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FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, a ...
's 129th season in their existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top flight of
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since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The
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season starts on the weekend 16 to 17 July 2022 and will end on 29 May 2023. In addition to the
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, Basel also participate in this season's edition of the
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, starting in the third round. Basel also qualified for the 2nd edition of the
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, beginning play in the second qualifying round.


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


Team management

On 23 May 2022 the club announced that
Alexander Frei Alexander Frei or Alex Frei (born 15 July 1979) is a Swiss professional football coach and a former player who played as a forward. He is currently the manager of Basel. He began his career at Basel, going on to various other clubs in Switzerlan ...
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 Davide Callà (born 6 October 1984) is a Swiss professional football coach and a former player of Italian descent who played as midfielder. He is an assistant manager with FC Basel. Club career On 11 February 2014, FC Basel announced that they ...
from
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with him. On 10 June the club announced that the coaching staff had been completed and that
Martin Andermatt Martin Andermatt (born 21 November 1961) is a Swiss football manager and a former player who is an assistant coach with Basel. Club career The trained teacher began his career as player with SC Zug, FC Baar, FC Emmenbrücke, and Wettingen. Afte ...
had been signed as assistant coach and Björn Rekelhof had signed as athletics and
Gabriel Wüthrich Gabriel Wüthrich (born 28 August 1981) is a Swiss footballer who last played as goalkeeper for FC Luzern in the Swiss Super League. Career Wüthrich began his professional career at FC Biel-Bienne in 1999 before he moved to Neuchâtel Xamax ...
as goalkeeper coach. Wüthrich replaced
Massimo Colomba Massimo Colomba (born 24 August 1977, in Villars-sur-Glâne) is a Swiss footballer who played as goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeper coach of both FC Sion. Career As a child Colomba played in the youth teams of his local side FC Villars-s ...
, 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 Heiko Vogel (born 21 November 1975) is a German football manager who is the current sporting director and interim coach of FC Basel. Vogel grew up in Wachenheim and played football for his local clubs TuS Wachenheim and FC 08 Hassloch. Later he ...
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 Heiko Vogel (born 21 November 1975) is a German football manager who is the current sporting director and interim coach of FC Basel. Vogel grew up in Wachenheim and played football for his local clubs TuS Wachenheim and FC 08 Hassloch. Later he ...
would take over his duties ad interim.


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 Sebastiano Esposito (; born 2 July 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian First Division A club Anderlecht, on loan from Inter Milan. Club career Inter Milan Esposito made his professional debut for Inter ...
, Tomás Tavares,
Albian Hajdari Albian Hajdari (born 18 May 2003) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as defender for Swiss Super League club Lugano, on loan from Juventus. Career Hajdari first played for local club FC Aesch and moved to Basel's youth academy in 2014 ...
and
Joelson Fernandes Joelson Augusto Mendes Mango Fernandes (born 28 February 2003), or more simply Joelson, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Süper Lig club Hatayspor. Born in Guinea-Bissau, Joelson represents Portugal internationally. Club ...
and they returned to their clubs of origin. The contracts with
Pajtim Kasami Pajtim Kasami (born 2 June 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League Greece club Olympiacos. Early career Born in Zürich, Switzerland to an ethnic Albanian family from Struga, North Macedonia, Kasami ...
and
Andrea Padula Andrea Padula (born 4 April 1996) is a Swiss-born Italian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Liga I club FC U Craiova. Club career Andrea Padula started with his youth football playing for AP Campionese in the Italian enclave ...
were not renewed.
Raoul Petretta Raoul Petretta (born 24 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer. Born in Germany, he has represented Italy at youth level. Early life Petretta began playing football with SC Rheinf ...
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 The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Since 1999 the winner earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Europa Conference ...
, 30 in the UEFA competitions ( Champions League,
Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...
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 The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Since 1999 the winner earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Europa Conference ...
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 The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 seaso ...
, 33 in the
Swiss Cup The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Since 1999 the winner earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Europa Conference ...
, 57 in the UEFA competitions ( Champions League,
Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...
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 Marwin Hitz (born 18 September 1987) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Super League club Basel and the Switzerland national team. Career Early career Born in St. Gallen, Hitz was signed by his hometown ...
had signed in from
Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional foot ...
on a three year contract. Another player who signed in from BVB was
Bradley Fink Bradley Thomas Fink (born 17 April 2003) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club FC Basel. Club career Early career Born in Cham, Fink played his first youth football with local club SC Cham. He w ...
. 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 Mohamed Zeki Amdouni (born 4 December 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Premier League club Burnley and the Switzerland national team. Club career Early years Amdouni is a youth product ...
from Lausanne-Sport and
Andi Zeqiri Andi Zeqiri (born 22 June 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club Basel, on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion. He is a Swiss international and has made seven caps at senior level to date. Club ...
from
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. The other two were Kasim Nuhu from
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and
Andy Diouf Andy Alune Diouf (born 17 May 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Lens. Early life Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Diouf was raised in Nanterre. He started playing football at the age of 6 years, in the n ...
from
Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departm ...
On 18 June FCB announced that they had signed
Jean-Kévin Augustin Jean-Kévin Augustin (born 16 June 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club Basel. An academy graduate of French club Paris Saint-Germain, Augustin made his senior debut in 2015 and made 31 a ...
, from
FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as ...
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
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. The first was won the second was drawn. Two games were played in the training camp, against
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and
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and both were won. One game was played in St. Jakob-Park, against
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, and this ended with a high defeat. Because the new head coach
Alexander Frei Alexander Frei or Alex Frei (born 15 July 1979) is a Swiss professional football coach and a former player who played as a forward. He is currently the manager of Basel. He began his career at Basel, going on to various other clubs in Switzerlan ...
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.


The Campaign


Domestic League


Domestic Cup


Europa Conference League


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.


Players out on loan


Transfers summer 2022

;In ;Out


Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET.


Legend


Friendly matches


Pre-season


Mid-season


Winter break


Swiss Super League

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.


First half of season


Second half of season


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


UEFA Europa Conference League


Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 15 June 2022. ''Basel won 3–1 on aggregate.''


Third qualifying round

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


Play-off round

''Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.''


Group stage

;Group table


Knockout round play-offs


See also

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History of FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893 has a long and illustrious history, that spans the period from 1893 to the present day. Having competed at the highest level of football in Switzerland for most of this time, FCB currently play in the Swiss Super League. ...
*
List of FC Basel players FC Basel 1893 (Fussball Club Basel 1893) is a Swiss football club based in Basel, Switzerland. This is a list of footballers who have played for FC Basel since the club was first founded. ''For a list of FC Basel players with a Wikipedia article ...
*
List of FC Basel seasons This is a list of seasons played by FC Basel in Swiss and European football, from the club's founding in 1893 to the present. It details FC Basel's record in each major competition entered including different divisions of the Swiss Football Lea ...


Notes


References


Sources


FCB squad 2022–23 at fcb-archiv.ch



External links

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Homepage Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv"
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