2018–19 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2018–19 season
Chairman	Bernhard Burgener
Manager	Raphaël Wicky; until 26 July 2018; A. Frei; ad interim; Marcel Koller; from 2 August 2018
Ground	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland
Super League	2nd
Swiss Cup	Winners
Champions League	Second qualifying round
Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Albian Ajeti (14); All: Albian Ajeti (21)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 FC Basel season is the 126th season in club history and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were runners-up in the previous season. The season started on the weekend of 21–22 July 2018 and will end on Saturday 25 May 2019. The first round of the Swiss Cup was played on the week-end 29, 30 June and 1 July. Basel played the first round on Friday 29 June against lower classed and they were victorious. Therefore Basel continued in the competition in the second round against FC Echallens.

Basel were also qualified for qualifying phase and play-offs (League Path). The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018 (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw). The first leg was played on 24 July and the second leg played on 1 August 2018. But Basel were eliminated by PAOK and they therefore continued in the Play-off round of the Europa League against Vitesse Arnhem.

Club[]

Management[]

Raphaël Wicky was the first team manager at the start of the season. His assistant was Massimo Lombardo and a further member of the training staff was . Due to the very poor start into the season Wicky was sacked on 26 July, after the Champions League qualifying defeat against PAOK. Alexander Frei then took over as interim coach until a new manager was named. On 2 August Basel announced that Marcel Koller had signed as new manager. He appointed Thomas Janeschitz and Carlos Bernegger as his assistants. Massimo Colomba stayed as the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System.

Position	Staff
Manager	Raphaël Wicky until 26 July 2018
Manager	A. Frei (interim) from 26 July 2018 until 2 August 2018
Manager	Marcel Koller from 2 August 2018
Assistant manager	Massimo Lombardo until 2 August 2018
Assistant manager	Thomas Janeschitz from 2 August 2018
Assistant manager	Carlos Bernegger from 2 August 2018
Goalkeeper Coach	Massimo Colomba
Fitness Coach	Werner Leuthard until 2 August 2018
Team leader	Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach	Arjan Peço
Youth Team Co-Coach	Toni Membrino
Youth Team Co-Coach	Michaël Bauch

Source: FCB Official Site

Further information[]

The FC Basel annual general meeting took place on 4 June 2018. The board of directors under president Bernhard Burgener with sportdirector Marco Streller, Peter von Büren, financial manager, Patrick Jost, marketing as well as Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser remained on the board. Roland Heri was voted onto the board as COO.^[1]

Chairman
Sportdirector	Marco Streller
COO	Roland Heri
Finances	Peter von Büren
Marketing	Patrick Jost
Direktor	Reto Baumgartner
Direktor	Dominik Donzé
Direktor	Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (38,512^[2] (37,500 for international matches)^[3] / 120x80 m)

Updated to match played 4 June 2018
Source: FCB Official Site

Overview[]

Offseason and preseason[]

Between the end of the 2017–18 FC Basel season and this season there were quite a few changes in the team squad. All three goalkeepers left the team. Tomáš Vaclík transferred to Sevilla, Mirko Salvi transferred to Grasshopper Club^[4] and Germano Vailati ended his active career. Furthermore, Mohamed Elyounoussi left the club and joined Southampton.^[5] Michael Lang also left the club and joined Borussia Mönchengladbach.^[6] Cedric Itten transferred to St. Gallen,^[7]

In the other direction Basel were not too busy on the transfer market. On 22 June 2018 Basel announced that they had signed goalkeeper Jonas Omlin from Luzern^[8] and on 26 June 2018 Basel announced that they had signed Aldo Kalulu from Lyon.^[9]

During the winter break, on 4 February 2019, the club announced that Edon Zhegrova had been signed in on loan for 18 months from Genk.^[10]

The Campaign[]

Domestic League[]

The season started on the weekend of 21–22 July 2018. Basel's priority aim for the new season was to win the league championship.

Domestic Cup[]

Basel's clear aim for the cup this season was to win the title. The first round was played on the week-end 29, 30 June and 1 July. Basel played their first-round game on Friday 29 June away from home against lower classed . In the first round Basel beat Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zürich 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.^[11] Basel's aim for this competition was therefore fulfilled.

Champions League[]

Basel entered into the this season's Champions League in the qualifying phase and play-offs (League Path). The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 19 June 2018 (after the completion of the first qualifying round draw). The first legs will be played on 24 and 25 July, and the second legs will be played on 31 July and 1 August 2018. Basel were matched against the greek team PAOK.

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 21 July 2018 but subsequently left the club after that date.

As of 5 August 2018^[12]

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	SUI	Jonas Omlin
40	GK	ANG	Antonio Signori
35	GK	DEN	Martin Hansen
44	GK	GRE
3	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Dimitriou
4	DF	SUI	Eray Cömert
5	DF	SUI	Silvan Widmer
23	DF	COL	Éder Álvarez Balanta
28	DF	ITA	Raoul Petretta
15	DF	PAR	Blás Riveros
17	DF	CZE	Marek Suchý (Captain)
43	DF	SUI	Yves Kaiser
6	MF	SUI	Fabian Frei
7	MF	SUI	Luca Zuffi
8	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	SUI	Samuele Campo
11	MF	SUI	Noah Okafor
14	MF	SUI	Valentin Stocker
20	MF	CIV	Serey Dié
26	MF	FRA	Aldo Kalulu
27	MF	SUI	Neftali Manzambi
33	MF	SUI	Kevin Bua
30	MF	KVX	Edon Zhegrova
34	MF	ALB	Taulant Xhaka (Vice-Captain)
36	MF	SUI	Robin Huser
37	FW	FRA	Afimico Pululu
9	FW	NED	Ricky van Wolfswinkel
18	FW	SUI	Julian Von Moos
19	FW	SUI	Dimitri Oberlin
22	FW	SUI	Albian Ajeti

Transfers summer 2018[]

In[]

4	DF	SUI	Eray Cümart (returned end of loan)
8	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović (returned end of loan)
18	FW	SUI	Julian Von Moos (from Grasshopper Club)^[13]
21	GK	SUI	Jonas Omlin (from Luzern)^[8]
26	MF	FRA	Aldo Kalulu (from Lyon)^[9]

Out[]

1	GK	CZE	Tomáš Vaclík (to Sevilla)
5	DF	SUI	Michael Lang (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)^[6]
13	GK	SUI	Mirko Salvi (to Grasshopper Club)^[4]
15	MF	SWE	Alexander Fransson (to IFK Norrköping)
18	GK	SUI	Germano Vailati (end of career)
20	MF	CIV	Serey Dié (on loan to Neuchâtel Xamax until 30 June 2019)^[14]
24	MF	NOR	Mohamed Elyounoussi (to Southampton)^[5]
30	MF	SUI	Cedric Itten (to St. Gallen)^[7]
35	DF	POR	Pedro Pacheco (to)
39	MF	SUI	Davide Callà (to Winterthur)
-	MF	SUI	Dereck Kutesa (to St. Gallen)
-	MF	SUI	Dominik Schmid (on loan at FC Wil until 30 June 2019)^[15]

Transfers winter break 2018[]

In[]

30

MF

KVX

Edon Zhegrova (on loan from Genk)^[10]

Results and fixtures[]

Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches[]

Preseason[]

22 June 2018 Pre-season	Basel	6 – 1	Rapperswil-Jona	showYouth-Campus, Basel
16:00	Okafor 4' Campo 6' Al. Ajeti 23' Stocker 33' Pululu 63' Oberlin 70'	Report	3' Turkes	Attendance: 350 Referee:

10 July 2018 Uhrencup	FC Basel	1 – 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showTissot Arena, Biel/Bienne
18:00	van Wolfswinkel 22' 9' Suchý 18' Kuzmanović 80'	Report	17' Rafa 32' Watt 50' Jota	Attendance: 1,700 Referee:

13 July 2018 Uhrencup	FC Basel	0 – 5	Feyenoord	showTissot Arena, Biel/Bienne
20:00	Dié 48' Zuffi 66' Ajeti 71'	Report	van Persie 2', 61' Berghuis 45' Botteghin 71' Vilhena 79'

Winter break[]

11 January 2019 Test	Basel	2 – 0	Aarau	showYouth-Campus, Basel
15:00	van Wolfswinkel 57' Oberlin 74'	Report		Attendance: 500 Referee:

17 January 2019 Test	Basel	2 – 1	Puskás Akadémia	showMarbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
16:30	Al. Ajeti 9' F. Frei 86'	Report	89' Latifi	Attendance: 60 Referee: José Antonio Gutierrez Pérez

22 January 2019 Test	Basel	2 – 0	FK Krasnodar	showMarbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
13:00	Bua 50' Balanta 66'	Report	35' Da Silva 35' Kaboré	Attendance: 120 Referee: Pablo Pla Muñoz

26 January 2019 Test	Union Berlin	2 – 2	Basel	showAn der Alten Försterei
14:00	Polter 21' Prömel 30'	Report	4' Kalulu 41' van Wolfswinkel	Attendance: 2'406 Referee: Lasse Koslowski

Swiss Super League[]

First half of season[]

21 July 2018 Round 1	Basel	1 – 2	St. Gallen	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Ajeti 44' Quintillà 66' (o.g.) Kalulu 69' Serey Dié 90+3'	Report	20' Quintillà 38' Vilotić 49' Tschernegg 56' Itten 65' Kutesa 90+4' Sierro	Attendance: 25,648 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

28 July 2018 Round 2	Xamax	1 – 1	Basel	showStade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
19:00	Xhemajli 34' Nuzzolo 85'	Report	66' Okafor 78' 90' Campo	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)

4 August 2018 Round 3	Basel	4 – 2	Grasshopper Club	showSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00	Zuffi 8' F. Frei 40' Cümart 29' 62' Al. Ajeti 64' van Wolfswinkel 68' Bua 90+1'	Report	72' Bahoui 77' Pusic 83′ Sigurjónsson 87' Djuricin 90+2′ Djuricin	Attendance: 25,313 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

12 August 2018 Round 4	Basel	3 – 2	Sion	showSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:00	Al. Ajeti 1' F. Frei 28' Widmer 39' Neitzke 71' (o.g.)	Report	39' Maceiras 40', 56' Uldriķis 45' Neitzke	Attendance: 25,078 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

26 August 2018 Round 5	Zürich	1 – 1	Basel	showLetzigrund, Zürich
16:00	Nef 39' Pa Modou Jagne 76' Rüegg 78'	Report	39' 75' Campo 70' F. Frei 87' van Wolfswinkel	Attendance: 13,126 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

2 September 2018 Round 6	Basel	1 – 1	Thun	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Xhaka 19' 45' F. Frei 45' Balanta 77'	Report	29' 79' Sorgić 34' Glarner 36' Tosetti 47' Sutter 74' Karlen	Attendance: 26,117 Referee: (Neuchâtel)

23 September 2018 Round 7	Young Boys	7 – 1	Basel	showStade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Fassnacht 30' Sulejmani 41' Sanogo 47' Camara 52' Hoarau 58' 60' Aebischer 70' Bertone 80' 90' Assalé 89'	Report	50' 75' van Wolfswinkel 62' Balanta 66' Ajeti	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

26 September 2018 Round 8	Basel	2 – 1	Luzern	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Cömert 13' Bua 33' 86' Riveros 73' Serey Dié 80' F. Frei 89'	Report	33' Vargas 74' Salvi 90' (pen.) Eleke	Attendance: 23,570 Referee:

30 September 2018 Round 9	Lugano	2 – 2	Basel	showCornaredo, Lugano
16:00	Čovilo 19' 52' Vécsei 39' Sabbatini 78' Carlinhos Junior 82' Gerndt 90+1'	Report	9' Zuffi 50' Ajeti	Attendance: 4,364 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

6 October 2018 Round 10	St. Gallen	1 – 3	Basel	showKybunpark, St. Gallen
19:00	Sierro 31' Barnetta 63' Quintillà 72'	Report	13' Serey Die 37' Al. Ajeti 81' Zuffi 84' Riveros 88' Hansen 90' Kalulu 93' Widmer	Attendance: 14,503 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos

21 October 2018 Round 11	Basel	1 – 1	Xamax	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Al. Ajeti 40' F. Frei 42'	FCB Report	52' Nuzzolo 58' Doudin 74' Kamber 79' Di Nardo 86' Pickel 88' Walthert	Attendance: 24,605 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)

27 October 2018 Round 12	Grasshopper Club	1 – 3	Basel	showLetzigrund, Zürich
19:00	Doumbia 14' Holzhauser 22' Jeffrén 34' Cvetković 66' Zesiger 82' Rhyner 86'	FCB Report	6' Zuffi 11' Balanta 17' 46' van Wolfswinkel	Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

5 November 2018 Round 13	Basel	3 – 2	Lugano	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Xhaka 4' Bua 66' 11', 34' van Wolfswinkel 84' Widmer 88'	FCB report	51' (o.g.) van Wolfswinkel 72' Sabbatini	Attendance: 23,835 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

10 November 2018 Round 14	Thun	4 – 2	Basel	showStockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00	Spielmann 25′ Glarner 39' Stillhart 45+1' Sorgić 55' (pen.), 78' Hediger 65' Tosetti 70' Salanović 82'	FCB report	20' van Wolfswinkel 28' Al. Ajeti 50' F. Frei 89' Xhaka 90+2' Pululu	Attendance: 7,144 Referee: Stephan Klossner

25 November 2018 Round 15	Luzern	1 – 1	Basel	showSwissporarena, Luzern
16:00	Schürpf 7' Schwegler 27' Sidler 58' Schneuwly 90'	FCB report	25' van Wolfswinkel 37' Xhaka 58' Al. Ajeti 72' Balanta 90' 51' Cömert	Attendance: 10,702 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

2 December 2018 Round 16	Basel	1 – 3	Young Boys	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Al. Ajeti 16' Balanta 26' Xhaka 70' Cömert 89' F. Frei 90+2'	FCB report	28' Aebischer 36' Mbabu 69' Camara 79' Sulejmani 89' Fassnacht	Attendance: 29,491 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

9 December 2018 Round 17	Basel	2 – 0	Zürich	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Al. Ajeti 19' Okafor 40' Petretta 48' Oberlin 79'	FCB report	44' Pálsson 84' Kasai	Attendance: 26,760 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)

15 December 2018 Round 18	Sion	1 – 2	Basel	showStade Tourbillon, Sion
19:00	Adryan 31' Kouassi 44' Neitzke 59' Abdellaoui 73' Fickentscher 82'	FCB report	46' van Wolfswinkel 72' Kuzmanović 82' Widmer	Attendance: 10,200 Referee:

Second half of season[]

3 February 2019 Round 19	Grasshopper Club	0 – 4	Basel	showLetzigrund, Zürich
16:00	Ar. Ajeti 3' 26'	FCB report	19', 36', 73' van Wolfswinkel 41' Bua 52' F. Frei 76' Al. Ajeti	Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Stephan Klossner

9 February 2019 Round 20	Basel	1 – 1	St. Gallen	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Xhaka 7' F. Frei 19' Zambrano 66' Campo 89' 90+2'	FCB report	35' Ashimeru 47' Quintillà 53' Kutesa 70' Nuhu 86' Bakayoko 90' Tafer	Attendance: 27,543 Referee:

17 February 2019 Round 21	Basel	1 – 0	Sion	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Zuffi 43' (pen.) Kuzmanović 90'	Report	42' Fickentscher 76' Toma 83'	Attendance: 21,339 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

23 February 2019 Round 22	Xamax	0 – 2	Basel	showStade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
19:00	Serey Die 68' Pickel 68'	Report	35' Stocker 58' Suchý 70' Okafor	Attendance: 6,121 Referee:

3 March 2019 Round 23	Basel	3 – 1	Thun	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	van Wolfswinkel 16' Al. Ajeti 32' Okafor 35' Balanta 37' Zuffi 83' F. Frei 89'	Report	89' Rodrigues	Attendance: 21,717 Referee:

10 March 2019 Round 24	Lugano	1 – 1	Basel	showCornaredo, Lugano
16:00	Sabbatini 44' Črnigoj 77'	Report	7' Al. Ajeti 52' Stocker 86' Petretta	Attendance: 4,188 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

17 March 2019 Round 25	Basel	2 – 2	Young Boys	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Aebischer 17' (o.g.) Suchý 38' Okafor 35' 53' Widmer 83'	Report	32' Aebischer 41', 44' 49' Nsame 86' Camara	Attendance: 28,103 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

30 March 2019 Round 26	Luzern	0 – 1	Basel	showSwissporarena, Luzern
19:00	Ćirković 83'	Report	47' Kuzmanović 80' Suchý 90' Kalulu	Attendance: 11,549 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)

4 April 2019 Round 27	Zürich	0 – 2	Basel	showLetzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Rüegg 28' H. Kryeziu 35' Maxsø 74'	Report	54' 60' Campo 89' Al. Ajeti	Attendance: 10,324 Referee: Stephan Klossner

7 April 2019 Round 28	Basel	1 – 1	Lugano	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Črnigoj 58' Sadiku 81' 67'	Report	24' Xhaka 41' Cömert 75' Suchý 93' Balanta	Attendance: 21,533 Referee:

13 April 2019 Round 29	Basel	0 – 0	Grasshopper Club	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Zesiger 52'	Report	78' Al. Ajeti	Attendance: 22,004 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

19 April 2019 Round 30	Sion	0 – 3	Basel	showStade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00	Grgić 67' Baltazar 81' Zock 48' 84'	Report	32' 42' van Wolfswinkel 85' (pen.) Zuffi 90+2' Grgić	Attendance: 12,800 Referee:

28 April 2019 Round 31	St. Gallen	0 – 3	Basel	showKybunpark, St. Gallen
16:00	Vilotić 79'	Report	21' van Wolfswinkel 65' Campo 82' Stocker	Attendance: 13,755 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

4 May 2019 Round 32	Basel	3 – 0	Zürich	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Zambrano 49' van Wolfswinkel 66' Balanta 86' Ajeti 90+1'	Report	42' Odey	Attendance: 23,099 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

12 May 2019 Round 33	Young Boys	3 – 1	Basel	showStade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	von Bergen 27' Benito 54' Nsame 62' Mbabu 80' Ngamaleu 81', 90+1'	Report	4' Frei 42' 72' Zambrano 56' Stocker	Attendance: 31,120 Referee:

15 May 2019 Round 34	Basel	3 – 2	Luzern	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Kuzmanović 18' (pen.) Balanta 37' Al. Ajeti 47' 68' Petretta 88' Zhegrova	Report	51' Demhasaj 55' Demhasaj 57' Sidler 67' Kakabadze 74' Voca	Attendance: 20,631 Referee:

22 May 2019 Round 35	Thun	1 – 2	Basel	showStockhorn Arena, Thun
20:00	Costanzo 75'	Report	47' Kuzmanović 62' Campo 69' Cömert 77' Al. Ajeti 88' Bua	Attendance: 5,151 Referee: Stephan Klossner

25 May 2019 Round 36	Basel	4 – 1	Xamax	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Okafor 28' Campo 26', 56' Riveros 78' 90'	Report	89' Ademi	Attendance: 21,275 Referee:

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	29	4	3	99	36	+63	91	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Basel	36	20	11	5	71	46	+25	71	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Lugano	36	10	16	10	50	49	+1	46	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4	Thun	36	12	10	14	57	58	−1	46	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Luzern	36	14	4	18	56	61	−5	46	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	St. Gallen	36	13	7	16	49	58	−9	46
7	Zürich	36	11	11	14	43	52	−9	44
8	Sion	36	12	7	17	50	55	−5	43
9	Xamax (O)	36	9	10	17	44	65	−21	37	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Grasshopper (R)	36	5	10	21	32	71	−39	25	Relegation to the Swiss Challenge League

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.^[16]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Swiss Cup[]

The draw for the first round was held in June 2018. 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 and Basel were therefore drawn away. The home advantage was also granted to the team from the lower league in the second and third rounds.

18 August 2018 Round 1		0 – 3	Basel	showSportanlage - Kolbenstein,
		Report	10' Balanta 66' Bua 84' Kalulu	Attendance: 4,348 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)

15 September 2018 Round 2	Echallens Région	2 – 7	Basel	showSportplatz 3 Sapins, Echallens
16:00	Adam 37' El Allaoui 55' Galokho 90+1'	FCB Report	52', 53' 61' Al. Ajeti 63' van Wolfswinkel 65' Bua 69' Campo 80' Oberlin 85' F. Frei	Attendance: 4,087 Referee: Stephan Klossner

31 October 2018 Round of 16	Winterthur	0 – 1	Basel	showStadion Schützenwiese, Echallens
20:00	Hajrović 83'	Summary	Widmer 53' Xhaka 61'	Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Sandro Schärer

27 February 2019 Quarter Finals	Sion	2 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Basel	showStade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30	Adryan 53' André 59' Morgado 70' Grgić 78' Ndoye 115'	Summary	Ajeti 82' Petretta 85' Zuffi 88' (pen.) 117' Stocker 101' 103' 120+3' Álvarez 105+1' Xhaka 112'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Stephan Klossner

25 April 2019 Semi Finals	Zürich	1 – 3	Basel	showLetzigrund, Zürich
20:15	Odey 82' 90+4' Kasaï 90'	Report	Okafor 5' Suchý 21' van Wolfswinkel 44' Petretta 45' Kuzmanović 81' 87' Ajeti 90+2'	Attendance: 13,400 Referee: Stephan Klossner

19 May 2019 Final	Basel	2 – 1	Thun	showBern
15:00	Okafor 13' Ajeti 24' 90+4' Álvarez 26' Riveros 65' Frei 77' Omlin 87'	Report	Stillhart 23' Sorgić 81' Costanzo 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Fedayi San

UEFA Champions League[]

Qualifying phase[]

Basel were qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying phase (League Path) in the second qualifying round. The draw for this round was held on 19 June 2018.

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) 1st Leg	PAOK	2 – 1	Basel	showToumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
19:30 (20:30 EEST)	Cañas 32' Prijović 80'	Report	Dié 32' Stocker 69' Frei 75' Ajeti 82'	Attendance: 24,670^[17] Referee: Bobby Madley (England)

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) Return Leg	Basel	0 – 3 (1 – 5 agg.)	PAOK	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Zuffi 33' Dié 44' Suchy 63'	Report	Varela 7' Prijović 16' 52' Matos 48' El Kaddouri 60' Pelkas 77'	Attendance: 14,328^[17] Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

UEFA Europa League[]

Third qualifying round[]

Following their elimination in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, Basel were qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round.

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09) 1st Leg	Vitesse	0 – 1	Basel	showGelreDome, Arnhem
20:00	Karavayev 65' Gong 73' Van der Werff 83'	Report	Van Wolfswinkel 60', 90+3' Widmer 83'	Attendance: 11,532 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

16 August 2018 (2018-08-16) Return Leg	Basel	1 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.)	Vitesse	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	Ajeti 30' Petretta 78'	Report	Clarke-Salter 26'	Attendance: 12,334 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Play-off round[]

23 August 2018 (2018-08-23) 1st Leg	Basel	3 – 2	Apollon Limassol	showSt. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00	van Wolfswinkel 6', 69' 45' Cömert 84' Xhaka 90'	UEFA Report FCB Report	Maglica 49' Papoulis 53' 54' Kyriakou 74' Zelaya 90'	Attendance: 10,743^[18] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) Return Leg	Apollon Limassol	1 – 0 (3a – 3 agg.)	Basel	showGSP Stadium, Nicosia^{[note 1]}
19:00 (20:00 EEST)	Kyriakou 53' 87' Vasiliou 57' Maglica 89' Vale 90+3'	UEFA Report FCB Report	Ajeti 51' Pululu 90'	Attendance: 4,005^[18] Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Notes[]

^ Apollon Limassol played their home matches at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, instead of their regular stadium Tsirio Stadium, Limassol.

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[Apollon-19] Apollon Limassol played their home matches at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, instead of their regular stadium Tsirio Stadium, Limassol.

[fcb_2018-06-04-1] Meister, Remo (2018). "Donner, Blitz und sehr viele Ja-Stimmen". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2018-06-04.

[fcb1-2] "The largest stadium in Switzerland". FC Basel 1893. 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-01.

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

[fcb_2018-05-24-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Mirko Salvi wechselt zu GC". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-24.

[fcb_2018-06-29b-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Mohamed Elyounoussi wechselt zum FC Southampton". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-29.

[fcb_2018-06-29a-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Michael Lang wechselt zu Borussia Moenchengladbach". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-29.

[fcb_2018-06-20-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Cedric Itten wechselt zum FC St-Gallen 1879". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

[fcb_2018-06-12-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Jonas Omlin". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-12.

[fcb_2018-06-26-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Der FCB verpflichtet den französischen Offensivspieler Aldo Kalulu". FC Basel 1893. 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[fcb-homepage-2019-02-04-Edon-Zhegrova-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b FC Basel 1893. "Edon Zhegrova leihweise zum FC Basel 1893". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2019-02-04.

[fcb-achiv-fcb-thun-cupfinal-2018–19-11] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

[12] "Das Kader – Spielerportraits" [The Team – Player Portraits]. FC Basel 1893 (in German). fcb.ch. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[fcb-homepage-2018-07-09-Julian_von_Moos-13] FC Basel 1893. "Julian von Moos unterschreibt beim FCB". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2018-07-09.

[fcb_2019-01-25-14] FC Basel 1893 (2019). "Geoffroy Serey Die wechselt leihweise zu Xamax". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2019-01-25.

[fcb_2019-01-15-15] FC Basel 1893 (2019). "Dominik Schmid wechselt leihweise zum FC Wil". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2019-01-15.

[16] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[AttendanceQR2-17] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[AttendancePO-18] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Europa League - Play-off Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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