2010–11 FC Basel season

	Costanzo Inkoom D. Abraham Ferati Safari Stocker Yapi Huggel Shaqiri Frei Streller
	FC Basel Starting 11 in their 4-4–2 formation

FC Basel
2010–11 season
Chairman	Gisela Oeri
Manager	Thorsten Fink
Ground	St. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super League	Champions
Swiss Cup	Quarterfinals
UEFA Champions League	Group Stage
2010–11 UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alexander Frei (27); All: ; Alexander Frei (33)
Highest home attendance	37,500 vs. Luzern; (25 May 2011)
Lowest home attendance	25,349 vs. Sion; (28 August 2010)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The Swiss football club FC Basel began their 2010–11 season with various warm-up matches against Swiss lower league, Ukrainian Vyscha Liha, and Ligue 1 clubs. The goals for FC Basel during the 2010–11 season were to take back the league and cup titles as well as to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

Overall season[]

FC Basel entered the 2010–11 Swiss Super League as the reigning champions, having edged Young Boys on the final day of the 2009–10 Swiss Super League. They began the 2010 season on 20 July against FC Zurich. The first half of the domestic season ends on 12 December as Basel heads to Zurich to face Grasshopper. FC Basel's positioning in the 2009–10 Swiss Super League also enters them into 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualification. They entered in the third qualifying round for champions kicked their European campaign off on 28 July against the Hungarian champion, Debrecen. In the play-off round, FC Basel drew the Moldovan champions, FC Sheriff Tiraspol. The winning side will then be entered into the 2010–11 Champions League Group Stage while the defeated side will be entered into the 2010–11 Europa League Group Stage.

FC Basel will also defend the Swiss Cup, having won the 2009–10 Swiss Cup, completing the domestic double.

Club[]

Management[]

Position	Staff
Manager	Thorsten Fink
Assistant manager	Heiko Vogel
Fitness Coach	Nikola Vidović
Conditioning Coach	Marco Walker
Goalkeeper Coach	Romain Crevoisier
Team Administration
Youth Team Coach	Patrick Rahmen
Youth Team Co-Coach	Sandro Kamber

Last updated: 23 July 2010
Source:^{[citation needed]}

Kit[]

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Novartis

Home^[1]

Away

Source: Official Site

Other information[]

Chairman	Mrs Gisela Oeri
Vice Chairman	Mr
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (38,512^[2]) (37,500 for international matches^[3] / 120x80 m)

Source: Official Site

First team[]

As of 23 July 2010^[4] 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	ARG	Franco Costanzo (Captain)
4	DF	TUR	Çağdaş Atan
7	MF	SUI	Pascal Schürpf
8	MF	SUI	Benjamin Huggel (Vice-captain)
9	FW	SUI	Marco Streller
10	MF	CIV	Gilles Yapi
11	MF	AUS	Scott Chipperfield
13	FW	SUI	Alexander Frei
14	MF	SUI	Valentin Stocker
15	FW	ARG	Federico Almerares
16	DF	SUI	Taulant Xhaka
17	MF	SUI	Xherdan Shaqiri
18	GK	SUI	Yann Sommer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	ARG	David Abraham
20	DF	SWE	Behrang Safari
21	DF	SUI	Genséric Kusunga
22	DF	GHA	Samuel Inkoom
23	GK	SUI	Massimo Colomba
24	MF	SUI	Cabral
26	MF	SUI	Daniel Unal
28	DF	SUI	Beg Ferati
29	DF	SUI	Janick Kamber
30	FW	ZAM	Fwayo Tembo
31	FW	CMR	Jacques Zoua
32	DF	SUI	Reto Zanni
34	MF	SUI	Granit Xhaka
35	FW	GER	Matthias Baron

Multiple Nationality[]

1 Franco Costanzo
11 Scott Chipperfield
15 Federico Almerares
17 Xherdan Shaqiri
20 Behrang Safari
21 Genséric Kusunga
23 Massimo Colomba
24 Cabral
28 Beg Ferati

2010–11 Summer transfers[]

In[]

10	MF	CIV	Gilles Yapi (from BSC Young Boys - Free)
16	DF	SUI	Taulant Xhaka (from Basel U-21)
18	GK	SUI	Yann Sommer (loan return from Grasshopper Club Zürich)
21	DF	SUI	Genséric Kusunga (from Servette FC - Free)
29	DF	SUI	Janick Kamber (from Basel U-21)
30	FW	ZAM	Fwayo Tembo (from Étoile du Sahel - 1,300,000 SFr)
34	MF	SUI	Granit Xhaka (from Basel U-21)
35	FW	GER	(from Basel U-21)

Out[]

15	FW	ARG	Marcos Gelabert (to Neuchâtel Xamax - ?)
18	GK	GER	Stefan Wessels (to FK Ventspils - Free)
25	MF	BRA	Antonio da Silva (footballer) (loan return to Karlsruher SC)
30	MF	POR	Carlitos (to Malaga - Free)
33	DF	TUR	Serkan Sahin (to Konyaspor - 875,000 SFr)

Out on loan[]

3	DF	ALG	Sabri Boumelaha (out on loan to FC Wil)
5	DF	SUI	Dominik Ritter (on loan to FC Winterthur)
16	FW	SUI	Orhan Mustafi (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld)
18	GK	SUI	Jayson Leutwiler (on loan to Yverdon Sport)
27	MF	SUI	Marco Aratore (on loan to FC Aarau)

Competitions[]

Overall[]

At the start of the season, Basel was entered into 3 competitions — the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. Upon elimination from the group stage of the Champions League, Basel dropped into the UEFA Europa League.

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Swiss Super League	—	Winner	20 July 2010	25 May 2011
Swiss Cup	Round 1	Quarter-final	20 September 2010	3 March 2011
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Group stage	28 July 2010	8 December 2010
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32	Round of 32	17 February 2011	24 February 2011

Source: Competitions

Results and fixtures[]

Friendlies/Preseason[]

Kickoff times are in CET.

Win Draw Loss

17 June 2010 Friendly 1	Landkreisauswahl Miesbach	1–12	Basel	showSportplatz Warngau, Munich
20:15	Dengler 61'	(Report) (in German)	Almerares 3', 11', 25', 49', 55' Zoua 24' Kusunga 31' Tembo 42' Mustafi 83', 88', 89' Aratore 83'	Attendance: 600 Referee: Ferdinand Friedrich

19 June 2010 Friendly 2		1–7	Basel	showSportgelände am Birkenmoos, Rottach-Egern
17:45	Kapsa 66'	(Report) (in German)	Schürpf 25', 47', 60' Kusunga 32' Mustafi 55', 65' 71'	Attendance: 100 Referee: Florian Kornblum

22 June 2010 Friendly 3		1–21	Basel	showKohlstatt-Stadion, Kiefersfelden
17:45	Müllauer 14'	(Report) (in German)	Almerares 7', 25', 45' Unal 26', 35' Tembo 33', 46' Çağdaş 37' Yapi 46' 48', 50', 58', 78', 84' Kusunga 55', 76' Aratore 61' Cabral 63', 79' Mustafi 70' Schürpf 82'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Krische

26 June 2010 Friendly 4	Basel	1–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	showSportplatz Chrüzmatt, Olten
17:45	Zanni 70' (pen.)	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 730 Referee: Markus von Känel

29 June 2010 Friendly 5	Basel	4–1	Wohlen	showSchützenmatte, Basel
17:45	Aratore 47' G. Xhaka 52' Almerares 84' Zoua 90'	(Report) (in German)	Piu 43'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

2 July 2010 Friendly 6	Basel	2–2	Lugano	showStadion Gitterli, Liestal
17:45	Tembo 43' Unal 89'	(Report) (in German)	Senger 16' Da Silva 58'	Attendance: 700 Referee: Sascha Amhof

6 July 2010 Friendly 7	Laufen	0–7	Basel	showSportplatz Nau, Laufen
18:45		(Report) (in German)	Yapi 28', 40' Almerares 48', 76', 86' Çağdaş 60' Buch 84'	Attendance: 835 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

8 July 2010 Friendly 8	Basel	7–0	SC Dornach	showLeichtathletik-Stadion St. Jakob
	Almerares 28', 62', 65' Schürpf 32', 88' G. Xhaka 42' Zoua 87'	(Report) (in German)		Attendance: 400 Referee: Sascha Amhof

10 July 2010 Friendly 9	Basel	5–0	FC Sochaux	showStade des Peupliers, Bavois, Vaud
		(Report) (in German)	Zoua 8', 60' Behrang Safari 27' Almerares 87', 91' (pen.)	Attendance: 750 Referee: Stephan Klossner

15 July 2010 Friendly 10		0–4	Basel	showNonnenholz, Weil am Rhein
		(Report) (in German)	Yapi 18' Shaqiri 25' Almerares 77', 89'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dominik Waldkirch

10 August 2010 Friendly 11	SC Freiburg	1–3	Basel	showBadenova-Stadion, Freiburg
	Schuster 19'	(Report) (in German)	Abraham 24' 28' Barth 89' (o.g.)	Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Markus Schmidt

2 September 2010 Friendly 12	FC Black Stars	1–2	Basel	showBachgraben, Basel
	Schuster 19'	(Report) (in German)	22' Chipperfield 29'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Daniel Stocker

Swiss Super League[]

First half of season[]

20 July 2010 Round 1	Basel	3 – 2	Zurich	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Frei 18' (1:1) Shaqiri 30' Çağdaş 38' Zoua 45' (2:2) Kusunga 50' Stocker 56' Frei 69' Frei 80' (3:2)	Summary	13' (0:1) Teixeira 29' Zouaghi 36' (1:2) Djurić 76' Margairaz	Attendance: 30,520 Referee: Sascha Kever

24 July 2010 Round 2	Sion	1 – 2	Basel	showStade Tourbillon, Sion
17:45	Dingsdag 19' (1:1)	Summary	13' (0:1) Frei 19' Costanzo 57' Safari 75' Cabral 78' Stocker 90+3' (1:2) D. Abraham	Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

1 August 2010 Round 3	Basel	3 – 0	St. Gallen	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Frei 20' (1:0) Yapi 27' (2:0) Almerares 81' (3:0)	Summary	49' Winter	Attendance: 27,813 Referee: Alain Bieri

7 August 2010 Round 4	Bellinzona	1 – 0	Basel	showStadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
17:45	Lustrinelli 52' (1:0) Ciarrocchi 56' La Rocca 72' Mihajlovic 90+4'	Summary	32' Safari 84' Ferati	Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

14 August 2010 Round 5	Basel	1 – 4	Luzern	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Chipperfield 45' Costanzo 52' Tembo 90' (1:4) 64'	Summary	13' (0:1) Gygax 25' Puljić 31' Ferreira 33' (0:2) Yakin 55' (pen. 0:3) Yakin 59' Lustenberger 64' Gygax 66' Zibung 72' (0:4) Pacar	Attendance: 29,049 Referee: Massimo Busacca

21 August 2010 Round 6	Thun	1 – 1	Basel	showStadion Lachen, Thun
17:45	Rama 85' (1:1) Rama 86' Schneider 89' Andrist 90'	Summary	50' Ferati 70' Almerares 81' (0:1) Schürpf 90' Abraham	Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Stephan Studer

28 August 2010 Round 7	Basel	4 – 1	Neuchatel	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Çağdaş 22' Streller 26' (1:0) Frei 36' (2:0) Frei 53' (3:0) Frei 65' (4:0)	Summary	38' Nuzzolo 65' Wüthrich 66' Kuljić 77' (4:1) Gohou	Attendance: 27,063 Referee: Alain Bieri

12 September 2010 Round 8	Young Boys	2 – 2	Basel	showWankdorf, Bern
16:00	Jemal 4' (1:0) Degen 22' (2:0)	Summary	39' (2:1) Frei 74' (2:2) Chipperfield	Attendance: 25,772 Referee: Stephan Studer

22 September 2010 Round 9	Basel	2 – 2	Grasshopper	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	3' D. Abraham 34' (1:1) Streller 44' (2:1) 70' 73'	Summary	8' (0:1) Menezes 43' 51' (2:2) Emeghara 64' 80' 90+4'	Attendance: 28,274 Referee: Sascha Kever

25 September 2010 Round 10	Zurich	1 – 4	Basel	showLetzigrund, Zürich
17:45	Margairaz 51' (1:3)	Summary	10' (0:1) Inkoom 44' (0:2) Streller 46' (0:3) Stocker 67' (1:4) Streller	Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

3 October 2010 Round 11	Basel	1 – 1	Sion	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Stocker 67'	Summary	33' Ogăraru 43' Bühler	Attendance: 29,033 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

24 October 2010 Round 12	St. Gallen	1 – 3	Basel	showAFG Arena, St. Gallen
16:00	Frei 83' (1:3)	Summary	8' (0:1) Streller 37' (0:2) Streller 76' (0:3) Streller	Attendance: 15,070 Referee: Bernhard Brugger

30 October 2010 Round 13	Basel	3 – 1	Bellinzona	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Chipperfield 30', 54' Almerares 41'	Summary	61' Feltscher	Attendance: 27,780 Referee: Bruno Grossen

7 November 2010 Round 14	Luzern	1 – 1	Basel	showStadion Allmend, Luzern
12:45	25' 45' 53' Ferreira 64' (1:0)	Summary	25' Stocker 54' Tembo 90+2' Abraham 90+4' (1:1) Almerares 90+4' Almerares	Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Stephan Studer
Note: Game interrupted for almost 6 minutes after 8 minutes play, because hundreds of tennis balls from the FCB fan sector flew onto the terrain (protest against the early play-off time, due to a tenis match).

13 November 2010 Round 15	Basel	1 – 3	Thun	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Inkoom 5' Zanni 50' Abraham 51' Chipperfield 61' (1:2) Yapi 67'	Summary	8' (pen. 0:1) Scarione 27' (0:2) Proschwitz 59' Taljević 76' (1:3) Taljević	Attendance: 29,670 Referee: Dietmar Drabek

27 November 2010 Round 16	Neuchâtel	1 – 2	Basel	showStade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
17:45	Nuzzolo 43'	[ Summary]	63' Almerares 79' Valentin Stocker	Attendance: 3,988 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

5 December 2010 Round 17	Basel	3 – 1	Young Boys	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Frei 52', 77' Shaqiri 68'	[ Summary]	41' Doubai	Attendance: 30,499 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

12 December 2010 Round 18	Grasshopper	2 – 1	Basel	showLetzigrund, Zürich
16:00	Emeghara 12', 14'	[ Summary]	80' Streller 87' Tembo	Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Stephan Studer

Second half of season[]

6 February 2011 Round 19	Thun	2 – 3	Basel	showStadion Lachen, Thun
16:00	Scarione 19' Lezcano 92'	[ Summary]	Stocker 50' Abraham 57' Frei 71'	Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

12 February 2011 Round 20	Basel	3 – 0	St. Gallen	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Huggel 11' Frei 40' Abraham 86'	[ Summary]		Attendance: 26,534 Referee: Massimo Busacca

20 February 2011 Round 21	Basel	1 – 0	Sion	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Shaqiri 61'	[ Summary]		Attendance: 25,349 Referee: Stephan Studer

27 February 2011 Round 22	Luzern	0 – 1	Basel	showStadion Gersag, Lucerne
16:00		[ Summary]	Frei 14' (0:1)	Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Alain Bieri

6 March 2011 Round 23	Basel	3 – 1	Zurich	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Zoua 50' Frei 61', 89'	[ Summary]	Chermiti 13'	Attendance: 30,418 Referee: Stephan Studer

13 March 2011 Round 24	AC Bellinzona	0 – 4	Basel	showStadio Comunale, Bellinzona
16:00	Mihajlovic 24' Diana 42' Pergl 42'	[ Summary]	Shaqiri 9' Zoua 21' Chipperfield 42' Stocker 55', 64'	Attendance: 2,563 Referee:

20 March 2011 Round 25	Grasshopper Club Zürich	1 – 2	Basel	showLetzigrund, Zürich
16:00	Emeghara 31' Toko 65' Zuber 85'	[ Summary]	Stocker 20' Streller 44' Yapi 48' Chipperfield 70' Frei 81' Streller 85'	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Alain Bieri

2 April 2011 Round 26	Basel	1 – 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Unal 10' Frei 39' (1:0) Abraham 41' Steinhöfer 91'		Gelabert 87' Besle 88'	Attendance: 26,440 Referee: Stephan Klossner

10 April 2011 Round 27	Young Boys	3 – 3	Basel	showWankdorf, Bern
16:00	Bienvenu 26' Lulić 33' Nef 40' Raimondi 80' Wölfli 91'	[ Summary]	30' G. Xhaka 38' A. Frei 65' Streller 77' Tembo	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Massimo Busacca

17 April 2011 Round 28	Basel	2 – 2	Grasshopper	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	A. Frei 58' Abraham 69' Yapi 70'	[ Summary]	9' Pavlović 13' Callà	Attendance: 30,071 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

20 April 2011 Round 29	Neuchâtel	2 – 2	Basel	showStade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
20:00	Niasse 43' Nuzzolo 90+3'	[ Summary]	25' Stocker 73' A. Frei	Attendance: 5,450 Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

23 April 2011 Round 30	Basel	2 – 1	Young Boys	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Chipperfield 25' A. Frei 85'	[ Summary]	21' Bienvenu	Attendance: 31,595 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

1 May 2011 Round 31	Sion	3 – 0	Basel	showStade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00	Prijović 26' Sio 28' Prijović 47'	[ Summary]		Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

8 May 2011 Round 32	Basel	2 – 0	Bellinzona	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Huggel 39' (1:0) A. Frei 89' (2:0)			Attendance: 26,114 Referee: Thomas Prammer

11 May 2011 Round 33	Zurich	2 – 2	Basel	showLetzigrund, Zürich
19:45	Djurić 43' Nikci 75'	[ Summary]	69', 77' A. Frei	Attendance: 22,800 Referee: Stephan Studer

15 May 2011 Round 34	Basel	5 – 1	Thun	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Huggel 34' A. Frei 43', 59' G. Xhaka 45' Shaqiri 79'	[ Summary]	38' Andrist	Attendance: 29,063 Referee: Massimo Busacca

22 May 2011 Round 35	St. Gallen	0 – 0	Basel	showAFG Arena, St. Gallen
16:00		[ Summary]		Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Alain Bieri

25 May 2011 Round 36	Basel	3 – 0	Luzern	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	A. Frei 6' Shaqiri 45' Zoua 54'	[ Summary]		Attendance: 37,500 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca

Swiss Cup[]

19 September 2010 Round 1	FC Mendrisio-Stabio	0 – 5	Basel	showCampo comunale Mendrisio, Mendrisio
15:30	69'	[ Summary]	31', 88' Almerares 36', 70' Schürpf 63' Tembo	Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Bruno Grossen

15 October 2010 Round 2	Yverdon-Sport FC	0 – 2	Basel	showStade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
19:30		[ Summary]	72' Almerares 77' Tembo	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

20 November 2010 Round 3	Servette FC	1 – 1 (3–4 p)	Basel	showStade de Genève
19:00	47' (pen.)	[ Summary]	18' (pen.) Chipperfield	Attendance: 14,150 Referee: Massimo Busacca
	Penalties
	Baumann Routis Karanović Nater		Frei Tembo Huggel Almerares Inkoom

3 March 2011 Quarterfinals	FC Biel-Bienne	3 – 1	FC Basel	showGurzelen Stadion
19:30	53' Morello 80' Etoundi 84'	[ Summary]	Kehrli 43' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

UEFA Champions League[]

Third qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Debrecen	1–5	Basel	0–2	1–3

28 July 2010 QR3 leg 1	Debrecen	0 – 2	Basel	showSzusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest¹
20:00		Report	Stocker 34' 84' Cabral 50' G. Xhaka 90+2'	Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)

4 August 2010 QR3 leg 2	Basel	3 – 1	Debrecen	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Inkoom 11' Çağdaş 26' Chipperfield 59' Shaqiri 64'	Report	Coulibaly 74'	Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Note 1: Played in Budapest at Szusza Ferenc Stadium as Debrecen's Stadion Oláh Gábor Út did not meet UEFA criteria.

Play-off round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Basel	4–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	3–0

18 August 2010 POR leg 1	Basel	1 – 0	Sheriff Tiraspol	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Stocker 54' Zoua 67'	Report		Attendance: 13,460 Referee: Terje Hauge (NOR)

24 August 2010 POR leg 2	Sheriff Tiraspol	0 – 3	Basel	showSheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
20:45		Report	Frei 80', 87' 17' Atan 40' Streller 73'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Martin Hansson

Group stage / Group E[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bayern Munich	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	Roma	6	3	1	2	10	11	−1	10	Advance to knockout phase
3	Basel	6	2	0	4	8	11	−3	6	Transfer to Europa League
4	CFR Cluj	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4

Source: Soccerway

15 September 2010 Matchday 1	CFR Cluj	2 – 1	Basel	showDr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca
20:45	Rada 9' 90+2' Traoré 12' Panin 25'	Report	45+2' Stocker 55' Streller	Attendance: 9,593 Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

28 September 2010 Matchday 2	Basel	1–2	Bayern Munich	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Frei 18'		56' (pen), 89' Schweinsteiger	Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

19 October 2010 Matchday 3	Roma	1–3	Basel	showStadio Olimpico, Roma
20:45	Borriello 21'		12' Frei 44' Inkoom 90+3' Cabral	Attendance: 22,365 Referee: Aleksey Nikolaev (Russia)

3 November 2010 Matchday 4	Basel	2–3	Roma	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Frei 69' Shaqiri 83'		16' Menez 26' Totti 76' Greco	Attendance: 36,375 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

23 November 2010 Matchday 5	Basel	1–0	CFR Cluj	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Almerares 15'			Attendance: 34,239 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

8 December 2010 Matchday 6	Bayern Munich	3–0	Basel	showAllianz-Arena, Munich
20:45	Ribéry 35', 49' Tymoshchuk 37'			Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

UEFA Europa League / knockout phase[]

17 February 2011 First leg	Basel	2–3	Spartak Moscow	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05 CEST	Stocker 34' Frei 36' Streller 41' Yapi 48' Shaqiri 78' Kusunga 90+1'	Report	34' McGeady 52' 61' D. Kombarov 70' Dzyuba 82' Dikan 90' Suchý 90+2' Ananidze	Attendance: 13,073 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev

24 February 2011 Second leg	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Basel	showLuzhniki Stadium, Moscow
19:00 CEST	McGeady 90+1'	Report	15' Chipperfield 31' Cabral 72' Zoua 86' Safari	Attendance: 14,977 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Spartak Moscow won 4–3 on aggregate.

Statistics[]

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated on 28 August

Top scorers[]

Position	Number	Player	Super League	Champions League	Total
FW	13	Alexander Frei	7	2	9
FW	9	Marco Streller	1	1	2
MF	14	Valentin Stocker	0	2	2
FW	31	Jacques Zoua	1	0	1
DF	19	David Abraham	1	0	1
MF	7	Pascal Schürpf	1	0	1
FW	15	Federico Almerares	1	0	1
FW	10	Gilles Yapi	1	0	1
FW	30	Fwayo Tembo	1	0	1
DF	4	Çağdaş Atan	0	1	1
MF	11	Scott Chipperfield	0	1	1
MF	17	Xherdan Shaqiri	0	1	1
MF	34	Granit Xhaka	0	1	1
/	/	Own Goals	0	0	0
		TOTALS	14	9	23

Top assistants[]

Position	Number	Player	Super League	Champions League	Total
MF	14	Valentin Stocker	3	0	3
FW	13	Alexander Frei	2	1	3
DF	22	Samuel Inkoom	2	0	2
DF	20	Behrang Safari	1	1	2
MF	8	Benjamin Huggel	0	2	2
MF	17	Xherdan Shaqiri	0	2	2
FW	30	Fwayo Tembo	1	0	1
FW	31	Jacques Zoua	0	1	1
		TOTALS	9	7	16

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Position	Number	Player
Position	Number	Player	Super League		Champions League		Swiss Cup		Total
MF	14	Valentin Stocker	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
DF	4	Çağdaş Atan	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
DF	20	Behrang Safari	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	24	Cabral	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
DF	28	Beg Ferati	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
GK	1	Franco Costanzo	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
FW	13	Alexander Frei	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
DF	22	Samuel Inkoom	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	21	Genséric Kusunga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	17	Xherdan Shaqiri	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	30	Fwayo Tembo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	11	Scott Chipperfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	19	David Abraham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	15	Federico Almerares	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	31	Jacques Zoua	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
		TOTALS	17	1	6	0	0	0	23	1

References[]

^ (in German) FC Basel. "Das neue Heimtrikot" (in German). Archived from the original on 14 July 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
^ "Figures and facts". FC Basel 1893. 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
^ https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf
^ Das Kader - Spielerporttaits

External links[]

Official website

[kitsquad-1] (in German) FC Basel. "Das neue Heimtrikot" (in German). Archived from the original on 14 July 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.

[fcb1-2] "Figures and facts". FC Basel 1893. 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

[3] ttps://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf

[Teams-4] Das Kader - Spielerporttaits

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