List of FC Basel seasons

For details of the current season, see 2024–25 FC Basel season.

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 League, the Swiss Cup, the Swiss League Cup, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and various UEFA competitions. Although the first season of Swiss football occurred in 1897–98, FC Basel did not take part until the following season in 1898–99. The club did not compete the next season, but has participated in every season since 1900–01. The club won its first major trophy in 1932–33, when it won the Swiss Cup, and its first Swiss league title in 1952–53. To date FC Basel have won 20 league titles, 13 Swiss Cups, and 1 Swiss League Cup.

League names

From its inception in the 1897–98 season to the 1932–33 season, the Swiss Championship (known originally as "Serie A", then "1st League", then "Nationalliga") consisted of teams playing in regional groups, followed by either a play-off match of the top 2 teams, or a championship play-off group involving the top several teams. The 1932–33 season also contained an intermediate championship called the "Challenge National" where the teams in each of the 2 groups played the teams in the other group, followed by a play-off match between the group winners. In 1933–34, the different regional groups were combined into a single league to determine the championship, and this league format has been maintained until the present. However, it was not until the 1944–45 season that the 2nd division of Swiss football was similarly organised, with the adoption of the names "Nationalliga A" and "Nationalliga B" for the top 2 divisions. Since 2003–04 these divisions have been known as the "Swiss Super League" and the "Swiss Challenge League" respectively.

Seasons

Season	League[1][2][3][4]									Swiss Cup[3][4][5][6]	Swiss League Cup[7]	Europe[8][9][10][11][12]	Top scorer(s)[13]
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos				Player(s)	Goals
1893–94	FC Basel did not play competitive football
1894–95	FC Basel did not play competitive football
1895–96	FC Basel did not play competitive football
1896–97	FC Basel did not play competitive football
1897–98	FC Basel did not play competitive football
1898–99	Serie A Central	2	0	1	1	2	3	n/a	2nd
1899–1900	FC Basel did not play competitive football
1900–01	Serie A East	10	2	2	6	21	35	6	5th
1901–02	Serie A Central	7	5	0	2	15	7	10	2nd
1902–03	Serie A Central	8	3	0	5	13	20	6	3rd
1903–04	Serie A Central	10	5	2	3	28	25	12	3rd
1904–05	Serie A Central	8	2	0	6	18	20	4	4th
1905–06	Serie A Central	6	2	0	4	11	17	4	4th
1906–07	Serie A Central	8	5	0	3	30	20	10	1st
	Serie A Final	2	0	0	2	3	0	8	3rd
1907–08	Serie A East	14	6	2	6	40	39	14	3rd
1908–09	Serie A East	14	4	3	7	39	57	11	6th
1909–10	Serie A Central	10	4	2	4	24	24	10	5th
1910–11	Serie A Central	12	5	1	6	32	36	11	3rd
1911–12	Serie A Central	14	5	2	7	30	34	12	5th
1912–13	Serie A Central	14	7	2	5	46	30	16	4th				n/a
1913–14	Serie A Central	14	9	1	4	63	33	19	2nd				Christian Albicker	12
1914–15	Serie A Central A	6	2	1	3	15	14	5	3rd				Emil Hasler	7
1915–16	Serie A Central	14	4	1	9	30	39	9	7th				Otto Kuhn Emil Hasler	7
1916–17	Serie A Central	15	5	5	2	31	20	15	2nd				Karl Wüthrich	6
1917–18	Serie A Central	12	7	3	2	31	19	17	2nd				Otto Kuhn Karl Wüthrich	4
1918–19	Serie A Central	14	5	3	6	27	26	13	5th				Otto Kuhn	6
1919–20	Serie A Central	14	7	4	3	32	20	18	2nd				Karl Wüthrich	9
1920–21	Serie A Central	15	3	2	10	20	29	8	7th				Karl Wüthrich	8
1921–22	Serie A Central	14	6	3	5	20	21	15	3rd				Otto Kuhn	8
1922–23	Serie A Central	14	6	3	5	17	22	15	4th				Otto Kuhn	4
1923–24	Serie A Central	16	8	2	6	16	15	18	3rd				Otto Kuhn	4
1924–25	Serie A Central	16	7	5	4	15	13	19	4th				Emil Breh	7
1925–26	Serie A Central	16	7	6	3	26	14	20	2nd	Round 2			Arnold Hürzeler	8
1926–27	Serie A Central	16	8	3	5	29	26	19	4th	Round 1			Emil Arlt	12
1927–28	Serie A Central	16	10	1	5	27	21	21	3rd	Round 1			Karl Wüthrich	8
1928–29	Serie A Central	16	8	4	4	48	32	20	2nd	Round 2			Karl Bielser	15
1929–30	Serie A Central	16	10	4	2	51	18	22	1st	Round 3			Alfred Schlecht	13
	Serie A Final	4	1	0	3	2	8	2	4th
1930–31	Serie A Central	18	11	2	5	48	28	24	2nd	Round 1			Leopold Kielholz	19
	Serie A Final	4	1	1	2	7	11	3	5th
1931–32	Nationalliga Group 1	16	7	1	8	35	48	15	7th	Semi-finals			Otto Haftl	11
1932–33	Challenge National	7	3	2	2	42	29	8	5th	Winners			Otto Haftl	21
	Nationalliga Group 1	14	7	4	3	42	29	18	2nd
1933–34	Nationalliga	30	15	6	9	89	64	36	5th	Quarter-finals			Otto Haftl	28
1934–35	Nationalliga	26	12	4	10	61	50	28	5th	Semi-finals			Otto Haftl	21
1935–36	Nationalliga	26	8	4	14	51	59	20	10th	Round 1			Josef Artimovicz	14
1936–37	Nationalliga	24	8	4	12	30	42	20	11th	Round 1			Guglielmo Spadini	10
1937–38	Nationalliga	22	12	3	7	48	31	27	4th	Round 3			Numa Monnard	28
1938–39	Nationalliga	22	5	5	12	29	36	15	12th	Round 5			Eduard Buser	11
1939–40	1st League Group 3	12	9	2	1	38	16	20	1st	Round 4			August Ibach	20
	1st League title play-off	6	4	1	1	14	10	n/a	1st[14]
1940–41	1st League Central	14	11	2	1	44	19	24	1st	Round 4			August Ibach	15
	1st League play-off	2	0	1	1	2	3	1	3rd
1941–42	1st League East	22	18	3	1	77	15	39	1st	Runners-up			Hermann Suter	17
	1st League play-off	2	1	1	0	3	1	n/a	1st[15]
1942–43	Nationalliga	26	7	4	15	29	57	18	13th	Quarter-finals			Hermann Suter	11
1943–44	Nationalliga	26	9	8	9	42	38	26	9th	Runners-up			Alfred Weisshaar	18
1944–45	Nationalliga A	26	6	6	14	45	59	18	13th	Round 5			René Bader	14
1945–46	Nationalliga B	26	19	5	2	87	21	43	1st	Round 5			René Bader	31
1946–47	Nationalliga A	26	12	5	9	60	45	29	4th	Winners			Traugott Oberer	16
1947–48	Nationalliga A	26	7	10	9	44	51	24	10th	Quarter-finals			Paul Stöcklin Traugott Oberer	11
1948–49	Nationalliga A	26	13	7	6	58	37	33	2nd	Round 5			Hans Hügi (I)	14
1949–50	Nationalliga A	26	14	5	7	48	40	33	2nd	Semi-finals			Gottlieb Stäuble	15
1950–51	Nationalliga A	26	12	4	10	62	51	28	4th	Round 5			Josef Hügi (II)	23
1951–52	Nationalliga A	26	14	3	9	68	47	31	4th	Semi-finals			Josef Hügi (II)	32
1952–53	Nationalliga A	26	17	8	1	72	38	42	1st	Quarter-finals			Josef Hügi (II)	38
1953–54	Nationalliga A	26	11	2	13	55	62	24	8th	Round 4			Josef Hügi (II)	30
1954–55	Nationalliga A	26	10	4	12	47	52	24	9th	Round 5			Josef Hügi (II)	23
1955–56	Nationalliga A	26	10	6	10	47	50	26	7th	Quarter-finals		Fairs Cup – GS[16]	Josef Hügi (II)	18
1956–57	Nationalliga A	26	15	4	7	53	38	34	4th	Round 4			Josef Hügi (II)	23
1957–58	Nationalliga A	26	9	6	11	59	53	24	9th	Round 4	Josef Hügi (II)		18
1958–59	Nationalliga A	26	11	5	10	54	48	27	6th	Round 4	Fairs Cup – R1[16]	Josef Hügi (II) Gottlieb Stäuble	14
1959–60	Nationalliga A	26	6	10	10	46	55	22	10th	Round 5		Josef Hügi (II)	19
1960–61	Nationalliga A	26	13	2	11	42	36	28	5th	Round 3	Fairs Cup – R1[16]	Josef Hügi (II)	17
1961–62	Nationalliga A	26	10	8	8	51	54	28	7th	Quarter-finals	Fairs Cup – R1[16]	Josef Hügi (II)	15
1962–63	Nationalliga A	26	10	6	10	59	51	26	6th	Winners	Fairs Cup – R1[16]	Heinz Blumer	20
1963–64	Nationalliga A	26	10	6	10	42	48	26	7th	Round 5	Cup Winners' Cup – Prelim	Karl Odermatt	11
1964–65	Nationalliga A	26	11	5	10	44	54	27	8th	Semi-finals	Fairs Cup – R2	Roberto Frigerio	21
1965–66	Nationalliga A	26	10	7	9	64	57	27	6th	Semi-finals	Fairs Cup – R2	Roberto Frigerio	22
1966–67	Nationalliga A	26	16	8	2	61	20	40	1st	Winners	Fairs Cup – R1	Roberto Frigerio	23
1967–68	Nationalliga A	26	13	5	8	49	33	31	5th	Round 5	European Cup – R1	Helmut Hauser	12
1968–69	Nationalliga A	26	13	10	3	48	28	36	1st	Quarter-finals	Fairs Cup – R1	Helmut Hauser	15
1969–70	Nationalliga A	26	15	7	4	59	23	37	1st	Runners-up	European Cup – R1	Helmut Hauser	24
1970–71	Nationalliga A	26	18	6	2	67	26	42	2nd[17]	Quarter-finals	European Cup – R2	Karl Odermatt	16
1971–72	Nationalliga A	26	18	7	1	66	28	43	1st	Runners-up	UEFA Cup – R1	Ottmar Hitzfeld	19
1972–73	Nationalliga A	26	17	5	4	57	30	39	1st	Runners-up	Winners	European Cup – R1	Ottmar Hitzfeld	19
1973–74	Nationalliga A	26	13	3	10	57	39	29	5th	Quarter-finals	Round 1	European Cup – QF	Ottmar Hitzfeld	25
1974–75	Nationalliga A	26	11	9	6	49	33	31	4th	Winners	Semi-finals		Ottmar Hitzfeld	21
1975–76	Nationalliga A	26	13	8	5	59	38	34	3rd	Round 5	Semi-finals	Cup Winners' Cup – R1	Roland Schönenberger Peter Marti	14
1976–77	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	14	5	3	54	30	33	2nd	Round 5	Round 2	UEFA Cup – R2	Erni Maissen	12
	Nationalliga A Playoff	10	5	2	3	19	16	29[18]	1st[19]
1977–78	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	12	4	6	53	34	28	4th	Semi-finals	Semi-finals	European Cup – R1	Roland Schönenberger	24
	Nationalliga A Playoff	10	5	3	2	21	14	27[20]	3rd
1978–79	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	10	6	6	36	29	26	4th	Quarter-finals	Runners-up	UEFA Cup – R1	Detlev Lauscher	22
	Nationalliga A Final	10	2	1	7	18	24	18[21]	6th
1979–80	Nationalliga A Qualifying	26	15	7	4	67	27	37	2nd	Round 5	Round 1		Joseph Küttel	19
	Nationalliga A Playoff	10	6	2	2	24	11	33[22]	1st
1980–81	Nationalliga A	26	9	10	7	48	44	28	6th	Quarter-finals	Round 1	European Cup – R2	Erni Maissen	14
1981–82	Nationalliga A	30	11	6	13	47	51	28	8th	Runners-up	Quarter-finals		Erni Maissen	13
1982–83	Nationalliga A	30	10	5	15	47	56	25	11th	Round 5
1983–84	Nationalliga A	30	11	6	13	55	59	28	9th	Round 4
1984–85	Nationalliga A	30	11	9	10	46	49	31	8th	Round 5
1985–86	Nationalliga A	30	10	10	10	44	40	30	10th	Semi-finals
1986–87	Nationalliga A	30	9	6	15	49	62	24	12th	Round 5
	Relegation/Promotion play-offs	4	1	2	1	12	6	n/a	n/a[23]
1987–88	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	4	5	13	27	55	13	11th	Round 3
	Promotion/relegation group A	14	5	4	5	27	20	14	5th
1988–89	Nationalliga B Qualifying East	22	14	4	4	48	23	32	1st	Quarter-finals
	Promotion/relegation group A	14	4	6	4	19	21	14	4th
1989–90	Nationalliga B Qualifying West	22	11	5	6	40	29	27	5th	Quarter-finals
	Promotion/relegation group A	14	6	5	3	27	17	17	3rd
1990–91	Nationalliga B Qualifying South East	22	9	8	5	40	30	26	4th	Round 2
	Promotion/relegation group A	14	4	4	6	18	17	12	4th
1991–92	Nationalliga B Qualifying West	22	13	5	4	42	30	31	1st	Quarter-finals
	Promotion/relegation group A	14	4	6	4	20	22	14	4th
1992–93	Nationalliga B Qualifying West	22	16	4	2	54	10	36	2nd	Quarter-finals
	Promotion/relegation group A	14	7	4	3	25	17	18	4th
1993–94	Nationalliga B Qualifying West	18	12	1	5	39	14	25	2nd	Semi-finals
	Promotion/relegation group	14	7	6	1	22	7	20	1st
1994–95	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	6	8	8	18	15	20	7th	Round 5
	Nationalliga A Champions Group	14	7	0	7	20	19	24[24]	7th
1995–96	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	9	3	10	23	29	30	5th	Quarter-finals			Alexandre Rey	17
	Nationalliga A Champions Group	14	3	4	7	14	20	28[25]	6th
1996–97	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	5	10	7	32	33	25	8th	Round 5		Intertoto Cup – GS	Gaetano Giallanza	19
	Nationalliga A Champions Group	14	3	2	9	16	28	24[21]	8th
1997–98	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	5	4	13	28	46	19	11th	Round 6			Mario Frick	14
	Nationalliga A Promotion and relegation Group	14	6	4	4	27	22	22	3rd
1998–99	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	8	4	10	21	34	28	6th	Round 5			Mario Frick	11
	Nationalliga A Championship Playoff	14	5	4	5	18	19	33[20]	5th
1999–2000	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	9	10	3	31	21	37	2nd	Quarter-finals		Intertoto Cup – R3	George Koumantarakis	24
	Nationalliga A Champion Playoffs	14	5	6	3	16	16	40[26]	3rd
2000–01	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	10	4	8	42	36	34	5th	Quarter-finals		UEFA Cup – R2	Jean-Michel Tchouga	20
	Nationalliga A Champion playoffs	14	4	8	2	18	16	37[18]	4th
2001–02	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	13	4	5	52	37	43	1st	Winners		Intertoto Cup – F[27]	Christian Giménez	26
	Nationalliga A Champion playoffs	14	11	0	3	36	16	55[28]	1st
2002–03	Nationalliga A Qualifying	22	14	5	3	57	25	47	2nd	Winners		Champions League – GS2	Christian Giménez	20
	Nationalliga A Champion playoffs	14	10	2	2	38	17	56[29]	2nd
2003–04	Super League	36	26	7	3	86	32	85	1st	Round 3		UEFA Cup – R2	Christian Giménez	16
2004–05	Super League	34	21	7	6	81	45	70	1st	Round 3		Champions League – QR3	Christian Giménez	30
												UEFA Cup – Rof32
2005–06	Super League	36	23	9	4	87	42	78	2nd	Round 3		Champions League – QR3	Matías Emilio Delgado	29
												UEFA Cup – QF
2006–07	Super League	36	22	8	6	77	40	74	2nd	Winners		UEFA Cup – GS	Mladen Petrić	26
2007–08	Super League	36	22	8	6	73	39	74	1st	Winners		UEFA Cup – Rof32	Marco Streller	17
2008–09	Super League	36	22	6	8	72	44	72	3rd	Semi-finals		Champions League – GS	Eren Derdiyok	14
2009–10	Super League	36	25	5	6	90	46	80	1st	Winners		Europa League – GS	Marco Streller	30
2010–11	Super League	36	21	10	5	76	44	73	1st	Quarter-finals		Champions League – GS	Alexander Frei	33
												Europa League – Rof32
2011–12	Super League	34	22	8	4	78	32	71	1st	Winners		Champions League – Rof16	Alexander Frei	42[13]
2012–13	Super League	36	21	9	6	61	31	72	1st	Runners-up		Champions League – POR	Marco Streller	21
												Europa League – SF
2013–14	Super League	36	19	15	2	70	34	72	1st	Runners-up		Champions League – GS	Marco Streller	19
												Europa League – QF
2014–15	Super League	36	24	6	6	84	41	78	1st	Runners-up		Champions League – Rof16	Shkëlzen Gashi	21
2015–16	Super League	36	26	5	5	88	38	83	1st	Quarter-finals		Champions League – POF	Marc Janko	16
												Europa League – Rof16
2016–17	Super League	36	26	8	2	92	35	86	1st	Winners		Champions League – GS	Seydou Doumbia	21
2017–18	Super League	36	20	9	7	72	36	69	2nd	Semi-finals		Champions League – Rof16	Albian Ajeti	14
2018–19	Super League	36	20	11	5	71	46	71	2nd	Winners		Champions League – QR2	Albian Ajeti	19
												Europa League – POF
2019–20	Super League	36	18	8	10	74	38	62	3rd	Runners-up		Champions League – QR3	Arthur Cabral	18
												Europa League – QF
2020–21	Super League	36	15	8	13	60	53	53	2nd	Round 3	Europa League – POF	Arthur Cabral	20
2021–22	Super League	36	15	17	4	70	41	62	2nd	Round 3	Europa Conference League – Rof16	Arthur Cabral	27
2022–23	Super League	36	11	14	11	51	50	57	5th	Quarter-finals	Europa Conference League – SF	Zeki Amdouni	22
2023–24	Super League	38	13	10	15	45	52	49	8th	Quarter-finals	Europa Conference League – QR2	Thierno Barry	12

Key

Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

F = Finals[27] GS = Group stage GS2 = Second group stage Prelim = Preliminary round POR = Play-off round QF = Quarter-finals QR1 = First qualifying round QR2 = Second qualifying round QR3 = Third qualifying round

R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 Rof32 = Round of 32 Rof16 = Round of 16 SF = Semi-finals

Winners†

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

^†Text in bold italics indicates FC Basel was promoted in addition to being Champion of the division.

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13. Goals in all competitions (different divisions of the Swiss Football League, the Swiss Cup, the Swiss League Cup, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and all UEFA competitions) are counted.
14. There was no promotion or relegation this season due to World War II
15. Basel won a two-legged promotion play-off against the winners of the 1st League West, FC Bern, drawing the first match 0–0 and winning the second match 3–1.
16. The Basel sides which participated in the first five editions of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup were not FC Basel teams, but "Basel XI" teams, which included players who played for FC Basel as well as players from other clubs.
17. Basel finished the league in first place, level on points with Grasshopper Club Zürich, but lost a Championship play-off match to Grasshopper Club 4–3 after extra time.
18. 17 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
19. Basel finished level on points with Servette FC Genève. Basel defeated Servette 2–1 in a Championship play-off match.
20. 14 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
21. 13 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
22. 19 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
23. Four teams from the Nationalliga A and four teams from the Nationalliga B contested a play-off round to determine two places in next season's Nationalliga A. Basel defeated FC Bulle 5–3 on penalties in a two-legged promotion/relegation play-off semi-final, after both matches finished 2–2. Basel then defeated FC Wettingen 8–2 on aggregate (7–0 and 1–2) in one of the two promotion/relegation finals.
24. 10 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
25. 15 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
26. 19 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
27. As the Intertoto Cup was a tournament for the purpose of enabling several teams to qualify for the UEFA Cup, there were multiple "finals" of each year's competition and consequently several winners of each year's tournament.
28. 22 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.
29. 24 points were carried over from the qualifying phase.