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The 2020–21 season will be FC Basel's 127th season in existence and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2020–21 Swiss Super League season starts on the week-end 19/20 September 2020 and will end on 21 May 2021. In addition to the domestic league, Basel will participate in this season's Swiss Cup and UEFA Europa League.
| 2020–21 season | |||
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| President | Bernhard Burgener | ||
| Head coach | Ciriaco Sforza | ||
| Stadium | St. Jakob-Park | ||
| Swiss Super League | Preseason | ||
| Swiss Cup | Preseason | ||
| UEFA Europa League | TBD | ||
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Management
On 26 August the club announced that Ciriaco Sforza had been hired as the first team manager as of 1 September 2020. He had previously been head coach of FC Wil and he brought his assistant Daniel Hasler with him.[1] Massimo Colomba stayed with the club as Goalkeeper Coach.
Youth coach Alex Frei had previously been trainer of the U-18 team and moved up to the U-21, but due to differences with the club managers he quit is job on 24 August.[2]
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Ciriaco Sforza |
| Assistant manager | Daniel Hasler |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Massimo Colomba |
| Team leader | Gustav Nussbaumer |
| Youth Team Coach | Alex Frei until 24 August 2020 |
| Youth Team Co-Coach | Daniel Stucki |
| Youth Team Co-Coach | Michaël Bauch |
Source: FCB Official Site
Further information
The club's 126th AGM is planed to take place in October 2020.[3] The board of directors until this date under president Bernhard Burgener are: CEO Roland Heri, financial manager Peter von Büren, marketing manager Patrick Jost, as well as Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser. Ruedi Zbinden had been sportdirector the previous year, but resigned on 18 August and returned to his previous job as chef scout.[4]
| Chairman | Bernhard Burgener |
| Sportdirector | Vacant |
| CEO | Roland Heri |
| Finances | Peter von Büren |
| Marketing | Patrick Jost |
| Director | Reto Baumgartner |
| Director | Dominik Donzé |
| Director | Benno Kaiser |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | St. Jakob-Park (38,512[5] (37,500 for international matches)[6] / 120x80 m) |
Updated to match played 30 August 2020
Source: FCB Official Site
Off and pre-season
There were only a few changes in the squad during the summer break. Zdravko Kuzmanović,[7] Kevin Bua[8] and Ricky van Wolfswinkel[9] left the club because their contracts were not renewed. Edon Zhegrova left because his loan had ended. Then on 12 August the club announced that Jonas Omlin was transferred out to Montpellier.[10]
In the other direction Arthur Cabral, who had been on loan, was taken over definately from Palmeiras.[11]
Domestic League
The season starts on the weekend of 19/20 September 2020. Basel's priority aim for the new season is to win the league championship. On Monday 31 August 2020 the Swiss Football League (SFL) published the schedule for the Raiffeisen Super League 2020–21. FCB start the new season on Sunday 20 September with the home game against FC Vaduz in St. Jakob-Park. In a first step, the SFL published the schedule for the first 18 rounds, but only fixed times for the first nine rounds. The final schedule with all games will follow by the end of the year.
Domestic Cup
Basel's clear aim for the cup is to win the title. The first round of the this seasons Swiss Cup was played on the week-end 28/29/30 August and the second round will be played on the week-end 11-13 September 2020. Teams engaged in UEFA competitions received a bye in this round and therefore Basel enter the competition in the third round.
Europa League
Basel were qualified for the UEFA Europa League and start in the qualifying phase second qualifying round. The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 31 August and Basel were drawn away against Osijek of Croatia.
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 19 September 2020 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.
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Transfers summer 2020
In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Kickoff times are in CET.
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Preseason
| 12 Seotember 2020 Pre-season | Basel | v | TBD | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
Swiss Super League
First half of season
| 20 September 2020 Round 1 | Basel | v | Vaduz | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:00 | FCB report |
| 27 September 2020 Round 2 | Servette | v | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 16:00 | FCB report |
| 4 October 2020 Round 3 | Basel | v | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:00 | FCB report |
| 18 October 2020 Round 4 | Zürich | v | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 16:00 | FCB report |
| 25 October 2020 Round 5 | Basel | v | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:00 | FCB report |
| 1 November 2020 Round 6 | St. Gallen | v | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
| 16:00 | FCB report |
| 8 November 2020 Round 7 | Basel | v | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 16:00 | FCB report |
| 21 November 2020 Round 8 | Young Boys | v | Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
| 19:00 | FCB report |
| 29 November 2020 Round 9 | Lugano | v | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
| 16:00 | FCB report |
| Week 49 2020 Round 10 | Basel | v | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| FCB report |
| Week 50 2020 Round 11 | Vaduz | v | Basel | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz |
| FCB report |
| Week 51 2020 Round 12 | Basel | v | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| FCB report |
| Week 51 2020 Round 13 | Basel | v | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| FCB report |
| Week 52 2020 Round 14 | Luzern | v | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
| FCB report |
| Week 4 2021 Round 15 | Basel | v | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| FCB report |
| Week 5 2021 Round 16 | Sion | v | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| FCB report |
| Week 5 2021 Round 17 | Basel | v | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| FCB report |
| Week 6 2021 Round 18 | Lausanne-Sport | v | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| FCB report |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Young Boys (C) | 36 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Basel | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Servette | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 50 | |
| 4 | Lugano | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 49 | |
| 5 | Luzern | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
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.[12]
(C) Champions
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[12]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.
Swiss Cup
The draw for the first round was held in August 2020. The Super League and Challenge League clubs were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The lower division teams were granted home advantage and therefore Basel were drawn with an away match. The home advantage was also granted to the teams from the lower league in the second and third rounds.
UEFA Europa League
Second qualifying round
| 17 September 2020 Round 2 | Osijek  | v | Basel | Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia |
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