2024–25 FC Basel season
2024–25 season | |||
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Owner | FCB Holding David Degen | ||
Club president | Reto Baumgartner | ||
Head coach | Fabio Celestini | ||
Ground | St. Jakob-Park | ||
Swiss Super League | tbd | ||
Swiss Cup | tbd | ||
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← 2023–24 2025–26 → |
The 2024–25 season is FC Basel's 131st season in their existence and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2024–25 Swiss Super League season starts on 20 July 2024 and ends on 24 May 2025. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participate in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, starting in the third round. This will be the club's first season since 25 years that they will not compete in any European competition, as since their 1999–2000 season they always had always qualified for an UEFA competition.
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 FC Basel 1893 club 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 first team, the women's first 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 6 May 2024 the AGM 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
Basel is the only professional club in Switzerland where the position of holding company's president and the club's president is not the same person. The club AGM also took place on 6 May 2024. With the exception of Dominik Donzé, who left the board of directors voluntarily, the entire board was re-elected with large majorities. These being Reto Baumgartner (club president), Carol Etter, Edward Turner and Tobias Adler. Donzé has held various positions on the FCB board since 2009. Two new members were also voted into the board of directors.[1]
The board of directors of the club are:
Club chairman | ![]() |
Director | ![]() |
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Ground (capacity and dimensions) | St. Jakob-Park (37,994)[2] (36,000 for international matches)[3] / (120x80 m) |
Updated to match played 6 May 2024
Source: FCB Official Site
Team management
During the previous season the position of the FCB sport director had been left vacant following the dismissal of Heiko Vogel on 31 October 2023. On 15 May 2024 FCB announced that Daniel Stucki had been appointed as new sports director.[4]
During May Fabio Celestini signed a new two-year contract as head coach and on 31 May 2024 they announced their training staff for the coming season:[5]
Position | Staff |
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Sport director | ![]() from 15 May 2024 |
Head coach | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() |
Athletics coach | ![]() |
Athletics coach | ![]() |
Goalkeeper coach | ![]() |
Youth Team U-21 coach | ![]() |
Youth Team U-21 co-coach | ![]() |
Youth Team U-21 co-coach | ![]() |
Source: FCB official site
Overview
Off and pre-season
On 31 May 2024 Basel announced that they had reached an agreement with Hellas Verona for the permanent acquisition of Kevin Rüegg. The 25-year-old full-back, who had joined FCB on loan in September 2023 had signed a three-year contract with the club, dated until the summer of 2027.[6] Further on 21 June the club announced that they had signed the French professional footballer Léo Leroy from Ligue 1 club Montpellier.[7]
On 7 June FCB announced that they had loaned Đorđe Jovanović to FK Partizan for the coming season.[8]
On 7 June Basel announced that Sergio López did not prolong his contract with them and that he had moved to SV Darmstadt 98.[9]
On 22 June it was announced that Maurice Malone had been loaned to FK Austria Wien.[10]
On 28 and 29 June the club announced that they prolonged the contracts of two of their youth players until summer 2027, these were Adriano Onyegbule[11] and Arlet Junior Zé.[12] They also extended their contract with Andrin Hunziker until summer 2027 but loaned him out to Karlsruher SC, so as he could gain more playing experience.[13]
On 12 July 2024 the club announced that they load Dion Kacuri out to Yverdon-Sport until the end of the season, so as the player could gain more playing time at top-level Swiss football.[14]
The club announced on Friday 12 July that Renato Veiga had signed a contract with Chelsea.[15] At the same time Chelsea confirmed that Veiga had signed a seven-year contract at Stamford Bridge, the contract includes a further one-year option.[16][17]
On 25 July 2024 Basel announced that by mutual agreement, Michael Lang and the club had terminated their contract.[18] It therefore turned out, that the last match of their 2023–24 season against Yverdon-Sport, which ended in a goalless draw on 21 May 2024, had been his last competition game with the team.[19] Between the years 2015 to 2018 and again from 2021 to 2024, Lang played a total of 263 games for Basel scoring a total of 36 goals. 151 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 14 in the Swiss Cup, 56 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League) and 42 were friendly games. He scored 21 goals in the domestic league, 6 in the cup, 8 in the European games and the other was scored during the test games.[20]
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 2023, 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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Players out on loan
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 2024
- 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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Results and fixtures
Kickoff times are in CET.
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Pre-season
![Switzerland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png)
![Germany](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png)
5 July 2024 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Silberstadt Arena, Schwaz, Austria |
15:00 | Beney ![]() Adjetey ![]() | FCB report | ![]() | Attendance: 350 Referee: ![]() |
Note: The game kicked off 20 minutes late because FCB coach was delayed by a traffic jam on the way to the venue. Due to the delay and the high temperatures, the teams played only twice 40 minutes. |
![Switzerland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png)
![Poland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png)
6 July 2024 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Arena Jenbach, Jenbach, Austria |
15:00 | Fink ![]() Kololli ![]() | FCB report | ![]() | Attendance: 255 Referee: ![]() |
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards |
![Switzerland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png)
![Switzerland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png)
10 July 2024 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
16:00 | Barry ![]() Beney ![]() Ajeti ![]() Kayombo ![]() | FCB report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Hüseyin Sanli ![]() | |
Note: Played behind closed doors. Fair game, no yellow cards |
![Switzerland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png)
![Germany](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png)
13 July 2024 Round | Basel ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
15:00 | ![]() | Summary | ![]() | Attendance: 4,200 Referee: ![]() |
Swiss Super League
The 2024–25 Super League season was the 128th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland. The Swiss Football League (SFL) drew and published the fixtures of the first 22 rounds on 18 June 2024.
First and second round
21 July 2024 Round 1 | Lausanne-Sport | v | Basel | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne |
16:30 |
3 August 2024 Round 3 | Grasshopper Club | v | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
18:00 |
6 October 2024 Round 9 | Basel | v | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 |
20 October 2024 Round 10 | Basel | v | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 |
26 October 2024 Round 11 | Winterthur | v | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
18:00 |
29/30/31 October 2024 Round 12 | Young Boys | v | Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
tbd |
2/3 November 2024 Round 13 | Basel | v | Winterthur | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
tbd |
9/10 November 2024 Round 14 | Yverdon-Sport | v | Basel | Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains |
tbd |
30 Nov/1 Dec 2024 Round 16 | Basel | v | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
tbd |
7/8 December 2024 Round 17 | St. Gallen | v | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
tbd |
14/15 December 2024 Round 18 | Basel | v | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
tbd |
Third round
The fixtures and dates for the third round will be announced at a later date
Swiss Cup
The fixtues and dates of the first round were drawn in June 2024
16/17/18 August 2024 Round 1 | FC Subingen | v | Basel | Sportplatz Affoltern, Subingen |
tbd |
See also
References
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (6 May 2024). "130 ordentliche Mitgliederversammlung 2024". Annual General Meeting 2024. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
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- ^ FC Basel 1893 (2023). "St. Jakob-Park" (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (15 May 2024). "Daniel Stucki neuer FCB Sportdirektor" [Daniel Stucki new FCB sports director] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (31 May 2024). "Der FCB-Trainerstaff wird teilweise neu aufgestellt" [The FCB coaching staff will be partially reorganized] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (31 May 2024). "Dreijahresvertrag: Kevin Rüegg bleibt beim FCB" [Three-year contract: Kevin Rüegg stays at FCB] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (21 June 2024). "Der FCB verpflichtet Léo Leroy" [FCB signs Léo Leroy] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (7 June 2024). "Đorđe Jovanović leihweise zu Partizan" [Đorđe Jovanović loan to Partizan] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (7 June 2024). "Sergio López wechselt nach Darmstadt" [Sergio López moves to Darmstadt] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (22 June 2024). "Maurice Malone leihweise zu Austria Wien" [Maurice Malone loaned out to Austria Wien] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (28 June 2024). "Adriano Onyegbule mit neuem Vertrag bis 2027" [Adriano Onyegbule with new contract until 2027] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (29 June 2024). "Der FCB verlängert den Vertrag von Arlet Junior Zé bis 2027" [FCB extends Arlet Junior Zé's contract until 2027] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (28 June 2024). "Hunziker verlängert bis 2027 und wechselt leihweise zum KSC" [Hunziker extends until 2027 and moves to KSC on loan] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (12 July 2024). "Dion Kacuri wechselt leihweise zu Yverdon Sport" [Dion Kacuri moves to Yverdon Sport on loan] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (12 July 2024). "Renato Veiga unterschreibt beim FC Chelsea" [Renato Veiga signs for Chelsea FC] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Chelsea Football Club (12 July 2024). "Renato Veiga completes Chelsea transfer". www.chelseafc.com. Chelsea Football Club internet site. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ Rampling, Ali (12 July 2024). "Chelsea confirm Veiga signing from Basel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (2024-07-25). "Im gegenseitigen Einvernehmen: Vertragsauflösung mit Michael Lang" [By mutual agreement: termination of contract with Michael Lang] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (2024-05-21). "FC Basel - Yverdon-Sport FC 0:0 (0:0)". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2024). "FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "FC Basel 1893 Signs Marin Soticek" (in German). FC Basel 1893. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
Sources
- FCB squad 2024–25 at fcb-archiv.ch
- Switzerland 2024–25 at RSSSF
External links
- Official website
- Homepage Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv"
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