2020–21 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
2020–21 season
OwnerFCB Holding
Bernhard Burgener
Club presidentBernhard Burgener (until 16 November 2020)
Reto Baumgartner (from 16 November 2020)
Head coach Ciriaco Sforza
(until 6 April 2021)
Patrick Rahmen (interim)
(from 6 April 2021)
Stadium St. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super League 2nd
Swiss Cup Third round
UEFA Europa League Play-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Arthur Cabral (18)

All:
Arthur Cabral (20)
Highest home attendance9,257 (vs Luzern, 4 October 2020)
Average home league attendance591
Biggest win5–0 (vs Servette, 18 April 2021)
Biggest defeat1–4 (vs Zürich, 23 January 2021)
  2019–20
2021–22  

The 2020–21 was 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 started on the weekend 19–20 September 2020 and ended on 21 May 2021. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participated in this season's Swiss Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Contents

Club

FC Basel Holding AG

The FC Basel Holding AG (Holding) owns 75% of the club FC Basel (FC Basel 1893 AG) and the other 25% is owned by the club itself. As of the 2020 AGM in June, Bernhard Burgener owned about 82% of the shares in the Holding, David Degen owned 10% and about 8% was held by four small investors. At the FC Basel Holding AG AGM Marco Streller stood down from the board of directors. Bernhard Burgener, as chairman of the Holding, Roland Heri, as CEO of the club, Peter von Büren, as financial director and Karl Odermatt, as advisor, remained on the board of the Holding.

During the winter months, rumors were put into circulation that Burgener wanted to sell his shares in the Holding to a firm called Centricus, a London-based global investment firm. This caused diverse fan protests. Come the beginning of May, Burgener said he would sell his shares to a letterbox company called Basel Dream and Vision AG. The ferocity of the fan protests increased. Degen announced that he had a pre-sale right and to protect his rights Degen went the legal way. On 29 March the Holding announced that the board of directors of FC Basel Holding AG was restricted in its ability to act due to a super-provisional ruling caused by David Degen's action. [1] Following numerous private discusions on this subject, on 11 May the Holding made the announcement that Bernhard Burgener and David Degen have come to an out-of-court settlement, in the best interests of FC Basel 1893, on the ownership structure of the Holding. David Degen took over all shares from Bernhard Burgener. With this result, the protests stopped and everything calmed down. The change of the board was terminated for 15 June 2021. [2]

Club management

The club's 126th AGM was due to take place on 9 November 2020. [3] But because of the situation in took place in written form during the week from 6 November to 13 November 2020. The board of directors up until this date under the holding owner Bernhard Burgener were: Burgener himself as president, CEO Roland Heri, financial manager Peter von Büren, as well as Marco Streller, Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser. Ruedi Zbinden had been sport director the previous year, but resigned on 18 August and returned to his previous job as chef scout. [4]

Chairman Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bernhard Burgener
Sport directorVacant
CEO Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roland Heri
Finances Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter von Büren
Director Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marco Streller
Director Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Reto Baumgartner
Director Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominik Donzé
Director Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Benno Kaiser

Updated to match played 30 August 2020
Source:  FCB Official Site

At the AGM the Bernhard Burgener as club chairman, Peter von Büren as finance director, and Streller stood down and vacated their positions. The directors Baumgartner, Donzé and Kaiser declared their willingness to continue. Eight further members of the club also declared themselves as candidates. There were 2589 votes with valid rights, the absolute majority was 1295. Baumgartner received 2382 votes, Donzé 1913 and Kaiser 1892 and these three were voted back onto the board. The other eight they failed to reach an absolute majority. For the position as club president Baumgartner received 2326 votes. Therefore, from 18 November the club's board is as follows:

Club chairman Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Reto Baumgartner
CEO Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roland Heri
Sport directorVacant
Director Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominik Donzé
Director Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (38,512 [5]
(37,500 for international matches) [6] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 18 November 2020
Source:  FCB Official Site


Team 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. [7] Massimo Colomba stayed with the club as Goalkeeper Coach. On 21 September the club announced that they had hired Patrick Rahmen as second assistant trainer. [8]

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 directors he quit his job on 24 August. [9] On 1 September the club announced that Matthias Kohler was hired as the new U-21 team trainer. [10]

On 6 April 2021 the club announced that, due to the lack of sporting success, FC Basel 1893 were separating themselves from head coach Ciriaco Sforza with immediate effect. They also announced that they had separated themselves from Assistant manager Daniel Hasler at the same time. [11] Until the end of the season, the first team would be looked after by the other previous assistant Patrick Rahmen, on an interim basis, as head coach. In the communique on the following day it was announced that Ognjen Zaric was appointed as assistant manager. Zaric had been coach of the Basel 1893 U-18 team since summer 2020 and before that he had been head coach of TSV 1860 Rosenheim in the Regionalliga Bayern, the fourth tier of German football. [12]

PositionStaff
Manager Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ciriaco Sforza
until 6 April 2021
Manager Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patrick Rahmen
(interim) from 6 April 2021 to 30 June 2021
Assistant coach Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Hasler
until 6 April 2021
Assistant coach Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patrick Rahmen
until 6 April 2021
Assistant coach Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ognjen Zaric
from 7 April 2021
Goalkeeper Coach Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Massimo Colomba
Team leader Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team U-21 Coach Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alex Frei
until 24 August 2020
Youth Team U-21 Coach Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Kohler
from 1 September 2020
Youth Team U-21 Co-coach Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Stucki
Youth Team U-21 Co-coach Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michaël Bauch

Overview

Off and pre-season

There were a number of changes in the squad during the summer break. Zdravko Kuzmanović, [13] and Kevin Bua [14] left the club because their contracts were not renewed. Edon Zhegrova, Emil Bergström and Eric Ramires [15] also left the club and this because their loan periods had ended. Then on 12 August the club announced that Jonas Omlin was transferred out to Montpellier. [16] After the season had started and the club failed to qualify for the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, the club made three announcements on 5 October, first that Blás Riveros had transferred to Brøndby, [17] then that Kemal Ademi had moved on to Fenerbahçe [18] and finally that Omar Alderete had been transferred to Hertha BSC. [19]

In the other direction, the players Konstantinos Dimitriou, Julian Von Moos, Aldo Kalulu and Dimitri Oberlin were back in the Basel squad after being out on loan for the previous season. Arthur Cabral, who had been on loan from Palmeiras, was signed in on a perminat basis on a three-year contract. [20] The contract with Ricky van Wolfswinkel had run out, but he signed in for another two years until the end of the 2021–22 season. [21] On 11 September FCB announced that they had prolonged the contract with Taulant Xhaka until summer 2024. [22] Then it was announced on 15 September that they had also prolonged the contract with captain Valentin Stocker. [23]

Further, on 8 August the former Austria national team goalkeeper Heinz Lindner was signed in from Wehen Wiesbaden, with a three-year contract dated up until summer 2023. [24] Then on 11 September Italian full-back Andrea Padula was signed in from FC Wil, where he had played the last half year under manager Ciriaco Sforza, also on a three-year contract. [25] Somewhat surprising came the announcement on 19 September that Juventus had bought U-18 right back defender Albian Hajdari, but he stayed with the squad, being loaned back to Basel for two seasons. [26]

The 2020–21 Swiss Super League started on 20 September, but then on 22 September the club announced that the Kosovar international Edon Zhegrova (whose loan from Genk had actually ended at the end of June) had also signed in new on a three-year contract. [27] On 2 October it was announced that Jorge Marco de Oliveira Moraes, simply known as Jorge, had signed in on a loan contract from Monaco. [28] On 7 October the club then announced that Swiss international player Timm Klose had been signed in on loan from Norwich City. Klose had played for the club as youth international, but had moved onto FC Thun in the 2011–12 Swiss Super League season to start his professional football career. [29] Finally, only hours before the transfer-period closed, the club announced that Pajtim Kasami had signed in on a two-year contract. [30] Kasami had previously played for Sion, but FC Sion's president Christian Constantin had terminated his contract with them, without notice, after he had failed to agree to an 80% salary pay cut during coronavirus pandemic. [31] The transfer-period in Switzerland closed on 12 October at mid-night.

In total 12 players had left the club and 12 players had signed in.

Winter break transfer window

On the 5 December 2020 Basel announced that they had terminated the contract with Dimitri Oberlin, without stating the reason, but according to the media it had something to do with a non-corona-conform party. [32] On 14 January the club then announced that they had loaned Tician Tushi out to FC Wil until the end of the season, so that he could gain more playing experience. His trainer in Wil would be Alex Frei who was his coach as he played with the Basel U-18 youth team. [33] Basel's fourth goalkeeper Jozef Pukaj was loaned to Stade Lausanne Ouchy until 30 June 2021. [34] On 27 January Basel announced that they had transferred Konstantinos Dimitriou to Mezőkövesdi SE. [35] On the same day it was made public that Amir Abrashi had signed in on loan from Freiburg. [36] On 30 January Gonçalo Cardoso also signed in on loan from West Ham. [37] On 1 February the club announced that Samuele Campo had been loaned out to SV Darmstadt 98. [38]

Second Half of Season

On 6 April 2021, Ciriaco Sforza was sacked "due to the recent poor results". Patrick Rahmen, the former assistant manager, took over as interim manager. [39] Of FC Basel's recent nine games as of the sack, they only won a single match, drawing three, and losing four. The final blow came as Basel lost 1–2 against FC Vaduz, who were the bottom-placed team in the league at the time. After the change in management, results immediately improved. The won five of their next eight games, drawing twice, and only losing to the designated champions BSC Young Boys. On 11 May 2021 the FC Basel Holding AG chairman Bernhard Burgener and board member David Degen announced a transfer of ownership rights after months of massiv fan protests. The new owner David Degen announced his intention of making Patrick Rahmen the head coach for the coming season in recognition of his good work with the first team. [40] Furthermore, Degen announced a complete restructuring of the shareholding structures and a new board, which includes former FC Basel manager Christian Gross.

The Campaign

Domestic League

First half of season

The season started on the weekend of 19/20 September 2020. Basel's priority aim for the new season was to see if they could play for the league championship. On Monday 31 August 2020 the Swiss Football League (SFL) published the match schedule for the 2020–21 Swiss Super League. 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 for all 36 rounds will follow by the end of the year. FCB started into the new season on Sunday 20 September with the home game against newly promoted FC Vaduz in St. Jakob-Park. This ended with a disappointing 2–2 draw, Vaduz were twice able to equalise a Basel lead. In the next round Basel suffered a defeat against Servette before they achieved their first two victories against Luzern and St. Gallen. The team then suffered three defeats before they could record three successive victories. It was a continuous up and down, not just for Basel but for all teams, apart from Young Boys who opened a gap at the top of the table. At the end of the first half of the season Basel had taken in the second position in the table.

Second half of season

To the start of the second half of the season it was still a continuous up and down, again not just for Basel but for all teams, each team was winning one match and losing the next. No team was playing constant, except Young Boys who pulled away at the top of the table. Things turned worse for Basel. Three draws, five defeats and one single victory, as well as the out in the cup. The final blow came as Basel lost 1–2 against Vaduz, who were the bottom-placed team in the league at the time. Head coach Ciriaco Sforza was sacked the next day. Until the end of the season, the first team would be looked after by the other previous assistant Patrick Rahmen, on an interim basis. [11] After the change in the team management, results immediately improved. The team won five of their next eight games, drawing twice, and only losing to the designated champions BSC Young Boys. The season can be described as disappointing, the season's aim was missed, the minimal aim was reached. But second place with a 31-point gap behind the new champions could not be described as good. The qualification to the newly created Europa Conference League second qualifying round was achieved.

Conclusion

BSC Young Boys won the championship and with 24 victories, nine draws and only two defeats. They obtained 81 points and as champions qualified for the 2021–22 Champions League second qualifying round. Basel, with 15 victories, eight draws and twelve defeats were second placed and together with third placed Servette, 14 victories, eight draws 13 defeats, qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round. Sion, in the last game of the season, managed to climb from last position to second last and thus saved themselves from direct relegation and advanced to the promotion/relegation play-off. However, Vaduz slipped to bottom position and were relegated to next season's Challenge League, which is the second tier of Swiss football. [41]

Domestic Cup

Basel's clear aim for the cup is to win the title. The first round of this season's Swiss Cup was played on the week-end 28 to 30 August and the second round was played on the week-end 11 to 13 September 2020. The four teams engaged in UEFA competitions received a bye in both these rounds and, therefore, Basel entered into the competition in the third round. Basel were drawn to play away against Winterthur from the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football, on 9 February 2021. Due to pitch conditions in the Stadion Schützenwiese in Winterthur the venue and date were changed and the match took place in the St. Jakob-Park on 17 February 2021 and it resulted in a debacle.

With a 2–6 defeat against Winterthur, FC Basel 1893 were knocked brutally out of the cup competition. In the first half nothing went for FCB. Red-blue certainly had tp accept the reproach they defended too passively before the first goal and achieved very little going forwards. The outsiders went into an early lead and added a second just before half time. After the mediocre first half, in which the FCB also lacked the necessary competition luck, Rotblau missed the start of second half completely. Directly after the break FCW forwards played as they wished with the FCB defence and added three more goals within 10 minutes. Samir Ramizi twice, Roman Buess, Roberto Alves and Gezim Pepsi had scored to put FCW well in front before FCB could send out a small sign of life in the closing stages, with goals from Pajtim Kasami and Gonçalo Cardoso. The final point was another Winterthur goal from Anas Mahamid in the 86th minute. [42]

Basel had missed their season's aim and that with a debacle. With the end score at 2–6 this also meant that this became the highest number of goals that the team had conceded in their home stadium since it was opened on 15 March 2001. The biggest defeats to this date were Manchester City 0–4 in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, Arsenal 1–4 in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and Barcelona 0–5 in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.

Europa League

Basel were qualified for the UEFA Europa League and started in the qualifying phase second qualifying round. The club's aim in this competition was to reach the group stage. The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 31 August 2020 and Basel were drawn with an away game against Osijek of Croatia.

Osijek

The match against Osijek was played on 17 September in their home stadium Stadion Gradski vrt and Basel won the game with 2–1. Arthur Cabral put the visitors one up after 18 minutes, the assist coming from Valentin Stocker. Stocker himself pu them two up shortly before half time, the assist coming from Afimico Pululu. Basel controlled the game the entire time, but Ante Majstorović pulled one back six minutes from time. [43]

Anorthosis Famagusta

In the third qualifying round, to be played one week later on 24 September at home in the St. Jakob-Park and Basel were drawn against Anorthosis Famagusta. This game was won 3–2. [44] Basel took control of the game from the very start, but Valentin Stocker's shot in the first minute was blocked. Three minutes later Silvan Widmer scored to put the home team one up. Samuele Campo added the second after 12 minutes and an own goal from Hovhannes Hambardzumyan put Basel three up after 21 minutes. Basel lost their thred shortly before half time and Branko Vrgoč pulled one back. In the second period Basel were no longer dominant. Despite the fact that Tornike Okriashvili received the second yellow card and was sent off, Anorthosis found their way back into the game. Anorthosis were awarded a penalty in the after 67 minutes and Kvilitaia scored from the spot. Basel hung on to the lead despite the fact that Von Moos was sent off for receiving a second yellow card. [45]

CSKA Sofia

In the play-off round Basel were drawn at home against CSKA Sofia on 1 October 2020. Basel played a good first half and had six or seven good chances, while CSKA only had two. Despite taking the lead after 54 minutes through a Penalty spot goal from Arthur Cabral, Basel's performance got worse and CSKA were able to get into the game. Substitute Tiago Rodrigues scored the equaliser 13 minutes after coming on just 18 minutes from time. CSKA pushed forward on Basel, who seemed to tire under the pressure. Two minutes from time, as it seemed the match would go in extra time Rodrigues added his second and Basel fell apart. The added time was six minutes and with the last shot of the game Ahmed Ahmedov netted a third for the visitors. [46] Basel lost 1–3 after full-time and failed to qualify for the group stage and therefore missed their European aim. [47]

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 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.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Đorđe Nikolić
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Konstantinos Dimitriou (to Mezőkövesdi SE)
3 DF Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Gonçalo Cardoso (on loan from West Ham)
4 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Eray Cömert
5 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Silvan Widmer
6 DF Flag of Paraguay.svg  PAR Omar Alderete (to Hertha BSC)
6 MF Flag of Albania.svg  ALB Amir Abrashi (on loan from Freiburg)
7 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Luca Zuffi
8 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Yannick Marchand
9 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Ricky van Wolfswinkel
10 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Samuele Campo (loan to Darmstadt 98)
11 FW Flag of Angola.svg  ANG Afimico Pululu
13 GK Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Heinz Lindner
14 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Valentin Stocker (captain)
15 DF Flag of Paraguay.svg  PAR Blas Riveros (to Brøndby)
17 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Timm Klose (on loan from Norwich City)
18 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Julian Von Moos
19 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Dimitri Oberlin (to Bayern Munich II)
19 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Darian Males (on loan from Inter Milan)
20 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Fabian Frei (vice-captain)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
21 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Jasper van der Werff (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
22 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Orges Bunjaku
23 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Pajtim Kasami
24 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Tician Tushi (loan to FC Wil)
26 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Aldo Kalulu
28 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Raoul Petretta
30 MF Flag of Kosovo.svg  KOS Edon Zhegrova
31 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Carmine Chiappetta
32 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Yannick Marchand
34 MF Flag of Albania.svg  ALB Taulant Xhaka (vice-captain)
39 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Louis Lurvink (from U-21)
44 GK Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Jozef Pukaj
46 GK Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Felix Gebhardt
47 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Elis Isufi
72 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andrea Padula
76 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Albian Hajdari (on loan from Juventus)
77 FW Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Kaly Sene
96 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Jorge (on loan from Monaco)
98 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Arthur Cabral
99 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kemal Ademi (to Fenerbahçe)

Transfers summer 2020

In

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
3 DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Konstantinos Dimitriou (returned after loan to Wil)
13 GK Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Heinz Lindner (from Wehen Wiesbaden)
17 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Timm Klose (from Norwich City)
18 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Julian Von Moos (returned after loan to Wil)
23 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Pajtim Kasami (was not under contract)
26 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Aldo Kalulu (returned after loan to Swansea City)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
27 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Dimitri Oberlin (returned after loan to Zulte Waregem)
30 MF Flag of Kosovo.svg  KOS Edon Zhegrova (from Genk)
72 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andrea Padula (from Wil)
76 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Albian Hajdari (on loan from Juventus)
96 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Jorge (on loan from Monaco)
98 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Arthur Cabral (from Palmeiras)

Out

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Jonas Omlin (to Montpellier)
MF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović (end of contract)
6 DF Flag of Paraguay.svg  PAR Omar Alderete (to Hertha BSC)
15 DF Flag of Paraguay.svg  PAR Blas Riveros (to Brøndby)
DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Yves Kaiser (to Xamax)
MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Martin Liechti
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Dominik Schmid (to Grasshopper Club)
MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Eric Ramires (end of loan from Bahia)
MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Emil Bergström (end of loan from Utrecht)
MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Kevin Bua (end of contract)
MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Albian Hajdari (to Juventus)
FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kemal Ademi (to Fenerbahçe)

Transfers winter break

In

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
6 MF Flag of Albania.svg  ALB Amir Abrashi (on loan from Freiburg) [36]
3 DF Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Gonçalo Cardoso (on loan from West Ham) [37]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Darian Males (on loan from Inter Milan)
77 FW Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Kaly Sene [48]

Out

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Samuele Campo (loan to SV Darmstadt 98 until 30 June 2021) [38]
DF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Konstantinos Dimitriou (to Mezőkövesdi SE) [35]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Dimitri Oberlin (end of contract) [32]
GK Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Jozef Pukaj (loan to Stade Lausanne Ouchy until 2 April 2021) [34] [49]
24 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Tician Tushi (loan to FC Wil until 30 June 2021) [33]

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed  Fixtures

Friendly matches

Pre- and mid-season

11 September 2020Pre-season Basel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1–5 Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Saarbrücken Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
14:00 Pululu Yellow card.svg 42'
Tushi Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
FCB summary Jacob Soccerball shade.svg7', 17'
Jänicke Soccerball shade.svg10', 48'
Përdedaj Soccerball shade.svg51'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
28 October 2020Mid-season Basel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 5–3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Xamax Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
15:00 Cabral Soccerball shade.svg12'
Frei Soccerball shade.svg20' (pen.)
Cabral Soccerball shade.svg40'
Stocker Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
van Wolfswinkel Soccerball shade.svg73'
Report Soccerball shade.svg23' Saiz
Yellow card.svg 24' Mafouta
Soccerball shade.svg38' Dominguez
Soccerball shade.svg88' Epitaux
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sven Wolfensberger
11 November 2020Mid-season Basel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 4–4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kriens Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
15:00 Von Moos Soccerball shade.svg26'
Kasami Soccerball shade.svg82'
van Wolfswinkel Soccerball shade.svg86'
Campo Soccerball shade.svg89' (pen.)
Summary Soccerball shade.svg36' Rustemoski
Soccerball shade.svg38' Rustemoski
Soccerball shade.svg60' Rustemoski
Soccerball shade.svg69' (pen.) Tadić
Yellow card.svg 84' Mulaj
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lionel Tschudi
12 November 2020Mid-season Basel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 4–0 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Schaffhausen Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
14:00Chipperfield Soccerball shade.svg32'
Cabral Soccerball shade.svg36'
Kalulu Soccerball shade.svg38'
Vesco Soccerball shade.svg90'
Summary Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alessandro Dudic

Winter break

9 January 2021Winter break Basel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2–2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Thun Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
11:00 Frei Soccerball shade.svg7' (pen.)
van Wolfswinkel Soccerball shade.svg27'
FCB summary Soccerball shade.svg7' Karlen
Soccerball shade.svg24' Hefti
Yellow card.svg 81' Havenaar
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
13 January 2021Winter break Aarau Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 0–5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Basel Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
15:00 FCB summary Soccerball shade.svg18' (0:1) Frei
Soccerball shade.svg27' (0:2) Cabral
Soccerball shade.svg48' (0:3) van Wolfswinkel
Soccerball shade.svg80' (0:4) Zhegrova
Soccerball shade.svg89' (0:5) van Wolfswinkel
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg David Huwiler
Note: was due to be played in Stadion Brügglifeld in Aarau, but because of weather conditions the ground was swapped.
16 January 2021Winter break Basel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg P–P Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Chiasso Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
Summary
Note: canceled due to weather conditions
25 March 2021Winter break SC Freiburg Flag of Germany.svg 2–0 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Basel Schwarzwald-Stadion, Freiburg
14:00
FCB summary Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Competitions

Overview

CompetitionFirst matchLast matchStarting roundFinal positionRecord
PldWDLGFGAGDWin %
Swiss Super League 20 September 2020May 2021Matchday 1239683333+0039.13
Swiss Cup 17 February 2021Third roundThird round100126−4000.00
Europa League 17 September 20201 October 2020Second qualifying roundPlay-off round320166+0066.67
Total27116104145−4040.74

Last updated: 3 March 2021
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36158136053 +7539633521 +1462102532 −7

Last updated: 21 May 2021.
Source: FBref

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHA
ResultDLWLWWWWLDWLDWLWDWDLDLDLWLLWWDDWLWWL
Position522222222222224222222222222222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2021. Source: FBref
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

First half of season

On Monday 31 August 2020 the Swiss Football League (SFL) published the schedule for the Raiffeisen Super League 2020–21. 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 for all 36 rounds followed at the end of the year.

20 September 2020Round 1 Basel 2–2 Vaduz St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Cabral Soccerball shade.svg5'
Stocker Soccerball shade.svg38'
Fabian Frei Yellow card.svg 56'
FCB report Soccerball shade.svg29' Sutter
Yellow card.svg 39' Wieser
Yellow card.svg 40' Milinceanu
Soccerball shade.svg78' Milinceanu
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
27 September 2020Round 2 Servette 1–0 Basel Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:00 Cespedes Yellow card.svg 13'
Stevanović Yellow card.svg 51'
Schalk Soccerball shade.svg77' (pen.)
FCB report Yellow card.svg 7' Bunjaku
Red card.svg 30' van der Werff
Yellow card.svg 59' van Wolfswinkel
Yellow card.svg 61' Nikolić
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Luca Piccolo
4 October 2020Round 3 Basel 3–2 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Cabral Soccerball shade.svg11'
Zhegrova Yellow card.svg 21'
Zhegrova Soccerball shade.svg36'
Pululu Yellow card.svg 70'
Bunjaku Yellow card.svg 73'
Stocker Soccerball shade.svg77'
FCB report Yellow card.svg 15' Ndenge
Soccerball shade.svg34' Schaub
Yellow card.svg 35' Sidler
Yellow card.svg 42' Knezevic
Soccerball shade.svg58' Lucas
Yellow card.svg 60' Bürki
Yellow card.svg 70' Ugrinic
Attendance: 9,257
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
18 October 2020Round 4 Zürich P–P Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 FCB report
25 October 2020Round 5 Basel P–P Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 FCB report
1 November 2020Round 6 St. Gallen 1–3 Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:00 Duah Soccerball shade.svg13'
Quintillà Yellow card.svg 35'
Stillhart Yellow card.svg 63'
FCB report Soccerball shade.svg6'Yellow card.svg 19' Cabral
Soccerball shade.svg39' F. Frei
Soccerball shade.svg71' Kasami
Attendance: 50
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lukas Fähndrich
4 November 2020Round 4 Zürich 1–0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00Doumbia Yellow card.svg 21'
Marchesano Soccerball shade.svg46'
FCB report Yellow card.svg 21' van der Werff Attendance: 50
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
8 November 2020Round 7 Basel P–P Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 FCB report
21 November 2020Round 8 Young Boys 2–1 Basel Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
19:00 Sierro Yellow card.svg 21'
Nsame Soccerball shade.svg41'
Elia Soccerball shade.svg61'
FCB report Soccerball shade.svg22' (pen.) Cabral
Yellow card.svg 43' Pululu
Yellow card.svg 77' Cabral
Attendance: 50
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Note: Debut for Chiappetta
25 November 2020Round 5 Basel 2–1 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:15 Stocker Soccerball shade.svg41'
Kasami Yellow card.svg 66'
Padula Yellow card.svg 73'
Kasami Soccerball shade.svg76'
FCB report Yellow card.svg 15' Geissmann
Yellow card.svg 54' Zekhnini
Soccerball shade.svg90+2' Guessand
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Horisberger
29 November 2020Round 9 Lugano 1–0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:00 Gerndt Yellow card.svg 34'
Macek Yellow card.svg 39'
Guerrero Yellow card.svg 82'
Bottani Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
FCB report Yellow card.svg 25' Hajdari Attendance: 30
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)
5 December 2020Round 10 Basel 1–0 Servette St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Widmer Yellow card.svg 11'
Cabral Yellow card.svg 43'
Kasami Soccerball shade.svg51'
Klose Yellow card.svg 74'
Frei Yellow card.svg 79'
FCB report Yellow card.svg 19' Kyei
Yellow card.svg 42' Ondoua
Yellow card.svg 45+1' Sauthier
Yellow card.svg 79' Imeri
Yellow card.svg 85' Valls
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alessandro Dudic
9 December 2020Round 7 Basel 4–2 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:15
FCB report
Attendance: 15
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Urs Schnyder
12 December 2020Round 11 Vaduz 0–2 Basel Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
20:30
FCB report
Attendance: 5
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adrien Jaccottet
16 December 2020Round 12 Basel 0–2 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30
FCB report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sandro Schärer
19 December 2020Round 13 Basel 0–0 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30
FCB report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fedayi San
23 December 2020Round 14 Luzern 1–2 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
18:15
FCB report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Bieri
23 January 2021Round 15 Basel 1–4 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Arthur Cabral Soccerball shade.svg75' FCB report Cömert Soccerball shade.svg67' (o.g.)
Sobiech Soccerball shade.svg73'
Frei Soccerball shade.svg80' (o.g.)
Marchesano Soccerball shade.svg90+4' (pen.)
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sandro Schärer
28 January 2021Round 16 Sion 2–3 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30 Lacroix Yellow card.svg 44'
Karlen Soccerball shade.svg76', 82'
FCB report Klose Soccerball shade.svg16'
Kasami Soccerball shade.svg25'
van Wolfswinkel Soccerball shade.svg79'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
31 January 2021Round 17 Basel 2–2 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Cömert Yellow card.svg 71'
Cabral Soccerball shade.svg84'
Jasper van der Werff Soccerball shade.svg90'
FCB report Abubakar Soccerball shade.svg36'
Sabbatini Yellow card.svg 73'
Lungoyi Soccerball shade.svg87'
Baumann Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lionel Tschudi
4 February 2021Round 18 Lausanne-Sport 1–3 Basel Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
20:30 Nanizayamo Yellow card.svg 52'
Mahou Yellow card.svg 60'
Lukembila Soccerball shade.svg85'
FCB report Stocker Soccerball shade.svg16'
Marchand Yellow card.svg 19'
Cabral Soccerball shade.svg52', 69'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alessandro Dudic

Second half of season

7 February 2021Round 19 Basel 2–2 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Cabral Soccerball shade.svg33'
Kasami Soccerball shade.svg37'
Cömert Yellow card.svg 51'
Stocker Yellow card.svg 67'
Klose Yellow card.svg 81'
FCB report Iapichino Yellow card.svg 9'
Abdellaoui Yellow card.svg 27'
Uldriķis Yellow card.svg 40'
Clemenza Yellow card.svg 41' Yellow-red card.svg 83'
Wesley Soccerball shade.svg53'
Uldriķis Soccerball shade.svg57'
Fayulu Yellow card.svg 90+2'
Attendance: 5
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Schnyder
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
14 February 2021Round 20 Zürich 2–0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Aliti Yellow card.svg 17'
Marchesano Soccerball shade.svg26' (pen.)
Nathan Yellow card.svg 40'
Kramer Yellow card.svg 77'Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
report
Report
Frei Yellow card.svg 90+3'Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lukas Fähndrich
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
20 February 2021Round 21 Basel 0–0 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Cömert Red card.svg 20'
Frei Yellow card.svg 27'
Lindner Yellow card.svg 86'
FCB report
Report
Mahou Yellow card.svg 21'
Barès Yellow card.svg 58'
Bolingi Yellow card.svg 75'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fedayi San
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
27 February 2021Round 22 St. Gallen 3–1 Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 Stillhart Yellow card.svg 5'
Görtler Soccerball shade.svg35'
Duah Soccerball shade.svg70' (pen.)
Jordi Quintillà Soccerball shade.svg76'
Nuhu Yellow card.svg 90+2'
FCB report
Report
Gonçalo Cardoso Yellow card.svg 37'
Arthur Cabral Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sandro Schärer
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
3 March 2021Round 23 Basel 1–1 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Males Soccerball shade.svg20'
Klose Yellow card.svg 47'
FCB report Lauper Soccerball shade.svg26'
Aebischer Yellow card.svg 39'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fedayi San
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
6 March 2021Round 24 Servette 2–1 Basel Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30 Severin Yellow card.svg 39'
Kyei Soccerball shade.svg62'
Ondoua Soccerball shade.svg71'
FCB report Yellow card.svg 49' Cardoso
Soccerball shade.svg90+3' Cabral
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alessandro Dudic
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
13 March 2021Round 25 Basel 4–1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Petretta Soccerball shade.svg33'
Hunziker Yellow card.svg 72'
Frei Soccerball shade.svg74'
Zhegrova Soccerball shade.svg88'
Durrer Soccerball shade.svg90+5'
FCB report Soccerball shade.svg55'Yellow card.svg 38' Schaub
Yellow card.svg 83' Ndiaye
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fedayi San
Note: League debut for Andrin Hunziker
21 March 2021Round 26 Lugano 2–1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:00 Sabbatini Yellow card.svg 4'
Lovrić Yellow card.svg 15'Soccerball shade.svg60'
Lavanchy Yellow card.svg 71'
Bottani Soccerball shade.svg76'
FCB report Yellow card.svg 2' Widmer
Soccerball shade.svg22' Cabral
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Urs Schnyder
5 April 2021Round 27 Basel 1–2 Vaduz St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Frei Yellow card.svg 23'
Simani Soccerball shade.svg56' (o.g.)
Sene Yellow card.svg 83'
Widmer Yellow card.svg 90+2'
FCB report Yellow card.svg 23' Simani
Soccerball shade.svg37' Schmied
Soccerball shade.svg90+3' Schmid
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nikolaj Hänni
10 April 2021Round 28 Luzern 3–4 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30 Schaub Soccerball shade.svg3' (1:0)
Emini Yellow card.svg 22'
Ndiaye Soccerball shade.svg64' (2:3)
Schaub Soccerball shade.svg83' (3:3)
Yellow card.svg 90+2' Alabi
FCB report Soccerball shade.svg14' (1:1) Males
Soccerball shade.svg18' (1:2) Zhegrova
Soccerball shade.svg22' (1:3) Zhegrova
Yellow card.svg 61' Cabral
Yellow card.svg 68' Zuffi
Yellow card.svg 84' Frei
Yellow card.svg 84' Widmer
Soccerball shade.svg90+30' (3:4) Cabral
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fedayi San
18 April 2021Round 29 Basel 5–0 Servette St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Frei Soccerball shade.svg3' (pen.)
Kasami Soccerball shade.svg6'
van Wolfswinkel Soccerball shade.svg9'
Zhegrova Yellow card.svg 46'
Pululu Soccerball shade.svg86'
Pululu Soccerball shade.svg87'
FCB report Yellow card.svg 26' Diallo
Red card.svg 35' Sauthier
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
21 April 2021Round 30 Vaduz 1–1 Basel Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
20:30 Gajić Soccerball shade.svg83' (pen.) SFV summary
FCB report
Yellow card.svg 7' Zuffi
Yellow card.svg 19' Zhegrova
Yellow card.svg 44' Petretta
Soccerball shade.svg79' Kasami
Yellow card.svg 86' Frei
Attendance: 25
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lukas Fähndrich
24 April 2021Round 31 Lausanne-Sport 3–3 Basel Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
20:30 Mahou Soccerball shade.svg10'
Kukuruzović Soccerball shade.svg29'
Loosli Yellow card.svg 31'
Puertas Yellow card.svg 38'
Boranijašević Soccerball shade.svg82'
Thomas Yellow card.svg 89'
FCB report Soccerball shade.svg32' Cabral
Soccerball shade.svg76' Cabral
Yellow card.svg 79' Widmer
Yellow card.svg 80' Stocker
Soccerball shade.svg85' Stocker
Attendance: 100
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Horisberger
1 May 2021Round 32 Basel 1–0 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Cabral Yellow card.svg 45'
Frei Yellow card.svg 45'
Cabral Soccerball shade.svg67'
FCB report Attendance: 100
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sandro Schärer
8 May 2021Round 33 Young Boys 2–0 Basel Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 Camara Yellow card.svg 13'
Fassnacht Soccerball shade.svg71' Martins Soccerball shade.svg72'
FCB report Yellow card.svg 87' Van Wolfswinkel Attendance: 100
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lionel Tschudi
11 May 2021Round 34 Basel 2–0 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Kasami Soccerball shade.svg19'
Stocker Soccerball shade.svg24'
Cömert Yellow card.svg 36'
Abrashi Yellow card.svg 70'
Klose Yellow card.svg 72'
FCB report Yellow card.svg 77' Jacobacci Attendance: 100
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lionel Tschudi
15 May 2021Round 35 Basel 4–0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Petretta Soccerball shade.svg21'
Zhegrova Soccerball shade.svg30'
Kasami Soccerball shade.svg63'
Petretta Soccerball shade.svg77'
Cabral Yellow card.svg 86'
FCB report Red card.svg 4' Nathan
Yellow card.svg 40' Schönbächler
Yellow card.svg 40' Domgjoni
Yellow card.svg 71' Kramer
Attendance: 100
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
21 May 2021Round 36 Sion 4–0 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30
FCB report
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Bieri

Final league table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C)3625927429+4584Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Basel 36158136053+753Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Servette 361481445561150
4 Lugano 361213114042249
5 Luzern 361210146259+346Qualification 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. [50]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 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 three rounds. All teams in the Super League were granted a bye in the first round and all teams engaged in UEFA competitions received a bye in the second round as well. Therefore, Basel enter the competition in the third round.

17 February 2021Round 3 Winterthur 6–2 Basel Basel
17:30
FCB report
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Léonce Lionel Tschudi
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

UEFA Europa League

17 September 2020Second qualifying round Osijek Flag of Croatia.svg 1–2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Basel Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia
20:45
FCB report
UEFA summary
Attendance: 0
Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain)
24 September 2020Third qualifying round Basel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 3–2 Flag of Cyprus.svg Anorthosis St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30
FCB report
UEFA summary
Attendance: 0
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
1 October 2020Play-off round Basel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1–3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg CSKA Sofia St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30
FCB report
UEFA summary
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

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