2025–26 FC Basel season

FC Basel
2025–26 season
OwnerFCB Holding
David Degen
Club presidentReto Baumgartner
Head coachLudovic Magnin
GroundSt. Jakob-Park
Swiss Super League2nd
Swiss CupThird round
UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa LeagueLeague stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Xherdan Shaqiri (5)
All: Xherdan Shaqiri (11)
Highest home attendance29,958 (28 September 2025 vs. Luzern)
Lowest home attendance25,500 (18 October 2025 vs. Winterthur)
Average home league attendance26,267
Biggest win4–1 (6 August 2025 vs. Young Boys)
Biggest defeat1–5 (26 October 2025 vs. Lausanne-Sport)
All statistics correct as of 9 November 2025.

The 2025–26 season is FC Basel's 132nd season in their existence and the club's 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion in the 1993–94 season. The 2025–26 Swiss Super League season starts on 25 July 2025 and will be completed by 17 May 2026. In addition to the Swiss Super League, Basel also participate in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup, starting in the third round. As Swiss champions, Basel qualified for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League and here they will start in the play-off round.

Club

FC Basel Holding AG

The FC Basel Holding AG owns 75% of FC Basel 1893 AG and the other 25% is owned by the club FC Basel 1893. 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 first team, the women's first team, a 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. The FC Basel 1893 AG has following board members: David Degen (president), Andreas Rey (vice-president), Ursula Rey-Krayer, Dan Holzmann, plus a delegate of the club FC Basel. Since 12 May 2025 this was the actual club president Reto Baumgartner.

On 12 May 2025 the AGM of the FC Basel Holding AG and the FC Basel 1893 AG were held and both boards were confirmed. The Holding AG with following members: David Degen (president), Andreas Rey (vice-president), Ursula Rey-Krayer and Dan Holzmann. Holzmann, by this time, had bought out the shares from his former co-investors, Johannes Barth, Marco Gadola, Dani Büchi. Further smaller Holding AG share holders had been Manor AG, Novasearch AG, MCH Group AG and Weitnauer Holding AG. But these has sold their shares back to the Holding AG in the meantime. The private Bank J.Safra Sarasin still held a small package of the shares.

On 25 September 2025 the club announced that Dan Holzmann was steping down from his position in the directors board of the Holding AG. This because he had sold his shares to the brothers Jörg und Lukas Duschmalé. The Duschmalé brothers are fifth-generation members of the founding family of F.Hoffmann-La Roche AG. Jörg Duschmalé is a member of the Roche Board of Directors, and Lukas Duschmalé is a restaurant entrepreneur. They stated that they would not assume any operational or strategic tasks within the club.[1]

Club management

Basel is the only professional club in Switzerland where the position of holding company's president and the club's president is not the same person. The club AGM also took place on 12 May 2025. All the existing members of the club's board were re-elected. These being Reto Baumgartner (club president), Carol Etter, Edward Turner, Tobias Adler, Andrea Häner-Roth and Nicole Leuthard, each unanimously without a vote against or an abstention. Due to Carol Etter's resignation as the club's delegate on the Board of Directors of the Holding AG, a new election was necessary. Club president Reto Baumgartner was nominated to succeed Etter and was elected to this position with an overwhelming majority.[2]

The board of directors of the club are:

Club chairman Reto Baumgartner
Director Carol Etter
Director Edward Turner
Director Tobias Adler
Director Andrea Häner-Roth
Director Nicole Leuthard
Ground (capacity and dimensions) St. Jakob-Park (37,994)[3]
(36,000 for international matches)[4] / (120x80 m)

Updated to match played 6 May 2024
Source: FCB Official Site

Team management

On 15 May 2024 FCB announced that Daniel Stucki had been appointed as new sports director.[5]

During the off-season, on 13 June 2025 the club announced that their head coach Fabio Celestini was leaving the club. They stated that the 49-year-old was retiring at his own request, after one and a half successful seasons, stating he would like to seek a new challenge.[6]

As awaited by the local press, following this, on 16 June, FCB announced that Ludovic Magnin had signed a two-year contract as new FCB head-coach.[7] One week later, on 21 June the remainer of the staff were named, following the departures of Davide Callà and Thomas Bernhard to the Swiss national football team.[8]

Position Staff
Sport director Daniel Stucki
scince 15 May 2024
Head coach Ludovic Magnin
Assistant coach Luigi Nocentini
Assistant coach Matthias Kohler
Athletics coach Carlos Menéndez
Athletics coach Roger Thöni
Goalkeeper coach Gabriel Wüthrich
Youth Team U-21 coach Mario Cantaluppi
Youth Team U-21 co-coach Erkan Aktas
Youth Team U-21 co-coach Michaël Bauch

Overview

Off and pre-season

About an hour before the kick-off of Basel's last game of the previous season, on 24 May 2025, a supporting program began. This was an honoring and a farewell of their midfield player and former captain, their #34, Taulant Xhaka, who on that day, after appearing in 407 competitive matches for the RedBlue team, played his last league game for FCB and played for the last time in their home stadium Joggeli.[9] Between the years 2010 and 2025, Xhaka played a total of 561 games for Basel's first team scoring a total of 10 goals. 280 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 42 in the Swiss Cup, 85 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League) and 154 were friendly games. He scored 6 goals in the domestic league, 2 in the cup, 1 in the European games and the other 1 was scored during the test games. Xhaka had joined the club in 2002 at the age of ten. After advancing through their your department, Xhaka played his entire football career with FCB, with the exception of a one-and-a-half year loan to Grasshopper Club in 2012–13.[10]

Philip Otele had been on loan to FCB from Al Wahda since January and his contract held a buy-out option. On 4 June FCB announced that they had decided to activate this option and Otele would remain with the club on a three-year contract. In that same announcement it also became clear that Romário Baró and Joe Mendes, who had both been in on loan the previous season, would return to their previous clubs Porto and Braga respectively.[11]

On 12 June FC Basel 1893 announced that their former youth player Leon Avdullahu was moving to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga.[12] Hoffenheim confirmed the signing of Avdullahu on a long-term contract the same day.[13] Avdullahu had moved from FC Solothurn to Basel's youth department in 2018. He regularly advanced from their U-14 to their U-21 team and celebrated winning the Swiss U-18 championship at the end of June 2023. In July 2023 he signed his first professional contract and advanced to their first team for their 2023–24 season.[14] Then, a few months later, as Fabio Celestini became FCB head-coach, Avdullahu became a regular starter and at the end of the 2024–25 Swiss Super League season he became Swiss champion and Cup winner with them. During his two seasons with FCB's first team, Avdullahu played a total of 71 games for them, scoring a total of three goals. 63 of these games were in the Swiss Super League and 8 in the Swiss Cup. He scored two goals in the domestic league and the other was scored in the cup.[15]

On 27 June, FCB announced that had signed Koba Koindredi in from Sporting CP on a one-year loan contract. Koindredi had played the previous season with Lausanne-Sport, also on loan.[16] On the same day, 27 June, the club also announced that Bradley Fink had transferred out to Wycombe Wanderers in the League One, the third level of the English football league system.[17] Between the years 2022 and 2025, which also included a one-year loan to Grasshopper Club, Fink played a total of 57 games for Basel scoring a total of 8 goals. 41 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 7 in the Swiss Cup, 9 in the UEFA Conference League and he appeared in a further 13 friendly games. He scored six goals in the domestic league and two in the cup. He scored a further 5 Goals during the test games.[18]

On 1 July, FCB announced that they had signed Keigo Tsunemoto from Servette on a three-year contract.[19]

Then on 4 July a further player transfer and a further loan contract were confirmed. First, Arnau Comas, who had been on loan to Eibar transferred to Deportivo de La Coruña for an undisclosed fee.[20] Then Đorđe Jovanović, who had been on loan to FK Partizan, moved on to Maccabi Haifa also on loan.[21]

FCB announced on 17 July that they had reached an agreement with the City Football Group, who are the owners of ES Troyes, about a definite transfer of Metinho and that the player had signed in on a five-year contract.[22] A further transfer in was Andrej Bačanin from FK Čukarički, from the Serbian Super League, to strengthen the FCB midfield. This was announced on 1 July 2025.[23] Then FCB signed striker Moritz Broschinski in from VfL Bochum on 12 Ausgust.[24] On 25 August the club announced that they had signed Jeremy Agbonifo in on loan from Lens until the end of the season.[25] On 1 September another transfer announcement was made by the club, Flavius Daniliuc, an Austrian national player, was signed in from Salernitana to strengthen the FCB defence.[26] On the same day Ibrahim Salah joined FCB with a four year contract. Born in Belgium, he has represented Morocco at international level, he had been with Rennes before he signed for Basel.[27]

In the other direction, on 25 July, the club announced that Roméo Beney had transferred out to Portuguese club Famalicão.[28] On 30 July it was announced that Andrin Hunziker was loaned out to Winterthur until 30 June 2026 so that he could obtain further playing experience.[29] On 18 August FCB announced that they were loaning out Gabriel Sigua to Lausanne-Sport until the end of the season.[30] In a further announcement on the same day, the club stated that Kevin Carlos had signed a contract with OGC Nice and had left the team after just one season with them.[31] On 19 August the club announced that Emmanuel Essiam had been loaned out until the end of the season to Francs Borains in Belgium.[32]

On 25 August FCB announced that, after three years with the club, Anton Kade had left FC Basel 1893 and moved to FC Augsburg in the German Bundesliga. He played his last game for the FCB on 10 August in Lugano.[33] In his time with the club, Kade played a total of 132 games for Basel scoring a total of 18 goals. 88 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 12 in the Swiss Cup, 7 in the UEFA Conference League and 25 were friendly games. He scored 9 goals in the domestic league, 2 in the cup, 2 in the European games and the other 5 were scored during the test games.[34]

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 26 July 2025, but subsequently left the club after that date.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SUI Marwin Hitz (vice-captain)
3 DF  SUI Nicolas Vouilloz
5 MF  BRA Metinho
6 DF  JPN Keigo Tsunemoto
7 FW  NGA Philip Otele
8 MF  FRA Koba Koindredi
9 FW  ESP Kevin Carlos (out)
9 FW  SWE Jeremy Agbonifo
10 FW  SUI Xherdan Shaqiri (captain)
11 FW  CIV Bénie Traoré
13 GK  SUI Mirko Salvi
14 MF  SRB Andrej Bačanin
16 GK  SUI Tim Spycher
17 FW  SUI Andrin Hunziker (out)
17 FW  GER Moritz Broschinski
18 MF  GHA Emmanuel Essiam (out)
19 FW  CRO Marin Šotiček
21 MF  GEO Gabriel Sigua (out)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW  MAR Ibrahim Salah
22 MF  FRA Léo Leroy
23 FW  SUI Albian Ajeti
24 DF  AUT Flavius Daniliuc
25 DF  SUI Finn van Breemen
26 DF  BIH Adrian Leon Barišić
27 DF  SUI Kevin Rüegg
28 MF  SUI Dion Kacuri
29 MF  GER Adriano Onyegbule
29 DF  FRA Moussa Cissé
30 FW  GER Anton Kade (out)
31 MF  SUI Dominik Schmid (vice-captain)
32 DF  GHA Jonas Adjetey
33 MF  ARG Juan Gauto
39 MF  SUI Arlet Junior Zé
43 DF  SUI Marvin Akahomen
48 FW  FRA Aaron Akalé (U-21)
49 GK  GER Tim Pfeiffer

Players in on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  FRA Koba Koindredi (on loan from Sporting CP)[16]
9 FW  SWE Jeremy Agbonifo (on loan from Lens)[25]

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  GHA Emmanuel Essiam (on loan to Francs Borains until 30 June 2026)[32]
- FW  SUI Andrin Hunziker (on loan to Winterthur until 30 June 2026)[29]
- FW  SRB Đorđe Jovanović (loan to Maccabi Haifa until 30 June 2026)[21]
21 MF  GEO Gabriel Sigua (on loan to Lausanne-Sport until 30 June 2026)[30]

Transfers in

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 MF  BRA Metinho (definite transfer from Troyes following loan)[22]
6 DF  JPN Keigo Tsunemoto (Transfer from Servette)[19]
7 FW  NGA Philip Otele (definite transfer from Al Wahda following loan)[11]
14 MF  SRB Andrej Bačanin (Transfer in from FK Čukarički)[23]
17 FW  GER Moritz Broschinski (Transfer in from VfL Bochum)[24]
21 FW  MAR Ibrahim Salah (Transfer in from Rennes)[27]
24 DF  AUT Flavius Daniliuc (Transfer in from Salernitana)[26]

Transfers out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  POR Romário Baró (returned to Porto following loan)[11]
9 FW  ESP Kevin Carlos (to OGC Nice)[31]
14 FW  SUI Bradley Fink (to Wycombe Wanderers)[17]
17 MF  SWE Joe Mendes (returned to Braga following loan)[11]
30 FW  GER Anton Kade (transfer to FC Augsburg)[33]
35 FW  SUI Roméo Beney (to Famalicão)[28]
37 MF  SUI Leon Avdullahu (to Hoffenheim)[12]
- DF  ESP Arnau Comas (transfer to Deportivo de La Coruña)[20]

Results and fixtures

Kickoff times are in CET.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

5 July 2025 Friendly SC Rheindorf Altach 1–1 Basel Sportanlage Walgaubad, Nenzing
15:00 Fetahu 82' (pen.) FCB report 69' Ajeti Referee: Stefan Macanovic
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
10 July 2025 Friendly FC Rapperswil-Jona 2–4 Basel Stadion Grünfeld, Jona
18:00 Kamberi 7'
Saliji 19'
FCB report 1' Ajeti
26' Otele
48' Traoré
70' Carlos
Attendance: 2,438
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
12 July 2025 Friendly Basel 1–1 Winterthur Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
13:00 Shaqiri 63′
Adjetey 64'
FCB report 34' (pen.) Di Giusto Attendance: 0
Referee: Mirel Turkes
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards. Due to capacity and safety reasons played behind closed doors.
16 July 2025 Friendly Basel 1–1 FC Wil Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
13:00 Schmid 24' FCB summary 68' Bytyqi Attendance: 0
Referee:
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards. Due to capacity and safety reasons played behind closed doors.
19 July 2025 Friendly Basel 1–1 Schaffhausen Youth Campus Basel, Münchenstein
11:00 Hunziker 38' (1:0) FCB report 88' (1:1) Gegaj Attendance: 0
Referee: Logan Berchier
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards. Due to capacity and safety reasons played behind closed doors.
19 July 2025 Friendly Basel 3–3 Villarreal CF Stadion Schnabelholz
13:00 Shaqiri 12'
Ajeti 27'
Carlos 65'
Traoré  83'
FCB report 24' (o.g.) Ajeti
32' Pérez
 68' Gueye
87' Danjuma
 90+1' Yeremy
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Matthias Gächter

Swiss Super League

The 2025–26 Super League season was the 129th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland. The Swiss Football League (SFL) drew and published the fixtures of the first 22 rounds on 20 June 2025. The rest were to be drawn at a later date.

First and second round

26 July 2025 1 St. Gallen 2–1 Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:00 Görtler  21'
Görtler 56'
Geubbels 75'
Owusu  90'
FCB summary  14' Leroy
40' (o.g.) Görtler
 62' Koindredi
 72' Shaqiri
Attendance: 19,555
Referee: Urs Schnyder
2 August 2025 2 Basel 2–1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Otele 44' (Schmid)  58' 75' (Shaqiri)
Leroy  77'
Report  13' Imourane
 24' Muci
 29' Decarli
69' (Zvonarek)  78' Paskotši
Attendance: 25,556
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
6 August 2025 4* Basel 4–1 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Shaqiri 39' (Schmid) 60' (pen)
Leroy  45'
Magnin  45'
Ajeti  45+3'
Schmid  59'
Kevin Carlos 75' (Otele)
Adjetey  71'
Metinho 90+1' (Tsunemoto)
Report  14' Benito
17' (Fernendes) Maleš
 58' Fernandes
 59' Keller
 68' Athekame
 83' Monteiro
Attendance: 26,978
Referee: Luca Cibelli
Note: This match was pulled forward from 23 August.
10 August 2025 3 Lugano 3–1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Grgić 11' (pen)  55'
Papadopoulos 31' (Steffen)
Koutsias  87' 90+6' (Daniel Dos Santos)
Report  29' Kade
 39' Metinho
63' Ajeti (Otele)
 90+4' Shaqiri
Attendance: 4,256
Referee: Mirel Turkes
30 August 2025 5 Sion 0–1 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30 Lukembila  42'
Chouaref  66'
Kronig  77'
Bouchlarhem  77'
FCB summary 14' Junior Zé
 23' Leroy
 31' Schmid
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
13 September 2025 6 Thun 1–3 Basel Stockhorn Arena, Thun
18:00 Meichtry  36'
Reichmuth  40'
Heule 73'
Montolio  78'
Matoshi  90+1'
FCB summary 24' Shaqiri
41' Ajeti
 85' Metinho
Broschinski
90+8' (pen.) Shaqiri
Attendance: 10,014
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)
28 September 2025 7 Basel 1–2 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Schmid 53'
FCB summary 15' (0:1) Owusu
Ferreira
 59' Dorn
 64' Nocentini (co-trainer)
 90+7' Loretz
Attendance: 29,958
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
5 October 2025 8 Servette 0–3 Basel Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:30 Cognat  28' FCB summary 5' Ajeti
 17' Agbonifo
41' Otele
 45+1' Barišić
59' Otele
Attendance: 12,120
Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam
18 October 2025 9 Basel 3–0 Winterthur St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:00 Leroy 4'
Otele  16'
Shaqiri 30'
Daniliuc 33'
FCB summary  29' Citherlet
 47' Jankewitz
 49' Martins
 56' Sahita
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Urs Schnyder
26 October 2025 10 Lausanne-Sport 5–1 Basel Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
16:30 Bair 6'
Custodio 17' (pen.)
Bair 35'
Diakité  55' 55'
Ajdini 66'
FCB summary  16' Ajeti
 62' Metinho
85' (pen.) Traoré
 89' Šotiček
Attendance: 7,956
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)
29 October 2025 11 Basel 2–0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Traoré 13'
Vouilloz  42'
Salah 50'
Salah  76'
FCB summary  12' Ligue
 39' Comenencia
Attendance: 27,073
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
2 November 2025 12 Young Boys 0–0 Basel Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30 Traoré  56'
Broschinski  86'
Rüegg  90+3'
Shaqiri  90+4'
FCB summery  33'  48' Gigović Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
9 November 2025 13 Basel 0–1 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
14:00 Metinho  45' FCB summery  8' Papadopoulos
62' Behrens
 84' Saipi
 86' El Wafi
Attendance: 27,676
Referee: Urs Schnyder
23 November 2025 14 Grasshopper Club v Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30
30 November 2025 15 Basel v St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30
7 December 2025 16 Winterthur v Basel Schützenwiese, Winterthur
14:00
14 December 2025 17 Basel v Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30
17 December 2025 18 Luzern v Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30
20 December 2025 19 Basel v Servette St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30
18 January 2026 20 Basel v Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30
25 January 2026 21 Zürich v Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30
1 February 2026 22 Basel v Thun St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30

Third round

The fixtures and dates for the third round will be announced on 20 December.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Thun 19 13 1 5 39 23 +16 40 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 St. Gallen 18 11 1 6 36 21 +15 34 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
3 Basel 19 9 5 5 28 20 +8 32
4 Lugano 18 9 3 6 25 23 +2 30
5 Young Boys 18 8 5 5 38 35 +3 29
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: Brack Super League - Tabelle
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[35]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ The 2025–26 Swiss Cup winner qualifies for the Europa League first qualifying round. If the cup winner finishes in the top three, the remaining European berths will pass down to the next highest qualifying teams.

Swiss Cup

The fixtues and dates of the first round were drawn in June 2025.

16 August 2025 First round Biel-Bienne 1–6 Basel St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Doucouré  45'
Ssebunya  47'
Vasic 74'
Report 2' (o.g.) Monney
 18' Metinho
24' Broschinski Shaqiri
28' Otele Tsunemoto
41' Shaqiri
54' Šotiček
64' Broschinski
Attendance: 16,323
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher
Note: Biel-Bienne played this season in the 2025–26 Promotion League. This match was originally scheduled to be played in Biel/Bienne. However, since the Tissot Arena was unavailable for this encounter on the third weekend of August, a venue swap was arranged, this at the request of the home club.[36]
19 September 2025 Second round Étoile Carouge 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
Basel Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
19:00 Essiena 40'  26'  76'
Zrankeon  60'
El Jaouhari  68'
Antonio  88'
Sene 117'
FCB report 62′ Shaqiri
90+3' Agbonifo
97' Junior Zé
 104' Adjetey
Attendance: 3,105
Referee: Johannes von Mandach
Penalties
Bua
Hysenaj
Maouche (Salvi saves)
Traoré (Salvi saves)
Sene (Salvi saves)
Shaqiri
Metinho
Broschinski
Agbonifo
Note: Étoile Carouge played this season in the 2025–26 Swiss Challenge League.
4 December 2025 Third round FC du Grand-Saconnex v Basel St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:30
Note: FC du Grand-Saconnex played this season in the 2025–26 Promotion League. This match was originally scheduled to be played in Grand-Saconnex. However, due to the fact that their home ground in much too small for this encounter, a venue swap was arranged, this at the request of the home club. FC Basel and their sponsor take over all the costs and invite all spectators in amd that free of charge.[37]

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

20 Aug 2025 First Leg Basel 1–1 Copenhagen Basel
14:00 CEST Shaqiri 14' (pen)
Tsunemoto  28'
Adjetey  43'  82'
Leroy  45+2'
Barišić  90'
FCB summery Huescas  12'
Pereira López 45+3'
 53' Lerager
 62' Larsson
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 25,847
Referee: Anthony Taylor
27 Aug 2025 Second Leg Copenhagen 2–0
(3–1 agg.)
Basel Copenhagen, Denmark
21:00 CEST Cornelius (Achouri) 46'
Moukoko 84' (pen)
Claesson  85'
FCB summery Stadium: Parken
Attendance: 34,854
Referee: István Kovács

UEFA Europa League

League Phase

League phase table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
24 Celtic 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
25 Dinamo Zagreb 6 2 1 3 8 13 −5 7
26 Basel (Y) 6 2 0 4 8 9 −1 6
27 FCSB (Y) 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 6
28 Go Ahead Eagles (Y) 6 2 0 4 5 11 −6 6
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2025. Source: UEFA[38]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (seeded)
Results by round
Round12345678
GroundAHAHAHAH
ResultLWLW
Position23142417
Points0336
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2025. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
24 September 2025 (2025-09-24) 1 SC Freiburg 2–1 Basel Europa-Park Stadion, Freiburg im Breisgau
21:00 Osterhage 31'
Eggestein 57'
Report[40]
FCB summery
84' Otele Attendance: 34,300 (sold out)[39]
Referee: Luis Godinho
2 October 2025 (2025-10-02) 2 Basel 2–0 VfB Stuttgart St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00
Report[41]
FCB summery
Attendance: 33, 650
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
23 October 2025 (2025-10-23) 3 Lyon 2–0 Basel Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
18:45
Report[42]
FCB summery
Attendance: 35,860
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
6 November 2025 (2025-11-06) 4 Basel 3–1 FCSB St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:45
Report[44]
FCB summery
Attendance: 21,925[43]
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)
27 November 2025 (2025-11-27) 5 Genk v Basel Cegeka Arena, Genk
21:00 Report[45]
11 December 2025 (2025-12-11) 6 Basel v Aston Villa St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00 Report[46]
22 January 2026 (2026-01-22) 7 Red Bull Salzburg v Basel Red Bull Arena, Salzburg
21:00 Report[47]
29 January 2026 (2026-01-29) 8 Basel v Viktoria Plzeň St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:00 Report[48]

See also

References

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