netted the first goal in the eighth minute and added a second just one minute later. Then came Swiss international Streller double into the scorers list, scoring his first in the 19th minute and his second ten minutes later. This was the half time score. Basel played as though it was a friendly match, not wishing to hurt themselves or be injured by their opponents, so not really entering the tackles. Huggel scored the team's fifth goal on 75 minutes and then Felipe Caicedo added a sixth as the game entered the added time. The game ended 6–0 and Basel won 8–1 on aggregate.[12]

Basel advanced to the group stage. Due to the fact that they had reached the group stage their aim was modified and was set as to remain in the competition over the winter break. The draw for the group stage, which was conducted by UEFA's director of professional football Giorgio Marchetti and Michele Centenaro, UEFA's head of club competitions, was held on Tuesday, 9 October 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. Basel were then drawn into a group of death, Group D, alongside Brann, Dinamo Zagreb, Hamburger SV and Rennes, all of which were ranked within the top three of their respective leagues at the start of the stage.

Rennes

The first group match was at home, in front of a small crowd of just 11,407 spectators, on 27 October against French team Rennes under referee Nicola Rizzoli from the Italian Football Federation. Basel started well into the match and almost worked themselves an early advantage when Ivan Ergić's fierce free-kick was tipped around the post by Rennes goalkeeper Patrice Luzi. Rennes were second best at the beginning, but gradually began to work their way into the game with Franco Costanzo having to move quickly to save Sylvain Marveaux's effort on 27 minutes, before watching Bruno Cheyrou's powerful shot sail over the bar three minutes later. However, Basel ended the first half as they had begun it, strong. Scott Chipperfield hit a long-range shot that was well caught by Luzi and minutes later Felipe Caicedo fired an effort narrowly wide of the left-hand post. After the restart, Rennes again worked Costanzo, but the goalkeeper was more than equal to Jimmy Briand's strike. The decisive moment came soon after as Marco Streller jumped higher than the Rennes defencef's to head in Chipperfield's corner. Caicedo almost doubled Basel's lead soon after, with a shot out of the distance that flew narrowly wide. Having survived that, Rennes pressed for an equaliser but the closest they came was a shot by Mickaël Pagis that drifted wide as Basel achieved their victory.[13]

Dinamo Zagreb

Their next game was away to Dinamo Zagreb, in the Maksimir Stadium, 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. On the 8 November, in front of 28,000 spectators, FC Basel goalkeeper Costanzo was in inspired form as the Swiss side earned a valuable point. The Argentinian keeper twice tipped good drives over the bar to keep the visitors in the match, but the hosts only had themselves to blame for not capitalising on a dominant performance. Gordon Schildenfeld and Mario Mandžukić were both guilty of bad misses and Dinamo's evening was summed up in the final minute when Ognjen Vukojević saw his effort cannon back off the post. Yet it was Basel that begun the brightest as they sought to build on their 1-0 victory against Stade Rennes a fortnight before. Scott Chipperfield was the instigator of much of their attacking play, and Daniel Majstorovic twice headed over crosses from the Australian when he should have done better. It proved a false dawn, however, and Dinamo soon found their rhythm as Mandžukić and Hrvoje Čale both tried their luck from distance. Ivan Ergić warmed Dinamo keeper George Koch's hands at the other end, though Basel found relief harder and harder to come by as the game went on. Midway through the first half Schildenfeld contrived to head Luka Modrić's corner wide, while Mandžukić, Vukojević and Franck Manga Guela all fired long-distance efforts off target. Costanzo was called upon soon after half-time to tip over Vukojević's curling effort and was on hand to collect Schildenfeld's header soon after. It was all Dinamo as Costanzo made further stops to deny substitute Carlos and then Mandžukić yet again. It was an evening to forget for the 21-year-old Mandžukić who headed a glorious chance wide and when Vukojević saw his effort hit the post, Dinamo knew their luck was out as Basel held on.[14]

SK Brann

Basel then faced Brann at St. Jakob-Park on 5 December, where they won 1–0 through a Carlitos free-kick and were highly praised for playing attractive and flowing football. Both teams made enterprising starts, although chances were chiefly of the half variety, usually shots from range. Brann midfielder Petter Vaagan Moen and Carlitos traded such efforts before the Basel man broke the deadlock in the 39th minute. Having been fouled by Ramiro Corrales, Carlitos took the free-kick himself and fired beyond Håkon Opdal. The goalkeeper then had to be at his best to ensure Brann went in just a goal behind, diving to keep out a powerful Reto Zanni drive. The Norwegian champions pressed for an equaliser in the second half, but were largely frustrated by a Basel defence that was content to hold on to the narrow advantage. Joakim Sjöhage, Vaagan Moen and Huseklepp all had chances but Franco Costanzo was equal to all of them. [15]

Hamburger SV

Basel then went to Germany to face Hamburger SV at the HSH Nordbank Arena on 20 December in front of 48,917 spectators under referee Nicolai Vollquartz from the Danish Football Association. Both clubs had already qualified for the knock out phase, and it was the home side who began better, Nigel de Jong meeting Rafael van der Vaart's free-kick with his head and forcing Franco Costanzo to save with his right foot before he reacted smartly to keep out Bastian Reinhardt's follow-up effort. The Basel goalkeeper held Hamburg at bay throughout the first half, despite the fact that Ivica Olić and Var der Vaart had three presentable chances in quick succession after about half-hours play. Because Basel playmaker Carlitos was well marked by the home defence, Basel struggled to create much in attack and their prospects looked bad when Reto Zanni brought down Vincent Kompany and then saw his second yellow card in the 50th minute. However, eight minutes later Ivan Ergić reacted fastest to push in Benjamin Huggel's mis-hit shot from a Michel Morganella cross. Just as Basel might have been thinking about holding on for the three points, Romeo Castelen raced down the right wing and crossed for the waiting Olić to shoot in the equaliser and ensured his side would finish above their opponents. Hamburger SV claimed first place Group D as Olić's late goal earned a 1-1 draw against ten-man FC Basel. [16]

The draw for the round of 32 was held on Friday, 21 December 2007 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight group winners were drawn against the eight third-placed teams, while the eight second-placed teams were drawn against the eight teams who finished third in the Champions League groups. Teams from the same group or the same country cannot be drawn together. Basel then faced Sporting CP in the round of 32 after qualifying in second position in the group alongside Hamburg and Brann. Sporting CP finished third in their group in the UEFA Champions League, which is why they were dropped into the UEFA Cup.

Sporting CP

The first leg took place on the 13 February 2008 at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon with referee Kevin Blom from Royal Dutch Football Association. The visitors almost went into the lead inside three minutes when Carlitos' corner came to captain Ivan Ergić whose header went just over. Instead it was Sporting who took went ahead in the eighth minute, Simon Vukčević finishing into the bottom corner after being set up by Leandro Romagnoli's neat pass. But that was a rare foray forward for the home side as Basel dominated possession early on. David Degen going closest to bringing them level with a volley which fizzed over. The visitors suffered a blow a minute before the break when goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was forced off with injury to be replaced by Liberia international Louis Crayton. Vukčević gave the new goalkeeper no chance as he doubled the lead after 58 minutes, drilling João Moutinho's right-wing cross high into the top corner from the right side of the area.[17]

Return match

One week later, on 21 February 2008, the return leg did not fare any better for Basel. Costanzo was still out injured and Basel lost 3–0 in the home match, resulting in them being knocked out 5–0 on aggregate. The visitors enjoyed a perfect start at St. Jakob-Park when Bruno Pereirinha broke the deadlock after just two minutes. It left Basel needing to score four times. Sporting's keeper Rui Patrício was tested twice after quarter of an hour, first by Eduardo's long-range effort and then Eren Derdiyok's shot from the left side of the area. Patrício also blocked well to deny Ivan Ergić's volley from ten metres. Liédson ended home hopes with two goals either side of half-time.[18]

Conclusion

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. Basel achieved all of their aims. Next season they will have the opportunity to qualify for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.

Club

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The Management

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

Last updated: 17 May 2008
Source: [citation needed]

Kit

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Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Novartis

Home[19]
Away[19]

Source: Homepage FCB

Other information

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

Multiple Nationality

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Transfers summer 2007

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In

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3 DF Switzerland SUI Ronny Hodel (from Young Boys - for 483,000 SFr)[20]
4 DF Switzerland SUI Michel Morganella (from FC Basel II (U21))[21]
8 MF Switzerland SUI Benjamin Huggel (from Eintracht Frankfurt - for 805,000 SFr)[22]
10 FW Switzerland SUI Marco Streller (from Stuttgart - for 2,415,000 SFr)[23]
14 MF Switzerland SUI Valentin Stocker (from FC Basel II (U21))[24]
16 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Frei (from FC Basel II (U21))[24]
24 MF Switzerland SUI Cabral (from Lausanne-Sport - free transfer)[25]
25 GK Switzerland SUI Jayson Leutwiler (from FC Basel II (U21))[24][26][27]
30 MF Portugal POR Carlitos (from Benfica - for 1,610,000 SFr)[28]
31 FW Switzerland SUI Eren Derdiyok (from FC Basel II (U21))
9 FW Argentina ARG César Carignano (return from loan to América)[24]

In on loan

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7 MF Switzerland SUI David Degen (loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach - Loan)[29]
(25) GK Switzerland SUI Riccardo Meili (on loan from FC Concordia Basel 18 July to 7 August)[26][27]

Out

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MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Damir Džombić (to Vaduz)[24]
FW Brazil BRA Cristiano (to Willem II)[30]
MF Australia AUS Mile Sterjovski (to Gençlerbirliği - free transfer)[24]
FW Croatia CRO Mladen Petrić (to Borussia Dortmund - 5,635,000 SFr)[31]
MF Croatia CRO Ivan Rakitić (to Schalke 04 - for 4,830,000 SFr)[32]
FW South Africa RSA Delron Buckley (returned to Borussia Dortmund after loan)[24]
DF Switzerland SUI Boris Smiljanić (to Grasshopper Club Zürich - 966,000 SFr)[33]

Out on loan

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(25) GK Switzerland SUI Yann Sommer (on loan to Vaduz)[34]
29 MF Switzerland SUI Simone Grippo (on loan to FC Concordia Basel) [24][35]
(25) GK Switzerland SUI Jayson Leutwiler (on loan to FC Concordia Basel 18 July to 7 August)[26][27]

Transfers winter 2007-08

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In

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9 MF Serbia SRB Marko Perović (from Red Star Belgrade)[36][37]

In on loan

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19 FW Czech Republic CZE Vratislav Lokvenc (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg from 14 February until 30 June 2008)[38]
34 GK Switzerland SUI Oliver Stöckli (on loan from FC Winterthur from 19 February until 30 June 2008)[39]

Out

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9 FW Argentina ARG César Carignano (released from contract)[40]
20 MF Argentina ARG Caicedo (to Manchester City)[36][37]
-- FW Switzerland SUI Danijel Subotić (to Portsmouth F.C.)[41]

Out on loan

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17 DF Switzerland SUI Patrik Baumann (on loan to FC Concordia Basel 1 January to 30 June)[42]
15 MF Liechtenstein LIE Franz Burgmeier (on loan to Thun 5 January to 30 June)[43]

Results and fixtures

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Friendly matches

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Pre- and mid-season friendlies

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27 June 2007 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Wil San Gian, Celerina
18:30 F. Frei 1' (1:0)
Hodel Yellow card 30'
Stocker 32' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 600
Referee: Switzerland Patrick Collet
30 June 2007 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 3 Switzerland Concordia Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
17:00 Chipperfield 1' (1:0) Summary 37' (1:1) Kolling
38' (1:2) Sprunger
53' (1:3) Sprunger
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Switzerland
3 July 2007 Uhrencup
Round 1
Basel Switzerland 3 – 1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:15 F. Frei 21' (1:0)
Eduardo 71' (2:0), 80' (3:0)
Summary 83' (pen. 3:1) Santos Attendance: 2,754
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
5 July 2007 Uhrencup
Round 2
Basel Switzerland 0 – 1 Scotland Celtic Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:45 Summary 42' Miller Attendance: 8,612 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
7 July 2007 Pre-season Luzern Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Seefeld, Horw
18:30 Mendes Yellow card 45'
Lustrinelli 54' (1:0)
Summary Yellow card 72' Eduardo
Yellow card 75' Huggel
82' (1:1) Eduardo
Attendance: 3,126
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
11 July 2007 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 France RC Lens Stampfi, Rothrist
19:45 Derdiyok 20' (1:0)
Ba Yellow card 38'
Summary 31' (1:1) Monterrubio
49' (1:2) Sablé
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
Note: Anniversary game for 50 years of FC Rothrist.
14 July 2007 Pre-season Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Germany Werder Bremen Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Liechtenstein
19:00 Huggel 27' (1:0)
F. Frei 29' (2:0)
Summary Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
Note: Corners 1:5 (1:2). Fair game, no yellow cards.
11 September 2007 Mid-season SC Dornach Switzerland 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel Gigersloch, Dornach
19:00 Dario Di Giovine 66' (1:4) Summary 3' (0:1) Carlitos
12' (0:2) Carlitos
25' (pen. 0:3) Ergić
27' (0:4) Chipperfield
83' (1:5) Halimi
Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
Note: Corners 4:4
16 October 2007 Mid-season FC Rothrist Switzerland 0 – 11 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz Stampfi
19:15 Summary 14' (0:1) Eduardo
16' (0:2) Ergić
22' (0:3) Nakata
24' (0:4) Caicedo
31' (0:5) Eduardo
37' (o.g. 0:6) Della Porta
45' (0:7) Caicedo
48' (o.g. 0:8) Mijatovic
67' (0:9) F. Frei
81' (0:10) Carlitos
86' (0:11) Ivo Pedro
Attendance: 380
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Amhof
Note: FCB with test players Ivo Pedro (Ivo Pedro Krenczynski Welter) and Samet Gündüz from youth team
20 November 2007 Mid-season FC Solothurn Switzerland 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel Stadion FC Solothurn
18:00 Hasler 56' (1:2) Summary soccer ball with red X 20′ Ergić
25' (0:1) Carlitos
50' (0:2) Ergić
64' (1:3) Derdiyok
80' (1:4) Carlitos
84' (1:5) F. Frei
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Käser

Winter break and mid-season friendlies

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12 January 2008 Winter break Basel Switzerland 6 – 0 Switzerland FC Solothurn Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Eduardo 8' (1:0)
D. Degen 25' (2:0)
D. Degen 26' (3:0)
Caicedo 29' (4:0)
D. Degen 43' (5:0)
Derdiyok 87' (6:0)
Summary Attendance: 650
Referee: Switzerland Martin Schneider
Note: Corners: 5:1 (3:0)
17 January 2008 Training camp VfL Bochum Germany 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
16:00 Šesták 8' (1:0)
Mięciel 70' (2:1)
Summary 50' (1:1) Derdiyok
90+1' (pen. 2:2) Majstorović
Attendance: 250
Referee: Spain Sanchez Canovas Edward (Alicante)
20 January 2008 Training camp 1899 Hoffenheim Germany 3 – 2 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
11:00 Teber 4' (1:0)
Carlos Eduardo 22' (pen. 2:0)
Obasi 40' (3:1)
Summary 35' (2:1) Marque
71' (pen. 3:2) D. Degen
Attendance: 100
Referee: Spain Lopez Martinez (Murcia)
22 January 2008 Training camp Wisła Kraków Poland 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stadium Campoamor , Alicante
16:00 Díaz 63.' (o.g. 2:1) Summary 28' (0:1) Brożek
49' (0:2) Zienzczuk
Attendance: 50
Referee: Spain Canovas Edward (Alcante)
25 January 2008 Winter break Schalke 04 Germany 1 – 0 Switzerland Basel Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
19:00 Asamoah 44' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 32' Caicedo Attendance: 39,158
Referee: Germany Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)
29 January 2008 Winter break Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Switzerland Yverdon-Sport Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00 Caicedo 81' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 88' Sejmenovic Attendance: 250
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
12 March 2008 Mid-season Sochaux France 3 – 1 Switzerland Basel Espace 2000, Bartenheim
16:00 Traoré 34'
Dramé 64'
Sène Yellow card 67'
Pancrate 84'
Summary 53' D. Degen
Yellow card 76' Lokvenc
Attendance: 150
Referee: France Fatih Kiligoglu (Strasbourg)

Swiss Super League

[edit]

First half of season

[edit]
22 July 2007 Round 1 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Streller 69'
Burgmeier Yellow card 88'
Summary Yellow card 26' Rochat
Yellow card 90+1' Tico
Attendance: 27,680
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
25 July 2007 Round 2 St. Gallen 0 – 3 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
19:45 Gelabert Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 78'
Marazzi Yellow card 61'
Summary 16' (0:1) Chipperfield
26' (0:2) Derdiyok
Yellow card 40' Marque
45' (0:3) Derdiyok
Yellow card 49' Ba
Yellow card 51' Majstorović
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
28 July 2007 Round 3 Basel 1 – 1 Aarau St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Zanni Yellow card 47'
Chipperfield 64' (1:1)
Summary 45' (0:1) Rogério
Yellow card 88' Mesbah
Attendance: 20,841
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Grossen
5 August 2007 Round 4 BSC Young Boys 5 – 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00 João Paulo 2' (1:0)
Schneuwly Yellow card 11'
Raimondi 17' (2:0)
João Paulo 57' (3:0)
Frimpong 71' (4:0)
Frimpong 75' (5:0)
Summary Yellow card 12' Nakata
Yellow card 19' Zanni
Yellow card 34' Majstorović
Yellow card 80' Costanzo
87' (5:1) Chipperfield
Attendance: 25,020
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
11 August 2007 Round 5 Basel 3 – 2 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Majstorović 28' (1:0)
Eduardo 39' (2:0)
Carlitos Yellow card 83'
Ergić 90+1' (3:2)
Summary Yellow card 44' Reset
Yellow card 54' Obradović
69' (2:1) Vanczák
Yellow card 75' M'Futi
84' (2:2) Chedli
Attendance: 23,583
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
19 August 2007 Round 6 Grasshopper Club 2 – 0 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:00 Touré 25' (1:0)
Smiljanić Yellow card 45'
Eduardo 63' (2:0)
Eduardo Yellow card 68'
Summary Red card 63' Zanni
Yellow card 66' Majstorović
Yellow card 81' Huggel
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
25 August 2007 Round 7 Luzern 2 – 4 Basel Stadion Allmend Luzern
17:45 Lustrinelli 13' (1:0) Yellow card 18'
Cantaluppi 31' (2:2)
Summary 22' (pen. 1:1) Majstorović
27' (1:2) Streller
56' (2:3) Chipperfield
63' (2:4) Chipperfield
Yellow card 73' Morganella
Attendance: 10,287
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
2 September 2007 Round 8 Basel 2 – 1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Caicedo 44' (1:0)
Chipperfield Yellow card 75'
Chipperfield 90+1' (2:1)
Summary 70' (1:1) Faye
Yellow card 73' Glarner
Attendance: 22,119
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Wermelinger
23 September 2007 Round 9 Xamax 0 – 3 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
16:00 Everson Red card 74'
Rak Yellow card 74'
Summary Yellow card 10' Zanni
20' (0:1) Carlitos
Yellow card 63' Huggel
76' (0:2) Ergić
90+3' (pen. 0:3) Huggel
Attendance: 11,997
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
26 September 2007 Round 10 Zürich 2 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15 Chikhaoui 62' (1:0)
Raffael Yellow card 75'
Hassli 90+2' (2:2)
Summary Yellow card 33' D. Degen
Yellow card 60' Huggel
67' (1:1) Eduardo
77' (1:2) Streller
Yellow card 88' Majstorović
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
30 September 2007 Round 11 Basel 3 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Streller 2' (1:0)
Streller 65' (2:0)
Caicedo 75' (3:0)
Caicedo Yellow card 75'
Summary Yellow card 20' Garat
Yellow card 21' Muntwiler
Yellow card 27' Red card 52' Longo
Yellow card 71' Fernando
Attendance: 23,491
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
7 October 2007 Round 12 Aarau 0 – 3 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
16:00 Summary 17' (0:1) Nakata
37' (0:2) Eduardo
41' (0:3) Streller
Yellow card 42' Majstorović
Attendance: 8,900
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
28 October 2007 Round 13 Basel 4 – 0 BSC Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Majstorović 17' (pen. 1:0)
Caicedo Yellow card 30'
Streller 34' (2:0)
Chipperfield 52' (3:0)
Carlitos 74' (4:0)
Summary Yellow card 26' Yellow-red card 31' Varela
Yellow card 45' Regazzoni
Yellow card 46' Zayatte
Red card 84' João Paulo
Attendance: 24,720
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
31 October 2007 Round 14 Sion 1 – 1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
19:45 Galindo Yellow card 55'
Saborío 57' (1:1)
Obradović Yellow card 66'
Alioui Yellow card 69'
Summary 43' (0:1) Streller
Yellow card 46' Caicedo
Yellow card 57' Eduardo
Yellow card 84' Costanzo
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
3 November 2007 Round 15 Basel 2 – 0 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Majstorović 25' (1:0)
Marque Yellow card 30'
D. Degen Yellow card 44'
Caicedo 90+2' (2:0)
Summary Yellow card 24' Feltscher
Yellow card 40' Bobadilla
Yellow card 87' Smiljanić
Attendance: 24.851
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
11 November 2007 Round 16 Basel 3 – 2 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Streller 3' (1:0)
Caicedo 15' (2:0)
Majstorović Yellow card 44'
D. Degen 56' (3:1)
Summary Yellow card 27' Red card 81' Marić
49' (2:1) Wiss
62' (3:2) Tchouga
Attendance: 21,575
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
2 December 2007 Round 17 Thun 0 – 2 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
16:00 Lüthi Yellow card 59' Summary 27' (0:1) Eduardo
74' (0:2) Carlitos
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
9 December 2007 Round 18 Basel 0 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Ba Yellow card 28'
Huggel Yellow card 36'
Nakata Yellow card 58'
Carlitos Yellow card 72'
Summary Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 90+2' Everson
Yellow card 40' Jenny
65' (pen. 0:1) Rossi
Attendance: 22,022
Referee: Switzerland 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
16:00 Baykal Yellow card 15'
Häberli 48' (1:0)
Hochstrasser Yellow card 69'
H. Yakin Yellow card 68', 78' (pen. 2:0)
Doubai Yellow card 75'
Hodel Yellow card 90+2'
Summary Yellow card 75' Red card 79' Majstorović Attendance: 19,768
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
9 February 2008 Round 20 Basel 3 – 0 Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Carlitos 9' (1:0)
Zanni Yellow card 19'
Huggel 74' (2:0)
Marque Yellow card 77'
Quennoz Yellow card 45' Red card 93'
Perović 90+4' (4:0)
Summary Yellow card 77' Rossi
Yellow card 79' Zuberbühler
Attendance: 17,845
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
17 February 2008 Round 21 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Stucki Yellow card 29'
Tihinen Yellow card 45'
Chikhaoui Yellow card 38', 90+1' (pen. 1:1)
Abdi Yellow card 78' Red card 90+2'
Summary Yellow card 37' Derdiyok
41' Derdiyok
Yellow card 64' Perović
Yellow card 84' Carlitos
Yellow card 94' Huggel
Attendance: 14,100
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
24 February 2008 Round 22 Basel 2 – 1 Aarau St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Majstorović 14' (pen. 1:0)
Eduardo Yellow card 49'
Perović Yellow card 65'
Carlitos 71' (2:1)
Crayton Yellow card 83'
Summary Yellow card 13' Christ
27' (1:1) Page
Yellow card 88' Mutsch
Attendance: 20,521
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
2 March 2008 Round 23 Thun 1 – 3 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
16:00 Burgmeier Yellow card 27'
Zakrzewski 58' (1:0)
Summary 66' (1:1) Derdiyok
79' (1:2) Derdiyok
88' (1:3) Derdiyok
Attendance: 5,050
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
9 March 2008 Round 24 Basel 2 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Carlitos Yellow card 13'
Eduardo 16' (1:0)
Marque Yellow card 18'
Carlitos 48' (2:0)
Hodel Yellow card 77'
Summary Yellow card 7' Muntwiler
Yellow card 53' Gelabert
64' (2:1) Schneider
Attendance: 23,491
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
16 March 2008 Round 25 Sion 4 – 2 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00 Domínguez 11' (1:0)
M'Futi Yellow card 17'
Saborío 44' (2:1)
Domínguez 66' (3:2)
Reset 82' (4:2)
Summary 27' (1:1) Eduardo
53' (2:2) Stocker
Yellow card 63' Stocker
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
19 March 2008 Round 26 Basel 2 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Ergić 25' (1:0)
Eduardo 36' (2:0)
Ba Yellow card 66'
Summary Yellow card 19' Feltscher
Yellow card 42' Jakupović
67' (2:1) Cabanas
Yellow card 82' Colina
Attendance: 22,019
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
22 March 2008 Round 27 Basel 1 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Majstorović 45' (pen. 1:0)
Costanzo Yellow card 94'
Summary Yellow card 75' Diarra Attendance: 20,331
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Wermelinger
29 March 2008 Round 28 Luzern 1 – 0 Basel Stadion Allmend Luzern
17:45 Lustrinelli 62' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 24' Stocker
Yellow card 79' Zanni
Attendance: 11,623
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Grossen
2 April 2008 Round 29 Grasshopper Club 1 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
18:45 Bobadilla Yellow card 79'
Bobadilla 91' (1:1)
Summary Yellow card 60' Majstorović
Yellow card 64' Marque
70' (0:1) Derdiyok
Yellow card 89' Huggel
Yellow card 92' Streller
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
13 April 2008 Round 30 Basel 1 – 1 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Eduardo 6' (1:0)
Marque Yellow card 27'
Streller Yellow card 31'
Huggel Yellow card 74'
Summary Yellow card 28' Brellier
Yellow card 52' Nwaneri
Yellow card 62' Kali
68' (1:1) Saborío
Yellow card 89' Sarni
Attendance: 23,113
Referee: Austria Gerhard Grobelnik (ÖFB)
16 April 2008 Round 31 St. Gallen 1 – 4 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
19:45 Aquirre 32' (pen. 1:1)
Callà Yellow card 54'
Koubský Yellow card 59'
Zé Vítor Yellow card 62'
Summary 10' (0:1) Carlitos
37' (1:2) Majstorović
Yellow card 39' D. Degen
43' (1:3) D. Degen
Yellow card 77' Derdiyok
90' (1:4) Perović
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
19 April 2008 Round 32 Basel 3 – 1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Ergić 10' (1:0)
Majstorović 17' (pen. 2:0)
D. Degen Yellow card 66'
Perović Yellow card 67'
D. Degen 77' (3:1)
Summary Yellow card 16' Stulz
Yellow card 27' Andrist
38' (pen. 2:1) Scarione
Attendance: 19,437
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
26 April 2008 Round 33 Aarau 2 – 2 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
17:45 Rogério 50' (1:1)
Sermeter 64' (pen. 2:1)
Summary 19' (0:1) Streller
Yellow card 63' Costanzo
70' (2:2) Ergić
Attendance: 7,900
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
2 May 2008 Round 34 Basel 4 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Streller 16' (1:0)
Stocker 21' (2:0)
Huggel Yellow card 44'
Majstorović 50' (pen. 3:0)
Majstorović Yellow card 54'
Huggel 78'
Summary Yellow card 19' Stahel
Yellow card 38' Tico
Yellow card 46' Rochat
Yellow card 53' Abdi
Attendance: 29,098
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
6 May 2008 Round 35 Xamax 2 – 2 Basel Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
20:45 Rossi 20' (1:0)
Rossi Yellow card 22'
El Haimour Yellow card 23'
Nuzzolo Yellow card 38'
Coly 52' (2:0)
Rak Yellow card 76'
Summary Yellow card 10' Ba
Yellow card 70' Zanni
72' (2:1) Majstorović
Yellow card 72' Majstorović
90+1' (2:2) Ergić
Attendance: 8,454
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
10 May 2008 Round 36 Basel 2 – 0 BSC Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Streller Yellow card 16'
Stocker 19' (1:0)
Streller 23' (2:0)
Stocker Yellow card 32'
Summary Yellow card 19' Ghezal
Yellow card 60' Schwegler
Yellow card 81' Regazzoni
Yellow card 82' Zayatte
Yellow card 83' Hochstrasser
Attendance: 38,015
Referee: Switzerland 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 Swiss champions and Swiss Cup winners
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 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
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 Continue to relegation play-off
10 Thun (R) 36 6 8 22 30 70 −40 26 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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2007–08 Swiss Cup

[edit]

for main article, see 2007–08 Swiss Cup

16 September 2007 Round 1 FC Léchelles 0 – 9 Basel Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg
15:00 Summary 7' (0:1) Carlitos
21' (0:2) Chipperfield
32' (0:3) Ergić
57' (0:4) D. Degen
62' (0:5) Chipperfield
64' (0:6) Carlitos
66' (0:7) Eduardo
69' (0:8) Eduardo
Yellow card 74' Cabral
75' (0:9) Nakata
Attendance: 3,549
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
20 October 2007 Round 2 SC Binningen 1 – 6 Basel Spiegelfeld, Binningen
15:00 Tobias Fumagalli 35' (1:2) Summary 7' (0:1) Ergić
23' (0:2) Eduardo
39' (1:3) Carlitos
47' (1:4) Ergić
72' (1:5) D. Degen
82' (1:6) Huggel
Attendance: 6,450
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
25 November 2007 Round 3 Grasshopper Club 0 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
14:30 Rinaldo Yellow card 19' Summary Yellow card 2' Zanni
Yellow card 56' D. Degen
Yellow card 58' Streller
Yellow card 65' Eduardo
Yellow card 66' Carlitos
90' (pen. 0:1) Majstorović
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Switzerland Jérôme Laperrière
15 December 2007 Quarterfinal Basel 2 – 0 Stade Nyonnais St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Derdiyok 53' (1:0)
Carlitos Yellow card 83'
Derdiyok 90' (2:0)
Summary Yellow card 39' Germanier
Yellow card 52' Roux
Attendance: 8,430
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
27 February 2008 Semifinal Basel 1 – 0 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Lokvenc 12' (1:0)
D. Degen Yellow card 91'
Summary Yellow card 22' Zakrzewski
Yellow card 33' Gavatorta
Yellow card 73' Burgmeier
Attendance: 10,759
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
6 April 2008 Final AC Bellinzona 1 – 4 Basel St. Jakob-Park, Basel
15:45 Carbone Yellow card 20'
Pouga 58' (1:1)
Summary 30' (0:1) Derdiyok
62' (1:2) Marque Majstorović
64' (1:3) Streller
66' (1:5) Huggel
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann (Münsingen)

2007–08 UEFA Cup

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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 Switzerland 2 – 1 Austria SV Mattersburg St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 CET Ergić 23'
Caicedo 53'
Carlitos Yellow card 63'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 8' Yellow-red card 17' Atan
20' (o.g.) Nakata
Yellow card 35' Sedloski
Yellow card 78' Kovrig
Attendance: 9,203
Referee: Sweden Martin Ingvarsson (Swedish Football Association)

Basel win 6-1 on aggregate

First round

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4 October 2007 2nd leg Basel Switzerland 6 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Carlitos 8'
Carlitos 9'
Streller 19'
Streller 29'
Huggel 75'
Caicedo 90+1'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 21' Bučan
Yellow card 66' Kurto
Attendance: 15,124
Referee: Portugal Paulo Costa (Portuguese Football Federation)

Group stage

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Group D
[edit]
25 October 2007 Round 1 Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 France Rennes St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Streller 55' (1:0) UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 38' Briand
Yellow card 44' Cyril Jeunechamp
Attendance: 11,407
Referee: Italy Nicola Rizzoli (Italian Football Federation)
8 November 2007 Round 2 Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 0 – 0 Switzerland Basel Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
20:15 UEFA summary
FCB summary
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Belgium Serge Gumienny (Royal Belgian Football Association)
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
5 December 2007 Round 4 Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Norway Brann St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 D. Degen Yellow card 76'
Carlitos 40' (1:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 20' Bjarnason
Yellow card 76' Vaagan Moen
Yellow card 77' Solli
Attendance: 13,731
Referee: Russia Igor Egorov (Russian Football Union)
20 December 2007 Round 5 Hamburger SV Germany 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
20:45 Kompany Yellow card 31'
Olić 73' (1:1)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 20' Red card 49' Zanni
Yellow card 43' Huggel
58' (0:1) Ergić
Yellow card 88' Costanzo
Attendance: 48,917
Referee: Denmark Nicolai Vollquartz (Danish Football Association)
Final table
[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Germany Hamburg 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Advance to Round of 32
Switzerland Basel 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2 8
Norway Brann 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2
France Rennes 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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13 February 2008 1st Leg Sporting CP Portugal 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:45 Vukčević 8' (1:0)
Vukčević 58' (2:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 29' Carlitos Attendance: 16,639
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
21 February 2008 2nd Leg Basel Switzerland 0 – 3 Portugal Sporting CP St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00 UEFA summary
FCB summary
Pereirinha 2' (0:1)
Liédson 41' (0:2)
Liédson 51' (0:3)
Yellow card 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

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Total goalscorers

[edit]

Updated to games played 10 May 2008

Swiss Super League goalscorers/assists

[edit]

Updated to games played 10 May 2008

Swiss Cup goalscorers

[edit]

Updated to games played 6 April 2008

European goalscorers

[edit]

Updated to games played 21 February 2008

Honours and awards

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

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