2022–23 FC Basel season
2022–23 season | |||
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Owner | FCB Holding David Degen | ||
Club president | Reto Baumgartner | ||
Head coach | Alexander Frei (until 7 February) Heiko Vogel (from 7 February) | ||
Ground | St. Jakob-Park | ||
Swiss Super League | 5th | ||
Swiss Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
UEFA Europa Conference League | Semi-finals | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Zeki Amdouni (12) All: Zeki Amdouni (22) | ||
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The 2022–23 season was FC Basel's 129th season in their existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season.
The 2022–23 Swiss Super League season started on 16th July 2022 and ended on 29 May 2023. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participated in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, reaching the semi-finals. Basel also qualified for the second edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League, beginning play in the second qualifying round and qualifying for the group stage, which they advanced from, eventually reaching the semi-finals of the competition before being knocked out 4–3 on aggregate by Fiorentina.
Club[edit]
FC Basel Holding AG[edit]
The FC Basel Holding AG owns 75% of FC Basel 1893 AG and the other 25% is owned by the club FC Basel 1893 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 1st 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 20 June 2022 the AGM of the FC Basel Holding AG and the FC Basel 1893 AG were held and both the 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[edit]
The club AGM tool place on 23 May 2022 and the board of directors of the club were all confirmed and are:[1]
Club chairman | ![]() |
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Ground (capacity and dimensions) | St. Jakob-Park (38,512[2] (37,500 for international matches)[3] / 120x80 m) |
Updated to match played 23 May 2022
Source: FCB Official Site
Team management[edit]
On 23 May 2022 the club announced that Alexander Frei had been signed a contract that made him head coach of the new FCB first team. On 30 May they announced that Frei had brought his assistant Davide Callà from Winterthur with him. On 10 June the club announced that the coaching staff had been completed and that Martin Andermatt had been signed as assistant coach and Björn Rekelhof had signed as athletics and Gabriel Wüthrich as goalkeeper coach. Wüthrich replaced Massimo Colomba, who had been team goalkeeper from 2009 until 2012 and then became coach.[4]
On 28 November 2022, FCB announced that they had taken Heiko Vogel under contract as their new sporting director, as per 1 January 2023.[5]
On 7 February 2023, it was announced that Frei had been removed from his position as head coach and that sporting director Heiko Vogel would take over his duties ad interim.[6]
Position | Staff |
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Manager | ![]() until 7 February 2023 |
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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[edit]
Off and pre-season[edit]
During the off-season a number of players left the team. The loan contracts of 5 youngsters came to an end, these being Gonçalo Cardoso, Sebastiano Esposito, Tomás Tavares, Albian Hajdari and Joelson Fernandes and they returned to their clubs of origin. The contracts with Pajtim Kasami and Andrea Padula were not renewed. Raoul Petretta decided himself not to renew his contract and he became free agent. Petretta had started his youth football with Basel in 2005. He played in all their U-teams and advanced to their first team in 2017. Here, between the years 2017 and 2022 Petretta played a total of 199 games for Basel scoring a total of 11 goals. 109 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 13 in the Swiss Cup, 30 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League and 47 were friendly games. He scored 7 goals in the domestic league, 1 in the Cup, 2 in Europa and the other was scored during the test games.[7]
Valentin Stocker ended his active career. During his time with the club Stocker won the Swiss championship six times and the Swiss Cup four times. Between the years 2007 and 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022 he played a total of 515 games for Basel scoring a total of 116 goals. 286 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 33 in the Swiss Cup, 57 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League and 99 were friendly games. He scored 74 goal in the domestic league, 9 in the Cup and 18 in the European competitions, the other 15 were scored during the test games.[8]
In the other direction, on 20 May FCB announced that the ex-international goalkeeper Marwin Hitz had signed in from Borussia Dortmund on a three year contract.[9] Another player who signed in from BVB was Bradley Fink. The youngster had played for their reserve team and he signed in on a four year contract. Four players came in on loan contracts. Two for Basel interesting loan signings were the Swiss international players Zeki Amdouni[10] from Lausanne-Sport and Andi Zeqiri[11] from Brighton and Hove Albion. The other two were Kasim Nuhu from Hoffenheim[12] and Andy Diouf from Rennes[13] On 18 June FCB announced that they had signed Jean-Kévin Augustin| from FC Nantes in a three year deal.[14]
The team had five pre-season test games, two of which were against Xamax and these were both played in the Youth Campus Basel. The first was won the second was drawn. Two games were played in the training camp, against SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Botoșani and both were won. One game was played in St. Jakob-Park, against Hamburger SV, and this ended with a high defeat. Because the new head coach Alexander Frei changed the formation in each game, mostly substituting all 11 players during the break, all players received playing time, but to the spectators, it seemed that the team hadn't found their form.
Players[edit]
First-team squad[edit]
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 2022, 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.
Players out on loan[edit]
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 2022[edit]
- 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[edit]
Kickoff times are in CET.
Legend[edit]
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches[edit]
Pre-season[edit]
18 June 2022 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein |
16:30 | Krasniqi ![]() Onyegbule ![]() Sene ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 400 Referee: ![]() |
25 June 2022 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Sportplatz Gmund-Dürnbach, Gmund am Tegernsee |
16:00 | Ndoye ![]() Chalov ![]() Ndoye ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 250 |
30 June 2022 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Sportplatz Kematen, Kematen in Tirol |
16:00 | Amdouni ![]() Lang ![]() Szalai ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 200 Referee: ![]() |
9 July 2022 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
15:30 | Amdouni ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 4,657 Referee: ![]() |
10 July 2022 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein |
15:00 | Szalai ![]() Szalai ![]() Palacios ![]() Hunziker ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 600 Referee: ![]() |
Mid-season[edit]
20 November 2022 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein |
13:30 | Pelmard ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 350 Referee: ![]() |
3 December 2022 Friendly | Lausanne-Sport ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne |
14:30 | FCB report | ![]() | Attendance: 400 |
9 December 2022 Friendly | Basel ![]() | P–P | ![]() | Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein |
FCB |
Winter break[edit]
7 January 2023 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción |
15:00 | Males ![]() Fink ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Note: Game played over 4x30 minutes, fair game with no cards |
10 January 2023 Friendly | Real Balompédica Linense ![]() | P–P | ![]() | Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción |
15:00 |
13 January 2023 Friendly | Basel ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() | Marbella Football Center, Marbella |
15:00 | Adams ![]() Hitz ![]() | FCB report BVB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 300 Referee: Juan Antonio Manrique Antequera (Spain) |
Note: Game played over 4x30 minutes |
Swiss Super League[edit]
The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.[24]
First half of season[edit]
16 July 2022 Round 1 | Winterthur | 1–1 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
20:30 | Ramizi ![]() Gonçalves ![]() Ramizi ![]() Corbaz ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 8,400 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
24 July 2022 Round 2 | Basel | 1–1 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
14:15 | Ndoye ![]() Frei ![]() Adams ![]() Ndoye ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 18,670 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
31 July 2022 Round 3 | Luzern | P–P | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
16:30 | FCB summary |
7 August 2022 Round 4 | Basel | 0–0 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Burger ![]() Hitz ![]() Ndoye ![]() | FCB report | ![]() | Attendance: 26,547 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
14 August 2022 Round 5 | Basel | 0–2 | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Xhaka ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 19,888 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
28 August 2022 Round 6 | Zürich | 2–4 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:30 | Kryeziu ![]() Avdijaj ![]() Hornschuh ![]() Kryeziu ![]() Džemaili ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 19,111 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
3 September 2022 Round 7 | Sion | 2–1 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
18:00 | Stojilković ![]() Batata ![]() Tramezzani ![]() Sio ![]() Bua ![]() Balotelli ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 11,800 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
11 September 2022 Round 8 | Basel | 5–1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Ndyoe ![]() Males ![]() Zeqiri ![]() ![]() Adams ![]() Augustin ![]() Burger ![]() | FCB report SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 26,109 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
1 October 2022 Round 9 | Basel | 3–2 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
18:00 | Amdouni ![]() Zigi ![]() Burger ![]() Comas ![]() Fink ![]() Xhaka ![]() Augustin ![]() Lang ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 22,630 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
9 October 2022 Round 10 | Lugano | 1–0 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
16:30 | Sabbatini ![]() Mahou ![]() Valenzuela ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 3,389 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
16 October 2022 Round 11 | Servette | 0–0 | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
16:30 | Douline ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 10,482 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
20 October 2022 Round 12 | Basel | 0–0 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:30 | Ndoye ![]() Zeqiri ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 23,241 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
23 October 2022 Round 13 | Basel | 3–1 | Winterthur | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
14:15 | Comas ![]() Comas ![]() Comas ![]() Millar ![]() Fink ![]() Males ![]() | FCB report SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 22,027 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
30 October 2022 Round 14 | Young Boys | 3–1 | Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
16:30 | Rieder ![]() Elia ![]() Garcia ![]() Rieder ![]() Blum ![]() Sierro ![]() | FCB report SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 31,120 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
6 November 2022 Round 15 | Basel | 0–0 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Burger ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 22,889 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
9 November 2022 Round 3 | Luzern | 0–2 | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
20:30 | Simani ![]() Beloko ![]() Dorn ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 12,304 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
12 November 2022 Round 16 | Grasshopper Club | 1–0 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
20:30 | Ndenge ![]() Dadashov ![]() Herc ![]() Schmid ![]() Schettine ![]() | FCB report SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 7,153 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
22 January 2023 Round 17 | St. Gallen | 1–1 | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
16:30 | Guillemenot ![]() Guillemenot ![]() Quintillà ![]() Alves ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 19,200 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
28 January 2023 Round 18 | Basel | 2–3 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:30 | Amdouni ![]() Zeqiri ![]() Pelmard ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 19,713 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
Second half of season[edit]
4 February 2023 Round 19 | Grasshopper Club | 1–0 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
18:00 | Kawabe ![]() Ribeiro ![]() Bolla ![]() Kawabe ![]() | FCB report SFL summary | Attendance: 5,145 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
11 February 2023 Round 20 | Basel | 3–1 | Sion | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:30 | Zeqiri ![]() Amdouni ![]() Novoa ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 19,522 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
19 February 2023 Round 21 | Basel | 2–2 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Amdouni ![]() Zeqiri ![]() Frei ![]() ![]() Kasim Adams ![]() | FCB report | Antunes ![]() Rouiller ![]() Mbabu ![]() Cognat ![]() Bedia ![]() | Attendance: 19,443 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
26 February 2023 Round 22 | Lugano | 2–2 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
16:30 | Celar ![]() Aliseda ![]() Hajrizi ![]() Hajdari ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 3,205 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
4 March 2023 Round 23 | Luzern | 0–1 | Basel | Swissporarena, Luzern |
20:30 | Loretz ![]() Beka ![]() Simani ![]() Chader ![]() ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 13,248 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
12 March 2023 Round 24 | Basel | 1–1 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Burger ![]() Zeqiri ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 22,625 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
19 March 2023 Round 25 | Young Boys | 3–0 | Basel | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
16:30 | Lustenberger ![]() Itten ![]() Garcia ![]() Itten ![]() Itten ![]() Zesiger ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 31,500 (sold out) Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
1 April 2023 Round 26 | Basel | 2–0 | Winterthur | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:30 | Augustin ![]() Xhaka ![]() Diouf ![]() Fink ![]() | FCB report | ![]() | Attendance: 19,921 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
Note: Before the match, one minutes silence in honor of the deceased former FCB player Peter Marti |
8 April 2023 Round 27 | Zürich | 1–1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
18:00 | Kamberi ![]() Condé ![]() Hodza ![]() Mathew ![]() | FCB report SFV summary | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 19,451 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
16 April 2023 Round 28 | Basel | 1–1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Diouf ![]() Amdouni ![]() Fink ![]() | FCB report SFV summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 14,142 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
Note: The Muttenzerkurve (home fan sector) and the Gellertkurve (guest fan sector) were closed, due to the sanctions imposed following the riots after the cup semi-final match, ten days earlier. A minute of silence before the game in memory of the former FCB player Roberto Frigerio. |
23 April 2023 Round 29 | Basel | 0–2 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
14:15 | Augustin ![]() Xhaka ![]() Males ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 22,966 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
27 April 2023 Round 30 | Sion | 1–2 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
20:30 | Bua ![]() Sio ![]() Batata ![]() Araz ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 7,800 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
30 April 2023 Round 31 | Winterthur | 1–4 | Basel | Schützenwiese, Winterthur |
16:30 | Burkart ![]() Ardaiz ![]() Gelmi ![]() Ramizi ![]() | FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
7 May 2023 Round 32 | Basel | 0–2 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Xhaka ![]() Augustin ![]() Adams ![]() Heiko Vogel (coach) ![]() Burger ![]() Xhaka ![]() | FCB report SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 27,295 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
14 May 2023 Round 33 | St. Gallen | 6–1 | Basel | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
18:00 | Guillemenot ![]() Görtler ![]() Quintillà ![]() Latte Lath ![]() Latte Lath ![]() Geubbels ![]() Geubbels ![]() | FCB report SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 18,846 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
21 May 2023 Round 34 | Basel | 1–1 | Lugano | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Zeqiri ![]() Zeqiri ![]() Males ![]() Calafiori ![]() ![]() F. Frei ![]() Heiko Vogel (coach) ![]() ![]() | FCB resport SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 21,105 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
25 May 2023 Round 35 | Servette | 3–3 | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
20:30 | Stevanović ![]() Bedia ![]() Pflücke ![]() Touati ![]() Stevanović ![]() Crivelli ![]() Touati ![]() | SFL summary FCB report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 12,353 Re |