2022–23 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2022–23 season
OwnerFCB Holding
David Degen
Club presidentReto Baumgartner
Head coachAlexander Frei
(until 7 February)
Heiko Vogel
(from 7 February)
GroundSt. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super League5th
Swiss CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Zeki Amdouni (12)

All:
Zeki Amdouni (22)

The 2022–23 season was FC Basel's 129th season in their existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season.

The 2022–23 Swiss Super League season started on 16th July 2022 and ended on 29 May 2023. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participated in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, reaching the semi-finals. Basel also qualified for the second edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League, beginning play in the second qualifying round and qualifying for the group stage, which they advanced from, eventually reaching the semi-finals of the competition before being knocked out 4–3 on aggregate by Fiorentina.

Club

FC Basel Holding AG

The FC Basel Holding AG owns 75% of FC Basel 1893 AG and the other 25% is owned by the club FC Basel 1893 members. The club FC Basel 1893 functions as a base club independent of the holding company and the AG. FC Basel 1893 AG is responsible for the operational business of the club, e.g. the 1st team, a large part of the youth department and the back office are affiliated there. All decisions that affect the club FC Basel 1893 are made within the AG.

On 20 June 2022 the AGM of the FC Basel Holding AG and the FC Basel 1893 AG were held and the both boards were confirmed. The Holding AG with following members: David Degen (president), Dan Holzmann, Ursula Rey-Krayer and Andreas Rey (vice-president). FC Basel 1893 AG with following members: David Degen (president), Carol Etter (delegate of the club FC Basel), Dan Holzmann, Ursula Rey-Krayer and Andreas Rey (vice-president).

Club management

The club AGM tool place on 23 May 2022 and the board of directors of the club were all confirmed and are:

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

Updated to match played 23 May 2022
Source: FCB Official Site


Team management

On 23 May 2022 the club announced that Alexander Frei had been signed a contract that made him head coach of the new FCB first team. On 30 May they announced that Frei had brought his assistant Davide Callà from Winterthur with him. On 10 June the club announced that the coaching staff had been completed and that Martin Andermatt had been signed as assistant coach and Björn Rekelhof had signed as athletics and Gabriel Wüthrich as goalkeeper coach. Wüthrich replaced Massimo Colomba, who had been team goalkeeper from 2009 until 2012 and then became coach.

On 28 November 2022, FCB announced that they had taken Heiko Vogel under contract as their new sporting director, as per 1 January 2023.

On 7 February 2023, it was announced that Frei had been removed from his position as head coach and that sporting director Heiko Vogel would take over his duties ad interim.

Position Staff
Manager Alexander Frei
until 7 February 2023
Manager Heiko Vogel (interim)
Assistant coach Martin Andermatt
Assistant coach Davide Callà
Athletics coach Bjorn Rekelhof
Goalkeeper coach Gabriel Wüthrich
Youth Team U-21 coach Ognjen Zaric
Youth Team U-21 co-coach Erkan Aktas
Youth Team U-21 co-coach Michaël Bauch

Overview

Off and pre-season

During the off-season a number of players left the team. The loan contracts of 5 youngsters came to an end, these being Gonçalo Cardoso, Sebastiano Esposito, Tomás Tavares, Albian Hajdari and Joelson Fernandes and they returned to their clubs of origin. The contracts with Pajtim Kasami and Andrea Padula were not renewed. Raoul Petretta decided himself not to renew his contract and he became free agent. Petretta had started his youth football with Basel in 2005. He played in all their U-teams and advanced to their first team in 2017. Here, between the years 2017 and 2022 Petretta played a total of 199 games for Basel scoring a total of 11 goals. 109 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 13 in the Swiss Cup, 30 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League and 47 were friendly games. He scored 7 goals in the domestic league, 1 in the Cup, 2 in Europa and the other was scored during the test games.

Valentin Stocker ended his active career. During his time with the club Stocker won the Swiss championship six times and the Swiss Cup four times. Between the years 2007 and 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022 he played a total of 515 games for Basel scoring a total of 116 goals. 286 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 33 in the Swiss Cup, 57 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League and 99 were friendly games. He scored 74 goal in the domestic league, 9 in the Cup and 18 in the European competitions, the other 15 were scored during the test games.

In the other direction, on 20 May FCB announced that the ex-international goalkeeper Marwin Hitz had signed in from Borussia Dortmund on a three year contract. Another player who signed in from BVB was Bradley Fink. The youngster had played for their reserve team and he signed in on a four year contract. Four players came in on loan contracts. Two for Basel interesting loan signings were the Swiss international players Zeki Amdouni from Lausanne-Sport and Andi Zeqiri from Brighton and Hove Albion. The other two were Kasim Nuhu from Hoffenheim and Andy Diouf from Rennes On 18 June FCB announced that they had signed Jean-Kévin Augustin| from FC Nantes in a three year deal.

The team had five pre-season test games, two of which were against Xamax and these were both played in the Youth Campus Basel. The first was won the second was drawn. Two games were played in the training camp, against SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Botoșani and both were won. One game was played in St. Jakob-Park, against Hamburger SV, and this ended with a high defeat. Because the new head coach Alexander Frei changed the formation in each game, mostly substituting all 11 players during the break, all players received playing time, but to the spectators, it seemed that the team hadn't found their form.

Players

First-team squad

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 16 July 2022, 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 SUI Marwin Hitz
3 DF GER Noah Katterbach (on loan from Köln)
4 DF ESP Arnau Comas
5 DF SUI Michael Lang
6 DF BFA Nasser Djiga
7 FW CAN Liam Millar
8 MF FRA Andy Diouf (on loan from Rennes)
9 FW SUI Zeki Amdouni (on loan from Lausanne-Sport)
10 FW FRA Jean-Kévin Augustin
11 FW HUN Ádám Szalai
13 GK SUI Mirko Salvi
14 FW SUI Bradley Fink
15 DF GHA Kasim Nuhu (on loan from Hoffenheim)
16 GK SUI Nils de Mol
17 FW SUI Andi Zeqiri (on loan from Brighton and Hove Albion)
18 MF GHA Emmanuel Essiam
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF SUI Darian Males (on loan from Inter Milan)
20 MF SUI Fabian Frei (captain)
21 DF FRA Andy Pelmard
22 DF GER Sergio López
23 MF NED Wouter Burger
24 FW SUI Tician Tushi
26 FW SEN Kaly Sène
27 MF SUI Dan Ndoye (on loan from Nice)
28 DF FRA Hugo Vogel
29 MF GER Adriano Onyegbule
30 FW GER Anton Kade
33 DF ITA Riccardo Calafiori
34 MF ALB Taulant Xhaka (vice-captain)
40 MF SUI Liam Chipperfield
42 MF TUN Sayfallah Ltaief
72 MF SUI Andrea Padula
96 MF POR Joelson Fernandes (on loan from Sporting)

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK GER Felix Gebhardt (at Hallescher FC until 30 June 2023)
GK SUI Tim Spycher (at Yverdon-Sport until 30 June 2023)
DF BFA Nasser Djiga (at Nimes until 30 June 2023)
MF TUN Sayfallah Ltaief (at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW SUI Carmine Chiappetta (at Winterthur until 30 June 2023)
FW SUI Andrin Hunziker (at Aarau until 30 June 2023)
FW SUI Tician Tushi (at Xamax until 30 June 2023)

Transfers summer 2022

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 SUI Marwin Hitz (from Borussia Dortmund)
4 DF ESP Arnau Comas (from FC Barcelona)
8 MF FRA Andy Diouf (on loan from Rennes)
9 FW SUI Zeki Amdouni (on loan from Lausanne-Sport)
10 FW FRA Jean-Kévin Augustin (from FC Nantes)
13 GK SUI Mirko Salvi (from Yverdon-Sport)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW SUI Bradley Fink (from Borussia Dortmund II)
15 DF GHA Kasim Nuhu (on loan from Hoffenheim)
17 FW SUI Andi Zeqiri (on loan from Brighton and Hove Albion)
26 FW SEN Kaly Sene (return from loan to Grasshopper Club)
28 DF FRA Hugo Vogel (from Olympique Lyonnais)
33 DF ITA Riccardo Calafiori (from Roma)
42 MF TUN Sayfallah Ltaief (from FC Winterthur)
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 AUT Heinz Lindner (to Sion)
3 DF POR Gonçalo Cardoso (end of loan from West Ham)
6 DF BFA Nasser Djiga (on loan to Nîmes Olympique)
7 MF SUI Pajtim Kasami (end of contract)
9 FW ITA Sebastiano Esposito (end of loan from Inter Milan)
13 GK SRB Đorđe Nikolić (to Újpest Budapest)
14 MF SUI Valentin Stocker (end of active playing career)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 DF ITA Raoul Petretta (end of contract)
30 DF POR Tomás Tavares (end of loan from Benfica)
35 MF ARG Matías Palacios (to Al Ain)
46 GK GER Felix Gebhardt (out on loan at Hallescher FC)
49 DF SUI Louis Lurvink (on loan at Schaffhausen)
72 MF SUI Andrea Padula (end of contract)
76 DF SUI Albian Hajdari (end of loan from Juventus U23)
96 MF POR Joelson Fernandes (end of loan from Sporting)

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

18 June 2022 Friendly Basel 3–0 Xamax Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
16:30 Krasniqi 11'
Onyegbule 43'
Sene 56'
FCB report Yellow card 39' Bakayoko
Yellow card 60' Fazlić
Attendance: 400
Referee: Tobias Thies
25 June 2022 Friendly Basel 3–2 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Sportplatz Gmund-Dürnbach, Gmund am Tegernsee
16:00 Ndoye 48'
Chalov 66'
Ndoye 70'
FCB report 64' Angleberger
85' Ache
Attendance: 250
30 June 2022 Friendly Basel 3–1 Botoșani Sportplatz Kematen, Kematen in Tirol
16:00 Amdouni 10'
Lang 59'
Szalai 86'
FCB report Yellow card 57' Petkovski
Yellow card 85' Marku
78' Mateus
Attendance: 200
Referee: Emanuel Barsan
9 July 2022 Friendly Basel 1–5 Hamburger SV St. Jakob-Park, Basel
15:30 Amdouni 10' (pen.) FCB report 14' (pen.) Bénes
19' Reis
30' Glatzel
66' Amaechi
89' Bilbija
Attendance: 4,657
Referee: Mirel Turkes
10 July 2022 Friendly Basel 1–1 Xamax Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
15:00 Szalai 13'
Szalai Yellow card 18'
Palacios Yellow card 63'
Hunziker Yellow card 79'
FCB report Red card 18' Mujcic
57' Dakouri
Attendance: 600
Referee: Tobias Thies

Mid-season

20 November 2022 Friendly Basel 0–0 Sandhausen Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
13:30 Pelmard Yellow card 89' FCB report Yellow card 11' Höhn
Yellow card 78' Soukou
Yellow card 79' Trybull
Yellow card 81' Đumić
Attendance: 350
Referee: Tobias Thies
3 December 2022 Friendly Lausanne-Sport 0–1 Basel Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
14:30 FCB report 18' Amdouni Attendance: 400
9 December 2022 Friendly Basel P–P Waldhof Mannheim Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
FCB

Winter break

7 January 2023 Friendly Basel 2–3 SC Freiburg Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción
15:00 Males 72'
Fink 76'
Summary 12' (o.g.) Xhaka
54' Gregoritsch
104' Höler
Note: Game played over 4x30 minutes, fair game with no cards
13 January 2023 Friendly Basel 0–6 Borussia Dortmund Marbella Football Center, Marbella
15:00 Adams Yellow card 48'
Hitz Yellow card 53'
FCB report
BVB report
39' Reus
49' Malen
54' (p) Bellingham
81' (pen.), 86', 88' Haller
Attendance: 300
Referee: Juan Antonio Manrique Antequera (Spain)
Note: Game played over 4x30 minutes

Swiss Super League

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

First half of season

16 July 2022 Round 1 Winterthur 1–1 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:30 Ramizi 3'
GonçalvesYellow card 59'
Ramizi Yellow card 60'
Corbaz Yellow card 76'
FCB report Yellow card 45' Millar
70' Burger
Yellow card 74' Djiga
Yellow card 90+1' Burger
Yellow card 90+5' Ndoye
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sven Wolfensberger
24 July 2022 Round 2 Basel 1–1 Servette St. Jakob-Park, Basel
14:15 Ndoye 45+1'
Frei Yellow card 47'
Adams Yellow card 84'
Ndoye Yellow card 90+1'
FCB report Yellow card 28' Vouilloz
Yellow card 32' Clichy
Yellow card 35' Bedia
Yellow card 74' Douline
87' Valls
Yellow card 90+1' Severin
Attendance: 18,670
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
Assistant referees: (VAR) Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)
31 July 2022 Round 3 Luzern P–P Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
16:30 FCB summary
7 August 2022 Round 4 Basel 0–0 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Burger Yellow card 16'
Hitz Yellow card 63'
Ndoye Yellow card 90+3'
FCB report Yellow card 27' Nsame Attendance: 26,547
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San
14 August 2022 Round 5 Basel 0–2 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Xhaka Yellow card 32' FCB report Yellow card 4' Arigoni
Yellow card 42' Daprelà
Yellow card 87' Valenzuela
90+1' Babic
Yellow card 90+2' Saipi
90+4' Mahmoud
Attendance: 19,888
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
Assistant referees: (VAR) Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
28 August 2022 Round 6 Zürich 2–4 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Kryeziu 32'
Avdijaj Yellow card 35'
Hornschuh Yellow card 56'
Kryeziu Yellow card 69'
Džemaili 90+3' (pen.)
FCB report 23' Zeqiri
53' Amdouni
57' Zeqiri
60' Males
Yellow card 75' Xhaka
Attendance: 19,111
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Lukas Fähndrich
3 September 2022 Round 7 Sion 2–1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00 Stojilković 17'
Batata Yellow card 19'
Tramezzani Yellow card 88'
Sio 89'
Bua Yellow card 90+2'
BalotelliYellow card 90+3'
FCB report Yellow card 50' Lang
55' Burger
Yellow card 62' Burger
Yellow card 87' Comas
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger
11 September 2022 Round 8 Basel 5–1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Ndyoe 3'
Males Yellow card 13'
Zeqiri 17' Yellow card 45+1'
Adams Yellow card 57'
Augustin 59', 68' (pen.)
Burger 73'
FCB report
SFL summary
31' (pen.) Morandi
Yellow card 52' Abrashi
Yellow card 57' Dadashov
Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card 72' Seko
Red card 83' Loosli
Attendance: 26,109
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner
1 October 2022 Round 9 Basel 3–2 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:00 Amdouni 15'
Zigi 17' (o.g.)
Burger Yellow card 22'
Comas Yellow card 79'
Fink 83'
Xhaka Yellow card 87'
Augustin Yellow card 90+3'
Lang Yellow card 90+4'
FCB report 6' Guillemenot
Yellow card 24' Maglica
Yellow card 30' Akolo
Yellow card 33' Schmidt
Red card 36' Stillhart
Yellow card 36' Zigi
Yellow card 38' Görtler
71' (pen.) Görtler
Attendance: 22,630
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sven Wolfensberger
9 October 2022 Round 10 Lugano 1–0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Sabbatini Yellow card 24'
Mahou 33'
Valenzuela Yellow card 84'
FCB report Yellow card 61' Lang
Yellow card 62' Amdouni
Attendance: 3,389
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Alessandro Dudic
16 October 2022 Round 11 Servette 0–0 Basel Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:30 Douline Yellow card 80' FCB report Yellow card 9' Calafiori
Yellow card 9' Augustin
Yellow card 19' Comas
Attendance: 10,482
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Assistant referees: (VAR) Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
20 October 2022 Round 12 Basel 0–0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Ndoye Yellow card 57'
Zeqiri Yellow card 90+3'
FCB report Red card 13' Santini
Yellow card 45' Boranijašević
Yellow card 67' Kamberi
Yellow card 83' Condé
Yellow card 90+3' Katić
Attendance: 23,241
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
23 October 2022 Round 13 Basel 3–1 Winterthur St. Jakob-Park, Basel
14:15 Comas 2' (1:0)
Comas 8' (2:0)
Comas Yellow card 23'
Millar Yellow card 48'
Fink 58' (3:0)
Males Yellow card 67'
FCB report
SFL summary
Yellow card 36' Corbaz
Yellow card 64' Seiler
90+1' (3:1) Seiler
Attendance: 22,027
Referee: Esther Staubli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner
30 October 2022 Round 14 Young Boys 3–1 Basel Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30 Rieder 7'
Elia 23'
Garcia Yellow card 44'
Rieder Yellow card 66'
Blum Yellow card 75'
Sierro 90+3'
FCB report
SFL summary
Yellow card 28' Xhaka
52' Fink
Yellow card 60' Millar
Yellow card 73'
Red card 88' Lang
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)
6 November 2022 Round 15 Basel 0–0 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Burger Yellow card 45+3' FCB report Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 57' Baltazar (Costa)
Yellow card 45+3' Bua
Yellow card 45+4' Balotelli
Yellow card 65' Sio
Yellow card 74' Araz
Attendance: 22,889
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
9 November 2022 Round 3 Luzern 0–2 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30 Simani Yellow card 3'
Beloko Yellow card 45+2'
Dorn Yellow card 83'
FCB report 6' (pen.) Males
Yellow card 84' Adams
87' Fink
Yellow card 88' Calafiori
Attendance: 12,304
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever
12 November 2022 Round 16 Grasshopper Club 1–0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Ndenge Yellow card 2'
Dadashov 34'
Herc Yellow card 39'
Schmid Yellow card 51'
Schettine Yellow card 90+4'
FCB report
SFL summary
Yellow card 6' Pelmard
Yellow card 39' Calafiori
Yellow card 81' Comas
Attendance: 7,153
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer
22 January 2023 Round 17 St. Gallen 1–1 Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 Guillemenot 5'
Guillemenot Yellow card 6'
Quintillà Yellow card 38'
Alves Yellow card 75'
FCB report Yellow card 19' Calafiori
30' Amdouni
Yellow card 79' López
Yellow card 89' Frei
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Assistant referees: (VAR) Alessandro Dudic
28 January 2023 Round 18 Basel 2–3 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Amdouni 17'
Zeqiri 78'
Pelmard Yellow card 83'
FCB report Yellow card 42' Diambou
60' Schürpf
Yellow card 65' Dorn
Yellow card 70' Chader
74' Jashari
Yellow card 83' Simani
89' Kimpioka
Attendance: 19,713
Referee: Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

Second half of season

4 February 2023 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 1–0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 Kawabe Yellow card 21'
Ribeiro Yellow card 39'
Bolla Yellow card 66'
Kawabe 90+4'
FCB report
SFL summary
Attendance: 5,145
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Assistant referees: (VAR) Alessandro Dudic
11 February 2023 Round 20 Basel 3–1 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Zeqiri 36'
Amdouni 61'
Novoa 70'
FCB report 15' Araz
Yellow card 55' Lavanchy
Attendance: 19,522
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer
19 February 2023 Round 21 Basel 2–2 Servette St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Amdouni 51'
Zeqiri 61'
Frei Yellow card 88' Yellow-red card 90+7'
Kasim Adams Yellow card 90+5'
FCB report Antunes 20'
Rouiller Yellow card 53'
Mbabu Yellow card 59'
Cognat Yellow card 71'
Bedia 90+6' (pen.)
Attendance: 19,443
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever
26 February 2023 Round 22 Lugano 2–2 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Celar 33'
Aliseda 38'
Hajrizi Yellow card 90+2'
Hajdari Yellow card 90+4'
FCB report Yellow card 4' Vogel
Yellow card 31' Xhaka
Yellow card 42' Burger
74' Males
83' Lang
Yellow card 90+3' Lang
Attendance: 3,205
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Urs Schnyder
4 March 2023 Round 23 Luzern 0–1 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30 Loretz Yellow card 28'
Beka Yellow card 51'
Simani Yellow card 67'
Chader Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card 77'
FCB report 29' F. Frei
Yellow card 45' López
Yellow card 52' Pelmard
Yellow card 67' Diouf
Yellow card 75' Burger
Yellow card 85' Augustin
Yellow card 90+6' Hitz
Attendance: 13,248
Referee: Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sven Wolfensberger
12 March 2023 Round 24 Basel 1–1 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Burger Yellow card 76'
Zeqiri 82'
FCB report Yellow card 35' Vallci
52' Latte Lath
Yellow card 64' Witzig
Attendance: 22,625
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)
19 March 2023 Round 25 Young Boys 3–0 Basel Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30 Lustenberger Yellow card 57'
Itten 76'
Garcia Yellow card 78'
Itten 80'
Itten 89'
Zesiger Yellow card 90+1'
FCB report Yellow card 50' Calafiori
Yellow card 79' Hitz
Attendance: 31,500 (sold out)
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer
1 April 2023 Round 26 Basel 2–0 Winterthur St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Augustin 25'
Xhaka Yellow card 21'
Diouf Yellow card 78'
Fink 85'
FCB report Yellow card 12' Arnold Attendance: 19,921
Referee: Luca Piccolo
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever
Note: Before the match, one minutes silence in honor of the deceased former FCB player Peter Marti
8 April 2023 Round 27 Zürich 1–1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 Kamberi Yellow card 23'
Condé 26'
Hodza Yellow card 82'
Mathew Yellow card 83'
FCB report
SFV summary
19' López
Yellow card 74' Ndoye
Attendance: 19,451
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San
16 April 2023 Round 28 Basel 1–1 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Diouf Yellow card 57'
Amdouni 68'
Fink Yellow card 90'
FCB report
SFV summary
8' Nsame
Yellow card 31' Nsame
Yellow card 51' Ugrinic
Attendance: 14,142
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Lukas Fähndrich
Note: The Muttenzerkurve (home fan sector) and the Gellertkurve (guest fan sector) were closed, due to the sanctions imposed following the riots after the cup semi-final match, ten days earlier.
A minute of silence before the game in memory of the former FCB player Roberto Frigerio.
23 April 2023 Round 29 Basel 0–2 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
14:15 Augustin Yellow card 31'
Xhaka Yellow card 62'
Males Yellow card 79'
FCB report Yellow card 18' Beka
Yellow card 40' Ottiger
Yellow card 54' Schürpf
71' Sorgić
89' Breedijk
Yellow card 90+5' Frýdek
Attendance: 22,966
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever
27 April 2023 Round 30 Sion 1–2 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30 Bua Yellow card 21'
Sio 45+2'
Batata Yellow card 56'
Araz Yellow card 63'
FCB report 17' Zeqiri
40' Ndoye
Yellow card 47' Pelmard
Yellow card 85' López
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sven Wolfensberger
30 April 2023 Round 31 Winterthur 1–4 Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30 Burkart Yellow card 6'
Ardaiz 21' (pen.)
Gelmi Yellow card 56'
Ramizi Yellow card 56'
FCB report 7' Adams
12' Males
Yellow card 24' Heiko Vogel (coach)
Yellow card 33' Ndoye
Yellow card 45' Diouf
71' Amdouni
83' Zeqiri
Attendance: 8,400 (sold out)
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Lukas Fähndrich
7 May 2023 Round 32 Basel 0–2 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Xhaka Yellow card 56'
Augustin Yellow card 85'
Adams Red card 85'
Heiko Vogel (coach) Yellow card 90'
Burger Red card 90+7'
Xhaka Red card 90+12'
FCB report
SFL summary
Yellow card 14' Aliti
Yellow card 76' Kamberi
Yellow card 81' Guerrero
Yellow card 85' Katić
Yellow card 85' Boranijašević
90+1' (pen.) Šimić
Yellow card 90+1' Šimić
90+4' Mathew
Red card 90+7' Kryeziu
Yellow card 90+7' Marchesano
Attendance: 27,295
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner
14 May 2023 Round 33 St. Gallen 6–1 Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:00 Guillemenot 22'
Görtler 24'
Quintillà 36'
Latte Lath 52'
Latte Lath 63'
Geubbels 90+1'
Geubbels Yellow card 90+2'
FCB report
SFL summary
Yellow card 34' Millar
Yellow card 45' Males
54' Zeqiri
Attendance: 18,846
Referee: Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Lionel Tschudi
21 May 2023 Round 34 Basel 1–1 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Zeqiri 35'
Zeqiri Yellow card 38'
Males Yellow card 62'
Calafiori Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card 90+4'
F. Frei Yellow card 90+4'
Heiko Vogel (coach) Yellow card Yellow-red card after match'
FCB resport
SFL summary
Yellow card 19' Hajrizi
84' Steffen
Yellow card 89' Steffen
Yellow card 89' Mahou
Yellow card 90+4' Saipi
Attendance: 21,105
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger
25 May 2023 Round 35 Servette 3–3 Basel Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30 Stevanović Yellow card 23'
Bedia 41'
Pflücke Yellow card 45+1'
Touati 73'
Stevanović 81'
Crivelli Yellow card 86'
Touati Yellow card 90'
SFL summary
FCB report
43' Amdouni
Yellow card 61' Augustin
69' Burger
88' Amdouni
Attendance: 12,353
Referee: Esther Staubli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sven Wolfensberger
29 May 2023 Round 36 Basel 3–1 Grasshopper St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Amdouni 50'
Amdouni 69'
F. Frei Yellow card 59'
Ndoye 81'
FCB report
summary
Yellow card 26' Ndenge
Yellow card 57' Loosli
Yellow card 72' 90+2' Herc
Attendance: 26,611
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Esther Staubli

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 21 11 4 82 30 +52 74 Qualification for Champions League play-off round
2 Servette 36 14 16 6 53 48 +5 58 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 15 12 9 59 47 +12 57 Qualification for Europa League play-off round
4 Luzern 36 13 11 12 56 52 +4 50 Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5 Basel 36 11 14 11 51 50 +1 47
6 St. Gallen 36 11 12 13 66 52 +14 45
7 Grasshopper 36 12 8 16 56 64 −8 44
8 Zürich 36 10 14 12 41 55 −14 44
9 Winterthur 36 8 8 20 32 66 −34 32
10 Sion (R) 36 7 10 19 41 73 −32 31 Qualification for relegation play-off
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. As Swiss Cup winners Young Boys qualify for UCL play-off round, the third placed Lugano qualifies for the UEL play-off round. UECL spots are awarded to 4th and 5th ranked teams, Luzern and Basel, respectively.

Swiss Cup

The matches of the first round were drawn on 5 July 2022 and took place between 19 and 21 August 2022. Home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league

21 August 2022 Round 1 FC Allschwil 0–5 Basel Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:00 Lomma Yellow card 11'
Borer Yellow card 34'
SFV summary
FCB report
9', 35', 40' Males
14' Fink
Yellow card 42' Katterbach
73' Szalai
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Tobias Thies
Note:
  1. Venue moved from Sportplatz Im Brüel due to structural issues.
18 September 2022 Round 2 Aarau 1–3 (a.e.t.) Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
15:30 Fazliu 10'
Njie Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card 98'
Conus Yellow card 42' Red card 109'
SFV summary
FCB report
43' (pen.) Augustin
94' Lang
119' Ndoye
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
1 February 2023 Round 3 Grasshopper Club Zürich 3–5 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15 Seko 31'
Dadashov 52' (pen.)
Dadashov Yellow card 61'
Loosli Yellow card 71'
Seko 73'
Herc Yellow card 90'
FCB report
SFV summary
29' Kade
45+2' (pen.) Frei
48' Amdouni
63' Adams
Yellow card 89' Adams
Yellow card 81' Salvi
90+3' Amdouni
Attendance: 5,029
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
1 March 2023 Quarter-final FC St. Gallen 1–2 (a.e.t.) Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:15 Guillemenot 10'
Quintillà Yellow card 49'
Watkowiak Yellow card 103'
Maglica Yellow card 106'
FCB report
SFV summary
Yellow card 24' Novoa
59' Zeqiri
95' Amdouni
Yellow card 113' Calafiori
Attendance: 14,950
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
4 April 2023 Semi-final Basel 2–4 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Hitz Yellow card 2'
Pelmard Yellow card 44'
Millar Yellow card 53'
Males 57'
Ndoye 71'
Ndoye Yellow card 90+2'
FCB report
SFV summary
3' (pen.) Itten
15' Rieder
Yellow card 38' Garcia
Yellow card 44' Lauper
63' Itten
68' Elia
Yellow card 82' Amenda
Attendance: 26,310
Referee: Urs Schnyder

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 15 June 2022.

21 July 2022 First leg Basel 2–0 Crusaders St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Xhaka Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 33'
Ndoye 38'
Szalai 48'
UEFA summary
FCB report
Yellow card 22' Heatley
Yellow card 32' Larmour
Attendance: 6,058
Referee: Amine Kourgheli (Belarus)
28 July 2022 Second leg Crusaders 1–1 Basel Seaview, Belfast
21:00 B. Burns 53'
Hegarty Yellow card 70'
McMurray Yellow card 74'
Lowry Yellow card 85'
Owens Yellow card 88'
Heatley Yellow card 90+3'
UEFA summary
FCB report
Yellow card 22' Amdouni
36' Millar
Yellow card 74' Pelmard
Yellow card 86' Szalai
Attendance: 2,425
Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)

Basel won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

4 August 2022 First leg Brøndby 1–0 Basel Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester
20:30 Radošević Yellow card 52'
Divković 74'
Bell Yellow card 86'
UEFA summary
FCB report
Yellow card 89' Ltaief
Yellow card 90' Burger
Attendance: 15,015
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
11 August 2022 Second leg Basel 2–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
Brøndby St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Adams Yellow card 21'
Frei 40' (pen.)
Hitz Yellow card 45+2'
Zeqiri 45+5' Yellow card 107'
Burger Yellow card 63'
Pelmard Yellow card 81'
UEFA report
FCB report
Yellow card 12' Cappis
Yellow card 21' 45+1' Kvistgaarden
Yellow card 64' Rosted
Yellow card 88' Salech
Yellow card 113' Greve
Yellow card 119' Bell
Attendance: 20,064
Referee: Christian Dingert (Germany)
Penalties
Diouf soccer ball with check mark
Ndoye soccer ball with check mark
Szalai soccer ball with red X
Males soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X Radošević
soccer ball with red X Salech
soccer ball with check mark Greve
soccer ball with red X Bjur

2–2 on aggregate. Basel won 3–1 on penalties.

Play-off round

18 August 2022 First leg CSKA Sofia 1–0 Basel Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
19:00 (20:00 EEST) López 71' (o.g.)
Turitsov Yellow card 73'
Vion Yellow card 82'
UEFA summary
FCB report
Yellow card 23' Adams
Yellow card 30' Amdouni
Yellow card 81' Diouf
Yellow card 85' López
Attendance: 15,364
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
25 August 2022 Second leg Basel 2–0 CSKA Sofia St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Burger Yellow card 53'
Frei 66'
Lang 84'
Pelmard Yellow card 90+3'
UEFA summary
FCB report
Yellow card 4' Mattheij
Yellow card 45+2' Petrov
Yellow card 49' Busatto
Yellow card 53' Vion
Yellow card 57' Geferson
Attendance: 18,469
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Group stage

8 September 2022 Matchday 1 Basel 3–1 Pyunik St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00 Males 23' (pen.)
Adams Nuhu Yellow card 51'
Burger 54', 76'
FCB report
UEFA summary
Yellow card 13' Bratkov
Yellow card 22' Miljković
27' Dashyan
Yellow card 55' Harutyunyan
Attendance: 11,860
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
15 September 2022 Matchday 2 Žalgiris 0–1 Basel LFF Stadium, Vilnius
18:45 Kyeremeh Yellow card 37'
Mamić Yellow card 63'
Gorobsov Yellow card 65'
Ljubisavljević Yellow card 68'
FCB report
UEFA summary
Yellow card 58' Comas
62' Zeqiri
Yellow card 90+2' Burger
Attendance: 4,821
Referee: Iwan Griffith (Wales)
6 October 2022 Matchday 3 Basel 0–2 Slovan Bratislava St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00 Males Yellow card 26'
Diouf Yellow card 30'
Comas Yellow card 62'
Adams Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card 90+5'
FCB report
UEFA summary
Yellow card 20' Čavrić
35' Pauschek
45+1' Čavrić
Yellow card 45+2' Kankava
Yellow card 65' Šaponjić
Attendance: 14,870
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)
13 October 2022 Matchday 4 Slovan Bratislava 3–3 Basel Tehelné pole, Bratislava
18:45 Weiss 45+2' (pen.)
Kucka 49'
Čavrić 53'
FCB report
UEFA summary
29' (pen.) Males
Yellow card 30' Fink
Yellow card 44' Burger
65' Diouf
Yellow card 67' Lang
72' Zeqiri
Yellow card 78' Zeqiri
Attendance: 20,233
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
27 October 2022 Matchday 5 Basel 2–2 Žalgiris St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00 Diouf 1'
Zeqiri 17'
Xhaka Yellow card 84'
Burger Yellow card 89'
FCB report
UEFA summary
42', 62' Oyewusi Attendance: 13,236
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
3 November 2022 Matchday 6 Pyunik 1–2 Basel Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
18:45 Harutyunyan Yellow card 56'
Yegishe Melikyan (coach) Yellow card 59'
Juričić 71'
FCB report
UEFA summary
Yellow card 14' Yellow-red card 53' Ndoye
17' Males
29' Kade
Yellow card 62' Calafiori
Yellow card 68' Alexander Frei (coach)
Yellow card 80' Males
Attendance: 9,967
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
Group table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLO BSL PYU ZAL
1 Slovan Bratislava 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11 Advance to round of 16 3–3 2–1 0–0
2 Basel 6 3 2 1 11 9 +2 11 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–2 3–1 2–2
3 Pyunik 6 2 0 4 8 9 −1 6 2–0 1–2 2–0
4 Žalgiris 6 1 2 3 5 8 −3 5 1–2 0–1 2–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Slovan Bratislava 4, Basel 1.

Knockout round play-offs

16 February 2023 First leg Trabzonspor 1–0 Basel Şenol Güneş Sports Complex, Trabzon
18:45 (20:45 TRT) Siopis Yellow card 38'
Stryger Larsen 65'
FCB report
UEFA summary
Attendance: 26,184
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
23 February 2023 Second leg Basel 2–0
(2–1 agg.)
Trabzonspor St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00 Amdouni 13'
Hitz Yellow card 49'
Xhaka Yellow card 59'
Zeqiri 76'
Males Yellow card 80'
Zeqiri Yellow card 81'
Ndoye Yellow card 88'
FCB report
UEFA summary
Yellow card 15' Haspolat
soccer ball with red X 27' Bakasetas
Yellow card 29' Larsen
Attendance: 24,428
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

9 March 2023 First leg Basel 2–2 Slovan Bratislava St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00 Amdouni 6'
Zeqiri 40'
López Yellow card 90+5'
Hitz Yellow card 90+5'
FCB report
UEFA summary
17' Medveděv
Yellow card 45+3' Vladimír Weiss Jr.
Yellow card 63' Lichý
70' Abubakari
Yellow card 75' Kashia
Attendance: 13,202
Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)
16 March 2023 Second leg Slovan Bratislava 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–4 agg.)
(1–4 p)
Basel Tehelné pole, Bratislava
18:45 Abubakari 10'
Kucka 17'
De Marco Yellow card 46'
Lovat Yellow card 86'
FCB report
UEFA summary
53' Calafiori
Yellow card 85' Zeqiri
90+3' Amdouni
Yellow card 104' Calafiori
Attendance: 21,675
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
Penalties
Kucka soccer ball with red X
Barseghyan soccer ball with red X
Lovat soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark Diouf
soccer ball with check mark Amdouni
soccer ball with check mark Calafiori
soccer ball with check mark Males

4–4 on aggregate. Basel won 4–1 on penalties.

Quarter-finals

13 April 2023 First leg Basel 2–2 Nice St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00 Amdouni 26' (pen.)
Amdouni 71'
López Yellow card 79'
FCB report
UEFA summary
Yellow card 17' Amraoui
Yellow card 24' Todibo
Moffi 38'
Moffi 45+1'
Attendance: 21,277
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
20 April 2023 Second leg Nice 1–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 agg.)
Basel Allianz Riviera, Nice
21:00
UEFA summary
Attendance: 29,716
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Basel won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

11 May 2023 First leg Fiorentina 1–2 Basel Florence, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 34,276
Referee: François Letexier (France)
18 May 2023 Second leg Basel 1–3 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 agg.)
Fiorentina Basel, Switzerland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

See also