2013–14 FC Basel season

In 2013–14, FC Basel Holding AG owned 75% of FC Basel 1893 AG; the club and its members owned 25%. Executive officeholders in the holding company were Bernhard Heusler (chairman), Stephan Werthmüller (finance director) and Georg Heitz (Sportdirector). As chairman of the holding company, Heusler was also chairman of the club.^[1]

At the annual general meeting, the existing board of directors were willing to continue as before. They were all re-elected unanimously.

Chairman	Bernhard Heusler
Vice-Chairman	Adrian Knup
Finances	Stephan Werthmüller
Sportdirector	Georg Heitz
Marketing	René Kamm
Director	Reto Baumgartner
Director	Dominik Donzé
Director	Benno Kaiser
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	St. Jakob-Park (38,512 for club matches[2] / 37,500 for international matches[3] / 120x80 metres)

The first team manager for the season was Murat Yakin, his second season in charge, his assistants being Marco Walker and Markus Hoffmann. Massimo Colomba was the Goalkeeper coach and Massimo Ceccaroni was appointed as head of the Youth System, with the coach of the Under-21s team, Thomas Häberli.

Position	Staff
Manager	Murat Yakin since 15 October 2012
1 Assistant manager	Marco Walker
2 Assistant manager	Markus Hoffmann
Goalkeeper Coach	Massimo Colomba
Team Administration	Gustav Nussbaumer
Youth Team Coach	Thomas Häberli
Youth Team Co-Coach	Roland Heri

Basel's biggest signings in pre-season were two players who had already played for the club in recent years: Behrang Safari, who returned from RSC Anderlecht; and Matías Delgado, who was signed on a free transfer from Al Jazira Club. Taulant Xhaka also rejoined the clubhaving spent the previous season on loan at Grasshopper Club Zürich. Giovanni Sio was signed from VfL Wolfsburg and Ivan Ivanov from Partizan^[4]

Aleksandar Dragović was transferred to Dynamo Kyiv.^[5] Others who departed were Park Joo-Ho to 1. FSV Mainz 05; Gilles Yapi Yapo to Dubai CSC; Cabral to Sunderland; Markus Steinhöfer to Real Betis; and Jacques Zoua to Hamburger SV.

The most significant departure was by Alexander Frei, who retired from playing to commence a coaching career. In two spells at the club (1997 to 1998 and 2009 to 2013), Frei played in 217 matches and scored a total of 148 goals, winning four league championships and two cup titles.^[6]

In August, Raul Bobadilla was sold to FC Augsburg of the Bundesliga, following a personal incident with traffic police.^{[citation needed]}

During the winter transfer window, Basel signed Davide Callà from FC Aarau in exchange for Stephan Andrist.^{[citation needed]} Mohamed Salah was sold to Chelsea for an estimated £13 million.^{[citation needed]} Basel also signed Marek Suchý on loan from Spartak Moscow until the end of the season.^{[citation needed]}

FC Basel were aiming to win the Swiss Super League for the fifth time in succession. The 2013–14 season began on 13 July 2013 and, in their first round match away to FC Aarau, Basel won 3–1.^[7] In previous seasons, the team had made a slow start before building momentum through the middle part of the season. This was the case once again because, after losing 1–2 to FC Zürich, they were fourth after round six, and six points behind the league leaders, BSC Young Boys. However, Basel turned things around in the next match as they defeated Young Boys 2–1^[8] and began a run of 28 league matches without a defeat.

After round eleven, Basel were in pole position, two points ahead of Grasshopper Club Zürich. As the winter break began, they were one point above FC Luzern. Their unbeaten run continued until 11 May 2014, when they were defeated by Young Boys at the Stade de Suisse.^[9] Basel secured their fifth successive league championship title, finishing seven points clear of Grasshopper. It was their seventeenth title in all. They won 19 games of their 36 games, losing only twice. Despite their success, head coach Yakin did not have his contract extended.^{[citation needed]} Valentin Stocker was the club's top scorer in the league, scoring 13 goals in 30 appearances.^[10]

Basel played in the first round of the Swiss Cup on 17 August 2013. They were drawn against amateur club BSC Old Boys, who played in the 1. Liga Promotion, the third tier of the Swiss football league system. Having to go into extra time against Old Boys, FCB only prevailed 1–0 thanks to a header from the newly signed Bulgarian Ivan Ivanov in the 95th minute, playing with 10 men at the Stadion Schützenmatte, in front of 4,384 spectators.^[11] In the second round on 14 September, the teams from the Super League were seeded and could not play each other. Home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Basel were drawn against FC Münsingen of the fourth tier 1. Liga. Basel won 1–0 win with a penalty by Matías Delgado.^[12]

In the third round on 10 November, Super League teams were again seeded and could not play each other. Basel were drawn against FC Tuggen of the third tier 1. Liga Promotion. After a goalless first half, Basel won 3–1 with goals by Mo Salah, Giovanni Sio and Marcelo Diaz.^[13] The quarter-finals were played on 5 February 2014, following postponement due to the weather, and Basel were drawn away to third tier FC Le Mont, whom they defeated 6–1.^[14] In the semi-final on 26 March, Basel were drawn at home against FC Luzern and won 1–0 after a late goal scored by Davide Callà.^[15]

The final was played on 21 April (Easter Monday) against FC Zürich at the Stade de Suisse before 23,312 fans. Gastón Sauro was sent off in the second half and ten-man Basel held out for a goalless draw after 90 minutes. Nine minutes into extra time, Giovanni Sio received a yellow-red card and Basel were two men down. Mario Gavranović scored twice in the next five minutes to give Zürich a 2–0 win.^[16]

Because Basel entered the Champions League in the qualifying phase their initial aim was to reach the group stage. The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2013 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. Basel were drawn against Maccabi Tel Aviv with the home leg of the tie at St. Jakob-Park on 30 July 2013. A goal by Valentin Stocker after 39 minutes gave Basel a 1–0 win.^[17] In the return on 6 August, Basel led 3–0 at half-time but Maccabi staged a comeback and the match ended 3–3, Basel winning the tie 4–3 on aggregate.^[18]

In the play-off round on 21 and 27 August, Basel were drawn against PFC Ludogorets Razgrad. The first leg was played at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia.^[19] Mo Salah scored twice as Basel won 4–2.^[20] In the second leg, Fabian Frei and Philipp Degen scored to give Basel a 2–0 win (6–2 on aggregate).^[21]

The draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 29 August and placed Basel in Group E with Chelsea, Schalke 04 and Steaua București. In their first match on 18 September, Basel were away to group favourites Chelsea at Stamford Bridge before an attendance of 40,358. Chelsea took the lead in the first half and, creating more opportunities in the second, looked to be the better team. Basel sprang a shock, however, as Salah and Streller scored well-taken goals in the 71st and 81st minutes respectively for an unexpected 2–1 victory.^[22]

Basel's next match was at home to Schalke 04 on 1 October. St Jakob-Park was sold out with an attendance of 33,251. The kickoff was delayed by a Greenpeace protest action. Schalke won 1–0, courtesy of a 54th minute goal by Julian Draxler.^[23] Basel played Steaua București at the Arena Națională in Bucharest on 22 October. Marcelo Diaz scored for Basel early in the second half but Steaua equalised through substitute Leandro Tatu in the 88th minute. Having played each of their opponents once, Basel had four points and were still in contention for a place in the knockout phase.^[24]

In the return game against Steaua on 6 November, Basel went a goal down early in the first half and were still behind as the match entered injury time. To their relief, substitute Giovanni Sio then scored from close range, and as in the previous meeting between the two teams, the match ended in a 1–1 draw.^[25] On 26 November, Basel hosted Chelsea and completed a double by winning 1–0. The goal by Mo Salah came from a counter-attack in the 86th minute.^[26]

Basel's final match of the group stage was against Schalke at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen on 11 December. It was a sell-out with an attendance of 52,093. Despite losing twice to Basel, Chelsea had nine points from three wins and were certain to qualify for the next phase as only one of Basel (8 points) or Schalke (7) could overtake them. Chelsea defeated Steaua in their final match to win the group with 12 points. Regardless of what happened in that match, Basel needed only a draw to qualify while Schalke were in a must-win situation. After half an hour's play, Basel's central defender Ivan Ivanov was sent off for an illegal challenge on Ádám Szalai. After 50 minutes, Draxler again scored for Schalke. Six minutes later, Joël Matip scored a controversial goal when he appeared to be clearly offside.^{[citation needed]} The match ended 2–0 to Schalke, who qualified as runners-up with 10 points. Basel, with 8 points, were out of the Champions League but their third place finish qualified them for the Europa League round of 32.^{[citation needed]}

The draw for the knockout phase of the Europa League, involving 32 teams, was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2013. Basel were drawn against the team that they had eliminated during the qualifying phase of the Champions League, Maccabi Tel Aviv. Both legs were scheduled for the end of February. The draw for the round of 16 was held on the same occasion and this matched the winners of the Maccabi v Basel tie against the winners of the AFC Ajax v Red Bull Salzburg tie. The last 16 matches were scheduled for 13 and 20 March.^[27]

Basel played Maccabi Tel Aviv on 20 and 27 February. They were away in the first leg which ended in a goalless draw.^[28] Basel dominated the return leg at St Jakob-Park and won 3–0.^[29]

Red Bull Salzburg had beaten Ajax 6–1 on aggregate to become Basel's opponents in the round of 16. The matches were played on 13 and 20 March. The first leg was played at St Jakob-Park before an attendance of 17,027. Basel were badly hit by injuries at this point of the season and were without Marco Streller, Behrang Safari, Marcelo Diaz, Kay Voser, Taulant Xhaka, Ivan Ivanov and Fabian Schär. Towards the end of the match, Basel used two 17-year-old substitutes Breel Embolo and Albian Ajeti, both making their professional debuts. Despite fielding a weakened team, Basel held out for a 0–0 draw.^[30] Salzburg were favourites to win the second leg and took the lead after 22 minutes with a goal by Jonathan Soriano. However, Basel fought back to win 21 after goals scored by Marco Streller (50 minutes) and Gastón Sauro (60).^[31]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 21 March and Basel were matched against Valencia. Basel were at home in the first leg played on 3 April. This match took place behind closed doors because of crowd trouble in the away match against Salzburg. Basel were also fined €107,000.^[32] Although eight players were out of action due to injury or suspension, Basel produced an outstanding performance to win 3–0 with goals by Matias Delgado (2) and Valentin Stocker.^[33] In the second leg at the Mestalla Stadium on 10 April, however, Basel were overwhelmed as Valencia won 5–0 after extra time.^[34]

The following players were members of the Basel first team squad, including those who left or joined the club, during the 2013–14 season.

As of 15 March 2014^[35]

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	CHI	Marcelo Díaz
22	MF	EGY	Mohamed Salah
23	GK	SUI	Mirko Salvi
24	FW	PRK	Pak Kwang-Ryong
25	DF	CZE	Marek Suchý
26	DF	ARG	Gastón Sauro
27	DF	SUI	Naser Aliji
28	MF	SUI	Stephan Andrist
30	FW	CIV	Giovanni Sio
32	FW	BIH	Admir Seferagić
33	MF	EGY	Mohamed Elneny
34	DF	SUI	Taulant Xhaka
35	DF	SUI	Fabian Ritter
36	FW	SUI	Breel Embolo
37	DF	SUI	Simon Dünki
38	FW	SUI	Albian Ajeti
39	MF	SUI	Davide Callà

24	FW	PRK	Pak Kwang-Ryong (at Vaduz[36] until 19 August 2013[37] and again from 1 January until 30 June 2014)[38]
–	MF	SUI	Pascal Schürpf (at Vaduz until 30 June 2014)[39]
–	DF	SUI	Simon Grether (at Winterthur until 30 June 2014)[36]
–	MF	SUI	Stjepan Vuleta (at Wacker Innsbruck until 30 June 2014)[40]
25	MF	SUI	Darko Jevtić (at Wacker Innsbruck from 2 September 2013 until 30 June 2014)[41]
35	DF	SUI	Fabian Ritter (at Winterthur until 30 June 2014)[42]
–	DF	SUI	Thibault Corbaz (at Biel until 30 June 2014)[42]

34	DF	SUI	Taulant Xhaka (return from loan to Grasshoppers)[43]
10	MF	ARG	Matías Emilio Delgado (from Al Jazira Club, free transfer)[44]
13	DF	BUL	Ivan Ivanov (from Partizan)[4]
19	DF	SWE	Behrang Safari (from RSC Anderlecht, n/a)[45]
30	FW	CIV	Giovanni Sio (from VfL Wolfsburg)[46]

3	DF	KOR	Park Joo-Ho (to 1. FSV Mainz 05, n/a)[47]
6	DF	AUT	Aleksandar Dragović (to Dynamo Kyiv, €9 million)[5]
24	MF	CPV	Cabral (to Sunderland AFC, free transfer)[48]
27	DF	GER	Markus Steinhöfer (to Real Betis, free transfer)[49]
31	FW	CMR	Jacques Zoua (to Hamburger SV, free transfer)[50]
11	FW	ARG	Raul Bobadilla (to FC Augsburg, n/a)[51]

25	DF	CZE	Marek Suchý (on loan from Spartak Moscow)[52]
39	MF	SUI	Davide Callà (from Aarau n/a but estimated CHF 500,000)[53]

22	MF	EGY	Mohamed Salah (to Chelsea,[54] n/a but estimated £13 Million)
28	MF	SUI	Stephan Andrist (to Aarau free transfer)[53]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

FC Basel v RB Leipzig

26 June 2013 (2013-06-26) Pre-season	FC Basel	3–2	RB Leipzig	Walchsee
17:00	Streller 10' (1:0) Andrist 71' (2:2) Al. Ajeti 86' (3:2)	FCB summary	32' (1:1) Schulz 68' (1:2) Frahn	Stadium: Sportgelände am Birkenmoos Attendance: 200 Referee: Peter Sippel

FC Basel v SpVgg Unterhaching

29 June 2013 Pre-season	FC Basel	2–0	SpVgg Unterhaching	Sportplatz Neuried
14:00	Jevtić 45' (1:0) Al. Ajeti 90' (2:0)	FCB summary		Attendance: 300 Referee: Karl Valentin

Basel v Borussia Dortmund

10 July 2013 Pre-season	Basel	1–3	Borussia Dortmund	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Schär 17' (1:1)	FCB summary	11' (0:1) Reus 27' (1:2) Mkhitaryan 90' (1:3) Hofmann	Attendance: 18,696 Referee: Alain Bieri

Basel v 1. FSV Mainz 05

24 July 2013 Friendly	Basel	3–3	1. FSV Mainz 05	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
19:00	Andrist 33' (1:0) Degen 61' (2:1) Schär 67' (pen. 3:1)	FCB summary	50' (pen. 1:1), 76' Choupo-Moting 76' (3:2) Choupo-Moting 84' (3:3) Choupo-Moting	Attendance: 1,143 Referee: Sascha Amhof

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

Basel v Fortuna Düsseldorf

5 July 2013 Uhrencup Round 1	Basel	3–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:30 CEST	Jevtić 7' (1:0) Veljko Simic 68' (2:0) Adili 78' (3:0)	FCB summary		Attendance: 4,191 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

Basel v Red Star Belgrade

8 July 2013 Uhrencup Round 2	Basel	2–1	Red Star Belgrade	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
19:30 CEST	D. Degen  3' Fabian Ritter  22' Dragović  58' Stocker 80' (1:1) Bobadilla 88' (2:1)	FCB summary	3' Mladenović 42' (0:1) Mladenović  22'   60' Aleksandar Kovačević	Attendance: 4,563 Referee: Fedayi San

FC Basel v Feyenoord

11 January 2014 Friendly	FC Basel	1–0	Feyenoord	Marbella Football Center, San Pedro de Alcántara
15:00	Streller 17' (1:0) P. Degen  29'	FCB summary		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Raúl Pérez Godínez

FC Basel v Eintracht Braunschweig

14 January 2014 Friendly	FC Basel	0–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Estadio Nuevo Mirador, Algeciras, Spain
16:00		(Report Braunschweig) (in German) FCB summary	Ademi 39' (0:1)	Attendance: 80 Referee: Jose Carlos Baena Acal

Hamburger SV v FC Basel

18 January 2014 Friendly	Hamburger SV	4–2	FC Basel	Imtech Arena, Hamburg
15:30	Çalhanoğlu 29' (1:1) Jansen 32' (2:1) Lasogga 59' (3:1) Lasogga 79' (4:2)	FCB summary	13' (0:1) Delgado 60' (3:2) Sio	Attendance: 8,789 Referee: Florian Heft (Wietmarschen)

FC Basel v Servette

26 January 2014 Friendly	FC Basel	2–0	Servette	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
15:00	Streller 39' (1:0) Stocker 40' (2:0)	FCB summary		Attendance: 1,753 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

Kickoff times are in CET

Basel v Aarau

13 July 2013 Round 1	Basel	3–1	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Salah 23' (1:0) Salah  42' Bobadilla 64' (2:0) Streller 73' (3:0)	FCB summary	39' Ioniță  58' Callà 80' (3:1) Garat	Attendance: 27,471 Referee: Stephan Studer

Grasshopper Club v Basel

21 July 2013 Round 2	Grasshopper Club	1–1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
16:00 CEST	Vilotic  12' Hajrovic 48' (1:1) Khalifa  52'	FCB summary	21' (0:1) Schär  52' Xhaka  59' Frei  60' Dragovic	Attendance: 9,297 Referee: Alain Bieri

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

27 July 2013 Round 3	Basel	2–0	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Schär 32' (pen. 1:0) Stocker  62' Streller 82' (2:0)	FCB summary	62' Chakhsi  69' Ekeng  73' Katz	Attendance: 24,951 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

St. Gallen v Basel

3 August 2013 Round 4	St. Gallen	1–1	Basel	AFG Arena, St. Gallen
19:45 CEST	Janjatovic 82' (1:1)	FCB summary	43' Ajeti 60' (0:1) Xhaka  70' Elneny	Attendance: 16,468 Referee: Stephan Klossner

Basel v Zurich

11 August 2013 Round 5	Basel	1–2	Zurich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Streller 7' (1:0) Xhaka  53' Schär  78'	FCB summary	24' (1:1) Reikan 58' (1:2) Gavranović  78' da Costa	Attendance: 28,668 Referee: Sascha Kever

Luzern v Basel

24 August 2013 Round 6	Luzern	1–1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
19:45	Lezcano  43' Sarr  51' Rangelov 90+3' (1:1)	FCB summary	17' Safari 32' (0:1) Sio  34' Xhaka  85' Ivanov	Attendance: 15,211 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Basel v Young Boys

1 September 2013 Round 7	Basel	2–1	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Frei  19' Schär  49' Voser  54' Sio 73' (1:1) Streller 74' (2:1)	FCB summary	22' Nuzzolo  26' Sutter  26' Costanzo  48' von Bergen 71' (0:1) Afum	Attendance: 32,190 Referee: Stephan Klossner

Sion v Basel

22 September 2013 Round 8	Sion	1–3	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00	Léo Itaperuna 23' (1:0) Kouassi  34'   50' Yartey  82' Basha  90'	FCB summary	31' (1:1) Stocker  45+2' Delgado  54' Díaz 67' (1:2) Sio  77' Sommer 79' (1:3) Streller	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Sascha Kever

Thun v Basel

24 September 2013 Round 9	Thun	0–2	Basel	Arena Thun, Thun
19:45	Ferreira  33' Lüthi  90+1'	FCB summary	34' Safari 56' (0:1) Stocker 90' (0:2) Díaz	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Patrick Graf

Basel v Sion

28 September 2013 Round 10	Basel	2–2	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Schär  43' Delgado  53' Stocker 57' (1:1) Salah 65' (2:1) Safari  90+3'	FCB summary	3' (0:1) Vanczák  78' Perrier 87' (2:2) Assifuah	Attendance: 26,256 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

5 October 2013 Round 11	Lausanne-Sport	1–2	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
16:00	Khelifi 14' (1:0) Katz  50' De Pierro  93' Chakhsi  93'	FCB summary	39' (o.g. 1:1) Fickentscher  50' Sio 59' (1:2) Ajeti  64' Ivanov  94' Safari	Attendance: 4,950 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

Basel v St. Gallen

19 October 2013 Round 12	Basel	3–0	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Frei 28' (1:0) Streller 51' (2:0) Xhaka 63' (3:0)	Summary FCB summary	4' Russo	Attendance: 29,440 Referee: Alain Bieri

Zürich v Basel

27 October 2013 Round 13	Zürich	0–0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
16:00		Summary FCB summary	84' Schär  88' Xhaka  90' Ajeti	Attendance: 11,778 Referee: Stephan Studer

Aarau v Basel

2 November 2013 Round 14	Aarau	1–1	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
19:45	Lüscher  14' Hallenius 50' (1:0) Jaggy  86' Martignoni  89'	Summary FCB summary	14' Streller  52' Delgado 90+3' (1:1) Streller	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

Basel v Thun

23 November 2013 Round 15	Basel	4–1	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Stocker 21' (1:1) Ajeti  32' Voser 51' (2:1) Streller 75' (3:1) Andrist 90' (4:1)	Summary FCB summary	13' (0:1) Sulmoni  84' Zuffi	Attendance: 25,560 Referee: Sascha Amhof

Young Boys v Basel

1 December 2013 Round 16	Young Boys	2–2	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Costanzo  21' Gajic 37' (1:0) Gajic  53' Kubo 68' (2:2)	FCB summary	40' (1:1) Salah 44' (1:2) Salah	Attendance: 23,221 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Basel v Grasshopper Club

7 December 2013 Round 17	Basel	1–1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Sio  3' Sio 90+4' (1:1)	FCB summary	33' I. Hajrović 36' (0:1) I. Hajrović  90' Amir Abrashi	Attendance: 28,242 Referee: Stephan Klossner

Basel v Luzern

14 December 2013 Round 18	Basel	1–1	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	D. Degen  10' Ajeti  45' Schär  36'   66' 62' (1:1)	FCB summary	27' (0:1) Wiss  61' Rangelov  56'   88' Stahel	Attendance: 27,649 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Lausanne-Sport v Basel

2 February 2014 Round 19	Lausanne-Sport	1–3	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
13:45	Yaya  34' Ravet  39' Feindouno 51' (1:1) Feindouno  76' Facchinetti  90+1'	FCB Summary Summary	10' (o.g. 0:1) Mevlja 68' (1:2) Frei 90+2' (1:3) Degen	Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Alain Bieri

Basel v Young Boys

8 February 2014 Round 20	Basel	3–2	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Die  28' Streller 43' (1:2) Delgado  45' Mohamed Elneny  45+1' Xhaka  69' Díaz 80' (2:2) Frei 89' (pen. 3:2)	FCB Summary Summary	29' (0:1) Bertone 33' (0:2) Gerndt  35' Frey  62' Rochat  77' Martínez  88' Vilotić	Attendance: 27,225 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Basel v Sion

15 February 2014 Round 21	Basel	1–0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Xhaka  35' F. Frei 57' (pen. 1:0)	FCB Summary	23' Ferati  28' Rüfli  57' Kouassi	Attendance: 24,563 Referee: Stephan Studer

Grasshopper Club v Basel

23 February 2014 Round 22	Grasshopper Club	1–1	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
16:00	Nzuzi  28' Grichting  39' Pavlović 51' (1:0)  75'	FCB Summary Summary	37' Callà  53' Díaz 57' (1:1) Stocker  60' Stocker  87' Mohamed Elneny  89' Frei	Attendance: 11,700 Referee: Stephan Klossner

Thun v Basel

2 March 2014 Round 23	Thun	2–2	Basel	Arena Thun, Thun
13:45	Sulmoni  27' Ferreira  74' Wittwer 79' (1:2) Ar. Ajeti 90+3' (o.g. 2:2)	FCB Summary	23' (0:1) Streller 60' (0:2) P. Degen  76' Sauro	Attendance: 6,639 Referee: Sandro Schärer

Basel v St. Gallen

8 March 2014 Round 24	Basel	1–1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Callà 79' (1:0)	FCB Summary	60' Besle 81' (1:1) Karanović	Attendance: 26,643 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

Basel v Aarau

16 March 2014 Round 25	Basel	5–0	Aarau	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Suchý 8' (1:0) Stocker 11' (2:0) Bulvītis 14' (o.g. 3:0) P. Degen 84' (4:0) Embolo 89' (5:0)	FCB Summary		Attendance: 26,421 Referee: Stephan Klossner

Zurich v Basel

22 March 2014 Round 26	Zurich	0–0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zurich
16:00	Gavranović  32' Kecojević  56'   58' Rikan  84'	FCB Summary Summary	34' Sauro	Attendance: 14,749 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Luzern v Basel

30 March 2014 Round 27	Luzern	0–2	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00	Winter  44' Lustenberger  88'	FCB Summary Summary	29' Sio 51' (0:1) Sio  85' Aliji  90' Xhaka 90+2' (0:2) Sio	Attendance: 15,170 Referee: Stephan Studer

Basel v Thun

6 April 2014 Round 28	Basel	0–0	Thun	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45	Schär  89'	FCB Summary Summary	11' Schneuwly  33' Schenkel  70' Wittwer  79' Faivre	Attendance: 26,577 Referee: Amhof Sascha

Sion v Basel

12 April 2014 Round 29	Sion	0–1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
13:45	Fedele  20' Vaņins  22'	FCB Summary	22' Suchý 71' (pen. 0:1) F. Frei  85' Sauro	Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

Basel v Zurich

16 April 2014 Round 30	Basel	4–2	Zurich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Sio 8' (1:0) Stocker 65' (2:0) Sio 71' (3:0) Delgado  74' Elneny 88' (4:2)	FCB Summary Summary	10' Schönbächler  37' Buff  48' Gavranović 73' (3:1) Pedro Henrique 78' (3:2) Chikhaoui  87' Benito	Attendance: 27,423 Referee: Sébastien Pache

Basel v Grasshopper Club

27 April 2014 Round 31	Basel	1–1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Frei  7' Stocker 44' (1:1) Die  73' Callà  80' Sio  85'	FCB Summary Summary	7' Grichting 36' (0:1) Gashi  55' Dingsdag  59' Jahic	Attendance: 34,172 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

St. Gallen v Basel

4 May 2014 Round 32	St. Gallen	0–3	Basel	AFG Arena, St. Gallen
13:45	Vitkieviez  36' Nushi  76' Besle  90'	FCB Summary Summary	13' Elneny 21' (0:1) Stocker 37' (0:2) Delgado 56' (0:3)	Attendance: 18,346 Referee: Sascha Amhof

Basel v Luzern

7 May 2014 Round 33	Basel	3–1	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Stocker 10' (1:0) Schär 18' (2:0) Suchý  33' Sio 70' (3:1)	FCB Summary Summary	38' (2:1) Rangelov  52' Freuler	Attendance: 25,677 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Young Boys v Basel

11 May 2014 Round 34	Young Boys	3–1	Basel	Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00	Spycher  19' Steffen 37' (1:0) Costanzo 65' (2:0) Rochat 75' (3:0)	FCB Summary Summary	77' Streller 82' (3:1) Stocker  90+1' Alliji	Attendance: 20,278 Referee: Stephan Klossner

Aarau v Basel

15 May 2014 Round 35	Aarau	1–3	Basel	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:30	N'Ganga 12' (1:0) Bulvītis  60' Jäckle  88'	FCB Summary	28' (1:1) Serey Die 34' (1:2) Delgado  68' P. Degen 78' (1:3) Stocker	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stephan Studer

Basel v Lausanne-Sport

18 May 2014 Round 36	Basel	4–2	Lausanne-Sport	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Al. Ajeti 8' (1:0) Callà 59' (2:1) Callà 68' (4:2) Serey Die 90+1' (4:2) Serey Die  90+2'	FCB Summary	48' (1:1) Tafer 70' (3:2) Coly	Attendance: 32,412 (sold out) Referee: Fedayi San

Results summary

BSC Old Boys v Basel

17 August 2013 Round 1	BSC Old Boys	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
18:00 CEST	Akdemir  34'   62' Müller  89'	FCB summary SFV summary	83' P. Degen  84' Sauro 95' (0:1) Ivan Ivanov	Attendance: 4,384 Referee: Luca Gut

FC Münsingen v Basel

14 September 2013 Round 2	FC Münsingen	0–1	Basel	Sportanlage Sandreutenen, Münsingen
17:00 CEST	Suter  11' Fumaro  45'	FCB summary SFV summary	28' D. Degen 55' (pen. 0:1) Delgado  92' Ajeti	Attendance: 4,100 (Stadium record) Referee: Stephan Studer

FC Tuggen v Basel

10 November 2013 Round 3	FC Tuggen	1–3	Basel	Linthstrasse, Tuggen
14:30	Sandro Gugelmann  16' Baykal  38' Peters  53' Valon Ahmetaj 74' (1:2)	FCB summary Summary	15' Ajeti  34' Díaz  45+2' Sio 52' (0:1) Salah  53' Sauro 59' (0:2) Sio 82' (1:3) Díaz	Attendance: 6,250 (Stadium record) Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Le Mont v Basel

5 February 2014 Quarter-final	Le Mont	1–6	Basel	St. Jakob-Park, Basel[55]
19:30	Morganella  10' Gabriele  12' Mejri  61' Bouziane 89' (1:6)	FCB summary SFV summary	6' (0:1) Andrist 8' (0:2) Suchý 45' (0:3) Streller 48' (0:4) Frei 58' (0:5) D. Degen 84' (0:6) Andrist	Attendance: 6,138 Referee: Patrick Graf

Basel v Luzern

26 March 2014 Semi-final	Basel	1–0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Streller  78' Callà 80' (1:0) P. Degen  81' Sommer  87'	FCB summary SFV summary	74' Lezcano  90' Freuler	Attendance: 12,668 Referee: Alain Bieri

Final^[56]

21 April 2014

14:00

Zürich	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Basel
Chikhaoui  61' Buff  83' Kecojević  95' Gavranović 110' (1:0) Gavranović 114' (2:0)	FCB summary SFV summary	62' Elneny  66' Sauro  77'   99' Sio  102' Serey Die

Stade de Suisse, Bern

Attendance: 23'312

Referee: Patrick GrafRefereesfifa ^[57]

GK David Da Costa DF Jorge Teixeira DF Ivan Kecojević  95' DF Berat Djimsiti MF Oliver Buff  83'  86' MF Philippe Koch (cap) MF Davide Chiumiento MF Yassine Chikhaoui  61' MF Avi Rikan  111' ST Mario Gavranović ST Franck Etoundi  91' Substitutes: DF Davide Mariani  86' MF Armando Sadiku  91' FW Asmir Kajević  111' Manager: Urs Meier

GK Yann Sommer DF Naser Aliji DF Marek Suchý DF Gastón Sauro  66' DF Behrang Safari MF Serey Die  102' MF Mohamed Elneny  62' MF Davide Callà  70' MF Fabian Frei  60' MF Valentin Stocker (cap)  106' ST Giovanni Sio  77'   99' Substitutes: MF Matías Delgado  60' MF Arlind Ajeti  70' MF Marcelo Díaz  106' Manager: Murat Yakin

Basel v Maccabi Tel Aviv

30 July 2013 1st Leg	Basel	1–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Schär  38' Stocker 39' (1:0) Safari  76' Ajeti  90+4'	FCB summary UEFA Report	8' Yeini  38' Itzhaki  43' Tibi  90' Alberman  90+2' Ben Harush	Attendance: 12,353 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Basel

6 August 2013 2nd Leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–3	Basel	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
19:00	Carlos García  5' Prica  13' Schär 34' (o.g. 1:3) Zahavi 37' (2:3) Radi 55' (3:3) Yitzhaki  68' Alberman  13'	FCB summary UEFA report	5' (pen. 0:1) Schär 21' (0:2) Salah 32' (0:3) Díaz  40' Stocker  41' Xhaka  75' Salah	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Basel won 4–3 on aggregate.

Ludogorets Razgrad v Basel

21 August 2013 1st Leg	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–4	Basel	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
20:45	Marcelinho 23' (1:1) Júnior Caiçara  34'   83' Stoyanov 50' (2:1)	FCB summary UEFA Report	12' (0:1) Salah  26' Sio 59' (2:2) Salah 64' (2:3) Sio  69' Safari  81' Voser 84' (pen. 2:4) Schär	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Basel v Ludogorets Razgrad

27 August 2013 2nd Leg	Basel	2–0 (6–2 agg.)	Ludogorets Razgrad	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Frei 11' (1:0) Schär  24' Salah  39' Ajeti  44' Degen 79' (2:0)	FCB summary UEFA Report	63' Moti	Attendance: 15,733 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea	6	4	0	2	12	3	+9	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Schalke 04	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10
3	Basel	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8	Transfer to Europa League
4	Steaua București	6	0	3	3	2	10	−8	3

Chelsea v Basel

18 September 2013 1	Chelsea	1–2	Basel	London
20:45	van Ginkel  43' Oscar 45' (1:0)	FCB summary UEFA Report	64' Díaz 71' (1:1) Salah 82' (1:2) Streller	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,358 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Man of the Match: Mohamed Salah

Basel v Schalke 04

1 October 2013 2	Basel	0–1	Schalke 04	Basel
20:45	Delgado  89'	FCB summary UEFA Report	37' Aogo  38' Farfán 54' (0:1) Draxler  65' Höger	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 33,251 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Man of the Match: Julian Draxler

Steaua București v Basel

22 October 2013 3	Steaua București	1–1	Basel	Bucharest
20:45	Georgievski  65' Szukała  79' Tatu 88' (1:1)	FCB summary UEFA Report	19' Schär  22' Voser 48' (0:1) Díaz	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 23,899 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia) Man of the Match: Marcelo Díaz

Basel v Steaua București

6 November 2013 4	Basel	1–1	Steaua București	Basel
20:45	Ivanov  42' Schär  80' D. Degen  86' Sio 90+1' (1:1)	FCB summary UEFA Report	11' Szukała 17' (0:1) Piovaccari  26' Piovaccari  41' Bourceanu	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 30,704[58] Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) Man of the Match: Alexandru Bourceanu

Basel v Chelsea

26 November 2013 5	Basel	1–0	Chelsea	Basel
20:45	Xhaka  37' Serey Die  63' Salah 87' (1:0)	FCB summary UEFA Report	65' Mikel  76' Ramires	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 35,208 Referee: Stephane Lannoy

Schalke 04 v Basel

11 December 2013 6	Schalke 04	2–0	Basel	Gelsenkirchen
20:45	Höwedes  29' Draxler 51' (1:0) Matip  62' Matip 57' (2:0) Kolašinac  78'	FCB summary UEFA Report	20' Voser  31' Ivanov  57' F. Frei  58' Schär  85' Sio	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 52,093[59] Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)