association football club in Basle, Switzerland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
FC Basel 1893 (Fussball Club Basel 1893), widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel,[1][2][3] is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt.
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Full name | Fussball Club Basel 1893 | |||
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Nickname(s) | FCB, Bebbi (Citizen of Basel), RotBlau | |||
Founded | 15 November 1893 | |||
Ground | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | |||
Capacity | 38,512; 37,500 for international matches | |||
President | Bernhard Burgener | |||
Head coach | ? | |||
League | Swiss Super League | |||
2022–23 | 5th | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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FC Basel was started by an advertisement placed by Roland Geldner in the 12 November 1893 edition of the Basler national newspaper. He wanted that a football team is formed . Everybody who wants to play should come in the restaurant Schuhmachern-Zunft. Eleven men attended the meeting, mainly from the academic community, and founded the Fussball Club Basel on 15 November 1893.
Since 2009 the club also has a Women soccer team. They als play at the highest level of Swiss Women´s football, the Swiss Women's Super League.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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