2004–05 FC Basel season

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FC Basel
2004–05 season
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ChairmanSwitzerland Werner Edelmann
ManagerSwitzerland Christian Gross
Swiss Super LeagueChampions
Swiss CupRound 3
Champions Leaguethird qualifying round
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerChristian Giménez (27)
Highest home attendance31,383 vs
Switzerland Thun
(07.05.2005)
Lowest home attendance19,212 vs
Switzerland Schaffhausen
(16.03.2005)
15,895 vs
Russia Terek Grozny
(16.03.2005)

The 2004–05 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 112th in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. FC Basel started the season of with various warm-up matches. These included teams from the Swiss lower league as well as teams from Liechtenstein, France and Germany. The FC Basel aims for the 2004–05 season were to defend their league title, to win the cup and as well as to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Overview[]

As reigning champions Basel were favourites to retain their title and as Swiss champions, they entered the UEFA Champions League in third qualifying round. Basel's biggest signing in advance of the 2004–05 season was Kléber from Hannover 96. But in the other direction the Cameroonian international Timothée Atouba and Swiss international Mario Cantaluppi left the club. During the winter break they signed Patrick Müller from Mallorca.

The Campaign[]

Domestic League[]

The Swiss Football Association (ASF-SFV) had changed the format of the domestic league the previous season and this format called Swiss Super League remains unaltered this season. There were ten teams competing in the top tier 2004–05 Swiss Super League. The teams played a double round-robin in the first half of the season and then another double round-robin in the second half. There were three points for a victory and one each for a draw. The champions and runners-up would enter the qualifying rounds of the [2005–06 Champions League, the third placed team would enter the UEFA Cup second qualifying round. The bottom placed team would be relegated, the second last team would play a play-off against relegation.

Basel's priority aim for the season was to win the championship for the second time in a row. The season started somewhat difficult, of the first four home matches only two were won. Nevertheless, Basel moved to the top of the league table. During September the team lost two away games in a row, but despite this they led the league table by seven points by the winter break.

The league was originally contested by ten teams. On 4 February 2005 the parent company of Servette FC was declared bankrupt. As a consequence of the bankruptcy Servette FC had their license revoked. The eighteen results from the team's first half of the season remained in the league table. The club's second half matches were cancelled entirely and so the second half of the season was competed with only nine clubs.

Basel completed all the season's seventeen home ties undefeated, winning thirteen and drawing four. The highest home attendance being 31,383 in the 4–1 win against their title rivals Thun on 7 May 2005. Just four days later Basel secured the championship in their third last round of the season. At the end of the season they completed their championship aim, winning the title ten points clear of Thun, who were their closest rivals. Servette were subsequently demoted to the Second Tier. Schaffhausen played the play-off against relegation and were able to remain in the top flight.[1]

One of the season's highlights for the team, was the 8–1 home win on 12 September against Grasshoppers in which Giménez scored four goals. Matías Delgado, Mladen Petrić, Djamel Mesbah and César Carignano each netted once.[2] On 20 April Giménez also scored for goals in the away game against Aarau as Basel won 5–0. He also managed at hat-trick on 4 May as Basel won 5–0 in the away game against Xamax. Giménez was the teams and the leagues top goal scorer with 27 goals. Matías Delgado was the teams second top scorer with 11 league goals. César Carignano scored seven and Julio Hernán Rossi scored six.[3]

Domestic Cup[]

Basel's clear aim for the Swiss Cup was to win it. In the first two rounds of the 2004–05 Swiss Cup Basel were drawn away games against lower league teams. In the third round they were drawn away against Thun, but lost 5–4 after penalties. Thus Basel missed their aim.[4] The Cup final was played on 16 May 2005 and Zürich beat Luzern to win the trophy.[5]

Europe[]

Because Basel entered the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round their aim was to reach the group stage. However they were drawn against Internazionale and lost 5–2 on aggregate and were subsequently dropped into the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.[6]

In the First Round of the UEFA Cup Basel defeated the Russian side FC Terek Grozny 3–1 on aggregate. In the Group Stage they faced considerably tougher opponents, being drawn in Group E with Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Schalke 04, Ferencvárosi TC and Heart of Midlothian. They drew 1–1 away to Schalke, but were defeated 2–1 at home by Hearts. In the away tie at the Stadium Puskás Ferenc they beat Ferencváros 2–1 and finally winning 1–0 at home against Feyenoord. They finished third in the group on seven points and qualified for the Round of 32 where they were defeated 2–0 on aggregate by Lille OSC. Despite this defeat, the aim for this campaign could be considered as achieved. CSKA Moscow won the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.[7]

Club[]

The Management[]

Position Staff
Manager Switzerland Christian Gross
Assistant manager Switzerland Fritz Schmid
Fitness Coach Switzerland Thomas Grüter
Fitness Coach Switzerland Romain Crevoisier
Youth Team Coach Switzerland Heinz Hermann
Youth Team Co-Coach Switzerland Stefano Ceccaroni
Switzerland Sandro Kamber

Last updated: June 2004
Source:[citation needed]

Kit[]

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Novartis

Home
Away

Source: [1]

Other information[]

Chairman Switzerland Mr
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (33,433 / 120x80 m)

Source: Homepage FCB

Players[]

First team squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland  SUI Pascal Zuberbühler
3 DF Switzerland  SUI Samuele Preisig (on loan to Concordia Basel)
4 DF Switzerland  SUI Alexandre Quennoz
5 DF Switzerland  SUI Marco Zwyssig
6 MF Switzerland  SUI Benjamin Huggel
7 FW Croatia CRO Mladen Petrić
8 MF Australia AUS Mile Sterjovski
9 FW Argentina ARG César Carignano
11 MF Australia AUS Scott Chipperfield
12 MF Switzerland  SUI Sébastien Barberis
13 FW Argentina ARG Christian Eduardo Giménez
14 MF Algeria ALG Djamel Mesbah
15 DF Switzerland  SUI Murat Yakin
16 DF Switzerland  SUI Patrick Müller
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Switzerland  SUI Mario Cantaluppi
18 GK Switzerland  SUI Eric Rapo
19 DF Brazil BRA Kléber
20 MF Argentina ARG Matías Emilio Delgado
21 MF Switzerland  SUI David Degen
22 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Ivan Ergić
23 DF Switzerland  SUI Philipp Degen
24 DF Cameroon CMR Timothée Atouba
29 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Damir Džombić
30 DF Switzerland  SUI Boris Smiljanić
32 DF Switzerland  SUI Reto Zanni
33 FW Argentina ARG Julio Hernán Rossi
35 GK Austria AUT Thomas Mandl
— MF Switzerland  SUI Baykal Kulaksızoğlu

Transfers Summer 2004[]

In[]

9 FW Argentina ARG César Carignano (from Colón de Santa Fe)[8]
8 MF Australia AUS Mile Sterjovski (from Lille)[9]
1 GK Austria AUT Thomas Mandl (from Austria Vienna)[10]
19 DF Brazil BRA Kléber (from Hannover 96)[10]
14 DF Algeria ALG Djamel Mesbah (from Servette)[11]

Out[]

— FW Cameroon CMR Hervé Tum (to FC Metz – n/a)[12]
— DF Cameroon CMR Timothée Atouba (to Tottenham Hotspurs – n/a)[13]
17 MF Switzerland  SUI Mario Cantaluppi (to 1. FC Nürnberg – n/a)[14]
— FW Argentina ARG Francisco Gabriel Guerrero (back to FC Zürich – end of loan)[9]
9 FW Switzerland  SUI Marco Streller (to VfB Stuttgart – n/a)

Transfers Winter 2004–05[]

In[]

16 DF Switzerland  SUI Patrick Müller (from Mallorca)[15]
32 DF Switzerland  SUI Reto Zanni (from Thun)[16]
— MF Switzerland  SUI Baykal Kulaksızoğlu (from Thun)[17]

Out[]

3 DF Switzerland  SUI Samuele Preisig (on loan to Concordia Basel)
18 GK Switzerland  SUI Eric Rapo (to Stade Nyonnais – n/a)[18]

Results and fixtures[]

Friendlies[]

Pre-season/First Half Season friendlies[]

22 June 2004 Pre-season friendly Celerina Auswahl Switzerland 0 – 11 Switzerland Basel San Gian, Celerina
17:30 Summary Goal 10' (0:1) Preisig
Goal 14' (0:2) Chipperfield
Goal 21' (0:3) Delgado
Goal 31' (0:4) Delgado
Goal 32' (0:5) Giménez
Goal 35' (0:6) Rossi
Goal 40' (0:7) Delgado
Goal 45' (0:8) Chipperfield
Goal 52' (0:9) Carignano
Goal 76' (0:10) Carignano
Goal 87' (0:11) Petrić		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Switzerland Bognar (Chur)
26 June 2004 Pre-season friendly Vaduz Liechtenstein 0 – 2 Switzerland Basel Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers
15:00 Summary Goal 15' (0:1) D. Degen
Goal 57' (0:2) Giménez		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Breker
13 July 2004 Pre-season friendly Basel Switzerland 1 – 4 France Sochaux Près Dom, Alle
18:45 Carignano Goal 82' (1:4) Summary Goal 45' (0:1) Santos
Goal 49' (o.g. 0:2) Quennoz
Goal 62' (0:3) de Carvalho
Goal 81' (0:4) de Carvalho		 Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
20 July 2004 Friendly Basel Switzerland 3 – 3 Germany Werder Bremen Sportpark Bergholz, Wil
19:30 Carignano Goal 56' (1:3)
Rossi Goal 73' (2:3)
Rossi Goal 82' (2:4)		 Summary Goal 36' (0:1) Klasnić
Goal 45' (0:2) Klose
Goal 50' (0:3) Borowski		 Attendance: 4,450
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
27 July 2004 Friendly Regio-Auswahl Switzerland 2 – 8 Switzerland Basel Buschweilerhof, Basel
19:00 Eng Goal 33' (1:4)
Leganyi Goal 42' (2:4)		 Summary Goal 17' (0:1) Delgado
Goal 19' (0:2) Carignano
Goal 26' (0:3) D. Degen
Goal 31' (0:4) Carignano
Goal 43' (pen. 2:5) Carignano
Goal 49' (2:6) Carignano
Goal 80' (2:7) Rossi
Goal 89' (2:8) Carignano		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland von Känel
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
31 August 2004 Friendly Wohlen Switzerland 0 – 7 Switzerland Basel Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen
19:00 Summary Goal 1' (0:1) Petrić
Goal 3' (0:2) D. Degen
Goal 9' (0:3) Petrić
Goal 46' (0:4) D. Degen
Goal 48' (0:5) Petrić
Goal 76' (0:6) Carignano
Goal 90' (0:7) Delgado		 Attendance: 3,085
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
12 October 2004 Friendly Nordstern Switzerland 0 – 8 Switzerland Basel Stadion Rankhof, Basel
19:00 Summary Goal 3' (0:1) Petrić
Goal 7' (0:2) Rossi
Goal 13' (0:3) Giménez
Goal 20' (0:4) Petrić
Goal 39' (0:5) D. Degen
Goal 57' (0:6) Rossi
Goal 68' (0:7) Delgado
Goal 89' (0:8) Rossi		 Attendance: 850
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta

Sempione Cup[]

The Sempione Cup was a club football tournament played in summer at Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal, during the years 1987 to 2004.[19]

29 June 2004 Sempionecup
Round 1		 Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal
20:00 Petrić Goal 67' (1:1) Summary Yellow card 26' Shashiashvili
Yellow card 33' Silagadze
Yellow card 45' Kashia
Goal 66' (0:1) Kvirkvelia
Goal 70' (1:2) Akhalaia
Yellow card 72' Akhalaia		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
3 July 2004 Sempionecup
Round 2		 Basel Switzerland 3 – 3 Romania Dinamo București Sportanlage Moos, Balsthal
19:00 Giménez Goal 33' (1:1)
Giménez Goal 46' (2:1)
Smiljanić Goal 63' (3:1)
D. Degen Yellow card 65'
Delgado Yellow card 84'		 Summary Goal 11' Dănciulescu
Goal 66' (3:2) Niculescu
Yellow card 76' Ciubotariu
Yellow card 80' Dănciulescu
Goal 85' (3:3) Niculescu		 Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber

Uhrencup[]

The Uhrencup is a club football tournament, held annually in Grenchen.

7 July 2004 Uhrencup
Round 1		 Basel Switzerland 0 – 3 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:00 Rossi Yellow card 19' Summary Goal 35' (0:1) Amanatidis
Goal 51' (0:2) Amanatidis
Yellow card 65' Mikić
Goal 76' Teber		 Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Switzerland
9 July 2004 Uhrencup
Round 2		 Basel Switzerland 3 – 0 Germany Schalke 04 Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
20:30 P. Degen Yellow card 19'
Giménez Goal 33'
Smiljanić Goal 49'
Delgado Goal 55'
Kléber Yellow card 86'		 Summary Yellow card 20' Aílton
Yellow card 34' Asamoah
Yellow card 11' Yellow-red card 83' Krstajić		 Attendance: 8,123
Referee: Switzerland

Winter break and mid-season friendlies[]

11 January 2005 First trainings camp Basel Switzerland 4 – 1 Germany Hamburger SV Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
16:00 Giménez Goal 6' (1:0)
Giménez Goal 30' (pen. 2:1)
Carignano Goal 46' (3:1)
P. Degen Goal 68' (4:1)		 Summary Goal 26' (1:1) Reinhardt
Yellow card 54' Laas
Yellow card 77' Brečko		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Spain Pedro Zamora Romero (Murcia).
13 January 2005 First trainings camp Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Sportplatz La Manga, La Manga
Müller Goal 59' (1:1)
D. Degen Goal 62' (2:1)		 Summary Goal 34' (0:1) Topićt
Yellow card 49' Franz
Goal 64' (2:2) Rytter		 Attendance: 200
Referee: Spain Antonio Cerezuela Caravaca (Murcia).
19 January 2005 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Concordia St. Jakob-Areal, Basel
15:00 Carignano Goal 45' (1:0)
Rossi Goal 75' (2:0)		 Summary Penalty missed 16′ N'Tiamoah Attendance: 400
Referee: Switzerland Salm
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
22 January 2005 Winter break Basel Switzerland 4 – 1 Switzerland Wil St. Jakob-Areal, Basel
13:30 Kléber Goal 38' (1:0)
P. Degen Goal 52' (2:0)
Carignano Goal 68' (3:0)
Carignano Goal 73' (4:0)		 Summary Goal 85' (pen. 4:1) Burki Attendance: 1'200
Referee: Switzerland Binggeli
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
25 January 2005 Trainings camp Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Serbia Partizan Belgrade Arcadia, Belek (Turkey)
Chipperfield Goal 42' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 44' Nađ Attendance: 20
Referee: Turkey Cihan Burgan, (Antalya)
28 January 2005 Trainings camp Basel Switzerland 2 – 4 Russia Torpedo Moscow Gloria Verde, Belek (Turkey)
14:00 Delgado Yellow card 25'
Huggel Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 56'
Rossi Goal 70' (1:3)
Sterjovski Goal 77' (2:3)		 Summary Goal 8' (0:1) Panow
Goal 48' (0:2) Semshov
Yellow card 53' Zirjanow
Yellow card 54' Semshov
Goal 68' (0:3) Semshov
Goal 83' (2:4) Panow		 Attendance: 50
Referee: Russia Sergej Talagajaw, (Moscow)
4 February 2005 Winter break Yverdon-Sport Switzerland 0 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
18:30 Summary Goal 17' (0:1) Rossi
Yellow card 37' Zwyssig
Goal 85' (0:2) Ergić		 Attendance: 1'480
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
8 February 2005 Winter break Basel Switzerland 0 – 1 Switzerland SC Kriens Leichtathletikstadion St. Jakob, Basel
19:00 Summary Goal 7' (0:1) Marini Attendance: 350
Referee: Switzerland Daniel Wermelinger
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
12 February 2005 Winter break Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Czech Republic Sparta Prague Stadion Rankhof, Basel
14:30 Rossi Goal 22' (1:0)
Carignano Goal 61' (2:1)		 Summary Goal 44' (1:1) Jun
Goal 70' (2:2) Kováč		 Attendance: 940
Referee: Switzerland Claudio Circhetta
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards. Corners: 6:6 (4:2).
26 February 2005 Mid-season Basel Switzerland 11 – 0 Switzerland FC Liestal St. Jakob-Areal, Basel
13:30 Carignano Goal 7' (1:0)
Sébastien Barberis Goal 25' (2:0)
Rossi Goal 40' (3:0)
Carignano Goal 44' (4:0)
Sébastien Barberis Goal 53' (5:0)
Ergić Goal 64' (6:0)
Giménez Goal 70' (7:0)
Delgado Goal 73' (8:0)
Giménez Goal 75' (9:0)
Giménez Goal 84' (10:0)
Giménez Goal 88' (11:0)		 Summary Attendance: 250
Referee: Switzerland Johan
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards.
5 April 2005 Mid-season Wohlen Switzerland 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Niedermatten, Wohlen
18:00 Berisha Goal 56' (1:1) Summary Goal 36' (0:1) Giménez
Goal 84' (1:2) Delgado		 Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
17 May 2005 Mid-season Solothurn Switzerland 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel Stadion FC Solothurn, Solothurn
19:30 Koch Goal 87' (1:5) Summary Goal 3' (pen. 0:1) Giménez
Goal 22' (0:2) Giménez
Goal 23' (0:3) Delgado
Goal 33' (0:4) D. Degen
Goal 58' (0:5) Rossi		 Attendance: 2'450
Referee: Switzerland Markus von Känel

Swiss Super League[]

Main article: 2004–05 Swiss Super League

First half of season[]

The Swiss Super League season was originally contested by ten teams.

17 July 2004 Round 1 Basel 6 – 0 Aarau St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Yakin Goal 17' (pen. 1:0)
Smiljanić Goal 38' (2:0)
Giménez Goal 45' (3:0)
Chipperfield Yellow card 46'
Cantaluppi Goal 53' (pen. 4:0)
Moretto Goal 61' (o.g. 5:0)
P. Degen Yellow card 67'
Chipperfield Goal 74' (6:0)		 Summary Yellow card 25' Yellow-red card 33' Christ
Yellow card 90' Tcheuchoua		 Attendance: 24,430
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
23 July 2004 Round 2 Basel 1 – 1 Neuchâtel Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Chipperfield Yellow card 11'
Smiljanić Goal 21' (1:0)		 Summary Yellow card 28' Soufiani
Yellow card 49' Cordonnier
Yellow card 55' Sébastien Zambaz
Goal 80' (1:1) Margairaz		 Attendance: 23,515
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
30 July 2004 Round 3 Servette 1 – 2 Basel La Praille, Lancy, Canton of Geneva,
20:00 Kader Goal 41' (1:1)
Alicarte Yellow card 90'		 Summary Goal 8' (0:1) Chipperfield
Goal 42' (1:2) Delgado
Yellow card 44' D. Degen
Yellow card 89' Rossi
Yellow card 90' Huggel		 Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Switzerland Reto Rutz
6 August 2004 Round 4 Basel 2 – 1 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Giménez Goal 16' (1:0)
DelgadoYellow card 27'
Chipperfield Goal 48' (2:0)
Cantaluppi Yellow card 85'		 Summary Yellow card 43'Nef
Goal 75' (2:1) Petrosyan		 Attendance: 27,835
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)
15 August 2004 Round 5 Young Boys 1 – 1 Basel Stadion Neufeld, Bern
16:15 Urdaneta Yellow card 23'
Chapuisat Goal 23' (0:1)
Rochat Yellow card 60'
Magnin Yellow card 76'		 Summary Yellow card 26' Rossi
Yellow card 51' Huggel
Goal 48' (1:1) Carignano
Yellow card 68' P. Degen		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
20 August 2004 Round 6 Basel 1 – 1 Schaffhausen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Cantaluppi Yellow card 49'
Giménez Goal 66' (1:0)		 Summary Yellow card 41' Pesenti
Yellow card 65'Sereinig
Goal 75' (1:1) Bunjaku		 Attendance: 23,590
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
29 August 2004 Round 7 St. Gallen 0 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
16:15 Zellweger Yellow card 39' Summary Yellow card 25' Yakin
Yellow card 36' Huggel
Goal 62' (0:1) Giménez
Yellow card 79' P. Degen		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Switzerland
12 September 2004 Round 8 Basel 8 – 1 Grasshoppers St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:15 Delgado Goal 21' (1:0)
Giménez Goal 32' (2:0)
Chipperfield Yellow card 34'
Petrić Goal 36' (3:0)
Giménez Goal 42' (4:0)
Giménez Goal 45' (5:0)
Giménez Goal 57' (6:0)
Mesbah Goal 86' (7:1)
Carignano Goal 89' (8:1)		 Summary Yellow card 24' Jaggy
Goal 73' (6:1) Rogério
Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 87' Cabanas		 Attendance: 27,816
Referee: Switzerland
22 September 2004 Round 9 Thun 4 – 1 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
19:30 Gerber Goal 31' (1:1)
Deumi Yellow card 31'
Gerber Goal 46' (2:1)
Cerrone Yellow card 58'
Raimondi Goal 66' (3:1)
Lustrinelli Goal 87' (4:1)		 Summary Goal 23' (0:1) Petrić
Yellow card 80' P. Degen		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier
25 September 2004 Round 10 Aarau 1 – 0 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30 Varela Goal 6' (1:0) Yellow card 68'
Opango Yellow card 70'		 Summary Yellow card 15' Degen
Yellow card 35' Kléber		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Switzerland Carlos Bertolini
3 October 2004 Round 11 Neuchâtel Xamax 1 – 2 Basel Centre Sportif de la Charrière,
La Chaux-de-Fonds
14:30 Oppliger Yellow card 47'
M'Futi Goal 71' (1:2)		 Summary Goal 33' (0:1) Yakin
Goal 51' (0:2) Petrić
Yellow card 47' Smiljanić		 Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
16 October 2004 Round 12 Basel 2 – 1 Servette St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Giménez Goal 40' (1:1)
Petrić Goal 59' (2:1)		 Summary Goal 16' (0:1) Joao Paolo
Yellow card 27' Joao Paolo		 Attendance: 24,754
Referee: Switzerland Philippe Leuba
31 October 2004 Round 13 Zürich 0 – 0 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:15 Tararache Yellow card 28'
Petrosyan Yellow card 90+1'
Cesar Yellow card 90+2'		 Summary Yellow card 60' Giménez
Red card 88' Chipperfield
Yellow card 90+2' Degen		 Attendance: 19,200 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Wildhaber
7 November 2004 Round 14 Basel 2 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Sterjovski Goal 12' (1:0)
Giménez Goal 52' (pen. 2:1)		 Summary Goal 32' (1:1) Neri
Yellow card 27' Rochat
Red card 90+2' Friedli		 Attendance: 26,860
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
14 November 2004 Round 15 Schaffhausen 1 – 0 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
16:15 D. Degen Goal 68' (o.g. 1:0)
Bunjaku Yellow card 69'		 Summary Yellow card 76' Smiljanić
Yellow card 87' Delgado
Yellow card 89' Rossi		 Attendance: 7,250
Referee: Switzerland Cyril Zimmermann
28 November 2004 Round 16 Basel 1 – 0 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:15 Carignano Goal 22' (1:0) Summary Yellow card 6' Fábio
Yellow card 27' Obradović
Yellow card 46' Zellweger
Yellow card 55' Alex
Yellow card 57' Akwuegbu		 Attendance: 20,397
Referee: Austria Gerald Lehner, Austria
5 December 2004 Round 17 Grasshoppers 2 – 3 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
16:15 Spycher Yellow card 15'
Muff Goal 48' (1:3)
Muff Yellow card 50'
Núñez Goal 56' (2:3)
Chihab Yellow card 82'
Cabanas Yellow card 88'		 Summary Goal 16' (0:1) Chipperfield
Goal 20' (0:2) Giménez
Yellow card 39' P. Degen
Goal 41' (0:3) Huggel
Yellow card 42' Chipperfield
Yellow card 50' Zwyssig
Red card 53' Giménez
Yellow card 77' Kléber
Yellow card 85' Zuberbühler		 Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
11 December 2004 Round 18 Basel 3 – 3 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Delgado Goal 7' (1:1)
Carignano Goal 22' (2:1)
Rossi Goal 38' (3:1)		 Summary Goal 5' (0:1) Gerber
Yellow card 28' Cerrone
Yellow card 28' Deumi
Goal 62' (3:2) Aegerter
Goal 72' (3:3) Raimondi		 Attendance: 23,677
Referee: Switzerland Urs Meier

Second half of season[]

On 4 February 2005 the parent company of Servette FC was declared bankrupt. It had run debts of over 10 million Swiss francs, having not paid the players since the previous November, and consequently the club suffered an exodus of players looking for paying clubs. As a consequence of the bankruptcy Servette FC had their license revoked, the club's second half matches were entirely cancelled. The second half of the season was therefore competed with only nine clubs. These each played another double round-robin schedule. Each of the nine clubs had played 34 matches at the end of the season.

20 February 2005 Round 19 St. Gallen 3 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
14:15 Hassli Goal 19' (1:0)
Zellweger Yellow card 26'
Montandon Yellow card 41'
Hassli Goal 52' (2:0)
Hassli Yellow card 52'
Imhof Yellow card 56'
Montandon Goal 70' (3:1)		 Summary Yellow card 35' Huggel
Yellow card 53' Sterjovski
Goal 58' (2:1) Petrić		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Switzerland Bertolini
27 February 2005 Round 20 Basel Cancelled[20] Servette St. Jakob-Park, Basel
2 March 2005 Round 21 Neuchâtel Xamax P – P[21] Basel
6 March 2005 Round 22 Basel 4 – 1 Grasshoppers St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:15 Quennoz Yellow card 16'
Carignano Goal 26' (1:1)
Chipperfield Red card 51'
Giménez Goal 53' (pen. 2:1)
Zwyssig Goal 58' (3:1)
Rossi Goal 87' (4:1)		 Summary Red card 3' Seoane
Goal 24' (0:1) Yellow card 56' Muff
Yellow card 51' Lichtsteiner
Yellow card 52' Stepanovs
Yellow card 63' 		Attendance: 21,078
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
13 March 2005 Round 23 Thun 3 – 0 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
14:15 Gelson Goal 18' (1:0)
Cerrone Yellow card 22'
Lustrinelli Goal 73' (2:0)
Lustrinelli Goal 80' (3:0)		 Summary Attendance: 4,750
Referee: Switzerland Reto Rutz
16 March 2005 Round 24 Basel 4 – 3 Schaffhausen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Chipperfield Goal 19' (1:0)
Carignano Goal 39' (2:0)
Kléber Goal 50' (3:0)
Delgado Goal 63' (4:2)
Chipperfield Yellow card 90'		 Summary Yellow card 40' Yasar
Goal 56' (3:2) Todisco
Yellow card 57' Sereinig
Goal 56' Rizzo
Yellow card 84' Todisco
Goal 90' (4:2) Todisco		 Attendance: 19,212
Referee: Switzerland René Rogalla
20 March 2005 Round 25 Zürich 2 – 2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:15 Margairaz Goal 59' (1:0)
Cesar Goal 93' (pen. 2:2)		 Summary Yellow card 61' Kléber
Yellow card 65' Zwyssig
Goal 76' (1:1) Delgado
Yellow card 81' P. Degen
Goal 87' (1:2) Huggel
Yellow card 91' Sterjovski		 Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Switzerland Salm
2 April 2005 Round 26 Basel 4 – 2 Aarau St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Huggel Goal 49' (1:2)
Giménez Goal 50' (2:2)
CarignanoGoal 53' (3:2)
Carignano Yellow card 53'
Zanni Yellow card 60'
Zanni Goal 62' (4:2)		 Summary Goal 22' (0:1) Menezes
Goal 39' (0:2) Giallanza		 Attendance: 24,393
Referee: Switzerland Carlo Bertolini
10 April 2005 Round 27 Young Boys 2 – 5 Basel Stadion Neufeld, Bern
16:15 Müller Goal 50' (o.g. 1:3)
Chapuisat Goal 79' (pen. 2:4)
de Napoli Yellow card 74'		 Summary Yellow card 11' Kléber
Goal 13' (0:1) Zanni
Goal 30' (0:2) Delgado
Goal 41' (0:3) Delgado
Yellow card 42' Huggel
Yellow card 46' P. Degen
Yellow card 69'Smiljanić
Goal 74' (1:4) Giménez
Goal 88' (2:5) D. Degen
Yellow card 90' Zwyssig		 Attendance: 10,550
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
Note: Minute of mourning for the late ex-FCB president and national team delegate .
17 April 2005 Round 28 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Zwyssig Yellow card 35'
Zanni Yellow card 41'
Delgado Goal 63' (1:1)		 Summary Goal 2' (0:1) Steinsson
Yellow card 29' Carreño
Yellow card 44' Urdaneta
Yellow card 90' Knez		 Attendance: 25,961
Referee: Switzerland Philippe Leuba
20 April 2005 Round 29 Aarau 0 – 5 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:30 Stöckli Yellow card 15'
Simo Yellow card 17'
Motetto Yellow card 24'
Schenker Yellow card 37'		 Summary Goal 14' (0:1) Smiljanić
Goal 16' (0:2) Giménez
Goal 33' (0:3) Giménez
Yellow card 61' Chipperfield
Goal 77' (0:4) Giménez
Goal 90' (0:5) Giménez		 Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Kever
24 April 2005 Round 30 Basel 3 – 2 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:15 Rossi Yellow card 43'
Barberis Yellow card 45'
Giménez Goal 55' (1:2)
Giménez Goal 50' (2:2)
Giménez Penalty missed 59′
Smiljanić Goal 75' (2:3)		 Summary Goal 3' (0:1) Margairaz
Goal 30' (0:2) Gygax
Yellow card 38' Di Jorio
Yellow card 56' Taini
Yellow card 61' Džemaili		 Attendance: 25,768
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca
1 May 2005 Round 31 Schaffhausen 0 – 2 Basel Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
14:30 Yasar Yellow card 45' Summary Yellow card 33' Rossi
Goal 45' (0:1) Rossi
Yellow card 45' Kléber
Goal 53' (0:2) Giménez
Yellow card 56' P. Degen		 Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Switzerland Bruno Grossen
4 May 2005 Round 21 Neuchâtel Xamax 0 – 4 Basel Centre Sportif de la Charrière,
La Chaux-de-Fonds
18:45 Summary Goal 2' (0:1) Delgado
Goal 14' (0:2) Giménez
Goal 21' (0:3) Giménez
Goal 39' (0:4) Giménez		 Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)
7 May 2005 Round 32 Basel 4 – 1 Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:45 Rossi Goal 41' (pen. 1:0)
Delgado Goal 56' (2:0)
Rossi Goal 80' (pen. 3:1)
Zanni Yellow card 90'
Smiljanić Goal 90+3' (4:1)		 Summary Yellow card 26' Cerrone
Yellow card 31' Gerber
Yellow card 31' Ojong
Goal 72' (2:1) Renggli
Yellow card 75' Miličević
Yellow card 75' Ferreira		 Attendance: 31,383
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
11 May 2005 Round 33 Basel 3 – 1 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Giménez Goal 28' (1:1)
P. Degen Yellow card 63'
Giménez Goal 86' (2:1)
Giménez Yellow card 88'
RossiGoal 90' (3:1)		 Summary Goal 13' (0:1) Alex
Yellow card 57' Pavlović
Yellow card 85' Fábio		 Attendance: 25,099
Referee: Switzerland Salm
15 May 2005 Round 34 Servette Cancelled[20] Basel La Praille, Lancy, Canton of Geneva,
21 May 2005 Round 35 Grasshoppers 4 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
17:30 Rogério Goal 7' (1:0)
Cabanas Goal 29' (2:0)
Chihab Goal 42' (3:0)
Touré Goal 86' (4:1)
Mitreski Yellow card 90+2'		 Summary Goal 72' (3:1) Delgado
Yellow card 77' Zanni		 Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber
28 May 2005 Round 36 Basel 2 – 0 Neuchâtel Xamax St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Yakin Goal 40' (1:0)
Ergić Goal 77' (2:0)		 Summary Attendance: 28,012
Referee: Switzerland Massimo Busacca

Final league table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 34 21 7 6 81 45 +36 70 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Thun 34 18 6 10 69 42 +27 60 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Grasshopper 34 12 14 8 51 50 +1 50 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Young Boys 34 12 13 9 60 52 +8 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Zürich 34 13 9 12 55 57 −2 48 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
6 Neuchâtel Xamax 34 10 8 16 36 48 −12 38 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7 St. Gallen 34 8 12 14 51 60 −9 36
8 Aarau 34 7 11 16 42 64 −22 32
9 Schaffhausen 34 7 11 16 36 59 −23 32 Qualification to relegation play-off
10 Servette[b] (R) 18 6 5 7 24 28 −4 20 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League[c]
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as 2004–05 Swiss Cup winners
  2. ^ Servette were docked three points for financial irregularities.
  3. ^ Servette went bankrupt during the winter break and did not play the second half of the season. Restart in the 3rd level (1. Liga) in 2005/06

Swiss Cup[]

Main article: Swiss Cup

2004–05 Swiss Cup[]

18 September 2004 Round 1 FC Oberdorf 0 – 4 Basel z' Hof, Oberdorf
17:00 Summary Goal 3' (0:1) Rossi
Goal 23' (0:2) Rossi
Goal 69' (0:3) Sterjovski
Goal 69' (0:4) D. Degen		 Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Switzerland Salm
24 October 2004 Round 2 Meyrin 1 – 3 Basel Stade de Bois-Carré, Meyrin
15:30 Njanke Yellow card 35'
Petrini Goal 45' (1:1)
Diouf Yellow card 82'		 Summary Goal 11' (0:1) Rossi
Goal 69' (1:2) Giménez
Goal 76' (1:3) Giménez		 Attendance: 3,145 (record attendance)
Temporory stands built
Referee: Switzerland
20 November 2004 Round 3 Thun 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 p)		 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
17:30 Raimondi Goal 57' (1:0)
Hodžić Yellow card 98'		 Summary Yellow card 42' D. Degen
Goal 67' (1:1) Rossi
Yellow card 90' P. Degen		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat
Penalties
Zanni Penalty scored
Renggli Penalty scored
Dos Santos Penalty scored
Raimondi Penalty missed
Baykal Penalty scored		 Penalty scored Giménez
Penalty missed Smiljanić
Penalty scored Rossi
Penalty scored Carignano
Penalty missed Sterjovski

UEFA Champions League[]

For more information, see 2004–05 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round[]

11 August 2004 1st Leg Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 Italy Internazionale St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Cantaluppi Yellow card 23'
Huggel Goal 25' (1:1)
Yakin Yellow card 58'
Smiljanić Yellow card 87'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Goal 19' (0:1) Adriano
Yellow card 30' Stanković		 Attendance: 29,500 (sold out)
Referee: Graham Poll
25 August 2004 2nd Leg Internazionale Italy 4 – 1 Switzerland Basel San Siro, Milan
21:00 Adriano Goal 1' (1:0)
StankovićGoal 12' (2:0)
Adriano Goal 52' (3:1)
Álvaro Recoba Goal 59' (4:1)
Álvaro Recoba Yellow card 60'
Edgar Davids Yellow card 82'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 32' Huggel
Goal 49' (2:1) Sterjovski
Yellow card 73' P. Degen		 Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Anders Frisk

F.C. Internazionale Milano won 5 – 2 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup[]

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup

First round[]

16 September 2004 1st Leg Terek Grozny Russia 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
18:00 Andrei Fedkov Goal 38' (1:0) UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 29' Rossi
Goal 57' (1:1) Giménez		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Tommy Skjerven
30 September 2004 2nd Leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Russia Terek Grozny St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Rossi Goal 11' (1:0)
Petrić Yellow card 35'
Kléber Goal 89' (2:0)		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 30' Ruslan Azhinzhal Attendance: 15,895
Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

Basel won 3 – 1 on aggregate.

Group stage / Group A[]

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage § Group A
21 October 2004 Matchday one Schalke 04 Germany 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:30 Kobiaschwili Goal 8' (1:0)
Altıntop Yellow card 42'
Hanke Yellow card 88'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 30' Huggel
Yellow card 66' Smiljanić
Yellow card 70' Kléber
Yellow card 79' D. Degen
Goal 82' (1:1) Delgado		 Attendance: 52,870
Referee:
25 November 2004 Matchday three Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Scotland Hearts St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Giménez Yellow card 65'
Carignano Goal 76' (1:1)		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Goal 31' (0:1) Wyness
Goal 89' (1:2) Neilson		 Attendance: 21,645
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson, (Iceland)
1 December 2004 Matchday four Ferencvárosi TC Hungary 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest
20:45 Rósa Goal 22' (1:0)
Huszti Yellow card 27'
Kapic Yellow card 34'
Zováth Yellow card 38'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 52' Quennoz
Yellow card 53' P. Degen
Goal 59' (1:1) Rossi
Yellow card 67' Zwyssig
Yellow card 68' Rossi
Goal 79' (1:2) Huggel
Yellow card 82' Chipperfield
Yellow card 86' D. Degen		 Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan, (Ukraine)
16 December 2004 Matchday five Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Netherlands Feyenoord St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Carignano Goal 53' (1:0) UEFA report
FCB summary		 Yellow card 79' Smolarek
Yellow card 89' Bosschaart		 Attendance: 25,660
Referee: , (Spain)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Netherlands Feyenoord 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Germany Schalke 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
3 Switzerland Basel 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
4 Hungary Ferencváros 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4
5 Scotland Hearts 4 1 0 3 2 6 −4 3
Source: RSSSF

Round of 32[]

17 February 2005 1st Leg Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 France Lille OSC St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 16' Debuchy
Yellow card 69' Chalmé
Yellow card 88' Brunel
Yellow card 90' Cabaye		 Attendance: 19,092
Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)
24 February 2005 2nd Leg Lille OSC France 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stadium Nord Lille Métropole, Lille
21:00 Moussilou Goal 37' (1:0)
Ačimovič Goal 78' (pen. 2:0)
Bodmer Yellow card 87'		 UEFA summary
FCB summary		 Yellow card 78' P. Degen Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Lille OSC won 2 – 0 on aggregate.

See also[]

  • History of FC Basel
  • List of FC Basel players
  • List of FC Basel seasons

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